“…”
The whole place fell silent, then many people revealed a rather odd expression and questioningly stared at Su Lianhua, regarding her as a suspect.
Only Rong Mo didn’t look at Su Lianhua. To be precise, he had never looked at anyone since he entered the hall. His eyes were glued on Ye Qianli.
Those who were uninformed thought he was interested in his fiancée; those who knew, such as Ye Qianli herself, wished she could turn around and dig his eyes, because his gaze on her was unnatural! It was utterly discomforting, as if she was being condescendingly scrutinized.
“I…no…I’m sorry, I’m sorry Sister.” But at this time, Su Lianhua, who had been speechless by Ye Qianli’s “naive” questioning, suddenly burst into tears and apologized. Not only that!
“Plop!”
Su Lianhua also knelt before Ye Qianli and cried, “Sister, I’m sorry. I was really frightened. I didn’t comply with our agreement, but when you swallowed the Heavenly Yutan flower. I just … I just… ran back…”
“I wanted to call Aunt and Uncle to save you. I-I am sorry. I am sorry Sister. Fortunately, you survived by yourself and came back. I’m sorry Sister…”
She must admit Su Lianhua was still highly intelligent. Amidst a crisis, she could still completely go along Ye Qianli’s words to defend herself and even kneel to hug Ye Qianli’s legs while speaking.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Su Lianhua momentarily became a tearful lady, and one hand also inadvertently yanked the handkerchief that Ye Qianli held in her hand.
She probably wanted to try to obliterate all evidence. After all, she didn’t know that she, her silly cousin whom she tricked to go round and round, already knew everything.
However …
“All right, Hua’er, get up quickly. There’s nothing you did wrong. It’s Li’er herself who is too foolish. Why are you so stupid to actually go and swallow the Heavenly Yutan Blossom? Is that flower so easy to swallow? Did you think it’s so easy for your cultivation to shoot up? Naive.”
“Lose no time and go freshen up. It’s most dreadful for girls to breach etiquette. Fortunately, His Highness doesn’t mind. Hurry up and retreat.”
Before Ye Qianli could respond, Su Qin, the mother, had already made major and trivial teachings, and signaled the elderly nanny to quickly take them away.
“Yes, Aunt, I will leave now.” When Su Lianhua heard this, she quickly got up and grabbed Ye Qianli. She was outwardly obedient, but she actually exerted full force to drag the latter down.
She was afraid. She was afraid that this silly cousin would make some “absurd” remarks that would kill her, and make her lose her manners again in front of the noble prince.
But!
How could Ye Qianli let her have her way? She then, under Su Lianhua’s frightened eyes, pulled that handkerchief out of the latter’s dragging hands!
She raised it toward Su Qin and said, “Mother, then Sister Hua gave me a cup of tea with a high concentration of aphrodisiac to drink; do you also think she did nothing wrong?”
“Mother, do you know what I just went through? A filthy man literally almost ruined me, so I jumped off a cliff because of it and came back like this.”
“Someone is trying to harm me. Someone is trying to destroy me. I am the daughter of the King of the North’s son, and I was humiliated like this… Do you also intend to ignore it and leave me to my own devices?”
“!”
“…”
When Ye Qianli uttered such accusations, not only did Su Lianhua, the culprit, turn pale miserably, Su Qin and Ye Fengtian’s faces were also very, very ugly.
Of course, the most ugly face belonged to Rong Mo! The blue veins on his temples were even faintly throbbing – a sign of his towering rage.
However——
“If it wasn’t for the God’s mercy that I hang on a tree branch after jumping off the cliff, I would have died by now; if it wasn’t for the fact that on the cliff, I suddenly remembered that Grandfather had given me an elixir that was said to cure a hundred poisons, I would have died of poison by now.”
“In this case, does Mother also think that Sister Hua did not do wrong? Is the fault mine for being too stupid and had no defenses against others? Do I deserve it?”
“Plop!” As Ye Qianli’s questioning trailed off, Su Lianhua, who was holding her, knelt down again. But this time, it was not her initiative to kneel, but she had been so scared that her legs went weak, so she naturally knelt.
“I…” Su Lianhua tried to argue.
“I used this handkerchief to wipe my mouth. I think there are still tea residue stains on this. An imperial doctor can completely test it and see if there is any problem with these tea stains.” Ye Qianli, however, did not give Su Lianhua a chance to say anything else.
And after she spoke, she also suddenly faced Rong Mo who had been staring at her, and knelt down on one knee. “Your Royal Highness, I’m sorry.”
