ur uncle speak ill of Father to Emperor and ruin Mother and Fourth Sister's reputation. You deserve to be abandoned by the Prince of Li for being so treacherous…""Wicked brat! Keep quiet!" Ye Rong, ca...267. Start scolding, shameless wretch

257. Start scolding, shameless woman

Lady Liu's face turned pale and then red again. She had come here with great confidence but now she did not have any left at all. However, she was unwilling to accept defeat; she couldn't understand the reason behind Mo Xiuyao's rejection of her proposal. Any person in this world would agree to her suggestion without hesitation. Why did Mo Xiuyao still refuse She forgot that no one in this world could replace Mo Xiuyao, and she hadn’t fallen in love with anyone else.

"Are you rejecting me because of her" Lady Liu stood up and pointed at Ye Li.

Mo Xiuyao said indifferently, "Whether it's A-li or not, I will never agree to such a foolish suggestion."

"I don't believe it!" shouted Lady Liu. Mo Xiuyao bent down and moved Mo Xiaobao closer to him so that the baby wouldn’t be woken up by Lady Liu’s loud voice and cause more trouble. Turning his head, he smiled at Ye Li and said, "A-li, can you help me tell her why this suggestion is foolish" Ye Li smiled slightly and looked at Lady Liu calmly, saying, "Lady Liu, do you know what kind of relationship Mo Jingqi has with our Ding王府 Or to put it another way… What is the relationship between the Chu Imperial family and the Ding王府"

Lady Liu was stunned but quickly understood Ye Li's meaning. Her face turned pale as well. Two hundred years ago, Emperor Taizu of Chu and Duke Ding were brothers from the same parents. For these two hundred years, the Chu imperial family and the Ding王府 had been closely related like blood relatives, with wise rulers and virtuous ministers working together in harmony. However, now Mo Jingqi and Mo Xiuyao were enemies who had mutual grievances of killing each other's fathers and brothers. The Chu Imperial family owed the Mo army tens of thousands of heroic souls' lives. No one knew how much kinship remained between the royal family and the Ding王府, but it was certain that their enmity ran deep. In fact, considering Mo Xiuyao’s temper, many people found it strange back then when he didn’t immediately march on the capital after receiving the news. As for her son… He is a descendant of the Chu Imperial family, and she herself... Is a concubine of Mo Jingqi.

Seeing Lady Liu's pale face, Ye Li smiled and said, "Does Lady Liu understand now The Ding王府 will never cooperate with you or Prince Li. Because it would be meaningless." Although there are no eternal friends, why force oneself to befriend someone who is known to be an enemy It’s more enjoyable for them to sit back and watch the enemies fight until they are both weakened before stepping in to clean up the mess. Or did Lady Liu think that because the Ding王府 hadn't taken any action these years meant that they had forgotten their grievances

"The enmity between Mo Jingqi and the Ding王府 has nothing to do with me." Lady Liu stood by the table, forcing herself to remain calm.

Ye Li smiled without speaking. The saying that a crime does not extend to one’s family was inapplicable here; many people were implicated due to their family connections. Moreover, even if they were innocent, the Ding王府 would never support Mo Jingqi's direct descendants. Looking at Lady Liu, Ye Li said softly, "Since we have finished talking about everything, Lady Liu should leave now. During our stay in the capital, we will not involve ourselves in any court affairs, and please don’t disturb us anymore."

Lady Liu shook her head and looked blankly at Mo Xiuyao, asking, "Why"

Mo Xiuyao raised his eyebrows; he clearly didn't understand what Lady Liu meant. She bit her lip and said, "Why can’t you see me Whatever you want, I can bring it to your feet as a gift. Compared to Ye Li, what’s wrong with me Can she love you more than I do Will she die for you I’ll do anything for you! Is it because of my surname Liu that you disdain me" As she spoke, her voice grew increasingly agitated, as if trying to release years of pent-up frustration. By the end, Lady Liu was practically screaming. Mo Xiuyao frowned and covered Xiaobao's ears with his hand, but Xiaobao was still startled awake by the sudden sharp sound. Drowsily rubbing his eyes in Mo Xiuyao’s arms, he looked at the pale-faced woman before him with confusion.

