Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life Chapter 1600 - 1589: Honest Fool

Ye Chun looked at Wang Hong with a fierce expression, and Wang Hong was startled, suddenly at a loss for words like a quail.

Ye Chun had long harbored resentment against his mother and himself for their strained relationship with Ye Qiu’s family back in the day. Now that Ye Qiu had achieved success and fame, he was contemplating how to earn Ye Qiu’s forgiveness. But now, with his wife saying such things to Niu Xue Mei, considering Ye Qiu’s affection toward Niu Xue Mei, wouldn’t Ye Qiu be even less inclined to forgive him?

Watching the prosperous Wang Yong, Ye Chun couldn’t help but regret: why hadn’t he spoken up during the family division? Why didn’t he visit Ye Qiu when he was sick? Why didn’t he refuse when his mother demanded the recipe for spiced meat? Why did he break his leg to avoid military service?

Every time he thought of the things he’d done to Ye Qiu in the past, Ye Chun couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret. If Ye Qiu got wind that he and his mother nearly sold Ye Qiu’s daughter, fear gripped Ye Chun.

He looked at his now aging and clueless mother and his worried and mean-spirited wife. While blaming himself, he also couldn’t help but resent them. If it weren’t for his mother always favoring him and his fourth brother, would he have grown accustomed to selfishly exploiting his third brother? If Wang Hong wasn’t lazy and quarrelsome, would the relationship with Niu Xue Mei be so strained?

He looked at Wang Hong, who still glared jealously at Niu Xue Mei, and couldn’t resist slapping her: "Your sister-in-law is now the General’s Wife, yet you still speak so disrespectfully? I think you’ve lost your mind."

"You hit me?" Wang Hong stared wide-eyed in astonishment, then seeing the onlookers’ expressions of entertainment, she felt even more disgraced.

However, her husband’s attitude toward Niu Xue Mei frightened her even more. The slap brought her back to her senses. Niu Xue Mei was no longer the sister-in-law she could bully as she pleased. Ye Qiu had succeeded. Going forward, Niu Xue Mei would be the General’s Wife. Whether or not Niu Xue Mei bore a son, she was Ye Qiu’s wife.

"Since everyone is here, Mr. Zhu, please ensure justice for me and my two daughters," Niu Xue Mei said with dignity, not even casting a glance at Wang Hong. "Village Chief Uncle, did you bring the agreement we signed back then to sever the parent-child relationship?"

"I have it, I have it," the village chief ceremoniously took out the agreement from his pocket, "I’ve kept it safe all along."

Niu Xue Mei nodded: "Thank you, village chief. Mr. Zhu, with the agreement and the villagers testifying that my husband and I have severed all ties with his family, can it be ruled that my mother-in-law does not have the right to sell my daughter? Can it prove that the indenture she signed with the Qian Family is invalid?"

"Yes, we can prove that Ye Qiu long severed ties with Old Man Ye and Old Lady Wang," the people from Wang Family Village echoed.

"Don’t say Ye Qiu is unfilial, he was really left with no choice by this family back then."

"This family is too vicious. Before, whatever General Ye owned, they wanted to take it away, not caring about his well-being. Lord County Magistrate, I can prove that General Ye long severed ties with them."

"I can also prove it. Old Lady Wang absolutely has no right to sell General Ye’s daughter."

"Exactly, General Ye’s family isn’t short on money. Why would they sell a daughter? Only a malicious mother like Old Lady Wang would do such a thing."

"A person like that doesn’t even deserve to be General Ye’s mother."

"Such a heartless family, trying to snatch away the family business Ye Qiu built by himself. When General Ye was ill, they didn’t even hire a doctor. During his hardships, this family never offered a helping hand. Some might even think General Ye wasn’t their biological son."

"Perhaps he really isn’t their biological son. Otherwise, why would Old Lady Wang spoil the other two sons so much but not Ye Qiu?"

"County Magistrate Zhu, the indenture absolutely cannot take effect. Otherwise, how heartbroken would General Ye be, who is guarding the nation on the frontline?"

Initially, only the people from Wang Family Village spoke, but gradually, others joined in. Having heard of the sufferings General Ye endured and the unfair treatment from his family, people became emotionally stirred, condemning the Ye Family.

They thought if not for the General’s Wife forcing a division of the family assets to hire a doctor for General Ye, he might have long been gone. In that case, even Lan Country would be at risk.

Wang Hong and Ye Dong were just dreaming of rising with Ye Qiu’s promotion and wealth, but were rudely awakened by such intense scolding, leaving them stunned. Especially Wang Hong, who was scolded by her husband and now again by the villagers, almost had all her past misconducts laid bare.

Glancing at her mother-in-law’s and husband’s pained, evasive looks and listening to others speak about her husband wanting to sell Ye Qiu’s two daughters, then seeing Niu Xue Mei’s cold face, her complexion turned pale. She realized she’d made a huge mistake. Rely on Ye Qiu? Now it seemed Ye Qiu and Niu Xue Mei were the ones troubling her family.

She couldn’t help but resent her mother-in-law. Why wasn’t such an important matter of child-selling discussed beforehand? Now it was truly irreparable. She knew this must have been her mother-in-law’s idea. Ye Chun wasn’t that clever, nor that audacious. At most, he’d just go along.

It was all her mother-in-law’s fault. If not for her, how would things have escalated to such a serious court case?

However, Wang Hong herself forgot what triggered all this. Was it injuring the Qian Family’s son? Who refused to spend the money to save him? Who hollered that Niu Xue Mei had money, prompting Old Lady Wang and Ye Chun to seek out Niu Xue Mei?

People tend to attribute faults to others, as if by doing so, they avoid having to bear responsibility themselves.

County Magistrate Zhu listened to Niu Xue Mei’s request and saw the emotionally stirred crowd; he ascended the courtroom, striking the gavel heavily: "In the court of law, maintain silence. Steward, officially commence the trial of this case."

As the gavel resounded, the faces of the Qian Family turned ashen, and Old Lady Wang was startled, shouting loudly: "I’m the biological mother of the Heroic General, how dare you judge me?"

County Magistrate Zhu glanced at Niu Xue Mei and Wang Yong, then put on a stern face: "In the court of law, the King and the commoner are liable to the same justice. Such audacity to defy the authority."

Old Lady Wang had never faced such a scene. Previously relying on Ye Qiu being her son, she dared to defy openly. But seeing Wang Yong and Niu Xue Mei unmoved, she finally realized her third son truly had nothing to do with her anymore, no longer viewed her as his mother.

Old Lady Wang looked around at everyone with a blank expression, suddenly feeling a sense of disillusionment. The child she thought would amount to something, for whom she’d spent a lifetime planning and struggling, turned out to be the one admired by everyone as the Great General. Yet, she was like a laughingstock; clearly, it was her son who succeeded, but in the end, it had nothing to do with her and instead severed ties due to her deeds.