Chapter 231: Unraveling the Cocoon

Ye Qingran said, Ye Sisi previously went to jail, was it because she took the blame for Ye Huanhuan?

Wasn't Ye Sisi's previous imprisonment because she tampered with that spirit beast at the Welcome Banquet and gave Ye Qingran agitation powder, trying to frame her for murder?

Could it not have been Ye Sisi and Lin Yue who did it, but Ye Huanhuan and Lin Yue?

Everyone was thinking, their gazes toward Ye Huanhuan showing interest.

"Ye Qingran, what nonsense are you spouting?!"

Ye Huanhuan instantly flew into a rage, her voice suddenly rising, sharp and vicious.

"I'm spouting nonsense? Should we call Ye Sisi over for a face-to-face confrontation!"

Ye Sisi was absent from tonight's banquet.

Upon hearing that Ye Sisi should be summoned, Ye Huanhuan instantly wilted.

If it were the past, she would unhesitatingly demand Ye Sisi come for a confrontation to clear her name; but after that incident, Ye Sisi became a different person. If she were to spill all her dirty deeds, Ye Huanhuan would be ruined tonight!

Ye Huanhuan's eyes darted away, Zhao Shi then stood up, brows furrowed, "Ye Qingran, you're talking about the murder of Meng Yao! Don't try to change the subject!"

Ye Qingran wasn't here either; at this moment she had no plan to bring Ye Huanhuan to justice. After all, the grudge between Ye Huanhuan and Ye Sisi, she had already arranged a bigger show.

Meng Qian didn't care about the Ye family sisters' trivial squabbles, but she took in the true meaning of Ye Qingran's words.

Even biological sisters scheme against each other, let alone those without blood ties.

"Ye Qingran, you claim you saved my sister—do you have any evidence?"

Ye Qingran didn't answer but countered, "Is that grandmother still alive?"

"Dead."

Ye Qingran spread her hands, "Then there's no evidence."

Mu Qingrou sneered, "Ye Qingran, you say you saved Meng Yao but can't produce evidence— a dead man tells no tales, how can we believe you?!"

"Exactly, the parties involved are gone— isn't it just up to you to fabricate?"

……

Ye Qingran ignored those remarks, looking at Zhao Yan, the smile at the corners of her lips somewhat enchanting, "Funny enough, Zhao Yan, I had a dream the night before last, dreaming of you and Meng Yao."

Zhao Yan's pupils flickered.

"In the dream, Meng Yao told me, the crabapple sachet you gave her was too fragrant, making her uncomfortable…"

Zhao Yan felt her scalp go numb.

"Crabapple sachet…"

Not only Zhao Yan, Ye Huanhuan was also shocked speechless; however, they struggled to control their expressions, barely avoiding letting anyone notice anything odd.

Yet that fleeting oddity of theirs did not escape Ye Qingran's deliberate scrutinizing gaze.

"I did indeed give Meng Yao an embroidered crabapple sachet; I often gave her this before—what's the problem?"

Zhao Yan strained to make her voice sound normal.

Ye Qingran gave a faint smile, "I'm also curious, so I specifically had Xing Er look into it. Guess what I found?"

Ye Qingran's smile was mysterious; her beautiful eyes under the Mid-Autumn full moon glittered, shining brighter than diamonds.

On Fu Hanxiu's peerlessly handsome face, calm and unwavering, he narrowed his eyes, a hint of desire flashing in their depths.

He knew, this woman was very beautiful.

Especially now, the wisdom and mystery emanating from within her made her even more alluring.

He increasingly realized he had fallen for her.

Sometime ago, he began silently watching her, her every move stirring different emotions in him.

That's why, although he utterly hated what she had done to him, he was still bewitched by her, only able to curse a couple of times to vent his frustration.

Everyone's curiosity was aroused by Ye Qingran.

What did Ye Qingran find out?

In the vast Yuhua Yuan, only Zhao Yan and Ye Huanhuan were tense.

Could it be that he uncovered their secrets?

Their hearts pounded wildly, almost leaping out of their throats!

Yet Ye Qingran seemed to be deliberately dragging her feet, wanting to torment those two.

After all, for a guilty person, this state is the hardest to endure—saying it feels like seconds stretch into years is no exaggeration.

"I found out Zhao Hao also has such a sachet."

Finally, as Zhao Yan and Ye Huanhuan were on the verge of breaking down, Ye Qingran spoke.

"Um…"

Everyone was stunned.

