The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 97 Return of Glory
As soon as this remark came out, many people's eyes fell on Ye Xiangwan, some were surprised, some suddenly realized, and some were filled with emotion.

The second young lady of the Ye family is really lucky. She grew up in the country and the city, and has been favored by all kinds of people. Now even the position of the crown princess is automatically vacated for her. What is this girl who is not a destiny?
And the fact that the eldest lady died this time was because she didn't have enough luck. She was clearly a bereaved star, but she still wanted to be a princess. Do you think it's ridiculous?

All of a sudden, more than half of the people in the court, whether they were servants or members of the Ye family, chose to support Mrs. Ye.

However, Ye Chen's face was ashen. He glanced at his mother with a gloomy expression, and said word by word: "Mother, so this is your purpose! For this day, you have planned for a long time, right?"

The "you" in these words naturally refers to Mrs. Ye, Ye Xiangwan, and Mrs. Ye.

"What are you talking about? The fire fell from the sky, so how could it be man-made!" Mrs. Ye sneered when she heard this, raised her eyes to look at Ye Chen, and said commandingly: "That mourning star has already died!" Dead! What are you still doing here? Why don’t you hurry up and write an apology? Do you really want to wait for the emperor to issue an imperial decree to blame?”

"Mother!" Ye Chen raised his voice and said in a solemn tone, "I won't write that scripture! You've given up on this idea, Ah Wan didn't make it clear, she shouldn't try to replace her sister in this lifetime!"

As soon as this remark came out, Mrs. Ye was acceptable, but Ye Xiangwan's face turned pale all of a sudden.

However, Ye Chen has already ignored them, glanced over, slowly looked around the people present, then suddenly turned around and ran towards the burning yard!
"Come back! Chen'er! What are you doing?" Mrs. Ye was the first to react. Seeing Ye Chen's action, her face changed again and again, and she screamed in shock: "Ye Zhaoqing is dead! You I can't save her!"

"Master Hou!" Mrs. Ye, who was always calm, was no longer calm after seeing this scene, and couldn't help but take a few steps forward.

Then, she stopped, turned her head and looked at Mrs. Ye with tears in her eyes, and said, "Mother, what do you think is wrong with Master Hou?"

"Bastard! Why are you crying! Call someone to stop him!" Mrs. Ye shouted hoarsely. Following her shout, many servants rushed out from both sides, chasing after Ye Chen. !

However, Ye Chen's figure had already rushed into the sea of ​​flames, and disappeared in a flash!

"Boom!" With a sound, the dragon-headed crutch in Mrs. Ye's hand fell to the ground, and she couldn't hold herself back and fell crookedly.But still struggling desperately to crawl to the place not far from the sea of ​​fire, hissing while crawling: "Chen'er! You, come back quickly!"

"Mother!" Mrs. Ye suppressed the grief in her heart, and reached out to help Mrs. Ye.

"Go away!" Mrs. Ye pushed her away violently, turned her head to look at Mrs. Ye with a ferocious expression, and said, "When he ran out just now, why didn't you stop him from ordering!"

"Didn't you stop, mother?" Mrs. Ye didn't think it was disobedient: "You know your son best, and you know what he wants to do, you know best, and you didn't kill him, let alone me."

"Get lost!" Mrs. Ye was in a state of anxiety. When she heard these shirking responsibilities and sour tone, she immediately ignored it. She glared at her daughter-in-law viciously and said, "It's not enough to succeed, but it's more than a failure! What do you think you're here for?" ?”

She had never been insulted like this before, no matter how calm Madam Ye was, when she heard these words, she couldn't hold back.She turned her head and glanced at Ye Xiangwan at the side, wanting her to intercede for her.

But Ye Xiangwan ignored her, and was staring at the direction Ye Chen left in a daze.

"Ah Wan! What's wrong with you? Don't scare your mother!" Seeing this, Mrs. Ye immediately grabbed Ye Xiangwan's hand and shook it uncontrollably, expecting to draw her gaze back.

