The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 107 Murong Yan

"Why don't you go?" Ye Zhaoqing was surprised when he heard the words: "Even though she is unconscious, she is my real grandmother after all! No matter how good or bad she was to me in the past, as a junior, I must do my best duty."

Ye Chen didn't expect Ye Zhaoqing to say such a thing, so he couldn't help being very moved, and said with red eyes: "Since Qing'er has said so, it would be too inappropriate for me to stop you, empress, Your Highness, here Please."

Li Yu turned his head and glanced at Ye Zhaoqing, then raised his feet and strode forward.

Soon, the group arrived at Shangliyuan.

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry." Since Mrs. Ye was already paralyzed and lying in bed, she couldn't come out to greet her on her knees. For the sake of saving face, he turned around and left long ago.

Everyone entered the main room, but they saw a table in the hall facing the door, an old woman was hanging down on the bed, and a girl in a plain skirt in front of the bed was busy working with her head down. Ye Xiangwan had no doubts.

Before Ye Chen just said that Ye Xiangwan was thinking about his past behind closed doors in his courtyard, but within a quarter of an hour, he was slapped in the face. After seeing this scene, Ye Chen's face turned red, and he didn't even dare to look at Ye Zhaoqing's face. The person before the collapse shouted: "Ah Wan! Didn't I say that? You can just stay in your own yard, what are you doing here?"

The simple and elegant back froze suddenly.

Afterwards, Ye Xiangwan slowly turned his head.

When she saw Li Yu and Ye Zhaoqing, she seemed to be frightened, her pretty face turned pale, and she knelt down with a plop: "I don't know that His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess are here, so I'm not far away to meet you, and you're still here?" Please make amends!"

"The old madam isn't dead yet! You're dressed so plain, did you put on sackcloth and filial piety for her in advance?" Li Yu really didn't have the slightest affection for this woman. Hiding evil intentions?"

Ye Chen felt embarrassed when he heard the words, Li Yu reprimanded Ye Xiangwan, how could his face be bright?In desperation, he had no choice but to explain: "Your Highness, the imperial physician said that the old madam could not smell the aroma of rouge and gouache, and I ordered her to do so."

"So it's my father-in-law." Li Yu turned his head, glanced sideways at Ye Chen, and said in a cool tone, "You should be more careful! It's okay to be bumped into by this palace, but if outsiders see it, what do you think? You say Isn't that right, father-in-law?"

Ye Chen's smile froze when he heard this, but he quickly recovered his smile. He kept nodding his head and said, "Yes, yes, my minister has been educated. Listen to what your Highness said. I have been using it for ten years!"

"Okay, don't be afraid of flattery here, there's no need!" Li Yu waved his hands, turned around but walked outside: "I'm going to go out for a stroll, you guys catch up on the old days."

"Your Highness, do you want to accompany me?" Ye Chen asked quickly.

"No need!" Li Yu had already walked to the door, Yao Yao waved his hand in this direction, and walked away.

Only Ye Zhaoqing, Ye Xiangwan and Ye Chen were left in the room.

"Grandmother, is she feeling better recently?" Ye Zhaoqing said, walked slowly to the bed, and sat down on the brocade stool.

The old man on the bed had long since lost the glory and radiance of the past. His half-white hair had already turned gray, his eyes were cloudy, wrinkles were all over his face, his mouth was wide open, but he could not utter a single sound.

Ye Zhaoqing had originally disliked this old woman, but seeing her change like this, there was no wavering in her heart.

"Sister, why do you have to be hypocritical?" Before Ye Chen could speak, Ye Xiangwan hurriedly said, "Isn't she what you've been looking forward to all this time?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room changed instantly.

"Ah Wan! What nonsense are you talking about?" Ye Chen was furious, and immediately walked over to give Ye Xiangwan a slap in the face, angrily said: "You can slander the princess too! Get out!" Ye Xiangwan moved, and shouted to the outside: "Come here! Take the second lady back to the Furong Courtyard! Whoever makes her run out again will be kicked out of the house!"

