The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 54
"Stupid!" Murong Shen raised a book in his hand and tapped Li Yu's forehead lightly: "What do you need for disaster relief? Of course you need money! There are so many luxurious objects in His Highness's East Palace, but the common people in Gansu Living in dire straits! Don't you understand what I mean?"

Li Yu suddenly realized: "Master, what you mean is to let me convert all these things into silver, and then support disaster relief..."

"You have good comprehension!" Murong Shen turned around and walked forward, holding the book in his hand all the time: "His Highness is the eldest prince, if he is so worried about the people, the important officials in the court must follow suit, and the disaster relief will be safe. That's it. Once this happens, His Majesty's appreciation for His Highness may be even higher."

"And His Highness will also win the hearts of the people, killing three birds with one stone." Murong Shen said, turned to look at Li Yu, and said, "Your Highness understands?"

"Understood!" Li Yu nodded again and again, but there was no excitement on his face, only distress: "If I really want to do this, my concubine must peel off my skin..."

"Your Highness's words are wrong!" Murong Shen raised his eyebrows and said, "Concubine Rong is such a magnanimous person! If she hears that His Highness has such thoughts for the victims, she will be so happy! After all, His Highness has become a generation Mingjun is what Concubine Rong looks forward to day and night, isn't it?"

Li Yu could only nod his head: "Master is right. It's because I'm narrow-minded."

"Okay, it's almost done today, you should think about what I said today!" Murong Shen turned and left.

"Wait a minute!" Li Yu shouted anxiously.

Murong Shen looked back puzzled: "Your Highness has other matters? It's not about homework, so don't talk about it."

"No! I want to tell you!" Li Yu summoned up the courage to step forward, took a deep breath and said as if to fight: "Master, I already know about the fact that you snatched the Fen Ji sword from Miss Ye yesterday."

"Oh?" Murong Shen was taken aback, and frowned slightly: "What does Your Highness want to say? Do you want to stand up for her?"

"Yes!" Li Yu nodded immediately: "Miss Ye paid a lot to get that Fenji Sword, but Master, you just saved her life, so you took away the one that is more important to her than life. Master, don’t you think you are immoral? You always taught me that a gentleman should do something and not do something! But..."

"Enough!" Murong Shen interrupted him coldly: "Your Highness, when I came back yesterday, Your Majesty said a few words to me when I saw my minister. Do you want to hear it?"

"What?" This time it was Li Yu's turn to be surprised.

Murong Shen smiled slightly, and said: "I won't hide it from you, anyway, sooner or later you will know that His Majesty has decided that on the day you can confer the title, you will also confer the title of my younger sister as the Crown Princess. Your Highness has nothing to do with caring about this. For important people and things, why not think about your future princess and that wedding that the whole world celebrates!"

"Impossible!" Li Yu blurted out: "Royal Father promised me that the matter of marrying the Crown Princess must be approved by me! I didn't say that I would marry Murong Yan!"

"Then your Highness should ask His Majesty about this matter!" Murong Shen shrugged indifferently.

Li Yu's face was livid, he cast a fixed glance at Murong Shen, then turned around and left suddenly!

When he was halfway there, he suddenly remembered that he forgot to mention the matter of Fen Ji Jian after being interrupted by Murong Shen!

Damn!

Li Yu punched hard on the palace wall.

……

In the afternoon of that day, Li Yu and Murong Jin came to the door again.

Ye Zhaoqing was a little surprised, she thought it would take at least a few days for Li Yu to come after what happened yesterday, but she didn't expect to come so soon.

"Your Highness, you came just in time. Last time I wanted to tell you that the Fenji Sword is my own business, and you don't need to fight your Tai Tuo for me..."

"It's already on the bar." Murong Jin smiled wryly and said, "But my elder brother dismissed His Highness in a few words."

dismissed?
How could a dignified prince be so useless in front of Murong Shen?

