It seems that trying to slap someone’s face still requires quite a bit of effort.

She was quick-tempered, but didn’t have the patience to gather evidence to convince them.

It would be easier to just kill them directly.

Ye Minghui and Ye Lingxue both noticed the killing intent in Shen Qingwan’s eyes.

However, neither of them could understand how she could dare to kill them without any evidence.

“Gu Qingwan, you’re simply crazy! We’re cousins, and for no reason at all, you want to kill me?” Ye Lingxue said, though she didn’t believe Shen Qingwan would really take action.

Still, she wasn’t bold enough to take the risk.

Shen Qingwan looked at her as if she were a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

“For no reason? Why did I go missing all those years ago? How did my mother go mad? You two mother and daughter have been in the General’s residence for over ten years, and you emptied the entire house. On top of that, you abandoned my mother on the road, leaving her to fend for herself.

One of you tried to seduce my father, the other wanted to replace me. Even after we came back, you made several attempts to kill us. Ye Lingxue, do you really think others are too foolish to see through all of this?” Shen Qingwan’s voice was cold and filled with contempt.

“You’re slandering us! How could my mother and I harm you? You have no evidence to accuse us,” Ye Lingxue denied, although she was beginning to feel nervous.

Shen Qingwan smirked, “It’s not about me proving what you did; it’s about you proving that you didn’t do it. For the sake of our cousin bond, I’ll give you one cup of tea’s time. If you can’t prove that you didn’t do these things, then… don’t blame me for not showing mercy.”

Shen Qingwan wasn’t good at solving problems, but she was good at creating them.

She wanted to see how Ye Lingxue would escape this situation and if she would expose any of her secrets.

Ye Lingxue nervously clutched her hands together.

If one looked closely, they could see that she was tightly gripping the ring on her finger.

“Cousin, your ring is quite unique. You’re holding it so tightly. Could it be that this ring is some kind of treasure?” Shen Qingwan deliberately brought up the ring.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingxue reacted as if her tail had been stepped on, quickly hiding her hand behind her back.

“It’s just an ordinary ring. What, are you planning to steal it too?” Ye Lingxue tried to act as if she didn’t care, but Shen Qingwan didn’t press further.

She simply gave her a knowing smile that seemed to see through everything, making Ye Lingxue instinctively want to flee.

“Wanwan, that ring… it seems to be the one passed down by your grandfather. It was lost not long after you were born. I searched for it for so long but couldn’t find it. How could it be in Lingxue’s hands?” Ye Minglan, though only catching a glimpse, immediately recognized it.

She had worn the ring for over a year, so she couldn’t have mistaken it.

Ye Lingxue, panic-stricken, immediately denied it, “You’re mistaken, that ring is mine, not yours.”

Ye Minglan frowned deeply, “That ring is a family heirloom from the Gu family. I’m sure I didn’t mistake it.”

Upon mentioning the ring, a flash of anger crossed Ye Minglan’s face.

She could overlook many things, but that ring was something she could never allow Ye Lingxue to take because it belonged to the Gu family.

Before her father-in-law’s death, he passed on the ring to her, constantly reminding her to protect it well, saying it contained the greatest secret of the Gu family.

It couldn’t be lost.

She had regretted losing it but never managed to find it again.

To her surprise, it was now in Ye Lingxue’s possession.

Shen Qingwan hadn’t expected that the ring would be from the Gu family.

Since it was a Gu family heirloom, it would be even more impossible to let Ye Lingxue take it.

Ye Lingxue saw Shen Qingwan approaching and was ready to use her space ability to escape at any moment.

Even at the risk of exposing her secret, she couldn’t allow Shen Qingwan to take the ring. It was hers, and since the ring had already acknowledged her as its master, it meant she was the destined owner.

“Madam, madam! Great news! The General has returned, and the Young General is back too!”

The atmosphere, which had been tense with impending conflict, was suddenly interrupted by a servant bursting in.

Upon hearing this news, Ye Minglan momentarily forgot about retrieving the ring.

Shen Qingwan, however, kept her gaze fixed on Ye Lingxue.

Seeing Shen Qingwan getting closer, Ye Lingxue no longer cared about Ye Minghui.

She quickly tossed out a smoke bomb and used her space ability to escape.

Ye Lingxue’s space could allow others to enter, not just herself.

However, she didn’t intend to share the secret of the space with anyone, including Ye Minghui.

She was certain Shen Qingwan wouldn’t really kill Ye Minghui.

After all, Ye Minglan and Gu Tingyi were back, and they wouldn’t allow Shen Qingwan to kill anyone.

She didn’t run because she feared Shen Qingwan would harm her, but because she was afraid they might take her space ring.

“Lingxue? Lingxue?” Ye Minghui never expected her daughter to just leave her behind.

For a moment, she was stunned and couldn’t react.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Lingxue had disappeared.

Her sudden flight seemed like an admission of everything Shen Qingwan had accused her of.

Thinking about how her half-sister had brought this upon her, Ye Minglan felt a chill in her heart.

“Sister, let me explain. I…” Ye Minghui tried to say something, but Ye Minglan was no longer interested in listening to her explanations.

Shen Qingwan ordered someone to keep an eye on Ye Minghui before leaving with Ye Minglan to meet Gu Tingyi.

After the great victory in the northwest, the Xiyue kingdom, believing the Great Xia court was unstable, hesitated to deal with the 50,000 war prisoners.

They kept stalling, unwilling to negotiate.

In the eyes of Xiyue, even though Great Xia had captured their 50,000 war prisoners, they could only be kept alive with good food and drink.

They couldn’t afford to kill them or let them starve, or else the two countries would be in even more serious conflict.

With the new emperor of Great Xia still undecided, they were confident the Great Xia wouldn’t dare provoke Xiyue, which made them feel safe.

However, the king of Xiyue never expected that Gu Tingyi was not an easy person to deal with.

Since they weren’t in a hurry, Gu Tingyi had no patience to continue waiting. He directly sent the 50,000 war prisoners to the mines to work as laborers.

If they couldn’t be killed, at least they wouldn’t be idle.

After settling the prisoners, Gu Tingyi hurried to Suzhou City to find Shen Qing.

The reputation of Tianxia Grain Shop was very well-known, and as soon as he arrived in Suzhou, he heard about Shen Qing and the grain shop’s work, as well as the high-yield sweet potatoes.

When they arrived, the people of Suzhou were all busy planting sweet potatoes for the spring.