Following his words, several maidservants rushed in from the outside, all of them ran towards Ye Xiangwan.

"Go away!" Ye Xiangwan waved away the crowd, slowly stretched out his hand to caress the upper half of his swollen face, looked at Ye Chen bitterly and said, "Father! Am I wrong? Why did you hit me? "

Ye Chen had loved this daughter for more than ten years, but now he suddenly hit her, and he was already upset. Hearing Ye Xiangwan's crisp questioning, a trace of guilt immediately appeared on his face.

But the next moment, he caught a glimpse of Ye Zhaoqing who was smiling but not smiling.

Ye Chen's heart trembled, and he finally waved his hand again: "Take it away!"

With an order, the women rushed over again. This time, they didn't give Ye Xiangwan a chance to push them away, and led her back like a wolf like a tiger.

"Father! I hate you! I hate you!" Ye Xiangwan's screams rang out in the yard.

Ye Chen's complexion couldn't help changing, but he became even more annoyed: "Are you all dead? Don't you know how to keep her mouth shut?"

As soon as the sound fell, the screaming in the yard stopped suddenly, like a rooster whose throat was suddenly cut, and there was no sound in an instant.There was a dead silence in the courtyard.

After a while, Ye Xiangwan was pulled down.

Ye Chen took a cautious look at Ye Zhaoqing, but seeing that she still had a calm face, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Qing'er, I'm sorry, I'm not being strict with my discipline."

"It's nothing, Dad, you don't need to apologize." After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing raised his eyes to look at Ye Chen, and said calmly, "It's just that you were too strict with her. I saw her here just now. In fact, I Not angry..."

"But the prince is angry." Ye Chen took over the conversation and said, "If you offend anyone, you can't offend him!"

Hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing sighed, and said, "Father, Ah Wan hates me deeply now, but I never hated her. Now that she's grown up, shouldn't you and mother find someone for her? In the past Grandmother has always been worried about this, but now that she is sick, she needs father to worry about it more."

"It's what it should be. For such a disaster, staying at home is not a solution." Ye Chen nodded immediately when he heard the words, raised his eyes to look at Ye Zhaoqing and said, "Qing'er, Dad has something to tell you!"

"What's the matter?" Ye Zhaoqing was quite curious when he heard the words.

Ye Chen glanced at her, lowered his voice and said, "Third Prince, you should have met him in the palace, right?"

"Yes." Ye Zhaoqing nodded immediately when he heard the words: "I heard that the third prince is very lustful and has countless beautiful concubines in his mansion, why would daddy think of him?"

"This third prince's concubine died of tuberculosis last winter." Ye Chen glanced at Ye Zhaoqing and said, "Yesterday, he sent a matchmaker to ask your father and me to marry Ah Wan, and I agreed. .”

"What?" Ye Zhaoqing was startled when she heard the words, she raised her eyes to look at Ye Chen, and said very puzzled: "Then the third prince will be forty this year, right? Ah Wan is only sixteen now, are you sure you want to marry him?" She married someone who is about your age? Apart from other things, this third prince is a womanizer!"

However, Ye Chen didn't take it seriously when he heard the words: "Qing'er, you are still too young, how can a man be lecherous? You have to put the prince in jail, before you give birth to the prince, no one is allowed to give birth! "

Ye Zhaoqing was very helpless when he heard this: "That's a good story, why did it involve me? Did you tell Ah Wan about this?"

"I said all this for your own good!" Ye Chen muttered, "I don't care about her anymore, Ah Wan. Now you are my father's hope. The two of us are grasshoppers tied by a rope. You If you live, I will live, and if you die, I will be buried with you. So, you must put the prince in jail!"

"Okay, I got it." Ye Zhaoqing was helpless, agreed a few words casually, and then continued to ask: "Why did the third prince suddenly think of marrying Ah Wan? She is the prince's uncle, and Ah Wan is my sister, my God ! The future generations will be messed up!"

