The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 38

"Why isn't your lady here yet? Cooking is so slow!" Li Yu frowned.

Murong Jin hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Miss Ye is a lady with sharp fingers and not in the sun. You asked her to cook, and you were deliberately making things difficult for her, let alone in the Jokhang Temple where vegetarians are everywhere! It's even more difficult! Just do it, and give me a little more time, okay?"

Hearing this, Li Yu couldn't help laughing: "So it's so difficult! Then I won't talk about it." After speaking, he took a sip of the tea on the table, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "What kind of tea is this?" , it’s cool and delicious!”

Ling'er quickly replied: "His Royal Highness, this is the gardenia tea made by our young lady herself."

"You made it yourself?" Li Yu was a little surprised.

Linger was very excited, and immediately replied excitedly: "Yes! The lady said that the tea cakes outside are not good for making tea. She is not used to drinking it. This gardenia tea can clear away heat and detoxify. It is the most suitable drink now!"

"Clearing heat and detoxifying?" This time it was Murong Jin's turn to be surprised: "Your lady still understands medicine?"

"Yeah?" Ling'er nodded, and said with some pride: "Just now, the old master of the Lin family passed out and didn't know about his personnel. Even the imperial doctor Zhang was helpless. It was our lady who saved him with a few silver needles! Otherwise, he How can I survive until Li Taiyi arrives?"

"Are you bragging?" Li Yu sneered as soon as he heard this: "Ye Zhaoqing, that silly girl, can she still have this ability? Could it be you, a girl, deliberately speaking good things about your young lady in front of Ben Gong?" Made it up?"

His expression was full of disapproval.

Ling'er heard this, and immediately became anxious: "Your Highness! This servant did not lie to you! It's true!"

After hearing this, Li Yu still didn't believe it. He waved his hands and said, "Okay, my highness only believes in my own eyes, you are a girl who doesn't say anything and goes to help your lady, what are you doing here? Could it be that you want to seduce my highness? "

Linger's eyes widened instantly after hearing this, did she make a mistake!His Highness the eldest prince belongs to the young lady, and as a loyal and personal servant girl, how could she try to trick him!Besides, she was telling the truth!

This First Prince, His Royal Highness, is really too hateful!

Ling'er didn't know where the courage came from, she raised her eyes and glared at Li Yu, then quickly turned around and backed away!
Li Yu was dumbfounded immediately, wasn't he?Now even Ye Zhaoqing's maid dares to look at him?His eyes sank, and he was about to get angry when Murong Jin who was at the side suddenly said: "Your Highness, I think what this girl said should be true, with her knowledge, she can't make up such a story at all, the old lady of the Lin family is not an ordinary person! Moreover, this kind of lie can be exposed immediately, we only need to go to the Lin family to inquire, and everything will be clear, and Ye Zhaoqing will be the one who slaps her in the face, she should know all about it."

"So what?" Li Yu frowned, and said, "What His Highness cares about is her staring at me!"

Murong Jin laughed immediately after hearing this: "Your Highness, if you can be less narcissistic, such situations will definitely decrease."

Li Yu's face was filled with anger, and he was about to get angry when he heard a crash, the bead curtain was raised, and someone came in from the outside.

Both Ye Zhaoqing and Ling'er were holding trays with several dishes on them. Before they could see what they were, Li Yu could smell a strong fragrance, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"What did you do?" Li Yu asked in a rough voice, he suddenly felt hungry, strange, didn't he have eaten with Murong at Wangchen Pavilion, the best restaurant in the city before going up the mountain?
Li Yu was most satisfied with the taste of the chef's cooking there. As long as he left the palace, he would definitely take Murong to eat with him, but he had never felt so hungry like today, nor had he felt such urgency. .

"It's just some simple dishes. There is a lack of food in the mountains. It's not as good as in the palace. Your Highness will make do with it!" Ye Zhaoqing came forward with a plate, and laid out every dish on the table one by one. Ling'er was already clever. Get the water to wash your face.

