The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 47
Lin Xirong looked at her and sighed, then went back to the table and sat down.

This sleep lasted for an hour, and when Ye Zhao woke up, the lights outside the window were bright, and the room was the same, Lin Xirong got up from the table and walked over: "Are you awake?"

Ye Zhaoqing nodded, turned over and sat up, straightened her temple hair and dress, Lin Xirong saw that she had tidied up, opened the door and asked the waiter to fetch water.

"Is Miss Ye here? I'm the criminal supervisor of Fengyang Building." At this moment, there were knocks on the door.

Ye Zhaoqing turned around, and saw a middle-aged man in charge standing by the door, holding a box in his hand.

"What's the matter with you?" Lin Xirong asked.

"That's right." The criminal manager said; "Miss Ye's gambling game with Miss Fang Six in Fengyang Tower today was very exciting. It can be said that there is no one before. You are the winner, and we Fengyang Tower has already won for you. I've collected and sorted out my silver, and I'll offer it here." He said, raising the box in his hand with both hands.

Ye Zhaoqing walked over, reached out and took the box, glanced at it and asked, "How much money is this in total?"

"Returning to Miss Ye, there are a total of 6000 taels of silver bills in this box." The criminal manager said respectfully: "Including the silver that Miss Fang Six lost to you is also in it. In addition, since Miss Ye's skill in throwing pots has already It’s amazing, our Fengyang Building has decided to open the door to you for free from now on, as long as you want to watch a play, listen to music, or come to drink tea and snacks, you can come anytime, we don’t charge money.”

"Seriously?" Lin Xirong said in surprise when she heard this, "The private rooms in Fengyang Building are not cheap! Any room costs tens of taels of silver, and a pot of Biluochun costs 30 taels of silver... ..."

"These are all free for Miss Ye." The criminal manager smiled slightly and said, "If there is nothing else, I will retire first."

"The criminal manager is fine." Ye Zhaoqing nodded.

When the criminal manager left, Lin Xirong immediately said to Ye Zhaoqing with envy all over her face: "Zhaoqing! You are too good! We will be bored at home in the future, so if we want to drink tea, we can come here. It's so convenient!"

Ye Zhaoqing was not as excited as Lin Xirong, she just provided private rooms and tea for free, but from today onwards, how many guests will Fengyang Tower attract because of her battle today!The money she makes will definitely not be small, and if she shows up here often, she will also attract some guests to Fengyang Tower.

No one is a fool, there is no free lunch in the world.

However, this was not a bad thing for Ye Zhaoqing, so she accepted it.

"Tsk tsk! Did you make a lot of money?" As soon as the manager left, Murong Jin and Li Yu came back. When they saw the box in Ye Zhaoqing's hand, Murong Jin smiled and said, "Miss Ye wants a treat." !"

"Then you won Fang Zhilin's plum blossom inkstone! Why don't you treat me?" Lin Xirong said with a glance at him.

Murong Jin chuckled, and said, "Of course I want to invite you too! But it has to be another day, and Miss Lin will be rewarded by then?"

Lin Xirong blushed when she heard this, and said coyly: "When the time comes, I will come."

"She will definitely come!" Murong Jin smiled immediately: "With His Royal Highness the First Prince here, there is no need to ask about such things, okay?"

"Speak up!" At this moment, Li Yu, who was sitting at the table playing with a finger in his hand, snorted coldly.

Murong Jin immediately stopped talking, but her face was still narrow-minded.

Ye Zhaoqing was very uncomfortable being looked at by him like this. She lowered her head and poured a cup of herbal tea to drink, but she was stopped when she picked it up.

Ye Zhaoqing followed the hand that was stretched out, and saw Li Yu's dark eyes: "You can't drink the herbal tea! Throw it away!"

"Isn't your control too wide?" Ye Zhaoqing was a little puzzled.

Li Yu ignored it, took the cup of tea from Ye Zhaoqing, called the waiter to come in, and took it away.And told the buddy.

After a while, the clerk walked in with a pot of steaming hot tea in his hands.