"Why do you treat me like this Xiu Yao, don’t I love you more than anyone else and know you first of all! I met you even earlier than Su Zui Die or Ye Li. Why can't you just look at me!" Lady Liu said almost hysterically.

Ye Li held her teacup to her lips but then put it down again. Even in the previous life, such intense expressions of affection would have been quite explosive. She hadn’t expected that the cold and distant Lady Liu on the surface was actually so passionate inside. Sadly, she couldn't appreciate this passion; instead, she felt even angrier. What is going on with this world Men liking trash was bad enough, but now it seemed heaven itself was against her for finding a good man who wasn’t a piece of trash.

She slammed the teacup back onto the table, making a loud, clear sound that startled everyone present.

Ye Lier looked at Concubine Liu indifferently and said, "Concubine, even if you want to declare your love for someone, please respect me as the original wife, okay Saying these things in front of me, do you really think I am a blockhead"

Since she had already spoken her mind, Concubine Liu naturally went all out and didn’t care whether Ye Lier was angry or not. Moreover, she had never been afraid of Ye Lier's anger before. She looked at Ye Lier with a cold smile and said, "What does it have to do with you that I talk to Repair Yao Do you really think just because you are the Crown Princess Consort that I will respect you" Ye Lier lowered her eyes and calmly examined her fingers as stormy clouds gathered in her eyes. She always felt that arguing over men and women was beneath her, but some women were simply—cheap!

"I don't need your respect Then let me warn you. You can keep being cheap yourself, but don’t drag my man into it. Our King’s reputation is not something you can afford to tarnish!" Ye Lier said coldly.

"How dare you insult this palace" Concubine Liu was enraged. No one had ever dared to call her cheap all her life.

Ye Lier arched an eyebrow and smiled, "Don’t tell me that you think yourself highborn Men like having three or four concubines. If you stick to your original pretentious aloofness, our king might look at you twice. However, since you’ve already made a fool of yourself by declaring love for someone else's husband when he’s not interested in you, let me add another word—**." After finishing her statement, Ye Lier took a deep breath. She had never used such venomous words to insult anyone before. Even the former Ye Ying and Su Zuodie hadn't made her so angry. Having said what she needed to say, Ye Lier lowered her eyes and stopped talking.

A cup of tea was placed in front of her, and Mo Xiuyao looked at her with a faint smile, "Has my lady spoken enough Drink some tea."

Ye Lier was stunned for a moment before smiling. She didn’t really like losing control in front of Mo Xiuyao, but since she had already done so, there was no need to hold back now. After taking a sip from the cup of tea, Ye Lier put down the teacup and extended her hands towards Little Treasure. Little Treasure happily jumped into his mother's arms and said softly with a smile on his face, "Mom is awesome." Ye Lier gently patted his little head and said, "No more words like that." Children loved to imitate adults, and if one day Mo Little Treasure started spouting cheap or **, she would regret it for the rest of her life.

"You… You…" Concubine Liu was trembling with anger as she pointed at Mo Xiuyao and said in a shaky voice, "You… Are you going to let her humiliate me like this"

Mo Xiuyao raised his eyes and asked doubtfully, "How would my beloved consort ever insult you She just advised you. Didn’t you say that you would do anything for me Now I only want you to do one thing." Concubine Liu looked at Mo Xiuyao in a panic, her heart feeling uneasy as she shook her head involuntarily. Mo Xiuyao said coldly, "Do not appear before me again."

Seeing the incredulous look on Concubine Liu’s face, Ye Lier smiled charmingly and said, "Concubine Liu, you said that you would do anything for Repair Yao. Then… Are you willing to go onto the street right now and loudly tell everyone who your beloved is—the Crown Prince"

Before Concubine Liu could recover from Mo Xiuyao’s cold words, Ye Lier’s question made her hesitate. She instinctively looked at Mo Xiuyao. If Mo Xiuyao accepted her, she would certainly dare to say it. But if he rejected her, then saying this would make everything she had lose its value even as the mother of the Crown Prince. Seeing her expression, Ye Lier understood and smiled mockingly, "It seems that Concubine Liu does not love Repair Yao as deeply as you claimed."

