Top-Floor Trade Fair

"Master Xiao, you actually..."

Cao Ying's face was full of astonishment. He could even guess the method they had used?

Wasn't that a little too impressive?

"There's nothing surprising about it. There are only a few methods available, and the only reasonable way to interfere in the Ye Clan's affairs is through a marriage alliance."

"Moreover, although the Ye Clan knows what you're thinking, they can't do without you. Without your support, they wouldn't even be able to maintain their position among the Five Great Clans."

"So this method is bound to work."

Lu Yunxiao explained with a light smile.

"That's right, it is indeed so!"

Cao Ying glanced at Lu Yunxiao admiringly, but then her tone suddenly shifted. "However, this Miss Ye Xinlan doesn't seem willing to resign herself to her fate."

Cao Ying looked at Ye Xinlan in blue, her tone inscrutable.

"How could a woman easily resign herself to her fate over something that would affect the rest of her life?"

"If it were Miss Cao, would you accept your fate?"

Lu Yunxiao looked at Cao Ying with a hint of meaning in his gaze.

"Of course not!"

Cao Ying's eyes flickered as she said, "Actually, I do sympathize somewhat with Ye Xinlan's circumstances. Unfortunately, I am a member of the Cao Clan."

As a member of the Cao Clan, it was only natural for her to consider the Cao Clan's interests. There was no question about that.

"A marriage alliance... I really do dislike such things."

Retracting his gaze from Cao Ying, Lu Yunxiao looked at Ye Xinlan's furious expression in the distance and spoke faintly.

He had never supported marriage alliances.

Sacrificing a woman's lifelong happiness at every turn—he could not accept such a method.

Of course, that applied only to himself.

Since marriage alliances