“I, Ye Qianli, as the chosen Crown Princess, can’t protect myself well and let the royal family be covered with dust. I think I am unworthy of being the Crown Princess. Your Royal Highness, please decide wisely.”
Rong Mo: “…”
“Li’er, you…” At the same time, Ye Fengtian quickly tried to speak. He wasn’t stupid! He naturally heard what Ye Qianli meant by being unworthy as the Crown Prince’s consort. How could this be?! This was the glory of their Ye clan.
“Snapped!”
Before Ye Fengtian could finish speaking, Su Qin had already stepped forward and gave Su Lianhua a slap, and asked in a cold voice, “Do you know what you did wrong!”
Su Lianhua: “…” She was beaten up silly, okay? She only felt that she was truly finished this time. Even her most loving aunt was questioning her. What else could she do?
“How can you give poisonous tea to your sister? Even though you are not a pharmacist, you are also a cultivator. Why can’t you tell what is good from bad?”
“Someone! I want to see who dared to use such a vicious scheme against my Ye clan in the North.”
Su Qin’s headlong firing that was seemingly thunderous immediately cleared Su Lianhua from suspicion, which not only stunned Su Lianhua herself.
Even Ye Qianli didn’t expect that Su Qin, Ye Qianli’s mother, was not protecting her or comforting her at this juncture, and was instead washing her niece off the charges without delay.
“Crack…”
Ye Qianli clearly heard that something shattered deep inside her. It was the original Ye Qianli’s heart, shattered into crumbs by this mother of hers.
“Nan Momo, take Li’er back for now, and then quickly go and ask the Imperial Doctor to come. You too, Li’er. You didn’t say a word when you came back from such a big incident, yet you blamed it all on your cousin. You even accused me, your mother? For the sake of your fright, I won’t care about it. I will teach you the ways of life and how to behave in the future. Go with Nan Momo for now.”
After cleansing Su Lianhua of suspicions, Su Qin didn’t spare Ye Qianli from a scolding, embodying a strict mother teaching her. Ye Qianli couldn’t help but snicker.
“You, what’s with your attitude? You…” Ye Qianli’s reaction was obviously utterly unwelcome to Su Qin, and she immediately wanted to scold again.
“Enough!” Ye Fengtian, who had repeatedly been robbed of his words, only felt humiliated, and he snapped sharply.
“That’s it.” Rong Mo suddenly flew up, and then…
“…”
The whole place fell silent, then many people revealed a rather odd expression and questioningly stared at Su Lianhua, regarding her as a suspect.
Only Rong Mo didn’t look at Su Lianhua. To be precise, he had never looked at anyone since he entered the hall. His eyes were glued on Ye Qianli.
Those who were uninformed thought he was interested in his fiancée; those who knew, such as Ye Qianli herself, wished she could turn around and dig his eyes, because his gaze on her was unnatural! It was utterly discomforting, as if she was being condescendingly scrutinized.
“I…no…I’m sorry, I’m sorry Sister.” But at this time, Su Lianhua, who had been speechless by Ye Qianli’s “naive” questioning, suddenly burst into tears and apologized. Not only that!
“Plop!”
Su Lianhua also knelt before Ye Qianli and cried, “Sister, I’m sorry. I was really frightened. I didn’t comply with our agreement, but when you swallowed the Heavenly Yutan flower. I just … I just… ran back…”
“I wanted to call Aunt and Uncle to save you. I-I am sorry. I am sorry Sister. Fortunately, you survived by yourself and came back. I’m sorry Sister…”
She must admit Su Lianhua was still highly intelligent. Amidst a crisis, she could still completely go along Ye Qianli’s words to defend herself and even kneel to hug Ye Qianli’s legs while speaking.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Su Lianhua momentarily became a tearful lady, and one hand also inadvertently yanked the handkerchief that Ye Qianli held in her hand.
She probably wanted to try to obliterate all evidence. After all, she didn’t know that she, her silly cousin whom she tricked to go round and round, already knew everything.
However …
“All right, Hua’er, get up quickly. There’s nothing you did wrong. It’s Li’er herself who is too foolish. Why are you so stupid to actually go and swallow the Heavenly Yutan Blossom? Is that flower so easy to swallow? Did you think it’s so easy for your cultivation to shoot up? Naive.”
“Lose no time and go freshen up. It’s most dreadful for girls to breach etiquette. Fortunately, His Highness doesn’t mind. Hurry up and retreat.”
Before Ye Qianli could respond, Su Qin, the mother, had already made major and trivial teachings, and signaled the elderly nanny to quickly take them away.
“Yes, Aunt, I will leave now.” When Su Lianhua heard this, she quickly got up and grabbed Ye Qianli. She was outwardly obedient, but she actually exerted full force to drag the latter down.
