Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 755 - 744: Substitute Younger Sister

"I’m not feeling well, so I’ll keep the wet nurse here to attend to me. Everyone else leave," Ye Qiu said coldly.

Ye Wangshi glanced at the wet nurse and then at Ye Qiu’s icy expression, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

After everyone had left, Ye Wangshi felt too embarrassed to state her true intentions for visiting the Prince Wang Mansion in front of the wet nurse, and the room lapsed into silence and awkwardness.

Ye Qiu gave them a glance and chuckled lightly, "Mother, if you have something to say, you can say it now."

"I..." Ye Wangshi still couldn’t bring herself to speak and her face colored with both embarrassment and anger, secretly cursing that Ye Qiu, her daughter, did not know how to give her face. Indeed, Xiaxia was right; Ye Qiu was unreliable.

"Now that there are no outsiders, if Mother still can’t speak up, I think my dear big sister should do it on Mother’s behalf," Ye Qiu suggested.

"So now you’re willing to acknowledge me as your sister? You still remember that I am your sister?" Ye Xia retorted with indignation, glaring at Ye Qiu.

"What choice do I have? Isn’t all of this caused by you, sister? Who else insisted on forcing me into a marriage in your place? If I don’t call you sister, do you want everyone to know that you defied the imperial order and expect the whole family to lose their lives with you?" Ye Qiu retorted lightly, leaving Ye Xia with immense regret.

"I’ve regretted it, isn’t that enough?" Ye Xia replied bluntly.

"Regret? What use is your regret now, sister? What’s done is done. Can we undo it? Although we are twins and look quite similar, do you think the Prince is a fool?"

"That’s not what I mean," Ye Xia said awkwardly, turning her head away.

"Then what do you mean? Sister, are you trying to get close to the Prince through me and then switch places after making the Prince grow fond of you?"

Ye Xia looked at Ye Qiu in shock, not understanding how her thoughts could be guessed so accurately.

"Does sister seem surprised that I’ve guessed what’s on your mind? With your thoughts so plainly written on your face, it’s not hard for me to guess. Or did sister really take me for a fool?" Ye Qiu said with a hint of sarcasm.

Ye Xia stared at Ye Qiu with calculative eyes. "That’s right, that’s exactly what I was thinking. After all, shouldn’t all this have been mine?"

"Indeed, all the glory and wealth I have today should belong to sister, but wasn’t it you who abandoned it in the first place? Back then, you were unwilling to suffer in the Northwest, unwilling to marry a prince with no prospects. Now, after I’ve endured all the hardships, you want to come and pick the fruit of my labor? Sister, don’t you think you’re too shameless?" Ye Qiu’s tone was calm, but her words were piercing, and Ye Xia feared that outsiders might overhear.

"Sister needn’t be so panicked; there are no outsiders here, and no ill repute will spread about you," Ye Qiu commented, mocking her like one would a clown.

Ye Xia’s face turned beet red, and Ye Wangshi, unable to hold back any longer, interjected, "Qiu’er, it was immoral of us to force you to take your sister’s place in marriage, but Xiaxia is your sister after all, is it necessary to be so harsh? Besides, we did compensate you, isn’t ten thousand taels of silver enough?"

"So we settled our accounts with money at that time; ten thousand taels of silver in exchange for my life. But it just so happened that I was lucky enough to survive. Now, what brings Mother and sister here today?"

"I... You cannot deny that without the switch at that time, you wouldn’t have your current glory. You should be thankful to your sister," Ye Wangshi asserted confidently.

"So I should give up my position to her? Mother, you’re quite the schemer. Who would have known there would be a day like today when I married into Prince Li’s family? I married with the expectation of death, today’s outcome is all due to Prince Li’s fortune and power, what does that have to do with whether you chose to allow it or not?"

"I’m not saying you should abdicate directly. After all, hasn’t Imperial Physician Liu said that your days are numbered? Since Prince Li is bound to remarry a Princess Consort sooner or later, why can’t that person be your sister?" Ye Wangshi continued.

"Why does it have to be her?" Ye Qiu looked at Ye Xia with disdain, "Sister, I never knew you were such a snob. When Prince Li was powerless, you tried every means to escape the marriage. Now that he is the Regent King, you unscrupulously want to marry into his household. Why do you cause so much trouble?"

"You... do you hate me that much?" Ye Xia felt indignant, fearful that her grievances would come to nothing, and her tone softened a bit.

"That’s right, I hate you that much." Ye Qiu responded bluntly, without a hint of concealment.

"Just because I made you marry in my place?"

"Not just that, but also the many years before that. You clearly have never been kind to me, yet you always pretend to be benevolent. I find your false face utterly disgusting."

"So you just refuse to help, is that it?" Ye Xia asked through gritted teeth.

"That’s right."

"Fine, you’re really good, aren’t you? Since you have no regard for sisterly affection, don’t blame me for disregarding it in the future as well."

"Why does what sister says make me feel so nauseous? We’ve been sisters for so many years, when have you ever cared about sisterly affection?" Ye Qiu looked at her and laughed sarcastically.

"Remember your promise, no matter what happens, you can’t reveal the fact that you married in my place," Ye Xia said, looking into Ye Qiu’s eyes before she left.

Ye Wangshi also shook her head in disappointment at Ye Qiu and sighed as she walked away.

After they left, the wet nurse spoke to Ye Qiu with a sense of vindication: "Princess Consort, you should have treated the Lady and the Eldest Lady like this long ago. They’ve never considered your feelings, and they still want the Eldest Lady to marry into the household again? They really have a lot of nerve."

Ye Qiu didn’t say anything because she knew things would not be that simple, and Ye Xia would not give up so easily.

After all, in her previous life, Prince Li and Ye Xia were a loving couple. Even if in this life Prince Li had learned of Ye Xia’s true character because of her, their entanglement wouldn’t be easily undone.

Besides, even if it were undone, she would make it return. She intended to entangle the two, then make them both yearn and not obtain their desires.

"Xiaxia, what shall we do? I never expected your sister to harbor such resentment against us!" Ye Wangshi whispered as they walked down the long corridor.

Ye Qiu, head held high and her gaze determined, said: "Mother need not worry. If the second sister is unwilling to cooperate, does that mean we are out of options? As long as she is in this world, I have a reason to come to Prince Wang Mansion. If I come often enough, am I still afraid I won’t see Prince Li?"

"But your sister won’t let you into the mansion."

"What if Prince Li lets me in when she doesn’t?" Ye Xia’s heart raced as she looked at the silhouette of a man not far away, her voice thrilled, "Mother, look, isn’t this the opportunity we’ve been waiting for?"

Following her eldest daughter’s gaze, Ye Wangshi indeed saw a dignified and tall man. It seemed that this was her son-in-law, Prince Li.