Chapter 67: Hell, Welcome You

Ye Jingchuan heard Ye Chutang’s question, and his heart skipped a beat. He turned to look at her.

“Chuer, what do you mean by that?”

Ye Chutang ignored Ye Jingchuan and began thinking about what Jin Zhi had told her about the details of the original mother’s birth.

Back then, Tang Waning had accidentally fallen, resulting in a premature birth.

Yu Ye, worried about both her and the baby’s safety, immediately went out of the house to summon the divine doctor, Xue.

Jin Zhi stayed behind, watching over her without leaving her side.

Tang Waning experienced a difficult labor and heavy bleeding, a life-threatening situation.

Jin Zhi had no choice but to temporarily leave to the dowry warehouse to find some ginseng to extend her life until Xue could arrive.

By the time the ginseng was brought back, the eldest son had already been born, but Tang Waning had fainted from exhaustion.

The midwife said the baby had been stuck inside for too long and had suffocated, a stillbirth.

Jin Zhi confirmed it herself—the little lord’s body was blue and purple, with no breath or pulse.

After hearing this, Ye Chutang raised a question.

“Aunt Jin, you didn’t see my brother’s birth with your own eyes, so how can you be sure he wasn’t suffocated to death after birth?”

This was the question she had just asked.

At this point, Kong Ru did not immediately speak like she usually did; instead, a look of struggle appeared on her face.

This was her biggest secret, and her instinct was to not reveal it!

Ye Chutang saw that Kong Ru was resisting the effects of the “truth serum” and knew her suspicions were likely true.

If Kong Ru hadn’t done anything to the eldest son, she would have immediately answered her question.

Ye Chutang took out a silver needle and jabbed it into Kong Ru’s acupoint.

“Tell me, was my brother born a stillbirth?”

Kong Ru convulsed in pain, her muddled consciousness completely shattered.

Under the influence of the “truth serum,” she spoke the truth.

“No, I smothered him. The eldest son could only be born from my belly.”

Ye Chutang clenched her fist so tightly it creaked, suppressing the murderous intent rising inside her, and asked again.

“Did you cause my mother’s death?”

“Yes, I poisoned her food with slow-acting poison, making her feel depressed, draining her energy until she died.”

The amount of poison Kong Ru used was small, so it was undetectable.

Everyone thought Tang Waning had died from complications due to childbirth, that her son’s death had deeply affected her, and that she had passed away young because she had to tirelessly care for her sickly daughter.

In reality, if not for Kong Ru, Tang Waning could have lived to accompany her daughter for several more years.

Ye Chutang relaxed her clenched fist, her palm marked with crescent-shaped impressions from her nails.

She looked at Kong Ru, whose lips had turned purple from the poison, and coldly said, “Your remaining life will be spent in hell.”

After saying this, she turned to look at Ye Jingchuan, her gaze distant and detached.

“Now, you know that Kong Ru killed my mother and my brother. She’s tried to harm me multiple times. Do you still want to divide my mother’s dowry to give it to Ye Anling?”

Ye Jingchuan was stumped.

“Chuer, Ling’er is marrying Lord De, the dowry can’t be too shabby.”

Ye Chutang smiled sarcastically, “Her dowry is Kong Ru’s and your responsibility, not my mother’s.”

“But now everyone knows that your mother was kind and treated the legitimate and illegitimate children equally. If you take Ling’er’s dowry, people will surely criticize you behind your back.”

“Then we’ll reveal the truth to the public. I believe everyone will understand me.”

Ye Jingchuan immediately opposed, “Family shame should not be aired!”

Though he was also heartbroken over the death of the eldest son and wanted to kill Kong Ru in anger, he knew that the living were more important than the dead.

Ye Chutang stopped smiling and looked coldly at the selfish Ye Jingchuan.

She spoke each word slowly, “You will regret this.”

After speaking, she turned, took the teapot from the table, and walked to the fainted maidservants, splashing tea on them to wake them up.

“If you want to save Kong Ru, bring two buckets of cold water, along with a ladle.”

