Jiaochu

Chapter 56: Fighting for the King of Flowers at the Hundred Flowers Banquet ([-])
After leaving the imperial garden, the four of them got into a carriage parked on the corridor outside the door. Dong Mo, who was beside Ye Lingjue, drove the carriage to the palace gate. Ye Lingjue took out a token from his sleeve and held it out for him. The guard glanced at it, then took his hand back without even showing his face.

The guard respectfully moved out of the way, and Dong Mo drove the carriage out of the palace.

In the carriage, Ye Xingye watched intently as Ye Lingjue put the token back into his sleeve with a coveted look. Seeing his third brother's useless look, Ye Lingxi reached out and twisted his arm to help him wake up. After waking up, Ye Xingye felt a little embarrassed. He clenched his fists and coughed. He lifted the curtain and looked outside. He didn't know what he saw and saw something interesting. He quickly called Ye Lingxi over to take a look.

"Lingxi, look, we are leaving the palace~"

Ye Lingxi: "..."

Seeing that the little princess didn't seem to be interested in the scene outside the carriage, Hu Yuhan couldn't help but asked curiously: "Princess, don't you want to see what it's like outside?"

"I want to see Brother Yan." Ye Lingxi replied seriously.

Hu Yuhan smiled and joked: "The princess misses him so much, does she have a crush on him?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Yuhan felt a chill staring at his back. The smile on his face froze, and he turned around to please: "Your Highness, I was joking."

"Lingxi is still young, don't say such nonsense in front of her." Ye Lingjue said calmly.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I won't say anything anymore." Hu Yuhan wiped a cold sweat in her heart, thinking that Your Highness is so protective of the calf, and whoever wants to be a consort in the future will have to pass His Highness's test first. It's really difficult to think about it~
About a quarter of an hour later, Ye Xingye didn't know what he saw again and hurriedly called Ye Lingxi over to take a look. Ye Lingxi followed the direction of Ye Xingye's finger and saw a group of people watching a sideshow. The performer was breathing fire. All he could see was that person's hand. Holding the torch, he sprayed it out from his mouth, and a blazing flame ignited. The onlookers applauded and cheered, and Ye Xingye couldn't help but shout "Hello".

After the carriage had gone far away and the fire-breathing person could no longer be seen, Ye Xingye reluctantly looked away.

"Selling candied haws on a stick~" "Selling candied haws on a stick~"

Hearing the shouting outside the carriage, Ye Lingxi quickly asked Dong Mo to stop the car and immediately opened the car curtain and called the vendor selling candied haws on his back. When the vendor ran over with the candied haws on his shoulder, Dong Mo shouted at him and immediately took two steps back.

"Don't be so cruel, you scare me so much that I don't dare to buy anything." Ye Lingxi said with a small mouth.

Dong Mo quickly apologized and waved to the hawker to come forward. The hawker was still frightened and was only willing to take half a step forward.

"Don't be afraid, I want to buy ten candied haws." Ye Lingxi said as he took out a piece of broken silver from his small purse and handed it out. After the hawker bravely stepped forward to take the money, he quickly took ten candied haws from the grass target. Handing over the candied haws, Dong Mo took it in his hand first.

"Do you have enough money? If not, I still have more."

Ye Lingxi lowered his head to rummage through his small purse. The hawker hurriedly replied that that was enough, took out two more candied haws and handed them over. Dong Mo didn't take them, and raised his riding whip to leave. The hawker hurriedly stepped aside to let the carriage pass.

After the wheel turned again, Ye Lingxi had ten more candied haws on his hands. He asked the other three people if they wanted to eat. Ye Xingye took a bunch and couldn't put it down after one taste. He strongly recommended that the other two people also try it. Hu Yuhan was convinced. I don't care if it tastes good or not, I just want to see the wonderful scene of Ye Lingjue eating candied haws.

"Your Highness, you should try it too. It's rare to leave the palace."

"I'm not hungry." Hu Yuhan retracted her hand angrily, and seeing Ye Xingye enjoying the meal, she handed over the bunch in her hand.

