After the mind-reading and gossip-eating incident, officials in the imperial city were demoted one a

"Yes! Father, I clearly told the steward to have someone take you all back to your rooms. You don't distrust me just because he's Grandmother's man, do you?"

Being slandered is a common occurrence, but this time it's his own father who suffers. He can just sit back and watch the show. Ye Jingyang was quite smug this time, munching on an apple just like Ye Yaoyao, waiting to see what his scumbag father would do next.

Ye Yaoyao learned some things from the system: her scumbag father actually didn't like Butler Wang either.

Unfortunately, in order to appease the old woman, he pretended not to know anything. After all, a harmonious family is essential for his success outside. Indeed, his scumbag father is the kind of person who gets things done quietly.

Ye Li'an spoke up appropriately: "If a steward can make his master suffer like this, he probably already considers himself the master of the Ye family. In his heart, you are probably just a junior."

As expected, Ye Mian was enraged by challenging the authority of the head of the family.

"Dog slave!"

"My lord, this old servant did not, I am innocent!"

“Butler Wang, no matter how unruly Jingyang is, he would never joke about the health of his father and grandmother.”

Ye Mian stared at him coldly. Butler Wang knew that the master was angry, so he had to admit his mistake and knelt down with a thud.

"My lord, the second young lady has come back to life. This old servant thought it was a case of a corpse rising from the dead, and in a moment of fear, I hid and forgot the second young master's instructions. It was this old servant's fault."

"I was shocked last night too. Considering your hard work and dedication to the Ye family, I'll deduct a year and a half's worth of your monthly salary. Next time..."

"The four masters spent the night in the hall and even caught a cold. My husband is so kind, he's only punishing them with their monthly allowance," Liu Yunshu said sarcastically.

"Madam, the steward is, after all, Mother's cousin. There certainly won't be any problems in the future. What else could you possibly be dissatisfied with?"

"In addition to being fined a monthly allowance, they will also be given fifty strokes of the cane."

"Madam, the steward is old; fifty strokes of the rod might kill him."

Triplets: Why didn't they realize their dad was so pretentious before?

"The four of you have been lying outside all night and are still sick. Fifty strokes of the cane is too much? Is it acceptable for others to disregard their masters' lives in the future?" Liu Yunshu looked at him strangely.

Ye Mian smiled awkwardly, "I was just afraid my mother would make a fuss."

[Of course there'll be a commotion! That's the old woman's first love, her darling, her precious sweetheart, she cherishes him even more than her own son!]

Hearing Ye Yaoyao's description, the mother and her children laughed. Ye Mian thought that the steward Wang had been dragged away to fight, and that the mother and her children were happy.

"Husband, is Mother really related to Steward Wang because she cares so much about him?"

"Of course, after Steward Wang came to our Ye residence, he helped Mother with the household affairs so well."

"Really?" This butler has secretly taken away many good things for himself.

[You scumbag father, aren't you afraid that your grandfather will chase you down in his dreams and beat you up for protecting Butler Wang like this?]

Triplets: I heard that Grandfather was very strict with Dad when he was alive. Is it because of this strictness that Dad disregarded Grandfather's name?

My grandfather was a scholar. His first wife was not an old woman. She was frail and sickly and died young. My grandfather was a widower for ten years before remarrying.

The old woman was once the most beautiful girl in their village, and her parents were attracted to her grandfather, who was a scholar. However, she had someone she loved and was unwilling to marry a man much older than her, but she could not defy the wishes of her parents and the words of the matchmaker.

After his father was born, his grandfather was overjoyed and placed high hopes on this son, nurturing him with all his might, hoping that his son could fulfill his regret of not taking the imperial examination.

Therefore, the grandfather was very strict with his father, and all the savings he had accumulated over the years were used for his father's education, so the family actually lived in poverty.

Grandfather passed away before he could hear about his scumbag father becoming an official. The old woman's status rose, and she went back to the village to show off. It was then that she met Wang, the widower, and the two fell in love again.

When her father found out, he didn't agree to them being together. At that time, he had just entered officialdom and was still a minor official, struggling to make a living in the capital city.

The old woman was used to being pampered when she was young, and she was very proud and arrogant. She finally got to meet her first love again.

She used every trick in the book to argue with her scumbag father, who, lacking the energy to deal with her, eventually gave in.

“It’s good that my husband is kind to the servants, but there should be a limit. We can’t let them get too arrogant.”

“What Madam says is true. Butler, you can decide what to do.”

[That scumbag father was just defending Butler Wang, but he changed his tune so quickly. Mother and the others must have noticed a little bit of his hypocrisy!]

Four people: [We saw it. It wasn't just a little bit, it was a huge amount.]

“Madam, Mother is currently ill, and as a junior, someone should take care of her.”

"That's what my husband said."

"You still have to manage the affairs of the manor. I don't want you to be too tired. Let Xiyao take care of you while you are ill!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiyao lowered her head and clenched her hands tightly.

No, my sister gets scolded or beaten by the old woman; even the servants can beat her.

Liu Yunshu was taken aback and looked at her anxious daughter. It turned out that her daughter was being bullied by her grandmother. She blamed herself for not focusing her energy on her eldest daughter.

My mother-in-law is from the countryside. She's unsophisticated but always tries to control the household, making a mess of things.

When she first married into the family, Ye Mian put her in charge of the household. Later, the two women disagreed, and Liu Yunshu was disliked by her mother-in-law.

As time went on, Ye Mian suffered greatly due to Old Madam Ye's unreasonable and irrational nature, leaving Ye Mian caught in the middle and in a dilemma.

Liu Yunshu was a noblewoman from a prominent family, and she naturally blamed Ye Mian for the long-term mistreatment she had suffered. Gradually, the two became increasingly distant and distant.

Until she became pregnant with Ye Yaoyao, the management of the household affairs was handed over to Old Madam Ye. Not long ago, the ladies of various households gathered together and wanted to regain the power of household management, which is currently still in the hands of Old Madam Ye.

I don't understand why the old woman dislikes her so much, and even treats her daughter the same way. How could she be so vicious? Xiyao is her granddaughter.

Ye Li'an and Ye Jingyang were unaware that their younger sister had been bullied, and they looked at her with guilt and pity.

"Dad, I'll go take care of Grandma!" Ye Yaoyao patted her chest.

"No need, no need. You should rest well. Your grandmother doesn't need you." Ye Mian quickly waved his hand to refuse Ye Yaoyao.

“Husband, there’s no need for the children. I’ll go. Xiyao is a young lady now and should go out and socialize more with other young ladies from official families.”

Contacting daughters of officials is also a way to win over other families, and Ye Mian would not object to it.

"Madam, aren't you working too hard?"

[You scumbag dad, you say Mom works hard, but you're secretly overjoyed.]

“I don’t have the power to manage the household right now, so it will be a bit tiring. Husband, my mother is getting old and her health isn’t very good anymore. If I let her manage the household, I’m afraid people will say I’m disrespectful to my mother-in-law and that I’m making her suffer.”

Ye Mian pretended to be hesitant, saying, "Madam, you know Mother's temperament. If we take everything back, I'm afraid she'll make a scene again."

Ye Mian said with a bitter face and helplessness.