"Miss, rest assured." Saixing blinked her eyes and was about to leave after receiving the order.
"Wait." Ye Xi suddenly spoke up.
Looking into the distance at the bright blue sky outside, Ye Xi curved her lips into a smile and said,
"Qian Fangxue previously made an appointment with us for the 'Divination of Fate'. As soon as she comes out, arrange it for her. And tell her that - currently, the only way to dispel the rumor about Ye Jueyao's and Cao Sheng's affair is through the 'Divination of Fate'."
"Miss?" Saixing didn't understand. "You risked disfigurement to expose the affair of those two shameless people. Why are you going to clear their names?"
"I'm not going to clear their names," Ye Xi casually picked a flower that was stretching out nearby, her eyes twinkling like the broken sunlight on the water surface.
"Now that this incident has happened, in order to salvage Cao Sheng's reputation, the Cao family will surely refuse to break off the engagement with me at all costs. They may even rack their brains to force me to marry Cao Sheng earlier so that the rumor will be self - refuted."
"Although Cao Sheng and Ye Jueyao behaved inappropriately in public, it was ultimately to save someone. And no one actually saw them having a private relationship. Who knows what the rumor will turn out to be in the end."
"It's better to use Qian Fangxue's 'Divination of Fate' to completely confirm their affair. After all, if they want to prove their innocence, this 'Divination of Fate' cannot be done privately. In fact, the more people there are, the better, so as to witness that they have no affair."
"Then..." Saixing hesitated. "What if Madam doesn't believe that you'll help her?"
"It doesn't matter whether she believes it or not. What matters is that for Cao Sheng, this is just a romantic story; but for Ye Jueyao, this will ruin her whole life."
"She has no other choice."
Saixing's eyes lit up and she said,
"I understand, miss. I'll go right away."
"Miss Ye really has a brilliant plan."
Just as Saixing left after receiving the order, Yi Yuan's cold voice sounded from behind.
Ye Xi turned around sideways and saw Yi Yuan standing under the flower tree with his sword in his arms. The wind, the flowers and the bright sun all seemed to bloom on him. He was truly an unparalleled young man, as graceful as a jade tree in the wind.
She couldn't help but smile.
"When did Your Highness come? Are you also learning to eavesdrop?" Ye Xi said.
Yi Yuan showed no sign of embarrassment. He took two steps forward and got closer to Ye Xi, saying,
"I haven't been here long. I just happened to hear Miss Ye's whole plan."
"Does Your Highness have any advice?"
"No advice, but there's something Miss Ye needs to know. Your disguise skills may fool others, but Qian Fangxue has raised you since childhood. She is very familiar with your figure and voice."
"If you want to fool her, you must make great efforts to transform yourself."
Ye Xi frowned. This was really something she hadn't thought of.
Suddenly, she remembered the day when Yi Yuan recognized her in the tooth shop. Did he recognize her just by her figure and voice?
But at that time, they weren't really familiar with each other. Yi Yuan's eyes were really sharp...
Ye Xi couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
"Your Highness is quite right," Ye Xi nodded. "Although she didn't recognize me in the state uncle's mansion because I didn't have much contact with Ye Jueyao, this time the 'Divination of Fate' mainly involves her and her mother. It's really easy to be exposed."
Ye Xi bowed slightly and said,
"Please help me, Your Highness."
"Follow me." Yi Yuan led Ye Xi towards the Qingcang Pavilion. After walking just two steps, he stopped and said,
"Don't be so polite in the future."
"Ah?" Ye Xi was dazed for a moment. Thinking of the bow she had just made, she couldn't help but curve her lips and said,
"Okay."
The two of them walked one in front of the other and soon arrived at the Qingcang Pavilion.
"Lingyan," Yi Yuan waved. "Take out the things and transform Miss Ye well."
"Yes."
Lingyan pressed a mechanism on the wall, took out a big box, and began to dress Ye Xi up.
In a short while, a Taoist nun in her thirties, with a plump figure, a slightly sturdier build and two inches taller than Ye Xi's original self, appeared in front of them.
Ye Xi looked at herself in the copper mirror and turned around twice. She praised repeatedly,
"Lingyan, you're really skillful. I can't even recognize myself."
"Just..." Ye Xi looked at the two of them and asked, "What should I do about my voice?"
"For this," Lingyan took out a porcelain bottle from the big box and said,
"This is the Voice - Changing Pill. The white ones are for women and the black ones are for men. As long as Miss takes one before she needs to change her voice, her voice will be three or four decibels lower than the original for two hours."
"Is there really such a magical thing?" Ye Xi was extremely surprised. She poured one out and was about to try it.
Unexpectedly, Yi Yuan suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"What... what's wrong?" Ye Xi asked in surprise.
Realizing that his reaction was a bit excessive, Yi Yuan's ears turned slightly red. He coughed lightly and said,
"Although this Voice - Changing Pill has no side effects, those with skin wounds may find their wounds fester and difficult to heal if they take it. Take it when it's time for the 'Divination of Fate'."
The last sentence seemed as gentle as coaxing a child.
Ye Xi's cheeks flushed.
The warmth of Yi Yuan's palm burned through the thin silk fabric on her wrist. The words that had never been spoken out from the bottom of her heart all fell into her ears -
[Don't take it. The wound will fester.]
[It will hurt.]
[I don't want you to hurt.]
Every single word went straight to her heart.
Lingyan: So angry. I was just a step too late. Otherwise, it would be me holding Miss's hand.
And Yi Yuan had already let go of her hand.
The atmosphere became a bit delicate for a moment.
"After this incident, Miss Ye will probably be able to break off the engagement with the Cao family as she wishes," Yi Yuan racked his brains to find a topic. "But it may not be enough to break away from the Ye family."
The heat on her face hadn't subsided yet. Ye Xi turned her eyes away and tried her best to look calm as she said,
"I know. But the way Ye Pengcheng and Qian Fangxue handled this incident and their attitudes are enough to show that their care and love for me were never as genuine as they seemed on the surface."
"As long as this suspicion exists, it will be reasonable if something unfilial happens later."
Yi Yuan sized Ye Xi up again.
This woman was much smarter than he had thought...
On the other side -
After the three adults, Cao, Ye and Zhou, left the Prince Yu'an's Mansion dejectedly, they immediately rushed to the Ministry of Justice.
The Duke of Shen forced Xie Huaiyue to open the prison door with his status and went in to visit.
Since the Zhou family had taken the lead, the remaining two, Cao Dexiu and Ye Pengcheng, also went in smoothly.
When the people in the prison saw them coming in, they immediately regarded them as saviors -
Some called "Master of the family", others called "Husband"; the cries of "Father" and "Grandfather" kept coming one after another.
For a moment, it was as if several families were visiting relatives.
Cao Dexiu, Zhou Ying and Zhou Mousong naturally rushed straight to the cells where their sons were. And it was much more convenient for Ye Pengcheng. Although Ye Jueyao and Qian Fangxue were convicted differently and were not locked in the same cell, Ye Jueyao's cell was just next door.
As soon as the two of them saw him, they both rushed over.