Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

Ye Zhen was a little reserved when she heard this. "The weather is hot, I eat it occasionally at home, it's no big deal."

Dong Zhang took her favorite candied fruit and felt a pang of pain in her heart.

When I first met her, she was just a little girl in her teens. Facing several bullies, although she was afraid, she still racked her brains to negotiate with her and delay time.

At that age, she should have been loved and spoiled by her parents, but she had already protected her mother and younger brother behind her. Because of this, Dong Zhang understood what it meant to protect the country and the family.

After ten years of bloodshed on the border, his only wish was that all the children of Ye Zhen's age in the Great Zhou could be at ease in the arms of their parents.

Ye Zhen returned to the Ye Mansion at the cost of losing her mother. Dong Zhang felt relieved when he heard that Cui and her elder sister treated her well.

But now it seems that he was thinking too well. How could Cui and Ye Yunsheng treat her sincerely?

She had no relatives to care for her, and she had never taken good care of herself. Even the imperial teacher knew that she could not eat cold food, but she did not take it seriously.

Dong Zhang choked up, "Be careful. You..."

He couldn't ignore Ye Zhen's swollen lips. Instead of avoiding her, he asked her with concern, "Did the Imperial Master embarrass you just now?"

Ye Zhen followed his gaze and covered her lips with her handkerchief in embarrassment, "No."

"The smoothie is going to fall onto A Yuan's skirt." She was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and dodged away from Dong Zhang like the wind, escaping in panic like a little rabbit whose secret was discovered.

Dong Zhang smiled and didn't embarrass her anymore.

He had lived for so many years, and all he had done was protect his country and his family. He had never had any romantic feelings. When he first met Ye Zhen, he was fifteen years old, at that age when he was ignorant, and he fell in love with her at first sight.

Later he went to the northwest and stayed there for ten years. When he heard that she had married Li Chengge, he just drank an extra pot of wine around the campfire and didn't even dare to get drunk.

I thought there was no chance for her to be together in this life, but unexpectedly she broke off the engagement with the Marquis.

When he returned to Beijing to see her again, the young girl who had not yet grown up was already unforgettable to him. Now that she was standing tall and gracefully before him, he suddenly wanted to settle down.

Dong Zhang only realized that there was something going on between Ye Zhen and Li Xuan, but he was inexperienced and didn't understand that Ye Zhen's lips were swollen from being kissed!

But after she met the Imperial Master, she came back and obviously distanced herself from me.

The meal was quite relaxing, but no matter how Dong Yuan hinted or said anything, Ye Zhen didn't give Dong Zhang any chance. He took out the hairpin several times and then put it back.

When Dong Yuan saw this, he thought that he might have eaten too much smoothie today, which was why he felt so cold in his chest.

One is her best friend, and the other is her elder brother. She doesn't want Ye Zhen to marry someone casually and suffer, but she can't force her elder brother to say the word "like" to Ye Zhen.

Hey.

Dong Yuan held his chin with both hands and thought, I am still a child. Can you please let my elder brother understand romance?

After the meal, Dong Yuan felt that it was too sunny outside, so he lingered in the private room for a long time. He wanted to give his elder brother a chance, but he didn't know that there was a fight on the bridge. Dong Zhang took the guards out to check without saying a word.

Dong Yuan was very disappointed with his friend.

The door was open, and Ye Zhen saw Meng Qianru sitting in the private room opposite. She moved to another stool and pretended not to see her.

Not long after, the guard beside Dong Zhang said, "The general said that the situation outside might not be cured for a while, so he ordered his subordinates to send the two young ladies away first."

Dong Yuan complained, "Brother is really like that! He is more anxious about other people's affairs than his own."

Ye Zhen understood what she was thinking, smiled, and coaxed her to leave together.

The guests on the second floor had almost all left. Ye Zhen bumped into Meng Qianru, who was coming from the east, at the stairs. Before she could greet him, Yin Xiang said coldly, "You have no manners! You don't even give way to the princess!"

Seeing Yinxiang looking down on others, Dong Yuan immediately said, "Why is there a girl like you around the princess? How can you be so rude and yelling?"

Yinxiang didn't dare to offend Dong Yuan, so she gritted her teeth and endured it.

"Isn't there something blocking the way? Didn't we see the princess earlier? Besides, we were just about to salute her."

Yinxiang didn't see Dong Yuan at first, and now she shrank her neck, "This servant deserves death."

Meng Qianru always felt sad when she saw Dong Yuan. If her father and brother were still alive, she would be as carefree as Dong Yuan and would not have to consider the background and consequences of her words and actions.

