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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

n“Kneel down!”

nYe Jiuge’s gaze was cold, as if a chilly breeze blew past.

nPang! Hong Liu kneeled immediately.

nYe Jiuge was preparing to interrogate the maid, when she overheard a few scoundrels

nhiding in the crowd trying to add fuel to the fire.

n“Rumors have mentioned that Ye Jiuge is arrogant and tyrannical. I can’t believe that it

nis really true. If she dares to abuse her maid in public, we can never imagine how cruel

nshe must be in private.”

n“That’s right. I think…”

nBefore the scoundrel could finish speaking, he felt a pain in his waist as he collided with

nthe Ye residence’s main door with a bang.

nYe Jiuge kicked each of them, one by one heaping the scoundrels into a pile.

nHong Liu widened her eyes and looked fearfully at Ye Jiuge, whose entire body was

nradiating murderous energy.

nIs this still the cowardly and extremely spineless Eldest Miss?

nAfter Ye Jiuge finished dealing with the scoundrels, she turned her head to look at Hong

nLiu and yelled, “Speak! Who was it that actually directed you to ruin my reputation?”

nHer gaze blazed with the sharpness of a lightning bolt, and her aura, similarly, was like

na blade. She radiated with imposing terror, as if she were Princess Iron Fan, descended

nto the mortal realms.

nHong Liu trembled all over with fear. She almost spat out the truth. However, she

nthought about Second Miss’s way of handling things and snapped out of it immediately.

nStubbornly, she wanted to lie and falsely incriminate Ye Jiuge.

nAt that moment, a pair of strange purple irises suddenly appeared inside Ye Jiuge’s

npitch black eyes. They emanated a faint glow, similar to that of a demon hiding in the

ndark of night.

nHong Liu looked at these irises, and her soul was immediately pulled in. She stared

nblankly and opened her small lips. She couldn’t help but speak the truth: “It was Second

nMiss who commanded me to bring some people along to accuse you falsely. She was

nthe one who hired these scoundrels. She said that she wanted to completely sully your

nreputation and spread your tainted name far and wide!”

nThere was an uproar in the crowd. The mastermind who had orchestrated all of this

nwas, unexpectedly, the Second Miss of the Ye clan. The truth was too scandalous!

nAs the public was sharing their opinions on the matter, the main door of the Ye

nresidence abruptly opened. A team of guards dragged the scoundrels and the kneeling

nHong Liu away from the entrance.

nThen, a middle-aged man wearing a blue brocade robe emerged.

nHe had a handsome appearance—a high-bridged nose and an imposing look. This man

nwas Ye Jiuge’s father, Ye Yuxuan.

nHe looked at his daughter, who had not returned home last night. He did not feel any

ntenderness or relief; instead, he exploded loudly at Ye Jiuge, pointing his fingers at her

nand shouting, “You—an evil, good-for-nothing daughter—have the gall to return!”

nYe Jiuge smiled coldly in her heart. In a situation where his daughter had not returned

nfor a night and then reappeared in such a miserable state, he had nothing to say other

nthan this?

nNot only that, Ye Yuxuan had not appeared sooner, but at the exact moment when

nHong Liu was confessing the truth about Ye Shanshan having harmed her. Wasn’t that

nsuch a coincidence!

n“Why haven’t you come inside yet? Stop being a disgrace out here!”

nYe Yuxuan pointed to a small side entrance. It was the passageway used by the

nservants when they needed to exit and enter the Ye residence.

n“Your daughter does not know how she is supposed to enter the residence. Father, why

ndon’t you show me, since you once foisted yourself upon the Yun clan?” sneered Ye

nJiuge.

nThe penniless Ye Yuxuan had married into the Yun clan. His cultivated elixir knowledge

nand skills had been entirely funded by the Ye clan’s wealth—when she was born, Ye

nJiuge’s surname had been Yun. Then, her grandfather had disappeared, and Ye

nYuxuan had used the opportunity to cajole Ye Jiuge’s mother into changing the Yun

nresidence to the Ye residence and even asked her to change her surname.

nBut these name changes did not change the fact that everything that Ye Yuxuan

npossessed belonged to the Yun clan! And Ye Jiuge was the only direct descendant of

nthe Ye clan.

n“You are so shameless. You went out and fooled around the whole night. I do not know

nwhat kind of improper man you have hooked up with that you now dare to return and

nscheme after my assets!”

nYe Yuxuan’s face was ashen, and his gaze was fierce, like he wanted to swallow Ye

nJiuge whole.

