After the arranged marriage, I pampered the sickly regent.

Chapter 126 The Beginning of Decline

"Does Duke Ye feel it's not enough?"

Zhan Sijing's words instantly petrified Ye Xuan. He had originally thought that if this prince were here, he would definitely not let Ye Qingwu run wild.

But to everyone's surprise, the first thing he asked was whether he had given too little.

Ye Qingwu smiled and silently gave Zhan Sijing a thumbs up in her heart. She then said to Ye Xuan, "Lord Duke, I wouldn't mind if you wanted to give me more."

Ye Xuan was speechless for a moment, and after a long silence, he replied, "One thousand taels it is!"

“Princess Regent, but I must say this first: if Yuanfeng does not wake up in three days…” Ye Xuan was about to threaten when Ye Qingwu said unhurriedly, “If that is the case, Your Excellency Duke, please come to me. I will take responsibility.”

Seeing that Ye Qingwu had already put things this far, Ye Xuan knew that if he made any further excuses now, he would truly be considered a reneging on his debts, as Ye Qingwu had mentioned.

Thinking of this, Ye Xuan looked at the steward and said, "What are you waiting for? Go and get the silver notes."

Having received the order, the steward dared not hesitate and quickly presented the thousand taels of silver notes to Ye Qingwu.

Ye Qingwu accepted the silver notes in a good mood. Seeing Ye Xuan's frustrated expression, she smiled and said, "Lord Duke, don't be so unhappy."

"At least the person is alright, isn't he? But for the sake of this thousand taels, I still need to remind you that if the stone is picked up within three days, there's still a chance for things to turn around. If it's past those three days, then you'd better pray for your own good fortune."

Before leaving, Ye Qingwu glanced at Ye Qingzhu over there and said, "Ye Qingzhu, some powers are not something you can control. If you do as I say, you might be able to get rid of the shadow."

Ye Qingzhu's pupils contracted, and she was deeply shocked.

Dark shadow!

Does Ye Qingwu already know about that person?

But how could this be... When Ye Qingzhu looked up again, Ye Qingwu was nowhere to be seen.

Those words must have been a coincidence.

"Father, Ye Qingwu was clearly doing it on purpose just now. How could you give her a thousand taels so easily?"

After Ye Qingwu left, Ye Qingzhu asked Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan snorted coldly, his gaze towards Ye Qingzhu filled with displeasure.

"How dare you say that! Qingzhu, you're married now and have a husband's family, how can you still be so immature!"

"Not only does she keep running back to her parents' house all the time, but she also causes so much trouble..."

“Master, Qingzhu has already realized her mistake in this matter, so please don’t blame her.”

Su quickly tried to dissuade him, and while speaking, she gave Ye Qingzhu a wink.

"Qingzhu, you should leave first."

"Okay," Ye Qingzhu said reluctantly.

“Master, since Qingwu mentioned that stone, we can send someone else to retrieve it.”

Ye Xuan snorted coldly, "But didn't you hear her say before that Qingzhu had to pick them herself?"

"Master, I think this is probably because Qingwu and Qingzhu have a grudge from the past. Qingwu said it on purpose. Isn't it the best proof that she asked you for a thousand taels?"

Hearing Su's words, Ye Xuan gradually calmed down.

"You're right, I almost fell for that wicked girl's trick."

"Someone, starting today, retrieve all the stones from this lotus pond."

Ye Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief. She went to a secluded place, only to see the dark figure reappear.

"My lord, it seems that Ye Qingwu has discovered all of these, including that lotus pond."

Ye Qingzhu recalled how she had clutched her stomach and rolled around on the ground, a sight that was incredibly embarrassing for so many people.

"This Ye Qingwu is quite capable. She was able to break my Blood Fiend directly and was unaffected by the fiend energy. I need to recuperate for a while."

The black mist spoke to Ye Qingzhu.

"But you promised me that."

"It's just beauty and money, go back and see..."

Ye Qingzhu was skeptical and wanted to ask more questions, but the mist had already disappeared.

Just as she was about to go back to her room, she saw Chun'er there, looking shocked, and said, "Second Miss, all the lines on your face have disappeared, and you've even become more beautiful."

Hearing Chun'er's words, Ye Qingzhu's face was full of smiles. So that person hadn't lied to her.

It did indeed make her more beautiful.

"Chun'er, don't think that just because you say that, I'll forgive you for revealing the truth!"

Ye Qingzhu scolded Chun'er.

Chun'er lowered her head and hurriedly begged Ye Qingzhu for mercy, "Second Miss, please spare me. I only wanted you to recover as soon as possible, so I had no choice but to tell you what happened."

"I just didn't expect the Princess to use such a method to achieve her goal."

At the mention of Ye Qingwu, Ye Qingzhu gritted her teeth in anger, "You're right, all of this was caused by that bitch Ye Qingwu."

"I will never let her get away with this."

Seeing this, Chun'er quickly said, "Second Miss, about this servant's matter..."

Ye Qingzhu snorted heavily, "Let's let today's matter go, but Chun'er, if I find out you dare to do anything to betray me, you're dead!"

Chun'er trembled with fear. "Second Miss, please don't worry. Even if you gave me a hundred lives, I wouldn't dare to do such a thing."

"It better be this way!"

After leaving the Duke's mansion, the one most shocked by these events was Leng Feng.

He felt a sense of satisfaction, especially when he thought of the Duke Ye's frustrated expression. Perhaps only the Princess Consort could do that.

"Your Highness, if the stone isn't found, will there really be no other consequences?"

Although those people in the Duke's mansion were not very good, the others were innocent.

"Ye Yuanfeng was afflicted with a blood evil, which will affect those with whom he has kinship ties."

"then you……"

Zhan Sijing's expression changed slightly; he had already sensed something was wrong, and his gaze towards Ye Qingwu was full of worry.

"In a sense, this is indeed aimed at me."

Ye Qingwu did not hide anything about this matter, "It's just that the person behind it never expected that these evil energies would have no effect on me. In this situation, they would affect other people."

"That's why I asked Ye Qingzhu to pick up the stone again, but they wouldn't listen, so they'll have to bear the consequences."

After this incident, the Duke's mansion is not far from the decline depicted in the book.

But who can be blamed for this? She did give us a warning and offered us choices in these matters.

But Ye Qingzhu… Ye Qingwu lowered her eyes. Putting aside how she came up with the Blood Fiend move, the backlash was already the mildest possible.

There must be something strange about this person. In that black aura, she sensed a power from the night before Zhan Sijing's curse was about to come true.

Adding to Zhan Sijing's previous abnormality, could all of these stem from the same source, that shadowy figure who calls himself "Old Man"?