Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

Ye Zhen was anxious and forgot Li Xuan's instructions as soon as she left the garden. She took a shortcut to the northeast corner towards the small pond.

Perhaps because I was delayed for a while, I heard hurried footsteps just as I reached the peach forest, followed by a familiar male voice, Liu An?

He ordered several servants to guard the four corners of the peach forest, "Even if the sky falls, you can't let this person escape."

"If there is someone following her, find a way to get rid of them and make sure she comes in alone."

"But sir, this is Prince Yu's territory, and the second young lady of the Ye family is the noble of Prince Yu's wet nurse. What if we offend Prince Yu by doing this?"

A servant who often followed Liu An was cautious and had advised him for the third time.

Liu An kicked him directly, "What are you afraid of! Anyway, my father will go to the Ye family to propose marriage soon. She will be my concubine sooner or later. What's wrong with me trying her out now!"

Even so, he was still unsure, "If someone really finds out, they'll say she was seducing me."

"Anyway, she has been following General Li for several years and can still call off the engagement. Now she has even seduced the Imperial Master. If anything goes wrong, it will be her fault."

Several servants quickly hid in the four corners. Liu An rubbed his hands and began to smile lasciviously when thinking of Ye Zhen's appearance.

Ye Zhen turned sideways and hid behind a thick tree, her fingers crackling.

Liu An, this bastard!

However, it had only been a short time since Li Xuan taught her how to draw lots. Logically, women were not supposed to go to the front, and Liu An, who was neither a high nor a low position, should not have known about it yet.

Who did he listen to?

If she hadn't been worried about Dong Yuan, she would have gone in and given Liu An a few injections while no one was around, making sure he wouldn't be able to get out of bed for the rest of his life.

Ye Zhen turned back the same way she came. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. It was so unfair to just let Liu An go like that!

She quickened her pace and walked around the northwest pine and bamboo path, but met a woman in a colorful dance costume. The pair of bright and clear eyes under her willow-shaped eyebrows were very similar to Ye Rong many years ago.

Her name was Qin Yu, the top performer in the capital's dance studio. She could dance on drums and compose feather-robed music, and each of her dances was worth a fortune.

She was the first concubine that Li Chengge married into the Marquis' family in his previous life. When they were newly married, Ye Zhen was washing clothes in a nunnery outside the city and nearly froze to death on the icy lake.

Li Chengge doted on Qin Yu almost every night. Not long after, she became pregnant, but the pregnancy was lost due to Cui's secret manipulation. Li Chengge blamed Ye Zhen for not taking good care of his concubine and making her kneel outside on a rainy night to dig a grave for the child.

Qin Yu also blamed Ye Zhen for the pain of losing her son and framed her several times. Ye Zhen could no longer bear it, and when Li Chengge fell in love with another woman, she used other people to make her completely lose Li Chengge's heart.

Qin Yu bowed to her tenderly, "I pay my respects to the young lady. Excuse me, how can I get to Biqing Terrace? His Royal Highness Prince Yu asked me to come to the manor to entertain everyone. After the guards at the door led me in, no maid came to pick me up. I was afraid of delaying the time, so I came in without permission."

Ye Zhen came back to her senses, thinking of the time in her past life when she was asked to dig a grave with her bare hands. The pain in her finger bones was still fresh in her memory. It turned out that in her past life, Li Chengge had already seen her at this moment, and had pursued her for half a year before marrying her. It was said that an aide in Prince Yu's mansion also liked Qin Yu, but she didn't know how Li Chengge stood out from Qin Yu's many admirers.

Ye Zhen had no expression on her face. "This is my first time here too. I heard from the servants that this is the peach forest."

Seeing the other party's cold attitude, Qin Yu thought that these ladies despised her status. She was disdainful in her heart, but smiled on her face, "Thank you very much, Miss. May I ask your name? Qin Yu will come to thank you another day."

"There's no need to come to my house. I can't afford Miss Qin's salary."

Ye Zhen left in a hurry without even looking back, and her back showed a look of disgust as if she wanted to stay away from her.

