Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 32 Love Rival Becomes Best Friend

Ye Juelu stayed in the palace for two days, but the emperor still drove him back to the mansion, and asked Ming Lanying to come to see him three days later, "I am already considerate of your wife, you are delaying me to see you." , I will order Song Shanshan to be brought into your residence in advance tomorrow!"

Ye Juelu had no choice but to sneak back home in the dark, but was bumped into by Hebai who came out to look for food at night on the roof.

"Brother? Why do you have to walk on the roof when you return home at night?"

Ye Juelu frowned and asked, "What are you doing on the roof without sleeping at night?"

Ye Juelu frowned, and Hebai hugged his head reflexively, and said aggrievedly: "I did it for you and sister-in-law, but sister-in-law won't let me eat tonight..."

Ye Juelu clenched his fists, feeling helpless and having a headache for Ming Lanying, but he couldn't bear to be really angry with her.

Fan Yue explained to him that this time it was just a misunderstanding, but the explanation made him even more angry.If Ning'er didn't ask for it this time, then next time, she might unintentionally make a belt for another man. She is so good that no one will refuse her.

"Is your sister-in-law asleep?"

"Sleeping, but she didn't live in the room you arranged for her. She chose a spacious yard by herself, on the other side..."

Before Hebai could finish speaking, Ye Juelu got angry and flew to the courtyard on the other side of the mansion. Hebai just wanted to yell to remind him, but the night was quiet and it was not easy to disturb people's dreams, so he decided to let him go, muttering I went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

"I also want to remind him to be careful, Zai Zai, what are you doing in such a hurry..."

In the dead of night, it seemed that Ye Juelu's breathing and movement became louder. There was a slight noise on the roof, followed by a slight sound of friction at the door, and the wolf cub beside Ming Lanying's bed immediately raised its head, its blue eyes vigilant. Looking out the door.

With a creak, the carved wooden door was gently pushed open. Ye Juelu was surprised that the door was not latched, and he hadn't stepped in yet. His many years of emergency response made him immediately withdraw his foot and dodge to the side.

The cold moonlight shone into the room in a bunch, and a snow-white figure bent over, bared its teeth in an aggressive posture, and stared at him fiercely, like a silent hunter.

Ye Juelu was taken aback for a moment, and only after seeing its sharp teeth did he realize that it was a snow wolf. He was surprised why the snow wolf appeared in his mansion.Subconsciously worried about Ming Lanying's safety, she drew out the dagger at her waist to fight Snow Wolf to the death.

"Cub, come back."

Ming Lanying's lazy voice suddenly came out, and Ye Juelu's movement of swinging the sword paused, Snow Wolf looked at Ye Juelu vigilantly, turned around and ran towards the house, Ye Juelu silently withdrew the dagger.

Just now, he really wanted to kill this wolf, and almost killed this snow wolf, forgetting Ming Lanying's special ability.

He lifted his feet and walked into the room, and closed the door smoothly, the moonlight couldn't enter the inner room, once the door was closed, it was pitch black, only two faint blue lights beside the bed stared at him all the time.

Ye Juelu smeared and lit two lamps, and only then could he see the scene inside the house clearly. Ming Lanying was wearing thin pajamas, propped up and half leaned on the soft pillow, her collar was slightly open, revealing her slender and fragile neck and collarbone , with long hair hanging behind her back, a few strands of hair slid down her shoulders, her beautiful eyes were half closed, and her slender hands were lazily stroking the wolf beside the bed.

The beauty yawned, her eyes were covered with water vapor, sparkling, making one's heart itch, she slightly lifted her seductive eyelashes, and glanced lightly at Ye Juelu, her voice was soft and waxy, which could make people feel tender Half body, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Ye Juelu's breath became a little short of breath when caught by the gaze, and he felt a little restless, "I... come to see you."

"Look at me?" Ming Lanying smiled lightly, "What's so interesting about me?"

"you are pretty."

Ming Lanying rolled her eyes, "Aren't you so busy that you just stayed in the palace? Are you not busy now?"

Ye Juelu cleared his throat guiltily, "We're done, aren't you going to explain something to me?"