"Just make do with it? Who is my Highness? How can I make do with it!" Li Yu snorted coldly, looked down at the dishes on the table, and was about to find fault with Ye Zhaoqing and scold Ye Zhaoqing. She took too long to cook. up!It actually made him hungry!
But this time, he was dumbfounded.

I saw a fish, a chicken, a stir-fried dish, and two soups on the table. The dishes were very good in appearance, delicious in color and fragrance, not worse than those in restaurants. Most importantly, the taste was very tempting. people.

"Didn't you say that there are no chickens..." Li Yu wondered.

Murong Jin on the side was also a little surprised.

Facing the reactions of the two people, Ye Zhaoqing was very calm: "Your Highness, eat, eat, this is actually not a real meat dish, but a vegetarian dish I made with mushrooms, vegetables, etc. mixed with flour, although there is no meat in the meat dish. taste, but it has a different flavor." She paused and said, "This is already the limit of what I can do. Could it be that His Highness really let me, a weak woman, break into the back mountain alone to hunt for you? ?”

"Is this vegetarian?" Li Yu was taken aback when he heard this. He lowered his head and carefully looked at the dishes on the table again. He picked up his chopsticks and tore off a piece from the fish in disbelief. .

Sure enough, there is another world inside.But the delicate texture of the fish meat is almost the same as that of real fish.

Only, no fish smell.

There used to be a vegetarian restaurant in the Jokhang Temple, but no one could confuse the fake with the real one like Ye Zhaoqing.

Li Yu stared at the dish for a long time, unable to finish his mouth for a long time.

Murong Jin on the side got up and washed his hands and came back, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Miss Ye's dish today is really amazing! I am lucky to be here today!" Saying this, he stretched out his chopsticks and put a piece into his mouth After chewing it for a while, his eyes immediately lit up: "It's really delicious!"

As he said that, he picked up the rice bowl, picked up another large piece, bowed his head and ate it, devouring it hungrily.

When Li Yu realized it, there were only half of the dishes on the table.

He immediately stared at him, reached out and pulled all the leftover vegetables towards him, and said coldly to Murong Jin: "Hey! You are reincarnated from starvation! This is the food she cooked for me! Don't you You must eat again!"

Murong chuckled, and said: "I helped Miss Ye a lot, she said that this meal is for the two of us! Your Highness, you can't be so domineering." As he spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks to grab the meal without fear of death. The dishes protected by Li Yu.

"You pig, you! You are not full after eating so much! If you want to eat, let Ling'er make it for you! This is mine!" Li Yu knocked Murong Jin's chopsticks down on the table as if protecting food, and stared at him warningly. He glanced at it, then lowered his head and started to eat.

It was really delicious, much better than the vegetarian food in the Jokhang Temple.

While eating, Li Yu felt regretful in his heart. He shouldn't have hesitated just now, otherwise, Murong Jin wouldn't have eaten so much!
Ye Zhaoqing didn't expect that the two of them would fight over a plate of food, so he shook his head speechlessly, turned around and left.

She left some vegetables in the kitchen, since Li Yu no longer needed anyone to serve them, they should also go to eat.

When Li Yu was full and the table was empty, he leaned back on the chair contentedly and drank the gardenia tea he had before. Looking around, he realized that Ye Zhaoqing and Ling'er were not in the room.

"Where did these two go? Just leave us here like this?" Li Yu was a little dissatisfied.

Murong Jin hurriedly said: "Your Highness, it's already noon, you can't let Miss Ye eat, right? What's more, we have something to do when we go up the mountain today, and we have been delayed for a long time now."

Li Yu let out a sigh, stood up and patted the dirt on his body that didn't exist, and said, "Okay, let's go!"

Murong Jin hurriedly followed.

"If it hadn't been for Lin Youxian's great efforts to ensure that His Royal Highness canonize the crown prince this time, I wouldn't be bothered to visit his old man." Li Yu frowned as he walked, "I'm going to fight with your elder brother .”

