Chapter 168: Pear Blossoms in the Rain

Hey, what a lively scene! Turns out everyone's here!

This voice was extraordinarily pleasant; for Zhao Shi, it was painfully familiar. At this moment, the voice came from outside the room's door, and to Zhao Shi it was no different from a demonic sound.

She stared wide‑eyed, dazed, and slowly looked toward the door, only to see Ye Qingran there, smiling and waving at her.

Ye Qingran?!

Is she seeing ghosts?

Otherwise, Ye Qingran, who should be in bed, how could she be outside?

Is she real or fake?

If the Ye Qingran outside is real, then the person on the bed…

Not only Zhao Shi, but Ye Sisi and Dongfang Ling'er in the room were also shocked.

"No, it must be an illusion!"

Zhao Shi shook her head, unwilling to believe what she saw. She gritted her teeth, looked at the two people behind the bed curtains, and shouted loudly, "You adulterous couple! Shameless! I'll expose your disgraceful selves!" As Zhao Shi's vicious shout rang out, over a dozen women violently tore open the bed curtains, yanking off the blankets to reveal the two naked bodies beneath.

They were intertwined, utterly entwined.

"Ah!!!"

The woman screamed, and the man atop her was also startled, hastily grabbing anything nearby to cover himself.

"Ye Qing—" Zhao Shi heard the scream, gave a cold smile, ready to hurl insults, but was shocked to discover the woman was actually not Ye Qingran!

"How could it be you? Yan'er?!" Zhao Shi was stunned.

She had thought the woman coming to tryst today was Ye Qingran, but instead it was Zhao Yan, her niece!!!

Still reeling, Zhao Shi turned her gaze to the man, and then, horrified, discovered that the "wild man" she kept speaking of was none other than her future son‑in‑law, the current Seventh Prince, Dongfang Xuan!

"You…"

Zhao Shi simply didn't know what emotion to use to face the scene before her.

One was her beloved niece, the other her daughter's future husband…

Incited by Zhao Shi, the crowd of women who had come to catch the adulterers never imagined things would develop so far beyond their expectations.

They felt as if they had bitten into a huge melon.

The current Seventh Prince, Dongfang Xuan, and the future consort of the Seventh Prince, Ye Sisi's cousin—namely, the eldest miss of Guanglu Fu, Zhao Yan—had been secretly meeting and gotten together, simply leaving everyone dumbfounded.

"Seventh Brother?!" Dongfang Ling'er couldn't help but be shocked.

She had originally come to see Ye Qingran make a fool of herself, but instead of seeing Ye Qingran, she saw her own royal brother with Guanglu Fu's Zhao Yan getting together.

She was utterly dumbfounded.

When Ye Sisi saw Zhao Yan, her heart sank; seeing Dongfang Xuan made it sink even further.

If the tryst between Zhao Yan and the Seventh Prince at the previous Ye Residence banquet was an accident, then their behavior now is undoubtedly a betrayal to her.

Zhao Yan and Dongfang Xuan were both dazed at the moment. They saw a dozen or so figures suddenly appear before them, several of which were very familiar.

"Aunt, hear me out…" Zhao Yan wept, tears like pear blossoms in the rain, looking pitiful as a flower battered by wind; those who didn't know might think she was forced.

"Sisi, believe me, I didn't mean to…"

Dongfang Xuan looked at Ye Sisi and explained in a low voice.

His upper body bare, his slender frame covered in dense marks that bore witness to the fierce struggle just moments before.

Not intentional?

Neither one nor the other meant it? Yet they just happened to end up in the same bed—could it be that Ye Sisi forced them?

"Lowlife, lowlife!" Ye Sisi gritted her teeth, the anger in her heart finally pouring out toward Zhao Yan.

It must be Zhao Yan who seduced Brother Xuan, it must be!

Ye Sisi acted like a mad dog, pushing through the crowd to lunge at Zhao Yan on the bed, scratching and clawing with hands and feet, while shouting vulgar abuse, and at the height of her fury she even bit down.

"Ah!!" Zhao Yan cried out in shock and pain, wailing continuously; Dongfang Xuan felt reluctant and repeatedly told Ye Sisi to stop, but Ye Sisi had already lost reason and would not listen, her attacks growing ever more vicious.

"Enough!" Dongfang Xuan roared; Ye Sisi's whole body stiffened, and she turned her head in disbelief.

"Brother Xuan, you're yelling at me? You're yelling at me for this lowlife?"

Dongfang Xuan's face was grim. Originally, the exposure of his affair with Zhao Yan was already embarrassing enough for him. Imagine a high‑and‑mighty prince caught in bed, his body seen bare by a crowd—and Ye Sisi not only fails to understand, she's causing a scene here, as if losing face weren't enough?

The scene inside the room was clearly visible to the onlookers outside. They watched Zhao Yan and Ye Sisi arguing nonstop inside, then glanced at the calm Ye Qingran outside, and only then did they begin to understand.

"What the heck? Turns out it's the Seventh Prince and the eldest miss of Guanglu Fu secretly meeting here!"

"This Zhao Shi is also hilarious—she doesn't even understand what's going on herself! I think she did it on purpose, wanting to see Ye Qingran humiliated, but instead her scheme backfired, and it's her own niece and son‑in‑law who've been embarrassed to no end!"

"Looks like this Zhao Shi really isn't anything good!"

……

The onlookers still didn't grasp the ins and outs of the matter, but to them it didn't matter who the parties were—what mattered was that the drama be as exciting as possible.

The murmurs of pointing and gossiping from outside came in fits and starts; Zhao Shi practically wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide in, and her gaze at Ye Qingran turned especially vicious.

But now that it's come to this, the only plan is to do our best to contain the situation and prevent it from spreading!

Thus Zhao Shi hurriedly urged Ye Sisi to calm down, not to get worked up, and to discuss anything later.

As long as they don't speak of today's events, everything will remain peaceful.

However, things were far from as simple as she had imagined.

"I got word that the Seventh Prince and Zhao Yan were meeting privately here; I thought it was a lie, but it's actually true…" Ye Qingran crossed her arms, half‑smiling.

"Ye Qingran, what nonsense are you spouting?" Zhao Shi shouted angrily.

"How am I speaking nonsense? So many eyes are watching! National Master, you agree, right?"

The named National Master nodded and said, "You're right."

His voice was deep and magnetic, and only then did everyone realize that, besides Ye Qingran, the National Master was also present!

As for the two children, Fu San took them away. Such a scene unsuitable for minors should not be shown to youngsters too early.

Ye Qingran's gaze shifted, her eyes unfocused as she stared at Ye Sisi, and softly said, "Sisi, you, my cousin, are the young lady of Guanglu Fu; I'm sure today's matter will soon become known to all, and then I'm afraid your position as Seventh Princess Consort will have to be relinquished!"

Ye Sisi's body trembled, looking at Ye Qingran in disbelief.

She never expected this at all.

Although Guanglu Fu is not as prestigious as the Prime Minister's Residence, Zhao Yan is at least a legitimate daughter, so in status the two of them are not that different.

If today's affair spreads, to preserve the face of Guanglu Fu and the Imperial Clan, His Majesty and Zhao Tian will both strive to have the Seventh Prince take Zhao Yan as his consort. And given Guanglu Fu's strength, they naturally would not be willing to have their legitimate daughter marry a prince as a secondary consort, so her marriage to the Seventh Prince…

The more she thought, the paler Ye Sisi's complexion became.