The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 28 Escape

Ye Gengxin's face was frosty.

But as he was getting angry, he suddenly laughed. "Sister-in-law, you're mistaken! When Shu'er's life was hanging in the balance, the Emperor issued an edict posthumously conferring upon her the title of Princess Consort of Cheng. Although there was no ceremony, Shu'er was already on the royal register. In other words, Shu'er is now the wife of Prince Cheng, and the wedding ceremony on the 18th of next month is just a belated one. Since they are husband and wife, it's perfectly legitimate and only right that they live together in the same courtyard and even share the same bed."

Ye Shishu married Prince Cheng as a ghost wife, which is different from ordinary marriages.

Regardless of how the world views it, Ye Gengxin is right. Now that Ye Shishu's memorial tablet has entered the Prince Cheng's Mansion and his name has been included in the royal register, he can be said to have been born a member of the Yuchi family and will die a ghost of the Yuchi family.

For such a perfectly legitimate couple, having children is only natural, so what is there for anyone to question?

Just as Lady Wen was rendered speechless, a prince in a wheelchair suddenly appeared outside the hall, his icy voice echoing through the hall, "I am with my princess, does anyone have any objections?"

The anger that Wen and Ge had shown when they arrived subsided considerably upon his appearance.

Wen Yan and Wen Mo carried the wheelchair into the hall.

Ye Shishu was the last to leave.

Wen and Ge quickly stepped forward to pay their respects.

Yu Chi Ling didn't even glance at them, and instead asked Ye Gengxin, "Father-in-law, what brings them here?"

Ye Gengxin said, "Your Highness, the young master of the Wei family slept with the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yufeng's family. The two suspect that Shu'er was behind it, so they came to demand an explanation."

Yu Chi Ling sneered, "Are they such important figures that I, the Queen, need to personally arrange their marriage?"

Wen immediately glared at Ye Shishu behind the wheelchair and questioned, "Shu'er, what are you up to? Don't think that just because you let Prince Cheng come out, you can be protected. If you don't give an explanation about your cousin and Yonghuai, we're not done with you!"

"You audacious shrew, how dare you be so insolent!" Wen Yan shouted angrily.

Madam Wen was bursting with anger and could no longer contain herself. She retorted to Wen Yan, "No matter how shrewish I am, I am still your princess's maternal aunt! Besides, she did such a despicable thing and ruined the reputation of two innocent men and women. Shouldn't she give us an explanation?"

Wen Yan wanted to speak up for Ye Shishu, but Ye Shishu stepped from behind the wheelchair to the front, smiling as she asked Madam Wen, "Aunt, what explanation do you want from me? My cousin and the Wei family's young master are both unmarried; whatever they do is their business, what does it have to do with me?"

Madam Wen angrily asked, "Did you put the sleeping potion in Rou'er's tea? You two were drinking tea together in the room, why are you fine, but my Rou'er was knocked unconscious?"

"Aunt, don't make false accusations! I was talking to my cousin in the room for a while, mainly to show her that gold hairpin. But my cousin is picky and thought the design was too ugly, so she asked me to take it back and have it remade. Just then, the Prince sent someone to pick me up, and I was afraid he would be kept waiting, so I asked my cousin to tell you that I had gone back to the manor first." Ye Shishu explained the situation earnestly.

"You dare to deny it? Where is Dongqiao? Bring Dongqiao out here, I want to confront her!" Wen roared, her eyes wide with rage, she was almost bursting with anger at Ye Shishu.

“Aunt, although you are my elder, this is the Zhihe General’s Mansion. No matter how high your seniority is, this is not a place for you to throw a tantrum!” Ye Shishu’s face turned completely cold.

"Bring Dongqiao out here! If you won't admit that you drugged her, then it must have been that vile maid Dongqiao who did it!"

Just then, a guard ran into the hall carrying a wooden box and reported to Ye Shishu, "Third Miss, you previously said you suspected Dongqiao of having problems and asked me to search Dongqiao's room. I searched and found quite a few valuable items in Dongqiao's room."

After saying that, he opened the wooden box in his hand.

Inside the box were half a box of loose silver coins, several silver notes, and a number of eye-catching pieces of jewelry.

A head maid's monthly salary is at most a few dozen taels of silver a year, but the box contains several thousand taels of silver notes, not counting the jewelry. Can this be considered normal?

Wen and Ge craned their necks to take a look, and their faces instantly turned pale.

Ye Shishu took out a bracelet from the box, examined it carefully, and then asked Wen Shi suspiciously, "Aunt, if I remember correctly, I saw my cousin wear this bracelet before. It's really strange, how come my cousin's bracelet is in Dongqiao's room?"

Without waiting for Madam Wen to speak, she took out other jewelry from the box. "This hairpin looks familiar... and this safety buckle... I feel like I've seen them somewhere before?"

Looking at what she was holding, Wen and Ge's faces were beyond what one could describe as blood loss; cold sweat began to bead on their foreheads!

Because these things were all bribes they gave to Dongqiao when they bribed her!

Ye Shishu smiled knowingly. “Aunt, Madam Wei, what’s wrong? Oh, I forgot to tell you, I noticed Dong Qiao’s strange behavior before, so I had someone investigate her. I didn’t expect her to be such a traitor, actually conspiring with outsiders to poison me, her master. I’ve already had her beaten to death. Aunt, if you want to confront her, I’m afraid you won’t have the chance.”

Before Wen could say anything more, Ge pulled her aside and interrupted, "That vile servant dared to poison even her mistress, she deserves to die! This time, the matter between my Huai'er and Rou'er might have been the work of that vile servant!"

Upon receiving her hint, Madam Wen changed her previous fierce and shrewish demeanor and said with a dry laugh, "Rou'er, your aunt acted impulsively earlier. Your aunt apologizes to you. Don't hold a grudge against your aunt. After all, your aunt was too angry about your cousin's matter, which is why she lost her temper."

After they finished speaking, they quickly bid farewell to Ye Gengxin.

"General, Rou'er is still waiting for us at the manor, so we won't disturb her any longer."

"Yes, we'll head back now."

Ye Gengxin looked at his daughter, and after receiving a hint from her, he solemnly instructed Hao Fu, "Send the two ladies away!"

Compared to their arrival with great fanfare, the Wen and Ge families left like defeated chickens, as if they were afraid of being caught if they were too slow.

"Shu'er, why don't you just say it outright?" Ye Gengxin was filled with resentment.