After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 18

Ye Sanqing looked in the mirror and expressed his satisfaction.

Actually, she had no concept of the world's beauty standards, but since everyone was satisfied during the makeup trial, she should be satisfied too.

She took the jewelry that had been prepared for her and put it on. This set of jewelry was given to her by Ye Yifan after he saw the photos of her dress, and he took it from his mother's vault to match.

Ye Yifan's original words were, "It was originally meant for you and me, but I don't need it, so I'm giving it to you."

Ye Sanqing used to own many pieces of jewelry that she never wore, so she deeply understood her eldest sister's feelings. Since she could use them now, it was a way to make good use of them.

"I'm leaving." Ye Sanqing lifted her skirt and glanced at her new assistant, Xiao You.

Xiao You snapped out of her reverie at the brilliance of the diamond jewelry and hurriedly followed. She was still secretly marveling at how much this set of jewelry must cost, probably hundreds of millions, but Ye Sanqing seemed completely unconcerned, as if it were just an ordinary object.

As expected of the third young lady of the Ye family... However, this seems to be different from the rumors. The internet has been buzzing about it for the past few days. She was gossiping about it just a couple of days ago, but she never expected that her new job would be as the assistant to this third young lady of the Ye family.

Rumor has it that Ye Sanqing grew up outside the family, so his living conditions must have been far inferior to those of the Ye family. But his attitude, so accustomed to valuable possessions, perhaps stems from something innate?

Some netizens, unaware of the situation, even called her a country bumpkin, saying she'd definitely blunder later. Xiao You felt a pang of indignation for Ye Sanqing. Although she was still on probation, she could tell Ye Sanqing was someone who wouldn't mistreat subordinates and acted with clear logic—much better than her previous job.

Xiao You secretly made up her mind to stay, because this kind of opportunity was rare and hard to come by.

Ye Sanqing slowly descended the stairs.

She's handled a lot of things these past few days. She registered her studio, hired an assistant, finished preparations for the banquet, tried playing games, did her research on martial arts, and started exercising daily.

As for our understanding of this world, it is constantly improving.

Ye Wanyin was quiet, probably plotting something mischievous somewhere.

Ye Sanqing was absolutely certain that Ye Wanyin intended to deal with her. It was just a pity that the surveillance preparations wouldn't be needed for the time being.

For some reason, ever since the Weibo controversy, the number of guests who received invitations and confirmed that the Ye family would be attending has increased significantly. This far exceeded the expected number of people, and the Ye family villa naturally could not accommodate so many, so the venue was changed to Haoyue Club.

The Haoyue Club is a venue specifically for holding such banquets, consisting of a main building and a villa complex.

Ye Sanqing naturally took the opportunity of inspecting the site to allow Xiaochong to access the surveillance system of the entire clubhouse area.

At this moment, she was confirming with Xiaochong: "Where is Ye Wanyin?"

[He was loitering near the employee entrance, seemingly waiting for someone.]

[Employee entrance... She really wanted to help her "friends" sneak in.] Ye Sanqing smiled, picked up his phone, and told Jian Mengru that she needed to keep a close eye on the employee entrance.

Everyone else had already gone ahead, but Ye Sanqing decided to get her hair and makeup done at home before arriving. After all, arriving early might mean dealing with any unexpected situations, so it was safer to leave from home.

Ye Sanqing was not afraid of the crisis, but it was better to minimize troublesome matters.

While Ye Sanqing calmly waited to arrive at their destination, Ye Wanyin was "invited" back to the waiting room by the bodyguards sent by Jian Mengru.

"Whose bodyguards are you? Don't you know I'm the fourth young lady of the Ye family? I don't need your interference here!" Ye Wanyin argued a few times, but to no avail.

A professional bodyguard will naturally only listen to the boss's orders. If the boss says she is a security risk, then she is a security risk.

So Ye Wanyin could only wander around the waiting room, with bodyguards standing on either side of the door, so she probably wouldn't be able to leave before the banquet started.

Ye Wanyin could only wait for Hua Duoduo or Cheng Yanye to arrive before acting with them. After all, they were guests, not prisoners, and the bodyguards couldn't possibly keep them all confined in the room.

Ye Sanqing's deduction was entirely correct; Ye Wanyin was indeed going to make her move today.

Tong Wuyu will bring the medicine she needs. Tong Wuyu, naturally, volunteered to offer a plan after Ye Wanyin's repeated hints, saying she would take care of the medicine.

