Chapter 207: Going to the Feast
Ye Yichen pressed her back to her seat: "Now that the palace gate has been keyed, how can you enter the palace?" ”
Ye Yichen couldn't help but soften his heart when he saw her restless, and persuaded her: "The crown princess is not a stupid person, she knows how to deal with it!" What's more, even if you go to the palace, what problem can you solve? The prince has taken all the people in, can he send them out again? ”
Yulan thinks about it. However, people are still very worried about the eighth sister!
In the Chengqian Palace, Concubine Xiao was in the side hall, kneeling in front of the statue of Guanyin to worship the Buddha. The eldest aunt quietly pushed the door and walked in, she was the son of the Xiao family, and after Concubine Xiao entered the palace, she had been following Concubine Xiao and helped her do many unsightly things.
The eldest aunt quietly glanced at Concubine Xiao, and saw that she was dressed in plain clothes, and she looked solemn and sacred in the green smoke. She is 35 years old, but because of proper maintenance, she looks like she is in her twenties. She has been in the palace for 20 years, and soon after entering the palace, she became a man in one fell swoop, and her mother was named a concubine with her son, and then with a deep scheming, she planned step by step, from a concubine to a concubine and then to the emperor and concubine, and became the real master of the six palaces today.
Although the queen of Kunning Palace is in charge of the phoenix seal, she is only the first person in the six palaces in name, and the real control of the harem is still Concubine Xiao, who has worked hard for more than ten years. Since Concubine Xiao took charge of the harem, except for the fifth son of the emperor, no prince has ever been born in the palace, if it were not for the prince who has been raised in front of the queen mother, he would not have grown up smoothly.
The eldest aunt knows Concubine Xiao too well, she copies scriptures with her left hand, kills people with her right hand, and has a snake heart, which is a person like Concubine Xiao.
However, since then, although the emperor has spent most of his time in Chengqian Palace every month, Concubine Xiao has never been able to give birth to a son.
It seems that there is a providence in the dark!
Compared with her, the queen's IQ is not at the same level at all, but because of the care of the queen mother, she has lived peacefully until now. Until the eldest son of the emperor came of age, he was named the crown prince......
If the prince wants to abolish it after it is sealed, it will not be so easy!
"What's the matter?" Concubine Xiao's lazy and calm voice reached the ears of the eldest aunt, interrupting her fluttering thoughts.
"Qi Yu Niangniang: The slave maid got the news that the prince took the fifth lady of the Yang family to Yuqing Palace! I had a night with the crown princess! "With Concubine Xiao's ability, there is something going on in this palace, of course, you can't hide it from her eyes.
Concubine Xiao slowly stood up: "The prince is really getting more and more unpopular!" Although the crown princess is a little arrogant and a little blind, she manages the East Palace in an orderly manner, and he just lets a sister who has a grudge against the crown princess come in, he is afraid that his backyard will be too peaceful! Just tell them to make trouble, let's just watch the excitement from the sidelines, now is not a good time for us to make a move! ”
"Yes!" The eldest aunt bowed down and agreed.
"What this palace is most worried about is the crown princess's stomach! The emperor has long been thinking about holding his grandson, but he can't let the prince give birth to a grandson before the prince! Did you inquire about Imperial Doctor Gong? ”
The eldest aunt said: "Imperial Doctor Gong is extremely strict, and the slave maid has been tested several times, but he has not received any useful news. Concubine Xiao nodded: "You keep an eye on the movements of Yuqing Palace, and report back to the palace immediately if you have anything!" ”
"Yes!" The eldest aunt saw that Concubine Xiao had nothing else to say, and was about to retreat after giving a salute, but Concubine Xiao suddenly commanded again: "You go and inform Concubine Jin, and let her go to the queen to blow the wind more, since the concubine of the Yang family has been sent in, she should play a good role!" ”
In Jingyang Palace, Concubine Hui also got the news that Yuxia had entered the palace. There was a slight sneer at the corner of her mouth, others are getting older and more stable in doing things, and the prince is really alive and going back without the training of the queen mother. Concubine Hui can see clearly that the emperor is already very disappointed in the prince, and he doesn't know how to restrain him, if he continues to toss like this, it won't take a few years, and this prince will be abolished.
But if he is scrapped too early and too vulnerable, won't Ye Minzhao have no chance at all?
