Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

"The first day of the fourth month of the sixth year of Xingyuan, at the hour of Chen?"

"Isn't that... isn't that the young lady's birth date and time?"

All eyes turned to Ye Qing'an: "Could it be that Abbot Jieran was referring to the young lady?"

"That seems to be true. When the young lady was born, her dantian was destroyed and her meridians were damaged, so she couldn't cultivate. Didn't they say that she met a benefactor a while ago who repaired her dantian? Is she able to cultivate now?"

"From this perspective, what Abbot Jieran said seems to perfectly match the young lady's situation?"

Ye Qing'an merely raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise slowly appearing on her face: "Abbot Jiran, are you referring to me?"

Abbot Jieran looked up at Ye Qing'an with a sorrowful expression.

Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips. It was no wonder that this solitary abbot was so respected. His face was indeed that of someone who wanted to save all living beings and help the world, which could easily deceive people.

"I have said what I needed to say. It is not appropriate to reveal too much about the secrets of heaven. As for who it is and how to deal with them, that is up to Lord Ye to decide."

Ye Qinghao frowned, about to speak, but Ye Qing'an spoke first: "What Abbot Jieran said seems to be pointing at me in every word. However, there is one thing I don't understand. How did Abbot Jieran determine that those things were celestial phenomena? I thought that so-called celestial phenomena should be a more serious natural disaster, a phenomenon that is beyond human control..."

"For example, earthquakes, droughts, floods, snow disasters, avalanches, and the like. But Abbot Jieran said that what happened in the manor the night before last was enough to be considered an extraordinary phenomenon from heaven, so I really don't understand."

Abbot Jieran frowned slightly: "Leaving aside the bloody footprints on the wall, the well water is bubbling with blood-red liquid, as if it were boiling. Birds are flying low, and red water droplets are appearing on the spirit-testing stone. Aren't these phenomena beyond human control?"

“Of course not.” Ye Qing’an curled the corners of his mouth: “After all, I can use some things to make all those so-called strange phenomena in the manor the night before last reappear.”

Upon hearing Ye Qing'an's words, the people in the hall began to discuss among themselves: "How is that possible? To be able to reproduce all the situations?"

"How can we reproduce those?"

"Could it be that this young lady has suffered some kind of shock and her mind is no longer working properly?"

Even Ye Qinghao's gaze fell on Ye Qing'an: "Can you really make all the strange phenomena reappear?"

“Of course I can.” Ye Qing’an slightly raised her chin: “Because those so-called strange phenomena are nothing more than something deliberately manipulated by someone behind the scenes to deceive people, and then pin all the strange phenomena on one person…”

"Please don't speak recklessly, benefactor." Abbot Jieran frowned, his face already showing anger: "Does this female benefactor mean that this humble monk was instructed by someone to come here specifically to frame you?"

"It shouldn't be that bad, right? Who is Abbot Jieran? With such a reputation, even the Emperor has to show him some respect. Why would he want to frame the young lady?"

"That's right, he has no grudge against the young lady, so why would he frame her? Was he acting on someone's orders? That's impossible. In this Siyou Kingdom, is there anyone who can order Abbot Jieran around?"

Ye Qing'an naturally heard all those comments.

Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Actually, although Abbot Jieran's words just now were all directed at me, he got one very crucial point wrong."

Everyone was looking at Ye Qing'an, but Ye Qing'an still had a smile on his face: "Abbot Jieran said that person's birth time was the first day of the fourth month of the sixth year of Xingyuan, at the hour of Chen (7-9 AM). He said that this hour was an inauspicious time because it was a Yin year, Yin month, and Yin hour. However, Abbot Jieran probably doesn't know that although the birth time I publicly announced is this, in fact, my real birth time is not this hour."

"The date is correct, only the time is wrong."

As soon as Ye Qing'an finished speaking, many people in the hall changed their expressions.

"how is this possible?"

Ye Qing'an took in all the changes in everyone's expressions and had some guesses about who was behind today's farce.

Ye Qing'an's smile grew even brighter: "You may not believe me if I say this, but if you don't believe me, you can ask Father. After all, Father should have some recollection of my birth date and time."

"If everyone still doesn't believe it, then we can only ask Father to call all the elders of the clan, and in front of everyone, open the ancestral hall together and check the records in the genealogy."

Everyone then looked at Ye Qinghao.

Ye Qinghao nodded, his face revealing no emotion: "Yes, just as Qing'an said."

“When Qing’an was born, her mother told me that Qing’an was my first daughter and that many people would be watching her. Besides life and death, the easiest thing for people to make a fuss about is a child’s birth date and time. She asked me to write the time of her birth date and time later, because Qing’an was not born at the Chen hour.”

"At the time, I thought her mother was making a mountain out of a molehill. Nothing happened for the next few years, and then it was discovered that Qing'an's meridians were damaged and her dantian was destroyed, making it impossible for her to cultivate. So I put the matter out of my mind."

"But just now, when I heard Qing'an mention it, it brought back those memories."

Ye Qinghao is the head of the Ye family, so there is no need for him to lie. Since he has said so, naturally no one will bring it up again and ask to open the ancestral hall to check the family genealogy.

If someone were to bring this up at this time, it would be far too deliberate and too suspicious.

Ye Qinghao pursed his lips, glanced at Ye Qing'an, and remained as calm as ever.

Abbot Jieran frowned, about to launch an attack, but Ye Qing'an once again seized the initiative: "I have heard that Abbot Jieran is a highly accomplished monk, and his calculations are especially accurate. When he was the national teacher, the fate of Siyou Kingdom was also calculated by Abbot Jieran, and there has never been a mistake."

"Surely Abbot Jieran wouldn't miscalculate someone's birthday, would he?"

"But although Abbot Jieran got my birth date wrong, everything else he said seemed to be referring to me." Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow slightly. "I suspect that either the femme fatale Abbot Jieran mentioned is me, but the person who made Abbot Jieran say that gave me the wrong birth date, or Abbot Jieran is referring to someone else entirely..."

"I just don't know if that person is in this mansion. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Father to send the steward to investigate properly. I'm quite interested, after all, it's probably very rare to meet someone whose birth date and time are so similar to mine, and whose experiences are so coincidental. I have to meet him in person."