The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 48
"It's nothing to be surprised about! Those people are just exaggerating!" Mrs. Ye snorted coldly and said, "What really makes me care is what the eldest prince thinks about this matter! I think after this incident, he must already have something in his heart. Without your eldest sister, this will be difficult."

As she spoke, a deep sadness appeared on her face.

Ye Xiangwan stood in front of her with her head down, wondering what she was thinking, but the Juanpa that was almost torn off in her palm revealed what she was thinking.

After a long time, she suddenly raised her eyes, looked at Mrs. Ye firmly and said, "Grandmother! If that's the case, then let eldest sister marry me together!"

"You, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Ye was taken aback when she heard this, and the next moment she shook her head violently, her eyes became sharp: "Ah Wan, you can't do this! She is by your side, you Life will never be easy!"

"But what can I do?" Hearing this, Ye Xiangwan couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said, "Sisters serving a husband together, I don't want this kind of thing, but now, the First Prince already has a sister in his heart. She, the eldest prince will definitely not let it go! Could it be that when he asks father to marry his sister, will father still disagree? "

Certainly not.

Mrs. Ye fell silent when she heard the words.

"I did this to look good and gain a reputation as a virtuous and generous person. Besides, that person is my sister." Ye Xiangwan said with a wry smile: "Although she is unrighteous, I have to be kind. Since we have been together since Now that you have identified the eldest prince, you must be prepared to face him taking another woman home. Since others can, why can't my sister?"

"Ah Wan! You are too extreme!" Mrs. Ye sighed after hearing this, "I'm afraid you haven't figured out something. Even though the eldest prince can marry countless women back, it is impossible for the emperor to let Ning Guo The two concubine ladies of the Hou Mansion are both married to the eldest prince! You and your sister can only marry one of them in the end!"

Ye Xiangwan froze for a moment when he heard this.

"Grandmother hopes that person is you!" Mrs. Ye said, she stretched out her hand to grab Ye Xiangwan's, and said solemnly: "We have hoped for so many years, we can't let this funeral star be ruined !"

"Then grandma, what do you want to do?" Ye Xiangwan's expression was both excited and moved after hearing these words, and he was sometimes a little nervous.

She is worried about whether she can marry the eldest prince!Mrs. Ye looked at her grandson's expression and thought in her heart.Then, as if she had made up her mind, she said, "It's time for your elder sister to marry someone else."

"Grandmother! You want to..." Ye Xiangwan said in surprise.

Mrs. Ye nodded, and said: "That's right, as long as she gets married, the eldest prince will definitely stop thinking about it, and it's unknown when he will turn his attention to you. After all, you are real sisters."

Ye Xiangwan listened quietly, and finally said in a muffled voice after a long while, "Grandmother, Ah Wan will follow your orders."

"Good boy." Mrs. Ye couldn't help laughing when she saw her obedient appearance.

"But, my sister is living in Zuo Xiangfu now! When will she come back?"

In the quiet inner room, Ye Xiangwan's voice slowly sounded.

Madam Ye's complexion changed.

……

Not long after Xushi passed, the tea party that everyone had been waiting for for a long time finally began.

The venue was still in the lobby on the first floor. Li Yu and the others maintained their identities and stayed in the box with the windows open.

Maybe it was noisy, Li Yu frowned, and asked the steward to hang the curtain on the open window.

As a result, the sound is indeed much smaller.

The curtain is translucent, so the scene downstairs can be seen clearly.

It was Ye Zhaoqing's first time attending such a gathering, so she was inevitably a little curious. She looked down from the window and saw that a gorgeous high platform had been set up in the center of the first floor.The crowd sat in the back seats.On the high platform, there are several wide platforms, and on the wide platform, there are several exquisite treasure boxes. Because of the distance, Ye Zhaoqing can't see clearly what is inside.

But I also know that it is nothing more than orbs.

She was not interested, so she just lowered her head and tasted tea slowly. Lin Xirong beside her was a little excited. She looked at Ye Zhaoqing and smiled at Ye Zhaoqing: "Zhaoqing, do you know? The building is not so lively."

"Oh? What's the reason for that? Could it be that what Fengyang Tower brought out today is special?" Ye Zhaoqing raised his eyes and glanced at her.

Lin Xirong smiled and said: "You are so smart! You can guess right away! Then can you guess what will be auctioned in Fengyang Tower later?"

"How could I know that?" Ye Zhaoqing laughed dumbly and said, "This is my first time here, so I don't understand anything at all."

Lin Xirong let out a groan, and still said with great interest: "It's fine if you can't guess it, let me tell you! This time, Fengyang Tower brought a peerless sword named Fen Ji. It is said that this sword is extremely sharp. Cutting iron like mud, to this day, there are at least nine thousand souls who died under that sword..."

