Chapter 375 Confrontation
Ye Jiayao knew it as soon as her third uncle and aunt entered the Marquis' Mansion. However, since Youshi asked her to avoid them, she just avoided them. She and Chunyu stayed in the room playing with Baoer.

Baoer came last Mid-Autumn Festival. She was only two or three months old, but now she is more than eight months old. Because she was well taken care of, she is fair, tender, plump, and loves to laugh. There is no one in the courtyard who doesn't like her. Even the cubs who have grown up to be Daji and Darui, Xiaotu, Dabao and Erbao, all revolve around her. She is simply the mascot of the marquis's mansion.

Even Chun Guo had to come over every day to play with him so that he could concentrate on his studies. Of course, Ye Jiayao suspected that Chun Guo came to her every day just to get free food. You can't make delicious food in a big kitchen, but there are not so many restrictions in her small kitchen. Moreover, she was developing new dishes, and it was legitimate for Chun Guo to taste the dishes.

Fortunately, the little guy rolled back to the Imperial College after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Ye Jiayao finally had some peace of mind.

At this time, Xia Chunyu was sitting beside the bed. He put Baoer on the bed and moved all the quilts away to make room for him.

"Come here, Baoer, crawl over here. I'll give this to you." Xia Chunyu shook the rattle and coaxed Baoer in an extremely gentle tone.

Bao'er was chubby to begin with, and he was wearing a lot of clothes, so crawling was very difficult. His chubby legs kicked and kicked, and his two chubby paws patted the bed from time to time. His little face was raised high, and his big black, watery eyes stared at the rattle in Xia Chunyu's hand. He wanted it very much, but it was too tiring...

Xia Chunyu looked at Bao'er, who was wearing a pink satin cotton jacket with white fox fur on the cuffs and hems, and had a high braid on her head. She was trying to crawl forward, drooling all the way, and he smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.

The little baby is so cute.

"Come on, Bao'er, just try harder and you'll reach it..." Xia Chunyu deliberately put the rattle in front of Bao'er and shook it, chanting, "Rattle, shake it, Bao'er, run quickly when you hear it..."

Baoer stretched his hand as far as he could and was just about to reach it, but the hateful uncle took the toy away again.

Baoer didn't like to cry, but she just crawled on the bed and didn't move, looking pitifully at Ye Jiayao who was settling accounts nearby, as if she was asking her aunt for help, or accusing her.

My uncle is a bad guy...

Ye Jiayao smiled and glared at Xia Chunyu: "That's enough. You're so happy to lie to a child. Be careful that Bao'er won't like you anymore."

Xia Chunyu hugged Baoer into his arms and said proudly, "Baoer doesn't dislike his uncle, Baoer, don't you think so?"

The rattle was still shaking. Bao'er curled his lips in disdain and reached out to Ye Jiayao for the treasure.

Ye Jiayao put down her pen, stood up and walked over, saying with a smile: "Look, she doesn't want you anymore."

He snatched the rattle and stuffed it into Bao'er's hand, then picked her up and said, "Let's go and play with Daji and Darui, and ignore the bad uncle."

After climbing back and forth several times with great effort, Baoer finally got what he had always wanted. He smiled, shook the rattle happily, and shook it towards Xia Chunyu as if in protest.

Xia Chunyu was not happy: "I tried to coax her for a long time but she still didn't like me, but you took all the credit. Yaoyao, you can't teach your child like this, she can understand it."

He doesn't know how much he loves Baoer, so how could he become a bad uncle?

Baoer actually cooperated by wrinkling her nose at Xia Chunyu.

Xia Chunyu became more and more anxious: "Look, look, she really understands."

Ye Jiayao gloated, "She also knows that you always lie to her. You can't lie to children, right? If she works hard, you should give her something. Look at you, you've tricked her into crawling so many times, and you don't know how to coax her with something else?"

Xia Chunyu was speechless for a while, but he felt that what Yaoyao said made sense. At the beginning, Baoer was quite motivated, but gradually he became lazy. Well, we should learn from experience and educate our children well in the future.

Xiang Tao came closer and said, "Second Young Madam, the Third Young Master and the Third Young Madam are coming over and are heading to the main courtyard."

Ye Jiayao couldn't help but frown when she heard that. Uncle and Auntie hadn't left yet, so why were Chunfeng and Liuli here?

Could this matter be related to Liuli?

Ye Jiayao was not surprised at all that it was related to Liuli. It would be strange if Liuli had nothing to do with it.

How did Zhou get involved with Lin? Wasn't it Liuli's work? Lin planned this rumor and slander, maybe it was Liuli's idea!
Xia Chunyu pondered and said, "How about I go over and take a look."

"What's there to see? Mother didn't ask us to go. No, we're not going." Ye Jiayao really didn't want to see Liuli's hateful face again. It was always the same, with aggrieved tears and hateful eyes. She was tired of seeing it. Xia Chunyu thought about it and realized that if his mother was serious today, with one more person present, Chunfeng would be more embarrassed.

