She Became A Downfall Noble Lady
Chapter 624 - 622: Any Regrets?

Chapter 624: Chapter 622: Any Regrets?

Jiu Yue looked at Miss Ye with some admiration. She sometimes even doubted that even if the sky were to fall, Miss Ye wouldn’t panic and instead would handle it calmly. But when she looked at the Second Miss, her useless aunt had barely done anything, and she had already gone soft like noodles, truly lacking in backbone.

People really shouldn’t be compared, especially not with her family’s Miss Ye.

Ye Xinyan looked at the somewhat dazed Ye Xinyi and said with sarcasm, "Actually, when you really think about it, Second Miss’s mother secured many things for the Second Miss and the two young masters, things that never belonged to you. If you and your children could have lived quietly, the future of Duke An’s Mansion wouldn’t have escaped the palm of you and your children or daughters. What an enviable future that would have been."

Ye Xinyi lifted her head, and though her complexion was ashen, her eyes were filled with resentment.

She remembered the past when she was so glorious. Even though she was the concubine-born daughter, both inside and outside the Duke’s Mansion, people treated her as the legitimate daughter because she and her two brothers were the children her father adored. Her father even regarded them, the three siblings, as his only children.

And her father was the heir of Duke An, the one who was to inherit the title.

But now? Her father’s doting had turned her into a laughingstock. When people spoke of Duke An’s sons now, it was all with disdain and contempt. As the daughter Ye Hongyang adored, she experienced not honor but ridicule and pointed fingers.

All of this was caused by the lowlife in front of her.

Ye Xinyan didn’t care about Ye Xinyi’s angry and vengeful gaze, and with a slight smile, she said, "Back then at grandfather’s birthday banquet, it’s true that Miss Ye acted impulsively and without sufficient thought. However, with the intelligence of Maternal Aunt Liu and Second Miss, you could have easily sidestepped that crude scheme, ignored it, and continued to enjoy your wealth and high status. Alas, Maternal Aunt Liu and Second Miss were not satisfied with such a life, even after Miss Ye was married off. You couldn’t bear it and even wanted to drag my mother into misery and despair."

Ye Xinyi bit her teeth without disguise. Yes, she wanted this vile woman dead, she wanted her mother, who occupied the place of the wife of the heir apparent, to suffer a fate worse than death.

She regretted how she could have been so careless back then? Why hadn’t she and her aunt arranged for someone to watch this vile person day and night? If back then they had successfully sent her to the ancestral temple, maybe by now, she would have either died or gone insane. And her foolish mother would have met the same fate.

Why didn’t she have someone keep an eye on her? How could she and her aunt have been so careless? Ye Xinyi was almost at the point of tearing her hair out.

See how you regret it now? Are you angry to death? Ye Xinyan, looking at Ye Xinyi’s red-rimmed eyes, felt immense satisfaction on behalf of Madam Yin and the original owner of the body.

"Seeing the situation now, I wonder if Second Miss has any regrets? If Second Miss returns to the mansion to visit Maternal Aunt Liu, remember to also ask her if she regrets not sparing us mother and daughter. If back then you hadn’t driven Miss Ye to a dead-end but allowed Miss Ye to continue living her muddled life, how blissful and proud you and your daughter would be now?"

At this point, Ye Xinyi had a furious expression, her face was livid with unwillingness and resentment that made it impossible for her to sit still. She wanted to pounce on this detestable woman, scratch her face to pieces, beat her constantly moving mouth to a pulp, then strangle her throat... But she couldn’t do it. The discipline she had been taught since she was young prevented her from knowing how to act or strike.

She bitterly recollected that ever since that wretched person triumphantly returned last time, thoughts of regret incessantly emerged in her mind. She regretted that she hadn’t kept a backup plan, that she hadn’t thoroughly driven Ye Xinyan to her death. Even more, she regretted stooping to argue with such a fool; such a foolish legitimate elder sister should have been allowed to live on in her stupidity, to serve as a source of amusement, right? Why bother quarreling with a fool?

As her Maternal Aunt Liu lost more and more, and her own most prestigious status as a daughter-in-law within Ji Mansion began to waver, these thoughts occurred with increasing frequency.

If she and her maternal aunt hadn’t pushed this fool into a desperate situation, then she would surely still be acting foolishly, still be the laughingstock of all the female relatives in the capital, still making her seem more excellent and virtuous by comparison.

Then, everything in Duke An’s Mansion would still pass through her father’s hands and be at her maternal aunt’s disposal as she pleased, and she would still be the most outstanding grandchild in Duke An’s Mansion.

Where would it be like now? Even as Duke An’s Mansion was facing troubles, when she wished to return home to visit her parents, she had to think twice, torn with anxiety about whether she would anger her grandfather, or whether she would displease her husband’s family. After dithering for a long time, she was still unable to make the trip.

The silent ones sharing the carriage from Song Ping’s Household and Jiu Yue merely hung their heads, saying nothing, as if unaware of what their mistress had said. Yet from the corners of their eyes, they watched for any sign that Ye Xinyi, on the verge of collapse, might suddenly lunge forward to claw at their mistress.

Having followed Miss Ye for several years, they naturally knew how important and noble their mistress was, and that she should not be subjected to being clawed at by an ordinary woman.

Seeing Ye Xinyi first glaring at her deathly and then lowering her head without speaking for a long time, Ye Xinyan reminded her, "Maternal Aunt Liu has encountered great misfortune and is doomed to exhaust herself to death in the Buddhist hall. She must be feeling desolate right now. Second Miss, instead of asking me, it would be better to take this time to visit your maternal home. Grandmother is kind-hearted, and if Second Miss appeals to her, she will certainly allow you to visit your birth mother."

At this point, Ye Xinyan couldn’t help but sneer, "You can’t count on those two brothers of yours anymore, without the status of the Princely Heir, they have been mourning as if they had lost their parents, spending all their days listless in their rooms. I suppose they would neither dare nor be willing to plead with our grandparents."

Speaking of which, Maternal Aunt Liu is indeed pitiable. She spent years and all her efforts only for her schemes for you and your brothers to end up like this. If not a single one of you is willing to visit her, wouldn’t her ending be too tragic?"

Well, that was not the right thing to say, Maternal Aunt Liu had always held very high expectations for the mistress of Duke An’s Mansion, hoping one day she could rightly take the position of Duke An’s legitimate wife.

Although Ye Xinyi was already as pale as death, after listening to Ye Xinyan’s words, she still looked at her with skeptical eyes, suspecting if she had malicious intentions and had set a trap for her to walk into.

Ye Xinyan sneered, "That’s your birth mother, who secured you twenty years of a superior life. Even if I hadn’t mentioned it, you should have visited her the moment there was trouble in the household. It’s only human nature. Has it come to the point that Second Miss is still weighing personal gains and losses, and for the sake of yourself, you would forgo visiting and comforting your mother?"

Ye Xinyi looked at Ye Xinyan with dark eyes. She couldn’t let herself be provoked by this lowly person’s words and make a rash decision. She was Ye Hongyang’s daughter, but she was also a daughter-in-law of the Ji Family. She had much to consider and couldn’t act solely according to her own thoughts.

Having learned the information she sought, and unable to stoop to Ye Xinyan’s pettiness and face-ripping antics, remaining would only mean enduring more humiliation at the hands of this shallow, shameless