As the Ye Family's eldest legitimate son, Ye Guzhi was much older than Ye Guhong and Ye Zhenshu. He looked to be in his thirties, but his actual age was already forty.
Ye Guzhi had sharp features and an imposing air even without anger. As he strode over, the noisy maids beside the pond fell as silent as cicadas in winter.
Unlike Ye Guzhi's gloomy expression, Ye Zhenshu wore a smile. Her eyes were full of approval as she looked at Ye Xiangning, who was straddling the first wife, Lady Tian.
What a little lass. Well done!
"Zhi'er..."
At the sight of Ye Guzhi, the first wife felt as though she had found someone to lean on. Tears glimmered in her eyes as she called out.
Ye Guzhi took a deep breath and said gravely, "Get up this instant! Or do you want me to personally invite you to get up?"
Ye Xiangning raised an eyebrow and assessed Ye Guzhi's cultivation.
His talent was hardly outstanding. Already in his forties, he was still only at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm. At best, he had a heavenly spirit root. If he were not the eldest legitimate son, he would hardly amount to anything in the talent-filled Ye Family.
Come to think of it, the Ye Family truly had excellent fortune.
Even without counting this puppet with a supreme-grade fire immortal spirit root that she had sent down in advance, there were still two outstanding prodigies with supreme-grade immortal spirit roots: Ye Zhenshu and Ye Guhong. Ye Zhenshu even possessed a special physique.
Ye Xiangning flashed a thoroughly nasty grin. "Sure, go ahead and invite me. If you do a good enough job, I might just get off this damned old hag."
Fury surged in Ye Guzhi's heart. His aura