Traveled through time and became the darling of the whole family

Early next morning

Ye Ziyu opened her eyes and felt that they were swollen and uncomfortable.

"Miss, are you awake?" Li Qiu heard a noise from inside, pushed open the door and walked in, "Hey, Miss, why are your eyes swollen?"

"Oh." Ye Ziyu sighed. She couldn't hold back last night and fell asleep because she was tired of crying. "Go see if there is anything you can use to cool your eyes. I'll put it on my eyes. They hurt."

"Okay, miss, lie down for a while? I'll go find something for you."

"Okay, go ahead." Ye Ziyu shrank back into the quilt.

Liqiu put two pieces of ice in a handkerchief and gave it to Ye Ziyu.

Ye Ziyu: "..." Looking at the two ice-filled handkerchiefs in front of her, she fell into deep thought, "I just want to reduce the swelling, I don't want to freeze my eyes..."

"It's okay, miss. A little ice can reduce the swelling. Just lie down and I'll help you." Li Qiu vowed.

Lixia pushed the door open and came in, "What are you doing?" Lixia saw that Liqiu was holding two handkerchiefs in his hands, as if they were wrapping something.

"Miss, your eyes are swollen, and I am helping you to reduce the swelling." Li Qiu explained.

“??? What are you using to reduce the swelling?” Lixia frowned.

"Ice cubes."

"..." Lixia put down the things in her hands, walked to Liqiu and took away the two handkerchiefs, "The young lady's eyes are not swollen anymore, but you washed them with water, and then you have to change the mattress."

"What for?"

"Go to the kitchen and get two clean spoons, cover them in the snow for a while, and then give them to the lady to apply to her eyes." Lixia took the ice out of the handkerchief.

"Oh, that's right, Lixia, how come you are so smart? Miss, wait a minute, I'll get it for you." Liqiu ran out.

Ye Ziyu smiled and shook her head.

Lixia walked closer and looked into Ye Ziyu's eyes, "Miss, you cried for a long time yesterday." Ye Ziyu's eyes were badly swollen.

"Probably... not." Ye Ziyu didn't remember either.

Li Qiu brought an ice spoon. After applying it for a while, Ye Ziyu felt much more comfortable and then got up to wash up.

"Fortunately, the swelling has gone down a lot. It's not very noticeable even after adding some powder." Li Qiu lightly swept the area around his eyes with apricot powder.

"Is it late now? I heard my eldest brother say yesterday that he was going to visit grandmother today." Ye Ziyu asked after she finished packing.

"The master and the mistress have already gone. The eldest and second young masters haven't gone yet. They are waiting for the young lady."

Ye Ziyu remembered what Ye Qingyin had said before, "What about sister?" Ye Ziyu asked tentatively.

Liqiu and Lixia both shook their heads.

"Forget it, let's go. After we finish worshipping, we will come back early to look for Sister."

"Happy New Year, big brother and second brother." Ye Jiaxuan and Ye Quanyong were drinking tea in the reception hall while waiting for Ye Ziyu.

"Ayu, Happy New Year." They said in unison.

Then Ye Jiaxuan took out a small red cloth bag, "Here, this is the New Year's money for Ayu. I wanted to give it to you yesterday, but Ayu hugged her mother and refused to let go, so I couldn't even give her the New Year's money."

Ye Ziyu scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Okay, stop teasing Ayu. Hey, Ayu, this belongs to Big Brother."

Ye Ziyu took the red cloth bags from the two and said, "Thank you, big brother, thank you, second brother."

"Let's go, let's go and pay New Year's greetings to grandma." Ye Quanyong took the two of them to Lixue Hall.

*

Everyone was talking and laughing in Lixue Hall, and they were having a great time.

"Brother, why don't you see any children coming to pay New Year's greetings?" Ye Zhengcai asked. All the people in the Ye family arrived one after another, except for Ye Quanyong and his four siblings.

"I asked them to do something, so I came a little late," Ye Zhengde explained.

"Grandma." Ye Quanyong brought Ye Jiaxuan and Ye Ziyu forward to salute, "Happy New Year, grandma. I wish you good health." The three said in unison.

