Back to the marriage proposal, helping the incompetent husband to rise to the top

Chapter 13 Fate
After days of heavy rain, the weather in Jindu finally cleared up.

Chu Yanrong took Ye Wanqing into the palace. When they arrived outside Chengqian Palace, the palace servants said that the empress dowager was busy bathing and burning incense, preparing to worship Buddha and pray for blessings.

So the mother and daughter turned around and left the palace.

Before reaching the palace gate, I saw a group of young men coming noisily from the direction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony from afar. They turned out to be members of the royal family.

Chu Anlan, dressed in bright red, was among them.

Before the young men approached, a palace servant ran over to intercept them: "Her Royal Highness the Princess's carriage is ahead, young masters, please stop first."

shuh...

The boys all looked over here.

Next to Chu Yanrong, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and looked extremely noble, was a girl in a pink dress as bright as a peony, who looked at them gently.

The young man who knew the situation started to make a noise: "An Lan, it's the girl from the Ye family."

Chu Anlan said happily: "I will go and pay my respects to the princess. You guys stay where you are and don't talk or look around."

Seeing Chu Anlan coming, Chu Yanrong waited for him with a smile.

Chu Anlan rarely followed the rules and bowed his head, "Greetings, Princess."

After he finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Ye Wanqing.

She is so beautiful!

"An Lan?"

Chu Yanrong asked with a half-smile: "Do you have anything to say to Wanqing? If not, I will take her out of the palace now."

Only then did Chu Anlan look at Ye Wanqing openly.

Ye Wanqing also looked at him with a smile.

Chu Anlan's heart felt like it was on fire.

He cleared his throat and smiled brightly: "Chu Xiaoyan is hosting a dinner at Yipinju and invited us to have a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in advance.

I only want to eat and drink, I don't want girls to accompany me, and I will go home when I'm done."

Ye Wanqing was stunned.

Is he...reporting this to her?
Chu Xiaoyan is the son of Prince Duan, and everyone jokingly calls him Little Prince Yan.

Yipinju is the number one brothel in Jindu. It has many buildings and the private rooms are even cleaner and more luxurious than those in an inn.

The young men in the capital often hang out there and spend a lot of money.

Some even booked a private room for months and years, and if they had to attend a social event too late to go home, they would stay at Yipinju...

That's Chu Anlan.

These were told to her by Lu Jilian from her previous life.

At that time, she asked with a smile: "What about my husband? Does he have his own private room in Yipinju?"

I still remember that Lu Jilian replied to her: "Madam, you worry too much."

He has a cleaning disease.

In his life, he had never touched any other woman except her, and he would never sleep in a bed that someone else had slept in.

……

Ye Wanqing came back to her senses.

Chu Anlan looked at her with dark and bright eyes, waiting for her reply.

She mentally blamed herself.

In her previous life, she and Lu Jilian lived a not-so-long life. In her life, apart from Lu Jilian and her children, there was never her.

Therefore, she would always unconsciously compare Lu Jilian and Chu Anlan.

Not appropriate.

When she lived her life over again, her original intention of choosing Chu Anlan was, firstly, to protect him and allow him to live a long life, and secondly, to use him so that she could live freely.

Nothing else matters.

"Go ahead." Ye Wanqing looked at the young man with clear eyes and said softly, "My Lord, see you next time."

See you next time?
Those three light words almost took Chu Anlan's soul away.

He was so happy that he lost his temper and started to talk without knowing where to turn. "See you next time, probably after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

The Emperor and the Crown Prince have assigned me official business, so I have to leave the capital.

If I have time, I will bring you a gift.

What do you like? Cosmetics, jewelry, fabrics, silk...

My mother said that you like incense, and the Yinxu incense in Yinxu County, Huaibei is unique. I will go there when I finish my work and bring you some back..."

He kept talking happily. However, the color on Ye Wanqing's face quickly faded and turned pale.

Chu Anlan's voice stopped abruptly.

Ye Wanqing's pale lips moved slightly, and she spoke with difficulty: "Yinxu County, Huaibei?"

"Yeah." Chu Anlan thought he had said something wrong: "Don't you like what I said?"

"I……"

Ye Wanqing moved her lips, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Chu Yanrong noticed that something was wrong with her daughter: "Wanqing, are you feeling unwell? If you are feeling uncomfortable, I will ask someone to call the imperial physician."

Ye Wanqing shook her head.

The sun was very bright, but she felt as if she was in an ice cave and was extremely cold.

Yinxu!

It’s Yinxu again!

Could it be that Chu Anlan in this life cannot escape the fate of dying in Yinxu?

why?
Ye Wanqing pressed her fingers into her palms and tried to make her voice sound normal: "Yinxu County, does the prince have to go there?"

When asked about this, Chu Anlan's mouth corners drooped.

He said in a gloomy tone: "A few days ago, Lu Jilian was ordered by the Crown Prince to go to the Imperial Observatory to have a divination. The divination showed that there might be a flood in the south.

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory pointed out several lakes on the geomancy map. Today, the Emperor summoned the royal family members, drew lots to select the sites, and asked us to go to patrol the mountains and eliminate hazards as a training before entering the court.

I’m unlucky. I was drawn to the farthest Yinxu County, and I’m only seventeen years old…”

Ye Wanqing's breathing stopped.

There are so many mountains to choose from, but Chu Anlan still chose Yinxu County?
Sure enough, it is destiny.

Ye Wanqing let his hands hang down under his wide sleeves and clenched them into fists. "Yinxu County is a long way away. Can you talk to the emperor and ask him to send an older official?"

"It can't be changed, right?" Chu Anlan replied: "The imperial decree has been announced."

Ye Wanqing was silent.

The emperor's order is indeed difficult to disobey, but she must try.

She looked at Chu Anlan and said, "I will go back to the emperor and ask him to send someone older and more experienced to Yinxu County. Please go with me, Prince."

"Forget it, I won't change it." Chu Anlan said generously: "It just so happens that a liar lied to me before, saying that there was a dragon in Yinxu County.

I'll go and see it myself, and then I'll come back and beat him up with more confidence."

Ye Wanqing froze.

Chu Anlan glanced at the royal family members in the distance and said, "Okay, I should go now. I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance!"

After saying this, he left in high spirits.

Chu Anlan...

Ye Wanqing wanted to call him, but no sound came out.

Her eyes turned red with anxiety.

I saw that the royal family members surrounded Chu Anlan, and they said something unknown, and bursts of laughter came with the wind.

Inside the carriage.

Chu Yanrong glanced at her daughter, who was silent and had her head bowed, "Wanqing, what's on your mind?"

Ye Wanqing raised her head, revealing a pair of red eyes: "Mother."

Chu Yanrong was shocked: "You..."

After forcing herself to endure it for a long time, Ye Wanqing's voice became hoarse and she said, "Mother, Chu Anlan can't go to Yinxu County."

Chu Yanrong was surprised.

Something flashed through her mind.

Could it be another dream?

Chu Yanrong was not sure, so she asked tentatively: "Will An Lan... get into trouble in Yinxu County?"

Ye Wanqing's eyes were filled with tears: "Yinxu County is in trouble."

"how come?!"

Chu Yanrong felt a chill on her back.

Ye Wanqing's eyes became red again.

(End of this chapter)