The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 88
Mrs. Ye said with a guilty conscience: "Did you question your mother like this? I just heard it!"

"It's just that I heard that there is no evidence, so you framed your granddaughter with red lips and white teeth in front of Concubine Rong?" Ye Chen stared deeply at Mrs. Ye, and said helplessly: "Fortunately, I took care of my cleverness and escaped. Mrs. Lin's calculation, for this matter, the Lin family has brought back Mrs. Lin Shao who is out of town, and came back to take charge of it. Mrs. Lin has been thinking about her mistakes behind closed doors recently."

"I seldom see Mrs. Lin attending any banquets these days, so that's the reason." Mother Chang smiled and said to Ye Chen, "Master Hou, this servant already knows what's going on. , then go back to the palace."

Ye Chen hurriedly said: "Nurse Chang, please tell your mother that my Zhaoqing family has not resented Mrs. Lin, nor intends to take revenge on her for this matter."

"Madam Lin has no intention of letting Miss Ye go." Nanny Chang said with a smile, "How did the old lady know about this, Master Hou should check it out!" After saying that, she turned and left.

Ye Chen stood on the ground, looking at her back with a complicated expression, and didn't speak for a while.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, Ye Chen turned his head slowly, and his gaze fell directly on Ye Xiangwan.

"What do you want to do?" Mrs. Ye's eyes froze, she pulled Ye Xiangwan over, and pulled her into her arms.

Ye Xiangwan looked at her father's cold eyes, her heart had already sunk to the bottom, and when her fear reached the extreme, she was no longer afraid, but a sense of rebellion rose from the bottom of her heart.

She just stabbed Ye Zhaoqing in front of Concubine Rong, what happened?What's wrong with her?The position of Crown Princess should have been hers, but it was taken away by Ye Zhaoqing's despicableness!She's just getting back what's hers now!

It's a pity that she misjudged Concubine Rong's attitude and shot herself in the foot.

"Ah Wan, you really let father down this time." Ye Chen suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "You are too old, after the prince gets married, let your mother find you a good family." , book the marriage!"

After speaking, he turned his head to look at his wife, and said in a deep voice: "I will bear fruit within three days."

Seeing her husband's scarlet eyes and his unquestionable tone, Madam Ye opened her mouth and said nothing.

"Mother, go back and have a good rest!" Ye Chen didn't look at Mrs. Ye, after saying this, he turned around and strode out.

Mrs. Ye became anxious when she saw this, and said angrily, "No one can take away my Ah Wan at this moment!"

Mrs. Ye remained silent after hearing this, but her eyes darkened. If Ah Wan is yours, then what is my mother?

"What are you still doing here in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and think of a way?" Seeing that Ye Chen had disappeared, Mrs. Ye ignored her words at all, and immediately turned around and pointed at Mrs. Ye, scolding her head and face: " Ah Wan is your daughter, whether she can marry the crown prince is entirely up to you this time!"

"Rely on me?" Mrs. Ye was dumbfounded.

"Grandmother, there is no hope." But at this time, Ye Xiangwan spoke, and she slowly broke away from Mrs. Ye, and said softly: "In this life, I will never be the woman of the eldest prince, no matter whether it is formal Concubine and side concubine, I don't even have a chance with me." As he spoke, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Mrs. Ye was shocked when she saw this smile, and couldn't help but wondered: "Ah Wan, what are you talking about! Concubine Rong is just confused by that funeral star, as long as she explains clearly, she won't ..."

"It's useless." Ye Xiangwan said with a pale face: "Concubine Rong told me herself that she doesn't like girls with bad morals, but I went to sue my own sister in front of her, so what? Can you be called virtuous and virtuous?"

She had already said this very implicitly, and she didn't say what Concubine Rong called her 'despicable'.

But if this is the case, Mrs. Ye's complexion has changed drastically.Because it was her idea that Ye Xiangwan went to Concubine Rong to sue Ye Zhaoqing.

"So... there is no hope at all?" She asked tremblingly, the tension in her expression was even more intense than when Aunt Chang Ye Chen was there.

Ye Xiangwan nodded, and said in an erratic voice, "Yes, there will be no more hope."

When Mrs. Ye heard the words, the blood in her whole body seemed to be drained suddenly, and she fell to the ground with a bang, her face was completely devastated.

"Come on! Come on!" Mrs. Ye immediately shouted loudly when she saw this scene, but she didn't step forward with her hands in her sleeves.

