"This..." Qian Fangxue felt a flush rise to her face. Gritting her teeth, she said, "I won't hide it from you, Immortal. The two children do have feelings for each other and have been a bit close on weekdays. But if you're talking about doing anything improper, that's absolutely out of the question."
Qian Fangxue didn't seem to be lying. Ye Xi nodded to show she understood.
Ye Jueyao was extremely proud. Cao Sheng was just one of the prey in her eyes. She wasn't stupid enough to give away her virginity without a proper name.
Moreover, Ye Xi didn't come here for Ye Jueyao's matter. Her main purpose was to learn something about her own origin from Qian Fangxue. After all, it wasn't appropriate to ask casually on normal days. This was just a good opportunity to explore what happened back then.
"Since you've been so open with me, madam, I'll handle this matter appropriately."
Ye Xi reached out to pour a cup of tea and handed it to Qian Fangxue, deliberately speaking vaguely.
"Madam, I must confess that I once met your precious daughter at the State Uncle's Mansion. At that time, there was a faint golden light around her, and a trace of imperial aura was faintly lingering. Logically, she shouldn't have suffered such a disaster..."
Ye Xi paused for a moment and suddenly became serious:
"Please show your palm to me, madam."
Qian Fangxue was bluffed by Ye Xi's mysterious act. Subconsciously, she placed her hand on the table as Ye Xi said.
Ye Xi pretended to examine Qian Fangxue's hand for a while. Then, as if suddenly enlightened, she said:
"No wonder, no wonder..."
Qian Fangxue couldn't help but feel a tightness in her heart. The Ye family had been having bad luck recently. Now, being further confused by Ye Xi's increasingly vague words, she felt even more uneasy. Her voice stammered a bit:
"W-What's wrong?"
"Alas—" Ye Xi sighed.
"As I've observed, madam, you're only fated to have one son and one daughter. There shouldn't be a third child. But you've unexpectedly had an extra daughter. It's really strange."
"It's this extra daughter who has caused today's disaster."
Qian Fangxue was greatly shocked.
The Ye family had concealed Ye Xi's origin very well. Outsiders all thought Ye Xi was Qian Fangxue's biological daughter. Even among the servants of the Ye family, except for a very few who served Qian Fangxue and Ye Pengcheng closely, the rest only knew that Ye Xi wasn't as favored as she seemed on the surface, but they didn't know that Ye Xi was actually not a daughter of the Ye family.
This Slowping Immortal was truly too divine.
If she spread this matter...
Qian Fangxue's killing intent gradually rose.
Ye Xi heard every single thought in Qian Fangxue's heart clearly, but she showed no sign of it on her face. She just continued:
"I see a faint blood color in your palm, madam. I presume this girl must have some entanglement with you, and her life is not long."
"But strangely enough, somehow this girl's fate seems to be connected to your precious daughter's. And recently, as her reputation has been on the rise, it seems that she has gradually transferred your precious daughter's extremely prosperous fortune to herself. That's why the Ye family has been having one problem after another recently, and your precious daughter's reputation has been ruined."
"Since things have come to this, madam, you don't need to hide it from me anymore. Since I've told you such things, I naturally want to help you. After all, your precious daughter's fate..."
Ye Xi stopped there.
But Qian Fangxue instantly understood what Ye Xi meant. It was obvious that Ye Xi wanted to curry favor with her family in advance because of Yaoyao's good fate.
[No wonder I was wondering why that bitch Ye Xi suddenly caught the eye of the Yu'an Prince's Mansion. It turns out she transferred Yaoyao's good fortune! It seems that besides Yaoyao's life disaster, that person also transferred Yaoyao's prosperous fortune back then!]
With these thoughts flashing through her mind, Qian Fangxue leaned closer and asked:
"May I ask, Immortal, how can this matter be resolved?"
Ye Xi curved her lips slightly: She's hooked.
"Hmm..." Ye Xi said in a deep voice, "Judging from the hidden veins in your palm, madam, this girl has been in the Ye family for a long time. I'm afraid this matter will be a bit difficult to handle."
"Alright, madam, please tell me first where this girl comes from and at what age she came to the mansion. Only then can I trace the root cause and solve the problem once and for all."
[Where does she come from? I don't know where that bitch comes from either.]
[Back then, Yaoyao was seriously ill and incurable. That mysterious person came to our door and said that Yaoyao had a life disaster and needed someone to take the disaster for her until the person turned eighteen. Otherwise, she would surely die.]
A flicker of surprise flashed in Ye Xi's eyes.
So the Gu on her body wasn't transferred by the Ye family? Instead, it was that mysterious person in Qian Fangxue's words who took the initiative to approach the Ye family?
Why? Did that person owe the Ye family a favor and want to help them?
As Ye Xi was thinking to herself, Qian Fangxue's inner thoughts continued—
[I spent a huge sum of money to ask him to find Ye Xi, that bitch whose birth date was suitable for Yaoyao. That mysterious person didn't allow us to ask too many questions. Otherwise, he wouldn't help Yaoyao resolve her fate. He only said that he accidentally picked her up during the search. Who knows where she comes from.]
[Anyway, she's just a lowly life born into a low - class family. It's a blessing for her to be a young miss of our Ye family for so many years! Otherwise, who knows how miserable she would be living!]
Although thinking so in her heart, Qian Fangxue said:
"I really don't know where that child comes from. At that time, my husband and I went to the temple to offer incense. When we came back, we saw her all alone and pitiful on the street. We just couldn't bear it."
"So my husband and I discussed it and decided to take her back first and then look for her relatives everywhere. But who would have thought that the search would last for more than a decade, and that child just naturally became the second young miss of our family."
"As for her age, she was about three years old."
A three - year - old child came to the Ye family, and even during the process of looking for her relatives everywhere, no one knew that she wasn't a biological daughter of the Ye family. Ye Xi didn't even bother to expose the loopholes in Qian Fangxue's words.
But Qian Fangxue wasn't lying about the fact that Ye Xi came to the Ye family at the age of three.
Ye Xi couldn't help but frown.
Three years old was not a small age. For such a child to suddenly appear without arousing anyone's suspicion, it was obvious that someone was helping the Ye family to cover it up.
Moreover, judging from Qian Fangxue's words, the Ye family didn't seem to know that the so - called "life disaster" on her and Ye Jueyao was actually a Gu. If that person really wanted to help the Ye family, why didn't he tell them about it? And he even took so much money from Qian Fangxue.
But if he didn't want to help, why did he go through so much trouble to find her for the Ye family and transfer the Gu on her to Ye Jueyao?
And who put the other Gu on her? And why?
Seeing Ye Xi sitting there in silence, Qian Fangxue's heart was in her throat.
Couldn't they break Ye Xi's transfer of Yaoyao's prosperous fortune without knowing her origin?
"Immortal?"
Finally, Qian Fangxue couldn't help but call out to Ye Xi.
Ye Xi suddenly pulled her thoughts back. She calmly bowed and said regretfully:
"I'm really sorry, madam. Without knowing her origin, I really can't do much."
"However..."
Seeing Qian Fangxue looking extremely anxious, Ye Xi changed the subject and said:
"Although we can't solve the problem at its root, we can temporarily relieve the symptoms. This girl has been raised in your mansion for so many years, and she has a deep connection with your family. If you immediately drive her out of the Ye family and let her suffer severely, thus damaging her fortune, you can gradually restore your precious daughter's prosperous fate."