Ye Zhaoqing was slightly curious, but she looked at Li Yu's constipated face, and couldn't help but smiled slightly: "Then it didn't cause a big conflict, so that's great, Your Highness, don't worry about it in the future." It's over."

Li Yu's complexion changed, and when he was about to answer, Ye Zhaoqing said softly: "Your Highness, I don't have to have that sword. Let's do it for now! I'll talk about it when I have a chance in the future. What's mine is mine after all, and others can't steal it." Can't take it away."

Hearing this, Li Yu frowned, looked at Ye Zhaoqing very unhappy and said, "You really think so? Don't you regret it?"

"Of course I don't regret it." Ye Zhaoqing nodded.

"That's good! I don't want to care about this!" Li Yu suddenly became angry, stood up and slammed his fist on the table, then turned around and left in big strides!

Ye Zhaoqing was dumbfounded, he really didn't expect this person to get angry as soon as he said he was angry!
"Miss Ye, don't pay attention to him." Murong Jin smiled slightly, and said: "Today, His Highness heard that the emperor has appointed my younger sister to be the crown prince, and he is not happy in his heart."

Ye Zhaoqing was taken aback for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face: "In that case, it's a good thing." After speaking, he glanced at Murong Jin and said, "You and I are also considered friends. Your little sister is married. I don't know if I can send a copy of makeup?"

"It's so good. I thanked you on behalf of my sister." Murong Jin looked carefully at Ye Zhaoqing's face, and found that she was not unhappy in the eyes or emotions. agree with this matter.

Or, there is a hint of impatience.

When Li Yu gets married, she won't bother her all day long.

Murong Jin understood what Ye Zhaoqing meant, and suddenly smiled wryly in her heart. Li Yu's eyes were full of this woman in front of her, but she never paid him any attention. It's pitiful enough for a prince to do this.

However, things in life are unsatisfactory nine out of ten, I hope Li Yu can take it easy in the future!

Murong Jin sighed slightly inwardly, and put this matter aside.He asked Lin Xirong a few more words, and got up to leave.

……

Ye Zhaoqing spent this period of time very comfortably, Li Yu didn't come to disturb her, Madam Lin didn't make things difficult, she just ate, drank, played and played around every day, the fly in the ointment was that she still couldn't think of a way to get the Fen Ji sword out of Murong Shen's hand recapture.

Such a powerful person, even Li Yu is like a mouse meeting a cat when meeting him. She is an orphan girl who lives in another family, so it is not easy to confront him?

If she can't think of a way, she won't think about it, anyway, it's useless to be anxious, Ye Zhaoqing still understands the principle that the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge.

On this day, she was taking a nap in the Furong Courtyard, when suddenly Lin Xirong came from outside with a serious face, and handed her a letter casually.

"What is this?" Ye Zhaoqing was a little surprised, took a look at it, and the surprise on his face suddenly turned into confusion.

"Ning Guohou Shizi sent someone to deliver it to you, and my mother asked me to hand it over to you." Lin Xirong said in a deep voice, "After the letter was handed in from the porter, the messenger left."

"My elder brother? Has he not given up on Fenjijian? That sword is no longer in my hands!" Ye Zhaoqing sneered and opened the letter.

"Let me see what he wrote!" Lin Xirong leaned over curiously: "We haven't seen each other for so many years, and I snatched your sword outside Fengyang Tower that day and wanted to kill you. Write a letter... Is your grandmother sick?"

In the last sentence, Lin Xirong's voice changed suddenly.

Ye Zhaoqing was taken aback by her appearance, she patted her chest, raised her eyes to look at Lin Xirong and said, "She is human but not a fairy, why can't she be sick?"

Having said that, she muttered in her heart, is she really sick?Why does she always feel a little strange?
"But your elder brother said that Mrs. Ye was made mad because of your ignorance in Fengyang Tower..." Lin Xirong gave Ye Zhaoqing a look full of pity and said, "This family really lingers. It's up to you! It's none of your business if she gets sick!"

