The family of four enjoyed their farewell dinner together.
Ye Yunniang suddenly rembered the promise she had made to Lu Xueying, which she hadn't yet ntioned to Jiang Mingzhe.
The shops were all in Li Ping's hands. Jiang Mingzhe didn't plan to intervene; he let Li Ping handle them.
"How can Pingping handle the Jiang family's affairs?" Ye Yunniang worried that Li Ping would be bullied.
"Mother, I won't be bullied." Li Ping felt that Ye Yunniang was underestimating him.
"No matter how smart you are, you're still just a seven-year-old child."
Those from the Jiang family had been imrsed in the business and political worlds for years. Their life experience was plain to see. No matter how clever Li Ping was, he definitely couldn't outsmart them when it ca to human scheming.
Jiang Mingzhe understood Ye Yunniang's concerns.
However, if Li Ping wanted to beco the true master of the Yunhua Chamber of Comrce, he had to experience these things.
If Li Ping suffered a loss, Jiang Mingzhe wouldn't just stand by. He would definitely make those who bullied his son pay the price.
"Mother, I will be careful," Li Ping promised from the side.
"Listen to others' opinions when you encounter issues. Don't just act on impulse," Ye Yunniang instructed. She was truly worried about Li Ping.
Li Ping obediently agreed.
After dinner and so conversation, they returned to their respective rooms to rest.
Jiang Mingzhe held a few sheets of paper filled with nas.
Ye Xiyun, Ye Yuan...
"Why do they all have the surna Ye?"
Jiang Mingzhe was still afraid that sothing bad would happen if the child took his surna. Taking the surna Li wasn't suitable, so taking the mother's surna was the sa.
Thinking of how poorly her biological father and stepmother had treated her, Ye Yunniang didn't want the child to have the surna Ye either.
Ye Yunniang didn't argue further with Jiang Mingzhe, deciding to determine the child's surna after she was born.
They slept dreamlessly until dawn.
After having breakfast with the children and sending them off to school, Ye Yunniang and Jiang Mingzhe left Jiangcheng in a carriage.
The carriage had been specially modified so that Ye Yunniang wouldn't feel any bumps inside.
Listening to the sound of Jiang Mingzhe reading, she gradually fell into a deep sleep.
Jiangcheng was thousands of miles away from the capital. A normal carriage journey would take a month and a half.
Considering Ye Yunniang's pregnancy, Jiang Mingzhe slowed the carriage down.
It took them nearly two and a half months to reach the capital.
After lining up to enter the city gates, the carriage stopped at a residence Jiang Mingzhe had arranged to buy in advance.
Ye Yunniang stepped down from the carriage looking quite well.
In Jiangcheng, Ye Yunniang had lain in bed every day, suffering from terrible nausea. Yet, during the carriage ride, she hardly threw up at all.
"Our daughter is an active one," Ye Yunniang joked with Jiang Mingzhe.
"We should go out for walks more often in the future," Jiang Mingzhe suggested.
Ye Yunniang happily agreed.
After resting at the residence for a night, Ye Yunniang couldn't wait to go to the Bao family. She wanted to see Cai Dai, Li An, and Cai Shuyi, whom she hadn't seen in over two months.
Upon arriving at the Bao residence, she was stopped.
The Bao family's gatekeeper said flatly that no one could enter without a calling card.
Ye Yunniang realized she had been reckless; she should have had soone send a calling card first.
"Madam, it was my oversight not to prepare a calling card," Qiushuang blad herself.
"I didn't think of it either. Let's go back for now." Ye Yunniang turned to get back into the carriage.
"Ye Yunniang, why are you here? You ca to the capital? When did you arrive? Why are you standing at my door? Why not go in?" Tong Mo strode over.
Seeing Ye Yunniang about to return to the carriage and the sowhat nervous look of the gatekeeper nearby, Tong Mo understood.
"I'll take you inside. Aunt will definitely be thrilled to hear you're here."
Ye Yunniang followed Tong Mo into the Bao residence, arriving at the backyard courtyard where Bao Min lived.
The guard was nowhere to be found.
The maids and older female servants assigned to serve Cai Dai weren't keeping watch in the room either.
