Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 745 - 734: Substitute Younger Sister

Ye Wangshi, unusually moved with compassion for Ye Qiu, grew anxious. If father and mother couldn’t convince her younger sister, wouldn’t she truly have to marry over?

Thus, she urged, "Mother, haven’t you already discussed this with father? Please speak, this is good for sister." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Ye Qiu also smiled and asked, "Father and mother even came to daughter’s courtyard with such seriousness! Is it like sister said, that there really is something to discuss?"

"It’s like this." Ye Wangshi paused briefly and said, "Your father and I have discussed and thought about letting you marry Prince Li."

"Me?" Ye Qiu said in surprise, "Mother, isn’t this against the rules? Both sister and I are legitimate daughters, sister is the main wife, what does it make me if I am sent to be a concubine? Isn’t this a joke to others? Moreover, daughter’s health has always been poor, how can she serve Prince Li?"

Ye Qiu deliberately said so, as big families always have these rules; if the older sister becomes the main wife, it is common for younger sisters from the same family to be sent as concubines to vie for favor, but even so, there are conditions, otherwise it will be laughable.

This condition would either be if the legitimate sister cannot bear children, or if the legitimate sister has passed away and there needs to be someone to continue the marriage alliance between the families. There was no logic as Ye Qiu suggested, where the legitimate sister hasn’t even married and the legitimate younger sister is also taken along, so Ye Wangshi and Ye Borong felt terribly awkward upon hearing what Ye Qiu said.

"It’s not like what you said." Ye Xia said in an angry tone, "Father and mother mean for you to marry Prince Li in my place."

"Me? A substitute marriage?" Ye Qiu’s voice raised a bit, her complexion turned very pale, "Are father, mother, and sister joking? It was sister who was granted the marriage by the Holy Emperor. If I substitute, it would be deceiving the emperor, a crime worthy of beheading for us all. Why would father and mother think this way?"

"Isn’t it all for your consideration?" Ye Xia, afraid that Ye Borong and Ye Wangshi might regret, quickly said, "Haven’t you always been unwell? There is no cure for you in the capital, if you marry Prince Li and become the Princess Consort, there would definitely be better Imperial Physicians or Divine Doctors to treat you, maybe then you might get well."

So high-sounding Ye Qiu thought derisively, truly worthy of her usual strategies—every time, clearly to her own benefit, yet when spoken out she makes it seem like a charity, even expecting gratitude in return. If it’s so good, why doesn’t she marry herself?

Isn’t it just because she despises the harsh cold of the Northwest and fears losing the luxury and honor of the capital?

Although she was indeed going to marry in her stead, she didn’t want her to occupy such unreasonable grounds, so she said further: "Sister, what nonsense are you speaking? Doctor Liu is already the best Imperial Physician, he said there’s no cure, what hope could there be? Sister never hoped to live a century-long life, and as for the Divine Doctor you mentioned, if there really is one, sister will be Princess Consort and can just as well invite them for me, can’t you?"

"You..." Ye Xia was momentarily stumped, then quickly reacted, "How can you be so unreasonable? Isn’t it different? Besides, even not mentioning the Divine Doctor, if you don’t marry Prince Li, you might never be able to marry at all, do you want to be a lonely ghost?"

"What can be done about it?" Ye Qiu bitterly smiled and then understandingly said, "We can’t risk the whole family for my illness. Daughter absolutely cannot shoulder this responsibility. As for being a lonely ghost, once a person dies, they are gone, I have nothing to care about it. At the very least, I can become a nun in my final days, so father, mother, and sister must never again think of doing such foolish things for me, daughter truly can not bear it."

Seeing Ye Qiu so stubborn, Ye Xia was irritated and gasped as she coaxed Ye Wangshi, "Mother, please say something!"

Ye Wangshi, looked upon with desperate eyes by her eldest daughter, straightened her expression and then affectionately said to Ye Qiu, "Qiu’er, this is your father’s and my decision, it’s also for your own good. Your illness cannot be cured in the capital, so we thought of going to the Northwest, a change of environment might be better."

With her pure eyes, Ye Qiu looked directly into the eyes of Ye Wangshi, making him feel ashamed: "Mother, have you forgotten? My illness is congenital, and I barely managed to survive till now. Doctor Liu also said that I could die at any time, that I shouldn’t overwork. The journey to the Northwest is long, and the sandstorms are fierce, if it’s really for healing, why not go to Jiangnan instead? Isn’t the environment there even better? Moreover, when elder sister joined the imperial selection, she was in perfect health, won’t my sickly condition betray us right away? Aren’t father and mother afraid of bringing about a death sentence?"

"I..." Ye Wangshi was also dumbfounded, unable to tell her younger daughter that Prince Li is known for causing his wife’s death, that marrying her off would shift the responsibility onto Prince Li, wouldn’t this just expose the lie she just told for her daughter’s sake?

"Fine, since younger sister is so smart, then we won’t lie to you anymore, I don’t like Prince Li, so I want you to marry him." Ye Xia bluntly said.

Ye Qiu looked puzzled: "Sister, is this something to deliberate over? This is a crime of deceiving the monarch."

"As long as we don’t speak of it, who would know?" Ye Xia looked at Ye Qiu and pleaded, "Little sister, please, for your sister’s sake, marry him! Wouldn’t that be good for everyone?"

"But I don’t see how this is good for me, the Holy Emperor has already decreed that once Prince Li completes the marriage, he must return to the Northwest, I’m afraid I might die on the way, sister, how can you bear this? We are twins!" Ye Qiu refused with downplayed eyes.

Hearing this, Ye Xia’s face turned infuriated as she exclaimed loudly, "Younger sister, I have never begged you for anything, can’t you just agree to this one request?"

Without looking up, Ye Qiu seemed aggrieved, "Has elder sister really never asked me for anything? The Little Red Bird four months ago, the pony from last year, the lone book from the previous dynasty three years ago, the Phoenix Tail Zither five years ago and so on, weren’t all of these taken by elder sister using this reason? On the other hand, I, your younger sister, have never asked for anything from you."

"You..." Ye Xia, in frustration, said, "Are you really that petty? Remembering such small matters from years ago so clearly? I am your elder sister, I have been indulgent to you since birth, what does it matter if you give me some of your things?"

"Am I being petty? Elder sister, have I ever said anything when you took my belongings? Moreover, has elder sister ever really indulged me even once?" Ye Qiu retorted ironically.

In haste, Ye Xia responded, "Isn’t it true? Since you were young, you’ve been in poor health, dad and mom have been worried about you, naturally, I’ve been neglected, isn’t that me indulging you?"

"Is it? Have dad and mom always cherished only me since childhood?" Ye Qiu asked as she looked into the eyes of Ye Borong and Ye Wangshi, both of whom uncomfortably shifted their gaze away.