jdhmnovel Chapter 155 Why don't I help her?
Chapter 155 Why don't I help her?
"Just you wait and see, see how I get her into my hands, see how she cries and begs me on her knees, begging me to let her go..."
Liu Xueying sneered: "Among the concubines in the mansion, quite a few have experienced my methods."
"Right now, I'm just showing weakness so that Ye Qing'an and the others in the mansion, even the master, will lower their guard against me. Then, I can deal with Ye Qing'an without any restraint."
"I will teach you my methods and skills little by little, but you can't rush it. The skills of the inner quarters, whether it's dealing with those who oppose us or serving men, are all things you'll need to learn for a while."
Ye Weilan pursed her lips, and said impatiently, "I hope it's as you say."
"Alright, it's getting late. Go back to your room and rest. Tomorrow, you should spend some quality time with the Fifth Prince. Listen to your mother. You are the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to. You are a piece of my flesh. I would never harm you."
The mother and daughter then left together. The door creaked open, and then the meditation room outside gradually quieted down.
Ye Qing'an raised her hand and tapped the bubble floating in the air. She heard Ye Qing'an and Ye Weilan's voices coming from inside, locking every word they had just said into the bubble.
Ye Qing'an raised her hand, and a white light flashed in her hand, instantly turning the bubble into two.
"Eavesdropping?"
Jiuxiao's voice suddenly rang out from the side.
Ye Qing'an turned to look at him, her brows furrowing slightly: "What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to go back to the courtyard and keep watch for me?"
“I’ve been keeping watch, but the lights are all off in the Ye residence now, and no one is around. Besides, I’ve set up a barrier inside and outside your courtyard, so I’ll know as soon as someone enters.”
Jiuxiao sighed: "It's probably because it's been sealed for too long, and I haven't had much opportunity to use various spells recently, so I even forgot about the barrier."
"..." Ye Qing'an glanced at Jiu Xiao, but remained silent.
Jiuxiao was still looking at the bubble formed by the sound-stealing technique: "Many people think that this sound-stealing technique is useless and can only be used to play some tricks. What are you going to use it for?"
"A little trick?" Ye Qing'an scoffed. This sound-stealing technique has quite a few uses.
Ye Qing'an tucked the two bubbles into her sleeve, then turned to Jiu Xiao and asked, "Where does the Fifth Prince live?"
"Ah, it's in one of the side rooms of the temple."
"Are there any skilled guards protecting us?"
Jiuxiao shook his head: "There are guards, but they can't be considered experts."
He paused, then glanced at Ye Qing'an: "But even if they aren't experts, their Xuanling techniques are probably a tiny bit more powerful than yours."
As she spoke, she gestured with her fingers to indicate a length, then shortened it slightly: "Really, I'm only a tiny bit better than you."
"Enough with the nonsense." Ye Qing'an snorted coldly, "Take me there."
"..."
Jiu Xiao led Ye Qing'an to a bamboo grove outside the temple's side rooms: "This area is where male worshippers stay. The Fifth Prince, due to his special status, was given a small courtyard."
"There are guards watching us. If we get any closer, we'll probably be discovered."
Ye Qing'an nodded and took out a sound-stealing bubble from her sleeve: "Take this to the Fifth Prince's room."
Jiu Xiao glanced at Ye Qing'an with surprise, and then he understood what Ye Qing'an wanted to do.
"Tsk, you're practically a fox in disguise, so cunning and treacherous."
As Jiuxiao spoke, he took the bubble, shrunk into a small snake, and carried the bubble toward the side room.
Inside the room, Yi Xiao sat on the couch, playing with a folding fan in her hand, her eyes vacant, as if she were thinking about something.
A servant stood beside the table, reporting in a low voice: "Although Liu Xueying's family background is not very good, her methods are not bad. Moreover, Ye Weilan is now considered the legitimate daughter of the Ye family and is quite favored in the Ye family. If Your Highness could marry Ye Weilan, it would be of great benefit."
"Very beneficial?" Yi Xiao curled the corners of her lips. "Is that so?"
As the two were talking, they heard a soft sound coming from outside the window.
Both of them became alert: "Who?"
The servant narrowed his eyes, quickly slipped to the window, and secretly gathered his energy, but did not notice anyone outside.
The servant quickly opened the window, stuck his head out, and looked outside, but there was no one in sight.
"Nobody here?" The servant frowned, about to close the window, when he saw a bubble drift in through the window: "This is..."
Yi Xiao squinted at the bubble: "Sound-stealing technique."
"Eavesdropping?"
"Close the window." Yi Xiao's gaze fell on the bubbles. "It's just a little trick for fun; it won't hurt anyone."
The servant closed the window as instructed, and only then did Yixiao raise her hand and touch the bubble.
A woman's voice, filled with dissatisfaction, suddenly rang out.
"How dare I? I don't want to marry the Fifth Prince..."
Yi Xiao's eyelids twitched suddenly. Was that voice Ye Weilan?
"Your Highness?"
Yi Xiao raised her hand, silencing him.
Soon, every word of Ye Weilan's conversation with Liu Xueying reached Yixiao's ears.
"Don't you want Ye Qing'an to kneel before you and greet you?"
The sound-stealing bubble suddenly burst, and Yi Xiao chuckled, raising her eyes to look at the attendant standing to the side: "Is this the benefit you speak of?"
The attendant's expression was also rather grim: "This mother and daughter have been insulting and criticizing Your Highness behind your back. I will go and arrest them immediately..."
"Why did you capture her?" Yi Xiao casually tapped the edge of the bed with her folding fan. "Did Ye Weilan say anything wrong?"
Yi Xiao curled the corners of her lips: "Am I not a good-for-nothing, not a hopeless case?"
"Your Highness..."
Yi Xiao raised her fan slightly: "Ye Qing'an, who is she? Is she also a member of the Ye family?"
He heard the last words of that sound-stealing bubble before it burst very clearly.
The reason Liu Xueying used to persuade Ye Weilan to marry him was that as a prince's consort, Ye Qing'an would have to kneel and kowtow to her.
"Ye Qing'an is the eldest daughter of the Ye family, born to Lord Ye's first wife. Five years ago, she became a laughing stock in the entire Wangjing City because of her pregnancy out of wedlock, and was subsequently secretly sent by the Ye family to a remote estate."
"It wasn't until more than a month ago that Miss Ye returned to the Ye residence with her child. I heard that after Miss Ye returned, Liu Xueying and her children's lives became less comfortable than before."
Yi Xiao curled the corners of her lips: "Really? She's the daughter of the first wife, and her life has been so tragic. She must hate Liu Xueying and Ye Weilan to the core."
"How about I help her?"
"Help her? How does Your Highness intend to help her?" The attendant asked, somewhat bewildered.
"Tell me, what if I personally asked my father to bestow a marriage upon me, arranging my engagement with Ye Weilan? And then, after some time, I openly broke off the engagement and instead proposed to Ye Qing'an? Don't you think that would be quite interesting?"