Concubine Hui asked lightly, "Where is King Lu now?" ”
The big palace maid replied: "If you go back to your mother, the little prince will accompany the emperor in the Qianqing Palace to throw pots!" ”
Concubine Hui nodded. Since the last time Ye Minzhao was trampled under Ye Yichen in the Imperial Garden, he suffered a great humiliation, and since he came back, his whole person has changed. Every day he desperately studied and practiced martial arts, and put down his dignity to please his father, the emperor is old, and he also hopes to enjoy the joy of his son in front of him.
He hated the prince, and he was also wary of King Zhao, the little prince was able to kneel down in front of him from time to time, so that he was always relieved, he was very fond of this young man, and now he always took him with him.
Ye Minzhao and Ye Minyu, the king of Zhao, are different, he always respects and stays away from the ministers in the court, but he is filial to the emperor, and the emperor is very satisfied with him.
When Concubine Hui heard this, a satisfied smile appeared on her face. It doesn't take too much to make friends with foreign ministers or something, sometimes one is enough!
Yuxin packed up and brought all the people to Kunning Palace to greet the queen. The queen was taken aback when she saw Yuxin's pale face and was very scared, "It's not that Mama passed the word, so you don't have to come over to say hello if you are not in good health!" Why are you still here, kid? ”
Yu Xin knelt down without saying a word, "Please ask the queen mother to call the shots for her son!" ”
"Lift up! Pick it up! "When the crown princess sees the queen, she rarely makes such a big gift. The queen hurriedly called the palace maid on the side to help Yuxin up, and asked softly, "What kind of grievance did you suffer?" Say it, this palace is in charge for you! ”
As soon as she heard this, Yu Xin began to cry: "Erchen, Erchen really can't live this day!" "After being in the harem for so long, she will also use the trick of crying and wiping her tears. told the prince about taking Yuxia into the palace one by one.
Chengqian Palace and Jingyang Palace all knew about the Dao, but the queen realized it later, it wasn't Yuxin who told her, she didn't know the Dao. The queen's knowledge is not very high, but she also knows that the prince is not authentic in this matter.
Yu Xin said: "Erchen is not blindly jealous and unreasonable, which one does the prince like, Erchen will never stop him......" She also told the truth, after the queen mother's filial piety, the prince was fortunate to have a few palace maids, and there were several beauties presented by the foreign ministers, Yuxin helped him settle it without a word, and the amount was very large, not like Princess Zhao Xiao Yunqian, who killed one of his favorite concubines while King Zhao was not at home!
The key is that her IQ is still low, just a concubine, she died quietly, and I don't know how she did it, so it became known all over the city, and even the emperor heard about it, Concubine Xiao was so angry that she was grounded at home and did not allow her to walk around the harem.
Compared with Xiao Yunqian, Yuxin is much better, although she can't say much affection with the prince, the queen is still extremely satisfied with her.
Yuxin Road; "It's just that Erchen's fifth sister has been raised by her aunt's side since she was a child, and she didn't learn a little bit of virtue and Ronggong, but she followed her aunt to learn a bad problem, and when she was at home, she didn't respect her relatives, she didn't protect her younger sister, she only knew that she was stirring up trouble and competing for favor, such a person, how dare Erchen leave her in the East Palace!" Yu Xin added fuel and vinegar to Yu Xin's design to frame Yu Lan, and was punished by the old lady to think about it.
The most said after that; "She doesn't know what soup she gave to the prince, and now she is still filial piety, but the prince wants to give her the title of a prince concubine, because she had a quarrel with her son yesterday, and her son has no choice but to come to the queen mother to call the shots for her son!"
The queen was bullied by the junior and the fourth child for a lifetime, and when she saw Yuxin crying pitifully, she immediately had a heart of hatred for the enemy, and heard that Yuxia still had filial piety on her, and she felt that she couldn't stay: "My son, don't cry, don't worry, there is a queen mother to call the shots for you, and you will never let such a fox enter the East Palace, and make a mess of the good East Palace!" This palace will ask someone to invite the prince over and reprimand him! ”
"Thank you for your grace!"
The queen said that the prince was discussing important military affairs with the emperor in the Wenhua Palace, and the queen didn't call the prince over to scold him. Yuxin's purpose has been achieved, but her body is overwhelmed, so she knows the queen and returns to Yuqing Palace.
