Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 278 True or False

Upon hearing Zi Xiao mention Ye Zirui, Ye Qing'an paused slightly.

Ye Zirui has been in the palace with the Crown Prince under house arrest for some time now. Although the Crown Prince's affair with the furnace cauldron angered the Emperor, and it is said that the Emperor also threatened to investigate the woman's origins, all those involved have been implicated.

However, there has been no news of Ye Zirui's conviction. In addition, Ye Zirui is Ye Qinghao's son. Since there is no news of his conviction, it should be easy for Ye Qinghao to get him out.

However, even after all this time, Ye Zirui has remained in the palace, staying by the Crown Prince's side...

Ye Qing'an handed the handkerchief to Zi Xiao and sat down on the chaise lounge.

She hadn't noticed anything amiss until Zixiao brought it up, and only then did Ye Qing'an vaguely sense that something was wrong.

She suspected that Ye Zirui might have other motives for staying in the palace by taking Lu Ding as a concubine under the guise of the Crown Prince's marriage.

It's unclear what Ye Zirui's purpose was; was it Liu Xueying's order, or Ye Qinghao's...?

But the palace is not a place she can currently investigate...

Footsteps came from outside the door. Zixiao went to the door and looked out. She smiled and said, "It's the servants bringing hot water for bathing. I'll go to the washroom to prepare it for you, Miss."

"Ah."

It was raining outside, so Ye Qing'an went to bed early and then went straight to the Cloud Dream Realm to begin her cultivation.

Meanwhile, in the main courtyard of the Ye residence, the lights in the study were still on.

Ye Qinghao held a book in his hand, looking at it with a slight frown.

Footsteps suddenly came from outside. Ye Qinghao looked up and saw the butler outside the gate put away his umbrella, hand it to a servant, and then quickly entered the study.

"Master," the steward stopped, "this old servant has found out that an ancient demonic beast is causing trouble in Peach Blossom Pool outside the city."

Ye Qinghao narrowed his eyes: "What Abbot Minghua said earlier about the beasts that hurt people?"

"Yes." The steward nodded. "That ancient demonic beast seemed to be recuperating in the Peach Blossom Pool after being injured, but it was disturbed and became enraged, injuring more than ten people. Moreover, many spiritual cultivators in the city heard the news and rushed over, probably wanting to tame that ancient demonic beast as a spirit beast..."

"Heh..." Ye Qinghao scoffed, "There are only a dozen or so ancient magical beasts in the world. How could they be so easy to subdue? A bunch of fools."

"Yes. Those spiritual cultivators flocked there, but they didn't get anything good from that demonic beast. Most of them returned empty-handed, and many even perished in Peach Blossom Pool. It wasn't until Abbot Minghua arrived that the ancient demonic beast was subdued."

"Abbot Minghua took the demonic beast away directly, saying he wanted to take it back to recover from its injuries."

Ye Qinghao responded and remained silent for a while before saying, "That Abbot Minghua is real, but why would he suddenly grant Qing'an a destiny?"

"Perhaps it really is just a coincidence, that the young lady's fortune is so good that Abbot Minghua couldn't help but read her fortune and tell her destiny? Didn't Abbot Minghua also say that the young lady's destiny is rare?"

Ye Qinghao threw the book in his hand onto the table: "Is it a rare sight? Fortune and misfortune are intertwined. You will encounter many misfortunes, but you will be able to turn bad luck into good. Moreover, it can bring me, and even the Ye family, many benefits, enabling both me and the Ye family to rise to prominence and have a bright future?"

Ye Qinghao repeated what Abbot Minghua had said earlier: "Several years ago, a highly accomplished monk did calculate my destiny and mentioned that I would have a benefactor in my life who would help me rise to prominence. However... he also said that I would encounter a crossroads in the second half of my life, and if I did not handle it properly, I would suffer many calamities, and there might even be a disaster that wipes out my family."

Ye Qinghao's voice was low and slow: "So, whether I rise to prominence or suffer calamity and even the extermination of my family, the fork in the road lies with Ye Qing'an?"

"In my opinion, Master's guess is quite likely. After all, Miss is a Holy Spirit Body, and judging from her cultivation progress, she is much faster than ordinary people. I'm afraid that in just a few years, she will be able to cultivate to the level of a Holy Spirit."

"Moreover, Miss is not only exceptionally gifted, but also remarkably intelligent. This old servant has been observing Miss recently and feels that in terms of handling affairs, there are probably very few people in the manor, and even in the entire Ye family, who can match her."

Ye Qinghao smiled and said, "You're giving her way too much importance."

"This old servant is not exaggerating at all..."

As the steward finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something else: "Oh, right, I've already sent a spirit beast to the manor, and the people we sent to gather information there rushed back overnight."

"This old servant also asked that man earlier. According to what he found out, the young lady's life in the years before she left the manor was quite ordinary. She worked hard to make ends meet and suffered a lot. The only thing that seemed unusual was what happened a few days before she left the manor..."

"Oh?" Ye Qinghao looked up. "What is it?"

"I heard from the people on the estate that during the years that the young lady lived on the estate with the eleventh young master, there were always people on the estate who deliberately made things difficult for her. But just a few days before the young lady was about to leave, several major events suddenly happened on the estate."

"First, there were two rascals who always acted like scoundrels towards the young lady. Suddenly, they got into trouble on the mountain next to the manor. No one knows what happened, but both of them rolled down the mountain, and their bodies were torn apart by wild animals."

"Then, several old women in the village who always caused trouble for the young lady suddenly went mad."

"After that, when the bodies of those two scoundrels were sent back to the manor, the young lady went to see them, but was harassed. The young lady said that she had dreamed of a Bodhisattva one night, and the Bodhisattva said that she was a person protected by gods and Buddhas, and that all those who bullied her would be punished..."

"One of the women didn't believe it and immediately jumped out to scold the young lady. Who would have thought that right after scolding the young lady, the woman's mouth and eyes suddenly became crooked, and her whole body convulsed, as if she had suffered a stroke..."

"Such a thing is true?" Ye Qinghao frowned. "A person blessed by gods and Buddhas? Did she say that herself?"

"Yes, I heard that there were quite a few people present at the time who saw and heard it with their own eyes and ears, so it cannot be faked."

Ye Qinghao pondered for a while before asking the butler, "Do you believe what she said?"

"This old servant doesn't know if Miss is lying. This old servant only knows that Abbot Minghua is not someone that can be bribed by anyone. Since Abbot Minghua has said so, then it is highly likely that Miss's luck is truly exceptional."

"And if what Abbot Minghua said is true, then what the young lady said at the manor a few months ago is very likely true."

"Back then, Miss had absolutely no spiritual power..."