"Sword?" Ye Zhaoqing was a little surprised: "This building still sells such things? Aren't they all precious pearls..."

She asked as if nothing had happened, but her heart started beating violently!
Burn silence!

There is only one sword in this world named Fen Ji, and that is the sword that her father never left her body!

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to appear here!

In a trance, Ye Zhaoqing seemed to have returned to his childhood.

"Father, my daughter has already learned the swordsmanship you taught, when will I have my own sword like you, father?" Under the shade of the trees in the afternoon, the little girl raised her immature Face, looking expectantly at the tall figure standing in front of her.

Behind the two of them is the courtyard of the Weiwei Palace.

King Huai, who commanded a hundred thousand cavalry, cheerfully reached out and stroked his daughter's temple hair, and said with a smile, "An Ning has grown up, tell me, what kind of saber do you want?"

"My daughter wants to see the Fen Ji of the father!" The girl said enviously, looking at the sword hanging by her father.

There was a wind blowing, and the palace sash hanging on the hilt of the sword was raised, almost confusing people's eyes.

King Huai was taken aback for a moment: "You want this? This is a murderous sword!" Then, he reached out to take a small and exquisite sword from the guard's hand and said, "This sword is suitable for you, so I named it Qiushui for my father. ,how?"

An Ning reached out to take the Qiushui sword, took a closer look, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Father!" As she said that, she raised her head and looked at King Huai cautiously: "Father, it will be here in a few days. It's An Ning's birthday, can you let me see my father's death? My daughter promises, I'll just take a look!"

King Huai frowned slightly when he heard this, but seeing his daughter's expectant eyes, he still couldn't bear to disappoint her.

"Okay, just take a look." He said, then took off the sword on his body, stared at it for a while, and slowly drew out the blade.

It really is a good sword.

Even though An Ning didn't have much eyesight, the glinting and gloomy sword in front of her instantly made her feel her heart tighten, and cold sweat rolled down her forehead. She murmured, "What a sharp sword!"

"That's natural!" King Huai put the sword back into the scabbard, and said with a smile, "This sword has been my father's for more than 20 years and has killed countless enemies. It is already a murder weapon. You should stay away from it if it belongs to your child. .”

……

"Zhaoqing, what's wrong with you?" At this moment, someone patted Ye Zhaoqing on the shoulder.

Ye Zhaoqing regained consciousness instantly.

Only then did she realize that everyone in the private room was looking at her with surprised eyes, especially Li Yu. In his beautiful water eyes, apart from surprise, there was also a trace of impatience.

"I'm fine, I just remembered something from a long time ago." Ye Zhaoqing calmed down and quickly explained.

Murong Jin raised her eyebrows, and said with a half-smile, "Oh? A sword actually reminded Miss Ye of the past? I don't know what you think of?"

"I..." Ye Zhaoqing was about to explain, when Li Yu suddenly said, "Murong, why are you asking this? Are you so concerned about Miss Ye's privacy? I think you should care more about Miss Lin! "

As soon as these words came out, Lin Xirong who was beside her immediately blushed.

Ye Zhaoqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but there was a smile on his face: "Actually, it's nothing. Today's tea is very good. I think I drank it when I was a child."

After hearing this, Li Yu didn't know what he thought of, and a suspicious blush suddenly appeared on Zhang Jun's face.The next moment, he quickly turned his head and looked out the window.

Ye Zhaoqing didn't know what kind of madness he was going into, sighed, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

When she put down the cup, she suddenly realized that this tea was specially made by Li Yu just now...

Ye Zhaoqing: "..."

This is really not what Li Yu thought!

She opened her mouth, and found that it was really hard to explain, so she could only drink tea to cover up her embarrassment. At this moment, she saw Murong Jin looking at her narrowly, his eyes were full of meaning...

Ye Zhaoqing smiled wryly in his heart, there was another misunderstanding!

In the midst of embarrassment, there was a sudden commotion downstairs.

"Look quickly, that sword is presented!" Lin Xirong said excitedly, shaking her sleeve.

Ye Zhaoqing put down his teacup and looked downstairs, and sure enough, he saw a few stewards of Fengyang Building carefully carrying a sword box up. Everyone was expecting, the sword box slowly opened, revealing the treasured sword quietly placed inside.

Sure enough, it was the Fen Ji.

Ye Zhaoqing almost burst into tears from the rushing aura and familiarity. When she suddenly saw her father's belongings, she needed a lot of strength to restrain herself from getting excited. The hands hidden in her sleeves were tightly clenched. Tight.

In fact, Ye Zhaoqing's whole body was stiff at the moment.

Her eyes were fixed on the sword, and she no longer cared what Murong Jin and Li Yu would discover. There was only one thought in her heart, she wanted to get it!We must find this saber of father!
It cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of others.

