strictlysupreme Chapter 211 Breakthrough
Chapter 211 Breakthrough
Liu Yongming seemed to have not expected Ye Qing'an to pull such a stunt on him, and was momentarily stunned. However, Zi Xiao and Granny Wei, who had been guarding outside the door, were adept at reading people's expressions and rushed in quickly. Zi Xiao immediately bent down to support Ye Qing'an.
Granny Wei shouted even faster, "Master Liu, what are you doing? Are you trying to beat my young lady to death?"
"With the master absent and the madam unwell, it is only natural for our eldest daughter, as the legitimate daughter of the Ye family, to come and entertain guests. Yet you are being unreasonable, claiming that the Ye family has neglected you just because the master and madam did not come out, and you even went so far as to lay a hand on the eldest daughter... You are being far too barbaric, aren't you?"
Granny Wei was already in her fifties, and having spent her life in the inner quarters of the Ye family, she had seen all sorts of people and dealt with all kinds of situations. Upon seeing this, she cried out in alarm, "Miss, Miss, are you alright? Miss, please don't be hurt..."
"Master Liu, haven't you gone too far? Miss is already unconscious. She's your junior, why did you hit her so hard? Are you trying to kill her?"
"Quick, Miss has fainted! Quick, pinch her philtrum!"
Liu Yongming was stunned by what he saw and didn't react for a long time. After a while, he jumped up and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't do anything. She just fell down on her own!"
"Master Liu!" Granny Wei's eyes were filled with anger: "Miss has already been beaten unconscious by you, and you still refuse to admit it? Do you think you'll only be happy if someone dies?"
Granny Wei gritted her teeth: "You can't just bully people like this because of your status!"
"My poor lady, what are we going to do? She's unconscious and hasn't woken up yet..."
Granny Wei frantically called out, "Someone come quickly! Someone come quickly! Go and fetch Doctor Xu!"
Upon hearing Granny Wei mention going to fetch Yi Moxu, Ye Qing'an could no longer maintain her pretense. She feigned waking up slowly and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
“Miss…” Granny Wei reached out and pinched Ye Qing’an’s arm, signaling her to continue pretending to faint. Ye Qing’an ignored her and looked directly at Liu Yongming, who was furious but didn’t know how to vent his anger. As soon as she saw Liu Yongming, she trembled as if she had seen something extremely terrifying and quickly leaned into Granny Wei’s arms.
“This is not Master Liu’s fault, it’s all my fault. I’m too weak and I fainted. It wasn’t Master Liu who hit me.”
Liu Yongming's eyes widened, and he took a step forward: "I wasn't the one who hit you in the first place."
Ye Qing'an saw him take a step forward, but as if she had seen something extremely terrifying, she hurriedly used her hands to support herself and backed away: "You...you don't come any closer, you don't come any closer, you didn't hit me before, don't come any closer!"
"Quickly, take me away. Go and fetch..."
Ye Qing'an seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying, "Father is not in the manor, and Mother is unwell. You...you should go and invite Sister Wei Lan over. Sister Wei Lan is Master Liu's granddaughter. Please invite Sister Wei Lan to entertain Master Liu on behalf of Father and Mother."
"Yes."
Upon hearing this, Granny Wei and Zixiao hurriedly helped Ye Qing'an up and then quickly left the flower hall.
They looked like they were fleeing for their lives.
Ye Qing'an and his servant walked quite a distance before they finally burst into laughter.
"Oh my, that's hilarious!" Granny Wei patted her chest. "But the young lady shouldn't have pretended to wake up earlier..."
Ye Qing'an naturally knew what she wanted to say, but she was told to lie there and wait for Yi Moxu to give false testimony for her. Ten days ago, she might have agreed, but now, it was absolutely impossible.
Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "It's alright. Once I wake up, I can pretend to be very afraid of Liu Yongming, so that everyone will think that I'm afraid of him because he hit me."
"However, this is the Ye residence. Although the lady seems to have lost the master's favor, as long as she still holds the title of Lady of the Ye residence, the servants in this residence will still have to listen to her."
"Therefore, even though many servants outside the flower hall saw what happened today, they probably didn't dare to spread the word or talk about it openly."
Ye Qing'an wasn't worried: "They won't talk about it openly, but that doesn't mean I won't spend money to bribe people to spread the word outside the mansion."
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes: "I've already thought of my excuse. I'll say that a distant relative of mine works at the Ye residence, and he told me something..."
"Isn't this just the kind of rhetoric that those rumors and gossips always use?"
Granny Wei clapped her hands suddenly: "How could I not have thought of this? It is indeed something we can do. Then we can have people outside say, 'Ha... that Master Liu, does he even deserve to be called maternal grandfather?'"
Ye Qing'an smiled and turned to look at Zi Xiao, who hadn't said much: "These past few years, neither Wei Mama nor I have been in the manor. Do you know what kind of person this Master Liu is?"
Zixiao lowered her eyes and replied, "Master Liu, it's said that when he was young, he was actually a local ruffian. He had two daughters and a son. Because his two daughters married quite well, his life got better day by day. But in reality, his core nature hasn't changed..."
Zixiao lowered her eyes: "When Madam was most favored in the mansion, she invited Master Liu and Madam Liu to stay in the mansion for a period of time. During that time, Master Liu and Madam Liu were almost bossy and disdainful of the servants in the mansion."
"Later...it seems something happened that Master Liu offended the master, which is why the madam sent him away."
Zixiao smiled and said, "After that incident, Master Liu stopped visiting often. Only occasionally would Madam take the eldest son and the second young lady back to her parents' home for a visit."
"Later, after the second young lady came of age, this Mr. Liu even mentioned to the madam that he wanted the second young lady to marry his grandson, saying that it would strengthen family ties. As a result, the madam was also angered, and the second young lady was so angry that she said she would never acknowledge this maternal grandparents' family again. After that, there was even less contact between them."
"I wonder what exactly this maternal grandfather has come for today..."
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "What else could it be? Because he heard the news that Liu Xueying had fallen out of favor, and he was anxious..."
"After all, everything he has today is thanks to Liu Xueying. If Liu Xueying loses power, the impact on him will be significant..."
As Ye Qing'an spoke, the corners of her mouth curled up higher and higher. This Master Liu was... a breakthrough.
I searched high and low without finding it, only to have it come to me effortlessly...