Li Yu took the tea and poured a cup himself, and handed it to Ye Zhaoqing.

"Your Highness, you don't have to do this." Ye Zhaoqing raised his eyes and glanced at him, but didn't reach out for the cup of tea.

Li Yu's face froze, and he snorted coldly and said, "Your Highness can do whatever you want, what right do you have to stop him?" Then he put the cup of tea in his hand in front of Ye Zhaoqing.

He is a majestic prince, so he lowered his posture in front of Ye Zhaoqing, but the girl who received this courtesy showed a face of reluctance.

Li Yu felt aggrieved in his heart.

Murong Jin took the teapot from Li Yu's hand with a smile, and poured a cup of hot tea for herself and Lin Xirong: "Drink quickly! The tea party will start soon."

"Since it's a tea party, why choose it at night?" Ye Zhaoqing asked with some doubts.

Li Yu opened his mouth and was about to answer, but Murong Jin who was on the side suddenly smiled and said: "Light the lamp at night, and what a pleasure it is to look at treasures under the lamp. If I were the boss of Fengyang Building, I would I will also choose to hold this tea party in the evening."

Ye Zhaoqing suddenly realized: "So it is."

Most of the treasures in the world are luminous pearls, jade and other things, and these treasures can only be seen at night when it is dark, and the selling price is naturally high. No wonder this tea party is chosen at night.

As soon as he figured it out, Ye Zhaoqing felt a little disappointed in his heart.

Originally, when she came to Fengyang Tower, she also wanted to pick out a few things she liked and go back, but at this moment, when Ye Zhaoqing realized that the treasures at the tea party were most likely to be orbs, she lost her mind. interest.

For her, the most useless things in this world are things like orbs.

Seeing Ye Zhaoqing's lack of interest, Li Yu turned his head and gave Murong Jin a blank stare.

Murong Jin was a little aggrieved, he just said something, but he didn't expect to meet the master's back again, oh my god!Who did he provoke!

"Look! Someone is coming in!" At this moment, Lin Xirong who was at the side suddenly exclaimed in a low voice.

Ye Zhaoqing looked up, and saw a group of people walking in from the gate of Fengyang Tower in a grand manner. The first person was a young man, wearing a satin gown, wearing powder-based soap boots, with a handsome face. It's all smiles.

It's just that the smile looks so frivolous no matter how you look at it.

Ye Zhaoqing didn't know this person, so he only glanced at her and then looked away.

"Zhaoqing, you, do you want to go down and say hello to him?" At this moment, Lin Xirong who was at the side suddenly hesitated to speak.

Ye Zhaoqing raised his eyes in confusion and said, "I don't know him, why should I say hello to him?"

As soon as this remark came out, the other three people in the box were all stunned, with strange expressions on their faces.

Ye Zhaoqing felt terrified when they looked at him, he couldn't help but turned his head and took a closer look at the man downstairs. At this time, he was greeting several young gentlemen downstairs, with a smile on his lips all the time, seeming to be in good spirits very good.

But no matter how she looked at him, she felt that he was very strange?

"Is there any problem?" She looked back at Lin Xirong.

"Zhaoqing, that's your brother..." Lin Xirong said in a low voice, hesitating to speak: "You, you don't know him?"

elder brother?

Ye Zhaoqing was struck by thunder!
This guy is actually the big brother whose name she only knows about!Ye Yuzhen, the eldest son of the Marquis of Ningguo!

At the beginning, she still used him to take Qiu Ju and Nanny Li into her own hands. Unexpectedly, before she returned to Ningguo Hou's Mansion, she met this legendary manly elder brother first!
So how to explain the current situation?

Ye Zhaoqing raised his eyes, looked at the three people who were waiting to hear her explanation, and pretended to be calm: "Xi Rong, this is a long story..."

"Then make a long story short!" Li Yu said.

Ye Zhaoqing looked up at him speechlessly, and said: "What's the explanation? I was either in the Jokhang Temple or in the courtyard of the mansion before. I have never seen my elder brother in these years. I don't recognize him." What's so strange about him?"