It was difficult for Murong Jin to answer these words, he chuckled and did not answer.

Li Yu just sighed, seeing that Murong Jin didn't answer his words, he stopped talking, and the two of them quickened their pace and walked towards the guest courtyard where everyone in the Lin family lived.

Along the way, all the monks from the Jokhang Temple they met respectfully greeted them.

Li Yu did not show off his grand prince's majesty, and his attitude was kind.

Soon, the Lin Family Guest House arrived.

"See His Royal Highness the First Prince!" Everyone in the Lin family got the news and waited in front of the door early, and when they saw him coming, they all knelt down.

"Get up!" Li Yu waved his hands and walked in without stopping.

The imperial physicians were kneeling at the door. In the room, Mrs. Lin was leaning on the pillow. Seeing Li Yu coming in, he struggled to greet him, but Li Yu stopped him: "Mr. Lin, you should rest! I sit down and sit down." just go."

"Your Highness, the old minister is sick and cannot get out of bed to greet you. Please don't blame me." Old Master Lin said apologetically, "Your Highness, please sit down quickly, and Mr. Murong also invites you."

Li Yu nodded, and sat on the chairs with Murong Jin on the left and right.

"Didn't Mr. Lin come to recuperate this time? Why did you get sick so suddenly?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Lin immediately sighed and said, "I came here to recuperate, but the old minister overestimated my body and thought I was fine, but I didn't expect..."

Li Yu also sighed: "It's useless to say these things now, Mr. Lin, you have to take good care of your health this time, otherwise, Mr. Lin will be very worried, and I'm afraid you won't be able to concentrate on serving the country!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the old minister will pay attention." Elder Lin responded quickly.

To be polite, I could have left here, but for some reason, Li Yu asked like a ghost: "Old Lin, I heard that you can save your life this time, thanks to Miss Ye's family. ?”

"Your Highness has also heard about this?" Elder Lin was taken aback when he heard the words, then nodded and said, "That's right, the old minister was in a coma at that time, and Imperial Physician Zhang was helpless, and Imperial Physician Li couldn't come again for a while, yes The girl from the Ye family rushed in and stabbed the old minister with a hairpin, which made the old minister come to his senses, and then she used acupuncture to save the old minister's life."

"Is this actually true?" Hearing Mrs. Lin say this with her own ears, Li Yu naturally felt different in his heart.His expression is a little complicated.

Mr. Lin nodded, with a hint of admiration on his face: "It's true, even Doctor Li was amazed after diagnosing the old minister's pulse, and asked me when I hired such a superb doctor, why did I drag him down?" When I came up the mountain, the Ye family lady managed to control my illness with her own strength, and the doctor Li only came to look at the prescription and ordered me to rest."

"Did Mr. Lin tell him about this?" Murong Jin asked.

Mrs. Lin shook his head and said: "The situation was chaotic at that time. Everyone was surprised that Miss Ye saved the old official. He knew everything before the old official asked. He also said that he would go to ask Miss Ye for advice later. !"

"Tell him not to go!" Murong Jin was about to answer, but Li Yu snorted coldly and said: "Old Lin, Miss Ye is a girl after all, and my Highness does not want to spread the matter of her seeing a doctor for you. In the future, everyone will come to her for medical treatment, and she is not a doctor!"

After hearing this, Elder Lin was filled with guilt: "Your Highness, the old minister knows! Discipline the servant immediately, and I will definitely not let this matter spread!"

"That's good." Li Yu nodded, and immediately stood up: "Old Lin, you should rest! Your Majesty Zuoxiang needs you, and the imperial court also needs you. You must take good care of yourself! Your Highness still has things to do. , let’s say goodbye first.”

"Your Highness, go slowly!" Elder Lin hurriedly said: "The old minister is sick, so I won't send His Highness out personally."

