Chapter 325 Ye Ying'an Extra (Part One)

Chapter 325 Extra: Night Reflection of An (Part One)
My name is Ye Ying'an, and my father is one of the many little attendants in the palace. Because I am a male, I have lived a life even worse than a servant from childhood to adulthood.
I often see my sisters living in luxury, while I don't even have the privilege to eat their leftovers. I know I am a boy, and I can never compare to my sisters. So I will continue to live my life like this. Actually, this kind of life is fine. Even though I have simple meals, I am happy to spend every day with my father.
Although my mother does not pay attention to me and my father, she is an honest person. She does not allow family quarrels or any dirty things to happen. So, apart from the slightly poor living conditions, my life with my father has been undisturbed by boring people.
Until the age when I should get married, my father and I lived a smooth life.
I don't understand the situation in the court, but I can still feel the changes in our household. My sisters who used to frequently change into new clothes are less diligent about it now, and our lavish lifestyle of feasting on rich foods is gradually diminishing. My mother's smile has also become less frequent.
I occasionally heard that it was because of the power struggles in the court, and my mother stood on the side of the Crown Princess. However, the Crown Princess's influence has been gradually surpassed by the three princesses. The Empress has entrusted many matters to the three princesses, and they use various excuses to suppress my mother.
The empress is critically ill, and the situation in the court is undergoing drastic changes.
The matter that was originally assigned to the crown princess by the empress for some unknown reason turned into a great disaster, and the crown princess was held accountable. The phoenix queen stepped forward and risked her life to protect the innocence of the crown princess.
It is said that on that day, the Crown Princess was to be deposed and the Phoenix Queen hit a pillar, causing blood to splatter on the spot.
Moments before the Empress passed out, she withdrew the decree to depose the Crown Princess, but did not withdraw the decree for the Three Imperial Princesses to temporarily govern the court.
So far, the three princesses of the emperor have begun to handle state affairs, while the crown princess has no real power.
The three princesses have initiated major reforms in handling state affairs, rigorously investigating previous officials' issues, and promoting many talented individuals from humble backgrounds. Many commoners praise the three princesses for their exceptional talent and consider them the top choice for the next empress.
I used to think that the affairs in the court were far away from me, but I didn't expect them to involve me.
For the selection of the third princess's husband, all unmarried eligible men from families of officials ranked seventh grade or above must participate.
In our house, all my brothers have already been engaged, while my younger brothers are still too young, leaving me as the only eligible and unmarried man.
On the eve of entering the palace for selection, my mother called me into the study.
Mother told me about the intentions of the three princesses. The three princesses want to use this matter to restrain Mother, and I am the chess piece used to restrain Mother.
The three princesses have always oppressed our Marquis Mansion, but Mother has always been upright and has no weaknesses for the three princesses to exploit. And our Marquis Mansion is a mansion of several generations of meritorious officials, which the three princesses have been trying to win over, so they thought of selecting a husband as a way to achieve their goal.
I never thought that a person could be so malicious, to involve an innocent person in their power struggle for the sake of so-called rights and interests, making the innocent person a sacrificial lamb in their power struggle.
The next day, I followed my mother and a few sisters to the palace. It was my first time being in the palace and even though it was grand and magnificent, it made me feel incredibly oppressed.
I kept my head low and performed my greetings in a proper manner as the voice of the third princess resounded above me.
She asked me to lift my head, and I could only obey.
Although her gaze was deep, I could see greed and hypocrisy lurking within it. Despite her attractive appearance, it gave me an immensely unpleasant feeling.
"This is the sixth young master of the Hou Mansion, truly extraordinary and handsome."
"Her voice sounded particularly harsh to me."
"Standing beside my mother, I am not a member of the Hou Mansion, could I be from another mansion?"
She looked at me for a while and then walked to the seat at the front.
Next to me, a young nobleman from the Minister's Residence kept staring at her, his gaze never shifting. His face was constantly flushed with bashful blush, and he would occasionally whisper to himself.
I can hear what he said because I am close to him. He said the Third Princess is so beautiful, just like a fairy descending to earth.
I scoffed in my heart, thinking that fairies are not like that. Fairies must not be so greedy and hypocritical. Fairies must be the purest.
Although the third imperial princess did not explicitly say which man she would choose as her husband, her frequent glances towards me implied to everyone present that I was the one she favored.
I can anticipate the kind of targeting I will face next, and our marquis household will also face its own share of targeting.
After returning home, I thought all night, and I think perhaps only if I die, can I not burden my family.
Although my mother doesn't care about me and my father, but we can live safely in the Marquis Mansion must be with my mother's consent, I can't burden my mother and father.
Several sisters still want to pursue a career in the imperial government, while the brothers still need to marry into a good family.
I originally wanted to hang myself, but then I thought that if the third princess says I was forced to death by our mother, it would actually harm our mother.
So I came to a small grove north of the street, and I moved a small stone there. I tied a white cloth to a big tree and stood on the stone, ready to hang myself.
The stone was kicked away, a feeling of suffocation came over me, but before I could react, I had already fallen to the ground.
I crawled up and looked up, a sturdy branch lying a woman in a pink dress.
The woman sat up slowly, rubbing her sleepy eyes and looked at me, her gaze was clear, without any impurities.
I think this might be the kind of woman who wants to be a fairy.
"You're really something. You even disturb me when I'm sleeping. Have I done anything to deserve this?" She yawned again, indicating that she must be very tired.
I continued to listen to her as she said, "I'm so exhausted, no matter how much I sleep, it's never enough. I haven't eaten in three days and I'm so hungry."
"You haven't eaten in three days?" I exclaimed, suddenly feeling a pang of sympathy for her.
She lazily stretched her slender waist and said, "Yeah, I haven't eaten for three days. I'm so hungry."
"So, are you going to eat?"
She replied indifferently, "You're someone who's looking to die anyway, why do you care whether I eat or not? I don't have any money, I can't afford to eat." She seemed like she didn't care whether she ate or not.
"I... " I touched the jade pendant at my waist and hesitated for a moment before handing it to her. "I have this, you can take it and exchange it for silver to buy food."
She curiously looked at me, making me feel a little uncomfortable, and somehow my face turned red.
"Yeah, you're determined to watch the suicide anyways, this jade pendant is useless to keep. Alright then, after I exchange it for silver, I'll use the leftovers from our meal to buy paper money and burn it for you."
"I... " I didn't expect her to say that, and I felt unexpectedly touched. Wait, no, something feels off. "Don't you want to stop me?"
She rolled her eyes, giving me a look as if I were an idiot. "If I didn't stop you, you would've frozen to death by now, okay? You wouldn't be standing here talking to me. Do you think you're playing dead?"
"Then...then you say you want me to burn paper money for you."
"I can only stop you once, who knows if you will die again. Anyway, if you do die again, I will just watch and not stop you. And then I will burn paper money for you, consider it as the payment for letting me have a good meal."

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