Ye Xinyan regarded the three of them with a smirk that wasn't quite a smile, twisted the corner of her mouth, and said, "Is that necessary? For so many years, the task of surrounding the knees of our Duke's Mansion with children has always been done by the Second Miss and her two good brothers, has it not? I am well aware that I don't possess the cleverness to deal with the Second Miss, so it is better for me to stay away and avoid carelessly falling into her traps, lest I inadvertently anger Grandmother during the New Year's celebration."
It seems that Ji Chengru must have admired Ye Xinyi back in the day, or perhaps knowing that her mother, Madam Yin, held little standing with Ye Hongyang, he allowed Ye Xinyi's consistent disrespect toward her mother to go unchecked after their marriage. Hearing a couple of her pointed remarks now should be expected, right?
However, Ye Xinyan seemed to have forgotten that they had brought a child along.