Concubine Liu was speechless for a while before looking at Mo Xiuyao with even more hatred in her eyes, “You will regret this.”

Mo Xiuyao arched an eyebrow and looked indifferent. Concubine Liu saw the three of them as a family standing there; she finally realized that she no longer had any place here and forced herself to turn around and leave with pride. Because they needed to talk, Concubine Liu ordered all the maidservants and eunuchs to retreat downstairs earlier. Now, looking lost and confused, she stumbled down the stairs and fell from the last step. The maidservants and eunuchs rushed over in a panic to support her. A commotion broke out downstairs.

Though she was not injured by the fall, Concubine Liu snapped back to reality, "Your Highness, are you alright"

Lady Liu glanced back at the empty stairwell and gritted her teeth, "Back to the palace!"

Upstairs, Mo Xiuyao looked at Ye Li with a smiling face while she was wearing an icy expression. He said cheerfully, "Is Aili angry" Ye Li gave him a bland look, "Are you very happy, Your Royal Highness" Mo Xiuyao tapped his forehead gently and said with a smile, "Not bad. This is the first time I know that Aili can be so venomous."

"Do you feel heartache" Ye Li asked with narrowed eyes.

“This good You are so poisonous! There’s no limit to poison, only more and more poisonous. Next time when you see her again, tell her off in front of everyone like you did this time. Then she won’t dare eye your husband anymore!” Mo Xiuyao immediately confessed his heart. Ye Li looked at him with a smile that was not really a smile and said, "Eye Could it be that Your Royal Highness yourself invited butterflies" Mo Xiuyao made a grim face, "With a悍婦 in the family, I dare not."

“Harridan…”

"Slip of tongue… With an accomplished wife like mine around, I don’t want to." Mo Xiuyao said with righteous indignation. Looking at how Mo Xiuyao was deliberately showing off, Ye Li gave a helpless smile and said, "Many thanks for Your Royal Highness’s compliment." Little Treasure passed from his mother’s arms to point at Mo Xiuyao and said, “Mother, Father lied to you; he is the one who invited butterflies. He even said that all women in the world would kneel down before him last time!”

Ye Li raised an eyebrow and looked at Mo Xiuyao with a smile. Mo Xiuyao wanted to grab the impudent little boy out of his mother’s arms and throw him downstairs. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Mo Xiuyao grabbed Little Treasure into his arms and pinched his plump cheeks hard.

“You damned brat! What good will come to you by destroying your parents’ relationship You don’t want a stepmother; do you think that the stepfather would be kind to you I have enemies everywhere, and any decent man would like to crush you!” Little Treasure was too happy and got bullied into tears. Ye Li covered her face and glared at Mo Xiuyao angrily, "What nonsense did you say to Xiao Bao"

Mo Xiuyao sneered coldly at the teary-eyed Little Treasure, “I’m telling him that apart from his parents, he will be finished if he follows anyone else. Shide always wants to break things.”

"Mother, wu-wu... I was wrong... Save me..." Unable to withstand Mo Xiuyao’s bullying, Little Treasure sought Ye Li for help. Ye Li took Little Treasure from Mo Xiuyao’s arms with a smile and patted him gently, "See if you still dare to speak nonsense next time."

"Uuuu…" No. Little Treasure hurriedly buried himself in Ye Li's embrace, afraid that his father would find an opportunity to pinch him again. On the empty second floor of Teahouse, though there were still squeaks and groans from Little Treasure, it felt extra warm and quiet.

Outside the back door of Teahouse, Lady Liu was in a dark mood as she got on a fancy sedan chair waiting for her, which was carried by sixteen people. She coldly said, "To Chancellor’s Manor!"

In the sedan chair, Tan Jizhi was comfortably leaning on the large soft couch and tasting fresh fruits on a small table. He smiled when he saw Lady Liu enter and said, "The royal family is indeed a good place; one can taste such delicious fruits even in early February." Lady Liu coldly waved her hand to push all the fruits off the table onto the ground. One of them rolled out of the sedan chair door, but those outside did not dare to ask or stop; it was as if nothing had happened.

Tan Jizhi gave a bland look at her and said, "Mo Xiuyao refused you."

