Lady Wen's voice was sonorous and forceful, her words made everyone present have different expressions.
The old mistress looked at her strangely and coughed lightly. "It is common for juniors to cause a ruckus, it is no big deal. You guys are only making fun of us for outsiders to see. "
Seeing that Lady Wen and her wife had stopped talking, the old lady paused for a moment and took a sip from her teacup, her fingers gently touching the side of the cup, "I think, it might as well be as Concubine Qiao said, for the servant girl to admit her wrongs."
Ye Yuning raised her head and looked straight at the old lady, biting his lower lip. She was just about to retort, when Fei Qing, who was behind her, tugged her sleeve: "Miss, it's not good to fight with them anymore, it's not worth being a servant."
Although Fei Qing's voice was soft, it still reached everyone's ears. Concubine Qiao and Ye Yujiao revealed a complacent look, Ye Yujiao was even more cocky as she raised her chin, looking at Ye Yuning, acting like she was the most arrogant person there.
Ye Yuning lightly patted the back of Fei Qing's hand and said gently: "This is not only for you, but for myself."
As a long room legitimate daughter, if she was bullied by a second room illegitimate daughter and did not dare to retaliate, how would she be able to raise her head in front of her servants in the future? If she couldn't even do this, how could she protect her parents' lives? Let alone saving Ye's Mansion's life.
Ye Yuning's idea was set.
At this moment, one of the maidservants peeked her head into the room as if she had something to report. Nanny Jiang immediately scolded loudly: "Lian Yang, what are you doing? "If you have something to report, come in and report it!"
The maidservant quickly strode into the hall and bowed towards the madame. The Countess recognized that this was a maidservant serving in the miasma courtyard. She nodded and asked, "What happened? Did the third master order you to come? "
The Mullet Academy was the Ye's Mansion's study room, and was specialized in managing the Ye Family's businesses.
The Ye Family's business was huge. Originally, the Old Master's younger brother was in charge of it. However, when the Second Old Master was sent back to his hometown to rest, the Third Master was in charge of it.
Lian Yang nodded, looked at Concubine Qiao and her daughter, then said softly: "Third master received a letter from the Lin Clan's Young Master earlier, and asked Qiao Family's Third Master about this."
The Third Master of the Qiao Family, was referring to Qiao Yinkun. When Concubine Qiao heard this, he was quite pleased with himself, even the Lin Family knew about Qiao Yinkun, who else would dare to give her face?
Before she could be happy, Lian Yang said, "Young Master mentioned in your letter that the Third Master of the Qiao Family was expelled from the Academy by the great scholar a few days ago and asked the Ye Family if they knew about this matter."
Concubine Qiao's smile froze on her face, the old lady's expression was also startled, she thought she had heard wrongly, and asked: "What did you say? What happened to Qiao Yinkun? "
"It was a day ago that the Third Master of the Qiao Family was expelled from the Pingshan Institution." Lian Yang replied once again.
"Impossible!" Impossible! My third brother has always been extremely knowledgeable and has never committed any crimes. There must be a misunderstanding! " She did not dare to say anything bad about Mr. Bian Song, so she could only say so.
Ye Yuning heaved a sigh of relief, a smile on her face.
"Seems like godmother and Mister Bian Song mentioned the evil deeds that Qiao Yinkun did." Ye Yuning thought, "It's all thanks to mother this time! Let's see how Concubine Qiao and Yue Shan will end this! "
Ye Yuning thought for a while, then pulled Lady Wen back a step, and calmly looked at the old lady.
The old mistress' expression was uncertain as she clenched the buddhist beads tightly with one hand. Her strength was so great that a few blue veins could be seen on her face.
Ye Yujiao still did not understand what had happened, but seeing the old lady's gloomy expression, she could not help but feel panic in her heart.
"Grandmother, my uncle, he …" Unexpectedly, she had just opened her mouth when she heard a loud 'bang'. The old mistress' tea cup was knocked back heavily. A pair of sharp, blade-like eyes shot towards her, scaring her to the point where she almost fell to the ground.
"Uncle?" Who is your uncle? Your mother is Mai Chen! What does the Qiao Family have to do with us? " The old mistress said coldly.
Concubine Qiao's face changed yet again.
Ye Yuning's heart was at ease, she knew that in the Old Madam's heart, the so called "rule of ascension" was just a decoration, nothing was more important than benefits. Right now, Qiao Yinkun was useless, and there were no other outstanding people in the Qiao Family. In that case, Concubine Qiao had lost his value.
The old mistress took a sip of tea, oblivious to the fact that the tea had turned cold.
Ye Yujiao's face turned white, and her body started to tremble uncontrollably.
"However, considering that the marriage between him and the Li family is about to be decided, the twenty sticks are exempted. Instead, it will be forbidden to set foot for a month and the Female Commandment will be plundered a hundred times." The old mistress' reaction was indeed a sign of affection.
Ye Yujiao regained some color on her face, but she was still pale.
"As for Concubine Qiao, without respect for anyone, you are also punished by three months of pay." Concubine Qiao was just about to heave a sigh of relief, when she heard the old lady's voice, and her mood dropped to the bottom.
"Originally, Mubai's health was not good, but Yujiao is under your tutelage. Now that Mubai has become much better, then Mubai will take charge of the children's teachings. In the future, you don't need to meddle in Yujiao's matters. "
The Old Mistress' final words were the biggest punishment to Concubine Qiao.
Ye Yujiao opened her mouth to say something, but was stopped by Concubine Qiao. Now that the two of them had no more to rely on, if they angered the madame again, there would be no more chances to turn things around.
Ye Yuning looked at all of this and smiled.
Do they want Concubine Qiao to not care about Ye Yujiao? That's impossible. Although Concubine Qiao was favored, she had only given birth to Ye Yujiao after she entered the door, and did not have any other children. She had spent a lot of effort on Ye Yujiao.
It was a pity that her teachings did not succeed. She was obviously Miss Ye's Mansion, but Ye Yujiao was as vicious and petty as her.
Amongst the few misses in Ye's Mansion, the one who had the most authority was Fourth Miss Ye Yuchu, hence she was also the most liked by the Old Mistress. However, Ye Yuning did not mind.
She had already seen through the old lady's personality. Even if she loved Ye Yuchu, the moment something happened in the Ye's Mansion, the first people she would abandon were her granddaughters.
Ye Yuning remembered that in his previous life, Ye Yuchu had married a long time ago, and her life didn't seem to be too good.
It seemed that Ye Yuning had won, but she knew in the bottom of her heart that as long as the old lady stayed in Ye's Mansion, she would not be able to take matters into her own hands.
After Lady Wen left the Pingjing garden, Ye Yuning's mood improved a little. The mother and daughter returned to Fragrant Garden together. Lady Wen ordered someone to close the door and took out a letter.
"This is your foster mother's letter. It just arrived today."
Ye Yuning took the letter and looked at it, on it she asked about Ye Yuning and Lady Wen's recent situation, and also mentioned the matter of him paying a visit to Mr. Bian Song a few days ago.
"That Qiao Yinkun, was it your foster mother's doing?" Lady Wen asked with a frown.
Ye Yuning was startled, then nodded her head: "Qiao Yinkun is an evil villager, they do not look the same, and are not worthy to be Mister Bian's disciple, my foster mother was only speaking the truth."