Pill Refining, Beast Taming: The Trash Young Lady is the Hidden Empress - chapter 9

Chapter 9

The Family Head of the Ye Family’s face quickly turned an embarrassed, livid shade of pig liver.

But, constrained by the prestige of the Protector Duke’s Mansion of the Ye Family, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only swallow his humiliation and kneel down.

Ye Ranyin watched this scene quietly, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes.

That Third Young Master Ye, Ye Yilan, who came from the Imperial Capital, had a very strange attitude toward her, as if he was deliberately helping her?

She even had the illusion that he made the Family Head of the Ye Family kneel, all for her sake.

But…

How could that be possible?

She had never been to the Imperial Capital, nor did she know anyone from the Ye Family there.

Maybe… she was just overthinking it. That Third Young Master Ye might simply be a passerby who disliked the Family Head of the Ye Family.

Thinking this, Ye Ranyin withdrew her gaze.

She had completely lost interest in this farce, and was even a little impatient to return to her small courtyard-because, just now, she sensed that the man she had placed in the Empress’s Space was about to wake up.

She had to go back and check on him.

She was just about to leave.

“Miss Ye, please wait.”

The Third Young Master Ye from the Imperial Capital, noble and distinguished, suddenly spoke up and stopped her.

“Hmm?”

Ye Ranyin halted her steps and looked back in confusion. “What is it?”

Seeing Ye Ranyin look over, a hint of urgency appeared in Ye Yilan’s handsome eyes, mixed with closeness, and even a trace of undisguised eagerness to please. His tone was somewhat excited as he said, “Actually, I came to Qingyang City for you.”

As soon as these words fell, the entire hall was in an uproar.

For Ye Ranyin?

The favored son of the heavens from the Eastern Dragon Empire’s Imperial Capital, the Third Young Master of the Protector Duke’s Mansion, had come all the way to Qingyang City for Ye Ranyin, a so-called good-for-nothing?

How was that possible!

While everyone was still in shock and confusion, Ye Yilan continued, “No, it’s not just for you-it’s also for your mother.”

“Hmm?” Ye Ranyin frowned. “What do you mean?”

Ye Yilan couldn’t help but get excited. He took a few quick steps to stand before her, his eyes shining as he stared at her. “Your mother, Ye Caiwei, she is my aunt. And you, Yinyin, you are my cousin!”

“!!!”

“???”

With Ye Yilan’s words, everyone was stunned.

What?

How could this be?

How could Ye Ranyin, this so-called good-for-nothing, have such a powerful cousin?

“This is impossible!”

The Family Head of the Ye Family, still kneeling like a dog on the ground, was the first to deny it. “Ye Caiwei is a member of my Ye Family, my daughter. How could she be your aunt!”

Hearing this, Ye Yilan shot the Family Head a look of disgust. “Let me ask you, thirty-three years ago, when a rare treasure appeared in the Spirit Beast Forest, did your Ye Family go to compete for it?”

The Family Head’s expression changed slightly.

“At that time, my grandmother was also in the Spirit Beast Forest, and she was pregnant. Because of a surge of spiritual energy, the baby was born prematurely.”

“Coincidentally, there was a beast tide at that time. My grandmother had to go to the battlefield to fight the beast tide, and didn’t even have time to look at her own newborn daughter before heading out.”

“Who would have thought that after the beast tide ended, those who stayed behind handed her not her own daughter, but the daughter of your Ye Family!”

“If it weren’t for that incident in the Imperial Capital not long ago… our family would never have known that the noble child we raised was actually someone else’s daughter! And my own aunt has been wandering outside all these years, while my only little cousin has suffered endless coldness and humiliation!”

By the end, Ye Yilan’s handsome face was as cold as water, his fists clenched tightly, barely suppressing his anger and murderous intent toward the Ye Family and the Wen Family.

If not for the elders’ repeated warnings before coming to Qingyang City not to kill recklessly, he would have already made the Wen Family and Ye Family pay!