Just as he was thinking about it, Chunli came running over and said mysteriously, "Second brother, have you heard? Third aunt seems to be making a fuss at mother's place."

Chunyu patted his eldest brother on the shoulder and said, "Let's go to the study and talk."

The two brothers walked away arm in arm.

Ye Jiayao handed Baoer to Xiangtao and took her back to Alian.

She stood there thinking about it. Although she didn't want to see the true faces of some people, she was still very concerned about the outcome, so she called Qiao Xi over and gave her a few instructions. Qiao Xi nodded in understanding, lifted the curtain and went out.

When Youshi sent someone to tell her, Liuli knew that there would be a fierce battle today. No matter how covertly something was done, it would always leave traces. If you don't want others to know, you had better not do it. She understood this principle, but she still did it. She was not afraid that it would be exposed one day. As long as it could cause irreparable harm to Ye Jinxuan, she was willing to bear some consequences.

At that time, the worst that could happen would be that she was stubborn and made up rumors to slander Ye Jinxuan. What could they do to her for such a small matter? But she didn't expect that Youshi's words in front of the queen would directly raise the issue to the level of the reputation of the marquis's mansion. The queen also severely punished a group of people for this, and even Lin was implicated.

When she was in the palace, Youshi did not investigate the matter further, but now that she has been called here, she will definitely investigate the matter.

Liuli made up her mind and insisted that it was not her fault. If you have the guts, show me the evidence.

Liuli felt that she had every reason to be justified, but she had missed a move. She believed that Zhou's ability to cheat must be even better than hers. As long as Zhou didn't bite her, she still had the initiative.

So, as soon as Liuli entered the room and saw Zhou's vicious eyes shooting towards her, she was horrified, her scalp tingled, and she secretly exclaimed, "Oh no!"

Chunfeng looked calm and composed as he greeted his father, mother, and third uncle calmly and confidently.

He knew everything clearly as early as when Liuli started planning. He was entangled and tried to stop it, but finally chose to remain silent because he knew that the hatred for the second sister-in-law was Liuli's heart knot. Even if it meant destroying herself and the enemy, she would still do it at all costs.

Then let her go. While choosing silence, he also chose to give up, giving up a marriage that only left him with pain. He couldn't redeem this person. Letting go might make Liuli wake up completely, or it might destroy her completely. However, if he didn't do it, he would never know the result.

Liuli wanted to step forward and pay her respects, but Youshi refused: "Don't pay your respects to me. I can't accept your respects."

Liuli's knees had already bent, but they froze there. She couldn't continue, and she couldn't stand up either.

Yu Shi was just speaking in anger. If she took it seriously, it would seem that she was disrespectful to her elders. If she continued to perform the ceremony, it would be too unfair.

However, after only a moment's hesitation, Liuli bowed respectfully before standing up.

You said coldly, "Zhou, the people are here, you should talk to each other face to face and make it clear."

Zhou hated Liuli now. She had been living a good life and getting along well with her elder sister-in-law Jinxuan. If Liuli hadn't led her to meet Prince Yu's concubine and encouraged her in every possible way, would she have ended up like this?
He said bluntly, "Zhao Liuli, it's not that I'm unkind, but I think after thinking about it, what you said was all bullshit. You just wanted to use me as a tool. I can't get any good out of it, and you can't expect any good out of it either."

Liuli's heart was raging like a storm, but this was not the first time she had seen such a scene. Every time, she made herself miserable. So, today, no matter whether she could pass it or not, she decided not to beg for mercy. Could it be that Youshi could still let Chunfeng divorce her? Even if Youshi wanted to do so, it was impossible. No one could divorce her in this life.

Liuli said expressionlessly, "What is Third Aunt saying? I don't understand a word of it."

Zhou was so angry that the flesh on her face was shaking. She pointed at Liuli and said, "It was on the day of the ancestor worship on the eve of the New Year's Eve that she came to me and said that she heard inside information. Someone presented evidence of corruption and bribery when the master was an official in Jingzhou, and it was Prince Yu who suppressed it. If the prince knew about it, he would hate such officials the most. Even if he would not pursue the case for the sake of the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, he would not reuse the master. And Prince Yu is now recruiting talents. Prince Yu is not a pedantic person. As long as this person can sincerely serve him, he will definitely reuse him. She also said that Prince Yu favors Consort Lin the most. As long as Lin says a few good words in front of Prince Yu, the master's future will be worry-free..."

"I was persuaded by her words. Later, she led me to meet Lin. They promised me benefits, not only to promote the master, but also to help Chunwen find a future. I was confused for a moment and thought that it was just a few bad words about Jinxuan, which was not illegal. There was no need to offend Lin, so what happened next."

"It was all Liuli who was instigating this. This method was also Liuli's idea. She was the one who instigated Lin to do it. Liuli, do you dare to admit it?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Liuli's face. Everyone had underestimated Liuli. It turned out that she had such an accurate grasp of people's weaknesses. With just a few words, she had grasped Zhou's weak spot. Then, she tempted her with benefits. What was even more unexpected was that the mastermind behind the whole incident was not Lin, but Liuli.

(End of this chapter)