bookcurios Chapter 114 Massacre
Chapter 114 Massacre
Chapter 114 Massacre
"Miss, stop laughing." Zhuier reminded quietly. It was a bit too disrespectful. No matter how funny it was, don't laugh like that!
Ye Wenyan stopped and his expression changed almost immediately, which made Empress Dowager Li tremble with fear.
"Why do you think I will treat the Sixth Prince?" she asked Empress Dowager Li, "Or, what can you give me in exchange for my treatment?"
Empress Dowager Li leaned forward and said, "What if I am willing to exchange the cause of General Ye's death for yours?"
"Oh?" She also became interested. "Why don't you tell me a few words first, Queen Mother? If I think it's reliable, then the deal will be done. How do you think?"
Queen Mother Li nodded frantically, "Okay, it will definitely work, it will definitely work!" After that, she glanced at Baochan, which meant that she wanted Baochan to clear the room. But looking at the people in the room again... Forget it, none of them can be cleared away. Even the maid Zhuier is a favorite of Ye Wenyan. At the moment, it is important to coax Ye Wenyan to treat her Lu'er's injury, and she can't take care of anything else.
So he stopped thinking about sending him away and just said to Ye Wenyan, "Although your grandfather had fought in battles for many years and had countless new and old wounds on his body, none of them were life-threatening. When the late emperor was alive, he once said that Old Man Ye would definitely live longer than him because all the good medicines in the Imperial Hospital could be used by Old Man Ye. I clearly remember that when the news of General Ye's death reached the palace, the late emperor was very angry and said how could such a healthy person die just like that?"
When Empress Dowager Li reached this point, she lowered her voice a little, "I later secretly investigated and even asked the imperial physician who treated the old general. The imperial physician said that the old general did not seem to take the medicine he prescribed for him. Although the people in the Ye Mansion repeatedly emphasized that they fed him on time, the old general did not look like he had been fed any medicine at the time. He even smelled the medicine under the tree in the yard!" Ye Wenyan listened to these words and seemed to be able to imagine the scene at that time.
The old lady insisted that she had given the general medicine, but the general did not get better. Then the imperial physician came out and smelled the medicine under the tree.
Which courtyard was it? Fulu Courtyard? No, it shouldn't be. Fulu Courtyard was the old lady's courtyard. Given the old lady's character, she wouldn't let a dying person live in her courtyard.
That should be the study or something like that that the old general usually used.
Seeing that she had no reaction, Empress Dowager Li asked, "Wen Yan, do you think there is something fishy about this?"
Ye Wenyan glanced at Empress Dowager Li and shook his head, "Based on these alone, it's not strange."
"There is one more thing!" Empress Dowager Li said anxiously, "There is one more thing. Old Madam Ye has mentioned it to the imperial physician several times. She said that she doesn't want to see the old general suffer like that. If it really doesn't work, she will stop treating him and let him go and enjoy his life earlier!"
Leaving early means dying early, Ye Wenyan understood this. Similarly, she also understood that Old Lady Ye could say such a thing. After all, apart from being thinner, she didn't seem to miss her deceased husband much.
"Wen Yan, do you think my sincerity is enough when I say this?"
Ye Wenyan shook his head, "Not enough."
"Isn't that enough?"
"How can this be enough?" She looked at the Empress Dowager Li. "After all, these things are all your own speculations, including the fact that the doctor smelled the medicine under the tree, and it is possible that he accidentally spilled it. Moreover, it has been such a long time. If you don't question it at the time, who can admit it later? Empress Dowager -" She also leaned forward, "Since you investigated the matter of the General's Mansion at the beginning, why didn't you question it after hearing what the doctor said?"
"Why do I question it?" Empress Dowager Li was a little annoyed. She had always thought that with General Ye's love for this fourth granddaughter, if Ye Wenyan heard these words, she would definitely be touched and would definitely arouse her hatred for Madam Ye, and thus feel a little grateful to her. As long as she felt a little grateful, she would ask for what she wanted. But now it seems that this fourth Miss Ye seems to be a little too calm.
"If the Empress Dowager doesn't question it, then she is helping our old lady to cover up this matter." Ye Wenyan curled the corner of his mouth and gave a cold smile. "Now that time has passed, my grandfather is gone. Even if I know these things, what can I do? If I ask, will the old lady admit it? Or is the Empress Dowager willing to be my witness and report this matter to the Lin'an government office or the Ministry of Justice with me? Well, if the Empress Dowager is really willing, then after solving my grandfather's case, I will treat the Sixth Prince's injuries, how about it?"
how is it?
Queen Mother Li frowned, but it didn't matter. She hadn't yet reached the point of falling out with Old Lady Ye, and even if she did, she couldn't use the matter of Old General Ye as an excuse. Because just like Ye Wenyan said, all she had was the one-sided words of the imperial physician and her own speculation. And even this one-sided word could not be used as evidence.
She said this because she wanted Ye Wenyan to investigate alone and never thought of involving herself in it.
