Ye Li nodded and finally fell asleep peacefully.

Zhan Xuan settled him in the guest room, then asked Lin Yiwan worriedly, "Mother, how do you plan to persuade Madam Ye to accept Ye Li again?"

Lin Yiwan answered the question irrelevantly: "Xuan'er, tell me the truth, what do you think of Ye Li's preference for wearing women's clothes?"

Zhan Xuan scratched his head subconsciously, and a layer of blush quietly crept across his handsome face.

He whispered

"I think it looks great. He even looks prettier than my sister in it!"

Lin Yiwan raised her eyebrows in shock: "Zhan Xuan, you don't like him, do you?"

Zhan Xuan flatly denied: "No, I just treat him as a good brother, how could I like him, mother, please don't talk nonsense!"

Lin Yiwan then patted her chest and said, "You scared me too. I don't want our Zhan family to be extinct!"

Zhan Xuan muttered subconsciously: "Don't I still have my elder brother?"

To avoid being lectured again, he did not dare to speak out loud.

Lin Yiwan went back and told Zhan Yan about this, but he just consoled her: "You're overthinking it. Zhan Xuan definitely won't like Ye Li. I think he's normal. He just hasn't met the girl he likes!"

Lin Yiwan then fell asleep with a heavy heart, but she had a dream. In the dream, she saw Zhan Xuan getting married, and when the red veil was lifted, she actually saw Ye Li.

"No, no!" she screamed, waking up.

Zhan Yan was sleeping beside her. Hearing the noise, he quickly reached out and patted her: "Wanwan? What's wrong with you?"

Lin Yiwan covered her pounding heart and said, "Ah Yan, I dreamed that Zhan Xuan got married!"

Zhan Yan chuckled and muttered, "Isn't this a good thing?"

Lin Yiwan reached out and pushed him: "How can it be a good thing? If you knew who the bride in my dream was, you would be so scared that you couldn't sleep!"

Zhan Yan asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Lin Yiwan uttered two words: "Ye Li!"

Zhan Yan was stunned at first, then he soothed her gently: "What you think about during the day, you dream about at night. This is pure fantasy. It's impossible. Just put your mind at ease!"

Lin Yiwan couldn't fall asleep anymore, so she could only get up and let Ling'er come in to serve her.

After breakfast, she took Ye Li to the Duke's Mansion.

In just two days, Madam Ye had become extremely haggard.

She wanted to salute Lin Yiwan, but she stopped her with her hand: "No need, I came here to talk to you!"

Madam Ye looked at her with complicated eyes: "About Ye Li?"

Lin Yiwan nodded heavily: "Well, you should know very well that Madam Ye hopes that he can stay by her side. Can't you even fulfill her last wish?"

Madam Ye was silent for a moment before she slowly spoke, "He can enter the mansion, but there is one condition. From now on, he is not allowed to wear women's clothes. Ask him if he can do it?"

When she finished saying this, her brows furrowed tightly.

She looked at Lin Yiwan, the still bright and gentle woman.

She felt that God was quite unfair. Time seemed to have left no trace on her. In the past few years, she had not changed at all except that she became more beautiful.

Unlike her, they all looked too old and haggard to be seen.

The number of white hairs hidden in her brocade handkerchief increased, which made her feel resentful and jealous towards Lin Yiwan deep in her heart.

Lin Yiwan remained silent for a moment before asking in confusion, "Why do you insist on changing his preferences?"

Madam Ye immediately spoke up: "Because it's embarrassing. If Zhan Xuan also had this habit, would you still be able to be as calm as you are now?"

Lin Yiwan answered confidently, "I can. As long as the children are motivated, polite, kind, and filial, I don't care what special habits they have!"

Madam Ye was stunned at first, then she smiled bitterly: "Because your Zhan Xuan is very outstanding, you say that. The knife didn't pierce your heart, so you don't feel pain. If Ye Li still doesn't realize his mistake, I will never let him come to the vigil!"

After saying that, she was about to get up and leave.

At this time, Ye Li suddenly rushed onto the carriage road: "Mother, I was wrong. I will never do that again. I want to stay by my grandmother's side and see her off to the end. Please help me, okay?"

He kowtowed repeatedly, and tears dripped into the carriage.

Madam Ye looked at him with complicated eyes and spoke word by word: "Ye Li, I don't want you to lie. You are not a child anymore. When your grandmother was alive, she always talked about you. You don't want her to be disappointed in you, right?"

Ye Li nodded while crying: "Yes!"

Madam Ye reached out and pulled him up, saying, "Okay, since you've changed your ways, I'll start arranging marriages for you after your grandmother's funeral is over!"

This sentence hit Ye Li like thunder. He asked in shock, "Mother, why are you suddenly talking about marriage? I'm still so young, and my elder brother isn't even engaged!"

Madam Ye interrupted: "He is he, you are you. The emperor is not even older than you, and he has already married the queen. Besides, what's the big deal about just getting you engaged first?"

There was a fierce struggle in Ye Li's eyes, but in the end, the thought of going into the house to keep vigil for his grandmother prevailed.

He had no choice but to agree: "Everything is up to mother's arrangements!"

Madam Ye's expression finally relaxed. She raised an eyebrow and looked at Lin Yiwan, "Madam Hou, my Li'er's marriage will depend on you in the future. You should help me judge the temperament of this noble lady in the capital. You won't refuse, right?"

Lin Yiwan subconsciously frowned, she thought Madam Ye's idea was ridiculous.

But she also understood that Madam Ye did this to block Ye Li's retreat.

She thought that if she got him engaged, he would no longer have such complicated thoughts.

But she was clearly trying to restrain Ye Li's nature!

Besides, he is a eunuch!

Who is willing to marry their daughter here?

Perhaps she had been silent for too long, so Madam Ye became a little impatient.

She spoke again: "Since Madam Hou is in such a dilemma, I won't force you any more. From now on, you don't have to worry about our Li'er's affairs!"

After saying that, she pulled Ye Li out of the carriage.

Looking at the backs of the mother and son, a complex expression flashed in Lin Yiwan's eyes.

At this time, Zhan Xuan climbed up the carriageway from outside and said, "Mother, will it be difficult for us to see Ye Li again in the future?"

Seeing his dejected expression, Lin Yiwan couldn't help but hit him: "Didn't you tell me to find a way to send him back to the Duke's Mansion? Now that his mother has accepted him back, why are you so distraught again?"

Zhan Xuan said helplessly: "I want him to be able to guard his grandmother's body, not sell him to Madam Ye!"

Lin Yiwan reminded: "That's his mother. We outsiders have no right to say anything. Ah Xuan, you have to know your place!"

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