"Explain what? Ning'er is growing up and sleeping in the next room. This is Zai Zai, a little male wolf. I picked it up at the frontier after you left. Fan Yue should have told you, I have nothing to explain. "

Ye Juelu put one hand on his belt. He didn't see the wolf when he picked them up at the city gate. It should have been hidden in the carriage, but he doesn't care about the wolf now.

Some grievances tugged at the silver waist chain, "I thought you accepted me..."

"Ning'er begged me for what I wanted, and I had no choice but to do it. It didn't make any sense." After Ming Lanying said a few words, most of her spirits woke up, and she patted the snow wolf's head, and the snow wolf purred comfortably. , "I have also seriously considered your words. You are a person who does great things for the emperor, and we are not suitable."

The silver chain made a dull sound, and Ye Juelu's eyes darkened, "You can only know if it is suitable or not, I am indeed working for the emperor, but every yard counts, and I look down on anyone except you, you Give me a chance, and it's also for Ning'er."

Ye Juelu silently apologized to his son, for the sake of the happiness of their family, he could only use his son to hold her back temporarily.

Ming Lanying is very clear about her plan, earning money to support her son is the first priority; then buying a house and opening a shop, using money to make money is the second; the last is to travel around the world, to see the customs of this world, and when tired, choose A favorite place to retire.

There is no love in her planned future.

"For Ning'er, I will give him more love, but I can't live up to wasting your feelings, you will have better things."

"I only want you, and you are the best." Ye Juelv took a deep look at her, "All you have to do is give me a chance to pursue you, and I will try my best to make you like me, and I will always wait you."

Ming Lanying looked at him quietly, Gu Panshenghui's eyes showed no emotion, Ye Juelu got up and blew out the lamp, "Go to bed earlier, I'll go next door to accompany Ning'er."

The door was gently closed, and Ming Lanying lay down slowly in the darkness, with one hand hanging outside the bed, she pinched the wolf cub's ear, and the wolf cub bit her lightly.

"Zai Zai, what do you think of him?"

From all aspects, Ye Juelu is a very good target. Now that he has resumed his official position, he has money and power, he has good looks, a high businessman, and strong martial arts. He is a favorite for everyone. It's hard not to be moved by such a man's affectionate confession.

But love is not in her plan. She has lived two lifetimes and never took love seriously. After all, a wise man does not fall in love, and a man will only affect the speed at which she makes money...

But she is a pretty dog, and she doesn't want to admit that she has been bewitched by Ye Juelv's face, figure, and affection, and her heart has been shaken.Ah, so annoying!
The wolf cub sneezed and shook his head, "Not good."

Ming Lanying paused when she licked the wolf. The wolf is one of the creatures that mature very quickly. The wolf cubs opened up in less than a year, which surprised her.

"Zai Zai, you can talk now, as smart as your mother."

"Ouch..."

I struggled in the middle of the night and didn't bother to think about it. Feelings are safe as they go, and fell asleep in a daze, only to be woken up by the wolf cub licking his hand the next day.

While licking her, the wolf cub said, "Wake up, someone is looking for you to play with."

Ming Lanying blindly guessed that Tang Ning had come to look for her, and raised her hand to ruthlessly trample the wolf cub, "Wake up, wake up, stop licking, it's sticky."

The sky was bright outside, Ming Lanying squinted her eyes and stood up, Ning'er laughed heartily from outside the door, "Daddy is pushing it higher!"

When Ming Lanying came out after washing, she saw a swing suddenly appeared in the yard overnight, and Ye Juelu pushed Ning'er on the swing.

The wolf cub came out beside her and stretched out in the clearing.

"Mom! Come on, daddy is back!"

The wolf cub bit her skirt and dragged her out. Ming Lanying smiled and waved to Ning'er, "We had fun with Daddy today. Someone is looking for mother. Mother has something to go out for."

"Okay! Mother, come back soon!"

Ye Juelu glanced at her leaving back, resisted asking, and gradually became a little absent-minded when pushing the swing. Ning'er looked up at him suspiciously, "Daddy, are you worried about mother?"

Ye Juelu hummed, and was still pushing the swing in his hands, "Ning'er, do you know who is looking for your mother?"

