The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 51 Pleasure Medicine in the Meal

Ye Shishu glared at her, then ignored her and had the guards bring over a soft couch to lift Ye Shijun from the ground onto it.

Zhou Zheng rushed over with his medicine kit on his back.

Ye Shiting also came with them.

"What happened?" Ye Shiting asked with a stern face.

"Big cousin... I... I didn't do anything... It wasn't me..." Fan Yunying burst into tears of grievance when she saw him coming.

Those glistening tears clung to her fair cheeks, making her look pitiful, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Ye Shiting glanced at her indifferently, then followed behind Zhou Zheng to watch him take his brother's pulse.

After a moment, Zhou Zheng frowned and said seriously, "The Second Young Master has accidentally ingested something poisonous."

Upon hearing this, Fan Yunying became agitated and blurted out, "Impossible! The food only contained aphrodisiac powder; it couldn't possibly be poisonous!"

"Hehuan powder?!" Ye Shishu and Ye Shiting glared at her at the same time.

Zhou Zheng then went to examine the food on the ground and replied, "There is indeed aphrodisiac in this food."

Ye Shishu pointed a finger at Fan Yunying and angrily asked, "Cousin Yunying, what do you mean by putting aphrodisiac on my second brother? Don't forget, the person you are engaged to is my eldest brother!"

Knowing her plan had been exposed, Fan Yunying was overwhelmed with panic and embarrassment and didn't know what to say. So she covered her face and started to cry.

Ye Shiting's face was cold as he asked her, "Cousin Yunying, do you admire Shijun? If you have no feelings for me, you can simply break off the engagement and choose someone you like. There's no need to use such methods to embarrass both the Ye and Fan families!"

Now that things have come to this, what can Fan Yunying say?

If she insists that she likes Ye Shiting, then she can't explain the aphrodisiac in the food. This would not only make Ye Shiting dislike her, but also give her a bad reputation for being promiscuous.

At this point, she had no other way to exonerate herself, so she replied using Ye Shiting's words, "Big cousin, the person I admire is indeed second cousin, but our marriage was arranged when we were young, and it was our parents' decision, so I had no way to refuse. Today, seeing second cousin being punished for my sake, I felt heartbroken and sad, and I had no choice but to come up with this method, hoping that the elders of the Ye and Fan families can grant my wish to be with second cousin."

After hearing this, Ye Shiting was not angry. He immediately sent someone to Qiushui Courtyard to invite Old Madam Fan over.

When Madam Fan heard that something had happened at the ancestral hall, she thought that her granddaughter and Ye Shijun's "good deed" had been discovered. She was secretly delighted and immediately called her grandson Fan Yunru and maid Iris to rush to the ancestral hall.

Upon arriving at the ancestral hall, she saw Ye Shiting and Ye Shishu, brother and sister, both with cold expressions, while Ye Shijun lay on a soft couch to the side. Her granddaughter was sobbing with her face covered. Old Madam Fan was overjoyed. Without even asking why, she went forward to hug her granddaughter and comforted her, "Ying'er, you've been wronged! Don't worry, Grandma will definitely get justice for you and will never let your reputation be damaged!"

“Grandmother…” Fan Yunying knew immediately that she had misunderstood.

However, Madam Fan ignored her words and angrily pointed at Ye Shijun on the soft couch, saying to Ye Shiting, "Shiting, Ying'er is your betrothed wife. Shijun disregards brotherly affection and ethics, doing such a despicable thing to his betrothed sister-in-law. How are you going to explain this to Ying'er?"

Ye Shishu almost burst out laughing.

She covered her mouth, then straightened her face again and asked, "Aunt, why are you saying this? Did you put the aphrodisiac in the food?"

Madam Fan blurted out angrily, "Nonsense! It's clearly Shi Jun who was lusting after Ying'er at first sight. What does it have to do with the food?"

Fan Yunying couldn't bear to listen anymore and quickly tugged at her sleeve, "Grandmother, it's not..."

However, Madam Fan was so agitated that she didn't listen to her finish speaking. She then pressed Ye Shiting directly, "Shiting, Shi Jun is your brother. Now he has taken liberties with Ying'er and tainted Ying'er's reputation. How will you deal with this?"

Ye Shiting's tightly pursed lips suddenly curled into a smile, "Shi Jun is disrespectful to Ying'er? He's been poisoned and unconscious, how could he be disrespectful to someone?"

"Poisoned? What kind of poison?" Old Madam Fan subconsciously looked at Ye Shijun on the soft couch, only to see that he was motionless and unresponsive. Her expression changed slightly, and she immediately turned to look at her granddaughter, "Ying'er, what happened?"

She had been interrupting Fan Yunying, but now, faced with her question, Fan Yunying was speechless. She simply knelt down at her feet and continued to sob.

"Hmph!" Ye Shishu snorted coldly, "Aunt, please find out the situation first. My second brother ate the food that Cousin Yunying sent and was poisoned! But Cousin Yunying doesn't admit that the food was poisoned, she only says that she put aphrodisiac in the food!"

"What?!" Old Madam Fan's face flushed crimson.

"We haven't even explained the situation yet, and Auntie has already falsely accused my second brother without even knowing the facts. It seems Auntie knows very well that there's something wrong with the food and is certain that my second brother will have impure thoughts about Cousin Yunying after eating the food laced with aphrodisiac!" Ye Shishu was too lazy to confront her and directly stated the result, "Cousin Yunying has already admitted that there was aphrodisiac in the food, and Uncle Zhou has also checked the food and confirmed that there was indeed aphrodisiac. We have both witnesses and physical evidence. Does Auntie still want to turn the tables and slander my second brother?"

"This...this..." Old Madam Fan could hardly believe that her plan had failed. Her face was ashen as she went to the soft couch, and she carefully examined Ye Shijun's face. Then she turned around and glared fiercely at her granddaughter, "Ying'er, what exactly happened?"

“Grandmother… I don’t know why my second cousin was poisoned and fell into a coma…” Fan Yunying cried and shook her head, no matter how hard she racked her brains, she couldn’t figure out why it had turned out this way.

Seeing that Madam Fan was furious, Ye Shishu couldn't help but pour cold water on her, "Aunt, we are the ones who should be angry. We just want to know where the aphrodisiac in the food came from. As Yunying's grandmother, you should give us an explanation."

"I..." Madam Fan's face was like a palette, with green, red, and white all appearing on her face.

Seemingly not wanting her to be so embarrassed, Ye Shiting said, "Aunt, my cousin Yunying just told me that she has no feelings for me and that the person she loves is Shi Jun. Because she doesn't want to marry me, she used aphrodisiac on Shi Jun so that the Ye and Fan families would grant them their wish."