She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Regarding Prince Fu’s skepticism, Liu Yu could only respond with a wry smile, "It’s not just His Highness who finds it hard to believe. I’m afraid everyone who knows the Ye Family’s legitimate granddaughter would find such an incredible story hard to swallow. Yet, according to the messages we’ve received from our people in Qingyuan County, Miss Ye truly possesses these abilities. From the time she started doing small business to make a living to being discovered by His Highness Prince Yu, who then entrusted her with the establishment of the cattle farm and dairy products store, all the events were orchestrated step by step by Miss Ye herself, with very clear indications."

Prince Fu furrowed his brow, finding it hard to believe no matter how he thought about it. How could such an incredible thing exist in this world? How could a person who was foolish and impulsive, acting without thinking when relying on the backing of noble family mansions in the capital, suddenly become clever and wise upon fleeing the capital after an incident?

"Did the people from Qingyuan County mention whether there’s anything unusual about the Qi family or Qi Ye?" asked Prince Fu. Perhaps it was Jinrong disguising his moves, using his people with special abilities to conceal his involvement and prevent others from paying too much attention to him, orchestrating this series of events from behind the scenes through the not-so-brainy Ye Xinyan.

If he thought about it carefully, it wasn’t impossible. Last autumn, almost every female relative of status in the capital clearly witnessed the scandal caused by Ye Xinyan. Officially, Ye Xinyan was sent to the ancestral temple and died in depression not long afterward.

In reality, no more than half a year had passed since the supposedly deceased Ye Xinyan, along with Nanny Jin, mysteriously appeared in Yuyuan Prefecture, thousands of miles away. This meant that it was very likely that Ye Xinyan had vanished during the time she was meant to face retribution, even evading Duke An’s pursuit.

Keep in mind, this is Duke An, a defender of the Northern border, famed for his military prowess that struck fear into the barbarians, adept at deploying troops and mounting surprise attacks, yet he somehow lost track of a young woman from the inner household.

No matter how one looked at it, the situation reeked of an extraordinary conspiracy. Perhaps Ye Xinyan’s escape last year was assisted by Jinrong, who then placed her in Qingyuan County, where Jiang Yifan held office.

But why take such a roundabout way? Utilizing an ordinary farm wife or just about any steward would have sufficed for the task. Why insist on using a granddaughter discarded by the Duke’s Mansion? Especially one that Jiang Yifan would avoid at all costs, his ex-wife.