Ning'er tilted her head, "It should be Sister Tang Ning, Dad, have you forgotten?"

Ye Juelu suddenly realized, and let go of his hanging heart. That day at the city gate, before leaving, Tang Ning made an appointment with Ming Lanying to go out to play, "Dad forgot, now I remember."

Ning'er suddenly said to Ye Juelu: "Father, Imperial Physician Zhao secretly asked Ning'er to tell you that Mother is the kind of person who is most likely to soften her heart."

Ye Juelu was silent, and for the first time looked at his son with scrutiny, "Ning'er, where did you recite the Three Character Classic?"

Ning'er smiled proudly, "The plenary session of the Three-Character Classic has been recited! There are also Thousand-Character Classics, Hundred Family Surnames, Four-character Miscellaneous Characters and Six-character Miscellaneous Characters, Zeng Guang Xian Wen, Children's Learning Qiong Lin, Xiao Jing, and Guoxue History Books are also read. It's over! I'm learning the Four Books now, and it's a bit difficult to memorize, my mother said to take my time."

Ye Juelu remained silent. He knew that his son was smart. If he didn't speak before, it didn't mean he couldn't learn and think. After he could speak, his learning ability improved by leaps and bounds. Surprisingly, he knew more than children of the same age, and his mind was more mature. .

Coupled with some small selfishness of Imperial Physician Zhao, sometimes he will teach him how to distinguish some thoughts of adults, so now he can always keenly guess some emotional conflicts between him and Ming Lanying.

"Ning'er, don't expose her in front of your mother in the future, your mother will be upset."

I also feel embarrassed and want to beat people up. Sometimes adults are very duplicity.

"Yeah! Ning'er knows!"

The wolf cub dragged her all the way to the front lobby, Ming Lanying saw a familiar tall figure through the blackout bamboo curtain, her eyes lit up.

"A Ning!"

When Tang Ning heard the sound, she saw Ming Lanying with a joyful face, and she couldn't help but raise her mouth and smile, "Lanying, you don't even have a servant in your house. Fortunately, the wolf cubs smelled me, otherwise I would have died." I don't know how to see you."

She didn't know if Ye Juelu was at home, so she didn't dare to look for her in the backyard. Even though she was trying hard to let go of her previous feelings, she had to avoid suspicion carefully.

The wolf cub rubbed against Ming Lanying for credit, and got a reward, "Hebai didn't know where he went, there were only a few servants who were sweeping, and I arranged them to only work at two hours in the morning. Live, with wolf cubs around, it would be inconvenient to have servants."

"I know what you think, and you don't want to stay in the capital for too long, and asking so many servants will only increase the trouble." Tang Ning took out a piece of jerky from her waist pocket and fed it to the wolf cub, "Go, take me with you today." Go and see the most beautiful scenery in the capital."

Ming Lanying glanced at her neat horse outfit, then at the light skirt on her body, "Wait for me to change into something more convenient."

Tang Ning smiled and shook her head, "It's nothing, I brought a carriage today, and I'll drive it for you, let's go."

"Alright, I'll trouble you then!"

Ming Lanying patted the wolf cub, letting it go back to accompany Ning'er, and hooked up with Tang Ning to play.

Tang Ning grew up in the capital. Even though she has been doing business abroad for many years, she is still very familiar with the capital that has not changed for a hundred years.The Tang family can also be regarded as a scholarly family, a big family in the capital, the eldest daughter is now the emperor's concubine, full of glory, but the second daughter went to business, the support of the Tang family does not mean that no one in the circle is talking behind their backs.

After all, as a scholar, farmer, businessman, Han Chuang studied hard for decades, in order to be able to excel in his official career.The status of merchants has always been low. Even though they don't despise merchants so much now, there are still some self-righteous and pretentious nobles who will maintain contempt and disdain for merchants.

This is also one of the reasons why Ming Lanying doesn't want to stay in the capital. There are many rules in the capital, and there are many conservative and pedantic families. Half a merchant who stinks of copper.

There's no need to try your best to squeeze into a circle that you can't fit in, because it might be all for nothing.

