Chapter 71: Hanging Up For a Beating

Lian. 。The Xiao family had harbored resentment ever since. Since she couldn't control the man taking a concubine, she could only show her displeasure to Liu Yi and Ye Chu Lian. 。For so many years, Y...How could she, as a senior member of the family, be asked to kowtow and burn incense for someone younger than her She felt extremely humiliated.

He couldn't disobey, but he didn't want to either. So his movements were stiff and reluctant throughout the process.

Mu had already been helped to sit in a chair, staring at her intently. Seeing her reluctance, he said: "If you don't want to kowtow, just stand up. Who are you putting on this show for"

Xiao shi was startled and quickly stated, "I want to kowtow, I really want to." Her following actions were beyond her wildest expectations.

With three heads and three incense sticks, Xiao finished setting this up, then rose to insert the incense into the burner. Only then did she ask Ye Wen again: "Fourth Miss, what next Do you want Second Aunt to do anything else"

Ye Wen didn't answer her, he just crouched down and spoke to Ye Chu Lian who had been kneeling on the side: "Sister Wu has worked hard to burn more paper money for Fourth Sister. Only you here are her sister, only you can burn the paper money that she can receive."

Ye Chu Lian nodded shyly, and then without another word, she began burning paper again.

She stood up and glanced inside the hall. The handmaid, whose name was Sheng, had been pressed into cold water by the servants and was shouting loudly: "I won't go! I want to see what she wants to do!"

Ye Wen lightly hummed and asked, "Where's Third Sister Why didn't she come"

A servant replied, "Third Sister may have already gone to rest."

She expressed displeasure: "Taking a break Taking a break means you carry me up! Don't you know what day it is tonight She, the culprit, can still sleep"

Xiao was terrified and quickly said, "Hongzhuang is pregnant, she can't be tossed around, Fourth Miss, just spare her!"

"Has she ever spared me" Ye Wenyan narrowed his eyes, "If only on the second day of the first lunar month, she had shown me some mercy, things wouldn't have escalated to this point. Rest assured, Aunt Two, I won't let being pregnant be a problem. I can even cure a mute, how much harder is it to treat a child Don't make a fuss, even if you hang her up and beat her, I can still protect her child."

She seemed to have figured it out, “Yes, hang him up and beat him! That's how we can vent our anger for Sister Ye Si!”

Then he ordered Jimama and Zhuier: "The two of you go to Wu Xuan and bring me the Yèhóngzhuāng. Hang it on the beam above Mingtang's entrance, and whip fifty times!"

The old nanny took the child away, and Xiao was so frightened that her face turned pale. She kept muttering: "What should I do What should I do"

"The night view shouted from the side, "Do you dare Ye Wen, do you dare! The child Hong Zhuang is carrying in her belly belongs to His Highness Sixth!"

"Ye Wen listened and almost laughed. "What's wrong with the Sixth Young Master Are you reminding me to also bring the Sixth Young Master to General Manor for a beating I have no objections, it's just whether you dare or not. Well then, Ye Er Laoye, do you want me to send someone to Prince Su’s Residence right now, to invite the Sixth Young Master over and have him kowtow and burn incense to Fourth Sister"

"When am I to have him here"

"You're done," Ye Wen said coldly, "If you can't speak properly, just shut your mouth. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll shove your entire head into the fire pit, and then after seven days, I'll burn you for another seven."

The night scene was so frightening that he trembled with fear and never dared to do anything again.

Along with them came Xiangdong. Right now, Granny Ji and Zhuier had gone to look for Ye Hongzhuang. Xiangdong, though frightened by this scene, still took two steps forward and firmly stood behind Ye Wenyan.

Ye Wen nodded in satisfaction and then instructed: "Xiang Dong, please invite the old lady. As family members, we must be united and complete, otherwise how can we appease the deceased"

The night view was so beautiful that she couldn't help but add, "Grandma is old, can't you have a little conscience"

"Ye Wen sighed, rolling his eyes. 'She doesn't even have a conscience, why should I It's like the proverb says: 'When the beam is crooked, the joists are warped.' I'm just following her lead. Xiangdong, go quickly. It'll be midnight soon.'"

Xiangdong ran away in a flash.

A heavy silence fell over the Mingtang. The only sounds were Ye Chulan's crackling paper being thrown into the brazier, and Ye Jian's pained gasps as he breathed in and out.

After a while, Ye Hongzhuang arrived first.

Grandma and Zhu'er each held onto her arm, completely ignoring her struggles. They just kept running with quick steps. Zhu'er ran while saying, "Third Sister, please don't struggle. This servant originally doesn't have much strength. If you struggle any further, I won't be able to hold on anymore and will have to let go. Then if you fall and hurt your stomach, don't blame me."

Ye Hongzhuang dared not move.

Fuyou also ran after them all the way, and when they reached the door of Xuming Hall, Ji MaMa and Zhuier stopped. Zhuier seemed to be looking for something. Fuyou didn't care about anything else, she just lifted her skirt and stepped into the hall, rushing straight to Ye Wenyan and kneeling before him.

"I've seen Fourth Sister. Third Sister is late, please forgive her. I will immediately burn paper and kowtow to perform the rituals for Seventh Sister."

He finished speaking and immediately knelt and crawled to Ye Chu Lian’s side, grabbing the paper money and throwing it into the fire.

The flame shot up suddenly, singeing Fuyou's eyebrows. Her drooping bangs were also scorched with sparks. She didn't care, just raised her hand to brush it off her face and continued burning the paper.

Ye Hongzhuang had already been hanged by Jie Ma Ma and Zhuai'er. Xiao Shi was crying and trying to rush forward to save her, but Jinxiu held her back tightly, preventing her from moving.