Once she gets her hands on the drugs, Ye Sanqing will have leverage over her, and she'll also lose face in front of her entire family. Surely no one would think a woman who sleeps around with men at her own family reunion banquet is any good!

Ye Wanyin thought to herself, a hint of smugness creeping into her heart. She could keep this dirt on herself until she no longer needed Ye Sanqing. Or perhaps, what if he found a good man and concealed the truth…? She couldn't let Ye Sanqing ruin a good man; she would naturally have to stand up for him and expose the truth.

Ye Sanqing: [What is Ye Wanyin doing?] She was bored on the way and started showing Xiaochong the surveillance footage again. Xiaochong looked through it and said that apart from Ye Wanyin making a distorted smile, there was nothing unusual.

Little Bug: [I don't know, maybe it's some good news!]

"You've got a bit of a sense of humor now," Ye Sanqing said with a smile.

The car arrived quickly, and Ye Sanqing walked into the room through a separate path from the side door.

She glanced at the main road in the distance; there weren't many people there, probably because it was a bit chilly and everyone had gone indoors to wait.

There seemed to be some noise coming from the doorway.

"You can't take my phone! It's my private property!" Tong Wuyu, whose online name is Happy Fairy Tale, started her live stream as soon as she arrived at the gate. She had just greeted everyone and boasted about being invited to the Ye family's banquet when bodyguards came up to stop her. She immediately screamed.

Bodyguard: "Miss, please stop filming." The bodyguard had seen countless unreasonable people like this before; no one even tried to take her phone, but she was the one who started shouting first.

"I have the freedom to film! You can't make me stop!" Tong Wuyu shouted, as if she were a righteous person.

"Exactly, what right do you have to confiscate other people's phones?" Hua Duoduo happened to be nearby and, seeing her friend being harassed, immediately stepped in to intervene.

Hua Duoduo also disliked Tong Wuyu. In her eyes, Tong Wuyu was just a poor girl trying to pass herself off as a rich heiress. She only considered Tong Wuyu a friend because Wanwan said that Tong Wuyu had a pitiful background.

"Miss Hua, Miss Tong, this way please." Jian Mengru also arrived and gestured for them to enter.

Hua Duoduo then noticed that they were standing in the middle of the road, blocking the way, and some guests were bothered by the cell phone in Tong Wuyu's hand, so they walked around them.

Tong Wuyu persisted, "Isn't this a road? Can't I walk on it? What does your Ye family mean by this...?"

Hua Duoduo thought to herself, "What a poor bastard! The Ye family only invited you because of me and Wanwan, right? You really think you're some big internet celebrity! Even a big internet celebrity has to bow down in front of the Ye family."

This time she was smarter and didn't rush to speak. Instead, she pulled Tong Wuyu aside and whispered, "Stop fooling around, or you'll mess up Wanwan's plans."

Tong Wuyu was naturally very dissatisfied. She knew that she had only managed to get to this point by clinging to Ye Wanyin's coattails, and Ye Wanyin's current position was precarious. Whether she could continue to live her good life depended on this one move.

But she has been suppressed for years, which has led her to develop a personality where she sees anyone who has a problem with her as looking down on her. And she's enjoying the praise from the live stream viewers! How could they possibly cut the stream off at a time like this? Before she came, she even said she would let her family see the most upscale dinner party.

In fact, no media were invited today, and the fact that live streaming was not allowed was also mentioned when the invitations were sent out. Tong Wuyu hadn't initially planned to live stream, but after she leaked the news that she would be attending the banquet, she was bombarded with praise, and she lost her head and blurted it out.

She glanced at the still-scrolling comments on the screen, and her resolve hardened. Looking up at Jian Mengru, she said, "I'm warning you, my livestream is still going on. If you do anything disrespectful to me, it will all be broadcast and seen by the entire internet! Let me in now, and I can pretend nothing happened, otherwise…"

Jian Mengru ignored her threat and said, "Miss Tong, do you mean you're going to insist on continuing the live stream?"

"Yes! I have the right to broadcast live!" Tong Wuyu felt even more justified seeing that the other party's attitude was relatively mild, and insisted.

"Then please go back, Miss Tong. The invitation is invalid from this moment on." Jian Mengru tapped her earpiece, and several bodyguards immediately surrounded her, preparing to lead Tong Wuyu toward the exit.

"Stop!" Hua Duoduo was anxious when she saw Tong Wuyu struggling futilely but still being led away.

"What advice do you have for me, Miss Hua?" Jian Mengru asked, looking at her.

