15 Backfire Scheme -2

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Everyone faced the matriarch at the same time, their hearts all filled with different emotions. Ye FengTian couldn't really care less, she didn't have the spare energy to deal with these scheming relatives. It seemed no matter where she went, she would always be surrounded by people who where determined to end her life.

This time however, she wouldn't let anyone remotely close to her, ever backstab her again.

On the contrary, Ye Chen Fu was delighted, just like her youngest daughter, she too had put in effort to kill of Ye FengTian which she deemed an eyesore.

She hated that child the most, because she hated the fact that Ye FengTian was the daughter of another woman, not only that, but that woman was so beautiful, too beautiful in fact.

And now her child was more beautiful then her own. She loathed looking at the woman's child the most, but now...she laughed evilly inside, a twisted expression on her face, that bastard child was going to die at the hands of her daughter!

The matriarch hadalready collapsed under all the building stress that had accumulated, he sat down uncomfortably on his wooden stool. His eyes were like a hawk, observing Ye FengTian's every movement.

Ye FengTian stayed still. She knew that the old man was suspicious of her, believing to choose a good actor of a Taoist then his own granddaughter, he wasn't worthy of her acknowledgement, so she avoided his gaze, she put up a timid act again.

Finally, after two hours of wasted time searching, the group of servants who searched Ye FengTian's courtyard came out. They had nothing in their hands as they dutifully reported to the matriarch.

"Reporting back, nothing out of the ordinary was found in youngest miss's room!" The servant leading the group faced the matriarch, it was the matriarch'spersonal servant.

The matriarch nodded but his face was confused, if Ye FengTian didn't have anything unusual then what did that Taoist me—, his thoughts where cut off when he noticed the Taoist's guilty but also confused face.

His heart instantly knew what was going on!

But before he could express his rage, a angelic but hatred filled voice yelled out shrilly.

"No! That's impossible! H-how could—" She clasped her mouth tightly with her hand, her eyes wide with shock as she realised what she had just carelessly blurred out. Her gaze scanned the room as it landed on Ye FengTian.

She saw Ye FengTian with a cold glint in her eyes and a icy smile. She blinked again, only to be faced with a small but nervous looking girl.

That girl suddenly opened her mouth to speak!

"Sister Xue, are you alright? You look pale." Ye FengTian had suddenly spoke out. Her voice was so soft and beautiful, If would calm someone down instantly.

Eh? Ye Chen Xue was at a loss. No! This couldn't be..h-how did she see through her flawless plan? Was what she wanted to scream out, but under the pressure of the matriarch and multiple people, she suddenly looked pale as snow.

But the matriarch was more focused on what Ye Chen Xue had carelessly blurted out before. His forehead wrinkled up when he recalled what she said. His mind now was left in a state of confusion and suspicion.

"Xue'er, what do you mean...'how did this happen?" The matriarch blurted out. He was confused, but he wasn't stupid.

Living for all those years and seeing all those things, despite being a veteran general and fighting on the frontline, he still had the basic common sense and knowledge. So, obviously he could see that the things leading up where clearly someone's scheme to frame his youngest granddaughter!

Suddenly the Taoist Wen Xuan rang the bell again. Humming a small tune, he said like a real monk.

"I sensed the evil wrong previously! I declare that this time the evil I sense is in this courtyard!" The Taoist pointed towards Ye Chen Xue's courtyard.

At that moment it was like Ye Chen Xue has lost all calm. Seething with rage, she pointed furiously at Wen Xuan.

Screaming out like a shrew she exclaimed, "H-how could you! You old bastard! I payed money for you to come here and this is how you repay me?" Ye Chen Xue was shivering in anger, her eyes were basically on the verge of tears.

She didn't even properly register what she had just screamed out on impulse.

This time it was Ye Chen Fu's turn to be pale. She stared at her own daughter, trying to fathom how her plan could have failed.

Before anyone could say anything more, Taoist Wen Xuan once again calmly explained with a tone of righteousness , "Young Miss of the Ye family, what ever are you talking about? It was the matriarch who invited me over, and I didn't expect you to be as shameless to actually try to frame me for accepting bribes! But a search of your courtyard should prove that you are innocent, right?"

In fact, Taoist Wen Xuan was panicky Insideas well, he didn't really know what exactly he was doing, but he knew the moment that the matriarch send out people to search Ye Chen Xue's courtyard, is the moment he will make a run for it!

The matriarch was hesitating before deciding to send a bunch of servants to search the courtyard, his patience was really low now.

Soon after a quick ten minutes search, one of the servants came back carrying a voodoo doll with nasty needles pricking on it. The voodoo doll, much to everyone's surprise, had a beautiful stitching and with red thread that was sown into Ye FengTian's name! All sound the her name was needles dripping with red paint and black paint on it, it Almost looked like Poison.

Ye Chen Xue was now no longer shivering in anger but absolute terror, streams and streams of tears flowed down her angelic face, her eyes absolutely terrified.

She glancedcowardly at the matriarch, only to be met with a stern, heavily disappointed gaze.

Suddenly Ye Chen Fu screamed out,

"Ye FengTian! You witch! You-you schemed against your own sister, didn't you?! Or else why did you look so nervous when the servants were searching your courtyard? You must have been afraid of being found out for your despicable scheme!"

Everyone turned their gazes onto the little beauty with glowing purple eyes, she looked nervous, but her voice held none of the 'supposed weakness' she was expected to show.

She calmly and almost icily explained herself.

"Mother, I was nervous because last night, I happened to see sister Xue sewing something onto a doll like figure. It was dark so I didn't want to stay out to late, but last night I kept having disturbing nightmares. It wasn't until I saw Taoist Wen Xuan did all the dots connect in my head."

Suddenly a physician came in out of nowhere. It was the physician that the matriarch entrusted to take of the household treatments and medicine.

Old doctor Lu explained calmly, "This morning I had went to youngest Miss Ye's courtyard as she happened to say she felt ill and sickly, I had examined her and she had indeed suddenly felt sick due to nightmares."

Another servant, who Ye FengTian recognised as her personal servant, Xiao Fei, stepped out toadd onto the claim and explain that what Doctor Lu said was the truth, she was also carrying a soup of medicine on her tray.

"This is the medicine that doctor Lu had prescribed and-" before Xiao Fei could continue, Ye Chen Fu and Ye Chen Xue were already in a puddle of tears.

"Enough!" The matriarch cut off Xiao Fei.

"I understand what's happened. A member of our family was despicable enough to curse one of her own sisters, there is both evidence and an alibi. There is no need to further this issue with outsiders here, Taoist Wen Xuan, I believe your job is do-"

That's when everyone suddenly realised that Taoist Wen Xuan had already left. And although the matriarch thought that was strange, he was busy over the matter at hand.

He announced disappointingly, "Ye Chen Xue! For such a scheme you will be punished heavily! I will send you to one of the mountain temples to reflect and study your inhuman actions." With that the matriarch left with clear disappointment and dissatisfaction on his old and wrinkled face.