But Ye Xiangwan seemed to turn a blind eye to all of this. She stood there blankly, and suddenly laughed.

Many maids and servants have already rushed in to help Mrs. Ye, and they were all shocked when they saw the dazed expression of the always gentle and obedient second young lady.

"Second miss, you, what's the matter with you?" A servant woman boldly asked.

But Ye Xiangwan ignored her, but turned around abruptly and walked out the door!

"Ah Wan! Where are you going?" Mrs. Ye finally noticed something was wrong with her daughter at this time, and immediately asked.

But Ye Xiangwan ignored it, she strode straight towards the door, as if she couldn't hear the people in the room at all.

"Ah Wan..." Mrs. Ye also came back to her senses at this time. She was supported by a large group of maids and servants, but she tried her best to reach out, wanting to touch her granddaughter whom she had always loved.

Ye Xiangwan ignored all of this, she crossed the threshold and left.

Madam Ye closed her eyes and immediately passed out.

There was a mess in the main room immediately!
Outside the courtyard, Ye Xiangwan was stopped by a large group of guards.

"Go away!" she said coldly.

"Second Miss, I'm sorry, this is the order of Lord Hou." The leading guard said in a deep voice: "Now you can only go back to the Wanqiu Pavilion to contemplate your mistakes behind closed doors, and you can't go anywhere."

Ye Xiangwan's expression finally changed. She took a sudden step forward and said angrily, "Get out! I'll see if any of you dare to stop me!" As she spoke, she wanted to rush out regardless.

But the lead guard was faster than her. When Ye Xiangwan rushed over, he raised his right palm and slapped her on the back of the neck.

The next moment, Ye Xiangwan fell down softly.

The guards did not step forward, but called a few maidservants over, and carried Ye Xiangwan back to the Wanqiu Pavilion.

……

Concubine Rong stayed in the Jokhang Temple for three full days before returning to Beijing with a large team.

As soon as she got back to Yongchun Palace, she sent someone to call the maid Lianhong who had been serving Ye Zhaoqing personally.

"Did Miss Ye do anything outrageous in the past few days?"

Lying on the imperial concubine's couch, and putting on a long gown embroidered with peonies, Concubine Rong, dressed gracefully and luxuriously, glanced at Lianhong lazily and asked.

"Returning to your mother, Miss Ye has been staying in the side hall these days." Lian Hong immediately replied respectfully after hearing the words: "It's either developing antidote or checking medical skills. I have never been lazy for a moment."

"Really?" Concubine Rong raised her eyebrows.

Lian Hong immediately nodded her head like a pest: "I dare not deceive the empress!"

Concubine Rong glanced at her with a smile and said: "You are so afraid of what to do, I won't eat you."

Lian Hong knelt on the ground feeling a little overwhelmed, not daring to answer her words at all.

Fortunately, Concubine Rong was in a good mood, she didn't seem to be holding on to this question, but asked something else: "What is His Highness the First Prince doing these past few days? But you've always been bored in the side hall?"

"Returning to your empress, His Highness only visited Miss Ye once on the day when your empress left Beijing. Later, after being persuaded by her, he devoted all his attention to government affairs. Except for detoxification every day, he basically didn't go to any side. Hall." Lian Hong lowered her head and replied.

After hearing this, Concubine Rong raised her eyes immediately: "Oh? She herself persuaded Yu'er to put government affairs first, and don't want children to love each other?"

"Yes, empress." Lianhong replied.

"That's really a good thing." Concubine Rong said with a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.

If it hadn't happened to Ye Xiangwan, she would have been very happy to see this scene when she came back, but now it felt like a thorn was stuck in her throat, which couldn't go up or down. That kind of feeling was very bad.

"What is she doing now? I don't know if I came back to pay my respects?" Concubine Rong's tone was a little cold.

Lianhong was shocked, and quickly replied: "Go back to your mother, Miss Gongye will be waiting for you as soon as you return, she wants to greet you, but she is afraid of delaying your rest, after all, you have been in the car for a long time The chariot will be very tired, so..."

"What are you talking about so much? Where is she now?" Concubine Rong interrupted her impatiently.

Lian Hong quickly replied: "Miss Ye has been waiting outside the door, waiting for the empress to summon her."

"She really has a heart!" Concubine Rong said with a smile on her face when she heard the words: "If I punish her for this, it would seem a little unreasonable. Forget it, let her come in!"

"Yes, ma'am." Zhao'er at the side agreed and retreated.

Lianhong stood there with some trepidation, unable to figure out why Concubine Rong's temper was so weird today.

