Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

When Ye Jinglan heard what happened in the Marquis' Mansion, he felt sad and hated himself for being useless.

But he knew that the only thing he could do was to make Sister look relieved.

So Ye Zhen walked in two steps at a time. The young man raised his eyebrows and eyes like the breeze and the bright moon, stretched out his hands, and called sweetly, "Sister, I haven't seen you for half a year. You look better."

"There is no prettier girl in the entire capital than my sister."

Ye Zhen's discomfort was suppressed by his words, and she held Ye Jinglan's hand tightly, "You've only met a few girls and you dare to speak nonsense here."

Ye Jinglan tilted his head, with a blue hairband hanging on his shoulders, "None of them has a good brother like me, so you are the most beautiful one in my eyes."

Ye Zhen couldn't help laughing, but his heart was even more sad. At his age, he should have taken the imperial examination or joined the army, but because of his disability, he could only stay at home.

Ye Yunsheng is the head of the fifth-rank imperial hospital. Although he is not involved in the vortex of court politics, he often goes in and out of the harem and has contact with nobles from various palaces and even His Majesty, so he is quite popular.

Unfortunately, he and Cui had been married for several years, but they only had one daughter, Ye Rong. Ye Jinglan should have been the legitimate son, but he was labeled as a bastard. In addition, he had difficulty walking, which made Ye Yunsheng lose face.

But it's better to have it than not. He kept Ye Jinglan at home and didn't necessarily come to see him in person for a year. The reason why Ye Zhen was willing to be arranged by Cui and Ye Rong to be Li Chengge's concubine was to let Cui take good care of Adi, hoping that she would have the ability in the future and let Adi live a comfortable life.

It was windy in the morning. Ye Zhen saw that he was only wearing a single layer of clothes. The back of his hands were cold. He frowned and said, "Where is the person serving you? Why didn't you bring a cloak over?"

Ye Jinglan chuckled, "It's okay, I'm not cold."

Seeing the dark circles under his eyes, Ye Zhen knew that he didn't sleep well yesterday. "How many days have you been in pain? Are the usual medicines no longer effective?"

Every year when the pain came, the Cui family caravan had to bring a few scarce medicinal herbs from the south to get through it. Ye Zhen once secretly left the medicinal residue to take to Doctor Qin for examination, but unfortunately Doctor Qin didn't recognize it.

Ye Jinglan was afraid that she would worry, so he said in a nonchalant tone, "It's the same as always, it doesn't hurt that much. Don't worry, sister."

Without waiting for Ye Zhen to speak, he continued, "Sister, do whatever you want. Don't worry about me."

Ye Zhen felt bitter when she saw her brother's handsome appearance.

The brother and sister had breakfast together. Ye Jinglan said that he was sleepy and wanted to take a rest. Ye Zhen did not expose him. She just gave him a few words of advice and left the room.

Then he hid under the window and listened. Sure enough, after a while, he heard Ye Jinglan ask the servant to take the stick and put it in his mouth, and then the suppressed pain overflowed from his throat little by little.

Ye Zhen clenched his fists tightly, determined to find a way to get the prescription from Cui.

Over the next two days, Ye Zhen went to Cui's courtyard to pay her respects every day as she did in the past, but was stopped each time. The maid said that the mistress missed the eldest daughter too much and was in no mood to see anyone.

This was because he knew that she would come to urge Ye Jinglan to take the medicine, so he deliberately avoided seeing her.

Ye Zhen had no choice but to go out and see Doctor Qin.

The clinic was bustling with people. She wore a bamboo hat. Doctor Qin personally picked up the medicine and sent her out. "This medicine is very strong and can relieve pain, but it will take at least half a month to a year to recover. Ask the young master to be patient as long as he can."

Ye Zhen's throat tightened. "I understand. Thank you, Doctor Qin."

When I came out of the clinic, I heard a few porters at a tea stall on the street talking about the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. They said that five or six shop owners went to the mansion every day to collect debts. Li Chengge was afraid that the matter would become a commotion and upset the palace, so he had already taken several things to pay off the debts, all of which were decorations in Ye Rong's room.

Liuxia said angrily, "You deserve it!"

Ye Zhen said calmly, "This is just the beginning, there is still a long way to go. Ye Xue wants to be the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion and wait for wealth and glory to fall from the sky, it's just a dream."

