diskusbooks Chapter 152 Who loses and who wins?
Chapter 152 Who loses and who wins?
Ye Qing'an's eyes widened, and she took two steps back: "Fourth Aunt, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. What do you mean, 'I'm the one who harmed you'? You'd better explain this to Father."
Ye Qinghao had already stopped the fourth concubine, and raised his hand to slap her across the face.
His hand stopped just a finger's distance from Fourth Aunt's face. Looking at Fourth Aunt's face covered in filth, Ye Qinghao couldn't bring himself to hit her, so he raised his foot and kicked her instead.
Fourth Concubine was kicked and fell to the ground, clutching her stomach, her face filled with shock and pain: "Master...Master?"
Looking at her like this, Ye Qinghao felt disgusted even listening to her speak.
"Alright, I see you're having a lot of fun playing with poop in this yard. Go ahead and continue..."
"Since you like it so much, I'll let you play to your heart's content. Starting today, you will apply these things to your face and body every day until I feel it's enough."
After Ye Qinghao finished speaking, he turned and left.
"Master! Master!"
Fourth Aunt's voice was extremely shrill. Ye Qing'an glanced at her and then followed her out.
"Daddy."
Ye Qinghao stopped and turned to look at Ye Qing'an. After what had just happened, Ye Qinghao didn't give Ye Qing'an a friendly look.
"What's the matter?"
Ye Qing'an hurriedly said, "I roughly know the reason for what happened to Fourth Aunt just now. Please let me explain on behalf of Fourth Aunt, Father."
"Oh? How do you know the reason?"
“When I went to see Fourth Aunt yesterday, I heard that Fourth Aunt had a fever rash. I remembered that when we were in the village, the people there didn’t have money, so they would treat their fever rash with folk remedies.”
"The folk remedy they used was to smear chicken droppings on the rashes on their bodies. Although it was a bit... a bit unseemly, it was quite effective."
"So, the daughter told her fourth aunt about this folk remedy."
Ye Qing'an bit her lip, looking flustered as if she had done something wrong: "But at that time, when Fourth Aunt heard about it, she was very angry and kicked her daughter out directly."
"My daughter assumed that Fourth Aunt wouldn't use this folk remedy, so she didn't take it too seriously...who knew..."
Ye Qing'an lowered her head: "It's all my fault. If Father wants to punish someone, then punish me."
Ye Qinghao pursed his lips: "This matter has nothing to do with you. If it were for medical treatment, she could have simply informed us beforehand. Instead, she made such a mess of the room..."
"Alright, you don't need to worry about it." After saying that, Ye Qinghao left without saying anything more.
Ye Qingan stood there, watching Ye Qinghao's departing figure, a slight smile playing on her lips.
“Miss…” Zixiao glanced at Ye Qing’an: “Shall we go back to the courtyard?”
"Go back to the courtyard?" Ye Qing'an shook his head: "Fourth Aunt has suffered such a great calamity for no reason. How can I stand idly by? Of course I have to go back and properly apologize to Fourth Aunt."
As Ye Qing'an spoke, she turned and went back into the courtyard.
Fourth Aunt was still kneeling on the spot when Granny An returned. She went forward to help her up, but Fourth Aunt pushed her away.
Granny An was about to step forward when she saw Ye Qing'an step into the room. She stopped and looked up at Ye Qing'an, saying, "Miss... Miss."
Fourth Aunt suddenly turned her head, staring intently at Ye Qing'an, looking as if she wanted to devour him.
Ye Qing'an laughed and strolled over: "When I told Fourth Aunt about this prescription yesterday, didn't Fourth Aunt say that I was teasing you and that you didn't want to? Why did you apply it yourself?"
"This chicken manure smells awful, doesn't it?"
Fourth Aunt gritted her teeth, wishing she could tear Ye Qing'an to pieces and eat her: "You wait, I'll go and explain the truth to the master."
“No need.” Ye Qing’an smiled: “I already apologized to Father outside the door and told him the whole story.”
“But…” Ye Qing’an circled around Fourth Aunt, “But you did it to cure your illness, so what?”
“Even if you did it to cure your illness, your father already knows that you smeared chicken droppings on your body, and he saw and smelled it with his own eyes.”
"If he hadn't seen or heard of it, that would be one thing, but now that he has, do you think he'll ever run into someone who has smeared chicken droppings on themselves again?"
Fourth Aunt's eyes widened in disbelief: "You...you..."
Ye Qing'an still had a smile on her face: "I'm afraid not. I'm afraid that in the future, when Father sees you or touches you, he will remember how you smeared chicken droppings on your face and body, and then he will be so disgusted that he will never want to touch you again."
Ye Qing'an burst into laughter.
Fourth Aunt gripped the ground, her fingers raw and bleeding: "I have no grudge against the eldest young lady, why does she treat me like this?"
"Fourth Aunt, are you so forgetful at such a young age? Fourth Aunt, do you truly have no grudge against me?"
Fourth Aunt gritted her teeth: "I only said a few words of gossip. So many people outside have been talking about you, Miss. Why do you have to pick on me?"
"Fourth Aunt knows best what she has done." Ye Qing'an sneered, "I don't want to settle accounts with Fourth Aunt one by one."
"However, Fourth Aunt should be glad that you didn't actually do anything to hurt me or Eleven."
“If you had actually done that, the situation would probably be much worse than it is today.”
Ye Qing'an stopped in her tracks, pursed her lips, and stared intently in another direction in the mansion: "Fourth Madam can also wait and see what fate awaits those who have hurt me and my child."
Fourth Aunt stared intently at Ye Qing'an, but suddenly shivered.
Although Ye Qing'an's expression was extremely calm, it inexplicably gave her a chill, a chill that seemed to seep into her body from all over...
She had a strange feeling that since Ye Qing'an had made such a harsh statement today, he would definitely be able to do it.
Ye Qing'an glanced at Fourth Madam and smiled slightly: "Fourth Madam is an elder in the household, and there are many things you don't need me to remind you of. Fourth Madam is not well yet, so please take good care of yourself first. I will visit you again when I have time."
As soon as Ye Qing'an walked out of the courtyard, Fourth Aunt's body went limp and she suddenly collapsed to the ground.
“Master.” Granny An hurriedly stepped forward.
Fourth Aunt bit her lip: "Help me into the house."
Granny An responded and helped Fourth Madam into the house.
"Should I go fetch water for my master?"
Fourth Aunt neither agreed nor disagreed, and Granny An was about to leave.
The fourth concubine suddenly spoke up: "Where is Madam?"
Granny An quickly stopped in her tracks: "Madam went out of the manor today, taking the Second Miss to Xingguo Temple to meet the Fifth Prince."
Fourth Aunt was taken aback: "I remember, the date we set before wasn't today, was it?"
Granny An nodded: "I heard there's something that's brought forward."
The fourth concubine remained silent for a long while before asking, almost in a murmur, "Granny, what do you think? If the eldest young lady and the madam were to go head-to-head, who would win?"