Early the next morning, Ye Qingshu washed and dressed up, last night's drizzle had stopped, but the sky was still gloomy.

Ye Qingcheng pinched the time to enter the peony courtyard and had breakfast with Ye Qingshu.

As soon as the maid lifted the heavy cotton curtain of the four seasons flowers, the cold wind poured in with a whistle, and her face hurt.

Ye Qingcheng looked back and saw that Ye Qingshu was wrapped in only two eyes exposed, Fang relieved his heart and said, "It's good to prepare two soft sedan chairs in this inner courtyard, and it's good to go out in such weather."

Ye Qingshu pouted, "Our grandmother who values virtue and does not pay attention to color is not even allowed to use a sliding rod, and now the second room has opened the side door, just go out directly, if you have to go around from the big room in the past, please say hello to your grandmother first, and want to prepare a soft sedan chair?" I'm afraid that I will have to wait for the second room to open a separate front door."

Ye Qingcheng smiled, went out first against the cold wind, half a step ahead of Ye Qingshu in the direction of the wind, "Be careful, it rained last night, and the road was slippery."

The two went out along the verandah that had been repaired three years ago and got into the carriage, because of the strong wind, Ye Qingcheng did not ride a horse, and the two carriages drove towards the eldest princess's mansion one after the other.

There were already two green curtain incense cars waiting at the left door of the eldest princess's mansion, and the two got into the car, and they didn't stop until the weeping flower gate, and as soon as they got out of the car, they heard a crisp voice shouting, "Ugly!" You're finally here! ”

Ye Qingshu raised her head, and saw a girl in a pink cloud brocade cloak jumping towards her, with a big smile on her baby-fat face, looking energetic and pleasing.

Ye Qingshu unconsciously burst into a smile, the surprise in life is that after a long time, old friends are still the same as before.

The county lord of Yanyang trotted across the weeping flower gate, happily took Ye Qingshu's hand, and laughed, "I'll just say that you must have become a big beauty!" I even made a bet with my brother! ”

Ye Qingshu, "......"

Don't tell me what you're betting!

"Ha, why are you so short? I'll just say that the poor mountains and bad waters in Shu don't raise people! Fortunately, although you don't grow tall, you haven't become ugly! ”

Ye Qingshu, "......"

It was not obvious from a distance just now, but as soon as she got so close, the county lord of Yanyang, who was about the same height as her three years ago, was now at least half a head taller than her!

Ye Qingshu looked up at Dongzhu swaying on the Yanyang County Lord's bun with some depression, "It's you who are too tall."

"It's obvious that you're short!" The county lord of Yanyang glanced at her with disdain, "Don't worry, even if you are short, you are also a short beauty, I will not look down on you!" ”

Ye Qingshu, "......"

There's no way to have a pleasant chat!

"By the way, this is my brother, Ye Qingcheng, I mentioned it to you in my letter."

Let's change the subject.

Ye Qingcheng leaned over and said, "Ye has seen the county lord."

The county lord of Yanyang turned his head in a row, and his eyes showed envy, "Your brother is so good-looking!" Much better looking than my brother! ”

Ye Qingcheng smiled slightly, "The county lord has a reputation, and Ye is ashamed."

The county lord of Yanyang looked at him carefully, and Gege laughed, "Those who dare to be dare to be, I'm afraid that the only ones in Beijing who are better looking than you are my cousin and Ye Zhangyuan, hey, ugly, you really know how to find your brother, you can find such a good-looking one as soon as you look for it!" ”

Although Ye Shouyi is no longer the head of the Hanlin Academy, the people in Beijing will still call him Ye Zhangyuan when they mention him.

Ye Qingshu saw that her words were straightforward and her eyes were open, and she did not have the shyness of a young girl when she first saw a handsome young man, she was slightly disappointed in her heart, and said with a smile, "Brother has so many benefits, you just stare at him and praise him, it can be seen that the sage said that the gentleman values righteousness, and the villain values color is really good."

The county lord of Yanyang was disdainful, "The one I value color is you!" ”

Ye Qingcheng coughed, "County Lord, the wind is strong outside, Ah Shu is weak, and he can't stand the wind, so the county lord will catch up with Ah Shu later."

As for what the sage said about the gentleman valuing righteousness and the villain valuing profit, don't talk to this county lord lady who obviously hasn't read much, lest she can't get off the stage and hate him.

The county lord of Yanyang suddenly said, "Yes, yes, Ah Ugly is so short, he must be weak!" Quick, let's get on the sedan chair! ”

Ye Qingshu, "......"