"It really is a good sword, no wonder you insisted on dragging me here." At this moment, Li Yu turned his head to take a look at Murong Jin, and said in a deep voice: "At last, this trip was worthwhile. "

Murong Jin responded with a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your success!"

"After you get the sword, don't forget to let me enjoy it for a few days." Li Yu said lightly.

Ye Zhaoqing's excited heart gradually calmed down as he listened to the conversation between the two.

She glanced at Murong Jin, and said in a deep voice: "Master Murong, are you sure you will win this sword?"

"Could Miss Ye also want it?" Murong Jin was a little surprised, he didn't misread the expression on Ye Zhaoqing's face, it was the same as his inevitable!

However, this is a treasured sword, a sword that kills countless people, she is a delicate girl, what does she want this for?
There were countless questions in his mind, Murong Jin really wanted to ask Ye Zhaoqing face to face, but the good rest made him hold back, and in the end he only asked such a subtle question.

"Yes!" Ye Zhaoqing replied crisply.

Now it was Li Yu's turn to be surprised. He put down his teacup, stared wide-eyed, and said after a long while, "What do you want this for? Could it be that you can dance with a sword?"

"Your Highness, don't worry about this." Ye Zhaoqing said solemnly.

Li Yu looked at her pretty face that couldn't tell the difference between joy and sorrow, a complex expression flashed in his heart, and he was a little startled, but he didn't know what it was.

"Don't make trouble! I promised Murong that I will definitely help him get that Fenji today!" Finally, he said impatiently.

Ye Zhaoqing listened quietly, then, she raised her face to look at Li Yu, and said calmly, "Your Highness, what if I must fight Murong for this sword?"

Although the tone is light, it carries an irresistible force.

Li Yu glanced at Ye Zhaoqing in surprise, he didn't know what he thought of, so he didn't answer.

"Miss Ye, can you tell me why you have to get this sword?" At this moment, Murong Jin looked at Ye Zhaoqing with a surprised look, but he didn't have such a big reaction as Li Yu.

Ye Zhaoqing shook his head at him, and said sincerely: "Young Master Murong, we are all friends, I don't want to lie to you, but I don't want to tell the truth, can you stop asking?"

When she was in the Jokhang Temple, Murong Jin had defended her several times, Ye Zhaoqing certainly remembered this kindness.

But remembering is one thing, and the sword is another thing, one yard for one yard.

"Miss Ye is very sincere." Murong Jin laughed, "I can't ask any more questions."

"Murong, are you going to give him the sword?" Li Yu glanced at Murong Jin with a gloomy expression, and said in a deep voice, "This is the opportunity you have been waiting for for half a year! Are you going to give up like this?" ?”

"No?" Murong Jin smiled gently: "Didn't Miss Ye say that? She will compete fairly with me. Anyway, this sword still belongs to Fengyanglou. Whether you can get it or not depends on everyone." It's up to you."

As he said that, he glanced at Li Yu and said, "Your Highness, you promised me before that you would do your best to help me get this sword. You won't break your promise, will you?"

"Of course not!" Li Yu replied decisively, but his brows were furrowed. Obviously, he was very unhappy.

The best friend and the woman he likes both want one thing at the same time, and he can only help his friend because of his previous promise. This feeling is not at all pleasant.

However, there are still people who fan the flames.

"Murong, you and Your Highness are rich masters, is this an obvious bullying to Zhaoqing?" Lin Xirong said angrily, "Zhaoqing is a guest at our house, how can she compare to you?"

As soon as the words fell, she took off her purse, took out a bank note from it, and stuffed it into Ye Zhaoqing's hand: "This is a 1 taels of silver note, although it is not much, but it can be used in case of emergency. You go first Take it!"

Obviously, Lin Xirong fully supported Ye Zhaoqing's desire to obtain this precious sword.Just like Li Yu supported Murong Jin.

Seeing this scene, Murong Jin was dumbfounded.

Li Yu's face was tense at first, but the next moment he burst into laughter: "Murong, how does it feel to be betrayed by your own woman?"

"Your Highness! Don't talk nonsense!" Lin Xirong's pretty face instantly turned red like a cloud after hearing this.

Li Yu continued to sneer: "Isn't that a matter of time?"

Lin Xirong felt ashamed, she lowered her head and never looked at Li Yu and Murong Jin again.If Li Yu continued to talk, she might rush out.

"Your Highness, is it fun to bully a weak woman?" Ye Zhaoqing replied coldly, and handed back the silver ticket that Lin Xirong had stuffed into her hand: "Xi Rong, I appreciate your kindness, but the money I can't accept the ticket..."

"Why can't you accept it?" Lin Xirong raised her head suddenly, with a bit of grievance in her eyes: "Don't tell me you despise me?"