"How did we end up dragging Zhao Hao into this again?"

"Ye Qingran, you're doing this on purpose, right? What does Meng Yao's affair have to do with Zhao Hao?"

Mu Qingrou, Dongfang Xuan, and others also chimed in with mockery.

"Shut up! Listen to her!"

The National Master's voice, allowing no rebuttal, rang out solemnly; everyone obediently shut their mouths, not daring to breathe.

Ye Qingran glanced at him, then turned her gaze away.

Ye Qingran's answer relieved Zhao Yan and Ye Huanhuan, yet left Zhao Yan feeling extremely gloomy.

The death of her younger brother Zhao Hao is an eternal pain in her heart.

She clenched her fists, her gaze at Ye Qingran filled with icy killing intent.

"Zhao Hao died for what reason—surely everyone knows, right?"

Everyone nodded in unison.

Zhao Hao, for abducting civilians and wantonly taking lives, was sentenced to death by His Majesty. This is well known, not some secret.

Ye Qingran suddenly brought up Zhao Hao, asking what he did.

"Those innocent women who died at Zhao Hao's hands, most of them had been exposed to the same kind of bewildering incense before death. And that incense came from a sachet that Zhao Yan gave Zhao Hao."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people's eyes filled with doubt.

Only Zhao Yan, as if struck by lightning.

Ye Qingran, she actually found this out!

After a moment, everyone gradually reacted.

Xia Zhimeng was full of vigor, unable to help standing up, "Sister Ran, you mean the sachet Zhao Yan gave Zhao Hao actually contained a bewildering drug, and most of those women were knocked unconscious by that drug?"

"Not bad!"

Zhao Yan immediately retorted, "Ye Qingran, you're spouting bloody nonsense!"

Ye Qingran calmly said, "The Ministry of Justice should still have that sachet, right? Whether I'm spouting bloody nonsense can be known with a check."

Zhao Yan's face instantly turned ashen.

Everyone was shocked, wondering if Ye Qingran was telling the truth? Was the sachet Zhao Hao used to drug women personally sewn and given by Zhao Yan?

If this is true, Zhao Yan is also an accomplice!

Xia Zhimeng shouted, "Indeed, birds of a feather flock together! Zhao Yan, you indirectly caused so many deaths, you should be beheaded!"

Zhao Yan gritted her teeth, "That sachet has nothing to do with me! I don't know where he got it!"

"But that sachet, and the one you gave Meng Yao, have identical embroidery style."

Zhao Yan's heart was in utter panic.

She struggled desperately, "Yes, even if the sachet was sewn by me, the bewildering drug inside has nothing to do with me!" Zhao Yan insisted. After all, her brother Zhao Hao is already dead, those women were played to death by him!

"Is that so?" Ye Qingran smiled, "What if the bewildering drug on Meng Yao's body is the same as the one in the sachet Zhao Hao left at the Ministry of Justice?"

After Ye Qingran said that, Meng Yuan and Meng Qian's faces all changed.

Meng Qian even more stared, eyes wide, urgently asking, "Ye Qingran, what do you mean by that? Are you saying my older sister was drugged?"

Ye Qingran lifted her eyelids, "How come? Haven't had time to let the coroner examine the corpse?"

Meng Qian embarrassedly shook her head.

Ye Qingran's smile held a hint of coldness, her gaze shifted to stare at Meng Yuan, "General Meng, you're supposed to be a seasoned veteran, yet you skipped the autopsy step and rushed to the palace to arrest me? To outsiders, it would seem I, Ye Qingran, have a deadly feud with your Meng family!"

Meng Yuan's face showed embarrassment.

He was indeed blinded by anger.

Only then did he give the order, sending people to the Zhen Guo Gong Fu to examine the corpse.

The moment Ye Qingran said the bewildering drug on Meng Yao's body was the same as the one in the sachet stored by the Ministry of Justice, Zhao Yan panicked.

Ye Qingran must have found out something!

But how could she possibly have known?!

"Yan Yan, hold on! Based solely on the bewildering drug, Ye Qingran can't do anything to you; as long as you refuse to admit it, Ye Qingran has no evidence, you'll be fine!" Ye Huanhuan transmitted this sound into Zhao Yan's ear.

Zhao Yan's gaze suddenly steadied.

Yes, regardless of whether Ye Qingran knows or how she found out, it doesn't matter; people are dead, she has no evidence!

Soon, the autopsy results came out.