It's just speechless!

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It's not the first time Ye Qingshu has come to the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongle, he is only deeply blessed, and it is considered a courtesy, but Ye Qingcheng lifted his robe and knelt down, "Ye Qingcheng has seen the eldest princess, the concubine, and the king of Hengyang County."

"Hurry up, they are not outsiders, how many courtesies, come to someone, give a seat."

The eldest princess of Yongle's personal grandmother personally helped Ye Qingcheng up, and the moment Ye Qingcheng raised his head, the eldest princess of Yongle was surprised, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the son of Ye Zhangyuan, he really looks good!" ”

Xuanyuma reminded, "This is the righteous son of Ye Zhangyuan."

There is no blood relationship, whether the birth is good or not has nothing to do with Ye Shouyi.

The eldest princess of Yongle showed a look of regret, "What I said is that it would be nice if Zhiqing was born to her."

Xuanjuma, "......"

Although this sentence is true, I always feel that something is wrong.

Xuan Ming didn't want to listen to it anymore, coughed and changed his gaze, why did he end up with such a pair of parents?

"Come on, reward".

But it is a set of four treasures of the study that are medium and middle-distance and will never go wrong.

Ye Qingcheng respectfully accepted the reward and thanked him.

The eldest princess of Yongle beckoned, "Ah Chou, come over and let this palace see if you have grown up?" ”

Ye Qingshu stepped forward, and the eldest princess of Yongle held her hand and looked at it carefully, and said to Xuanyu Ma with a smile, "I was a beautiful embryo three years ago, and now it is getting better and better."

Xuanju Ma smiled, Ye Qingshu pretended to be shy and raised his hand to support the phoenix tail hairpin on the bun, and the wide sleeves of the garnet red big sleeves and gold silk cloud brocade buckle jacket on his body slid down, revealing a small section of jade white wrist and the mutton fat jade bracelet on the wrist, which was the pair that the eldest princess Yongle gave to her and Ye Qingling back then.

The eldest princess of Yongle smiled a little deeper when she saw it, "This bracelet really looks good on your little girl."

Ye Qingshu stretched out his hands slightly, revealing the jade bracelets on both wrists, and smiled innocently and innocently with a pair of black and white apricot eyes, "The eldest sister also said the same, so she gave me the other one to wear, saying that Ashu looks the best when she wears it!" ”

The eldest princess's face changed slightly, and Xuan Ming's body under her tensed suddenly, how could Ye Qingling easily transfer such a bracelet to Ye Qingshu?

Ye Qingshu didn't know, and said with a smile, "Eldest princess, donkey, the year before last, my mother accidentally got a bucket of pearls, which is quite precious, and I specially ordered me to send a few beads to the county lord to string a few beads and flowers."

Fangcao stepped forward to offer a bag, Ye Qingshu took it, and let it go, revealing the dark blue and purple black pearl inside.

The pearls were round, the size of a lychee, rippling with rainbow-like flashes, and there were at least thirty of them, all of which were exactly the same size.

It's so simple and simple to be packed in a bag that doesn't even have embroidery flowers, but it looks more and more shiny and dazzling.

This is not a matter of beading flowers, it is enough to be an heirloom!

It is enough to offset the value of the pair of jade bracelets!

Xuan Ming's face changed greatly, and he stood up, "Ye Qingshu, what do you mean?" ”

Ye Qingshu unhurriedly tied up the bag again, stuffed it into the arms of the county lord of Yanyang, and turned his head to look at Xuan Ming in surprise, "What is the king of Hengyang talking about?" What does that mean? ”

Xuan Ming gritted her teeth, and the eldest princess of Yongle was busy playing the round, "Hengyang is asking how a good student can give such a heavy gift?" Hey, Mrs. Ye is just polite! ”

Ye Qingshu covered her lips and smiled, "Vote for me with papaya, repay it with Qiong Yao, such a valuable bracelet, the eldest princess has given it to Ashu, what does it matter if my mother sends a few beads to the county lord?" ”

Xuanyu Ma suddenly slapped his thigh, and was about to speak, but the eldest princess of Yongle swept over with a warning look, he hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth, shook his head vigorously, and signaled that he would absolutely shut up.

The eldest princess of Yongle glared at him again and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, this palace heard that the county lord of Wenzhen has done a lot of business in Shuzhong, what is the reason?" ”

Ye Qingshu flicked his sleeves and put on a long posture, "Speaking of this, it has to start from the beginning of the year after the end of last year, a scribe who called himself Zhang Jinghui asked to see his father, saying that he watched the sky at night, and expected that Tangchuan would move in the near future."