"Is Qingyin sick again this year?" Old Madam Ye asked calmly.

"Yin was greedy for coolness yesterday and accidentally caught a cold, but she passed it on to you, old lady, so she won't come anymore. But I still brought the gift from Yin's child." After Jiang Xu finished speaking, Guyu took a box and handed it to the old lady.

The old lady opened the box and took a look. She couldn't hide her smile. "That's thoughtful. I want that girl to pay more attention to her body."

"Grandma, this is a gift prepared for you by the three of us brothers and sisters." Ye Quanyong took out a big box.

Ye Ziyu: Gift? When did I prepare a gift? And isn’t it the elders who give the younger ones New Year’s money?

The old lady took the box and handed it to Mother Xu without even looking at it. "Here, this is your New Year's money. Go and divide it up." Old Lady Ye took out three small red bags and gave them to Ye Quanyong.

Ye Quanyong took the bag and said, "Thank you, grandma."

"Ye Ziyu, kneel down." Ye Quanyong stepped back and gave the small red bags in his hand to Ye Jiaxuan and Ye Ziyu. As soon as he handed it to Ye Ziyu, he heard Old Madam Ye say.

Ye Ziyu didn't understand and just stood there without moving.

"What? You don't even listen to your elders? I told you to kneel down." The old lady repeated.

Just as Ye Ziyu was about to kneel down, Jiang Xu stood up and held her back, asking, "I don't know what mistake did Ayu make that your mother asked Ayu to kneel down during the Chinese New Year."

"I'm teaching her the rules and making her remember this lesson. I don't know what kind of personality she has developed after being away from home for so many years. I don't know what kind of evil things she has done. She was invited to the Huizhengsi for no reason to attend the palace banquet."

"I was only questioned as a routine matter when I entered Huizhengsi. I didn't do anything."

"You didn't do it. If you're not a suspect, why did they only bring you in for questioning and not others?"

"I……"

"Mom, going to Huizhengsi doesn't mean you have to have made a mistake. You will also be asked to go to Huizhengsi if you provide evidence that is favorable to the case." Ye Zhengde interrupted what Ye Ziyu was about to say and explained.

"Look at you all. I just asked her to kneel down, but you two were distressed and tried to stop her. She has been out there for so many years, who knows if she has picked up any bad habits? You are reluctant to teach her, so I will teach her for you. Don't do anything that will bring shame to the Ye family in the future."

"May I ask, Grandmother, how many months have I been back home? Have I ever done anything to bring shame to the Ye family?"

"Of course not. Everyone knows that you joined Huizhengsi. This is a disgrace to the Ye family."

"Mom, I've already told you, it's normal to go to Huizhengsi."

"Normal? How is it normal? Why are so many young ladies never been there, but she is the only one taken there?" The old lady became more and more excited as she spoke.

"Okay, if grandma is going to be punished because she feels that I have brought shame to the Ye family by going to Huizhengsi, then should my third brother be punished with me?" Ye Ziyu asked.

"Zhi Yang didn't do anything wrong, why should he be punished?" said the old lady.

"He taught the woman secretly before they were engaged, and made the woman's parents come to the gate to make a scene so that everyone knew about it. Didn't this bring shame to the Ye family? Wasn't this wrong?" Ye Ziyu retorted.

"That matter has been settled now. She is already Zhiyang's concubine."

"Heh." Ye Ziyu sneered, "So because he took her as his concubine, all the mistakes he made before can be written off? The things that her parents did in front of the mansion can be treated as if they never happened? Did I go to Huizhengsi because I made a mistake or because I assisted in the investigation? Grandmother didn't even wait for the result and wanted to punish me directly. Did grandma teach me for the sake of the Ye family's reputation, or did she punish me for her own selfish reasons?"

“You…how dare you talk back to your elders, you…” Old Madam Ye was so angry that she couldn’t breathe and clutched her clothes at her chest.

"Old lady, please calm down, calm down..." Mother Xu hurried forward to help the old lady calm down.

"Hurry up and call the palace doctor." Ye Zhengde ordered the servant, "Quan Yong, take your sister away immediately."