Chapter 221 Part 2 - Exploratory Discussions (Part 2) (1/2)

Chapter 221: Exploratory Discussions (Part 2)

Xie Jing Xing saw that her expression was different so he lifted her chin and looked carefully, “Oh?” He then continued, “So moved to such a state? Why not repay me with yourself?”

Shen Miao pushed him and scolded, “What nonsense are you spouting. How do you plan to deal with the Ye family?”

Xie Jing Xing thought for a moment, “This is not difficult. Since the Ye family is not our Imperial family’s people, then naturally they are with the Lu family. Once one is able to find evidence of the two families’ private exchanges, the Ye family would fall into misfortune if anything happens to the Lu family. Aren’t you usually smart? How could you not even know how to frame now?”

Shen Miao looked at him stunned. Xie Jing Xing could actually speak of framing others a serious crime in such an upright and frank way. Those who did not know would think that he was doing something that was aspiring big matter. Moreover it was not such a simple matter to frame a Prime Minister of a country.

“The Ye family…”

“It is actually better to deal with the Ye family than the Lu family. The Ye family have nothing more than a complicated power dynamics in the circle of the civil officials but once something happens to the Lu family and the Ye family gets implicated, those civil officials would make clean up their relationship with the Ye family since they are not fools. For so many years, the two confidants that Emperor Xiao Wu left behind had lost much strength and glory than before.”

Shen Miao thought about it and said, “It is not that their strength has been worn out but your strength has grown to a point that it is no longer restrained by them.”

The cubs had finally grown up to be the king of beasts thus all those clowns that were jumping around in the mountains and forest should now be individually cleaned up.

Xie Jing Xing looked at her and teased, “You respect me so much?”

Shen Miao said expressionless, “Respect those that can be respected.”

“Since Furen is so supportive then one has to serve Furen well.” Xie Jing Xing said solemnly before flipping over and pressing Shen Miao under him.

Shen Miao, “…”

*****

In the Ye residence.

Ye Mei and Ye Ke were chatting in the room.

Ye Mao Cai was a self-proclaimed scholar, thus the furnishing of the room was naturally elegant. In every turn, there would be paintings, books and orchids around but upon careful inspection, all the books and painting were famous masterpieces and the orchids were all of highest grades. Even the paperweight on the table was also valuable. It could be seen that the wealth of the Ye family was not false. It was true that they were scholars but it would not be true that all scholars were poor.

There were delicate snacks on the table.

Ye Mei was wearing a embroidered lotus robes that had an inner crystal yellow top. Be it the material or the workmanship of the clothes, they were both of top-notched. She had been born with an outstanding looks so when she wore as such, she looked more noble that those noble ladies in the Palace. With a natural romantic bearing, she was very charming and seductive.

Ye Ke sat across from her. His clothes were also as simple as before but there was another layer of fabric, it was obvious that the Ye family treated the siblings quite well.

“Older Sister, what did you mean with those words?” Ye Ke asked with a frown.

Ye Mei picked the teacup up from the table and took a sip before speaking faintly, “Previously Ye Furen was searching for females and insisted that I was her daughter. This entire thing was confusing and messy that one did not know if it was real or not. However it is a good place for us to go. After Father and Mother died, one is no longer able to look after the store and being a Young Lady of an official family is much better than being a daughter of a merchant. It is also the same for you. With Prime Minister Ye as a Father, your official career would be much smoother.”

Ye Ke smiled bitterly, “I naturally know of this truth but doesn’t Ye Mao Cai not believe our identities?”

In the past, Ye Mei and Ye Ke would not believe that there were free things that fell from the skies but after person from Ye family came to search for relatives came, both siblings could only believe that there were such good things in the world. One heard that a few decades ago, Ye Furen was harmed by veiled characters and her daughter was stranded outside. Finally when searching for relatives, they had found Ye Mei. As for whether it was true or not, from Ye Mei’s perspective, this was definitely not real.

Because Ye Ke and her were siblings that were born together.

However people would always be prejudiced, for example that Ye Furen, who looked very normal, was insistent that Ye Mei was her daughter and no matter how others persuaded her, she did not listen and insisted on bringing Ye Ke to the Ye residence due to Ye Mei’s relation.

Ye Mei and Younger Brother were vigilant and had high defenses but afterwards Ye Mao Cai came to see them. Compared to Ye Furen, Ye Mao Cai was much more sober and spoke frankly that Ye Mei and Younger Brother was not Ye Furen’s children. However because of Ye Furen’s insistence, Ye Mao Cai did not want to obstruct and because of Ye Furen’s health, he was willing to conceal this lie and give both of them the identity of the Ye family’s children.

Ye Furen was an exceptionally astute person so she would not jump into the fire easily without knowing the pros and cons about the matter. She thought of ways to enquire about the Ye family’s situation and learned about the current delicate position of the Ye family and Imperial family. In addition, the Ye family had a unhealthy Young Master and was considered to have no qualified successors to carry on one’s undertaking. Thus Ye Mao Cai needed a pair of ‘siblings’ to block the mouths of the world.

Mutually benefiting from each other and with each taking what one needed plus a handicap person would not be able to create any storm, won’t the wealth of this Ye residence end up in Ye Ke’s hands? Moreover with the name of the Ye family, it would be a smooth matter for Ye Mei to marry into noble families without a care for jaded food and brocade clothes. Even if Ye Mao Cai had other ideas, both siblings were not fools and could to think of ways to get what they wanted.

Thus Ye Mei and Younger Brother entered the Ye residence and became the Young Lady and Young Master of the Ye family. Ye Furen trusted them and Ye Mao Cai guarded against them but this was no different for Ye Mei and Younger Brother. The Ye family was just a springboard and a backing that could help them move faster in the future.

Ye Mei said, “It is not important if one trust the identities or not. You and I are from a merchant family so just treat him as a businessman. It is just that this business looked like a loss. I had not thought that it would become like this.”

“Like this?” Ye Ke did not understand, “Older Sister, do speak clearer.”