It’s no wonder Ye Zhen said that. Ye Xue has been having a very painful time these days. This scene is far from what she expected!

Zheng was making a fuss all day because of the debt collection at the door. Li Chengge hid away, so she came to Ye Xue to vent her anger.

"You bitch, you are also from the Ye family, and you are also a concubine. If you marry into our family, you have to bring a dowry worth a whole street, otherwise don't even think about entering my house!"

Zheng was used to being treated with respect by Ye Rong and Ye Zhen as mothers-in-law, so now she put on airs with Ye Xue. After a few times, Ye Xue still had the patience to coax her, but after a long time, she would not be able to swallow this grievance.

"Madam, you paid for both the banquet and the funeral. I didn't eat a single bite. I'm of no use at all. You can't find me no matter who you ask."

Zheng glared, "If you were doing those old things, would you have owed so much money?"

"But the general has agreed to that. You were very happy when you got your new headgear and clothes."

Ye Xue picked on Zheng's weaknesses, and Zheng became so angry that she felt dizzy.

"Why don't you sell your headgear and clothes to pay the general's debt?"

Zheng raised her eyebrows. Things that went into her storeroom should never come out again. "Bullshit! If you sell clothes and jewelry, people will think the mansion is going to fall apart. Are you talking like a human being?"

Ye Xue was also angry and was about to fight back, but when she heard Li Chengge coming back, her face changed immediately and tears fell like rain, "It's all my fault. I will die to atone for my sin."

Li Chengge held his forehead before he even entered the door, and without even looking at him, he ordered the guards, "Stop the man."

Every day she was either dying or about to die, and it was either "her fault" or "it was all her fault". It was not enough for Li Chengge to be cautious in the court, as he had to face these two women when he came back. In just a few days, he lost a lot of weight.

"General..."

Ye Xue hesitantly threw herself into his arms, but seeing that he looked unhappy, she swallowed the words in her throat and just sobbed.

Zheng also chased after him, "Let her die! Useless thing, who's daughter would marry without a dowry? You want to just eat the dividends from the Marquis' Mansion, you might as well die early."

Li Chengge saw that Zheng's words were getting more and more outrageous. Even though he didn't want to believe it, he had to admit that his mother was really thinking about other people's dowries every day.

Ye Rong had several shops under her name. Zheng asked her housekeeper to go get the money but was sent back. When she went there again for the second time, she made a scene and all the neighbors knew about it. Zheng couldn't bring herself to do that, so she stopped.

He sighed, "Stop arguing. Today the palace approved my promotion to General Flying Tiger. The merchants outside the gate have been sent away and will not come again."

Ye Xue and Zheng stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked at him, both hoping that they could get some money too.

Li Chengge said, "The gold and silver have all been used to pay off the debt. Only silk, satin, cloth and jewelry are left. I'll ask the housekeeper to select a few good ones and send them to my mother's courtyard later."

Only then did Zheng stop his actions.

Ye Xue wiped away her tears and said, "General, you haven't slept well these past few days. Please lie down for a while and I will massage your head for you."

Li Chengge sneered in his heart, a man really needs both power and money.

Although he was annoyed by Ye Xue's crying, there was nothing wrong with a woman like this being obedient if she was paid some money.

Ye Xue tried her best to help him bathe and change clothes, and her massage skills were deeply loved by Li Chengge. He took Ye Xue's hand, looked at the soft and tender skin in front of him, and said, "This general has agreed with your father today that the process of taking a concubine will be completed in one or two days. There is nothing glorious about the relationship between you and me, so there is no need to alarm others."

This is very different from what Ye Xue thought, but if she refuses now, she might not even have the status of a concubine.

She just pretended to be grateful and said, "Thank you, General. I will serve you well in the future."

Li Chengge was very aggressive at night, without any mercy for women. He took out almost all his unhappiness on Ye Xue. Besides, he felt that he bought her with his own money, so there was nothing he couldn't do to her.

Poor Ye Xue didn't get any joy at all, but she still pretended to be satisfied.

The Marquis's Mansion acted quickly. The formalities of marriage were completed within two days. Zheng took Ye Xue as his concubine, and three days later, he brought Ye Xue back home with great fanfare.

This is the treatment only a legal wife can enjoy. Li Chengge gave Ye Xue face in order to slap Ye Zhen in the face and also to test Cui's intentions.