bestfiction Chapter 133 Flattery
Chapter 133 Flattery
When Madam Ye woke up, the doctor said there was nothing serious, but she shouldn't get angry again.
Hearing this, Li, who was standing at the door, breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to have a reputation for driving her mother-in-law to her death.
Seeing that the room was full of people from the main branch of the family, and no one came to comfort her, Li left in anger.
Ye Xianrong went in and took a look, but Old Madam Ye didn't want to see him at the moment, so she told him to leave.
After leaving the Ye residence, Ye Xianrong scolded Li Shi in the carriage, "Why did you talk back to the old lady? Do you think you've lived too long?"
“I couldn’t help myself, and I was just stating the facts. When my elder brother and sister-in-law were alive, the old lady doted on them even more. But when it came to you, the second son, when has the old lady ever cared about your future?” Madam Li had many complaints about her mother-in-law. “Back then, you clearly had a chance for promotion. All you had to do was offer a thousand taels of silver as a bribe to your superior, but the old lady insisted that she didn’t have the money and said that you had to rely on your own abilities. Didn’t she realize that out of all the officials in the capital, how many of them were truly honest and upright?”
Because of this, Li held a grudge against her mother-in-law for half her life.
Ye Xianrong also harbored resentment, saying, "This is how my life is going to be, Mingxuan can't be like me."
They only had one son, and they were determined to make him successful. Unfortunately, their son never passed the imperial examinations. The couple consulted countless people, but they couldn't find a renowned teacher for their son.
“My son will definitely make something of himself. He’ll be better than Ye Mingde. Ye Mingyue, who doesn’t know any better? He insisted on going into business. Look at him now, he reeks of money.” While saying this, Li Shi was actually complaining that Ye Mingyue wouldn’t give them money. The eldest branch of the family was clearly doing better and better, yet he wouldn’t give their second branch any promotion.
“Mingyue has indeed gone astray. You can scold these juniors however you like. But remember, you must never treat Mother like that again, or you know the consequences.” Ye Xianrong had just finished speaking when the carriage suddenly bumped into something. He looked out with displeasure, “Who is it… Prince Cheng…?”
The couple hurriedly dismounted from the carriage and were about to pay their respects when King Cheng said there was no need for such formalities.
“My carriage broke down and I accidentally bumped into you. Are you alright?” King Cheng asked.
"It's alright, it's alright, we're all fine. Are you alright?" Ye Xianrong was sweating bullets. Normally, he couldn't even get close enough to talk to someone like Prince Cheng. Now he was afraid that Prince Cheng would be displeased.
Hearing that Prince Cheng said he was alright and kindly told them to leave, Ye Xianrong breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Prince Cheng was a good person and hadn't made things difficult for them.
Although he wanted to curry favor with the powerful, when he actually met them, his tongue seemed tied in knots, and he couldn't speak for a long time. In the end, it was Li who tugged at his sleeve before he got into the carriage and left.
When he got home, Ye Xianrong regretted his lack of self-control, saying, "I should have said more."
“What’s the use of regretting it now? It’s too late.” After saying that, Li suddenly remembered that she could send something to apologize, and pulled Ye Xianrong, saying, “We can go to his door. If Prince Cheng is willing to see you, then there’s a chance. If he doesn’t, leave the things behind; maybe it will be an opportunity in the future!”
Ye Xianrong nodded and said that he would have Li find the most precious jade pendant in the family, as he wanted to go to the Prince Cheng's mansion to apologize in person.
While Ye Xianrong was busy currying favor with Prince Cheng, Ye Mingyue's rouge shop was vandalized. People claimed that their rouge had ruined people's faces, and the family was going to report it to the authorities.
The waiter rushed in with a message: "We said we would investigate and if there was a problem, we would definitely compensate them. But they wouldn't listen to our explanations, smashed the shop to pieces, and then took the manager to report it to the authorities."
Upon hearing this, Ye Mingyue hurriedly went to handle the situation. His shop had never experienced anything like this before, and he couldn't help but have a bad feeling.
The Ye family became worried about this, and they waited until dark for Ye Mingyue to return. The people they sent out returned after a long time to say that someone had died from eating at the pastry shop and that the yamen had detained Ye Mingyue.