Chapter 612 - 610 All Gone
Maternal Aunt Liu was terrified beyond measure, she could never have imagined that things would come to such an end.
Ye Hongyang did nothing but find a slightly poorer husband’s family for that despicable woman Ye Xinyan, yet that family still held a hereditary title. How could Duke An be so ruthless? He actually petitioned the court to strip Ye Hongyang of his Princely Heir status, and once the court approved, Ye Hongyang would be finished. And if Ye Hongyang was finished, what would become of her and her two sons?
She was aware of that Buddhist hall; the mere thought of living there in the future made her shiver. Few people visited that place, and in the past, she wouldn’t even go near it. Although it was called a Buddhist hall, it was in fact a place of confinement where one repented in this life and prayed for a better next life in the presence of the Buddha.
Once she was there, she would have to spend her life in penance and prayer until both Duke An and the Duchess, those two old, deathless beings, passed away. But by the time they died, she would have reached the end of her life as well.
"Housekeeper Qiao, this servant has done nothing, I truly have done nothing," Maternal Aunt Liu desperately pleaded, her trembling hands reaching out toward Chun Xiu. Had she truly run out of options?
She probably had. In this world, no one understood Ye Hongyang better than she did, even more so than his parents, Duke An and the Duchess. Without Duke An’s tolerance and indulgence, Ye Hongyang would be left with nothing; on his own merits, she truly had no hope left.
Only now, at this juncture, did Maternal Aunt Liu have an epiphany; perhaps she really had been wrong in the way she raised her sons. When confronted with a situation, her two sons turned out to be utterly useless; the genteel, modest gentlemanly manners she taught held no value now.
Chun Xiu saw Maternal Aunt Liu’s faltering hand coming toward her, but before she could lend a hand, Qiao Laiyun spoke emotionlessly, "From now on, Chun Xiu will no longer serve Maternal Aunt Liu. The Buddhist hall is regularly attended to by two old woman servants. If Maternal Aunt Liu encounters any unsolvable issues in the future, she can seek help from these two old women."