Defying your words would mean defying me.

Yun Meiyi didn't know what she should say more. He had presented his reasons so well that if she stood against him, it would sound too unreasonable. So, in the end, she just decided to go along with his set plot. "Where are the rest?" She asked. 

If she has read his words correctly then he meant to say that he has dismissed some people while others have stayed, which means there must still be people to assist them around. The place they stayed was not a simple house but a mansion and to maintain it in its beautiful form, undeniably they would need people around. 

Lu Xifu eyed down her plate and getting his cue, Yun Meiyi picked up her fork to have the fruits. She knew well that he wouldn't let her go until she had the breakfast, he had prepared for her.