"Have you not seen him for a long time?" Li Yu looked at Ye Zhaoqing with a complicated expression after hearing this, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

Ye Zhaoqing nodded, and answered without changing expression or confusion: "Yes! I'm just a funeral star, and I live in a remote place. How can I meet the prince of the Hou family who the whole family regards as eyes? Besides, they also Impossible for me to see." He said, laughing at himself.

Li Yu looked at her pretendingly relaxed posture, but felt a pang of pain in his heart. Ye Zhaoqing had suffered so much all these years!

Murong Jin was also a little surprised. He put away his previous scrutiny and comforted him: "Miss Ye, don't take these things to heart, it's all over."

"Thank you, I won't take it to heart." Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly and said, "Besides, I'm pretty good."

Lin Xirong also showed a hint of distress on her face, she was doted on by the whole family in the Lin Mansion, she never thought that Ye Zhaoqing, who was the same age as her, would live such a life.

It is really too bitter!She had to tell her grandfather to keep Ye Zhaoqing in the mansion for a few more days.

Lin Xirong secretly made up her mind.

This matter is considered to be over, and no one asked any more questions, Ye Zhaoqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of their box!
Ye Zhaoqing was taken aback, turned his head quickly, and glanced at the door with complicated eyes.

"I'll go and open the door." Murong Jin got up immediately, glanced at her, walked over and opened the door of the box.

Ye Yuzhen, the son of Marquis of Ningguo whom they had discussed just now, stood impressively at the door.

Ye Zhaoqing's heart tightened.

The next moment, Ye Yuzhen bypassed Murong Jin and walked in with a smile on his face, and bowed down to Li Yu: "Xiaosheng has just arrived, and I heard that His Highness the First Prince is here today, so I'm here to pay my respects!"

"Get up!" Li Yu said calmly: "Since I have seen it, please go back!"

These words are not polite at all, and he doesn't take care of him just because he is Ye Zhaoqing's elder brother.

"Don't! Your Highness!" Ye Yuzhen said, suddenly turned her head and glanced at Ye Zhaoqing who was sitting beside Lin Xirong, and said with a smile: "Is the eldest sister here today? Why, I heard that you have been away from the mansion for a few days? But you Made grandma angry again? Don't be afraid, with my brother here, I guarantee that you can enter through the gate of the Hou Mansion smoothly! This matter is on my shoulders!"

Ning Guohou didn't dare to guarantee things, but he dared.

The corner of Murong Jin's mouth twitched into a mocking smile.

"I've met you, brother." Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Ye Zhaoqing had no choice but to stand up and salute Ye Yuzhen, but his tone was polite and distant: "Thank you for your kindness, but recently, I got permission from my father to live in the forest. The family is taking care of Mrs. Lin, so I won’t be going back for the time being.”

"Seeing a doctor? You are a girl from every family, why don't you learn some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at home, knitting female red, and instead do what a medicine woman does?" Ye Yuzhen looked surprised, and he looked at Ye Zhaoqing from top to bottom , incredulously said: "When I heard my grandmother say this before, I still didn't believe it. I didn't expect you to be so humble!"

Before he came in, he had already decided to treat Ye Zhaoqing, his sister whom he hadn't seen for many years, better, at least on the surface.But after only a few words, Ye Yuzhen couldn't help ridiculing.

From the bottom of his heart, he never thought of his younger sister at all, and it would be the same if it were Ye Xiangwan.

"Young Master Ye, please be more polite!" Lin Xirong stood up at once, her face flushed with anger, "Zhaoqing is not a medicine woman! She is a miracle doctor! She cured even Li Taiyi Bad illness! You are not allowed to say that about her!"

"Tsk tsk, Miss Lin, I'm really touched that you defend my sister like this!" Ye Yuzhen smacked his mouth, looked at Lin Xirong's flushed face, and said with a sneer: "But push her to the place where the druggist is like you!" The people of this level seem to be your family, right? Why are you pretending to be here now!"