Pushing open the door to Cai Dai's room, a faint foul odor reached her nose.
The bad premonition in Ye Yunniang's heart grew stronger. She took a few quick steps to the bedside.
Cai Dai's already pale face was now completely devoid of color.
"Mother," Ye Yunniang grasped Cai Dai's hand. "Mother, I'm here. I've co to find you."
As Ye Yunniang spoke, she slled the stench of urine.
Forcefully throwing back the blanket, she saw that the bed beneath Cai Dai was completely soaked.
Ye Yunniang turned her head and demanded, "Is this how Bao Min takes care of my mother?"
"I... I didn't know it was like this." Tong Mo silently cursed Bao Min for his negligence, while also blaming himself for getting angry with Bao Shao and staying at the prince's mansion all day instead of visiting Cai Dai more often.
Ye Yunniang didn't want to hear any more from Tong Mo. "Qiushuang, carry Mother out."
Qiushuang stepped forward and scooped up Cai Dai, blanket and all.
"Aunt can't leave." Tong Mo tried to stop them. If Cai Dai left, Bao Min would kill him when he found out.
"Tong Mo, get out of the way," Ye Yunniang said with a chilling tone, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
"Ye Yunniang, Uncle will give you an explanation."
"I don't want any explanation right now. I just want to take my mother ho. Tong Mo, don't force to get physical. Move." Ye Yunniang's voice deepened.
Tong Mo took a step back, making way.
Ye Yunniang strode out, with Qiushuang following closely behind her.
Tong Mo watched as Ye Yunniang took Cai Dai away, leaving the Bao residence.
"Tong Mo, what are you doing here?"
"Where have you been? How have you been taking care of Aunt?" Tong Mo vented all the frustration he had received from Ye Yunniang onto Bao Min.
"Tong Mo, how are you speaking to your uncle?" Bao Shao frowned. This was all Tong Tiei's teaching—no manners, completely disrespecting his elders.
"Aunt was taken away by Ye Yunniang," Tong Mo stated, then turned and left.
"Tong Mo, co back! Why did she take Madam away? What happened during the few days I wasn't ho?"
"Go inside and see for yourself," Tong Mo tossed back over his shoulder as he walked away.
Hearing this, Bao Min strode into the courtyard.
He pushed open the door and slled the foul odor. Walking to the bed, he saw the mattress was soaked.
The maids and older servants who were supposed to be guarding the door returned in high spirits after chatting with others. They saw Bao Min standing in front of the bed.
"S-S-Second Master,"
"Luo Xin, drag them out, give them thirty strikes with the heavy board, and sell them all off," Bao Min ordered before striding out.
"Second Master, spare us! Second Master, Second Master..."
Ye Yunniang brought Cai Dai back to the Jiang residence and had hot water brought in. Refusing any help, she personally washed Cai Dai and changed her into clean clothes.
Once the room was tidied up and Cai Dai was settled in bed, a doctor ca to check her pulse.
Due to lying down for a long ti without adequate massages, her hands and feet were sowhat swollen.
Jiang Mingzhe brought in two won skilled in therapeutic massage to rub Cai Dai's hands, feet, arms, and legs.
Ye Yunniang leaned against Jiang Mingzhe and recounted what she had seen at the Bao residence.
"The master's words were very accurate. If I had arrived a few days later, my mother might have..." Ye Yunniang choked up, her tears falling in heavy drops.
Furious with herself, Ye Yunniang raised her hand to strike herself hard.
Smack!
Ye Yunniang's hand landed heavily on the back of Jiang Mingzhe's hand instead.
"Don't hit yourself, it breaks my heart."
Ye Yunniang was filled with remorse. How could she have believed Bao Min's nonsense and left her mother and the two children in his care?
The children?
"An'an and Shushu are still at the Bao residence. I have to go get them." Ye Yunniang stood up to head out.
"Mother / Sister-in-law," the voices of Li An and Cai Shuyi rang out from behind her.
Ye Yunniang turned around to see the two children running toward her.
As they got close, Li An controlled himself and didn't pounce on her. Cai Shuyi was small, so Jiang Mingzhe reached out to stop her.
"Your sister-in-law is having a baby; you can't throw yourself at her."
"I'm going to have a little sister."
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