The cries of the woman applying rouge at night were heart-wrenching, finally causing Fuyou to turn around. But Mu's words followed closely behind: "Burn your paper well, my daughter will keep the child in her belly." Fuyou no longer paid any attention.

She was sent by Empress Li to watch over Ye Hongzhuang's pregnancy. All she cared about was the safety of the fetus; as for Ye Hongzhuang herself, she didn't matter. Whether she lived or died was outside her purview.

Seeing Fu You's attitude, Xiao knew she couldn't count on her. She wanted her husband to speak up, but he was in too much pain right now, his face pale as death, so there was no hope for that either.

She was utterly helpless, able to do nothing but sit on the ground and cry. As she wept, she watched Ye Hongzhuang being hung upside down. Then, Ye Wenyan appeared from somewhere with a whip, dipped it in the cool water that was soaking Ye Jingsheng's hands, and handed it to Ji Mama.

The grandmother was truly vicious, whipping with all her might.

A whip dipped in cold water hurts the most. Ye Hongzhuang was whipped so hard that she spun around, going from crying and screaming at first to finally becoming completely still, swaying like a corpse.

Fuyou turned her side, burning paper in one hand while nervously watching Ye Hongzhuang's body. Soon, she realized staring was useless because the whip drew a lot of blood. She couldn't tell which blood came from the whip and which came from childbirth.

Ye Wen stood in the center of the Xuan Ming Hall, his arms crossed in front of him as he looked up, occasionally reminding her, "Use more force!"

Grandma listened to her especially closely, letting her apply the rouge with all her might. She ended up putting so much on that she looked like a bloody figure.

Xiao kept muttering, "Where can we possibly keep this child safe How is it possible to keep him safe" She also rushed towards Fuyou and shouted, "Aren't you the one sent by the Empress Dowager to help Hongzhuang with her pregnancy Look, how could this pregnancy be safe now"

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Fu You didn't know if she could be at peace, but she always remembered what Empress Dowager Li had said to her before leaving the palace: "This journey to recuperate is one side of the matter, the most important thing is to reconcile with your fourth sister from that night. This imperial concubine doesn't want a fetus whose gender is unknown, this imperial concubine wants Lu'er's recovery! Only when Lu'er recovers will everything have hope!"

So she couldn't answer Xiao, what she needed to do was appease Ye Wenyan. Even if she didn't flatter him, she at least couldn't go against him.

Finally, the old madam arrived, accompanied by Ye Lianmeng and Jun Tao.

From afar, I could see the firecracker called "Night Crimson" hanging from the beam. Every time it snapped, she would shiver along with it, as if being whipped.

She didn't care about Yè Hóngzhuāng. Whether they were children of the Mu family or the Xiao family, to her, they were all assets that the Ye family had in Be Qi. But they were merely assets. What she wanted was for the Ye family to maximize its profits; it didn't matter who brought those profits.

She was just afraid, because she knew why Ye Hongzhuang got beaten, and she knew that Ye Wenyan doing this on the seventh day of her passing was to settle the score.

She was the mastermind behind that whole thing, so this isn't about drawing night red makeup, it's clearly about targeting her!

Even the usually stoic Ye Lianmian was terrified, hurriedly supporting the old madam into Xu Mingtang, not daring to utter a word. Especially when they passed by Ye Hongzhuang, seeing the blood dripping on the floor, she thought Ye Hongzhuang was dead, believing that tonight's funeral was for Ye Hongzhuang.

The old lady trembled as she came in, and just heard Ye Jing howl: "Mother! That scoundrel burned my hand!" He lifted his hand from the bucket, and the old lady almost fainted when she saw it.

Yè Fēi Yù stepped forward and loudly said, "Uncle Second, why did my younger sister burn your hand"

Ye Qingmei also grew bolder and stepped forward, "It was Uncle Second who first attacked my mother. An uncle attacking his sister-in-law is something Uncle Second has no excuse for."

"Ye Qingmei, you want to rebel, don't you!" The old lady finally found someone to vent her anger on. She always knew how to pick on the weak. So she raised her cane and was about to hit Ye Qingmei.

Ye Feiyu took a step forward, shielding his sister from the blow. The staff struck his shoulder, causing him to grimace in pain.

Mu shi stood up with a whoosh, and before she could speak, Ye Wen said, "Grandma Ji, my grandmother's walking stick is very dangerous. It either smashes gold bricks or people to death. Hand it over! Take it back to Yanhuagong to burn fire."

The old madam was furious: “You dare!”

She pursed her lips and remained silent. Instead, Granny Ji walked over, snatched the walking stick, and said, "What's there to be afraid of! If Yanhu Palace is going to burn, it won't just be a walking stick. Even the Emperor's dragon throne will be handed over! The Emperor himself would have to present it respectfully. Do you have any doubts, Granny"

The old madam dared not doubt anything. Anything related to the Yanhuagong, no one below would dare doubt it.

She stood there, watching as the cane was taken by the old woman. She waved her arms around, looking this way and that, as if she wanted to pick someone out to vent her anger on, but unfortunately, she couldn't find a suitable target. Having no other choice, she resigned herself to defeat. She took a deep breath and then asked Ye Wenyan: "What exactly are you doing"

Ye Wen turned back to look at the case, "I'm not causing any trouble, just sending my former elder sister Ye Si on her final journey. After all, after tonight, she will truly disappear from this world..."o the maid rolled her eyes and said urgently, "Who are you Get out of the way!"Quán Qīngchéng saw at a glance the Yè Wēn yán on her back, and he also saw the blood all over Yè Wēn yán. He didn't bothe...