After the arranged marriage, I pampered the sickly regent.

It would be perfect to let Ye Yuanfeng, Ye Qingwu's second brother, deal with it.

Regardless of the outcome, it will serve to annoy that bitch.

At this moment, Ye Yuanfeng had already arrived outside the Regent's Palace. Just as he was about to go in, he was stopped by the guards outside.

"Halt! This is the Regent's Palace. Unauthorized personnel are not permitted to enter!"

The guard's words made Ye Yuanfeng even angrier, and he immediately started scolding, "What kind of irrelevant people are you? Look carefully, I am Ye Yuanfeng, the second young master of the Duke's Mansion, and also the second brother of your princess."

Upon hearing Ye Yuanfeng's words, the guard cupped his hands in greeting, "So you are the second young master of the Duke's mansion. We did not recognize you earlier, please forgive us."

"I wonder what brings you here today?"

Ye Yuanfeng snorted coldly and glanced at the two of them with disdain.

"I've come to find your queen!"

"Go and call Ye Qingwu out right now! Tell her I have something important to discuss with her."

One of the guards, seeing that Ye Yuanfeng seemed to have ill intentions, did not dare to let him in directly, and could only say, "Please wait here, Second Young Master, I will go and report to the Princess Consort."

Ye Qingwu, who was preparing medicinal cuisine for Zhan Sijing in the kitchen, found the guard's report quite strange.

"You said my second brother has something important to discuss with me?"

The guard nodded. "That's what they said."

Ye Qingwu found it even more interesting. She had forgotten that the original owner had two older brothers. The eldest brother, Ye Yuanli, was currently on the frontier, while the second brother, Ye Yuanfeng, was nominally the second young master of the Duke's mansion, but in reality, he was a notorious playboy. He had become like this thanks to Su's excessive flattery.

The eldest brother, Ye Yuanli, was in the army most of the year and did not return home often. With the embellishment of Su Shi and Ye Qingzhu, he always maintained an extremely cold attitude towards the original owner.

But this second brother, Ye Yuanfeng, was different. If Ye Yuanli was just lukewarm, then Ye Yuanfeng was sarcastic and mocking towards the original owner.

The original owner never understood why her brother treated her with such hostility, but having read the original text, she understood perfectly well.

This was entirely due to Su's instigation, preventing the original owner from having anything to rely on. She repeatedly told Ye Yuanfeng that if his mother hadn't given birth to the original owner, she wouldn't have died in childbirth.

From then on, Ye Yuanfeng transformed his longing for his mother into resentment towards the original owner of the body.

During the original owner's growth process, Ye Yuanfeng helped Ye Qingzhu bully her quite a bit.

But what is he doing here?

"Your Highness, will you see this second young master or not?"

Seeing that Ye Qingwu remained silent, the guard asked her a question.

"Since the person has come, there's no reason not to see them. Take them to the back garden, and I'll be there in a bit."

After giving instructions to the guards, Ye Qingwu turned to look at the medicinal food she was brewing.

Just adding one more herb would be enough. Leng Feng, who was helping out, also heard Ye Qingwu's conversation with the guard.

"Your Highness, now that you have severed ties with the Duke's Mansion, that second young master seems to have ill intentions. Should I have him driven out?"

In the process of gathering information about the Duke's mansion, Leng Feng naturally learned that although Ye Yuanfeng was Ye Qingwu's biological second brother, born of the same mother, he was doing some despicable things.

"No need, these are just minor matters. If you wanted to kick him out, why let him in?" Ye Qingwu said calmly, then put the last of the medicinal herbs in.

"Alright, the medicinal soup is almost ready. Let it cool down a bit before sending it to the Prince."

After Ye Qingwu finished speaking, she prepared to walk towards the back garden. She also wanted to see what kind of ability Ye Yuanfeng had that could bully the original owner like that.

Ye Yuanfeng, who had been led to the back garden by the guards, was unusually irritated when he did not see Ye Qingwu arrive.

"Where's Ye Qingwu? Why hasn't she come over yet?" Ye Yuanfeng asked the guard over there.

"Second Young Master, the Princess only told me to bring you here."

Hearing this, Ye Yuanfeng's dissatisfaction with Ye Qingwu deepened, further confirming what Ye Qingzhu had said to him.

Ye Qingwu did this on purpose; it's absolutely despicable!

When he sees her, he'll definitely teach her a lesson!

Just as Ye Yuanfeng was about to exhaust all his patience and angrily prepare to leave, he heard Ye Qingwu's voice behind him.

She had actually arrived long ago, just wanting to see what else this so-called second brother would do.

Seeing Ye Qingwu walking towards him, Ye Yuanfeng frowned deeply and stared intently at her.

"Ye Qingwu, did you deliberately make me wait this long?"

Ye Yuanfeng immediately began to reprimand Ye Qingwu.

Ye Qingwu glanced at him but didn't answer immediately. Instead, she sat down on the stone chair over there.

Seeing Ye Qingwu's attitude, Ye Yuanfeng's anger seemed about to explode at any moment.

He almost roared in Ye Qingwu's direction, "Ye Qingwu, are you even hearing me talking to you?!"

"Young Master Ye, what brings you here today?"

"What?" Ye Yuanfeng was stunned. Only then did he realize the difference in the woman in front of him. Ye Qingwu used to look at him with a timid gaze, but as long as he raised his hand or even hummed, she would follow behind him.

But the person in front of me looked at me with only indifference and aloofness.

For some reason, Ye Yuanfeng felt that something was rapidly slipping away. He wanted to grasp it, but felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

He stared at Ye Qingwu's face and asked again, "Ye Qingwu, what did you call me just now?"

"Could it be that I've been away from the capital for a while, and you've even forgotten how to address me?"

"It seems that Sister Qingzhu was right after all. You've started to act recklessly just because of your new status!"

"Or is it Ye Qingwu, that you've always been like this, and that everything you did before was just an act? You're really scary."

Seeing that Ye Qingwu was just staring at him silently without saying a word, Ye Yuanfeng wished he could say all the harsh things he could to provoke a special reaction from Ye Qingwu.

Throughout the entire process, Ye Qingwu's eyes showed no emotion other than indifference.

"Ye Qingwu, I've said so much, shouldn't you give me an explanation for all of this!"

Do you even see me as your second brother anymore?

The more indifferent Ye Qingwu remained, the more irritated Ye Yuanfeng became.

"At least give me a response."

Ye Qingwu looked at Ye Yuanfeng with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"Ye Yuanfeng, so how do you expect my reaction?"

"Is he asking for your forgiveness in a hurt tone?"

Yes, when the original owner was bullied, she thought she still had her second brother, Ye Yuanfeng. But after she told him what had happened, this so-called second brother couldn't even offer comfort. Instead, he vented his dissatisfaction on her with extremely harsh words.

Afterwards, he made it sound like he was just too angry at the time and told her not to take it to heart.

Ha... Using the name of a relative to commit acts of harm, how utterly despicable!