It seems that what you asked for cannot be accomplished today.
She shook her head, her emotions filled with despair and hatred. She said to Ye Wenyan: "No matter what your relationship with Yanhua Palace is, I am the Queen Mother of Northern Qi after all. Don't you take me seriously at all? As long as you nod today and as long as you heal Lu'er's injury, how can I treat you unfairly? Do you have to bear a grudge like that and insist on making things difficult for me?"
This was the kind of words Ye Wenyan hated to hear the most. She stood up, without saying a word, and walked out.
Empress Dowager Li was anxious: "Wait! What else do you want? I can agree to it!"
"I don't want anything." She spoke frankly, "Even if it's the cause of my grandfather's death, I don't really want to know the truth from you. Because even if you tell me, you can't stand in court with me to reveal the truth. I still need to investigate everything myself, so what's the point of me listening to you? Queen Mother, I don't really want to deal with you, because you caused my death once, and I am a grudge holder. How can I turn around and punish my enemy?"
She looked at Queen Mother Li, "I still say the same thing. If you can produce strong evidence and witnesses that the old lady murdered my grandfather, and come forward to testify in person, I can consider it. Unfortunately, you can't come forward, and your power doesn't allow you to come forward. Then, based on what you said before, it's useless. Not to mention that the old lady can't admit it, no one can admit it."
Empress Dowager Li was furious. She had made the request humbly today, but tonight the Fourth Miss was unmoved and she couldn't open the door to any closure.
She began to grit her teeth, "Ye Wenyan, are you really unwilling to treat the Sixth Prince?" "No treatment." She answered bluntly.
Empress Dowager Li finally lost her patience and said, "Do you believe that I will kill you even if it means sacrificing my own life?"
She laughed when she heard it, "Aren't you afraid that if the Emperor gets angry, it will anger the entire royal family?"
She laughed, and so did Empress Dowager Li, laughing like a psychopath. "I'll be dead by then, so why would I care whether he's a royal or not? He's not a member of my Li family's royal family, so why should I care whether he's angry or not?"
"What about the Li family?" Lian Shi asked, "Your Majesty, you have to think carefully. Your behavior today will not benefit your Li family at all. I'm putting this on hold. Just because you said you wanted to kill the fourth young lady, your Li family will definitely suffer as a result."
Queen Mother Li still smiled, "I can't control the Li family. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. They should just wish for the best for themselves."
Ye Wenyan nodded, "Oh, is that so! Then how do you plan to kill me?" "In this harem, I have the final say!" This was the confidence of Empress Dowager Li.
But Ye Wenyan didn't think so: "It's useless to say it. Not to mention the harem, even if you add the previous dynasty, as long as I want to leave, no one can stop me. If you don't believe it, just try it!"
After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out, saying as she walked, "A married daughter is not like spilled water. You and your parents' family are complementary and mutually dependent. You were born there, and all your relatives are there. Ask yourself with your conscience whether you really don't care about their life or death."
She walked out the door, and Lian Shi and Zhuier followed behind, like two warriors, one on each side, tightly protecting Ye Wenyan. Zhuier even began to look around to see if there were any suitable weapons, such as bricks on the ground that could be pried up.
Some secret guards jumped out, all of them were female guards, and surrounded her.
Ye Wenyan smiled as brightly as a flower. As long as it wasn't the 15th of every month, these people would not be enough to fill her teeth. She squatted down and quickly crushed a wintersweet in her hand. Spiritual power poured out from her fingertips, making her hand like an iron awl, instantly embedded in the ground, and soon she took out a jade brick from the ground.
She handed the jade brick to Zhuier and said, "Try it first to see if it fits your hand. If not, change it for gold."
After saying this, he suddenly moved, turning from passive to active, and took the lead in attacking the female guards.
Empress Dowager Li stood by the window, staring at Ye Wenyan's every move. As early as when she saw that Ye Wenyan could take out the jade brick from the ground of her Yong'an Palace with one hand, she knew that her female guards might not be a match for the Fourth Miss Ye.
Unfortunately, before she could regret taking back the female guard, she saw Ye Wenyan taking the initiative to attack and kill.
Perhaps it cannot be called a killing spree, because Ye Wenyan did not kill anyone, she just knocked those female guards to the ground, and then ordered her maid to go up and fix the bricks.
The maid named Zhuier was also extremely ruthless. She swung the jade brick with a whirring sound, and every blow was fatal.
Ten female guards, in the blink of an eye, turned the Yong'an Palace into a river of blood with corpses all over the floor.
Zhuier was completely stunned. The jade brick fell to the ground with a bang and broke into two pieces. The little girl was shaking with fear.
Ye Wenyan patted her shoulder and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, you will get used to this kind of scene after a while. After killing many people like this, you will no longer have any psychological burden. I will teach you some tips later, so that next time you won't have such a bloody scene."
At the window, Empress Dowager Li's hatred surged...