Chuntao and Qiuhuo were both in pain and could barely stand.

They were loyal to Kong Ru, but they immediately endured the pain and responded, “Yes, Miss.”

Soon, the two brought two buckets of cold well water from the back courtyard and placed them by Kong Ru’s bed.

Ye Chutang asked them, “You’re the dowry maidservants, right?”

“Yes, Miss.”

“So, Kong Ru smothered my brother, poisoned my mother, and you helped her, right?”

Chuntao and Qiuhuo were stunned, too terrified to even refute.

Ye Chutang scooped up a ladle of water from the bucket, dragged Kong Ru up from the bed, and began pouring it into her mouth.

Kong Ru choked and coughed repeatedly, blood spilling from her mouth.

Ye Jingchuan was horrified. “Chuer, Ling’er is about to get married. Kong Ru can’t die!”

Ye Chutang remained indifferent and continued pouring.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let her die so easily.”

The gates of hell were about to open!

Chuntao and Qiuhuo snapped back to reality, kneeling in front of Ye Chutang, ready to take the blame for Kong Ru.

“Miss, it was our fault. Madam had no part in it.”

Ye Chutang kicked the two troublesome maids aside.

“Don’t be in such a hurry to seek death. Your turn will come soon.”

Kong Ru was being force-fed water while vomiting.

When one bucket was drained, her fragmented consciousness started to return.

Ye Chutang saw that Kong Ru’s eyes were focusing again and smiled.

“Awake now? Then watch carefully.”

Before Kong Ru could react, Ye Chutang smashed the ladle onto the heads of Chuntao and Qiuhuo, killing them.

“What are you doing?”

Her voice was hoarse, and even when she screamed, there was no power behind it.

Ye Chutang dipped the bloodied ladle into the water again.

When fresh blood met the water, it turned a pale pink.

She grabbed Kong Ru’s face and continued to pour water into her mouth.

The blood water flowed in, the stench so overwhelming that Kong Ru nearly gagged, violently struggling.

Ye Jingchuan watched Ye Chutang’s crazed actions in horror, swallowing nervously.

On Princess An’s birthday, this wicked girl must be dealt with!

Otherwise, the Ye family would truly be ruined!

“Chuer, I still have business to attend to. I must leave first.”

If he stayed any longer, he might be the next one with a flower blooming on his head.

Ye Chutang ignored Ye Jingchuan and poured an entire ladle of blood water into Kong Ru’s mouth before covering her nose and mouth.

Kong Ru couldn’t breathe. Her pale face quickly turned red, then purple from suffocation.

Her eyes bulged, and her vision began to go dark as her body lost temperature rapidly.

The feeling of being close to death was like being dragged into an abyss—cold and hopeless.

Just when she thought she was going to die, Ye Chutang suddenly released her grip.

Kong Ru gasped violently, air flooding her lungs, choking her and making her cough up blood once more.

When she finally managed to catch her breath, Ye Chutang covered her mouth and nose again.

After going through near-death experiences multiple times, Kong Ru’s frail body fainted.

“Splash!”

A ladle of cold water splashed on her face, waking her up.

She had been tortured so much that she no longer had the strength to resist.

“Chuer, are you crazy?”

Ye Chutang tossed the ladle to the ground, letting out a soft laugh.

“When you couldn’t breathe because your nose and mouth were covered, it must have been horrible, right? My brother felt the same way before he died.”

These words made Kong Ru’s hair stand on end, her nerves tightening.

She stammered, “Your brother suffocated… inside your mother’s belly…”

“Slap!”

Ye Chutang slapped Kong Ru’s words out of her mouth.

“Forgot, didn’t you? I told you before, I have a drug that makes people speak the truth. So I know you smothered my brother and poisoned my mother.”

Kong Ru’s face was swollen, her words slurred.

“It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it.”

“You don’t have to admit it. It won’t affect what I’m about to do.”

Ye Chutang finished speaking, took out a pill from her space, and shoved it into Kong Ru’s mouth.

“Hell, welcome you.”