The servant immediately blocked her, his expression turning displeased. "Miss Ye, please conduct yourself with dignity!"

This was the entrance to the Ye Mansion! Her actions showed she had no respect for anyone!

’Does she still think she’s the pampered and privileged Eldest Miss of the Ye Family!?’

Being rebuked like this by a mere servant, Ye Shixian was utterly humiliated.

She froze and gritted her teeth.

"Cousin, my father’s case has been decided. He didn’t harm your father! All those past accusations were just slanderous rumors! I have no other choice, which is why I’ve come to beg for your help. But if you’re afraid of being implicated and are deliberately distancing yourself from us, then I have nothing more to say—"

She really had a comeback for everything.

If Ye Chutang helped, she would inevitably get entangled with this family that was already mired in trouble, leading to endless future woes. But if she didn’t help, malicious people could always spin a few tales and sling mud at her.

A woman’s reputation was of the utmost importance.

In short, Ye Chutang was caught between a rock and a hard place.

Yet, even after Ye Shixian finished speaking, there was no movement from within the carriage.

Ye Shixian was growing annoyed and couldn’t help but raise her voice. "Cousin! I know some of my past actions upset you. You can hit me or curse me as you please! As long as you can forgive me, I’ll do anything! We’re truly at our wits’ end now. I don’t matter, but my mother is plagued by illness. She just lost Mingze, and the blow to her body and spirit has been immense. She really can’t endure this kind of hardship..."

Ye Shixian shut her eyes and knelt right in front of the carriage!

Seeing this, Shaoyao had no choice but to kneel as well.

This scene drew the attention of many onlookers, and the way they looked at the carriage began to change.

"Ye Shixian has already gone this far, and Ye Chutang still won’t help?"

"If I were her, I wouldn’t help either! Have you forgotten how Ye Heng’s family used to bully her and her siblings? It’s like they say, what goes around comes around. Now it’s their turn to suffer a little!"

"Their past actions were indeed excessive, but it’s not a crime punishable by death. And Ye Heng didn’t actually kill his brother. They’re all family, so why make things so ugly?"

"If you ask me, that Ye Chutang has a heart of stone! Putting on such airs today, she’s clearly just trying to humiliate Ye Shixian!"

"If this woman didn’t have a few tricks up her sleeve, how could she have returned to the capital with several younger siblings in tow? Heh, she must be secretly celebrating that she cut ties with Ye Heng’s family early on!"

The crowd was saying all sorts of things.

People have always been this way. They see someone pitiful and feel compassion, quick to be generous with someone else’s forgiveness to display their own benevolence.

As for the past, with all its hardships and suffering, not another word was mentioned.

After all, they weren’t the ones who had suffered and been tormented. The act of "forgiving" came so very easily to them.

However, no matter what the crowd murmured, the carriage remained perfectly still.

The servant, holding the horsewhip in one hand, scoffed.

"Miss Ye, saying all this to me is useless!"

Ye Shixian froze, her head snapping up!

"What did you say!?"

The servant said, "Our Second Miss Ye isn’t here. You should probably come back and kneel some other day!"

A dead silence fell over the surroundings.

Ye Shixian’s lips began to tremble. She stiffly turned her neck to look at the carriage curtain, which swayed gently in the wind.

Shaoyao could no longer hold back. "What do you mean, not here? Everyone knows the Second Miss Ye went to Jiuhua Mountain today. It’s already this hour, and she still hasn’t returned. Isn’t she deliberately avoiding my lady!?"

The servant looked her up and down and snorted coldly.

"What of it? Our Second Miss Ye has gone to Feiyun Temple to chant scriptures and pray for the master and madam, in preparation for moving their spirit tablets home soon. Does she need your permission to do that!?"