Out of Kunning Palace, a smile appeared on Lu Zhi's face. "Don't worry about it now! Just now, the queen personally promised Niangniang to drive that fox out of the East Palace! ”
Yu Xin sighed: "You think too simply! "The queen has soft ears, and she often believes what others say. Don't look at Yu Xin crying in front of her, she behaved very towards Yu Xin, and when the prince came over, she felt sorry for her son, maybe she would change her mind.
One is a son and the other is a daughter-in-law, and it is naturally clear which one the queen wants to go to.
Even if she knew that Queen Lu Dao was unreliable, Yu Xin had to come to Kunning Palace this time. If it weren't for the child in her belly, Yuxin wouldn't be afraid of Yuxia entering Yuqing Palace at all. What if she seals the side concubine, after all, she can't go beyond her, the main concubine, and the main concubine has a way to control the side concubine.
But now that she is pregnant, Yuxia has a huge variable when she comes in. She couldn't put herself and her children in such a dangerous situation.
It's all about kids!
Soon after Yuxin returned to Yuqing Palace, Yulan handed over a sign to ask for a meeting. Yuxin hurriedly called her in.
When Yulan arrived at Yuxin's dormitory, she was immediately startled when she saw her lying on the bed, her face was very bad. "Mother, you're fine!"
Yu Xin barely squeezed out a smile: "I don't have anything to do, why did you come so soon!" "You don't need to ask, you know that Yulan heard about Yuxia's entry into the palace.
In fact, Yulan should have come earlier, but early in the morning, Yang's mother came to say that the eldest wife was also sick. The eldest lady is purely angry with the eldest lady, and she has just solved the matter of Aunt Liu buried in the ancestral grave, and here he sent Yuxia into the palace again.
The eldest lady was angry with Aunt Liu all her life, and she didn't want her daughter to repeat the mistakes of the past, so as soon as she heard the news, she ran to the study and quarreled with the eldest master. The next morning he had a high fever.
Yulan was really speechless for the eldest lord and eldest wife. But her grandmother is sick, and even if she wants to enter the palace again, she can only go to see her grandmother first.
The eldest lady burned very badly, she saw the imperial doctor, and she also prescribed a prescription, Yulan came out after reading it, the eldest lady is not old, and her life is definitely not in danger, but the illness has become like this, it can be seen that she is really angry. There were two sick numbers at home at once, and the second wife was also very busy.
The eldest master didn't go to the yamen today, so Yulan went to the study to meet this unreliable father. After the eldest lady fell ill, the first thing the eldest master did was to take the singer given to him by his colleagues into the mansion and live in Aunt Liu's original courtyard.
Ignoring the husband and wife relationship between him and the eldest wife, Yulan was extremely disgusted in her heart, feeling that this kind of person was simply inferior to a pig and a dog.
Seeing that the eldest master saw the salute, Yulan asked directly: "I heard that my father sent the fifth sister to Yuqing Palace?" ”
Seeing her sarcastic, the eldest lord couldn't help but be furious: "Yuxia is my daughter, and I, as a father, are naturally qualified to decide her marriage!" ”
Yulan Road; "You have the right to send her to a prince, but have you ever thought that the fifth sister will even frame me, a person who has no direct conflict of interest with her, she and the eighth sister have been fighting in the mansion for so many years, and now that Aunt Liu is also dead, she is holding her breath, she will naturally be bent on finding trouble with the eighth sister, if she does anything out of the ordinary, the entire Yang family will be unlucky at that time! The old lady is not here, you are the leader of the Yang family, haven't you considered these things?"
The eldest lord stammered when he heard this. He was forced by the prince to be anxious that day, so he could only agree, but he didn't think too much about it. When Yulan said this, he also felt reasonable. But the person has already been sent in, and he must not be able to take it back. couldn't help but be furious: "Xia'er is your sister, do you say bad things about your sister like this?" ”
Yulan sneered again and again: "In my father's eyes, your daughter only has five sisters, when have I and my eighth sister been looked at by you?" After speaking, he didn't look at the face of the eldest master, and bowed down and bowed: "I still have to enter the palace to see the eighth sister and say goodbye!" ”
"You, you wicked!" The eldest man was so angry that his beard straightened, "Do you think that I won't dare to punish you if you become the princess of Laoshizi?" ”
Yulan walked out of the old man's study by himself. She was like a mirror in her heart, and he didn't dare to punish her if she lent the eldest master a guts, because she was Ye Yichen's princess!