She was afraid. She was afraid that this silly cousin would make some “absurd” remarks that would kill her, and make her lose her manners again in front of the noble prince.
But!
How could Ye Qianli let her have her way? She then, under Su Lianhua’s frightened eyes, pulled that handkerchief out of the latter’s dragging hands!
She raised it toward Su Qin and said, “Mother, then Sister Hua gave me a cup of tea with a high concentration of aphrodisiac to drink; do you also think she did nothing wrong?”
“Mother, do you know what I just went through? A filthy man literally almost ruined me, so I jumped off a cliff because of it and came back like this.”
“Someone is trying to harm me. Someone is trying to destroy me. I am the daughter of the King of the North’s son, and I was humiliated like this… Do you also intend to ignore it and leave me to my own devices?”
“!”
“…”
When Ye Qianli uttered such accusations, not only did Su Lianhua, the culprit, turn pale miserably, Su Qin and Ye Fengtian’s faces were also very, very ugly.
Of course, the most ugly face belonged to Rong Mo! The blue veins on his temples were even faintly throbbing – a sign of his towering rage.
However——
“If it wasn’t for the God’s mercy that I hang on a tree branch after jumping off the cliff, I would have died by now; if it wasn’t for the fact that on the cliff, I suddenly remembered that Grandfather had given me an elixir that was said to cure a hundred poisons, I would have died of poison by now.”
“In this case, does Mother also think that Sister Hua did not do wrong? Is the fault mine for being too stupid and had no defenses against others? Do I deserve it?”
“Plop!” As Ye Qianli’s questioning trailed off, Su Lianhua, who was holding her, knelt down again. But this time, it was not her initiative to kneel, but she had been so scared that her legs went weak, so she naturally knelt.
“I…” Su Lianhua tried to argue.
“I used this handkerchief to wipe my mouth. I think there are still tea residue stains on this. An imperial doctor can completely test it and see if there is any problem with these tea stains.” Ye Qianli, however, did not give Su Lianhua a chance to say anything else.
And after she spoke, she also suddenly faced Rong Mo who had been staring at her, and knelt down on one knee. “Your Royal Highness, I’m sorry.”
“I, Ye Qianli, as the chosen Crown Princess, can’t protect myself well and let the royal family be covered with dust. I think I am unworthy of being the Crown Princess. Your Royal Highness, please decide wisely.”
Rong Mo: “…”
“Li’er, you…” At the same time, Ye Fengtian quickly tried to speak. He wasn’t stupid! He naturally heard what Ye Qianli meant by being unworthy as the Crown Prince’s consort. How could this be?! This was the glory of their Ye clan.
“Snapped!”
Before Ye Fengtian could finish speaking, Su Qin had already stepped forward and gave Su Lianhua a slap, and asked in a cold voice, “Do you know what you did wrong!”
Su Lianhua: “…” She was beaten up silly, okay? She only felt that she was truly finished this time. Even her most loving aunt was questioning her. What else could she do?
“How can you give poisonous tea to your sister? Even though you are not a pharmacist, you are also a cultivator. Why can’t you tell what is good from bad?”
“Someone! I want to see who dared to use such a vicious scheme against my Ye clan in the North.”
Su Qin’s headlong firing that was seemingly thunderous immediately cleared Su Lianhua from suspicion, which not only stunned Su Lianhua herself.
Even Ye Qianli didn’t expect that Su Qin, Ye Qianli’s mother, was not protecting her or comforting her at this juncture, and was instead washing her niece off the charges without delay.
“Crack…”
Ye Qianli clearly heard that something shattered deep inside her. It was the original Ye Qianli’s heart, shattered into crumbs by this mother of hers.
“Nan Momo, take Li’er back for now, and then quickly go and ask the Imperial Doctor to come. You too, Li’er. You didn’t say a word when you came back from such a big incident, yet you blamed it all on your cousin. You even accused me, your mother? For the sake of your fright, I won’t care about it. I will teach you the ways of life and how to behave in the future. Go with Nan Momo for now.”
After cleansing Su Lianhua of suspicions, Su Qin didn’t spare Ye Qianli from a scolding, embodying a strict mother teaching her. Ye Qianli couldn’t help but snicker.
“You, what’s with your attitude? You…” Ye Qianli’s reaction was obviously utterly unwelcome to Su Qin, and she immediately wanted to scold again.
“Enough!” Ye Fengtian, who had repeatedly been robbed of his words, only felt humiliated, and he snapped sharply.
“That’s it.” Rong Mo suddenly flew up, and then…
