Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration
Chapter 376: Special Agent 371 has turned into a commoner (17) at the second update

Chapter 376: Special Agent 371 has turned into a commoner (17) at the second update

Ye Shaohua had already returned to Pear Garden.

Seeing that Aunt Mei had lost weight and the ornaments she bought for Aunt Mei had all disappeared from Pear Garden, her brows and eyes suddenly turned cold.

"What happened? Where’s the fountain? Where’s Old Wang?" Ye Shaohua’s eyes swept around the room, and after seeing nothing, she couldn’t help but pat Aunt Mei’s hand and looked at Liuliu, "Didn’t I say you should go see the owner of Xuange if you encountered any issues? Didn’t you go?"

Liuliu was also very enduring—this month the Ye Residence hardly took care of Aunt Mei.

Not a single meal was delivered; it was Liuliu who paid out of her own pocket to have food bought from outside.

Ye Shaohua never mistreated her own people, so Liuliu had a large amount of savings herself.

"Never mind that," Aunt Mei still didn’t know the news from outside, tugging at Ye Shaohua persistently to observe, "The lady’s maternal uncle is a wealthy merchant from Jiangnan, and this time during the war he has provided quite a bit of grain and fodder..."

Ye Shaohua interrupted Aunt Mei, turning to Liuliu, "Continue."

"Fourth Young Master, you don’t know," as soon as Liuliu saw Ye Shaohua return, she felt reassured, "Ever since the news of your incidents with General Yang came, the Yang Family didn’t come to see Aunt Mei either. The rumors in Imperial City are saying you are both already... Aunt Mei and I have been confined, not allowed to step foot outside the Ye Residence. Just at the time when the Young Lady was getting married, she fancied the dog you gave to Aunt Mei and most of the other ornaments too. In order to find out news about you, Aunt Mei gave everything to them, and yet they still found excuses to evade and said they couldn’t find any news about you..."

"Knowing you are safe makes me happy, those are just worldly possessions. You’re out on the battlefield right now, in need of the grain and fodder your maternal uncle is contributing," Aunt Mei, having understood her daughter’s character over the years, though glad that her daughter could protect her.

Even though she was a woman sequestered at home, she wasn’t ignorant of these principles.

Initially, when she went to her maternal uncle to inquire about Ye Shaohua’s situation, it was mainly because the maternal uncle had donated a significant amount of grain and fodder.

"Depend on his grain and fodder!" Ye Shaohua sneered coldly, "He should take a good look at who he’s doing his biggest trade with now!"

"Young Lady, the master from Xuange and the manager from Changchun Building are here to see you outside," one of Ye Shaohua’s regular servants came in and reported respectfully.

Ye Shaohua nodded, "I’ll be right there," after speaking, she turned to Aunt Mei, "Mother, I told you before I went to the battlefield, I would secure for you a title of a lady awarded with an imperial decree. The imperial decree will arrive shortly, and about the items the Ye Family took away, by tomorrow I’ll have them returned to us untouched!"

Aunt Mei watched Ye Shaohua walk away, "Shaohua, don’t be impulsive!"

"Greetings, madam," Ye Shaohua’s familiar servant looked at Aunt Mei with a smile, "You needn’t worry about the Fourth Young Master. As for that wealthy merchant from Jiangnan, as far as I know, he is currently doing business with Fourth Young Master’s Xuange. And that grain? The grain for the military campaign was mostly provided by the Fourth Young Master. Those merchants only followed suit, offering grain after seeing him do so—it was just icing on the cake for Fourth Young Master."

Upon hearing the servant’s words, Aunt Mei felt as though she was listening to something unbelievable, "Shaohua... providing grain? And Xuange?"

"You don’t know?" The servant was also taken aback, "Xuange belongs to the Fourth Young Master. He’s the richest man under the heavens."

Aunt Mei pinched her thigh hard until she felt pain, yet she still felt like she was dreaming.

When people from the Ye Family arrived.

They just happened to see the head eunuch, the emperor’s favorite, carrying three imperial edicts coming over, causing a large bunch of people in the courtyard to kneel down in a scramble to receive the decree.

One was the decree conferring the title of a lady awarded with an imperial decree upon Aunt Mei.

One was Ye Shaohua’s appointment as Minister of War, a first-rank official position.

One was the announcement that Ye Shaohua’s official residence had been renovated and she could move in upon choosing a suitable date.

Then behind came a throng of palace servants moving treasures to Aunt Mei’s place.

After the announcement of the imperial decree, the head eunuch smiled and helped Aunt Mei up personally, extremely polite and courteous, "Lady Mei, no need for excessive formalities, I still have to congratulate you. Minister Ye is exceptionally capable for his age."

Liuliu tried to give some silver to the head eunuch, but he refused; he didn’t dare accept the reward from that fourth master.

Now who beside the emperor didn’t know that this fourth master was even more favored than Yang Ziji?

The emperor’s most capable assistant, the head eunuch—is he somebody to be trifled with?

Even the Grand Preceptor had to watch his manners around him, not daring to offend him. After all, he was the emperor’s favorite who could change the direction of the wind just by handing a cup of tea or speaking a word.

The way he treated Aunt Mei revealed just how favored Ye Shaohua was in front of the emperor now.

The Ye Family and the elderly lady greeted the head eunuch, then looked complicatedly at Aunt Mei.

They had sought the title of a lady awarded with an imperial decree their whole lives and never attained it, yet Aunt Mei obtained it so easily.

"Auntie," Ye Jin finally could speak openly to Aunt Mei after those people finished, "Auntie, must you speak to me this way? Just because the fourth brother is your son, am I not your own flesh and blood?"

Ye Jin looked at the treasures being moved in by the palace servants, green with envy.

Especially now with Aunt Mei’s status as a lady awarded with an imperial decree, she was no longer the illegitimate Young Lady from before.

With such a status, she could not only marry the Third Prince but even entering the Palace as a consort wasn’t out of the question.

Thinking of this, Ye Jin’s mind was flooded with thoughts.

"You have the nerve to talk to me like this now," Aunt Mei had been through great joys and sorrows, and now, seeing Ye Jin, she remained calm, "Half a month ago when I begged you to find the lady and your maternal uncle, you did not have this attitude."

Hearing Aunt Mei say this, Ye Jin broke down sobbing, looking at her accusatorily, "What should I do? I, an illegitimate daughter with a mother from Floral Land, could only flatter the lady and the elderly lady, treading cautiously at every step. Did you ever care for me all these years? Am I not where I am today because of my own efforts?!"