How did she know that it was because of Ye Xiangwan?
Concubine Rong had to defend Ye Zhaoqing in the Jokhang Temple at that time, because this daughter-in-law was chosen by herself, and she could not be despised by others.But the situation is different now, there is no outsider at all, so why should she suppress her boredom towards Ye Zhaoqing?
She stubbornly believed that with a sister like Ye Xiangwan, this Ye Zhaoqing was not a virtuous and virtuous person at all, and was just as vulgar in his bones.

If she didn't have to rely on Ye Zhaoqing to detoxify her son, she really wanted to let Ye Zhaoqing go out immediately!

There are so many women who want to be princesses, all of them are excellent, why does she have to choose a mourner?

What Concubine Rong was thinking at the moment was probably the same as that of many young ladies.

This was something that Ye Xiangwan racked his brains and couldn't figure it out.

"See empress." Concubine Rong was thinking about something, when she suddenly heard someone greet her, she took a closer look and found that Ye Zhaoqing had arrived.

Today Ye Zhaoqing was wearing a bright yellow palace attire, her head was flying fairy temples, her makeup was exquisite, her face was beautiful, she was kneeling there in a well-behaved manner, her etiquette was so standard that Concubine Rong couldn't find the slightest fault, her eyes were calm and unwavering Looking forward, there was a polite smile on the corner of his mouth.

This kind of her is completely different from Ye Xiangwan's all-powerful, crazy and wanton.

Seeing this scene, the anger in Concubine Rong's heart disappeared inexplicably, and she unconsciously slowed down her voice: "You are here, are you still used to living in the palace these few days? Has anyone bullied you?" ? If so, tell me.”

"Returning to your mother, everything is fine with my daughter, please worry about me." Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly, raised his eyes and said: "My mother, you must be tired after traveling for half a day. My daughter died three hours ago. Order them to prepare a few soups to cool off the heat and relieve heat, which have been kept iced all the time, do you want to eat some, Madam?"

Concubine Rong immediately shook her head and refused after hearing the words: "No, the imperial doctor said that I can't eat cold food, so forget it, I can't be filial to you."

"Oh." Ye Zhaoqing nodded thoughtfully.

"For the wedding dress, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has almost prepared it. The Japanese Palace sent people to urge it a few days ago. Have you made it now?" Concubine Rong asked.

Ye Zhaoqing quickly replied: "Return to your mother's words, it's already done, my servant tried it on, and I think it fits quite well."

"Well, now the only thing left is the big wedding."

Concubine Rong looked at Ye Zhaoqing's calm face, and then thought about the scene of her refusing to get close to her son, a trace of irritability immediately surged in her heart.

"You all step back first, Ben Gong and Miss Ye still have something to say."

Hearing this, the maidservants standing around bowed down to salute together, then turned around and retreated.

Concubine Rong and Ye Zhaoqing were the only ones left in the hall, and she was finally too lazy to pretend to be kind, but gave her a cold look and said, "I heard people say that you don't like the prince, but fell in love with him." Others, yes or no?"

Ye Zhaoqing was very surprised when he heard the words: "Who did your lady listen to?"

"You just say yes or no!" Concubine Rong said in a deep voice, "Don't ask so many questions!"

"No!" Ye Zhaoqing replied very quickly, without even thinking: "Your Royal Highness is brave and mighty, and he is the one that all the girls in the world hope to marry. How could I like someone else?"

After hearing this, Concubine Rong took a fixed look at Ye Zhaoqing.

Ye Zhaoqing didn't dodge or dodge, and let her look at her.

Concubine Rong's expression calmed down, she glanced at Ye Zhaoqing, and said with a still cold expression: "Okay, I will trust you this time!"

"Thank you, ma'am." Ye Zhaoqing said.

"However, don't get too excited." Concubine Rong changed the subject and said suddenly: "The candidate for the crown concubine in my heart is Murong Yan. He is beautiful, and the most important thing is that he has a good personality, virtuous and virtuous, marrying Yu'er will definitely make him flourish in the future."

"As for you, you can't be compared with it at all. It is completely helpless for me to choose you as the crown princess. Do you understand all this?"

"I understand." Ye Zhaoqing nodded.

"So, after Yu'er recovers from illness, you have to vacate the position of the crown princess." Concubine Rong looked down at Ye Zhaoqing and said slowly, "You won't occupy the position that doesn't belong to you. Do you want to let go?"

(End of this chapter)