The delicate little cabbage was pushed by the old emperor

At this moment, an angry shout came from the Ye family's study.

"What did you say?"

"Shen Lebai and Shangguan Yueyin are not dead!"

Ye Jinzhi, who had rushed back to Zhaojing, knelt in the study with his head lowered. "Father, please calm down. I really didn't think I would attract the imperial guards..."

"And the strength of those bandits shouldn't be underestimated. Because of them, my son almost couldn't come back..."

"waste!"

"How dare you say that? I sent you my most elite secret guards, and you still failed so completely."

Father Ye was so angry that he was whining and pacing back and forth in the room.

Ye Jinyu listened from the side and didn't dare to say anything, treating herself as a transparent person.

While she looked scared, she felt a little relieved in her heart...

Very good!

Master Shen is not dead...

Would she be able to see him soon?

She couldn't help but feel excited, and she couldn't help but feel happy when she thought of Shen Lebai's gentle face.

But this was not the time for her to be happy. She must not let her father know that she was involved in this matter...

Otherwise, she will really be in big trouble this time!

She kept repeating in her heart: Brother... I'm sorry...

She thought that her brother was her father's favorite legitimate son, and even if her father was angry, he wouldn't do anything to her brother...

But she was different. Her father had several daughters, and it made no difference whether she was there or not...

Mother Ye couldn't bear to watch it any longer, and quickly defended her son distressedly, "It's a blessing that Jinzhi can come back alive, Master, please don't blame him..."

"If it doesn't work this time, can't we find another opportunity later?"

"Humph, ignorant woman!"

"Having missed this opportunity, do you think there will be another chance?"

"The Emperor has already gone there, how can we still have the chance to kill them?"

"Now we can only pray that there are no handles left behind, otherwise if the emperor finds out, our Ye family will be finished..."

"Don't worry, father. All the secret guards committed suicide by taking poison. There's no way they could have left any clues."

"My only concern is... the leader of that bandit gang..."

"He's not dead yet?"

Ye Jinzhi shook his head in fear. Not only was he not dead, he was also standing with Shen Lebai...

"The rest of the bandits have been dealt with, and he's the only one left. This guy's martial arts skills are really good..."

"Then he's a big trouble!"

Before his father could lose his temper, Ye Jinyu told him about the bandits, "Father, those bandits are Princess Jiayin's men!"

"what happened?"

"Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"I just found out by chance a few days ago that Princess Jiayin has been deceiving me. She wants to use me as a pawn!"

Father Ye couldn't help but feel a little skeptical about Ye Jinyu's awareness today.

Is she finally getting it?

"How did you know?"

"I...I accidentally saw the letter that Princess Jiayin sent to the bandits, and only then did I know that those bandits were actually ordered by Princess Jiayin!"

"She actually charged me so much commission just to make me take the blame for her!" Ye Jinyu said indignantly.

"I didn't expect Princess Jiayin to be so cunning..."

At this moment, Ye's father couldn't help but feel suspicious of the eldest princess. Her daughter had plotted against his daughter, so what about her?

Will the eldest princess also use the Ye family as a pawn?

"Yes, sir, Princess Jiayin is really evil!"

"A woman like this must never enter our Ye family!"

When Mother Ye thought about how Princess Jiayin was plotting against her daughter, she would be disgusted if she really married her son in the future.

For Ye Jinzhi, it doesn’t matter who he marries, as long as they can be helpful to him.

So he opposed becoming a royal consort at first, but he did not object to Princess Jiayin, because he just wanted to get the support of the eldest princess behind Princess Jiayin.

"Jinzhi, what do you think?"

"I will listen to you, father. As long as it's beneficial to our Ye family, I'm willing to do it!"

Upon hearing this, the anger on Ye's father's face finally dissipated a lot. He helped Ye Jinzhi up with relief and said, "Compared to when you first returned to Beijing, you have really grown a lot now!"

"It's the child who has failed his father's expectations..."

"It's not your fault. As long as the bandit is Princess Jiayin's man, it will be easy to deal with. He will definitely not reveal anything."

"As long as we don't leave any substantial evidence, even if the emperor guesses it's us, he can't do anything to our Ye family for the time being!"

But he didn't expect that the bandit leader was now alone, and in order to avenge his brothers and to repay Shen Lebai for saving his life, he confessed everything.

It's just that Emperor Yong'an chose to remain silent for the time being in order to eliminate the Ye family and the eldest princess in one fell swoop...

At this moment, a trace of cruelty flashed in Ye Jinzhi's eyes, "Father, let me marry Princess Jiayin!"

"Have you thought about it?"

Ye Jinzhi nodded solemnly, "I've made up my mind."

"Well, the eldest princess originally wanted to facilitate your marriage, but now I don't dare to believe her..."

"Of course we can't trust the princess completely."

"The princess extended an olive branch to us in order to achieve her own goals."

"Does father know what she really wants?"

Father Ye pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The eldest princess's biological mother, the late Queen Huai'en, her death seems to be related to the current Queen Mother..."

"When the eldest princess's biological mother passed away, Emperor Yong'an's mother, Consort Zhao, became the Empress Dowager."

"And the young eldest princess was entrusted to the palace of the future Empress."

"Perhaps the Princess has been enduring humiliation these years. In her heart, the person she hates the most is the Empress Dowager?"

"So her real purpose is to trip up the Queen Mother?"

Father Ye nodded and continued, "I suspect the eldest princess might want to use the power of our Ye family to overthrow the current empress dowager and the emperor."

Ye Jinzhi's eyes flickered, "If that's the case, then this muddy water is not easy to wade into."

"The Princess has been able to endure for so many years, which shows how deep her scheming is!"

"In the eyes of outsiders, she has always had a deep bond with the Empress Dowager. She's not her biological daughter, but she's better than her."

Mother Ye looked at the father and son worriedly, "Master, Jinzhi, this is too risky. What if..."

"There's no such thing as a one-time event!"

In Ye's father's mind, even if she is the eldest princess, the Ye family will rebel sooner or later!

All of this is due to Emperor Yong'an's inhumanity towards them, so don't blame the Ye family for being unjust...

If Emperor Yong'an had been sensible enough to pass the throne to the eldest prince sooner, otherwise...

He will personally let him pass on the throne!

Ye Jinzhi clenched his fists and said, "If this really succeeds, then our Ye family will be able to take a step forward and become more powerful."

"But...does the eldest princess' ambition really end here?"

"Humph, does she, a mere woman, really want to ascend the throne?"

Then wouldn't he be able to change the Xiao family's Dazhao Kingdom's surname to Ye?