coobybook Chapter 28 028 The Situation Reverses
Chapter 28 028 The Situation Reverses
Chapter 28 028 The Situation Reverses
An Shihou's palm was about to strike Ye Pianran's face with a gust of wind, but Ye Pianran subtly took a step back, avoiding the slap.
His palm missed its mark, and Marquis Anshi could hardly believe that his usually obedient and gentle daughter had dodged it. He immediately trembled with rage. He pointed at Ye Pianran and roared:
"What? You poisoned and murdered your mother and brother, and now you want to defy your own father?"
Ha, matricide and fratricide? Disobedience to one's biological father? He only heard a few words from others and yet he convicted her of such a serious crime. Is he really her biological father?
Ye Pianran deeply felt An Shihou's coldness and sneered, "Father, you didn't ask for the reason or listen to the doctor's diagnosis, and you just convicted me like this. I can't bear such a huge injustice. I beg Father to investigate."
"What need is there for a doctor's diagnosis? Doctor Xu just explained it clearly: your mother vomited poisonous blood!" Marquis Anshi was furious. "I was lenient with you because of your facial injury, but I never expected you to become so ruthless! I truly regret having given birth to a daughter like you! I think you don't need to go to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace! Now, pack your things and go to the Ye family ancestral hall in Qiu Qingshan to kneel before the ancestors! Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the ancestral hall!"
"Father, you mustn't!" Ye Yanxun rushed forward anxiously, trying to stop An Shihou. "Ran'er is not married yet. If she goes to guard the ancestral hall, how will her future husband's family view her!"
"Yes, if the Ouyang family asks, it will be difficult to explain to them," Aunt Song said, feigning concern, but her eyes were full of schadenfreude.
The anger in his heart was further fueled, and Marquis Anshi blurted out, "Such a disgrace has occurred in the Marquis's mansion. Not to mention the Ouyang family, I feel ashamed. It would be perfect to annul this marriage!"
"Father!" Ye Yanxun wanted to say more, but Marquis Anshi waved his hand: "Anyone who pleads for her again will be taken to the ancestral hall with her! Men, seize her!"
After she finished speaking, two strong and sturdy servants walked towards Ye Pianran.
"Young Miss, we apologize for our offense." The two servants bowed to Ye Pianran and quickly grabbed her arms.
Gongsun Yuan hadn't completely lost consciousness; she knew what had happened inside the room and had heard every word Anshihou had said. Hearing Anshihou so arbitrarily condemn Ye Pianran, a raging fire immediately ignited within Gongsun Yuan.
The relationship between her and Marquis Anshi was indeed very weak, but she never expected that Marquis Anshi would doubt their daughter so much, and even want to ruin her marriage and reputation!
Overcome with anger, Gongsun Yuan suddenly awoke, shoved aside Doctor Xu who was examining her pulse, and shouted sternly:
"Ye Xingguan, if you dare to lay a finger on her, I'll fight you to the death!"
Gongsun Yuan's sudden awakening startled everyone in the room except Ye Pianran. Ye Yanxun was the first to react. He feigned surprise and joy, knelt before Gongsun Yuan, and secretly checked her pulse while holding her wrist: "Mother, it's so good that you're alright!" What happened! Why is Gongsun Yuan's pulse so clear and steady? Wasn't she coughing up blood?!
Marquis Anshi snapped out of his daze from her sharp shout: "Lanzhi, are you really alright?"
"What, does Your Excellency wish for something to happen to me?" Gongsun Yuan said coldly.
"What are you saying? I've been hoping for your speedy recovery," said An Shihou, then couldn't help but ask, "Weren't you poisoned? How come..." How come you seem so energetic now?
"Who said I was poisoned?" Gongsun Yuan sneered and asked in return.
Just then, Ye Yankang on the bed seemed to be awakened by the noise in the room and started crying again. Seeing this, Xu Mama quickly went over to pick him up and comfort him.
The situation had completely reversed. Marquis Anshi felt as if he had been slapped twice across the face. He looked angrily at Doctor Xu: "Doctor Xu, didn't you take the lady's pulse? What's wrong with her?"
Doctor Xu quickly said, "Madam did vomit poisonous blood, but when I examined her pulse just now, I did not see any signs of poisoning. On the contrary, her blood and qi are flowing smoothly, and the symptoms of emptiness in her six internal organs seem to have disappeared."
"Why didn't you say so sooner!" Marquis Anshi was so angry that he almost kicked him.
"Madam's pulse is a bit erratic, and it took me quite a while to make a diagnosis," Doctor Xu said with an innocent look.
The farce unfolding before her eyes enraged Gongsun Yuan, who laughed in exasperation: "Perhaps I was poisoned, but the poison has been neutralized. This is all thanks to Ran'er for discovering the problem with the things in my room in time and bringing me pastries laced with the antidote; otherwise, this day next year would truly be my death day!"
After she finished speaking, her gaze, like a thousand fine rays, pierced fiercely at Chunxiao, who was at the very end.
"Chunxiao, since the Marquis brought you to Lanxin Courtyard six years ago, you have been serving me. In these six years, I have never been harsh with you, and Miss has never treated you lightly. Why did you poison me, and why did you frame Miss in public? Do you still have the Marquis's mansion in your eyes, and do you still have me as your master?"
With each word Gongsun Yuan spoke, her gaze sharpened. By the end, Chunxiao knelt on the ground with a thud, her face deathly pale, and cried out, "Madam, Chunxiao is innocent!"