After being reborn, I hugged the villainous boss tightly.

"Help! Miss has fallen into the water!!"

Lotus Leaf, who was returning with her things, witnessed this scene and was so frightened that she screamed.

Ye Fuyao was stunned. She stared at her hand in shock. She hadn't intended to push Ye Zhuxi.

Hearing Ye Zhuxi's cries for help after falling into the water, the servants around rushed over and, seeing her struggling in the lake, immediately jumped in and pulled her ashore.

Ye Zhuxi glanced at the stunned Ye Fuyao, smiled smugly, then pretended to cough, her eyes filled with disbelief as she looked at Ye Fuyao.

"Sister, why did you push me?"

"I didn't, Ye Zhuxi, you're lying!"

Ye Fuyao was speechless, and now a lot of people had seen Ye Zhuxi fall into the water.

Seeing Ye Fuyao's flustered state, Ye Zhuxi knew that her plan had succeeded.

Falling into the water and getting chilled made Ye Zhuxi feel dizzy. Her lips twitched, and as she passed out, she thought to herself that she never wanted to do something like this again, where she would kill a thousand enemies but also lose eight hundred of her own.

next day

When Ye Zhuxi woke up again, she saw her mother looking at her with a worried expression.

When Madam Gu saw that Ye Zhuxi had woken up, she was so heartbroken that she almost burst into tears.

"You child, how could you fall into the lake on such a cold day? If anything were to happen to you, how would your father and I live?"

Seeing her mother weeping, Ye Zhuxi's eyes instantly reddened at the thought of seeing her again.

No one can replace a mother's love for her. Even if she is just sick, her mother will blame herself for days, blaming herself for not taking good care of her, let alone falling into the water in this cold season.

Ye Zhuxi even remembers that when she was a child, she was seriously ill because of her weak body. At that time, her mother was afraid that she would not recover from the illness, so she stayed by her bedside for three days and three nights. When she was sleepy, she would prick herself with a silver hairpin, which resulted in several scars on her hands.

This mother, who loved her so much, was implicated and had her head chopped off, and her head was hung on the city wall to show the emperor's heart.

Thinking of all this, Ye Zhuxi couldn't stop the tears of self-reproach from streaming down her face. Her delicate and beautiful face was filled with guilt, and she spoke softly in a hoarse voice, full of apology: "Mother, I'm sorry..."

Madam Gu couldn't bear to see Ye Zhuxi in tears. Her heart ached terribly, and she gently took Ye Zhuxi's fair hand and said, "I just feel sorry for you. How could you fall into the lake on such a cold day?"

Ye Zhuxi's eyes reddened even more. She glanced at Ye Fuyao standing outside the door and said in a sweet voice, "It's my sister..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ye Fuyao pushed aside the maid blocking the doorway and stumbled in, explaining with red eyes.

"Auntie, it wasn't me! I didn't push my sister!"

Gu frowned. Ye Fuyao usually looked gentle and weak, and didn't seem like the kind of person who would do such a thing.

Seeing her mother looking at Ye Fuyao with hesitation, Ye Zhuxi knew that everyone's impression of Ye Fuyao as delicate and kind was deeply ingrained, and she couldn't help but feel apprehensive, afraid that her mother would not believe her.

"Aunt, you believe in Fuyao!"

Ye Fuyao was still trying to explain, her eyes were red and she looked like she was about to burst into tears, but no tears came out of her eyes after she had been shouting for a long time.

"..."

"Madam, it was...it was Miss Biao who pushed Miss into the lake, we all saw it!"

He Ye quickly stepped forward and said, seemingly afraid that Madam Gu would not believe her, she added, "If Madam doesn't believe me, you can ask the servants who were cleaning the backyard yesterday. They all saw it!"

Ye Zhuxi silently gave He Ye a thumbs up. This girl was worth all the years of pampering her; she knew how to deliver a finishing blow at crucial moments.

"Mom~~My head hurts so much!"

Ye Zhuxi simply threw herself into her mother's arms, pretending to have a splitting headache.

This trick worked! Madam Gu immediately felt so sorry for Ye Zhuxi that she wished she could take the pain for her. She regretted that she had doubted her daughter's words for a moment. This was her precious daughter!

After comforting Ye Zhuxi, Madam Gu turned to Ye Fuyao and said expressionlessly, "Fuyao, how have I treated you in the past?"

Ye Fuyao didn't know why Madam Gu would ask this question, but she still answered honestly, "My aunt is very good to Fuyao!"

Gu continued coldly, "I've been good to you! Then why did you push Ruoruo into the lake? Didn't you know she's always been very weak?"

"You're going to kill her!"

Gu felt that the daughter she had given birth to with great difficulty was meant to enjoy happiness, not suffer. She had been kind to Ye Fuyao only to prevent others from gossiping about the Ye family, not to allow her to bully her daughter like this.

"Aunt, I really didn't! Zhuxi jumped in by herself! She even slapped me!" Ye Fuyao knelt down and grabbed Gu Shi's clothes, explaining loudly.

Ye Zhuxi gave her a cold look, then turned and nestled comfortably in her mother's arms, continuing to say with a wronged tone, "Mother, I did have a conflict with my sister and accidentally hit her, but she..."

Madam Gu brushed Ye Fuyao's hand away and looked at her with icy eyes.

“The evidence is conclusive. If you admit you were wrong, I won’t punish you much, but you keep denying it…”

Mrs. Gu looked disappointed and sighed.

"Go kneel in the ancestral hall and wait until Ruoruo is better before you can get up!"

"..."

This time, Ye Fuyao didn't explain anymore. She gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at Ye Zhuxi, who was gloating.

Knowing that nothing she said would make a difference, after all, this was the Ye family home, and Gu was Ye Zhuxi's mother. Even if she hadn't done it, how could Gu not favor her own daughter?

With her fierce expression gone, Ye Fuyao nodded resignedly, "Yes!"

Now the entire Ye family has to rely on Madam Gu. General Ye has gone to war, leaving only her to manage things, and she's busy every day.

Seeing that Ye Zhuxi was much better, Madam Gu told her to rest well and that she would come to see her again in the evening.

After saying goodbye to her mother, Ye Zhuxi immediately called He Ye over: "Hurry up and change your clothes, I need to go to the backyard."

After settling Fu Jingyuan in yesterday, I was busy disciplining Ye Fuyao. I wonder how he is doing now. It's freezing cold; I hope he doesn't freeze to death.

"Miss, you're still not fully recovered. There's no rush to teach Fu Jingyuan a lesson!"

"Uh……"

It seems that her fondness for bullying Fu Jingyuan is already commonplace in the eyes of the Ye family, and Ye Zhuxi doesn't offer any explanation.

Upon arriving at the backyard again, I heard mocking curses coming from there even before I entered.

"You think you deserve new bedding?!"

"Call me Grandpa, and I won't pour this cold water on you!"

"Quickly call, quickly call!"

"Fu Jingyuan, don't give me that stinky face, or I'll slap you a few times!"

Look, in the Ye family mansion, anyone dares to bully Fu Jingyuan. Who wouldn't hold a grudge?

No wonder Fu Jingyuan harbored such resentment. Knowing that the Ye family had been wiped out and he had nowhere to vent his anger, he razed the Ye family to the ground after conquering Qi Kingdom.

Ye Zhuxi secretly rubbed her forehead. She walked over and kicked over a bucket of cold water on the ground.