That night, the Cao, Ye, and Zhou families hardly slept a wink.
The three people from the Cao, Ye, and Zhou families in the prison also stayed awake almost all night.
Even Ye Xi didn't sleep well because it was her first night in the prince's mansion and she had a wound on her forehead.
Early the next morning, Ye Pengcheng and the others showed up at the prince's mansion with dark circles under their eyes. But they were turned back by Mianxiao before they even got through the main gate.
The ladies were not willing to give up. The next day, they all went to the Supreme Court to visit the prisoners. But they were mercilessly blocked outside the gate again.
Madam Zhou was extremely anxious. The offspring of the Duke Shen's mansion were scarce, and Zhou Hao was the only bloodline of this generation. The whole family doted on him like the apple of their eye.
He had never even slept in a slightly inferior bed, let alone in a prison like the Supreme Court's.
Just thinking that her precious son had spent a night in the prison of the Supreme Court, and she didn't know how he had been tortured, Madam Zhou was extremely worried. When she suddenly met Madam Cao and Madam Ye, who had also been turned away by the Supreme Court, she immediately found an outlet for her anger and rushed over scolding.
"Zhao E! Your good - for - nothing son dared to attack my son in public! My son was implicated and arrested by the Supreme Court..." As she spoke, she began to cry, "Woo... Poor Hao'er, he suffered in the Supreme Court for a whole night..."
Zhao E, that is, Madam Cao. She was already extremely annoyed because of the widely - spread affair between Cao Sheng and Ye Jueyao. She originally planned to invite Ye Xi to the State Uncle's mansion to ruin Ye Xi's reputation, and then let her son act magnanimously and take Ye Xi as a concubine. On the one hand, he could gain a good reputation, and on the other hand, he could replace his main wife with Ye Jueyao.
This well - planned scheme was about to come true the next day, but something went wrong the night before.
It was all because of that stupid Zhou Hao.
Madam Cao was so angry.
When she saw that Madam Zhou even dared to file a false accusation first, she was instantly furious. Pointing at Madam Zhou's nose, she started scolding:
"You still have the nerve to talk! It was clearly your son who started the trouble and implicated my Sheng'er. You're here trying to distort the truth! Your son is just a good - for - nothing playboy. Everyone knows he spends his days in brothels!"
"Who knows if he has some dirty diseases. I'd rather beat him to death and have another son..."
As she said this, Madam Cao gave a malicious smile:
"Oh, I forgot. You, Madam Zhou, can't have children anymore!"
These words hit Madam Zhou right in the heart. She had damaged her body when giving birth to Zhou Hao when she was young and couldn't conceive again. Fortunately, the Zhou family still regarded her as the one who had given birth to the heir and didn't dote on the concubines. And the concubines didn't have any children either.
The Zhou family doted on Zhou Hao so much because he was their only hope, which made him lawless. He started going to brothels at a young age and had seen a doctor several times when he was only fifteen or sixteen.
This was a well - known secret among the ladies. Now that Madam Cao had mercilessly exposed it, Madam Zhou was so angry and ashamed that she stepped forward to hit Madam Cao. She also cursed:
"Is your good - for - nothing son any better? On the surface, he acts like a gentle and dedicated gentleman, but secretly he has an affair with his fiancée's elder sister. He must have done a lot of dirty things in private!"
Madam Cao was enraged. Regardless of her noble status, she stepped forward and fought with Madam Zhou.
Qian Fangxue was also extremely angry. After all, the person who was said to have an affair with Cao Sheng by Madam Zhou was her own daughter. But the two were already fighting, and this was in front of the Supreme Court. She couldn't add fuel to the fire, so she could only step forward to stop them.
"Hey, stop fighting! Stop fighting! Are you all dead? Hurry up and pull them apart!"
Qian Fangxue directed the servants behind her to step forward and stop the fight.
Madam Zhou didn't appreciate her kindness. In her opinion, it was all because of Ye Xi and Ye Jueyao that her son had suffered this undeserved disaster. Especially Ye Jueyao. She thought that just because she had a beautiful face, she went around seducing men.
She knew her own son well. If Ye Jueyao hadn't shamelessly seduced her son, even if her Hao'er was bold, he wouldn't have dared to touch the daughter of an official. If Ye Jueyao could restrain her coquettish behavior, the two men wouldn't have fought in public for her. Ye Xi wouldn't have been injured, and none of this would have happened.
The angrier she got, the more she vented her anger on Qian Fangxue and started hitting and scolding her:
"What are you pretending for! Don't you know what kind of daughters you've raised? They're promiscuous and shameless, only knowing how to seduce men all day long! They're just like you when you were young. It seems you've taught them well."
Qian Fangxue's face changed.
Her marriage with Ye Pengcheng was stolen from her elder sister. At that time, the Qian family had declined, and her parents were going to marry her to a commoner. Her elder sister didn't have to live a hard life because she had an early engagement with Ye Pengcheng, and Ye Pengcheng didn't break off the engagement for the sake of his reputation.
How could she be willing? So she secretly drugged Ye Pengcheng and had sex with him, then took her elder sister's place and married into the Ye family.
This was a secret she had hidden for more than a decade. How did Madam Zhou know about it?
Qian Fangxue was also angry. While resisting Madam Zhou's sharp fingers, she scolded back.
For a moment, vulgar words, angry shouts filled the broad area in front of the Supreme Court.
Frowning slightly due to the pain, Xie Huaiyue looked at Yi Yuan and Ye Xi standing behind the door watching the excitement and said helplessly:
"Have you watched enough? If so, I'm going to step forward and stop them."
Looking at Ye Xi beside him who seemed to be still enjoying the show, a hint of a smile flashed in Yi Yuan's eyes:
"Wait a little longer."
Xie Huaiyue: If we wait any longer, the Supreme Court will turn into a marketplace.
The three women in front all had messy hair and scattered hairpins. There were many scratches on their faces and hands. Even their noble clothes were in tatters.
Ye Xi couldn't hold back her laughter.
When she thought it was about time, Ye Xi tried to suppress the corners of her lips that were rising and gently pulled Yi Yuan's sleeve and said:
"My lord, it's enough. If they keep making a scene, I'm afraid the whole Supreme Court will be alerted."
Yi Yuan's eyes fixed on the slender jade fingers gently tugging at his sleeve. He felt as if his heart was being pinched by these delicate fingers.
Unconsciously smiling, Yi Yuan gave Xie Huaiyue a look.
Xie Huaiyue: ...
It's like those fingers are pinching your mute button.
However, she still waved her hand, signaling the guards waiting beside to step forward and arrest the people.
The guards rushed forward in a rush, quickly separated the entangled people. Then they locked them all up on the charges of publicly brawling and insulting each other at the gate of the Supreme Court, provoking trouble, disturbing the daily work of the Supreme Court, and desecrating the name of the official yamen.
Saixing gloated on the side:
"Now it's good. The ladies can see the young masters and young ladies after they go in. They've achieved their wish."
Ye Xi was so amused that she giggled.
Just as she was having fun, a servant from the prince's mansion suddenly reported:
"My lord, the guard from Lin'an has woken up."