"No need!" Li Yu waved his hand and strode out of the room. When passing by Lin Xirong, he stopped suddenly.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?" Lin Xirong took a step back in fear. After what happened with Huahua, she just wanted to stay away from this man now!
Li Yu glanced at her, frowned and said, "Miss Ye saved your grandfather, you are not allowed to mention it to your little sisters at the party, and you are not allowed to mention it to anyone, you know?"

"Of course my daughter knows!" Lin Xirong said hastily, "She is my grandfather's lifesaver. Our whole family is grateful to her, so why would we do something against her?" A little puzzled: "It's just that it's a good thing to know medicine, I don't know why it's so low..."

"Why do you ask so many questions?" Li Yu frowned, gave Lin Xirong a cold look, and said, "You just need to remember what I said!"

These words were somewhat harsh, as if Lin Xirong had really done something against his will.

Lin Xirong's face froze, a look of grievance appeared on her face, she quickly lowered her head, and replied in a low voice: "Yes, my daughter remembered."

"Your Highness, forget it." Murong Jin said hastily.

Li Yu squinted at him with a half-smile, but turned around and left without saying anything.

Murong Jin stared deeply into Lin Xirong's eyes, and before she could say words of comfort, she heard Li Yu's cool voice: "Murong! What are you doing standing there? Hurry up!"

Murong Jin had no choice but to withdraw her gaze and followed closely.

This night, Li Yu originally wanted to stay on the mountain, but in the afternoon, he suddenly received a message from Concubine Rong, and hurriedly took Murong Jin down the mountain, without even having time to take a look at Ye Zhaoqing .

But in fact, Ye Zhaoqing was waiting for Li Yu. At noon, they left after eating, so she didn't have time to say what she wanted to say.

She wanted to see Hua Hua, and she had to get the consent of Li Yu and Murong Jin, that's why she put so much effort into cooking the vegetarian meal at noon, but she never expected that she would never have the chance to speak.

Well, she can only wait...

Or, she can go find Murong...

"Miss, are you worried about His Royal Highness the First Prince?" Ling'er tilted her head to look at Ye Zhaoqing and said, "I see you lost your mind."

"Little girl knows what it means to be lost?" Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help feeling amused: "I'm just depressed that I have to wait a long time to see Huahua. What are you thinking?"

"Oh, miss is thinking about this!" Ling'er said with some disappointment: "I think you are missing the eldest prince..."

Ye Zhaoqing frowned: "What do I want him to do?"

That arrogant and arrogant narcissist!

"Miss! You don't know, I heard with my own ears that His Highness the First Prince said that he wants to marry you as the Crown Princess!" Ling'er suddenly approached Ye Zhaoqing and said excitedly.

"What?" Ye Zhaoqing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed: "Are you talking in your sleep? In my capacity, a mourner who everyone hates can still be a princess? Don't Funny!"

"Miss! It's true!" Ling'er was in a hurry: "What I said is true! Your Highness the First Prince said it when you were cooking in the afternoon!"

Ye Zhaoqing's hand holding the teacup paused immediately, she quietly glanced at Ling'er, and asked, "Is that true?"

"It's absolutely true! I dare not lie to you!" Linger nodded heavily, swearing like an oath.

But Ye Zhaoqing suddenly smiled: "Even if he said it, it's nothing, you can be happy when the imperial decree of marriage is issued! Little girl, haven't you heard a sentence? The plan can't keep up with the change! Li Yu may be I have that kind of heart, but the emperor still has Concubine Rong, so he will never be allowed to do this."

Absolutely not!

She calmly picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip slowly, without any trace of excitement on her face.

Seeing her appearance, Ling'er's excited heart slowly calmed down. She thought about Ye Zhaoqing's words carefully, and a trace of sadness appeared on her face.

The young lady is not favored, and everyone in the Duke's mansion is looking forward to the second young lady becoming the crown princess. Under such circumstances, it is not easy for their young lady to break through the siege!

She really thought too much...

Ling'er sighed deeply, feeling very sorry for her half-shattered dream of being a female officer.

