"How have father and grandmother been recently?" After the servants served tea and left, Ye Li asked softly.
Minister Ye froze for a moment and looked at Ye Li's expression before replying, "They're fine, but your fourth sister, she …" Ye Li raised her eyebrows, "Prince Li didn't take fourth sister with him when he left the capital?" Minister Ye shook his head. Fortunately, Mo Jingli didn't take Ye Ying away. Otherwise, the Ye family and Prince Li wouldn't be able to escape the crime of conspiring to rebel. Although Ye Ying was now under house arrest, the Emperor finally believed that the Ye family didn't wallow in the mire with Prince Li. Ye Li lowered her head and thought for a moment before asking, "Who did Prince Li take with him when he left the capital?" Minister Ye had nothing to hide and said in a deep voice, "He only took that woman from Nanjiang. Even Consort Xianzhao was left in the capital. The Empress Dowager has already brought Consort Xianzhao to the palace. But now that Prince Li has rebelled, the Empress Dowager's life isn't easy. "Thinking of this, Minister Ye felt regret in his heart. It was true that he was the Empress Dowager's man and he was biased towards Prince Li. But he never thought that Prince Li would suddenly rebel. If he had known that Prince Li was so crazy, he would have followed the Emperor wholeheartedly. At least he had a Zhaoyi daughter and a prince's grandson. Now he had nothing.
"Fourth sister is under house arrest by the Emperor?" Ye Li raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why didn't Prince Li take her away? After all, she is his legal wife. Prince Li shouldn't not know what will happen to her if he leaves her in the capital."
Minister Ye sighed helplessly and said, "Ying 'er is already two months pregnant. It's not suitable for a long journey. "
Ye Li's mind turned. She looked up at Minister Ye and Old Madame Ye and smiled faintly, "Prince Li doesn't know that fourth sister is pregnant, right?" No matter how cruel Mo Jingli was, he wouldn't abandon his own flesh and blood, not to mention that Ye Ying was pregnant with his only child. The only possibility was that he did not know that Ye Ying was pregnant, and Ye Ying had found an excuse to stay. Old Madame Ye felt a bit guilty under her gaze and said embarrassedly: "That Princess Xi Xia isn't a good person and Prince Li spoils her too much. With Ying 'er's scheming, the child would be gone before she could even reach Lingzhou. In any case, Prince Li spends most of his time in the capital every year, so we thought of letting Ying 'er stay in the capital to wait for delivery. "
How could Ye Li not understand Old Madame Ye's intentions? Ye Zhaoyi and the little prince in the palace had died. Ye Ying finally had Prince Li's child. Naturally, she wanted to keep the child in the capital so that the child could be close to the Ye family in the future. But they didn't expect that Mo Jingli didn't even bother to inform them that he was going to attack. However, they had inadvertently saved the Ye family. Of course, the reason why the Emperor did not punish the Ye family was probably because they were related to the Wang family. Ye Li sighed and looked at Minister Ye: "Father, I'm afraid that the Emperor already knows about fourth sister's pregnancy. He hasn't done anything to her yet. I'm afraid that he wants to use her child to threaten Prince Li. "
Minister Ye had already thought of this. He didn't really come to the Prince Ding Mansion for Ye Ying, "Then we …"
Ye Li raised her hand to stop him from speaking. She looked at Minister Ye and said: "Father, this official knows that I don't understand. But the most taboo thing for those in power is for the people below to be disloyal. Father, you can't really think that the Emperor doesn't know anything, right? In Li 'er's opinion, Prince Li is not the opponent of that person in the palace. "Minister Ye's expression changed slightly," You mean … "
Ye Li lowered her head and drank tea. She didn't answer and let Minister Ye sit there with his expression changing.
Old Madame Ye couldn't sit still and quickly asked: "Li 'er, what should we do now?" Ye Li said faintly: "Father, report Prince Li's crime as soon as possible and ask for forgiveness from the Emperor. As for the future … the Emperor will no longer trust the Ye family. So father, it's best to ask the Emperor to remove you from the position of Minister. In the future, it's better to keep a low profile and teach Brother Rong well. "
"This …" Minister Ye and Old Madame Ye were stunned. There was an unwilling expression on their faces. After thinking for a while, Old Madame Ye looked at Ye Li cautiously and said: "Li 'er, Prince Ding has just quelled the rebellion in Yong Zhou. Should we ask him …" Looking at Old Madame Ye's hopeful expression, Ye Li sneered and said faintly: "Prince Ding's residence has done a lot to quell the rebellion. Grandmother doesn't know. Don't tell me that father doesn't know the current situation of Prince Ding's residence?" Minister Ye could only sigh dejectedly. It was because Prince Ding's residence had done a lot that it was impossible to plead for him. The more Prince Ding pleaded, the more the Emperor would suppress the Ye family. Minister Ye didn't know whether he should be resentful or not. Because of Prince Ding's residence, the Emperor will never use the Ye family again. But it was also because of Prince Ding's residence, because his daughter was Princess Ding, the Ye family was saved from the disaster.
"Father, if you can pick it up, then you can let it go. When it's time to fight, fight. When it's time to retreat, retreat. No matter how good the fame and fortune are, can it be better than your own name? "Ye Li said softly.
Minister Ye paused for a while and there was a struggle on his face. Looking at Ye Li, he said: "If in the future …" Ye Li interrupted him. "Father, be careful with your words." Minister Ye finally lowered his head dejectedly. He sighed and didn't say anything else. Old Madame Ye also understood that Ye Li had personally rejected asking Prince Ding to plead for leniency. She had cut off the last hope of the Ye family. Thinking that she would no longer be the Old Madame of Minister's residence and that the Ye family would decline, she couldn't help but feel resentment in her heart. "Li 'er, how can you be so cruel. No matter how wrong your father is, he is still your father. Our Ye family is still your maternal family. What good will it do you if the Ye family declines? Prince Ding's residence doesn't have any relatives. Don't you want people to help you in the court in the future? "
"Help?" Ye Li murmured softly. She looked up at Old Madame Ye's pained expression, "Father and grandmother, have you gone to see eldest sister and Prince Nan?"
Old Madame Ye was speechless. They had already gone to Prince Li's residence when he was in trouble. Unfortunately, Prince Nan's residence had closed its doors and refused visitors. They didn't even see Prince Nan and Prince Nan. Only a few days ago, Ye Zhen had quietly returned to Ye's residence once. The meaning behind her words was that Prince Nan's residence couldn't help. After all, as a subject, no one dared to provoke a rebellion.
"Last year, Eldest Uncle mentioned to me that Father had been cautious all his life. These two years, he was a bit arrogant. I also mentioned it to Grandmother. Unfortunately, at that time, Grandmother and Father only thought that I was resentful and jealous of Second Sister and Fourth Sister because I was married into the Prince Ding Mansion. Now that things have come to this, not to mention that Prince Ding is unable to plead for Father, even if he could, has Father thought about how you will stand in the court in the future? On the way back, I also heard that these days, the Emperor dotes on Imperial Concubine Yun and Wang Zhao Rong. He even faintly revealed that he wanted to make Imperial Concubine Liu's son the Crown Prince. It seems that he wants to use the Yun and Wang family's people. The Liu family is even more popular. Father, whether it is the Liu family or the Yun and Wang families, they are all prestigious families. And the most important thing is … … they don't get along with the Ye family. Father still doesn't understand the Emperor's meaning? "
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