This action immediately alarmed Mrs. Ye. In the old woman's heart, Ye Xiangwan, the granddaughter, was almost on the same level as her son. Seeing this scene, she couldn't care less about insulting her daughter-in-law, but became very nervous Said: "Ah Wan! What's wrong with you?"

At this moment, no one paid attention to Ye Chen who was in the sea of ​​flames.

"Father, he..." Being shaken by the people closest to him, Ye Xiangwan burst into tears after saying these three words. He cried so hard that he didn't know whether she was worried about her father or was sad for something else. what.

Mrs. Ye regarded her as the former, and when she saw her granddaughter hurting her son so much, she felt a little relief in her eyes, and she couldn't help but pulled Ye Xiangwan into her arms, patted her on the back and comforted her: "Don't cry, Ah! Tonight, your father will be fine!"

"Hey..." Ye Xiangwan's crying weakened, but did not stop, and the grief in his eyes was undoubtedly revealed.

Mrs. Ye sighed and was about to speak again to comfort her, but at this moment, she heard footsteps suddenly coming from the darkness behind her.

However, she only cared about comforting her granddaughter and didn't notice all this.

Suddenly, a loud shout sounded in the night sky: "Report to Lord Marquis! His Royal Highness is here!"

"Mother, prince?" Mrs. Ye was taken aback when she heard the words, and her eyes were tinged with fear, but soon the fear turned into surprise. She turned her head and saw that it was the gatekeeper of her own house. A servant's tone became severe immediately: "What you said is true? His Royal Highness is really here?"

At that time, Mrs. Ye and Ye Xiangwan had already turned their heads and looked at the servant with complicated expressions.

"Yes! Madam! And His Highness wants to see Lord Hou!" the servant said.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye immediately turned around and shouted loudly to the boy: "Quick! Lord Hou has rushed into the flames! Get him out quickly!"

The young man who came to report was dumbfounded when he heard this. Master Hou rushed into the flames?Then what's the point of saving it![-]% will not survive!

But he only dared to think about this in his heart, and dared not say it.

"Hurry up! What are you standing there for? Aren't you afraid that I will drive you all out?" Mrs. Ye slammed the dragon's crutch heavily and said angrily.

"Yes, old lady!" The servants couldn't stand the coercion, so they gritted their teeth and ran towards the burning courtyard!

At this time, the moon is in the sky, and it is shining like silver. The gorgeous courtyard where Ye Chen worked so hard and Ye Zhaoqing only lived in for a day has almost been burned down. go down.

The other courtyards around here were not favored by the flames due to the blockade.

It won't be long before the fire will slowly die out.

This also means that those who have not been rescued must have died inside.

While Mrs. Ye was worried about her son, she felt an indescribable joy in her heart when she thought that the mourner she had hated for more than ten years would finally disappear from her sight.

Not long after, all the servants came out of the fire surrounded by a man covered in pitch black.

Mrs. Ye looked carefully for a long time before she realized that it was her son Ye Chen. She immediately became angry, swung the dragon's crutches to cover his head and face, and hit Ye Chen: "That mourner star dies as soon as he dies!" It's worth it for you to run into the fire yourself! You don't want to kill you!"

"If you don't find Qing'er, my son will not give up!" Ye Chen didn't move, letting his mother's dragon-headed crutch hit his chest, but his waist straightened even more: "The fire has been burning for so long, and we have to rescue him inside and out." A lot of servants came out, but Qing'er and her girl Liu'er were never found, which means they might still be alive!"

"It's really fantastic! How could they still be alive in such a big fire?" Mrs. Ye was furious when she heard the words, and hit Ye Chen's chest with her crutch again, and said in a deep voice: "This sky fire It's for that mourner, how could she not be dead yet!"

