latelenovela Chapter 300: A Failure
Chapter 300: A Failure
"How about it?"
As soon as the maid reached the door, Liu Xueying couldn't help but ask her question.
The maidservant hurriedly said, "Madam, the eldest young lady and the second young master did indeed have an accident at the Lantern Festival."
Liu Xueying's eyes lit up immediately: "Hahaha, it's done!"
"only……"
The maid frowned slightly, seemingly also somewhat confused about the situation.
"Just what? Why are you hesitating?" Liu Xueying's eyes gleamed with obvious excitement. "How are they? Where are they now?"
The maid bit her lip: "The Second Young Master was taken into the palace by the Sixth Prince, and it seems that the Eldest Miss also went to the palace."
"They went to the palace?" A hint of doubt flashed in Liu Xueying's eyes. "What were they doing in the palace?"
"I heard that it was because the Second Young Master made some outrageous remarks in the bustling city, saying that the Master was more powerful than the Emperor. The Sixth Prince happened to hear this and was immediately enraged. He tied up the Second Young Master and said he would take him to the palace for the Emperor to deal with."
"Seeing this, the eldest young lady hurriedly followed him into the palace, seemingly to plead for the second young master."
Liu Xueying's face turned deathly pale: "What? Has that bastard Ye Feiran gone mad? How could he say such a thing in public?"
"Quickly, tell me what happened? Why..."
Hui, Ye Qing'an, and Ye Feiran did not fall into her trap, but were instead sent to the palace for saying such treasonous words.
The maidservant quickly recounted the events, and the more Liu Xueying spoke, the uglier her face became.
“That bastard is truly a bastard, an utterly hopeless idiot who can’t even handle provocation.” Liu Xueying gritted her teeth: “Now look what’s happened, that idiot said those things, and now I’m afraid the entire Ye family will be implicated because of him.”
and……
It also caused all her hard work in preparing to come to nothing.
Liu Xueying was so angry that her heart, liver, gallbladder, and lungs ached. After a long while, she took a deep breath and asked, "Does Master already know?"
"This servant doesn't know either." The maid lowered her head. "However, since the Sixth Prince brought the Second Young Master into the palace for the Emperor to deal with, and Master happened to be attending the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace, he must have been with the Emperor. Master should already know."
The maid was also somewhat flustered: "Madam, what should we do now? The Second Young Master said such things, will it implicate our entire Ye family and lead to their execution?"
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Liu Xueying slammed her hand on the table. "What do you mean by 'exterminating the entire family'? The Ye family is the most powerful family in Siyou Kingdom. Although they might be implicated, it's impossible for them to be wiped out entirely. Ye Feiran is just a child under ten years old. He doesn't understand anything. How can you take his nonsense so seriously?"
"Besides, didn't you just say that the master is here too? Since the master is here, he would never let things get out of control."
Liu Xueying gritted her teeth. The Ye family was a century-old family. Even if the Emperor wanted to make a move, he wouldn't do it so rashly.
She wasn't too worried about the Ye family being implicated; what annoyed her was that the trap she had set was entirely based on the special circumstances of today being the Mid-Autumn Festival and having a lantern exhibition.
If she misses today, she'll have to find another way to deal with those two little bastards.
Liu Xueying took a deep breath: "But it's alright. Although the Ye family won't be greatly affected by this matter, it's not entirely unaffected. The Emperor will definitely be angry with the Master. Ye Feiran said those words under Ye Qing'an's nose, and someone has caught him red-handed. I'm afraid Ye Qing'an won't be able to escape responsibility either."
"Besides, this matter has nothing to do with me. Even if the master investigates it, it has nothing to do with me. I can just watch from the sidelines and enjoy the show."
Upon hearing this, the maid gently lifted her eyelids to glance at Liu Xueying, then hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
"Why are you making that face? Just say what you have to say, why are you stammering? You know I hate it when people stammer like that..."
The maid trembled and quickly said, "Madam, I also heard that the Second Young Master said those things because he was provoked by the people who were traveling with the Sixth Prince. The people traveling with the Sixth Prince at that time were the young masters of the Li and Gu families."
Upon hearing the maid's words, Liu Xueying immediately understood: "You think this matter is related to the Li and Gu families?"
"This servant is only guessing."
Liu Xueying seemed thoughtful: "Your guess makes some sense. After all, the incident where Miss Li embarrassed herself and General Li brought her to apologize was quite a big deal. Although Master and Ye Qing'an managed to smooth things over at the time, Miss Li's embarrassment at the Gu family's gate was exactly the same as Wei Lan's reaction in the palace..."
"I don't believe for a second that that matter really had nothing to do with Ye Qing'an."
Liu Xueying coldly curled the corners of her mouth: "Perhaps it is because Miss Li was harmed by Ye Qing'an, and such a disgraceful thing happened, ruining her reputation. The Li and Gu families cannot swallow this, so they specially set up such a trap for Ye Feiran and Ye Qing'an."
Liu Xueying curled the corners of her mouth: "Look, that bitch Ye Qing'an really has made countless enemies. I didn't even have to lift a finger, and someone else did it for me."
The maid responded softly, then lowered her voice again, saying, "What I wanted to say is something else. I heard that after Miss Li apologized with a bundle of thorns on her back that day, the Second Miss also received the news..."
“Wei Lan?” Liu Xueying frowned. “What do you mean by bringing up Wei Lan now? Do you think this matter is related to Wei Lan? What are you making wild guesses about? Do you know what crime it is to make wild guesses and slander the master of the manor?”
The maid trembled slightly, lowering her head even further: "This servant...this servant didn't. I only heard it from the maidservants around the Second Miss. They said that after that day, Miss Weilan met with Miss Li twice. She dismissed all her maids and servants, and the two of them talked about something in the private room."
"What?" Liu Xueying suddenly looked up: "Weilan went to see that Miss Li? She saw her twice? Why didn't anyone report this to me?"
The maid lowered her head even further: "Second Miss instructed that if anyone dares to report to Madam, their tongues should be pulled out. However, one of Second Miss's maids is quite close to me, and she is also a little worried, so she told me."
“Previously, I thought that the Second Miss and Miss Li were probably just close friends, nothing more. But after what happened today, I feel that regardless of whether the Second Miss has anything to do with this matter, I must report it to Madam…”