Whether it is the eldest lord or the eldest wife, they are very afraid of Ye Yichen in their bones.
Yulan entered Yuqing Palace and went straight to Yuxin's dormitory. When the two sisters met, they were relatively silent. Yulan sighed and said, "Fifth sister, didn't cause you trouble, did you?" ”
Yuxin has been angry one after another in the past few days, and she didn't sleep well last night, although she drank the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, her face was still very ugly: "What kind of person is she, don't you know the way?" "I told you about Yuxia's entry into the palace this morning and meeting the Queen Mother.
Yulan's eyes showed appreciation: "If you do it right, you should start first!" After a pause, he said: "Aunt Liu is dead, she is angry at the time, be careful that she does it to you!" "Yulan came here this time to give Yuxin a wake-up call, and told me about the last time I met Yuxia in the mourning hall.
Yu Xin was speechless for a while. In the past, she and Yuxia were also-for-tat, but it was definitely not to the point of dying, and even she herself couldn't figure out how to get a feud before her sisters reached this point!
Yulan said: "You are pregnant, you must hide it from her!" ”
Yu Xin nodded: "If you don't say I'll do the same!" The two said a few more words, and Yulan comforted her to relax and take care of the baby. But Yulan himself also knows that in Yuxin's situation, how can she relax her mind and focus on raising a baby.
Yuxin asked a few more words about the situation in the Yang Mansion, Yulan didn't dare to tell her the truth, only said that the eldest lady heard the news and quarreled with the eldest master, and there was a quarrel at home, and there was no big deal. "With me watching from the outside, there is no big incident at home, you can rest assured!"
Yuxin grabbed her hand and said, "Thanks to you!" Yulan only felt a burst of worry when she saw Yu Xin like this, the once radiant, strong and stubborn Yu Xin seemed to be dead, at this moment there were endless thoughts hanging on the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, she was alone in this cold deep palace, no man to love, no sisters to help, only countless eyes staring at her. The position of this crown princess is noble, but it is really not interesting to sit on it!
Yulan came in to comfort and comfort Yuxin, and she herself knew that she couldn't play a decisive role if she came in or not. She saw that Yuxin was really tired, and was about to go out after two sentences, but she heard a dingdong piano sound from the direction of the side hall!
Yulan's face changed, and she looked at Yu Xin, who nodded at her, her face was indifferent: "The prince is in the next court." ”
Yulan sneered: "Fifth sister's piano skills have regressed!" ”
In the side hall of Yuqing Palace, Yuxia finished playing a song, and the prince applauded again and again. He just came out of the Cultural Palace, Yuxia waited very well last night, he went directly to the side hall after the court, and regardless of whether Yuxin was sick or not, he, the prince, should go to see the concubine first!
Kumquat walked in and whispered something in Yuxia's ear. Yuxia said with a smile: "Your Highness, my seventh sister came to see the crown princess, and now she is about to go out, can you allow the slave maid to go out to meet her sisters?" "When Yulan came, he also hugged a large group of people, and Yuxia naturally knew the way.
The prince reacted for a moment before he realized that Lu Dao was his little sixteenth aunt, so he smiled and said, "Okay, Isola will take you to meet!" ”
As soon as Yulan walked out of the gate of the main hall, he saw the prince walking over with Yuxia and the stars and moons. Yulan was furious. She first saluted the prince: "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
The prince smiled: "It's all flesh and blood of the family, don't be polite!" ”
Seeing that she didn't even look at herself, Yuxia was slightly angry in her heart, and said with a smile on her face: "See Mrs. Anguo!" Mrs. Anguo, don't come unharmed! ”
Yulan knew that she had given her a faceless face in the mourning hall a few days ago, and now she finally got close to the prince, and this was to use the prince to give herself a horse. Yulan couldn't help but laugh in her heart, thinking that if the prince supported you, I would give you face?