Meng Qianru smiled gently, "Yinxiang is unruly and makes Miss Dong uncomfortable. I will punish her when I get back."

Dong Yuan had no problem with Meng Qianru, and he didn't know that she had bullied Ye Zhen. Seeing her like this, he felt a little embarrassed, "The princess is kind, and the maids around you can't humiliate you."

Meng Qianru nodded, "Miss Dong is right. I am alone now, and I am lucky to have the mercy of His Majesty and the Queen. Otherwise, I don't know what situation I would be in. I must be careful with what I say and do."

Dong Yuan frowned, it sounded as if she was scolding her.

"I didn't say the princess did anything wrong."

Meng Qianru took a half step back and said, "Miss Dong, please don't make General Dong wait outside anxiously."

Having said that, how could Dong Yuan dare to walk in front of her?

In a hurry, he pulled Ye Zhen towards the back door. When he could no longer see Meng Qianru, he whispered to Ye Zhen, "Is she sick? Can't she hear clearly?"

Ye Zhen nodded in agreement, "Take a detour when you see her next time."

Dong Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Needless to say! They've even brought up the emperor and the queen. If you don't know, you might think her father and brother were killed by my Dong family."

"I heard that she was kind-hearted and a living bodhisattva. I thought that women who practice Taoism outside the palace were different from women in the palace. It turned out that I thought too highly of her."

Ye Zhen nodded again, agreeing very much.

The two of them took a detour and went downstairs, but unfortunately the back door of Fuchun Building was also blocked, so they could only go out through the front door, and they were bound to run into Meng Qianru again.

Fortunately, Dong Yuan saw Li Xuan at the door being pestered by the shopkeeper for amulets.

"National Division!"

She called out first, then grabbed Ye Zhen and walked over, "Ah Zhen, you have a good relationship with the Imperial Master. When the Lord of Pingyang County comes down later, let the Imperial Master block him for us."

No, I...

Ye Zhen didn't have the chance to argue and was quickly pushed to Li Xuan'an.

He was clearly talking to the shopkeeper with his back to them, but he was able to calmly turn around and hold her steadily before Ye Zhen came over.

The scent mixed with sandalwood was sprinkled down, but not to her, but to Dong Yuan, "Miss Dong, if your hand is stronger, you can push the person out of the door."

Ye Zhen's ears turned red, "I'm fine."

Dong Yuan felt something was wrong when he heard the tone, but looking at Li Xuan'an's cold and distant look, he couldn't put his finger on it. "I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time."

"Then what..."

At this time, Meng Qianru came down from the second floor.

Dong Yuan said directly, "Ah Zhen has something to say to the Imperial Master! How about we go out together?"

Li Xuan ignored her. He didn't turn around when he heard Meng Qianru and Yin Xiang talking behind him. He looked at Ye Zhen with bright eyes, "What do you want to say?"

Ye Zhen had no idea what she wanted to say.

At this time, Meng Qianru came over and said, "Second Miss Ye obviously took a detour, but she was still able to come to the Second Master so quickly. I think she has something important to tell you."

Ye Zhen thought of the humiliation of being stripped of her clothes that day, and pursed her lips and said, "It's something important."

"The plain gauze dress has been cleaned and will be delivered to the Second Master's residence later."

Her unhurried tone, and the cautious tenderness she exuded when she met Li Xuan'an's eyes, almost made Meng Qianru bite her teeth off.

Li Xuan noticed Meng Qianru's emotional ups and downs, and seeing Ye Zhen's smile that was suddenly no longer shy, he guessed something in his mind and said something shocking the next second.

"It was originally cut to your size, so you don't have to return it."

Ye Zhen's pupils trembled. She deliberately wanted to anger Meng Qianru, but she didn't expect him to admit in public that he had cut clothes for her.

She panicked and wanted to hide, but Li Xuan'an held her arm tightly.

He glanced at the stunned Meng Qianru and said, "Come to think of it, the princess has also seen that piece of gauze. It was the princess who reminded me that it would be best to make a plain gauze dress."

Meng Qianru couldn't believe it, "That's what the Second Master wants to make clothes for Taoist Master Chen Buchu!"

Li Xuan said unhappily, "I didn't say that, it was the princess who said that it was enough to make clothes for women."

"But···"

Meng Qianru clenched her palms, and after a long while she couldn't find a reason to refute, so she asked Ye Zhen again, "You clearly said no that day!"

Ye Zhen said bluntly, "The princess forced me to take them off. If I said yes, the princess would have peeled off my skin."

Li Xu'an's face darkened, "Take it off by force?"

Dong Yuan also jumped up and down, "Do I want to peel your skin off?"