"Mr. Jinghui's name is now thunderous in Daxiao, but it was unknown at that time, as soon as this came out, almost no one believed it, only my father said that it was a matter ......of thousands of people's lives, and it was better to believe it than to believe it."

Ye Qingshu said in detail one by one, when Ye Shouyi went to the court, he didn't want the court to reprimand Ye Shouyi for believing in the words of the warlock and the words of ghosts.

Ye Shouyi had to work his own, issued various decrees, and led officials of all sizes in Shu to persuade local residents to relocate.

It's just a simple sentence, which is difficult and can be explained in three words?

The cynicism of the officials in Shuzhong, the yang and the yin, and even openly resisted, and the Shangshu impeached Ye Shouyi.

The people of Tangchuan relocated to their homeland and did not want to stay away from their homeland, so how could thousands of people be resettled?

Ye Shouyi made a bold move, but he was struggling, so Ye Qingling traveled between the officials and relatives in Shuzhong to open up the joints, and even went to the people of Tangchuan to persuade him.

At the turn of spring and summer, Tangchuan really moved, showing a trend of destruction and decay, destroying Tangchuan within a radius of 30 miles.

At that time, there were still more than 3,000 people in Tangchuan who had not been relocated, and only less than one-fifth of them had survived, but it was the smallest ground movement casualty and the smallest property loss in history.

Ye Qingling once again used the weak body of the boudoir to lobby the officials, relatives, wealthy businessmen, and wealthy businessmen to donate money and property for disaster relief, and even led the servants in the palace to resettle the victims regardless of the danger.

Because Master Hui felt her righteous deeds, he personally barked at the glass on her forehead and praised her for "heart like glass".

Ye Qingshu's voice was sweet, his speech was clear, the ups and downs of his words, the suspense was stacked, it was like telling a story, even Xuan Ming, who knew everything, listened to it, and the eldest princess of Yongle and the county lord of Yanyang didn't blink when they listened.

“…… The people of Tangchuan were grateful to their father and eldest sister, and brought their sons to help the elders in groups to the prefect's office to kneel down to thank their father and eldest sister for their kindness, and there were also good people who compiled the eldest sister's affairs into a play, which was called "The Legend of Liuli".

"My mother loves to listen to this play the most, because my mother loves to listen to it, my father specially bought a troupe, and my mother listened to it when she was interested, and even took me to listen to it and sing it."

"Mother loves to listen to me sing the last fold, eldest princess, do you want to listen to it?"

Before the eldest princess of Yongle could speak, the county lord of Yanyang hurriedly nodded, "If you want to listen, you have to listen!" ”

Ye Qingshu smiled and sang in a low voice, "Loyalty and filial piety are famous in Shu, and loyalty is good for the country." Poor and unpretentious, the green pen draws a picture of the goddess of Grace".

The eldest princess of Yongle stroked her palms and praised, "Jingzhong serves the country and is a good lady!" Sing well! Sing well! ”

The county lord of Yanyang snorted and said enviously, "Sister Wenzhen is really capable!" Let those men see that our daughter's family can also do great things! ”

The eldest princess of Yongle sighed, "Wen Zhen looked at the silent, I don't want to have such courage, it makes people sigh."

Xuanyuma said with a flattering smile, "She is a female doll's family who is comparable to the eldest princess, so she doesn't need to be too modest."

The eldest princess of Yongle glanced at Xuan Juma with a slight reserve, and Xuan Ming suddenly asked, "What are you doing when your eldest sister is doing these things?" ”

Ye Qingshu's eyes widened, with an innocent expression of "how could you ask such a stupid question".

"Ash had just turned ten years old at the time! Naturally, I studied and learned to read at home with my female master! What is going on outside, Ah Shu doesn't understand! ”

Xuan Ming snorted coldly, he believed that she was the hell!

"Ah, by the way, speaking of which, Ah Shu still has to pay compensation to the king of the county."

Ye Qingshu said that he got up and was blessed, "At that time, the king of the county was ordered by the emperor to go to Shuzhong to deliver the decree, but unfortunately my father, brother, and eldest sister were all in Tangchuan, my mother was worried and sick, and Ashu was young, so she couldn't receive the king of the county, and asked the king of the county to forgive me."

Xuan Ming snorted again, and again, he believed that she was the hell!

He didn't believe that such a big thing had happened, she would hide at home to embroider and write, she must not have been in the prefect's mansion at that time!

