in2ebook Chapter 473: Do Not Insult My General
Chapter 473: Do Not Insult My General
Chapter 473: Do Not Insult My General
Ye Wenyan, who originally had not prepared any birthday gifts for the eldest princess, brought two carriages when he left the house.
In one of the carriages sat her and Zhuier Ji Rong, driven by the coachman Zhou Shang, who was taken back by Ji Duo, and walked steadily in the front.
Sitting in the carriage behind her were four maids from her courtyard. The carriage had gone around the street before returning to pick them up, and no one knew what was in the carriage. They only saw the four maids hurriedly get on, looking mysterious.
After that, another carriage departed from the gate of the Ye Mansion, and inside sat Ye Wushuang and the maidservant bought for her by Ye Jingsheng, named Xiaoli. Ye Wushuang was wearing the new dress she bought yesterday, which was a bright peony color, and set off her beautiful face. The maidservants around her couldn't help but look at her several times, and finally couldn't help but said, "The third young lady is really beautiful." Ye Wushuang smiled a little embarrassedly, "How can I be beautiful? Everyone knows that the most beautiful woman in Lin'an is the fourth young lady. She is the real beauty, and she should be the one that people can't take their eyes off."
Xiao Li shook her head after hearing this: "You have to look at her before you can't take your eyes off her. But who dares to look at the Fourth Miss straight in the eye? When I was in the hands of a man, I had heard of the reputation of the Fourth Miss Ye. Everyone said that the Fourth Miss Ye was spoiled by General Ye, and she did everything from burning, killing, and looting. She was a famous little tyrant in the inner city of Lin'an. What's the use of being a tyrant no matter how beautiful it is? Who dares to look at her!" She lowered her voice a little when she said this, "So the marriage didn't work out, and her husband's family didn't dare to marry her."
Ye Wushuang immediately rebuked: "Shut up, how dare you talk about the master behind his back? Fourth sister is the daughter of the Ye family, what a noble status, how can a maid like you make up such a story? Stop saying such things and you are causing trouble for me for no reason."
Xiaoli quickly bowed her head to admit her mistake, but she still added in a low voice: "I was right! Third Miss, you are also a legitimate daughter, and your status is also noble! Now that the Second Master is in charge, you are the most noble lady."
Ye Wushuang didn't say anything else, but he kept thinking about these words in his heart.
Although the incident yesterday had caused some deviation in her yearning for the First-Rank General's Mansion, it still did not dilute her joy of returning to her roots. After all, she had endured for so many years, and her impatience had been smoothed out, and her unwillingness had become accustomed to it. Although she was still inevitably excited, she was still much calmer than in previous years.
But what Xiaoli said was also true. She was now the daughter of a first-rank general, no longer a laundry girl in Yuexiu Lane, East Street, Outer City. What she wanted to win was her father's attention and the old lady's care. As for the attitudes of other people, they were not that important.
Ye Wushuang lifted the hair on his forehead and smiled at Xiaoli, "Girls should be quiet. Father always taught us that we should be well-educated, learn piano and painting, and even read books. We can't always think about wielding swords and guns, otherwise we will lose the manners of a girl. Our hands will be roughened by weapons, and our temperament will not be gentle and docile. No man will like such a girl." Xiaoli was very happy to hear Ye Wushuang say this, which meant that the young lady took her words to heart. As long as she could be recognized by the young lady, she would be able to stay with the young lady in the future and be her attendant and a first-class maid.
She has been sold by a man for many years. She is already fifteen years old this year. If she can't find a suitable owner willing to take her in, there will be even fewer people willing to take her when she gets older. By then, the man might sell her to a brothel to serve men.
She didn't want to live that kind of life, so this time, after finally entering the first-rank general's mansion, she must flatter Ye Wushuang. As long as the master is successful, she will also be successful. In the future, when the master marries into a good family, she may also be able to get a job as a housemaid, and then there will be servants to serve her, and she won't have to do the work of a servant anymore.
Xiaoli had a very good plan in mind, and at the same time, she was even more devoted to Ye Wushuang. She said to Ye Wushuang: "The Second Master asked us to follow, and the Fourth Miss doesn't know yet! But it doesn't matter, we are all family, and we have followed, she can't drive us back, right? Besides, we came with gifts for the eldest princess, and the Fourth Miss has no reason to drive away the people who brought gifts to the eldest princess, the eldest princess will be angry if she does that."
Ye Wushuang nodded, "Yes, I have admired the eldest princess for a long time. Now I have finally returned to the inner city to live, and it is the eldest princess's birthday, so naturally I have to come and congratulate her. I came for the eldest princess, and the fourth sister should not give her face."
In the first carriage in front, Zhuier lifted the curtain and looked out for a while, then said, "She's still following! This new third young lady in our house is really amazing. She can do such a thing. Doesn't she feel embarrassed?"
Ji Rong said, "What's there to be embarrassed about? We've already entered the Ye Mansion, so why should we care whether we feel embarrassed or not?"
