Jiang Xing was not very flustered when Jiang Shi scolded him, but upon hearing Ye Yuzhang's voice, his face suddenly turned pale. He hastily ran to Jiang Shi's side, shook her arm and whispered: "Grandmother, you have to help me speak up later!"

  At this time, Ye Yuzhang had already stepped in. He looked at Jiang Xing, his face was iron-green. However, he didn't say a word and directly entered the room, sat down on the chair. And Jiang Xing, under the hint of Jiang Shi, also followed into the room, "thud" knelt down, knocked twice, and begged: "Grandfather, Xing'er really likes Zhuo'er sister, wants to marry her as his wife, Grandfather you just agree with Xing'er."

  With a loud "slap", Ye Yuzhang's powerful palm struck Jiang Xing's face, leaving him dazed. The slap not only stunned Jiang Xing but also left his wife, who had followed him in, wide-eyed and speechless. However, she was also furious with Jiang Xing's actions and didn't utter a word to plead for mercy.

  Ye Yuzhang gave him a slap, which seemed to be not enough. "Slap" again, another slap. Although he was the old master of the Ye family, he was only 48 or 49 years old this year. In addition, he had been a jade carver in his youth and had extremely strong hands. These two slaps made Jiang Xing's left cheek suddenly red and swollen.

  "Why hit me? Why hit me? If you don't agree, just don't agree, waaahhh... Jiang Xing was able to behave recklessly outside because he was the only legitimate grandson of the Jiang family and the most spoiled grandson of Old Master Jiang. Last time, he caused such a big stir by beating Ye Pu to death, but Old Master Jiang only scolded him and grounded him for half a month. So in his opinion, this time he just said a few words to Ye Zhuo, without even moving his hands or feet, what's the big deal? His usually gentle and amiable grandfather actually hit him, making him feel wronged and cry out loudly."

  He slapped Jiang Xing twice, but Ye Yuzhang was still not satisfied. Seeing him covering his face, he hit his shoulders a few times with force, then took a deep breath and shouted: "Go, get all the family members to come over."

  Before long, Ye Jiamei entered the house, followed by Gong Shi.

  Ye Yuzhang waved his hand at Jiang: "You go outside with your daughter-in-law and wait." He now wanted to interrogate Ye Jiaomei first, to see whose idea it was to deceive Ye Zhuo into coming here. If it was Gongshi, even if she was the daughter of Gong Shuban, even if she was carrying a grandson of the Ye family in her belly, he would still be punished.

  "Yes." Seeing the old man like this, Jiang didn't dare say more and gestured for Gong to follow her out the door.

  Gong looked at Ye Yuzhang and Ye Jiamei for a moment, then turned around and followed Jiang out.

  "You go out first." Ye Yuzhang said to Ye Zhuo who was standing at the door. Ye Zhuo had no choice but to retreat and leave as well.

  "Tell me, who gave you the idea and who tricked Yuer into coming here?" Ye Yuzhang looked at Ye Jiaomei coldly. "You also know my temper, if you honestly tell me, I can show mercy, otherwise, I'll have to expel you from the Ye family."

  "Dad!" Ye Jiaomei raised her head, wide-eyed and disbelieving as she stared at Ye Yuzhang. She knew that ruining the marriage between Ye Zhuo and the Xie family would surely enrage her father. But for Jiang Xing's sake, she had done it anyway. In her mind, she was after all Ye Yuzhang and Jiang's daughter; even if her father was angry about this matter, he wouldn't disown her as his daughter. Yet unexpectedly, before the deed was even done, her father would say something like that. Although she had already married into the Jiang family and become their daughter-in-law, the reason why she and Jiang Xing held a relatively high position in the Jiang family was entirely because of the Ye family's backing. If she were to be expelled from the Ye family, then she would just be a person without a maternal family; her future days...

  She felt a chill run down her spine at this thought.

  "What? Don't want to say? Alright......" Ye Yuzhang didn't give Ye Jia Mei a chance to hesitate, he raised his head and was about to call someone from outside.