"That can't be helped, I have been responsible for all the big and small mistakes of the Hou Mansion for more than ten years..." Ye Zhaoqing said with a wry smile: "Believe it or not, even if I didn't go to Fengyang Tower that day, they could Find an excuse to say it was all my fault?"

"I believe it!" Lin Xirong nodded, and said, "Then, what are you going to do next? The letter said that Mrs. Lin is seriously ill this time, and she can't even get out of bed..."

"I can't help it either?" Ye Zhaoqing smiled when he heard the words, but the smile was ironic: "I can only pray for blessings and copy the scriptures every day, and hope that my grandmother and the elderly can recover soon." After speaking, he paused. : "I guess that's what my elder brother meant."

"No, what your elder brother means is that he wants Zhaoqing to return you to the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion and see Mrs. Ye in person. If you really cure her, you will be allowed to go back to the mansion..." Lin Xirong said in a low voice.

"It's a lie." Ye Zhaoqing shook his head after hearing this and said, "You don't know my grandmother, she is the kind of person who would rather die than see me, if I go back at this time, there will only be one result, that is, be killed." Throw it out and make a big joke."

The drooping old woman who was sitting on the imperial concubine's couch with a cold face, paranoid to the core, didn't want to see her at all, and it happened that she didn't want to see her either.

"Is that so..." Lin Xirong fell silent after hearing this.

After a long time, he said: "Your elder brother has no good intentions in sending this letter."

"Let him go! I just ignore it." Ye Zhaoqing smiled when he heard the words, with a look of indifference.

Lin Xirong couldn't help sighing, "You have such a big heart."

Ye Zhaoqing raised her eyes and glanced at her, then said in a deliberate tone: "Xi Rong, you see, I've been bothering you at Lin's house for a long time, and it's quite inconvenient, how about..."

"Zhaoqing! You want to move out again, don't you?" Lin Xirong interrupted, "I've said it many times, it's not safe outside! You're a lonely girl, and you have no one to protect you, how can I feel relieved? Don't say such things again!"

"Okay!" Ye Zhaoqing only smiled wryly when he heard the words.

For the time being, she can only live here.

The letter paper in her hand was slowly crumpled into a ball by her, and finally thrown into the stove.

The next day, when the two met Madam Lin while wandering in the mansion, she still asked about it, and Ye Zhaoqing replied in a calm tone: "Thank you Madam for your concern, my elder brother just asked me how I live here, I told him, you and Ms. It’s like family to me.”

"Miss Ye really makes me ashamed to say that." Mrs. Lin narrowed her eyes with a smile: "If there is anything wrong with the servants in the mansion, you can just tell me."

"No, they are all fine." Ye Zhaoqing replied with a smile.

During this period of time, she basically didn't use anyone to serve her. Even Ling'er just ate and slept.

"It seems that your elder brother still cares about you a lot. Ms. Ye should also write a letter to go back..." Mrs. Lin said with a smile: "You take your time, I'll go back first."

Ye Zhaoqing stood there, watching Mrs. Lin leave.

……

Ningguohou's Mansion, in Shangliyuan.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Heart-piercing coughs could be heard from time to time in the tall and bright courtyard, which could not be stopped even by the high courtyard walls.

The servants and maids who came and went in the yard all had solemn faces, half a month had passed, and there was no laughter at all here.

The imperial physicians in the imperial hospital came and called again and again, boiling soup and medicine bowl after bowl, but the coughing sound never stopped.

Recently, the servant girls who served Mrs. Ye personally were surprised to find that the old lady's sputum was bloodshot.

Mrs. Ye's favorite son, Ning Guohou, was so worried when he saw this scene that he invited the best doctors in the capital into his mansion one after another. When everyone entered, he was full of hope. In the end, they were disappointed and sent them away.

In less than half a month, he has never taken it seriously and has become helpless.Even a few strands of hair are gray.

Ning Guohou no longer knew what method to use to save his old mother's illness.

