Apologize?

Ye Yunzi looked up, her eyes cold: "What did I do wrong? I didn't push anyone, why should I apologize?"

Her attitude was firm, and it was impossible for her to bow to the Third Aunt.

"You..." Ye Chongde pointed at Ye Yunzi, shaking with anger. "Well, since you are so stubborn, then go to the ancestral hall and kneel down to reflect on yourself. When you figure it out, you can come out."

"master!"

The maids beside exclaimed, they all felt sorry for Ye Yunzi.

The young lady had just woken up from a coma. She was weak and her face was as pale as paper.

The ancestral hall was cold and the wind was biting. If she were asked to kneel there, wouldn't that be the end of her life that she had managed to save with great difficulty?

She is still so young, how could the master be so cruel.

"Master, the young lady is weak and can't stand the cold wind there..."

"Hmph!" Ye Chongde snorted coldly, his sharp eyes swept across Ye Yunzi's stubborn face, and he obviously decided to teach her a lesson. "Anyone who dares to speak for her will be punished without mercy."

"Ye Yunzi, either you go and admit your mistakes to Third Aunt, or go to the ancestral hall to reflect on yourself." He threw out two options, but Ye Yunzi was unwilling to accept either.

Her heart sank again. Although she had never had any illusions about Ye Chongde, it was still an unusual feeling to hear such cruel words with her own ears.

She wondered how there could be such a father in the world who treated his own daughter like this. The blood relationship was thicker than water, but it seemed like a joke here.

"I won't apologize!" Ye Yunzi's every word was powerful and resounding.

"You..." Ye Chongde was speechless for a moment.

"Yunzi's body hasn't recovered yet, how can she go to the ancestral hall to be punished? Besides, the matter of falling into the water has not been investigated clearly, how can we insist that it was Yunzi's doing?" Su felt even colder in her heart. She once had a glimmer of fantasy about Ye Chongde, hoping that he would come back to see her and her daughter, but she didn't expect him to be so heartless.

"If you want to punish Yunzi, wait until you find out the truth!" Su was unusually tough. She used to be submissive, but today she resolutely resisted.

"Great! The people in Zijinyuan have rebelled! I have tolerated you all these years, but now you have become oblivious to your own limitations!" Ye Chongde was furious. He waved his hand and the vase next to him shattered, with fragments flying everywhere. The room suddenly fell into deathly silence.

Su's face turned pale instantly.

"You must kneel in the ancestral hall today! I have to make you understand where you went wrong!" Ye Chongde insisted.

"Yunzi can't go." Su gritted her teeth. Ye Yunzi was already so weak. If she was really asked to kneel, she would probably lose half her life. "If you insist on finding someone to go to the ancestral hall, then I'll go in her place!"

"Mom!" Ye Yunzi's eyes went dark and she felt panicked.

What is my mother talking about? She is weak, and her body is even weaker. She has finally recovered after all this time and can walk a few steps.

No...

"Yunzi would not lie. It was definitely not her fault that Third Aunt fell into the water! You should find out the truth as soon as possible. Before that, don't even think about touching a hair on her head!" Su became more and more excited as she spoke, and she even started coughing.

Ye Yunzi wanted to grab her mother's clothes to stop her from going to the ancestral hall, but as soon as she exerted force, darkness appeared in front of her eyes, her vision blurred, and her ears buzzed. She gradually lost consciousness, her face turned pale, her breath was weak, and her whole body collapsed.

……

Ye Yunzi had been unconscious for an unknown amount of time. When she opened her eyes again, her throat felt dry as if it was burning. She wanted to ask for water, but she found that she didn't even have the strength to speak. Her limbs were limp and she could only stare at the bed curtain in front of her, her eyes full of fatigue.

How is my mother?

She recalled that she fainted due to anger and had no idea what happened after that.

Kneeling in the ancestral hall? No, absolutely not! My mother is weak to begin with, and the ancestral hall is freezing cold, how could she endure such torture!

"Someone is coming..."

She tried her best to shout, but her throat was hoarse and her voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.

The door creaked open.

Yu Shu came running in, and when she saw Ye Yunzi was awake, she quickly came forward and said, "Miss, you are awake!"

"Where is mother?" Ye Yunzi asked anxiously.

Yu Shu looked hesitant and complicated. Finally, under Ye Yunzi's gaze, she confessed in a low voice: "Madam, she went to the ancestral hall to kneel as punishment. The master insisted on punishing the young lady, and the madam took all the responsibility on herself..."

"What?" Ye Yunzi clenched her fists, her heart burning with anger.

"Help me up, I want to go to the ancestral hall..." She struggled to get up, her bare feet stepping on the cold ground, and her body trembled involuntarily.

"Miss, please stop torturing yourself. The doctor told you to rest..."

Yu Shu stopped her. If anything happened to the young lady now, the lady’s sacrifice would be in vain!

Ye Yunzi staggered and finally fell down on the edge of the bed.

Third Aunt...

She couldn't wait passively any longer.

She had been lucky before, and had never expected that the Third Aunt would be so cruel. Her eyes were cold, and she hated herself for being powerless.

"Yu Shu, did anyone around see anything when I fell into the water?"

"Miss, there was no servant near the pavilion that day, and no one saw it." Yu Shu shook her head, her eyes full of helplessness and loss.

If someone witnessed that scene, they would speak for the young lady. Ye Yunzi's eyes dimmed, and she knew clearly in her heart that the third concubine must have sent all the servants away in advance.

"By the way, where is Su Huan?" She suddenly remembered something.

"It was Young Master Su who rescued the young lady from the water. If the young master had not arrived in time... the young lady might..." Yu Shu didn't dare to think further.

"Is he okay?"

"Well, there's news from the Su Mansion that Young Master Su is safe and sound." Yu Shu thought for a moment and said, "Miss, why don't you tell the Su Mansion about this and let the Su family support you..."

Ye Yunzi pursed her lips. In the past, she would never have been willing to involve the Su family. But now, her mother had already been punished to kneel in the ancestral hall. If it was not resolved quickly, the consequences would be more serious.

She nodded, "Okay, inform uncle!"

Ye Yunzi felt as if she had been doused with cold water. She was sweating all over and her hands and feet were cold.

She calmed herself down a little and said in a cold voice, "Let Zhilan in."

Yu Shu hurried to call Zhilan, and soon, Zhilan came in. Ye Yunzi looked directly at Zhilan and said, "I have something for you to do."

"..."

After a while, after listening to Ye Yunzi's instructions, Zhilan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and she nodded calmly, "Yes, Miss."

"Yu Shu, I'll write a letter, and you ask someone to deliver it to the inn overnight!"

"Why not send it directly to the Su Mansion?" Yu Shu was puzzled.

Ye Yunzi's eyes darkened. Her grandfather was old, and she couldn't let him worry too much about these things. To resolve this matter, it would be enough to find Su Yongyu alone.

Ye Yunzi held the brush and faced the white paper with blurred vision. She shook her head, the tip of the brush trembled slightly, and ink dripped and spread on the letter paper.

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