Chapter 467 - 465 Second Miss Returns
Ye Xinyan shot back a question, "Don’t tell me you can’t even handle your own household affairs?" As the old general who leads troops into battle, scouting for intelligence, tracking down trails, and interrogating spies all fall within your purview. You have people at your command and authority in your hands, yet you can’t manage just a bit of land under your own roof—how can you pass that off?
Duke An looked at Ye Xinyan for a moment, then averted his gaze, "The matter wasn’t discovered right away. It was when my mother, Madam Yin, felt unwell and the imperial physician came to check her pulse that we found something amiss. By that time, nearly two months had passed since the poisoning, making the investigation very difficult."
Ye Xinyan nodded, waiting for Duke An to continue. Time has changed, so are you just going to let this go, Elder?
Duke An looked at Ye Xinyan’s face, full of skepticism, and was speechless. This child, after spending two years outside, had become quite shrewd; even her gaze held a challenging question that left no room to hide.
Duke An couldn’t help but smile bitterly. His granddaughter’s eyes held a mocking chill, and the reality wasn’t far from her cold assessment.
"I did put effort into the investigation at the time, and all the suspicion eventually fell on a second-rank maid in your mother’s courtyard," Duke An said with some difficulty. "However, before we could interrogate her thoroughly, she was kicked to death by your father."
That was his foolish son, always as soft as a pile of mud and impossible to rally. Yet, faced with such a matter, he acted with decisive ferocity, kicking with the force of a military general.
Ye Xinyan curled her lips, "That’s silencing someone by killing them. Was this Aunt Liu’s doing, or did the Princely Heir, deeply in love, only want the child of his beloved woman to inherit the title, so he cut off my mother’s line of succession?"