Chapter 340: with translation of chapter title

"Lin Da Xiaojie, why are you so agitated? I'm just making a joke."

Lin Xueyan let out a long sigh. She knew that Ye Qingran could never know the truth!

"Ye Qingran, it's you, it must be you!" Yun Zhi pointed at Ye Qingran, her face full of anger.

"Why are you teaching him like that? I'm his birth mother! It must be you deliberately destroying the relationship between us! Ye Qingran, you already have a child, why are you still fighting Xiao Chen with me? Why?!" Yun Zhi cried, tears streaming.

Facing Yun Zhi's accusation, Ye Qingran crouched down and said, "Xiao Chen, look, someone is jealous that you like me."

Fu Qianchi was unapologetic, "Then let her be jealous! I not only like Mother, I love Mother deeply; I will be good to Mother all my life, be filial, and when I grow up I will protect Mother!" As he said, he tightly embraced his mother.

Lin Xueyan saw this scene and became insanely jealous.

Over these five years at the peak of the Hunt for the Deer, she didn't know how much effort she had spent trying to make Fu Qianchi like her, but it achieved no effect at all, even making him increasingly annoyed with her. But Ye Qingran? She did nothing, yet Fu Qianchi is utterly devoted to her!

She became even more determined not to let mother and son recognize each other, for otherwise, with a mother's prestige through her son, what if Ye Qingran ends up taking the position of the female ruler at the peak of the Hunt for the Deer?

"Ye Qingran, please don't keep feeding him those weird ideas; the child is mine, please give the child back to me!" Yun Zhi cried there again.

Ye Qingran was already impatient, "First, you have no evidence that Xiao Chen is your child; second, Xiao Chen doesn't like you either. It's not that I won't give him to you, it's that you don't deserve it!"

Yun Zhi's eyes hardened, "Ye Qingran, I know you want to use Xiao Chen to become the National Master's woman, but I am Xiao Chen's mother! How about this: I can give you the National Master, can you give the child back to me?"

At those words, Lin Xueyan couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.

She hadn't expected Yun Zhi to be more formidable than she imagined. In just a few words, she shifted all the hatred onto Ye Qingran.

For a moment, everyone's gaze at Ye Qingran was filled with oddity.

"So Ye Qingran wants to become the National Master's woman!"

"But why did she previously refuse to be with the National Master and another man?"

"Is she riding two boats or playing hard to get? Ye Qingran really knows how to play!"

"What are you, some kind of thing?" A cold voice fell from the sky, causing the debating townsfolk to fall silent.

Yun Zhi's delicate body trembled.

Lin Xueyan also wore a face of terror.

Ye Qingran's demeanor was composed as she looked at the suddenly appearing man.

The man wore a black robe, long collar cinched at the waist, his figure tall and upright, his face peerlessly handsome, a demonic god's body, an emperor's aura.

It was none other than Fu Hanxiu.

Ye Qingran's eyes flickered.

Before, he would at most praise the National Master for his unrivaled elegance; now, seeing him in such bearing, he can't help but marvel at the Emperor Sovereign of the peak of the Hunt for the Deer, truly a peerless brilliance.

He is the Emperor Sovereign of the peak of the Hunt for the Deer.

This fact constantly reminded her.

"National Master."

When the crowd saw Fu Hanxiu, they all showed respectful expressions.

Fu Hanxiu's deep eyes immediately fell upon Ye Qingran.

Ye Qingran, when he looked over, instinctively turned her head aside, seemingly trying to avoid him.

Fu Hanxiu: "......"

Since Wuhen rose to power, his status as National Master has been neglected, and now even his gaze seems reluctant to favor him. Should he say she is heartless or devoted?

Fu Hanxiu shifted his gaze, hawk-like, looking down on Yun Zhi.

"Who sent you here?"

His voice was cold, as if mixed with frost, chilling to the soul.

Yun Zhi trembled all over, daring not to look into Fu Hanxiu's eyes.

"Sir, I heard Xiao Chen is here, so I came to take a look..."

"It seems you didn't heed my words. Fu San, bring her back to me, keep her under strict watch; without my order, she may not leave the room a single step!"

"Sir, no! I only came to see Xiao Chen! To see my child! I'm not wrong!"

"Your child?" Fu Hanxiu snorted coldly, "The Bloodline Detection results aren't out yet, and you're already so impatient?"

"Sir, Xiao Chen is my child, I'm absolutely certain!"

Fu Hanxiu didn't even look at her, directly ordering, "Take her away!"

Yun Zhi was taken away.

"Miss Ye, I'm truly sorry for causing you trouble."

Ye Qingran gave a sarcastic smile, "National Master, that Yun Zhi really is Xiao Chen's birth mother?"

Fu Hanxiu shook his head, "No."

Seeing the National Master deny it, everyone was startled.

So that woman earlier really wasn't the National Master's child's birth mother?

Did they wrongfully accuse Ye Qingran?

That answer made Ye Qingran pause.

She hadn't expected Fu Hanxiu to be so decisive. Could it be that he knows something?

Ye Qingran tentatively asked, "The Bloodline Detection results haven't come out yet, have they? National Master, why are you so certain?"

Fu Hanxiu replied, "Intuition."

Ye Qingran: "......"

I have to say, your intuition is truly spot on!

She silently admired Fu Hanxiu while also praying quietly, hoping he wouldn't guess what's on her mind.

A corner of Ye Qingran's eye suddenly caught Lin Xueyan, who was about to flee amid the chaos, and she called out to her.

"Lin Da Xiaojie, are you about to leave?"

Lin Xueyan's face turned pale.

"Big, adult." Lin Xueyan, seeing there was no way to avoid, could only whiten her face and force out a smile.

"National Master, just now Lin Da Xiaojie earnestly said that Yun Zhi is Xiao Chen's mother."

Lin Xueyan: "......"

Ye Qingran, why don't you just die?!

Lin Xueyan was so angry her innards ached.

A cold gaze fell upon Lin Xueyan, making her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

"No, it's not like that... adult, please listen to my explanation..."

Seeing Lin Xueyan panic beyond control, everyone felt puzzled. How could Lin Xueyan, who had returned from the Deer-Chasing Summit, be so fearful of the National Master? What is this situation? Could the National Master be even more formidable than the people of the Deer-Chasing Summit?

"Is that so?" Fu Hanxiu said coldly.

"It seems the last trip to the Punishment Hall didn't teach her a lesson." Fu Hanxiu looked at Fu San, "Take her to go through it again."

Lin Xueyan's legs gave way and she collapsed onto the ground. When someone came to seize her, she desperately struggled and begged: "Adult, please, I know I was wrong! I won't dare again! Spare me..."

However, the ruthless Emperor Sovereign showed no sign of withdrawing his command.

Seeing Lin Xueyan being led away, Ye Qingran's lips curled into a wanton smile.

"You're happy?"

Oh no!

Ye Qingran regained her expressionless, cool demeanor: "National Master, you've mistaken." She couldn't let Fu Hanxiu realize that she and Lin Xueyan harbor deep hatred.

Fu Hanxiu's sword brows twitched slightly.

He was certain he hadn't misseen.

Ye Qingran's eyes flickered; to keep Fu Hanxiu from reading too much into it, she hurriedly said: "National Master, since you're here, why not come to the residence for a visit?"

As expected, Fu Hanxiu had no mind to pursue the matter further; instead, he raised his brows in surprise.

After she cast him aside, he never again stepped foot in the Ye Residence as National Master.

Now she actually invited him again?

Why?

Naturally, the National Master would not refuse Ye Qingran's invitation.