On the side, Qi Wuyang, the City Lord of Qingyang City, sensed his murderous intent. He stepped forward, patted Ye Yilan on the shoulder to comfort him, and addressed the crowd, “Before coming here, we already found the people involved back then and thoroughly investigated the entire matter. There is no mistake.”
Everyone was stunned by what they heard.

It was actually true!

Ye Caiwei and her daughter Ye Ranyin both carried the bloodline of the illustrious Protector Duke’s Mansion!

Were they really so noble?

Everyone was lost in thought.

The Ye Family Head, who had been kneeling with reluctance and resentment, now felt a trace of joy rising in his heart.

Ye Caiwei and Ye Ranyin were actually close kin of the Protector Duke’s Mansion. Didn’t that mean he could ride their coattails and benefit from their prestige?

He suddenly looked up, gazing at Ye Ranyin with an affectionate expression. “Yinyin, Grandfather truly never expected that you… you are actually a descendant of the Ye family from the Protector Duke’s Mansion. In the future, when you return to the Protector Duke’s Mansion, don’t forget that here in Qingyang City, you still have me, your grandfather.”

He acted as if he had never looked down on Ye Ranyin or called for her punishment before, as if those things had been done by someone else entirely.

Ye Ranyin was disgusted by his shamelessness. “You? My grandfather? Are you even worthy?”

The Ye Family Head’s face twitched, but he forced a smile and said, “I’m not worthy, but that doesn’t change the fact that you and Caiwei grew up in the Ye Family. Even if I wasn’t a kind relative, I still raised you… You must not be ungrateful.”

“Heh.” Ye Ranyin sneered. “Raised us? No matter how much you did, my mother risked her life for the Ye Family for so many years-surely that’s enough to repay you?”

“You!” The Ye Family Head glared at her in anger. This little good-for-nothing Ye Ranyin had always been timid and cowardly-how was she so sharp-tongued today?

Standing to the side, Ye Yilan couldn’t stand to see the Ye Family Head disrespect Ye Ranyin. His expression darkened, and his tall, handsome figure stepped forward, shielding Ye Ranyin behind him.

“If the Ye Family Head hadn’t mentioned it, I almost forgot. It’s true your Ye Family helped our Protector Duke’s Mansion raise Aunt and Yinyin Cousin, but our Protector Duke’s Mansion has also helped you raise your daughters. And the resources spent on them over the years far exceed what was spent on Aunt and Yinyin Cousin. I wonder, Ye Family Head, how do you plan to repay us for all those things?”

This question instantly left the Ye Family Head dumbfounded.

That’s right.

He had been so focused on currying favor with the Protector Duke’s Mansion that he had forgotten about his own daughter.

But the resources the Protector Duke’s Mansion spent raising his daughter must be unimaginable. Even if he sold the entire family, he probably couldn’t repay it all.

He hesitated. “My daughter… how is she now?”

Ye Yilan had long seen through the Ye Family Head’s greed and opportunism. He waved his folding fan and smiled. “Her? Even if she was just a nobody-(literally a bald mountain chicken)-she still benefited from the Protector Duke’s Mansion and became a Second Grade alchemist. Now, she’s even married into the Fang Family, one of the Five Great Families of the Imperial Capital… She’s the envy of many women in the capital.”

At the end, Ye Yilan’s tone carried a hint of deeper meaning.

He knew that the white-eyed wolf in the capital had always been proud and aloof. Now that she knew she had such a father, she probably wouldn’t even want to look at him.

So why not help the Ye Family Head a little, let him know how remarkable his daughter was? Only then would the greedy Ye Family Head try every possible way to cling to that daughter’s “thigh,” right?

Sure enough, after hearing Ye Yilan’s words, the Ye Family Head’s breathing instantly became heavy.

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, as if he was plotting something.

Ye Ranyin ignored the Ye Family Head. She looked at Ye Yilan, who was standing protectively in front of her. This was the first time someone had shielded her like this, and it felt a bit novel.

She looked at Ye Yilan and was about to speak when hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

The next moment, a Ye Family servant rushed in, stumbling and crawling. “Ma… Family Head… someone from the Imperial Capital Fang Family has arrived!”