And just during this night, an osmanthus tree planted in Shangli Courtyard, which was originally full of branches and leaves, suddenly withered and yellowed more than half of its leaves, showing signs of withering.

All of a sudden, people were even more panicked, everyone was talking about it, Ningguohou's mansion was exhausted!It's going to decay!
The servants were slapped and scolded a large number of people, but they still couldn't resist the rumors gradually spreading outside the mansion.

Ning Guohou can't care about these anymore, he just wants to cure his mother's illness as soon as possible!

He travels around every day, and he doesn't even go to court. As for his wife and daughter, he stays by the old mother's bed and never leaves.

In the chaos, no one seemed to think of Ye Yuzhen.

He is like an invisible person. When something happens to the Hou Mansion, he is not needed at all. A person who doesn't go home all day and doesn't come back to see how he feels, can you expect him to be filial?

But on this day, on a certain day when Mrs. Ye's condition worsened for half a month, this playboy suddenly came back from outside and went straight to Shangliyuan!
"Yuzhen, you're back?" Mrs. Ye An, who was standing in front of Mrs. Ye's bed, wearing only a blue silk shirt and a plain face with no makeup on, said in surprise, "But the money is not enough... "

"I came back to visit my grandmother." Ye Yuzhen said, and walked to the bed.

And Mrs. Ye, who had just finished coughing, also tried her best to open her heavy eyelids to glance at her favorite grandson, and said hoarsely: "Yuzhen, are you here?"

A pair of skinny hands groped in the quilt for a long time, but they couldn't lift it up. Mrs. Ye's face was flushed from holding back.

She has long since lost her usual majesty, with gray hair, a face full of dimples, and a pair of eyes that are usually radiant, but now they are already muddy. Seeing her only grandson, her expression is a little excited: "Yuzhen, Did you come to see grandma for the last time?"

The only thing she can control by herself now is probably the voice.

"Grandma, what are you talking about!" Ye Yuzhen said seriously, "You are a person who can live a long life! In the future, you will have to watch your grandson marry a wife and have children, and hold a great-grandson!" As he spoke, he reached out to support Mrs. Ye He sat up.

"Great-grandson..." Mrs. Ye tried her best to put on an extremely ugly smile on her face: "I'm afraid, I won't be able to wait..."

"Who said that?" Ye Yuzhen frowned, glanced at Mrs. Ye and said, "Our family already has a miracle doctor, she can even bring back old Mrs. Lin when she stepped into the gate of hell! Grandma, do you know grandson? Who did you say?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the room changed drastically!
"Cough cough cough..." Mrs. Ye's complexion suddenly became extremely ugly, and she coughed heart-piercingly!
"Grandmother!" Ye Yuzhen exclaimed, and hurriedly stepped forward to pat Mrs. Ye's back, sighing, "Grandmother, grandson knows that you have never liked Second Sister, and you don't want others to mention her, but Now is an extraordinary time! You are so seriously ill that all the doctors in the city are helpless, it is time to invite her back..."

"Cough cough! I'm going to die! I won't let her come back!" Finally, Mrs. Ye took a few breaths after coughing, and suddenly pushed Ye Yuzhen who was next to her away with strength from nowhere!
"Tell me! What is your plan for coming back this time!"

The extreme anger caused her to regain some of her former majesty.

Ye Yuzhen shrank her neck and said with a coy smile, "Grandmother! You love your grandson the most, how dare your grandson make any plans in front of you?"

Mrs. Ye lowered her hands and leaned softly on the pillow. Mrs. Ye and Ye Xiangwan on the side were helping her one by one. Besides! Didn’t you see how seriously ill your grandmother is? Do you want her life?!”

"Yes! Yuzhen!" Mrs. Ye said displeasedly: "At this time, why are you mentioning that broom star?"

That was obviously her daughter too, but when Mrs. Ye said this, her face was full of disgust, as if Ye Yuzhen had mentioned something dirty.