Hua Duoduo thought to herself, "How infuriating! Just an assistant to the Ye family, and they treat me with such an insolent attitude. Wait until Ye Wanyin inherits the Ye family's fortune, then let's see if they'll still be so smug."

But now is not the time to argue; if Tong Wuyu can't get in, that would be troublesome. "Let me try to persuade her; she can still get in even if she doesn't stream, right?" After receiving Jian Mengru's affirmative answer, she ran towards Tong Wuyu.

Tong Wuyu had already ended her live stream a moment ago. She could still manage to cover it up if she didn't stream, but being forcibly taken away by the bodyguards would be truly embarrassing. Seeing that the bodyguards were unmoved and only focused on leading her outside, she could only watch helplessly.

Seeing Hua Duoduo arrive was like seeing a savior. Tong Wuyu shouted, "I'm not broadcasting anymore, let me in!"

The bodyguards looked at Jian Mengru, and after receiving a signal, they dispersed.

After walking for a while, Tong Wuyu and Hua Duoduo turned around and glared at Jian Mengru. "What a thing, still acting like she's a member of the Ye family! I'm going to tell Wanwan right now! Let her lose her job before she comes begging to me, hmph."

Hua Duoduo really wanted to say that it was Ye Yifan's assistant and Ye Wanyin had no right to interfere, but after thinking about it, she decided against it. Why not just watch Tong Wuyu cause trouble from the sidelines?

Tong Wuyu was indeed too noisy; Hua Duoduo's ears started to hurt after only a few steps, and she increasingly missed An Yueyuan, who was still in the hospital. Yueyuan was better; she was ruthless and didn't talk much.

At this moment, An Yueyuan, who is ruthless and taciturn, was being asked to leave the scene at the employee entrance.

She didn't tell anyone, not even Ye Wanyin knew she was coming today, everyone thought she was still recovering in the hospital.

An Yueyuan had originally planned to sneak in through the staff entrance, but Ye Wanyin had also intended to pick up others there, only to be spotted by Ye Sanqing, leading to increased security at that entrance. Seeing that she couldn't get in, she found a spot nearby to wait. She was determined to wait for Ye Sanqing to come out today!

Ye Sanqing waited in the lounge for a while before the banquet began.

Jian Mengru had returned to her side and was waiting with Xiaoyou. They then reviewed the procedures again.

"After Mr. Ye speaks, you may make your appearance."

Ye Sanqing nodded.

The opening was naturally Ye Tian going up to welcome everyone and recounting how excited he was to find his daughter, how many hardships he had endured over the years, and how happy he was to finally reunite with his family.

Ye Sanqing heard it clearly in the waiting area and let out a cold laugh.

[That old man really knows how to tell stories; anyone who didn't know better would think he cared about me a lot. But is Ye Wanyin and I twins? That's hilarious! If I laugh out loud, will my makeup come off?]

[As long as you don't laugh until you cry, they probably won't come off...] Little Bug knows more about makeup than Ye Sanqing. Those false eyelashes are practically unshakeable!

"It's your turn," Jian Mengru announced.

Ye Sanqing appeared on the stairs, walking down slowly with an official smile.

She wore a simple black strapless fishtail dress with countless rhinestones on its matte surface, like a sky full of stars, sparkling with each step she took.

And around her neck, a striking red shimmered. It was the centerpiece of the diamond necklace, an extremely rare deep red diamond.

"The Crimson Lotus of Purgatory!" someone exclaimed softly.

"Is it that legendary diamond?" A small group of people began to whisper among themselves.

"This diamond appeared more than 20 years ago and was immediately auctioned off anonymously. Since then, no one has had the chance to see it. It's incredible..." a more experienced person murmured to himself.

"I never expected to see it at the Ye family's residence today... This is a cursed stone, Miss Ye, can you suppress it?"

"Could it be that this diamond has been kept in the Ye family's collection for over twenty years?"

"The Ye family is incredibly lucky; they weren't affected by the stone's flaws. Putting that aside, the stone itself is quite beautiful..."

"Today, we've even used this opportunity to showcase Miss Ye..."

The reason this diamond is named this is naturally because there are some bloody and turbulent legends behind it. It's nothing more than whoever gets it will be unlucky and unable to keep it. Over the years, the rumors have become distorted and frightening.

Ye Sanqing was unaware of these things, and even if she did, she would say she didn't care. After all, most of her previous jewelry was war trophies, and it was perfectly normal for jewelry to be stained with blood. The only one at fault would be the person, not the jewelry itself.

Ye Yifan watched her walk down and slowly smiled.

She has heard what she wanted to hear.