Jiaochu

"My mother-in-law is also a pitiful person."

poor person must have something mean!Ye Lingxi suddenly turned his head, and a pair of angry eyes met those sad peach blossom eyes. Ye Lingjue said in a gentle tone, "You will understand in the future."

"Second brother, do you want me to make a big deal out of a trivial matter out of pity for the imperial concubine?" Ye Lingxi discovered for the first time that he could become such a sharp and mean person, with thorns all over his body. Anyone who dares to challenge her bottom line will be driven to death.

Ye Lingjue sighed softly and said: "This time I went to Yangzhou to see my grandfather." He took out a letter from his arms, "This is a letter written by my grandfather. I promise that this will never happen again in the future." Things, Lingxi, trust me once, okay?"

She looked at the letter and felt that the eyes above her head were pleading and heavy. She opened her mouth, and the sound coming out of her throat became a little clogged and dry, but the determination in her tone remained unchanged, " If second brother lied to me,"

"No." There was no hesitation or hesitation, just like a natural answer.

At this time, Hu Qian'er's high-pitched voice came from behind.

"Your Majesty, why are you here? Did you catch the fish?"

"Why are you stopping me? Who is over there?"

Zhao Ce strode over as if to "catch a traitor". When he got closer and saw Ye Lingjue, he immediately stopped and moved behind a nearby bamboo.

"I'll leave first. You and your third brother should go back early."

After the others walked away, Zhao Ce moved out from behind the bamboo. After asking half a sentence, Hu Yuhan came over to change the topic. There was a fish with white eyes skewered on the bamboo pole in his hand.

Next, when they made a fire to grill fish, Zhao Ce didn't mention what he had just seen Ye Lingjue, because Hu Yuhan talked a lot and he was busy taking over the topic.

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In the carriage back to the palace, Ye Lingxi thought about what kind of person Mr. Xiao was. She had never seen this old man in her previous life. She didn't know how tall, short, fat, thin, and young he was. She felt that he was quite mysterious, even in her life. On the day when her second brother was canonized as the crown prince, the old man did not show up. He only asked Xiao Yun to send congratulatory gifts. Judging from what her second brother said, Concubine Xiao should listen to her father's words. If that letter can really work, This old man shouldn't be a person who doesn't know right from wrong, maybe it's because she is a princess and not a prince...

After the carriage stopped at the palace gate, Hu Yuhan went down first to say hello to his uncle, and then called Ye Xingye and Ye Lingxi down.After the two of them successfully passed the border, he also got on the carriage and left.

"Third brother, did you already know that second brother would be back today?" Ye Lingxi asked on the way.

Ye Xingye said in surprise: "Second brother is back? When did he come back?"

It seemed that her third brother didn't know about this. Ye Ling said heartily, "I saw my second brother when I was collecting firewood just now."

"Um..." Ye Xingye paused hesitantly, and asked with some worry, "You didn't quarrel, did you?" "..., no." Ye Lingxi thought that she couldn't slap her in the face, with her second brother being so tepid. The temper of fire is like a fist hitting cotton, and you can't make a quarrel even if you want to.

It's good that there was no quarrel. Ye Xingye breathed a sigh of relief and then remembered something, which was the perfect way to change the topic, "Yanfei's third uncle should be back too."

Ye Lingxi hummed, "You should go to the Imperial Study Room to see your father first."

On the other side, Ye Lingjue and Yan Jiang were both reporting to Ye Lanchen about their trip to Yangzhou in the imperial study.Ye Lingjue said that he went to visit his grandfather. Ye Lanchen asked him if he was in good health. Ye Lingjue replied that everything was fine and presented a famous sword, Qinglian.This sword ranked ninth in the book of hundreds of swords that Ye Xingye got before. It was bought by Mrs. Xiao after asking someone to search for it for more than two years.

This sword sparkles when it comes out of its scabbard, just like water waves flowing. The sword body is light and graceful, exuding a peaceful aura, and does not carry the murderous aura like ordinary swords.

Ye Lanchen first admired the peaceful and light sword light, then flicked the sword with his fingertips, listened to the sound of the sword, nodded, put the sword back into the scabbard and put it back Behind the box, he thought about it and said, "Don't Lingxi have to learn riding and shooting before? I said she was young and didn't agree, so why not let her learn swordsmanship first?"

"The emperor wants to teach the princess to be proficient in all kinds of martial arts. If the emperor chooses a consort for the princess in the future, he must choose someone with strong martial arts skills, otherwise he will not be able to compete with the princess." Yan Jiang joked.

Ye Lanchen arranged a task for him, asking him to find a swordsmanship teacher to teach the little girl in the palace.Yanjiang said that Mr. Qu, who taught Ye Xingye martial arts, was not only good at boxing and kicking, but also proficient in swordsmanship, so he might as well let him teach him together.Ye Lanchen agreed to the proposal, but sent another task to Yanjiang. He said that he saw the chrysanthemums in the imperial garden blooming just right two days ago, and asked him to find a painter to come into the palace and paint a picture of a hundred chrysanthemums. Yanjiang knew this There is no way to avoid the errand, so accept it happily.

"Father, I would like to visit my mother and concubine, please allow me to do so." Ye Lingjue said with cupped hands.

Ye Lanchen thought about it for a moment and said, "Go ahead."

Ye Lingjue bowed his hands and thanked En before retreating.

After Eunuch De sent the people away, Ye Lanchen waved his hand for the others to leave. "Have you checked everything?" He reached out and patted the sword box with a slightly stern look on his face.

Yanjiang reported back that after arriving in Yangzhou, he followed Ye Lingjue to the Xiao Mansion to visit Mr. Xiao, but the old man was not in the manor. He was cultivating himself in a Taoist temple. After that, he only saw Ye Lingjue's grandson, but not him. This outsider was received by the old housekeeper in the mansion.

The old butler was over sixty years old, his beard was all white, and he was a little deaf. Fortunately, martial arts practitioners were very energetic, and his voice had stronger penetrating power than ordinary people, so he didn't have much problem communicating.He asked the old housekeeper about a person, Ma Yuan, who managed one of the docks related to the secret transportation channel.

The Xiao family has a big business, doing both land and water transportation. There are twelve hall masters who manage water transportation, and there are twelve hall masters who manage land transportation, a total of 24 people. Ma Yuan is one of the water transportation hall masters.

The old housekeeper heard Ma Yuan and said he had never heard of this person. Yanjiang dipped his hand in some wine and wrote down the name Ma Yuan. After looking at it, the old housekeeper thought about it again and said that he was older and his memory was worse than before. He was no longer young, so he asked Yanjiang to wait while he checked the book.Seeing the old housekeeper walking at a slow pace and taking a lot of time to come back, Yanjiang followed him.

The Xiao Mansion was large, and the old housekeeper couldn't walk very fast. The two of them walked slowly for about half an hour before arriving at the door of the accounting room.The old housekeeper asked Yanjiang to wait. He walked in slowly and walked out slowly after about half a quarter of an hour, holding a booklet.