"What's the matter, no one in the royal family cares about this." Ye Chen heard the words, and said indifferently: "She is no longer a virgin, does she still want to marry the prince like you? If anyone is willing to marry her, she will marry her." Not bad! According to me, this is her life!"

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing remained silent for a long time.

Ye Chen thought he had frightened her, so he became a little nervous: "Qing'er, do you disagree? If you don't agree, dad will tell you back..."

"No need." Ye Zhaoqing shook his head and said, "Father can do whatever he wants! Now that I'm married to someone else, it's inconvenient to meddle in the affairs of the Marquis, and even if I ask for favors, Ah Wan may not be able to accept it. The most urgent thing now is for my father to make this matter clear to Ah Wan, if she is willing to marry, that's fine, if not, then father will not force her. Otherwise, you will only be ashamed."

"Okay." Ye Chen nodded immediately, and said: "I will ask Ah Wan's opinion and show her my affection. If she really doesn't want to, then this marriage will be abandoned. In the future, the family temple of the Hou Mansion will be her home!"

Ye Zhaoqing was taken aback when he heard this.

She hadn't heard the word "family temple" for a long time. She didn't expect that now that Feng Shui took turns, another person would worry about it.

But what does this have to do with her?
"Father, if my younger sister refuses to marry, I don't necessarily have to ask her to go to the family temple." Finally, Ye Zhaoqing said: "That matter has not been leaked, and she can still marry a high-ranking nobleman as a big girl in the future. Don’t say anything about the family temple.”

After all, her heart was not as cold and heartless as Ye Xiangwan's.

After hearing this, Ye Chen regretted his loss of speech. In the past, Mrs. Ye always said that she would throw Ye Zhaoqing into the family temple. Why would he not open which pot he wanted?
"Okay, okay, Dad listens to you!" Ye Chen said with a smile.

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at him, and said: "Father, don't worry about grandma anymore. She has planned all her life, and now she can lie on the bed quietly and rest without worrying about anything. This is not a different kind of happiness. As long as you take care of yourself Take a rest, and you will always be able to recover in the future."

When Ye Chen heard this, he was very moved. He originally thought that Ye Zhaoqing was just here to take a look at Mrs. Ye in a perfunctory way, but he never expected that she actually saw it. He even said something like this to comfort himself if.

"Qing'er, you are so kind, you don't even know what to say as a father..."

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at him calmly, and said: "Father, don't you say these hypocritical words? Alright, I've been here for half a day, and I'm a little thirsty after saying these words, so I'll go back to Qingyaju first. "

Qingyaju, that was her original yard.

Ye Chen was stunned when he heard the words: "Ah Wan, why don't you go to see your mother?"

"No need?" Ye Zhaoqing frowned upon hearing the words: "Mom must be very tired after taking care of grandma every day. I have already seen you, father, so don't disturb her." Then, he walked to the bed and looked at Mrs. Ye again After a moment, he turned and left.

"Then at least come over and have a meal together, it's a must!" Ye Chen said urgently.

"Okay." Ye Zhaoqing nodded and kept walking.

Ye Chen wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't talk about it, so he could only follow along. Seeing that Ye Zhaoqing and Li Yu met, the two headed towards Qingyaju.

"It's really like a dream!" Ye Chen stood there for a long time, reached out to touch the mustache growing on his chin, and murmured, "If I had known that Qing'er was the gospel of the Ye family, I would have... ..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was blown away in the wind.

……

At the family dinner at noon, because Ye Xiangwan and Ye Yuzhen were present, Ye Zhaoqing ate very little.

After the meal, she directly bid farewell to Ye Chen and prepared to go back with Li Yu.

But at this moment, Ye Yuzhen who was at the side suddenly said, "Your Highness, are you not afraid of other people's gossip when you go back so early? Do you want to wait?"

Li Yu always knew that Ye Yuzhen and Ye Zhaoqing were at odds, but he couldn't refute this sentence.

Indeed, it is indeed a bit early to go back at this time.

