Chapter 1875: The Frail Young Master's Auspicious Beauty Wife 30

Cousin brother, rest in peace.

Ye Zining violently knocked over the hot tea inside the carriage; as he left, Ye Yucì's hollow words of comfort still lingered in his ears, yet that sinister gaze was utterly undisguised.

It's really him, it's really him!

Ye Yucì…… what exactly do you want.

Ye Zining remembered asking this through gritted teeth at the teahouse stairwell.

How did Ye Yucì respond back then……

I want the entire Ye family to pay the price.

Such a resentful tone, that aura of exposed sharpness—this is the unfeigned Ye Yucì.

At that moment Ye Zining desperately wanted Jin Chen to see what kind of poisonous husband the man he married was; he would surely cause the Jin family no peace.

Returning to the Ye household, Ye Zining finally realized Ye Yucì's words were no joke.

What greeted him was not a plain white mourning, but the officials and soldiers of Chuan Ze Cheng's government.

Young Master Ye, the brothers are waiting for you.

The leader of the officials gripped his sword hilt, saying, 'We've found that all shops under the Ye family's name sell substandard goods, even shoddy items at high prices to the common folk, and they tried to curry favor with the prefect.'

Impersonating officials, forging official seals, and daring to deceive the populace and the government—this is a grave crime!

Ye Zining had no idea about these matters; he thought someone was reporting to the authorities to kick him while he was down, and immediately retorted, 'Impossible!'

Whether it's possible or not isn't up to you—take everyone from the Ye family away! Imprison them in the great jail awaiting interrogation!

No…… I can't go with you; my father is still in the manor, my mother hasn't awakened, I need to go in, I need to go in!

Ye Zining suddenly went mad and rushed inside, but he could not match the officials' strength; his mouth was covered and he was taken away together with the Ye family members.

Having already cleared their name in the offices and completely severed ties with the Ye family, Ye Fuyue and Auntie Su appeared from the corner, watching those people being led away by the officials, feeling naturally overjoyed.

'Yue'er, since your second brother helped us, why didn't he also rescue his parents?' Auntie Su was most doubtful about this; after all, since Ye Yucì became the young lady of the imperial merchant Jin family, the third Ye couple often flaunted themselves in the manor, yet now they too have met such a fate.

'Second brother naturally has his plans.' Ye Fuyue said softly.

She always felt that Ye Yucì actually had no intention of saving the third Ye couple.

Perhaps he would merely do some superficial work, so that the people of Chuan Ze Cheng could not accuse him of being unfilial.

Five days later, the authorities confirmed that all the Ye family's charges were true; only Ye Zining, who had placed his hopes in Ye Bingtiān, remained clueless, still believing his family's business was spotless.

Originally, according to current law, now that Ye Bingtiān is dead, Ye Zining would be punished even if he were unaware; yet suddenly someone bailed Ye Zining out.

The rest of the Ye family, including Ye Lao San and all others, must face punishment under current law; the matriarch Lady Ye is sentenced to death.

On the day of execution, the person who bailed Ye Zining out picked him up in a carriage.

Ye Zining thought it was Duan Linfeng; after several days of jail disaster, followed by the successive tragedies of family destruction and the deaths of his parents, he had completely lost all dignity.

Along the carriage's journey, Ye Zining felt both resentment and had to regard Duan Linfeng as his last lifeline.

He wanted revenge, wanted to tear open Ye Yucì's true face, and let this person he hated to the bone die!

But fate, however, never favors him.

——

The carriage brought Ye Zining to the front gate of an empty manor in the southern part of the city.

But what Ye Zining never expected, even chilling to the bone, was that the person emerging from the manor was neither someone else nor the Duan Linfeng he had imagined.

But rather, it was Ye Yucì, whom he now hated enough to wish death by a thousand cuts.

Cousin brother, these days have truly been hard on you.

Ye Yucì's lips still curled with a smile, even happier than any day before.

Just half an hour earlier, he had personally witnessed the execution of the Ye family; at the moment the heads hit the ground, it seemed as if the resentment from being torn apart in a past life had slightly faded.

But it was still not enough.

Thus he bailed Ye Zining out.

Yes…… it's you.

Ye Zining's voice was hoarse; even in this warm spring weather his whole body felt chilled.

Why did you bail me out? What exactly are you planning to do!

Ye Yucì seemed to think the freshly released Ye Zining reeked from prison; his long, fair fingertips pressed against his nose as he lifted his phoenix eyes, gazing at him like a stretch of swamp where the most poisonous yet beautiful red spider lilies grow.

Cousin brother, aren't you happy?' Ye Yucì seemed puzzled, 'In the past I was bullied in the Ye manor; you, who love to play the good samaritan, seemingly rescued me, but actually bullied me the most under the guise of righteousness.'

Now I'm merely doing the same to you; cousin brother, why are you angry?

Ye Yucì stepped forward two paces, his tall figure half-hidden in the shadow before the manor gate, like a wailing ghost; his cold eyes fixed on Ye Zining's dazed gaze, he repeated word by word.

Why are you angry then?

Ye Zining shuddered all over, feeling as if he were in midwinter under the gaze of those phoenix eyes.

Indeed… you did this on purpose……

His body, weakened from prolonged interrogation in prison, could not withstand successive frights; Ye Zining whispered this sentence full of hatred, rolled his eyes, and fainted.

His whole body bore whip marks; aside from this face, there was hardly any good flesh.

Of course, this was also Ye Yucì's indication.

They kept Ye Zining because he still had great use.

Throw him in, and also toss him a gold-threaded ruyi bowl so he can beg on the streets for a full stomach.

Yes.

The manor gate slowly closed shut.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on his shoulders; Ye Yucì still felt an inexplicable chill, perhaps because his impression of this manor from a past life was too deep.

Ah Ci.

Not far away, a carriage was stopped.

Jin Chen walked over from that side, his noble and handsome visage in the afterglow like a heavenly deity.

Ye Yuchi's heart felt damp and muddy, yet at this moment he saw his husband, bathed in a warm-colored light halo, walking toward him.

Old wounds dried up, and after scabbing over they became softness nourished by love.

Ye Yuchi hurried toward Jin Chen, burying himself in his embrace, the tip of his nose feeling a bit sour; his emotions were so overflowing he didn't know where to vent, so they turned into tears in his beloved's embrace, misty and spilling out.

"Home, Ah Ci." Jin Chen stroked Ye Yuchi's black hair, lowered his head and lightly kissed his ear.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -15, total 40!】

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 85!】