"Mama Gui, there's no need to show such a surprised expression," Ye Lily smiled. "When I first knew about your betrayal, I was a thousand times, ten thousand times more surprised than you."

"Miss, someone must be sowing discord. This old slave has never betrayed you. How could this old slave betray you, Miss! Miss, you must believe this old slave!" Mama Gui reacted very quickly. After a brief panic, she showed an extremely aggrieved look. Her cries of injustice were louder than the sky, desperately proving her loyalty.

"Enough." Ye Lily waved her hand, showing a hint of impatience on her face. "At Wolong Temple, in the vegetarian dishes, the aphrodisiac incense. Second Aunt's methods have always been brilliant. Asking Mama Gui to do things, she really regarded Mama Gui as a trusted confidant."

She finished speaking word by word. By the time she reached the last word, Mama Gui changed from the posture of wanting to defend herself to being unable to say a word.

She stared blankly at Ye Lily, her eyes filled with astonishment.

"Mama Gui probably doesn't know how to read. Doesn't know there's a word called 'The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.' Mama Gui has served two masters. I also want to hear, in Mama Gui's eyes now, is Second Aunt's method more brilliant or am I better?"

"You, could it be you..." Mama Gui struggled to utter a few words.

"Yes, it's me." Ye Lily's voice was very low, so low that only Mama Gui could hear. She said, "It should have been me who was ruined. Why did it become Eldest Sister in the end? It wasn't a coincidence. It was all done by me."

Guessing in the heart was one thing. Hearing it with one's own ears was another. Mama Gui looked at the young girl in front of her in fear. She half squatted on the ground, looking at herself with a smile. Those clear eyes seemed like the eyes of a wild beast under the greenish lamp light. They were strangely bright and strangely terrifying in the dark. Clearly, she had a cute and fair appearance. How could she be so terrifying?

Regarding why Ye Lily and Ye Cindy ended up swapping places, Mama Gui had been thinking about this question after being thrown into the woodshed. She also guessed whether Ye Lily had done something in it, but soon dismissed this absurd thought. Ye Lily grew up under her watch. Mama Gui was all too familiar with how much Ye Lily weighed. Her original nature was stupid and soft-hearted. Such a thing couldn't be done no matter what. Now Ye Lily admitted it to her face to face, without even a hint of cover-up. If it were someone else, Mama Gui would think this person was too arrogant and stupid. But now, she no longer dared to look at Ye Lily with an ordinary gaze.

"Miss..." She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. Since Ye Lily already knew about this matter, there was no way she would come to save her.

"Second Aunt's methods have always been ruthless. Although she values Mama Gui, after this incident, Mama Gui has no good future. What a pity." Her words carried a hint of pity, as if she really sympathized with Mama Gui's situation.

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Mama Gui was afraid of Ren Wanyun's methods and was also aroused hope by Ye Lily's words. She suddenly knelt down and kept kowtowing to Ye Lily, "Miss, please save this old slave this time. This old slave didn't mean to harm Miss. Second Madam threatened this old slave with my children and grandchildren. This old slave was forced. Miss, for the sake of Master and Madam, for the sake of this old slave serving Miss for more than ten years, please save me!"

She kowtowed loudly. If it were before, with Ye Lily's respect for her, Ye Lily would never let Mama Gui stoop like this. But now... She was the empress of Ming Qi. Even the civil and military officials had knelt before her. A servant who betrayed the master, she really deserved it!

"Actually, I came here tonight to repay Mama Gui for your kindness to me over the years." Ye Lily suddenly said.

When Mama Gui heard this, she was overjoyed and shouted loudly, "This old slave knew that Miss was kind-hearted and so loyal. In the future, the Bodhisattva will bless Miss to have a smooth life. Those who want to harm Miss will all have no good ending!"

Ye Lily laughed inwardly. Mama Gui's being a墙头草 was also amazing.

She also raised her voice, "In fact, it's not just this. That day at Wolong Temple, didn't Mama Gui have a heart-to-heart talk with me? Since then, I've known that in this world, Mama Gui is truly good to me."

Mama Gui was a little confused and didn't know what Ye Lily meant by these words. Just now, Ye Lily clearly hated her extremely. How could she turn around and comfort her like this? Anyway, Mama Gui felt full of hope and immediately replied along with Ye Lily's words, "Yes, this old slave has been on Miss's side from the beginning to the end. Only Miss is this old slave's master. This old slave will surely be loyal to Miss for a lifetime!"

Suddenly, there was a strange sound outside the window, as if something had been touched. Mama Gui was startled and immediately looked outside. But in this dark room, how could she see anything?

Seeing nothing, she turned her head to look at Ye Lily again, showing a pitiful expression, "Can Miss get this old slave out now? It's too dark and damp here. This old slave's arms and legs, I'm afraid they won't hold up for long..."

"Don't be afraid. You won't have to hold up for long. Anyway, you're about to die."

"What?" Mama Gui looked up abruptly, looking at Ye Lily blankly, "This old slave doesn't understand what Miss means..."

"The person outside just now was sent by Second Aunt. I think they must have discovered that I came to visit Mama Gui by now." Ye Lily smiled and said, "In this case, what活路 does Mama Gui have?"

"This old slave, this old slave doesn't understand..." Mama Gui subconsciously straightened up. She felt a vague unease in her heart but didn't know what Ye Lily really meant.

"Don't understand?" Ye Lily tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Do you remember what you shouted loudly just now?"

When Mama Gui heard this, she really thought about it and then her face changed. Instantly, her face turned pale.

She shouted loudly just now: From the beginning to the end, she was on Ye Lily's side. Only Ye Lily was her master.

Indeed, these words were to deceive Ye Lily and show loyalty, hoping that Ye Lily could rescue her. But if someone from Ren Wanyun heard these words, what would they think? That day, Ye Cindy strangely swapped places with Ye Lily. They already suspected that Ye Lily had done something in it. The reason they didn't dare to believe it was because they didn't know how Ye Lily could predict it.

But if Mama Gui told Ye Lily about this and conspired with Ye Lily to calculate against Ye Cindy? All of this made sense.

This wasn't the truth. But in Ren Wanyun's ears, this was the truth!

Before she could be afraid, Ye Lily spoke again. She said softly, "What I want to repay Mama Gui is this big gift. Does Mama Gui think it's good?"