"Your Highness, didn't you say you were going to Murong's house?" Ye Zhaoqing said softly, "Sit over there for a while, it's time to go back."

Li Yu was a little surprised when he heard that, when did he say he was going to Murong's house?

But since Ye Zhaoqing said that, she has her own reasons, at that moment, he very cooperatively said: "Yes, Murong Xin got a sword, I just want to stop by to have a look, so I won't sit any longer." With that said, he stood up.

Ye Yuzhen saw the seamlessness of the two people's cooperation, her eyes flashed, but she said with a smile: "It seems that His Highness likes Murong Mansion more than coming here? I heard that Murong's younger sister has embroidered a three-fold leaf in the past two days." The big screen, Your Highness and Elder Sister are really blessed."

Concubine Rong likes Murong Yan and only recognizes her as her daughter-in-law, which is well known in the capital. Ye Yuzhen's words like this are simply malicious, the purpose is to stimulate Ye Zhaoqing.

But what he didn't expect was that Ye Zhaoqing's expression was very calm when she heard this, she even nodded her head: "Alright, I always heard that Miss Murong is a second person, I can finally see you."

Ye Yuzhen was a little stunned when she heard the words, is Ye Zhaoqing a fool?Can't understand what he said?
However, Li Yu didn't give him a chance to ask questions, and hurriedly dragged Ye Zhaoqing away.

Ye Chen had no choice but to send them out with the people of the Hou Mansion.

"Father, I really congratulate you. We have a concubine, and you will be born several times in a row!" Seeing the imperial chariot and the relying team leave, Ye Yuzhen turned her head and looked at her father with a smile, enviously said : "When will you get me a petty official too?"

"You?" After hearing this, Ye Chen turned his head to look Ye Chen up and down, snorted coldly and said, "Are you sure you are capable? What if you don't embarrass me then? No!" After finishing speaking , turned around and strode into the mansion.

Hearing this, Ye Yuzhen's expression froze slightly. With so many people watching, his father refused to give him any face!
Under the sleeves, his fists could not help but clenched tightly.

……

"Actually, the person you really want to see is Lin Xirong, right?" In the imperial carriage, Li Yu glanced at Ye Zhaoqing and said, "Should I tell them to change their way and let's go to Lin's Mansion?"

"No need, let's do it next time!" Ye Zhaoqing's eyes immediately flashed a gleam of joy when he heard the words, but he finally shook his head: "My concubine likes little sister Murong so much, if she sees that we went to Murong's mansion, she will be very happy." Happy."

Li Yu's complexion immediately sank when he heard this, and he said awkwardly: "I don't believe you don't know why the mother concubine likes Yan'er!"

"I know." Ye Zhaoqing nodded calmly when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "To be liked by the concubine mother so much, it proves that little sister Murong must be a very good person, and she must be worthy of you. "

"It's not like you don't know what I'm thinking! Why do you say such things!" Li Yu gave Ye Zhaoqing a fixed look when he heard the words, and then punched the pillar of the imperial chariot with resentment.

The guard driving the car stopped immediately: "What orders does Your Highness have?"

"No! You continue on your way!" Li Yu waved his hand violently at the guard, lowered his head angrily, and did not look at Ye Zhaoqing.

Ye Zhaoqing was amused by his awkward appearance, she shook her head, not going to pay attention to Li Yu anymore.

However, even though Li Yu was angry, he was still thinking about Ye Zhaoqing's desire to see Lin Xirong. He waved his hand and called a guard over. After giving some instructions in a low voice, the guard turned around and left quickly.

"Wait! You will meet Lin Xirong when you arrive at Murong Mansion in a while!" Li Yu said in a rough voice.

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at him, and couldn't help laughing: "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Why are you being polite to me?" Li Yu snorted coldly, feeling that he was so angry for no reason, and the anger on his face gradually dissipated.After a while, they talked and laughed with Ye Zhaoqing again.

What a child...

Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help but sighed in his heart.

Not long after, Murong Mansion arrived.