The carriage kicked and tapped all the way from the capital to the outskirts, from the flat mountain road all the way up, to a Hanshan Temple on the top of the mountain, without stopping, directly bypassing the temple, and going up the back mountain.

The incense in Hanshan Temple is okay, and there are not too few people coming and going on the mountain. The scenery along the way is fresh and eye-catching. Ming Lanying lay by the window and said to Tang Ning in surprise: "You won't take me to a deserted mountain , and then kill and throw away the corpse?"

Tang Ning patted her horse's butt amusedly, "I'm not willing to kill you, of course such a beautiful Meijiao Niang must be sold for a good price."

Ming Lanying laughed and pushed her, "Just kidding me, you are also very beautiful, when the time comes, Ren Yazi thinks that buy one get one free, it's a profit!"

With laughter and laughter, the carriage arrived in front of a pavilion on the cliff in the back mountain. Tang Ning reined in the horse, and Ming Lanying jumped off the carriage and stretched her waist. A half-person-high wooden fence was built beside the cliff, and the hexagonal pavilion stood on the highest point. , Looking down from the gazebo, you can see the entire green forest below the mountain and the entire bustling capital city.

The spring breeze is blowing, and it is so comfortable that people can't help but open their arms and embrace the spring.

Ming Lanying did exactly that, squinting her eyes slightly to look down at the bustling capital that was beyond reach, letting the spring breeze pass through her fingertips, blowing her skirt and long hair.

"A Ning, this place is beautiful, how did you find it?"

"I knew you would like it." Tang Ning glanced across the mountains and fields, looked at the exquisite buildings in the capital, and said with a smile: "I was in poor health when I was young, and my grandmother brought me to Hanshan Temple to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha for a while. My temperament is wild. I ran all over the mountains and found this place. Later, I would come here when I was bored. The mountains are green and lush in spring and summer; , wrapped in silver, I seem to be the only one in the world.”

"As long as you stand here and overlook the capital in the distance, the wind will blow away your troubles."

Ming Lanying reached out and tapped her cheek, "Such a beautiful scenery, it's a pity that there is only a pot of wine missing. The mountain has a spiritual energy attached to the county, and the wine murmurs to reflect the beautiful scenery."

Tang Ning smiled, and conjured up a jar of wine out of nowhere, "I haven't met someone who likes me like you for a long time."

Ming Lanying couldn't help laughing, took the wine jar and couldn't wait to lift the cork, and the sweet aroma of the wine wafted out.

"It smells so good! What kind of wine is this?"

"Green plum wine." Tang Ning took out two more cups and placed them on the stone table, "My mother brewed it last year, and there were only three jars left. I stole one jar. It doesn't have much alcohol, don't worry."

Ming Lanying didn't panic anymore, the last time she got drunk was because she drank the strongest burnt knife in the frontier fortress, but now it's fruit wine, the alcohol content is not high, and it's only a small jar, so it's not a big problem.

Ming Lanying picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Tang Ning. "Great wine to the beauty, thank you for bringing me here."

Tang Ning suddenly felt emotional, "Thank you too, for treating me sincerely."

Ming Lanying suddenly understood that it was because of Ye Juelu, she smacked her mouth and savored the sweetness of green plum wine, "If it wasn't for Ye Juelu, maybe we would never have met!"

Tang Ning smiled and nodded, "Actually, you are a good match for him."

"Why do you say that?"

"It's a good fit in every sense of the word."

Ming Lanying smiled and shook her head, added another glass of wine, "It's hard for me to talk to him."

After two glasses of wine, she was very clear-headed. Tang Ning propped her head and looked at her, "You are the emperor's default husband and wife, and you have a well-behaved and sensible son. What else is there to say?"

"Some things I know in my heart, but it's hard to say."

"I see, I understand." Tang Ning suddenly realized and nodded, "Actually, if I had been braver back then, and begged my sister, begged the emperor, begged His Royal Highness, I might be Ye Juelu's wife now... …No, no, he doesn’t like anyone, not now, nor back then.”

Ming Lanying thinks that something like wine might be a perfect match for a story, no matter if she is drunk or not, as long as a little alcohol is needed, she will want to tell a story.

(End of this chapter)