"I think you are hypocritical!" Murong Jin stood up all of a sudden, and said angrily: "Ye Yuzhen, you know why your sister lives in the Lin Mansion! Not only did you not replace her in front of your grandmother You have said a good word, but you deliberately pretend to be a good person here, your face is the most disgusting!"

After hearing this, Ye Yuzhen sneered and was about to refute, but Li Yu said coldly: "Enough!"

He stopped immediately, and smiled at Li Yu in a flattering manner.

Ye Zhaoqing stood up from the chair: "Brother, I think you have something to do when you come to Fengyang Tower this time, you can go to your own business! This is a public place, you and my brother and sister are noisy in the public, the embarrassing only It will be Daddy and Grandma."

The two big mountains of grandmother and father were pressed down, and Ye Yuzhen really spoke more politely: "It's still the eldest sister who is thoughtful."

He paused, but asked with a smile: "It's just that you and my brother and sister have not seen each other for a long time, and you are so cruel to push me away? How about..."

"Get out!" At this moment, Li Yu couldn't bear it anymore and opened his mouth. He gave Ye Yuzhen a cold look and said, "Don't ask me to say it a second time!"

Ye Yuzhen's complexion changed, and he said in an embarrassing way: "Your Highness, I haven't seen my sister for a long time, and I want to stay with her for a while..."

"Your father is even unwilling to take her back, how can she be considered your sister?" Li Yu snorted coldly and said, "The eldest daughter of the Ningguo Hou's mansion is living such a life of being neither human nor ghost. ? To change the Japanese Palace, you need to ask Ning Guohou for advice!"

"Your Highness..." Ye Yuzhen's complexion changed, and he was about to speak, but Li Yu waved at him impatiently and said, "Go out! Do you want me to invite you out personally?"

"Your Highness is serious!" Ye Yuzhen couldn't help but tremble when he saw his cold gaze.

But he came here today with the idea of ​​making friends with Li Yu.Just refused to leave.

To achieve this goal, it seems that he can only rely on his unfavored sister.

Thinking about it, Ye Yuzhen turned her head, tried her best to squeeze out a smile and said to Ye Zhaoqing, "Sister, speak for brother..."

He predicted that Ye Zhaoqing would not dare to refuse.

How could a weak woman who had almost no place to stand in the Hou's mansion dare to offend him, the young son of the Hou's mansion who was just young?And with her own help, it is almost a piece of cake for Ye Zhaoqing to go back to the Hou Mansion, she absolutely dare not offend herself!
A trace of complacency welled up in Ye Yuzhen's heart.

But at this moment, he heard Ye Zhaoqing speak slowly: "Brother, you'd better listen to His Highness! He loses his temper later, and you won't be able to leave even if you want to!"

I can only crawl back.

Ye Yuzhen's complexion changed suddenly, and he looked at Ye Zhaoqing with serious eyes, with a bit of disbelief in his expression.

Ye Zhaoqing smiled.

She wanted to go back, but it must be Ning Guohou and Mrs. Ye who came to invite her in person!Otherwise, she would never go back!
What happened to Prince Ning, could it be that he would help him sincerely if she deliberately flattered her?
Ye Zhaoqing would not pin her hopes on a man, especially since this man did not have the slightest affection for her.

Everything she wants, she can only fight for with her own hands!
"Did you hear that? Get out quickly! When His Highness gets angry, you won't be able to leave..." Murong Jin crossed her arms and said in a cool tone.

Ye Yuzhen's face turned red and then turned white. Obviously, as the prince of Ningguo, he has always been aloof and never received such treatment.

But right now, he has to leave, if he stays again, it will only make Li Yu even more angry, and when the time comes, he will not be able to make friends, but will become enemies instead.

His sister!It's really good!

Ye Yuzhen narrowed her long and narrow phoenix eyes dangerously, and when she turned her head to face Li Yu, her face was already full of smiles: "If that's the case, then I will take my leave. For the sake of my sister, Haihan is..."

The only answer to him was Li Yu's cold word: "Get lost!"