"No!" Ye Zhaoqing shook his head and said, "Although I don't know where you got these banknotes, I do know that if you give them to me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to report to the Prime Minister and Madam after you go back. For your friend, how can you accept these banknotes with peace of mind and put you in a dilemma?"

These words are really for Lin Xirong's consideration.

The doubt on Lin Xirong's face suddenly turned into emotion, and she firmly put the 1 taels of banknote back into Ye Zhaoqing's hands, not allowing her to refuse: "Thank you for thinking about me, but these banknotes are all my own Parents don’t know about the private money, take it quickly! If you refuse again, you will look down on me!”

Ye Zhaoqing had no choice but to accept it reluctantly.But he said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back within a month."

"It's not urgent, we'll talk about it later." Lin Xirong said with a smile: "Zhaoqing, you must get that Fenji later, I see what they are proud of!"

Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help laughing bitterly when he heard the words: "Xi Rong, you think highly of me, this is Fengyang Tower, they don't care about benevolence, justice and morality, what they want is to make money, whoever can pay a high price, then the sword will be his. And it is impossible for me to be richer than His Royal Highness and Young Master Murong."

"That's not necessarily the case!" Lin Xirong immediately laughed and said, "We can fight for talent! Zhaoqing, if your talent is better than His Highness and Murong, then you still have a chance to get this sword."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Ye Zhaoqing asked with interest as his eyes lit up when he heard the words.

Lin Xirong smiled and said: "Don't forget, although this is an auction of treasures, it is a tea poetry fair! Why does Fengyang Tower attract so many well-educated people here? And it is also famous all over the world? It is because of this tea and Poetry! If you can beat Murong in talent and learning and win this literary competition, then even if you can't afford such a high amount of money, you can still get that precious sword."

"Besides, Miss Ye earned a lot of money just now." Murong Jin interjected, "And it greatly broke the record of Fengyang Tower. In this way, you will be more confident." As he spoke, he smiled wryly. .

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing looked Murong Jin up and down, as if he was considering whether his words were true or not.Although she was certain to win Fen Ji, she was not sure in her heart, especially Li Yu and Murong Jin.

Murong Jin cried out bitterly, which was really unexpected to her.

"What he said is true." Li Yu said: "Although I am a prince, I have countless money in my hands, but I can't spend it randomly. If it spreads to the palace, I can't afford it. The one who helps Murong is at most 10 taels of silver."

After Ye Zhaoqing heard this, he immediately thought about it in his heart.

Previously, she won 6000 taels of silver from participating in the pot throwing. Leaving aside the 1000 taels of silver she borrowed from Lin Xirong, the total left was 5000 taels of silver. , compared to 1, still much less.

Moreover, Murong Jin himself still had some silver that he hadn't given out yet.

The strength of the two sides is indeed very different!

Ye Zhaoqing sighed, raised his eyes to look at Murong Jin and said, "It seems that I can only compete with Mr. Murong in terms of talent. When the time comes, Mr. Murong must be merciful!"

"It's easy to say, maybe Miss Ye will be merciful at that time!" Murong Jin said with a smile, and looked at Ye Zhaoqing curiously.

In the past, he had only heard of the second young lady of Ningguohou's Mansion who was extremely talented, but now this little-known Miss Ye wants to compete with him in talent, which is really interesting!

It's really exciting.

Li Yu on the side also had an expectant expression, but his eyes were much more complicated than Murong Jin's.

From the very beginning, this woman who escaped from under Gale's hooves with her dexterous skills did not attract his attention, but with the in-depth understanding time and time again, this seemingly weak and deceitful woman has repeatedly attracted people's attention. , Bold, courageous and resourceful, and excellent medical skills, she shines even more in Fengyang Building, I really don't know how she learned these things!

She is going to compete with Murong in talent, I really don't know what kind of surprises will be created at that time!

Li Yu was really curious.

While the few people were talking, the downstairs had already caused quite a stir. The jewelry that Ye Zhaoqing didn't like had already started to be auctioned, but none of them paid attention.

Lin Xirong took a fancy to a pair of colored glass hairpins of Fengyang Diewu, but unfortunately she lent the money to Ye Zhaoqing, she had no money in hand, so she could only look at it resentfully.

Murong Jin noticed her gaze, smiled slightly, called the clerk to give instructions, and ordered him to go down.

After a while, the clerk came upstairs holding the pair of glazed hairpins that Lin Xirong liked.

"Miss Lin, this glass hairpin is for you." Murong Jin took the box inlaid with gold and jade from the clerk, opened it, and glanced at Lin Xirong with a smile.

"This..." Seeing all this, Lin Xirong was both surprised and happy, her cheeks were flushed again, but she didn't dare to reach out to pick it up.

(End of this chapter)