"It's not a natural disaster! It's man-made!" Ye Chen shook his head and said, "How could it catch fire? I will definitely find out the reason for it!" Then he paused and said, "I must find Qing'er , even if it is a corpse, I want to find it!"

Such a big man, when he said this, his eye circles turned red.

Perhaps Ye Chen has always been thinking of taking advantage of Ye Zhaoqing's daughter, but at this moment, the sadness in his heart is really for Ye Zhaoqing himself.

Mrs. Ye never expected that there would be a day when her always strong son would cry, and it was because of Ye Zhaoqing, whom she had always hated to see, and she immediately lost her temper!
"Ye Chen! Put away your tears for me! What are you pretending to do here!" Mrs. Ye said viciously: "You never hurt that child at all, everyone in the whole house is watching! If she hadn't been killed Concubine Rong was chosen to become the Crown Princess, would you treat her like this? Not at all!"

"So, put away your tears! Don't you feel sick?"

Ye Chen's expression changed when he heard this, and he was about to answer, but at this moment, there was a burst of applause behind everyone.

Mrs. Ye suddenly turned her head, her eyes widened in an instant, and her voice changed: "Mother, Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

When her eyes touched Ye Zhaoqing who was standing beside Li Yu, she immediately let out a loud scream: "Ghost!" As she spoke, she rolled her eyes and immediately passed out.

"Mr. Li, go up and have a look. This vicious old woman is pretending to be dead on purpose!" Li Yu turned his head and glanced at Mr. Li who was following him, and said slowly, "It's a pity that those words of hers belong to the palace." I heard it all, and I wanted to hide by pretending to faint, but there is no way!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Imperial Physician Li immediately responded respectfully, then stepped forward, knelt down, stretched out his fingers and pinched Mrs. Ye twice, and the next moment, Mrs. Ye opened her eyes with a groan. .

As soon as Li Yu waved his hand, several servants went over to help Mrs. Ye up from the ground. The first person she saw after standing still was Ye Zhaoqing. The old lady let out another deafening scream.

"Shut up!" Li Yu stretched out his hands to cover his ears, frowned fiercely and said, "She's a human, not a ghost! Mrs. Ye, aren't you too guilty?"

Mrs. Ye couldn't speak at all, she looked at Ye Zhaoqing with a look of shock and disbelief.

"The old minister sees His Royal Highness the First Prince!" In the Hou Mansion, the most normal person should be Ye Chen. He knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Li Yu before going to look at Ye Zhaoqing who was standing beside Li Yu: "Qing Son, are you all right? Great, great..."

The voice is full of joy and tremors that have been lost and found.

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at Ye Chen with a complicated expression. She and Li Yu had heard all the conversation between Ye Chen and Mrs. Ye just now.As expected, she was right about this father, he was a man with a little conscience in the Hou's mansion.

Looking at his face, the black ash on his body, and the holes in his robe sleeves burned by sparks, Ye Zhaoqing believed that Ye Chen really cared a little about her daughter when he rushed into the sea of ​​flames.

This was enough, she didn't want much, Ye Zhaoqing was really satisfied that Ye Chen could have such sincerity towards her.

"Father, I'm fine. Your Highness saved me." Ye Zhaoqing personally stepped forward, helped Ye Chen up from the ground, and said apologetically, "I didn't come forward to prove that I was still alive at the first time, but I worried my father." .”

"It's good to be alive! It's good to be alive!" Ye Chen nodded repeatedly, and slowly stood up with the support of his daughter. Seeing Ye Zhaoqing's intact face and clothes, his heart was filled with joy.

Ye Zhaoqing still owns the crown princess position!He, the future prince and father-in-law, cannot escape after all!

While the few people were talking, Ye Xiangwan, who was standing not far away, kept staring at Ye Chen, seeing that this talented and noble man was wary of her sister, hated her grandmother, and treated her She turned a blind eye to it, her heart seemed to be cut open by a sharp weapon, and she was extremely uncomfortable.

