GBP Chapter 181: 1 Times Better
Chapter 181: 1 Times Better
Ye Youlan squatted down in front of him and said, "Li Ke, look at me. Although I am quite pretty, I am not outstanding or dazzling among the women in the harem. How could the emperor be interested in me? I understand that you are jealous, but you can't be so jealous."
Seeing her bewildered look, the Seventh Prince thought that she really didn't understand her charm. He smiled and asked Ye Youlan to come and sit in his arms.
"If you weren't outstanding and dazzling, then why would the Queen have you wear a blessing plaque? Why would you have thought of Yilan?"
"Because the queen is from the Ren family, the niece is the replica of the aunt."
The Seventh Prince told Ye Youlan seriously, "I have seen many beautiful women, and the Emperor has seen even more, but there is only one person as special, interesting, and lively as you."
Ye Youlan covered her face and laughed: "Am I really that good?"
"It's ten thousand times better than what I said."
"I've known the Emperor for twenty-six years. How could I not know what kind of man he is? He has over twenty concubines in his harem, and the number of times he smiles at all of them combined is less than the one he smiles at you. You were so busy teaching the Pope to play Sudoku that you didn't even notice the Empress's look. It was a look of jealousy."
Ye Youlan awkwardly wanted to end the topic, but the Seventh Prince had no intention of ending it.
"I'll accompany you to Xiangguo Temple tomorrow."
"But I promised the Queen not to tell you this. If you go, she'll know I lied."
"I'm not worried about you going alone."
Ye Youlan whispered a few words in the Seventh Prince's ear and asked him what his plan was.
"it is good."
"There's a folk saying about borrowing luck. I feel like the Queen is borrowing my luck. Maybe she's even making some dolls in the house!" Ye Youlan felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.
Ye Youlan found it ridiculous when she thought about the Seventh Prince saying that the Emperor liked her. The Emperor should be 32 years old, old enough to be her father. Only the jealous Seventh Prince would think so.
Xiaomei put her ear to the study door, but couldn't hear any movement inside. She asked loudly, "Does the princess need any tea?"
Ye Youlan smiled and prepared to get up, but the Seventh Prince didn't let her go and said to the outside, "Prepare some hot water."
Ye Youlan twisted the Seventh Prince's arm: "We haven't had dinner yet! What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Xiaomei, prepare the meal."
Li Yi's voice came from outside the door: "Xiaomei has gone to prepare some hot water. I'll go and inform the kitchen."
Ye Youlan glared at the Seventh Prince and said, "I'm going to let Xiaomei run the boiler. She's too professional."
Qingshan Academy returned to normal, and Zhao Yicheng also returned to Qingshan Academy from Nanfeng Academy. Without Jin Bao's company, he felt a little bored, so after school that day, he took Ding Xiaoshan to Jin Mansion to visit Jin Bao.
On the street, the two of them each held a candied haws, and they didn't forget to buy one for Jinbao as well. When they passed an alley, Ding Xiaoshan suddenly pulled Zhao Yicheng and said, "Look at the person in front."
"Who is it? There are so many people in front."
"The man in the black and gray gown has a crooked neck."
Zhao Yicheng looked in the direction of his finger: "I see it, what's the matter?"
Ding Xiaoshan pulled Zhao Yicheng aside and whispered, "I saw him at my academy when Mr. Zhang was murdered that day. I didn't recognize him at the time."
"You're not going to say he's the murderer, are you? Oh, no, the murderer was caught and executed. My father told me about it."
Zhao Yicheng disagreed and thought Ding Xiaoshan was overthinking it.
"What if the real murderer isn't caught and someone else switches bodies?"
Zhao Yicheng stared at the scholar's face. The scholar was different. "Let's go ask Jinbao if he can see the murderer's face clearly."
When they arrived at the Jin family, the doorman asked them to wait in the yard for a while until the young master finished his class.
The two of them sat at a stone table beside the yard, talking quietly. Suddenly, Li Yicheng saw Li Chuang about to leave. He pulled Ding Xiaoshan and said respectfully, "Hello, brother-in-law."
Li Chuang came back to take a look while on patrol. He did not expect to see two young masters in his yard when he left. They even called him brother-in-law. He laughed and said, "Are you Jinbao's friends?"
Zhao Yicheng nodded: "I am Zhao Yicheng, he is Ding Xiaoshan, we are both friends of Jin Bao."
Li Chuang asked them to wait in the front hall, where they could have tea and snacks.
"No, we'll just wait here."
Li Chuang no longer insisted and left.
After a while, Jinbao came out to meet them, took them back to his room, and asked the servants to bring them some delicious food.
"We just saw your brother-in-law. He looked very heroic."
Jin Bao was proud: "The man my sister likes won't be bad. By the way, do you want to see me for something?"
So Ding Xiaoshan told Jin Bao about the suspicious person they saw on the way here. Jin Bao was stunned for a moment. He really didn't want to recall it now, but the person Ding Xiaoshan mentioned seemed to be the murderer. If the murderer was still at large outside, wouldn't he be in danger?
Ding Yishan was a little worried: "Jinbao, do you want to tell your father or your brother-in-law?"
Jin Bao shook his head: "I can't tell them. They panicked when I got into trouble last time. It was the Seventh Prince and the Seventh Princess who helped me clear my name. If my mother knew about this, there would be no peace in our family."
Zhao Yicheng tried to ask, "Why don't we go find the Seventh Prince and the Seventh Princess? I'd really like to ask his guard Li to teach me a few more moves. He's much more patient than my father."
Ding Xiaoshan agreed: "I have never been to the palace, but Zhao Yicheng always mentions it, and I really want to go and see it."
Jin Bao warned them: "Only the three of us know about this. At most, we can tell the prince and princess. You must not tell your family or anyone else, or you will be killed."
Zhao Yicheng and Ding Xiaoshan nodded: "We know."
So the three of them were about to leave the house but were stopped by the doorman, who said that the son-in-law had instructed that the young master was not allowed to go out.
"Go and arrange a carriage to take the three of us to the Seventh Prince's Palace, otherwise I will ask my father to drive you away."
When Jinbao spoke, the doorman was in a dilemma. He didn't know who to listen to.
Zhao Yicheng pulled Jinbao aside and said, "Let's go through the back door and climb over the wall. We don't need to take a carriage. We can just cross two streets and get there."
Jin Bao laughed: "No need to climb over the wall, I remember there is a dog hole."
Ye Youlan looked at the three young masters in front of her, their faces covered in sweat and mud on their bodies, and asked them where they came from.
The three men bowed respectfully to the princess, and then told her that they had escaped from the Jin Mansion through a dog hole.
Ye Youlan asked Dingxiang to take the three of them to wash.
Jin Bao said anxiously, "Sister Youlan, no, Princess, please wait for us to finish what we are saying."
Ye Youlan asked them to sit down while a maid brought tea and snacks. While Jin Bao was talking, Zhao Yicheng and Ding Xiaoshan sat there and ate snacks.
Jin Bao glanced at Ding Xiaoshan and said, "You speak."
Xiaoshan almost swallowed it, he took a sip of water and told everyone about the suspicious person he had found.
Ye Youlan asked them vigilantly, "Have they told anyone?"
"No."
"That's great. You must never mention this matter again. Even if you meet that suspicious person, you must pretend not to know him. Do you understand?"
"clear."
"Now I'll have you all sent back home."