Mr. Murong made great military exploits back then, and the Murong family was deeply favored by the emperor, and he inherited a first-class lord. They are still famous in Beijing, and the Murong family is also very dignified.

Getting off the carriage and seeing the ferocious jade lion in front of the tall gate, Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help sighing in his heart.

But at this moment, there was a sudden clatter of horseshoes on the other side of the long street.

Ye Zhaoqing looked up, but saw a carriage driving towards this side, when she got closer, she saw the standard of the carriage on the Lin Mansion at a glance.

"Xi Rong came so fast!" A smile appeared on Ye Zhaoqing's face.

Li Yu glanced at her, and said as if asking for credit: "How fast is this work? How will you reward me?"

"Thank you Your Highness, I will work hard to detoxify Your Highness tonight." Ye Zhaoqing said with a smile on his lips.

When Li Yu heard this, Jun's face turned dark immediately, and when he thought of the feeling that life was worse than death when he detoxified, he almost bit off his tongue in regret.

He shouldn't have mentioned that!

While the two were talking, the Lin family's carriage had already come to a close, and as soon as it came to a stop, the curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside, and Lin Xirong supported the maid's hand and slowly got off the ground.

"See Your Highness the Crown Prince! The Crown Princess!" Ye Zhaoqing greeted her with a smile, but before she could speak, Lin Xirong bent down and knelt down.

The smile on her face froze for a moment, but it quickly recovered, and she still stepped forward without hesitation and reached out to help Lin Xirong from the ground: "Xi Rong, why are you being so polite? Between you and me relationship, you don’t have to be like this.”

"Courtesy cannot be revoked." Lin Xirong said this in a low voice, raised her eyes and glanced at Ye Zhaoqing, a little hesitant to say: "Crown Princess, I..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the two gates of Murong Mansion made a series of slow sounds and slowly opened from the inside.

Old Man Murong came out with everyone in the Murong Mansion: "Prince, why come to my mansion when you have time? You are such a rare visitor!"

"It is said that one day you will be a teacher and you will be a father for life. I am returning to Ning today. I think of the Chun Chun teachings that the Grand Tutor taught me in the past. I am very grateful. Therefore, I brought the Crown Princess to visit." Li Yu looked around and imitated. With Murong Shen's appearance, he said slowly with his hands behind his back: "Why didn't you see the old man, Master?"

Murong Shen is twenty-eight this year, not considered old, yet Li Yu called him an 'old man' with a hint of ridicule in his words.

"You said Shen'er! He went to Yuzhou to inspect the disaster area." Mr. Murong chuckled and said, "Your Highness has a really bad memory. The day before yesterday in Huaiqing Palace, His Majesty reported this matter in front of everyone. Handed it over to him, you forgot?"

When Li Yu heard it, he suddenly realized: "I forgot!"

"But since your Highness is here, come in and have a seat." Old Master Murong chuckled when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Ye Zhaoqing, and said with a smile: "Princess Concubine is really beautiful, generous and decent, the prince has vision!"

"Thank you Sir for your compliment." Ye Zhaoqing said in a low voice.

Li Yu stretched out his hand to hold hers, and stepped into the gate amidst the laughter of old man Murong.

Even though Ye Zhaoqing didn't deliberately inquire, but when she saw a very beautiful little girl with an oval face and a red dress in the crowd, she immediately decided that it was Murong's younger sister, Murong Yan.That elegant temperament, which is different from ordinary women, makes people unable to forget it at a glance.

Sure enough, when he was walking towards the mansion, Li Yu glanced at the little girl in red, and said with a smile: "Sister Yan'er, how are you doing recently?"

"Thanks to Your Highness, it's not bad." Upon hearing this, Murong Yan immediately showed a shy smile on her face: "How can I compare with you, Your Highness, you are so proud of yourself!"

The voice is soft and waxy, very nice.

"Hey!" Li Yu squeezed Ye Zhaoqing's hand tightly when he heard the words, and laughed.

(End of this chapter)