She deliberately looked surprised and said, "Who are you?" This palace doesn't recognize you! ”
Yuxia sneered: "My sister is the wife of Anguo, so she won't even know her own sister, right?" ”
Yulan said: "Oh, it turns out that it is really the fifth sister, and the palace thought that where did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince find the beauty, but it looks exactly the same as the elder sister!" Since you are really the fifth sister of this palace, there is one thing that this palace doesn't understand, and I want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the fifth sister! ”
Because Yulan is Ye Yichen's princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also has to give him some face. After hearing this, he said, "Mrs. Anguo has something to say!" ”
Yulan sneered and said, sentence like a blade: "May I ask the fifth sister, is Aunt Liu, who died in the Yang Mansion a few days ago, your biological mother?" ”
Yuxia's face changed, and she glanced at the prince, this matter could not be concealed, so she had to say: "Naturally, it is my biological mother!" ”
Yulan continued to ask: "Let me ask the fifth sister again, since Aunt Liu is your biological mother, how many days has she been dead until today?" ”
"Ten...... Ten days! Now even Yuxia realized the problem.
"Since I know that Aunt Liu is your biological mother, and she has only been dead for ten days, my sister is a son of man, and she should be pure and filial piety for her mother, but my sister is now dressed in red and willow green, and her face is full of spring breeze, and she is playing the piano and singing, where do you put your biological aunt in such a big unfilial piety?" Aunt Liu is half a slave again, and Yuxia, as her daughter, has to keep filial piety for her. Even if he enters the East Palace to serve the prince according to the last order of his deceased mother, he can't wear red and green, singing and dancing!
Yulan's sentences were like blades, and Yuxia was speechless by her.
Aunt Liu is not sad when she dies, but in order to please the prince and hold the prince's heart, of course she can't dress too plainly, but she didn't expect Yulan to grab the handle.
The prince saw that Yuxia's face was sweating, so he had to relieve the siege and said: "It's all lonely that she dresses like this, and it has nothing to do with Xia'er." ”
Yulan was also taken aback when he saw the prince defending Yuxia like this. When she heard this, she said to the prince: "Your Royal Highness, since the Taizu of our dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties have respected the rule of the world with filial piety, and the body of the Yang family's biological mother is not cold but there is no sense of sadness, so unfilial!" I don't dare to recognize such a sister! How can such a concubine be worthy of serving in the East Palace? ”
Yuxia was furious: "Yang Yulan, don't deceive people too much!" ”
Yulan wasn't angry at all, just said lightly: "Bold!" This palace is the emperor's own Mrs. Anguo, what are you, dare to shout in front of this palace! ”
The crown prince is now in an unstable position, and he doesn't want to offend Ye Yichen, so he hurriedly shouted to this Yuxia: "Shut up!" ”
Yulan gave another salute: "His Royal Highness the Prince, since ancient times, there has been a difference between the concubines and concubines, and the wives and concubines can be peaceful in the house, and the concubines are just kittens and dogs. I think that all the ministers inside and outside the court can only support the crown princess, and the Yang family, including the Jin Prince's Mansion, all have the same attitude. Your Royal Highness the Prince, please think again! ”
Yuxia's face changed greatly. The prince just likes beautiful women no matter how much he attaches importance to it, and what he attaches most importance to is still the ownership of the big position, Yulan put these words here, even if the prince will not be angry with her, he will pay more attention to Yuxin. No matter how high Yuxia is, she is just a concubine, and the only one who can really meet with foreign women and run for the prince's great cause is Yuxin!
After Yulan said this, he no longer paid attention to the prince, and took the girl's mother-in-law Shi Shiran out of the Shenwu Gate.
Yulan returned to the palace tired. Thinking about her just watching the excitement like this, she is physically and mentally exhausted from fighting with Yuxia, Yuxin is pregnant, I really don't know how to survive this day! It's just that she can't control these things if she wants to, Yuqing Palace doesn't say it's her, even the queen can't easily intervene, it's too sensitive!
A person had lunch, and took a nap, and went to Jiaqing Hall in the afternoon to deal with housework, the housekeeper daughters-in-law came in one by one, and took the right card keys one by one, Yulan no matter what he commanded, he was concise and to the point, the housekeeper director is very important, as a housewife, it is also a matter of duty, but Yulan does not want to spend most of his good years on this.
In her opinion, the general manager is like the captain of a big ship, as long as he grasps the direction, the specific details are naturally implemented by the department managers below, as long as the detailed rules and regulations are formulated, the first level is good, if everything is cared about, everything is done by herself, she does not have to do anything else every day.