"What do you think the Second Master wants?" Zhuier stamped her feet in anger. "That day he said that he wanted to take the Third Miss with him to the Princess' birthday banquet. I knew in my heart that he was talking about Ye Wushuang, but later I discussed it with the Miss and took Ye Hongzhuang with me, which pissed the Second Master off to death. As a result, Ye Hongzhuang was taken back by the Sixth Prince. Now we have a dog-skin plaster following us, and we can't get rid of it." She leaned over to take a look again, and saw that the carriage was following them very closely, so she turned around and said to Zhou Shang, "Can you run faster and get rid of this dog-skin plaster following us?"
Zhou Shang said: "Of course we can, but it's easy to get rid of her, but what about the second car? We brought it ourselves."
Zhuier thought about it and said nothing. Ji Rong asked Ye Wenyan, "Master, the eldest princess is very hot-tempered. We won't fight her at the gate of the mansion, right?" After thinking about it, she said, "That's not bad. After we beat her, she won't have to celebrate her birthday."
Ye Wenyan laughed when she heard this, "How could she not hold a birthday party? So many people are here. If she doesn't even hold a birthday party because she's angry with me, it would be so embarrassing. It will be said that the eldest princess can't beat the fourth young lady Ye. How can she be happy? So the birthday party should be held, but the fight at the door should be fought. The Quan family spoils her, but I can't. She dares to be so rude to my father. Today I have to let her know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is. I have to let her know that there are more arrogant people in the inner city of Lin'an."
Ye Wenyan leaned against the carriage, closed his eyes gently, and waited until the carriage stopped before opening them.
Zhou Shang said outside the carriage, "Miss, we have arrived at the Princess's Mansion." Then there was a puzzled sound. She heard Zhou Shang jump off the carriage and seemed to run forward a few steps. Then she heard Zhou Shang yelling frantically, "What are you doing?"
Ji Rong lifted the carriage curtain, bent down and walked out. Ye Wenyan and Zhuier followed behind. Zhou Shang desperately pushed the ladies who came to the birthday banquet, shouting as he pushed them: "How dare you! You deserve to die! How can a great general who defends his country be defiled by you! Do you take the Northern Qi soldiers seriously?"
Ye Wenyan narrowed his eyes, revealing an undisguised ferocious look.
A scarecrow wearing armor and with the name of General Ye Jinggui written on his back was kneeling at the entrance of the Princess's mansion. All guests who wanted to enter the mansion had to pass by "him". Some hurried past without taking a second look, while others frowned after looking at him.
Many more people stopped and fiddled with the scarecrow with interest, slapping and spitting at it, tapping its forehead with their fingers, and even one lady covered the scarecrow's head with her green handkerchief, then laughed and said, "Look, General Ye is cuckolded! Who knows who his wife ran off with, and made him so angry that he died."
When people heard this, they all laughed. They no longer wanted to enter the mansion, but just stood outside the door to watch and humiliate the scarecrow.
When Zhou Shang rushed forward and pushed them away, many people were caught off guard and were immediately pushed to the ground. For a moment, the entrance to the Princess's Mansion was in chaos, with wailing and crying sounds coming one after another.
Zhou Shang, a big man, was so angry that he started to cry. He wanted to go forward and tear off the words on the back of the scarecrow, but he was stopped by the guards of the princess's mansion. They put two knives directly on his neck and shouted at the same time: "Where did you come from, your lowly slave? How dare you come to the princess's mansion to make trouble! I think you are tired of living!"
Zhou Shang was not afraid of the two swords at all. When they shouted at him, he immediately shouted back - "You are the ones who are tired of living! General Ye fought all his life, and made great contributions to Northern Qi and expanded its territory. How can you be so degraded? What right do you have to be such a scarecrow and put here? Do you still have the country in your eyes, and do you still have those brave men who shed their blood for Northern Qi? You can live in Lin'an City peacefully now, but have you forgotten who is stationed at the border? Have you forgotten who is guarding this land for you? What right do you have? What right do you have?"
Zhou Shang almost collapsed. He shouted frantically and rushed forward, directly pushing away the two big swords.
Blood was flowing from his neck, but fortunately the wound was not deep. The two guards were also stunned by his momentum, and for a moment they didn't know what to do with him. Normally, he should be killed for being wild in front of the princess's mansion. But today is the eldest princess' birthday, so it's not good to see blood, right?
Zhou Shang rushed away the weapons and tore off the words on the scarecrow's back, rolled it into a ball and stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it. Then he started to pull off the armor, saying as he pulled -
"This is for the soldiers to defend themselves when killing the enemy. You can't use it for your fun. You people have no country in your heart. You don't take the general seriously, which means you don't take the court seriously! You will definitely be punished. The souls of those who shed blood on the battlefield will not let you go. They will definitely come back to claim your lives, because you don't deserve to be protected by them. They fought desperately to protect the conscientious people of Northern Qi, not you scum!"
After he finished pulling off his armor, he turned around and said, "If you dare to disrespect the general again, I will fight you even if I have to sacrifice my life! Anyway, I have only one life left. If you are not afraid of being buried with me, just come over!"