nThe thing that he detested most in life was when someone mentioned how he had

nmarried into the Ye clan. Every time, he was forced to recall how inferior he had been

nback when Ye Tianwei was able to step all over him.

n“Ye Yuxuan, even if you are my father, not even you can slander me in such a malicious

nmanner. You keep mentioning that I have hooked up with an improper man. Shouldn’t

nyou bring him forward?”

nYe Jiuge’s beautiful gaze emanated a coercive light.

nHer clothes were covered in blood, similar to a phoenix bathed in fire. The aura that was

nbursting from her body was making the people around her palpitate uncontrollably.

nYe Yuxuan was completely silenced by Ye Jiuge’s questions. He was simply defaming

nher, so where was he going to find this improper man? At the same time, he was also

nnot going to allow this unfilial daughter to defy him!

nYe Yuxuan pointed his finger at Ye Jiuge and wanted to continue to insult her, but she

ncut him off. “I, Ye Jiuge, have acted honorably. I am not like your ‘good’ daughter, Ye

nShanshan. Because she wanted to marry Dongfang Jianming, she stabbed me in the

nback and pushed me down into the Wanzhang Depths!”

n“What are you blathering on about? The Wanzhang Depths are bottomless. Even if a

nNorthern Goshawk fell in, it wouldn’t be able to fly out of there. How is it possible that

nyou could climb out? You, unfilial daughter, have a mouth full of nonsense. You accuse

nyour younger sister falsely and defy your elders. You are truly disloyal, unfilial, and

nimmoral. Someone, bring out the punishment tools of our clan!”

nYe Yuxuan did not believe Ye Jiuge’s lies at all. In that moment, he only had one

nthought: to punish this unfilial daughter harshly in a cruel manner. He wanted to see

nwhether she would dare be so impudent again after this!

nYe Shanshan had predicted earlier that her father would punish Ye Jiuge. As she heard

nhis words, she immediately handed him the horse whip that they used for punishment in

nthe clan. This horse whip was woven from fine cowhide with tiny barbs on its surface.

nNeedless to say, not only women were unable to endure a flogging from that whip, but

nstrong men too.

nYe Yuxuan was just scaring Ye Jiuge. He did not plan to use it.

nYe Shanshan saw that her father was frozen with the horse whip in his hands, so she

ntugged on his sleeve and begged pitifully, “Father, you should never ever hit elder

nsister. Otherwise, when grandfather returns, you will be the one who is beaten!”

nYe Shanshan’s words only provoked Ye Yuxuan’s anger even further. Both of his eyes

nwere very red. To him, Ye Jiuge had become as repulsive as Yun Tianwei.

n“Today, I want you, an evil spawn, to know of who it is that really has all the authority in

nthe Ye clan!”

nYe Yuxuan did not hesitate as he raised the horse whip, ready to lash Ye Jiuge.

n“Father, you should never be impulsive!”

nYe Shanshan’s eyes were filled with tears as she pretended to stop him. On the

nsurface, that impression of a deep and profound sisterly bond was emotionally moving.

nHowever, the private gaze she shot Ye Jiuge was full of glee.

nYe Jiuge, this is the consequence of defying me!

nA glint of frostiness flitted past Ye Jiuge’s eyes. With the speed of lightning, she yanked

nYe Shanshan forward and kicked her, forcing her to kneel right in front of her.

nYe Yuxuan’s whip happened to land at that exact moment.

nPa!

nThe horse whip hit Ye Shanshan’s body without any mercy.

nThe barbs on its surface tore her clothes with a ripping sound. Her soft, white shoulder

nwas exposed, and traces of blood, which gave the alluring impression of mistreatment,

ncaused the spectators’ eyes to widen.

nYe Jiuge clapped her hands as she praised, “Father, you are truly wise. A person like

nYe Shanshan, who is disloyal, unfilial, and immoral, should be punished using the clan’s

nmethods in public.”

nYe Shanshan had never thought that the whip would land on her body.

nShe looked at Ye Jiuge in disbelief. This b*tch should die, who dares treat her like this!

n“Wow, it is so white!” Someone in the crowd watching the scene mentioned lewdly.

nYe Shanshan could no longer endure the crowd’s gaze, so she gathered her clothes

nback together. Wa! She cried and ran inside covering her face.

nYe Yuxuan was not in any mood to care about Ye Shanshan’s humiliation whatsoever.

nHe widened his eyes, looking at Ye Jiuge as if he had just spotted a ghost. “You—how

nis it possible that you are using spiritual force?”

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