……

On the second day, Mr. Zuo Xianglin personally took people up the mountain to visit his old father. Seeing that his condition had stabilized, he simply took Mrs. Lin off the mountain. After all, the Jokhang Temple was no better than the capital, and life was inconvenient.

Before leaving, he specially called his daughter over and questioned him carefully about what happened that day.

Lin Xirong didn't dare to hide anything, so she confessed everything, and finally sighed: "Father, because that girl Wutong was dissatisfied with what Miss Ye said at the Jokhang Temple that day, she wanted to put the blame on Miss Ye. To save grandfather's life, our family and Naning Guohou's Mansion are really destined!"

Lin Xiang listened carefully, without saying a word, and the expression on his face was hard to see clearly.

"Since she saved your grandfather, she is our family's benefactor. I heard that this second lady is not favored in the mansion, and she is not close to Ye Xiangwan. When you have time, bring some gifts and go see more Look at her, this person deserves your deep friendship!"

After Lin Xirong heard this, a hint of surprise appeared on her face: "Father! You actually agreed to my friendship with her? I thought, I thought..."

"What do you think? She is her, and Ningguohou's Mansion is Ningguohou's Mansion!" Lin Xiang said in a solemn tone: "Rong'er, you have to distinguish this point clearly!"

"Yes, father!" Lin Xirong obediently replied.

Lin Xiang waved his hand and said, "You go to see that Miss Ye now, and thank you for your father. Father is a man, so it's not easy to see her. We will go down the mountain soon."

Lin Xirong nodded immediately, turned around and retreated.

When she walked to the door, she suddenly heard her father talking to herself: "Ye Chen, Ye Chen! You don't want to spoil such an outstanding daughter, but you still want to spoil an embroidered pillow! Anyway, I'll do it for you." Wipe your eyes and let you see how wrong you are!"

Lin Xirong paused, then stepped back as if nothing had happened.

When Ye Zhaoqing got the news that the Lin family was going down the mountain, he was a little surprised: "The old man can't stand the bumps of the car, I thought you would stay here for a while!"

"No, my father is very busy, so he is worried about my grandfather staying here alone." Sitting in the flower hall, Lin Xirong took the tea made by Linger and said with a smile: "Besides, there is no family living in this temple." Comfortable, but also inconvenient!"

"That's right, Ye Zhaoqing nodded immediately and said: "Going down the mountain early has the advantage of going down the mountain early. "

Lin Xirong glanced at her, and asked tentatively: "Miss Ye, ask something that shouldn't be asked. You are a girl who has not been out of the cabinet. After all, it's not good to stay in this monk temple for a long time. When will your family plan to pick you up?" Are you going down the mountain?"

Ye Zhaoqing didn't answer.

Lin Xirong was suddenly a little embarrassed, and she hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your privacy, I just thought that when I return to Beijing, I can go to Ningguohou Mansion to play with you..."

"Miss Lin, don't be nervous." Ye Zhaoqing smiled and said, "I don't blame you, it's just that I don't know how to answer you."

Lin Xirong looked at her expression, and said cautiously: "You seem to have something hard to hide?"

"It's not an unspeakable secret." Ye Zhaoqing played with the teacup in his hand, and said after deliberation: "I am not favored at home, and no one welcomes me. This is something that the whole capital knows. I will not spend the rest of my life in this Jokhang Temple. , or that one is where the nunnery is staying!"

Lin Xirong was stunned when she heard this: "The Ye family treats you as an abandoned son? You haven't done anything wrong!"

"I'm a broom star!" Ye Zhaoqing laughed at himself and said, "Naturally, we have to leave far away, otherwise, how can they be clean?"

Lin Xirong frowned when she heard the words: "It's definitely not that simple! Your family seems to want your sister to marry the First Prince, and you have been favored by the First Prince recently. This must be the reason why they treat you so well. Yours, otherwise, I won’t send you off sooner or later, why should I send you to the nunnery far away at this time? These people have no human feelings at all!”

(End of this chapter)