Lady Liu remained silent with a cold face. Of course, she wouldn’t tell Tan Jizhi about the humiliation she received upstairs. But who was Tan Jizhi He had been in Prince Jingqi’s inner circle for ten years without ever being suspected by him. Moreover, he could calmly make the Holy Maiden of Southern Yi obey his orders without question. Regardless of how many strategies and plans he had, at least no one in this world could compare to him when it came to reading people’s minds and judging their expressions. Just by looking at Lady Liu's face, Tan Jizhi knew that her refusal from Mo Xiuyao was not the only problem; moreover, Princess Consort Ding herself was also a troublemaker. By merely thinking of what Lady Liu might do, he could guess what had happened.

"Was she bullied by Consort Ding Maybe it’s even worse… was she mocked by Consort Ding And Prince Regent Ding even helped her" The truth turned out to be far more serious than he had imagined. Ye Li immediately started cursing.

"Shut up!" Imperial Concubine Liu snapped angrily. Just thinking about the humiliation she suffered in the teahouse made her want to tear Ye Li apart piece by piece. But she couldn’t kill Ye Li, at least not now. So she could only endure it and force herself to temporarily forget about it.

Tan Jizhi shrugged his shoulders as she wished and no longer mentioned the matter. He asked, "Since Mo Xiuyao doesn't intend to help, what are Your Imperial Majesty’s plans"

Imperial Concubine Liu snorted coldly and said, "My son is a legitimate crown prince. Even if Mo Xiuyao won’t help me, what difference does it make As long as my imperial child ascends to the throne…" At that time, he would certainly repay all the humiliation suffered today one hundred times over. Tan Jizhi arched an eyebrow and said, "So what if he is a legitimate crown prince Is the current Western Capital Emperor not a legitimate emperor"

"My imperial child couldn’t possibly be like the Western Capital Emperor," Imperial Concubine Liu said.

Tan Jizhi pursed his lips. That would be even worse luck. Even if they toppled Prince Li, there would still be the powerful Os family to hold back the new emperor.

"Your Highness shouldn’t forget that the South belongs to Prince Li. Moreover, he is a real military leader with power over troops and the country’s affairs as a Prime Regent. Frankly speaking… Compared to Prince Li, the former Prime Regent Mo Liufang was nothing at all in comparison. No matter how powerful he might be, there would still be no intention of usurping the throne. But Prince Li is undoubtedly eyeing the imperial throne with covetous intent. Does Your Highness have confidence that Prince Li will not forcefully seize the throne"

Imperial Concubine Liu frowned and said, "No… The emperor must definitely have his trump card."

"How can you be so sure of it"

Imperial Concubine Liu sneered coldly. "Do you think Mo Jingli is someone who could be satisfied with the position of Prime Regent He clearly had everything in hand and was then appointed as a Prime Regent by the emperor, while my imperial child became the crown prince instead. This must mean that the emperor has his trump card over him. Under pressure, he made concessions and this current situation is the result. If only we knew what exactly it is…"

"Your Highness hasn’t visited the emperor for a long time now," Tan Jizhi asked.

Imperial Concubine Liu frowned and said, "He didn’t summon me to see him; there’s nothing interesting about lying in his sickbed."

Tan Jizhi shook his head inwardly. Mo Jingqi had definitely been cursed with extremely bad luck to have married this woman. It was undoubtedly a wise decision for Mo Xiuyao not to look upon her. "Your Highness should go and see the emperor again. Perhaps… in the emperor’s heart, he no longer trusts Your Highness or the Os family much now. At that time… don’t let them quarrel like crabs while others profit from it."

Mo Jingqi was originally a suspicious person by nature; lying on his sickbed, he would naturally become even more paranoid. Imperial Concubine Liu’s attitude at present might have been cold and aloof in the past, but to Mo Jingqi now, she might be hoping for him to die sooner rather than later. "And you can also see if we can find out what trump card Mo Jingqi has over Prince Li."

Imperial Concubine Liu pondered for a moment and then nodded and said, “I understand.”iedly when she looked towards Ye Li’s direction.If it weren't for Duke Ding's presence to protect her, she wouldn't be able to rest easy. Looking at Empress Liu sitting calmly by the side, Queen Mothe...