  "Say, I said." Ye Jia Mei and Wang Niang originally had a relationship of using each other, how could she bear such severe punishment just to help her cover up? As soon as Ye Yu Zhang's voice rose, she repeatedly said: "It was Wang Li Yun, Wang Li Yun who came up with the idea, saying that I should bring Xing Er here and get along well with Zhuo Er. Who knows if Zhuo Er would like Xing Er too. And it was also her who sent someone to call Zhuo Er over."

  "This good-for-nothing daughter!" Ye Yuzhang cursed in a huff. Then he said to Ye Jia Mei, "For the next two years, don't come back again."

  Yeh Chia-mei's tears came out immediately, and she hastily took a few steps forward to kneel in front of Yeh Yu-chang, sobbing: "Father, I am your daughter! How can you bear not letting me return home? If I were bullied by the Chiang family, who would I turn to?"

  Ye Yuzhang didn't even bother with her, and to the servant brought by Jiang's family, he waved his hand: "Take her out, let her roll out of my Ye family with her son. That little girl, beat her twenty times and throw her out." When Mei was harming the interests of the Ye family, he had already stopped considering her as his daughter in his heart.

  "Mother, mother, please speak for me in front of father..." Ye Jiaomei shouted as she was dragged out of the courtyard by her mother-in-law.

  Jiang looked at her, then glanced around the room, moving her lips twice, but saying nothing. After decades of marriage, she knew Ye Yuzhang's personality best. If Ye Jiaomei had done something like this, no matter how much she pleaded, it would be useless. Later, the old man would even turn around and blame her for spoiling their daughter in the past.

  When Ye Jia's mother and son's voices were far away, Ye Yuzhang ordered the woman standing in the house: "Tie up Chunmiao and bring her in."

  Ye Yuzhang had already asked Qiuju when they were outside and knew that Chunmiao had called Ye Zhuo here, so he had sent someone to catch her. Although this interrogation could be continued in the main hall, Ye Yuzhang wanted to get a hold of Gongshi's handle, so he deliberately interrogated Chunmiao first.

  Seeing the spring seedling being pushed in, Ye Yuzhang slapped the table and shouted: "Who told you to call Erniang? Tell the truth!"

  "Bang, bang, bang!" Chun Miao knocked her head: "Old master spare my life, slave... Slave went out to move flowers in the garden today. Lier sister from the mistress's room said she didn't know the way and asked me to go to Biyu residence to call Second Miss, and also gave slave ten cents, slave was greedy for money, so I went."

  "Oh?" Ye Yuzhang narrowed his eyes and stared at her for a while before coldly laughing and calling out to the old woman standing at the door, "Tell Old Lady and Madame to come in." As the master and daughter-in-law lived together under one roof, it was ultimately not suitable, so Jiang Shi also had to enter. Earlier, he had told her to leave, but that was because he didn't want Ye Jia Mei to feel like she had something to rely on and die with a struggle, and he was also afraid that Jiang Shi would randomly plead for her daughter's sake.

  Gong's family was calm and composed, with Li'er's support, followed behind Jiang's family and walked in. As soon as they entered, she took the initiative to say: "Big sister brought Jiang Xing to my place and said that she wanted to see me, and also let Jiang Xing pay his respects to me. After paying his respects, she sent Jiang Xing to this study. As for Zhuo'er, it's not me who called her here, I don't know about this matter either.

  Of course, this is not the truth. Today, Xie Jia Mei came to the door and brought Jiang Xing with her, and she felt abnormal. This is the inner courtyard, and nominally she is Jiang Xing's aunt, but they are basically not much different in age. Reasonably speaking, Xie Jia Mei bringing such a big man to this courtyard is inherently impolite. Thinking back to the days when Xie Jia Mei came to propose marriage, her heart rose with defensive intentions. In the inner study room, although Ye Jia Ming was not in the mansion, there were also maidservants sweeping and serving tea. As soon as Ye Zhuo entered the inner study room, Gong Shi immediately received a report from the maid and knew about Ye Jia Mei's plan. She secretly resented Ye Jia Mei for choosing Xing Ning courtyard to do this and putting herself in harm's way. But she hated Ye Zhuo so much that if she could let Ye Zhuo marry Jiang Xing and ruin the good marriage with the Xie family, it would be perfect. After thinking about it repeatedly, she pretended not to know anything and didn't stop this matter.