In order to leave the palace early, Ye Lingxi hurriedly took a few bites of food and went to meet her. She was only three-thirds full from her lunch, but the candied haws on a stick was sour, sweet and appetizing, and the smell of freshly baked buns wafted into the carriage... .
When the carriage arrived near the banquet house, Hu Yuhan stopped the carriage and told Ye Lingjue with a smile that he and Ye Xingye had something to do. Ye Lingxi ate the buns without revealing it, but there was no need for her to reveal it. Just look at Ye Xingye The guilty look on his face and nodding his head meant that there was something fishy between the two of them, but Ye Lingjue didn't ask anything, so the two of them got off the carriage first.

Before getting off the bus, Ye Xingye handed Dong Mo the candied haws and steamed buns he was holding for Ye Lingxi, and left arm in arm with Hu Yuhan, looking as cheerful as a "turned-serf singing".

After the carriage stopped outside the gate of the General's Mansion, Dong Mo got out of the car and went to inform the boy guarding the door. One of the two boys at the door rushed to greet him and the other rushed to report.

It happened that General Yan and Yan Cheng and his son had gone to the military camp for inspection in the morning and had not returned yet. Yanjiang was not in the mansion to train a hundred capable people selected from the water bandits.

When the servant reported the news to Yancheng's wife Zhang that the Second Highness had come to visit the eldest son, she couldn't help but be a little surprised. After all, the Second Highness had never visited her before, and she did not dare to neglect and let the servant take him there first. When she went to the lobby to receive the reception, she first went to change into a set of clothes to meet guests.When Mrs. Zhang came to the lobby with her maid to meet the guests, she was a little surprised to find that there was an extra little girl. She saw Ye Lingxi standing behind Ye Lingjue like a serving maid, but she was a little too young to be insignificant. She knew the rules, but the other maids always lowered their eyebrows and looked down upon the master, never raising their heads to look at him.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Ye Lingjue explained his intention, and Zhang took him to Yanfei Courtyard, and Ye Lingxi naturally followed.

Yan Fei was sitting in the yard reading the military book, leaning on a pair of crutches next to him, with one leg wrapped in a bandage and resting on a stool. Ye Lingxi looked angry and funny, really restless~
Seeing that Yanfei was concentrating on reading and paying no attention to the visitors, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Zhang's face, and he shouted "Fei'er." Yanfei then raised his head, and his first sight fell on Ye Lingxi. Zhang Xue's face, which was as soft as a dumpling, looked more lively and cute when viewed from a distance... When he came to his senses, he clenched his fists and coughed lightly, looking at Ye Lingjue. The two of them didn't speak, and the atmosphere seemed silent. Gotta be a little embarrassed.

Mrs. Zhang was also a little uncomfortable. When she heard Ye Lingjue say, "Madam, go and do your work," she didn't stay long and left with her maid.

"Brother Yan, are you feeling better? Does your leg still hurt?" Ye Lingxi asked as he quickly ran to Yan Fei and stared at his leg. Such an enthusiastic look made him blush a little.

"Cough" Yan Fei clenched his fist again and coughed slightly, turning his face slightly and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore, it's much better." Then he asked, "Why did you come out? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"Wouldn't it be better if I came to see you?"

Being stared at by Ye Lingxi's big, watery eyes, Yan Fei couldn't say a word.

"Lingxi came out in my carriage, so he won't be discovered." Ye Lingjue walked over and said calmly.

Yan Fei said oh but had nothing else to say.

Ye Lingjue glanced at the weapons and arrow targets displayed on both sides of the yard and said, "It would be better to plant some flowers and plants in the yard."

"I think it's pretty good. It's bright and majestic." Ye Lingxi pointed to the cluster of golden flowers growing on the wall. "There are flowers there, right?"

Yan Fei looked in the direction of Ye Lingxi's finger. They were really flowers. He hadn't paid much attention to them before, but now they looked a bit bright and cute.

(End of this chapter)