"I don't understand!" Hearing this, Ye Yuzhen suddenly stood up suddenly and said with a puzzled face, "Is she the mother's daughter? Is she the grandmother's granddaughter? Why don't you one by one?" Hope she comes back? Who is she getting in the way of?"

Everyone's expressions changed!
"It's said that she is the nemesis, but has anyone died in our family over the years? Grandma is sick this time, and she is not in the house. It has nothing to do with her this time, right?" Ye Yuzhen plausibly said: "Now that grandma is sick, it just so happens that she Why can't you invite her to come back to show grandma if she has superb medical skills? Why do you reject her so much?"

The sound of why, like a hammer, hit Mrs. Ye's heart heavily.

She opened a pair of muddy eyes, staring at Ye Yuzhen, the grandson she loves the most, but now she has a knife in her heart!

"Yuzhen! What nonsense are you talking about?" Mrs. Ye became anxious immediately, and angrily said, "Why don't you apologize to your grandmother soon?"

Ye Yuzhen poked her neck and said, "I just hope that my grandmother's illness will get better! I'm not wrong!"

"You!" Madam Ye raised her willow eyebrows angrily.

But at this moment, Ye Xiangwan who was beside the bed suddenly exclaimed, "Grandma has passed out! Stop arguing!"

Mrs. Ye and Ye Yuzhen turned their heads together, only to see Mrs. Ye sitting upright on the bed, her face was flushed, unable to breathe, she suddenly fell backwards straight!

The room was in chaos in an instant!

"Hurry up and call for a doctor! Please call for a doctor!" Madam Ye yelled loudly, looking anxiously at Old Madam Ye on the bed.

"It's all your fault!" She turned her head and glared at her son bitterly, and said angrily, "See how your father will deal with you when he comes back!"

Ye Yuzhen, who was stunned by the accident, came back to his senses in an instant, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, while Mrs. Ye and Ye Xiangwan were all paying attention to Mrs. Ye, he quietly slipped out of the room.

But before he reached the flower hall, a tall and strong figure hurried in from outside.

"Father, father, are you here? My son is going to invite you..." Ye Yuzhen's eyes flickered with horror when he saw who was coming, but he tried his best to put a smile on his face.

After seeing him clearly, Marquis Yechen of Ningguo raised his big palm like a cattail leaf fan and slapped him in the face: "Bastard! You want to piss off your grandmother, don't you?"

"Father! I don't!" Ye Yuzhen stretched out his hand to caress his left cheek, full of grievances, and said, "I mentioned the second sister because I really want to make grandma get better..."

"You brought up Zhaoqing to make your grandmother faint?" Ye Yuzhen put down his hand.

Ye Yuzhen nodded quickly: "Yes! Didn't the second sister cure Mrs. Lin's illness in the Jokhang Temple? He was also helpless by the imperial doctors, very similar to grandmother's situation! My son just wanted to..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Chen had already walked past him and strode into the back room.

Ye Yuzhen originally wanted to laugh, but for some reason, the expression on his face was complicated.

And in the room, the imperial physicians pinched some of them and gave them needles, which finally made Mrs. Ye wake up.

"Mom! How are you?" Ye Chen walked to the bed.

"Chen'er, you, you promise mother that no matter what, you will not let that broom star come back..." Mrs. Ye struggled and hissed immediately when she saw her son, "Even if I die!"

As soon as these words came out, Ye Chen fell silent.

Ye Xiangwan on the side said sadly: "Father, don't you see that grandma is already very angry? Just agree!"

Ye Chen turned his head and glanced at his daughter, that face that was usually so beautiful, was now full of tears, and her eyes were full of anxiety.

For some reason, he suddenly felt bored.

"You really think so?" He looked at Ye Xiangwan and said expressionlessly, "Even if your grandmother really has no one to save but to die? Do you not even care about her life for your own sake? ?”

Ye Xiangwan's complexion changed drastically when he heard that!

(End of this chapter)