It's all like this, but you still can't put Ye Zhaoqing to death, Ye Xiangwan, Ye Xiangwan, it's your fault that you are not valued, you can't kill a person who shouldn't exist even if you try your best, what face do you have? Qualified to stand here?
Ye Xiangwan had the urge to run away, but her eyes were still fixed on Li Yu's handsome face, unable to move away.

what to do?She is not reconciled!Such a beautiful man originally belonged to her!her!
"Sister, so you're here too!" Just as Ye Xiangwan was yelling fiercely in his heart, Ye Zhaoqing's eyes suddenly turned and fell on her.

"I'm sorry to disturb you at this late hour."

Hearing Ye Zhaoqing's relaxed and cheerful tone, Ye Xiangwan's excited heart slowly calmed down, she returned her sister with a sweet smile, and said with relief on her face: "Sister, I can see with my own eyes that you are fine, my sister is really happy Happy!" As he said that, he changed the subject and said, "I just don't know, how could my sister be with His Royal Highness the First Prince?"

Ye Zhaoqing opened his mouth and was about to answer, but Li Yu on the side said first: "Are you deaf? I saved Qing'er myself! Do you still have to ask why?" As he spoke, he grabbed Ye Zhaoqing's hand.

Considering that so many people were there, Ye Zhaoqing resisted the urge to shake off that hand.

"So that's the case." Ye Xiangwan nodded when he heard the words, but then asked with a smile: "Your Highness is far away in the palace, how could you know that something happened to my sister?"

"It's very simple." Li Yu said with a sneer when he heard the words: "I was worried about Qing'er's safety, so I sent my confidants to guard the Hou's mansion. Once something happened to her, I immediately got the news, and rushed over immediately, and took her out of the sea of ​​flames. rescued from it."

"Your Highness really loves my sister." Ye Xiangwan said with a smile, "But your Highness saved my sister, why didn't you show up immediately instead of waiting until now?"

When Li Yu heard this, a sarcastic smile immediately appeared on his face: "If you don't come so late, how can you see such a wonderful performance from you? How can Qing'er be able to tell clearly who is her in this Hou's mansion?" loved ones?"

Ye Xiangwan's expression froze for a moment when he heard the words, but he quickly recovered: "Your Highness is joking, we are all sister's relatives, and we rushed over immediately when we heard that something happened to her."

"Really?" Li Yu said with a sneer and said with a sneer: "Then just now I heard who said: that funeral star is dead! What are you still doing here? Why don't you write an apology? Do you really want to wait for the emperor to issue an imperial decree to blame?"

He said Mrs. Ye's original words verbatim, and then admired her face that slowly turned into a liver color.

"It is clear that she is the star of death! She should die! That is Tianhuo!" Mrs. Ye suddenly screamed: "It is useless to hide it no matter how much your Highness does! According to my old self, His Highness should not save her! You should not save her!" It's going to be a disaster!"

"Disaster?" Li Yu laughed out loud when he heard this, and when he finished laughing, he looked at Mrs. Ye solemnly, and said word by word: "If Zhaoqing deserves to die, then as her grandmother, Don’t you deserve to die too?” As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Mrs. Ye, and said expressionlessly: “You who gave birth to this mourner, should you also commit suicide and apologize?”

"And you." Li Yu said, turned to look at Ye Xiangwan, and said in a cool tone: "As her sister, you must have the same potential in your body, you should die too! Why didn't God come down A big fire will burn you to death too?"

Since Ye Chen actually had the courage to rush into the fire scene to save people, this time, Li Yu let him go.

After these words were finished, whether it was Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Ye, or Ye Xiangwan, everyone's expressions were ugly, but they couldn't refute.

Li Yu glanced at them gloomyly, as if wanting to remember their appearance.

These people are enemies in the cloak of relatives, and one day, he will clean them up for Zhao Qing!

