At the same time, Ye Lily, who was being talked about by everyone, was arranging the chess pieces in front of her in the ancestral hall.

The wind in the ancestral hall carried a cold chill. The ground was all grayish-blue stone slabs. Kneeling down could make your knees cold to the bone. Jingzhe and Guyu brought some soft cushions, but those cushions didn't help much. It was Ye Lily who told them to boil some herbal medicine and put it in the corners of the room. When it was smoked, it could drive away the cold and prevent the body from getting sick.

Jingzhe and Guyu didn't believe it at first. Later, when they saw that the herbal soup really worked, they asked Ye Lily how she knew such a secret recipe. Ye Lily only said that she heard it from others, but she knew clearly that it was all something she learned during the years as a hostage in Qin State. It was too cold and there wasn't enough money. She had to find the cheapest folk remedy to keep warm and get rid of the dampness in her body. Now, these things in the ancestral hall were really nothing.

"Miss is still thinking about playing chess." Jingzhe stomped her feet.

Ye Lily arranged the chess pieces in front of her. On the chessboard, the originally well-arranged chess pieces were arranged by her into black and white, and no pattern could be seen.

"Chuntao has sent a message through Mo Qing." Seeing that Ye Lily didn't speak, Jingzhe continued, "The second madam wants to swap your and the eldest miss's marriage. That Young Master Huang is a homosexual. What should we do? How can you still have the mood to play chess here, miss?"

They thought it was a good marriage. But Ye Lily refused Old Mrs. Ye's proposal in Rong Jing Hall that day and was locked in the ancestral hall. Even so, Chuntao still found out that the Ye family had secretly agreed to this marriage behind Ye Lily's back. Only the people in the west courtyard didn't know. That is to say, except for Ye Lily, everyone knew that Ye Lily was going to get married.

If it was to marry Wei Qian, it would be fine. At least he could be called a person of good virtue. But Huang Dexing was a homosexual. Wouldn't Ye Lily be a widow if she married him? When the maids heard this, they almost went crazy. Mo Qing also said that if Ye Lily was willing, he could take Ye Lily and run away.

Mo Qing was from the Jianghu before and naturally didn't know that it was easy to run away. Once they ran away, it meant that the things behind could be fabricated at will and no one would know the truth. Besides, Ye Lily didn't have the idea of running away from the beginning and refused this right away.

"If it doesn't work, at least let Mo Qing send a message to the master for the miss. This matter is also hidden from the master. They want to make the miss get married before the master returns to the capital. In this way, the raw rice is cooked and nothing can be changed." Guyu also persuaded. She knew that Ye Lily was a decisive person now, but if she didn't say anything, the maids could only be anxious for her.

"What message to send?" Ye Lily said calmly, "Now the outside of the west courtyard is guarded by people from Ren Wanyun. Even a fly can't fly out. If I run away, what about the people left in the courtyard? Although I'm not a kind person, some of them were deliberately left to me by my parents. Believe it or not, as soon as I leave, Ren Wanyun will immediately kill all the people in the courtyard."

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Jingzhe and Guyu were stunned.

"Besides, do you think sending a message is that simple? There are people guarding here all day long. Their intention is to lock me up. Do you think they will leave loopholes for me? Then you underestimate my second aunt too much."

Ren Wanyun's mind was not something Ye Lily was afraid of. But in this world, a mother is strong. For Ye Cindy's happiness, Ren Wanyun would naturally try her best to finish this matter. Ren Wanyun also bet a lot on this matter. After all, the matter of swapping the brides was her own idea and she probably didn't discuss it with Ye Gui. If it succeeded, it would be a happy ending. If it failed, I'm afraid Ren Wanyun would have no place in the second branch.

"But miss, are we just giving up like this?" Jingzhe said anxiously, "I'll do my best to not let the miss marry that homosexual!"

"Can you see this chess game?" Ye Lily didn't speak but just pointed at the chessboard on the table.

On the chessboard, the white and black pieces were arranged in two rows, very distinct and a bit strange.

"I, I don't understand chess, and I can't understand this way of playing either." After a while, Guyu answered carefully.

"What do you see?" Ye Lily asked.

Jingzhe boldly answered, "White and black, lined up together, very distinct."

"Yes." A glint flashed in Ye Lily's eyes, "This chess game is to put all the chips on the table. You know my pieces and I know yours. In the end, the winner depends on one's ability."

Jingzhe and Guyu looked at each other, not quite understanding Ye Lily's meaning.

"Ren Wanyun thinks she knows all my pieces, but actually not." She took out another black piece from behind and placed it beside the white piece, "I still have one last move."

"Old Mrs. Ye's birthday is coming next month, right?" She suddenly asked.

"That's right." Jingzhe answered, "I heard from what Chuntao found out. The second madam means to announce the miss's marriage at Old Mrs. Ye's birthday banquet."

"They all want to do it before father returns to the capital." Ye Lily smiled slightly.

"Yes. There are still a few months until the New Year. I'm afraid it won't be in time." Guyu was worried.

"Really?"

Ye Xin's return to the capital after victory should have been at the New Year. Unfortunately, in the 68th year of Ming Qi, because Ye Xin defeated the enemy greatly in the northwest and the enemy fled in a panic, they surrendered early. The Ye family army brought the surrender letter and returned to Dingjing a few months earlier.

It was also a coincidence. Or maybe Ye Xin wanted to show his filial piety. Every time Old Mrs. Ye's birthday, Ye Xin wasn't in the capital. After many times, some people said that Ye Xin was unfilial. So in the 70th birthday of Old Mrs. Ye in the 68th year of Ming Qi, Ye Xin returned to the capital early.

That day, Ye Xin suddenly returned to the mansion. Old Mrs. Ye was having a banquet for the guests in the mansion, but Ye Lily didn't attend. Why? Naturally because she was hiding in Prince Ding's mansion. Ye Xin wanted to come back to enjoy family happiness, but he knew that his daughter was so disrespectful. He turned to go to Prince Ding's mansion to get her, but because of Xu Hao's false warmth, she ignored Ye Xin's words and even threatened to die to marry Prince Ding.

Now thinking about it, it was all a tragedy. Ye Xin rushed back tired and saw such an unfilial daughter, thus dragging the Ye family into the abyss and there was no way back.

This life is not the previous life. She neither ran away from the Ye family because of Prince Yu nor blindly fell in love with Xu Hao's appearance. If Ye Xin came back and saw a different daughter, could it slightly redeem some of the sins of the previous life.

"Father has always respected Old Mrs. Ye, right?" Ye Lily said calmly.

"Yes." Jingzhe answered.

Old Mrs. Ye was a former singing girl and was also good at acting. At the beginning, she pretended to be a kind mother perfectly. When the old general was alive, no mistakes could be found. The military general was emotional. Ye Xin was grateful and received kindness from Old Mrs. Ye in the early years, making him unable to think of the evil heart under that fair appearance of the old woman.

"This time, the second aunt has made it convenient for me," Ye Lily said with a smile, her bright eyes astonishingly bright, "Just right. Let's tear it apart for everyone to see."