The housekeeper's daughters-in-law were quickly dismissed, and the time only passed an hour. Yulan was about to go back to the bedroom to catch his breath, drink a cup of tea, prepare dinner and wait for Ye Yichen to come back, when the porter sent an invitation. Yulan opened it and saw that it was sent by the Qingjiang County Lord's Mansion.
Three days later, it was the fortieth birthday of the county lord of Qingjiang, and Ye Yichen and Yulan were invited to come over to pay their respects. Since Yulan got married, she has been busy with the at home in the past few days, and she has never appeared in the upper class society of Dachu.
Ye Yichen had talked to her about this a few days ago. Yulan asked someone to bring the four treasures of the study, drew up a gift list, and showed it to him when Ye Yichen came back.
Ye Yichen said: "This kind of trivial matter, you can make your own decisions!" "He really doesn't have time to take care of the affairs of the back house, he can't be busy with the affairs of the court, and he really doesn't have the energy to take care of the affairs of the back house. What's more, in the past month or so, Yulan has taken care of the inner and back houses in an orderly manner, and Ye Yichen is also very relieved of her.
The two of them had dinner and went to bed early to have a harmonious time. Ye Yichen asked her about the affairs of the palace while running errands, Yulan slowly became accustomed to his quirks, so he told him sweaty, and Ye Yichen could only sigh when he heard it.
The prince and his wife have long been separated from morality, even if the emperor makes a holy decree, he can't control this kind of thing. Ye Yichen originally didn't want Yulan and the East Palace to mix too deeply, and he was not optimistic about the prince at all about the three princes in the palace. But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them again. It is this kind of affectionate and righteous character that he likes Yulan, if Yulan becomes like the ministers of the DPRK and China, who only talk about interests and not feelings, how can he still have such a good impression of Yulan?
What's more, she knew very well in her heart, no matter what she did, she had a good grasp of it, and Ye Yichen swallowed her words back.
Three days later, Yulan got up early in the morning to get dressed up. On the day of the county lord's birthday, it is definitely not okay to dress too outstandingly, today's protagonist is the county lord of Qingjiang, she can't steal her limelight, it's not okay to dress too badly, she is now Ye Yichen's princess, and the princess is still dressed as plain as before, so it will be a loss for the prince.
Yulan opened all the wardrobes last night, and consulted with Mother Qian and the four big girls for a long time, and she already had a draft, and she was dressed very quickly this morning. After getting dressed neatly, Yulan ran to show Ye Yichen again. Ye Yichen was also very satisfied when he saw it, and pinched her face with a smile: "My daughter-in-law is just good-looking!" ”
Before dressing up, Yulan and Ye Yichen had breakfast. Yulan helped Qiu Aya and Qiu Hong to put on a stone blue robe for Ye Yichen, put on a golden crown of hair, and found a piece of beautiful jade for Ye Yichen to wear on her waist.
It's still early, but the relationship between Ye Yichen and the county lord of Qingjiang is very close, and the two of them go early, and they also have the meaning of helping the host's family entertain relatives and friends. Of course, the county lord of Qingjiang will definitely not work for her new daughter-in-law, but she has to save face.
Waiting for Ye Yichen to get into the carriage, after listening to Yulan tell him the reason why he went out so early, he couldn't help but smile and poked her head: "You! I've been good with my cousin since I was a child, and I've never played with her with these fancy intestines! ”
Yulan shrank aside with a repentant expression, but secretly thought to himself: "Of course the county lord and you won't see each other, but I'm an outsider after all!" The county lord won't blame you, but he may blame me for being ignorant! Even if the county lord is not to blame, I can't guarantee that others will say that I am a concubine who is not educated! ”
When the carriage arrived at the county lord's mansion, the county lord and the county horse personally greeted them, and the two of them got out of the car to greet their cousin and cousin-in-law, and presented gifts, and the county horse took Ye Yichen to the front. The county lord took Yulan to the sliding bar sedan chair of the county lord's mansion and ran to the back house.
The county lord smiled and quipped, "Our new lady is finally out of the house." Yulan didn't know how to answer, so she had to bow her head shyly. The county lord continued: "Old Seventeen, I grew up watching him, since you followed him, this cold face for many years can finally see a smile occasionally, and I am relieved to see that you are doing well!" "