Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

They bribed a little eunuch outside and went in to support Mrs. Wang out.

"Dad."

"Don’t say anything. Go home."

Mrs. Wang didn’t dare go back to the Marquis Mansion right away either. She was scared too.

The Emperor looked at the two Ye brothers. "Can you really just watch the Marquis Mansion decline?"

Qi Wen shook his head. "Without the Death Exemption Token it’s bound to decline? It’s not like there are no capable people in the Marquis Mansion. We’ll see, slowly."

The Emperor was very satisfied with Qi Wen’s answer. That was the right way to think.

"Do you two want to inherit the Marquis title?"

Meng Po laughed. "Your Majesty, we don’t have that kind of ambition. Serving at Your Majesty’s side for a few years is enough."

"Heh. Is it really just because of your health?"

Meng Po nodded. "That’s part of it, and also we simply don’t want to be that worn out. Life is only a few short decades, better to enjoy it."

"If you two inherit the Marquis title, it won’t be downgraded."

The two of them shook their heads together. "Thank you, Your Majesty, but we don’t have that intention."

By the time they got home it was already dark. Just as they entered and hadn’t even finished dinner yet, Housekeeper Ye arrived.

"Seventh Young Master, Eighth Young Master, you should go take a look. The Marquis is ill."

Meng Po smiled and said, "Do you think if we go over the Marquis won’t be even angrier?"

"Seventh Young Master, the Marquis really is sick."

"All right, we’ll go along and have a look."

Qi Wen had no objections; he was fine with whatever.

The Zhang Family father and son followed along too, worried about the two masters.

When they reached the Marquis Mansion, the servants were all extremely respectful to them now. It was no longer like that time when they’d watched with cold eyes as the two, faces covered in blood, supported each other.

Seeing the man lying on the bed, his face drained of color, it felt like he had aged a great deal.

Ye Zongshen looked at the two of them. "Satisfied now? Vented your anger? With the Ye Family in this state, whoever takes over won’t have it good."

Meng Po was quite exhausted today and sat down directly.

"You’re overthinking it. We have no intention of taking over the Ye Family."

"No such intention, yet you want to see the Ye Family fall into decline? What good does that do you?"

Meng Po shook his head. "The Emperor asked us the same question today. I just want to know: without the Death Exemption Token the Marquis Mansion is no longer a Marquis Mansion? Or without the Death Exemption Token the Ye Family must fall?"

Ye Zongshen tugged at the corner of his mouth. "Do you know why the Emperor has never been able to tolerate the Ye Family’s Death Exemption Token? It’s not simple. This token, one day, if the Emperor grows muddle‑headed, can completely be used to replace him.

That’s why all these years I’ve always been so cautious."

"No matter how cautious you are, what’s the use? If they want to deal with you, isn’t it easy?

Besides, what’s the point of you being cautious? In the end it was still other people who ruined things for you.

If you’d valued the next generation, it wouldn’t have come to this. You took the wrong path.

All right, we’ve had a long day too, no energy to sit here."

"You really feel no temptation toward the Marquis title?"

Meng Po shook his head. "No. Is the Marquis title really that impressive?"

Ye Zongshen watched them leave, his mind full of the words he’d just heard.

He had to admit he truly had been wrong. Since they had no intention of inheriting, then he had to choose an heir.

Indeed, without the Death Exemption Token, the Ye Family’s face was gone, but the sword hanging over their heads had also been removed.

As for the Wang Family, Mrs. Wang now had lost all spirit, staring at the son opposite her.

No one from the Ye Family came to fetch them at all; there was no choice but for the Wang Family to take them back.

Minister Wang looked at mother and son, anxious at heart. Staying at home wasn’t suitable either; tomorrow he still had to send them back to the Marquis Mansion.

Ye Liangkun said nothing. His face was dark. He had once thought he might use the Death Exemption Token himself.

Yet he felt unwilling. He knew what the Death Exemption Token meant to the Ye Family, and now it was gone.

"Enough, all of you go rest. After court tomorrow I’ll send you back to the Ye Mansion."

That night Mrs. Wang didn’t sleep at all. Now she was afraid.

The next day Ye Zongshen reported an illness and did not attend court.

Before noon, Minister Wang came over. They weren’t made things difficult for; Housekeeper Ye led them into the study.

Ye Zongshen looked at the three people entering. "You’ve come at just the right time, otherwise I’d have had someone send the divorce letter to the Wang Family."

"What is this, Marquis?" Minister Wang was extremely displeased.

"I’m going to repudiate Mrs. Wang. It’s written very clearly, you can read for yourselves. Go pack up your dowry; you’d best not touch anything that belongs to my Marquis Mansion."

Ye Zongshen wasn’t a stingy man, but Mrs. Wang’s conduct had truly harmed the Ye Family. Since that was the case, she shouldn’t even think about getting anything of the Ye Family. "Marquis, aren’t you going to think about your young woman?"

"There’s no need to say anything. I’ve written it clearly above.

Housekeeper Ye, send Ye Liangkun to Kang Garden and arrange a few people to take good care of him."

This was essentially putting Ye Liangkun under soft confinement.

Seeing the few hired hands behind him, Ye Liangkun knew he currently had no room to resist.

Only the three of them were left in the study. Now it was convenient to say whatever needed saying.

"Marquis, what will you do about the concubine in future?"

Ye Zongshen had thought about this problem; for now he could no longer afford to worry so far ahead. Future matters could be dealt with in the future. At the moment, counting on a woman to raise the Ye Family up was impossible.

"Ye Zongshen, what right do you have to repudiate me?"

Ye Zongshen waved his hand. He was unwilling to speak to her anymore.

Mrs. Wang looked at the divorce letter, a bitter smile filling her face.

She had been repudiated. Now she had nothing at all, even less hope.

"Must it really be like this?" Minister Wang frowned and said.

"Yes, it must be like this. This is how I account to the ancestors of the Ye Family."

Minister Wang sighed. "Go pack your things."

Mrs. Wang left in a daze, and only the two men remained in the study.

"Without that sword hanging over us, what’s so bad about that?"

"It still shouldn’t have been lost like this. She stole the Death Exemption Token.

Heh, she really does have some ability, actually knew where I kept that thing?"

Minister Wang sighed. The moment he’d heard the news back then, he’d known it couldn’t end well. And here it was: she was directly repudiated and sent back.

The two of them didn’t say another word in the study. Ye Zongshen kept his brows furrowed. He needed to cultivate an heir for the Ye Family. Better to formally establish a Princely Heir; that way there would be far fewer problems in the future.

Two hours later, Mrs. Wang had packed all of her dowry. She truly hadn’t taken anything of the Ye Family, not that she didn’t want to, but Housekeeper Ye had been watching from the side the whole time.

Mrs. Wang thought that if it were her, she would have done the same. She knew she would never be forgiven, but she hadn’t expected it to be this ruthless, that she would be directly repudiated.

Still, she did not regret it; at least she had saved her son’s life.

Looking at her frail eldest son, Mrs. Wang felt like her heart was being cut with knives. If the eldest hadn’t fallen ill, none of this would have happened.

Now saying anything was useless. Seeing her eldest looking at her with that cold gaze, she turned her head away and stopped looking.

She knew all too well that her eldest son resented her, but things had already come to this. Was she supposed to give up Second’s life? In that case her eldest’s health wouldn’t be better either.

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