Ye Yuzhen's face changed drastically after hearing this, even though he was patient and kung fu, he didn't dare to stay any longer, turned around and retreated in desperation.

As soon as he left, the atmosphere instantly relaxed a lot.

Lin Xirong looked at Ye Zhaoqing worriedly and said, "I don't think that brother of yours is a good person! You and him are brothers and sisters, how could he do this! Using you to win over the eldest prince..."

"He didn't win over either, did he?" Ye Zhaoqing said in a calm tone, and as she spoke, she looked at Lin Xirong with a smile, and said, "Don't talk about him, I don't worry about it at all, by the way, it's already Xushi, are you hungry? ? I'm a little hungry."

Lin Xirong was a little surprised when she heard this, but Ye Zhaoqing's heart is really big!Such a big thing happened, she can still eat it!
However, this also reflected that she didn't take Ye Yuzhen seriously at all.

Thinking of this, Lin Xirong was overjoyed and turned around to order the waiter to serve food, but at this moment, she saw that Li Yu had called the waiter to come up and was ordering food, many of which were Ye Zhaoqing's favorite food.

Lin Xirong suddenly smiled and narrowed her eyes.

Murong Jin at the side was a little surprised. At noon, he specially ordered dishes for Lin Xirong. He didn't expect that Li Yu would learn to please women so quickly.

The corners of his mouth curled up, showing a smile too.

Here the private room was full of joy, while on the other side, Ye Yuzhen went downstairs and sat in the private room that he and his friend had booked, unable to swallow this breath in his heart.

Being at the mercy of a woman he never cared about, how could he, who has always been proud and arrogant, bear it?

At this moment, all his thoughts were on how to deal with his younger sister, and he couldn't care about anything else.

"Brother Ye, I heard that you have a younger sister named Ye Zhaoqing?" But at this moment, a friend at the same table suddenly asked.

Ye Yuzhen looked up at the man, nodded and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"

"It's really your sister?" The friend enviously said, "At noon today, Miss Fang Six set up a pot-toss game with your sister here. Guess what? Your sister won! She threw three hundred pots in one go! None of the arrows hit the ground!"

Hearing this, Ye Yuzhen suddenly opened his eyes wide. He glanced at the man suspiciously, and said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, I think you heard it wrong, right? My sister has been staying at home since she was a child. I haven't seen her play pot throwing before, how could she throw 89 pieces in a row? Even His Royal Highness only threw [-] pieces..."

"Don't you believe it!" After hearing this, Brother Zhao straightened his neck and said, "Brother Ye, go out and find out! Now this matter has been spread all over the capital! Your sister didn't just vote three times in one breath. Out of a hundred arrows, more than half of them were thrown against her! After this match, she won at least tens of thousands of taels of silver!"

Ye Yuzhen's complexion suddenly changed, and slowly became serious.

"It's really what you said?"

When I asked this sentence, everyone at the table nodded: "Of course it is true!"

Ye Yuzhen still didn't want to believe it, he got up suddenly and strode out of the box!
The young master surnamed Zhao immediately shook his head and sighed: "We outsiders believe it, but I didn't expect that he, the elder brother, would not believe it!"

"Don't talk about it! It's not like you don't know that Brother Ye only recognizes another beautiful sister of his. I'm afraid he has never cared about this one!" Another friend whispered.

Everyone stopped talking.

At the same time, in Ningguohou's mansion, Mrs. Ye also knew about it.

"This loser! Why does the First Prince always meet her wherever he goes?" She trembled with anger, and slammed the dragon-headed crutch in her hand on the ground, and glanced at Ye Xiangwan who was standing in front of her. The old man was distressed and said: "I can tell that this mourner was born to beat you! She just doesn't want you to be the princess!"

It was rare for Ye Xiangwan not to refute. Seeing Mrs. Ye's angry appearance, her eyes were a little red: "Grandmother, sister, she has never played throwing pots, this Ah Wan can guarantee it! How did she throw thirty pieces in a row? What about the arrows? How strange!"

(End of this chapter)