C49 (1/2)

Ye Jinsu laughed even more happily than before, as if she had heard a good joke, ”If I remember correctly, Grandmother was still on her way back then. She was very far away from the capital. Father did not leak the information, so how could I know that Grandmother had returned to the capital? ”

”Isn't it too inappropriate for my second sister to lie?”

Ye Jingru's face turned pale.

”It must be you. You knew the news in advance, so you came to incite my Ru'er.”

Ye Jinsu smiled and spoke calmly, ”Don't tell me Second Mother is confused and is speaking nonsense?”

”Since there's no evidence, then you can slander me with your bare teeth. Second Mother, are you trying to hide something?” Ye Jinsu smiled and said with a hint of meaning in his words.

The old lady's pinky moved, signalling for Ye Jinsu to stop, and asked: ”You said cover up? ”What do you mean by cover up?”

Ye Jinsu lowered her head and nodded, ”In reply to Grandmother's words, granddaughter remembers that when the news came out, the servants of the Qing Lotus Courtyard would talk the most. His granddaughter guessed that his second younger sister must have been dissatisfied with Lady Shixiang at that time, for the servants to overhear her. ”

The old lady's eyebrows knitted together in anger.

Ye Jinru was trembling with anger, ”What nonsense are you spouting?”

Ye Jinsu smiled apologetically, ”I must be thinking like a petty person towards a prince. Since second sister has a dignified character, she definitely wouldn't do such a thing.”

”If it was just rumors spreading like this, I would have guessed so. ”I don't know what the other servants will think, so I might as well take this opportunity to investigate, and return the innocence of my second sister.”

Ye Jinsu spoke with sincerity, as if she was really thinking for Ye Jingru's sake. However, Ye Jinru was panicking as she stuttered, ”No! ”No way!”

Ye Jinsu looked at Ye Jingru's flustered expression and smiled, ”Second sister doesn't want to be investigated. Could this really be true?”

Ye Jingru could not wait to bite off her silver teeth.

How could she investigate? When she first investigated this matter, she used a lot of people from Ye Zheng's courtyard. It would be a big deal if they found out that he and his mother had planted themselves in Ye Shisui's yard and bribed their trusted aides.

Ye Jingru could only cast a pleading gaze at the Xie Clan.

The Xie Clan knew what Ye Jingru was thinking and opened her mouth, ”She is the second lady of the Ye Residence, and because it is such a trivial matter, she should investigate the courtyard thoroughly.”

”If word of this gets out, how can we, Ru Er, continue to be human?” ”Master, you can't do this to Ru'er.”

Ye Zhenzheng's heart softened, and he did not believe Ye Jinsu's words. She supported Madam Xie up, ”I know who Ru'er is the most. Is there even a need to investigate?”

”Father's words are incorrect,” Ye Jinsu said. ”That's why we have to investigate even more.”

”Although you know what sort of person she is, outsiders don't. Moreover, this matter is related to Miss Si Xiang, so it is impossible for one to be careless. ” Ye Jinsu said.

The words were directed at Ye Zhenzheng, but they were meant for the old lady.

From beginning to end, Ye Zheng had leaned towards that Xie family. Now, even if it was just a search of the yard, Ye Shisui still had to obey her.

As it turned out, she no longer had the slightest bit of dignity as a mother. The old lady was infuriated and slammed the table fiercely. ”Investigate!”

”Shui Sang, send a few people from my yard to investigate!”

Ye Jingru and Xie Shi's faces completely fell.

If it was before, even if they wanted to investigate and let others investigate, at least they could do something about it. This mansion was basically filled with the Xie Clan's people, so they weren't afraid of anything. Now, everyone in the Old Granny's courtyard was most likely following the Old Granny's wishes.

No problem, I have to find her a problem as well.

Ye Jingru was so anxious that her tears fell as she tightly held onto her wife's sleeve.

Madame Xie's eyes darted around as she suddenly said, ”Investigate. Since the old lady says she wants to investigate, we might as well investigate and get to the bottom of this.”

”Why don't we send some people from Master's courtyard with us?” She looked at him.