Qin Yu's smile disappeared. "Humph, these noble ladies are just living off their family backgrounds and waiting to die. They marry whoever their families tell them to. They have never had a single moment of their own in their lives. What's so great about that?"

"Why do you look down on me? If they don't have a family background, they won't be able to survive in this world."

Qin Yu was cautious and asked her maid to stop two more people and ask them to make sure that Ye Zhen was not lying before she walked towards the peach forest. However, she didn't know that Liu An had set an ambush in the peach forest.

Qin Yu was invited by Prince Yu, and even if she was just a dancing girl, Liu An could not touch her.

Ye Zhen is very skilled in using a knife to kill someone and then suffering the consequences.

*

Due to this delay, when Ye Zhen arrived at the pond, Dong Yuan and Fang Jing had already been pulled out of the water by the guards.

Fang Jing sat on the ground sobbing, wrapped in a cloak. Not only was her makeup smudged, but she also looked really ugly when she cried.

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was a lucrative position, and he had everything to do with everyone, but the Dong family was even more untouchable. Therefore, although the ladies were annoyed by her crying, no one dared to intervene.

On the other hand, although Dong Yuan’s hair was dripping with water, her hair crown and makeup were still neat. She was surrounded by several palace maids and eunuchs, and glared at Fang Jing, “Shut up! You can’t win the argument or the fight, so you just cry!”

Fang Jing paused, her eyes full of grievance, she bit her lips tightly and dared not speak again. Now whenever she saw Dong Yuan's face, she would think of herself being beaten by her in the water...

The hatred is real hatred, and the fear is real fear.

After holding it in for a long time, he finally said, "No, no one dares to hit me..."

Dong Yuan didn't tolerate her, "You have been wrongly accused and you still refuse to admit it. You even want to kill someone? Is this how the Minister of Revenue taught you to behave?"

Dong Yuan was very angry, and Liuxia knelt beside her with her eyes red and swollen.

Ye Zhen squeezed in from the crowd, and when Fang Jing saw her, a trace of panic flashed across her face.

Ye Zhen took off her coat and covered Dong Yuan with it, and told the maid, "Go get a hood and boil some ginger soup."

Dong Yuan held her tightly, "I'm fine."

"Second Miss, I did not steal Miss Fang's pendant." Liuxia felt wronged and scared when she saw her master. She burst into tears after saying just two words.

Ye Zhen frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

It turned out that Dong Yuan had been following Fang Jing all the way, and sure enough, he saw her asking about the whereabouts of Prince Yu. He thought Fang Jing was going to find Prince Yu, but she actually had someone stop Liuxia, saying that she had stolen a pendant.

Liuxia was slapped twice while struggling. Dong Yuan couldn't bear it and stepped forward to stop her.

Fang Jing remembered that Dong Yuan had embarrassed herself, so she deliberately mentioned that Concubine Xian had no children. The two of them started arguing with each other, and the argument became more and more fierce, and they ended up fighting and falling into the water.

"My young lady was resting behind the rockery. It was only a cup of tea. We just left and this girl went over. She stole it but she refused to admit it!"

The girl next to Fang Jing pointed at Liuxia and cursed her indignantly.

"I didn't see any black jade at all! I didn't take it!" Liuxia knelt down beside Ye Zhen, "Second Miss, I really didn't take it."

Ye Zhen patted her shoulder and said, "I believe you."

Dong Yuan said, "When I came here, I saw those two girls pulling Liuxia. They said Liuxia stole it without any evidence. I think they are just looking for trouble!"

"That's the pendant my grandmother left for me!" Fang Jing was full of resentment, but when she met Dong Yuan's glaring eyes, her voice unconsciously became much weaker.

Soon, the wife of the minister rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing her daughter in such a state, she was furious and anxious. She immediately supported her daughter and glared at Liuxia fiercely, "This slut who dares to act so unruly just because of money, drag her away and give her thirty strokes of the cane, and see if she will tell!"

"This isn't a servant in your Minister's Mansion. Madam, don't you know why you're showing off?" Dong Yuan raised his hand to wipe the water running down his forehead and retorted precisely.

The assistant minister’s wife choked.