At this time, he turned his head to look at Ye Chen, and said with a solemn expression: "Master Ye, you don't have to doubt, this fire is indeed man-made, as for who is behind the scenes, I don't think I can escape the scene of these people !"

Ye Chen trembled when he heard the words, and asked in disbelief: "Your Highness, Your Highness, are you serious? Do you have proof?"

"Of course!" Li Yu nodded upon hearing this, glanced at Ye Chen and said, "Master Ye, don't blame me for not reminding you, and immediately send someone to check the back window of the west side room, maybe you can find something Come on, although the fire is big, it is the lightest burning place."

"Okay!" Ye Chen waved his hand and sent several guards to run towards the place Li Yu said.

Li Yu then said slowly: "When the fire started, Zhaoqing and her maid were in the side room. Originally they could escape by jumping out of the window, but there were a large number of killers ambushing by the back window. They closed the window to death. The people in the house are not allowed to come out, and they keep shooting arrows and poisonous smoke. The purpose is to put Qing'er to death. Such a well-controlled assassination, if not for Bengong who just arrived to save her, Ye Houye, in this life Maybe you really won't see your daughter."

Ye Chen never imagined that besides the big fire, there are so many traps waiting for Ye Zhaoqing!
This is exactly as Li Yu said, if it wasn't for him, he would never have seen Ye Zhaoqing again in this life, even if he could, it would be a burnt corpse...

Thinking of this, Ye Chen turned his head abruptly, and fixed his eyes on Mrs. Ye.

"Mom, you arranged all of this?"

Not a question, but a certainty.

Mrs. Ye's complexion turned pale all of a sudden, and she said angrily: "Ye Chen! You actually doubt your own mother! Yes, I hate Zhaoqing, but when have I done anything to her for more than ten years?" Dead hand? This is not what I did at all!"

"You haven't touched Qing'er for more than ten years, that's because she has never been able to influence you." Li Yu interjected: "But now, Ben Gong likes Qing'er and wants to marry her as the crown princess, which makes you I have always valued making a granddaughter unable to become a crown princess, so you made a murderous attempt to take her life to make room for your other granddaughter, is this Gong right?"

Mrs. Ye, who was poked at the center, was secretly surprised, but she pretended to be calm and said: "No! I don't bother to do this! This matter has nothing to do with me!"

"Is there any connection? When the evidence is found, everything will be clear." Li Yu said, turning his head to look at Ye Chen and said: "Although this fire is big, it will still leave traces. I hope Lord Hou will investigate carefully and give me a satisfactory answer."

When Ye Chen heard the words, his expression froze immediately, and he hurriedly replied: "Yes, Your Highness, I obey!"

"If you dare to cover up, I won't recognize you as father-in-law." Li Yuyu threatened.

Ye Chen laughed bitterly when he heard the words: "His Royal Highness, don't worry, even if there is no such sentence, I will do my best to investigate and pay you a fair one!"

"Okay! I'm waiting for you!" Li Yu yawned and said, "There are two more days before the palace will get married, Lord Ye, you only have one day left, so hurry up!" As he said, he looked down. Ye Zhaoqing glanced at her and said softly, "Qing'er, which courtyard do you plan to live in? I will watch for you tonight."

The tone was not ambiguous, but there was deep concern.

Ye Chen and the others quickly turned their heads and made a look of no evil, but Ye Xiangwan stared at him firmly, not relaxing for a moment.

Needless to say, another piece of her heart was broken.

"Your Highness, don't tease me." Ye Zhaoqing laughed and said, "If Concubine Rong knows that I made you watch the night, she will definitely punish me!"

Li Yu smiled and said: "That's okay, I will live next door to you tonight!"

Ye Zhaoqing heard the words, looked up at the sky, calculated the time, most of the night had already passed, it was really not good to let Li Yu go back at this time.

After thinking about it, she said, "There is an empty courtyard next to the courtyard where I used to live. Tonight, Your Highness, please go there to feel wronged for a night!"

(End of this chapter)