The Double
Chapter 213 - 213 98 Disturbance

213: Chapter 98 Disturbance 213: Chapter 98 Disturbance The Ye Family, after Ye Minghui and his brothers left, temporarily fell into a period of silence.

Old Madam Ye’s health was poor, and now she couldn’t even get out of bed.

Nobody dared to tell her about the situation, Lady Zhuo and Lady Guan had to force smiles and take care of Old Madam Ye, making sure she wouldn’t notice anything wrong—her illness had finally shown signs of improvement, they couldn’t let all their efforts be wasted at this time.

Regarding Tong Zhiyang’s brother-in-law, the Official Zhong from Yanjing City, that Jiang Li mentioned, aside from being surprised at how well Jiang Li remembered these officials’ roles, the members of the Ye Family didn’t pay much attention.

However, Jiang Li didn’t think the same way.

All it took was one Official Zhong for the Li Family and Tong Zhiyang to be connected; such a close relation couldn’t but make her think more about it.

It’s just that the members of the Ye Family wouldn’t believe her if she told them about this.

When she returned to her own courtyard, Jiang Li sat in her room, lost in thought.

Tonger and Bai Xue didn’t dare to disturb her and retreated quietly outside the room.

As Ye Minghui and Ye Mingxuan’s situation unfolded, the servants of the Ye Family also became more silent, and the entire mansion became much more subdued in an instant.

It was as if an invisible gloom had descended over everyone’s hearts, making it hard for them to be at ease.

As the saying goes, adversity reveals true friendship.

Although everyone in the Ye Family didn’t want to face trouble, for Jiang Li, it wasn’t necessarily a bad opportunity.

To melt a piece of ice, letting it thaw slowly without doing anything isn’t impossible, but it takes too much time.

And time was exactly what she lacked most.

If she could contribute even slightly to help the Ye Family escape this crisis, it’s likely that after this event, most of the previous barriers would dissipate like smoke.

At that time, “rebuilding the old ties” with the Ye Family would be an effortless task.

However, the first thing she needed to ascertain was what exactly was going on with the Ye Family’s Ancient Fragrance Satin issue.

Jiang Li vaguely sensed a whiff of conspiracy, but so far, she only suspected that it was related to Right Chancellor Li’s Family, without any proof.

All she could do was wait for Ye Minghui and his brothers to return to the mansion before discussing it further.

…

Ye Minghui and Ye Mingxuan didn’t return to the mansion that night.

Not only that, but they also disappeared without a trace in the following days.

At first, Lady Guan and Lady Zhuo were anxiously waiting in the mansion, but after three to five days passed without a word, they could no longer contain themselves.

They personally went to the government office to see Tong Zhifu, hoping to find out what exactly had happened.

But Tong Zhifu didn’t even grant an audience to Lady Guan, sending his clerk to fence with her instead, saying that Master Ye and Master Ye the Second were guests at the government office and that they would return home naturally after they finished their business.

Even though Lady Guan was usually adept at handling situations, she was helpless against the slippery Tong Zhiyang and complained to Lady Zhuo after returning, “I couldn’t even get a glimpse of Tong Zhiyang!

Let alone ask about the Old Master and Second Brother, Tong Zhiyang clearly did it on purpose.

He knew early on that I would come knocking and therefore avoided seeing me!”

Lady Zhuo, being more timid, said with a fretful tone, “What exactly does he want to do, keeping the masters detained in the government office?

I wonder how they are doing?

They wouldn’t privately use torture, would they?

I’ve heard of officials keeping people in jail just to torment them.”

Ye Mingyu overheard this conversation and immediately bellowed, “Torture?

They must have the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard!

Elders, you just wait.

Tong Zhiyang doesn’t want to see anyone?

I’ll barge in there!

I’ll put a knife to his neck and see if he refuses to meet then!”

Lady Guan and Lady Zhuo called out to stop him, but Ye Mingyu was not someone they could restrain, so he picked a fine horse from outside and galloped off, apparently to settle accounts with Tong Zhiyang.

Ye Mingyu was steeped in the plucky bravado of the martial arts world and didn’t realize that not all matters could be solved with fists.

Jiang Li, who had heard the news and arrived at the front hall, saw Lady Guan and Lady Zhuo instructing people to chase after Ye Mingyu, unsure if they could catch up.

Ye Jiaer and Ye Rufeng also rushed over, learning the full story.

Without a second word, Ye Rufeng said, “I’ll go find Third Uncle!”

“Rufeng!” Lady Zhuo stopped him, “You shouldn’t add to the trouble at this time!

Now, there isn’t a single man left in the house, just us weak women, this is really…

really, ah!”

Ye Jiaer was also in a difficult position.

Seeing Jiang Li standing aside, she walked over and whispered, “Cousin must also find it very unbelievable.”

“Indeed,” Jiang Li nodded, “Before I came to the Ye Family, I didn’t know there would be these troubles.

I thought the Ye Family was living well in Xiangyang.”