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."
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?"