As for the Zhi family, I am afraid that he doesn't want him to have anything to do with Ye Qingling, so he avoids it!

The county lord of Yanyang pursed his lips, very unhappy to show Ye Qingshu a look, and got up to pull Ye Qingshu, "Mother, I'll take Ah Chou to my yard to play, and I'll come to eat with you at noon."

The eldest princess of Yongle nodded and smiled, "Go ahead, it's windy today, don't run outside, and tell your subordinates to burn the earth dragon warmer, don't get cold."

The county lord of Yanyang responded happily, pulled Ye Qingshu and was about to leave, not giving Ye Qingshu time to salute at all, Ye Qingshu smiled helplessly and kept up with her footsteps.

Ye Qingcheng got up and saluted, "It just so happens that the grass people have some mundane things to do, so I will leave, and I will come back to pick up Ashu back to his house in the afternoon."

The eldest princess nodded, "Hengyang, send Ye Gongzi."

Although Ye Shouyi and his wife have always resolutely refused, Ye Qingshu gave such a precious gift today, as if she wanted to clear up the relationship, it is still necessary for her family Ah Ming to have a good relationship with her future brother-in-law!

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In the past three years, Xuan Ming has been paying attention to the news in Shuzhong from time to time, and he is naturally no stranger to Ye Qingling, the righteous brother who appeared out of thin air.

In the past three years, Ye Qingcheng has rarely appeared in public because of his father's filial piety, but just a few appearances have won him the praise of almost all officials in Shuzhong.

The most said is "a gentleman is like a jade, Xiao is like a father".

There is an element of complimenting Ye Shouyi, but Ye Qingcheng himself should not be underestimated.

Xuan Ming has always been silent, although Ye Qingcheng doesn't talk much, but I heard that he is a delicate person, Xuan Ming waited for Ye Qingcheng to talk to him, and he took the opportunity to ask about Ye Qingling.

I didn't want the two of them to walk to the side door of the eldest princess's mansion, Ye Qingcheng didn't have the slightest sign of opening.

Don't ask Ye Qingcheng, Ye Qingshu's dead girl is definitely more difficult!

Xuan Ming had no choice but to resign herself to her fate and asked, "Young Master Ye, I don't know what the purpose of Miss Ye's pearl fight is today?" ”

"The king of the county should know better than Ye."

Xuan Ming clenched his fists, yes, he should know better than him!

Three years ago, he tried his best to arrange for his mother and Mrs. Li to go to Yefu to send the pair of jade bracelets in person.

As a result, the Zhi family took a pair of daughters to the Zhiguo Mansion the next day and stayed until the day before they went to Yingchuan, leaving no chance.

Two years ago, he went to Shuzhong in person, but Ye Shouyi's mansion avoided it, and in the past three years, he has refused the favor of the eldest princess's mansion countless times, either directly or tactfully.

Now he has sent out a bucket of pearls that are worth the pair of jade bracelets!

He knew better than anyone else in his heart that Ye Shouyi would never let Ye Qingling marry him!

It's just that he always has luck in his heart, Shu is far away, there is always an unreachable place, just wait until he returns to the capital.

But now, Ye Shouyi and the Zhi clan have not returned to Beijing, so they can't wait for Ye Qingshu to send such a bucket of beads!

He knows better than anyone else!

But he was unwilling in the end, unwilling to give up like this, he asked himself that he didn't have the coarseness of the noble children of Jingzhong, and he sincerely asked for marriage, and never dared to be half contemptuous, why didn't Ye Shouyi even let go of his breath?

Seeing Ye Qingcheng's surprised gaze, Xuan Ming realized that he had asked the question in his heart, and looked away with some embarrassment.

Presumably, in the hearts of the Ye family, his behavior like this is stalking, Tian is shameless, right?

Ye Qingcheng's eyes were slightly complicated, and he opened his mouth carefully, "Wenzhen, in the past three years, I have been starting from the end of the day every day, and when I am chanting until the dawn, the cold and heat are unhindered."

Xuan Ming turned her head violently, "What do you mean?" ”

Ye Qingcheng's eyes were clear and sincere, "What Ye said just now is already rude, please don't embarrass Ye again."

The matter of the boudoir, talking to a foreign man of his, Yu Ye Qingling's reputation has been damaged, and he really shouldn't ask again.

The two fell silent again, seeing that the side door was in sight, Ye Qingcheng stopped, leaned over and bowed, "Please stop the county king, thank you for your kindness."

Xuan Ming glanced at him, but didn't say anything after all, and hugged his fists, "Ye Gongzi is good."