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"I have another piece of good news for you. The ship is almost finished. I will find an excuse to go on a business trip to the South China Sea in a few days. I can watch the ship being launched."

"Once we are sure that we can sail normally, we can go out to sea for a cruise at any time."

Speaking of his heart's desire, Prince Ling's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I've always heard that the sea is rough and even sea monsters may appear at any time. If you encounter one, Your Highness, wouldn't you be afraid?" Yun Yi asked with a serious look in his eyes.

Prince Ling is only eighteen years old this year. Although he is already an adult in ancient times, he is not very old after all.

If he is just like a child who gets excited for only a few minutes and gets scared at the slightest danger, then we cannot treat him as a friendly force who can be our ally at sea.

"You can rest assured. Although I want to go on a sea cruise, I won't risk my life for it. The sea route is naturally the same as those caravans have taken."

He still treasures his life very much and will never put himself in danger.

Yun Yi felt relieved after hearing King Ling's words. He was afraid that when they really went out to sea, King Ling would start to guide the experts and order the crew to explore unknown waters. The risks they would face at that time would be immeasurable.

"By the way, your brother is in the army, right? What's his current military position? Why have you never mentioned him before?" Prince Ling suddenly remembered something and asked.

Yun Yi has made a lot of contributions since he came under their command. He wanted to reward him with something, but Yun Yi refused on the grounds that he "didn't want to be high-profile."

Since Yun Yi doesn't want it, rewarding his younger brother is the same, promoting him to a position in the army to show their brothers' importance to Linjiang Marquis Mansion.

"Yun Ling is just a small soldier and does not hold any military position." Yun Yi said truthfully.

Guessing Prince Ling's thoughts, he stopped him and said, "The only way to get promoted in the army is through military merit. My father and Yun Ling himself hope to have made it through our own abilities. Please don't reward us, Your Highness."

"Since you refuse like this, I will have no choice but to listen to you."

Prince Ling sighed, "It's just that you don't want anything. This prince and my second brother feel guilty about it."

He contributed ship-building plans and proposed developing new types of fireworks to bring fame and fortune to the brothers, but no one knew that these were all done by Yun Yi.

"Actually, I also have something to ask for." Yun Yi turned and looked at King Ling, his eyes flickered as he continued:

"When we go out to sea, please allow me to take charge of all matters, Prince Ling."

If you work for your boss and let him profit, but you refuse his reward, that would be disrespectful. If you are not careful, your boss might even suspect you of having ulterior motives.

Yun Yi now put forward his request, and King Ling smiled instead, "How difficult is that? I have always been reluctant to deal with those mundane things. You can go to sea with me, and I will be at ease leaving it to you."

And what Yun Yi wanted was King Ling's promise.

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"Brother, you are back."

As soon as Yun Yi returned to the Marquis' Mansion, he saw Yun Ling at home. There was a trace of resentment on his tanned face from practicing martial arts every day.

"Why are you back? What happened?"

"I have a day off today, so I came back to get some clothes." Yun Ling frowned, looking unhappy. "I'm fine, but my mother was called away by my uncle. She looked very sad when she left."

"Uncle? He's coming to the capital?"

Yun Ling nodded. "I just came back and haven't even had a chance to talk to my mother yet, but the Shen family is here."

Calculating the time, Shen Jiaojiao should be seven or eight months pregnant. According to palace rules, her mother can be allowed to accompany her when the pregnancy is advanced.

Although Shen's mother didn't like Shen Jiaojiao's usual style of doing things, Shen's father was her brother after all, and the relationship between the siblings was very good before.

It would be inappropriate for her not to go and see Mr. Shen when he came to Beijing this time.

But Yunling said that Mrs. Shen had a sad face when she left, probably because of Shen Jiaojiao.

As an ancient male, Shen's father, like other men, cared most about his family's honor and face.

Shen Jiaojiao had close contacts with the prince before her marriage, and she became pregnant shortly after the marriage. People who noticed this naturally made guesses.

"You are her aunt, how can you let her do whatever she wants? She entered the Eastern Palace as a concubine, but the reputation of other women in our Shen family has been affected by her."

"I am the patriarch of the Shen family. I cannot explain this to my clan members internally, and she has brought shame to the Shen family externally."

Father Shen was filled with remorse. If he had known that she could cause such a big fuss, he would have ordered people to bring her back as soon as she left the letter and ran away. He would rather break her legs than prevent her from leaving.

"My brother was seriously ill at the time, so I sent someone to send her back to Qingzhou. I didn't even know she came to the capital for the second time, and she didn't live in the Marquis' Mansion. How could my brother let me take care of her?"

Mrs. Shen was also very angry. Although she was reluctant to arrange Shen Jiaojiao's marriage, she still tried her best to prepare everything. But now she was still blamed.

It's really hard to be a good person.

The brother and sister parted on bad terms, and Mrs. Shen returned to the Marquis' Mansion angrily. Until Shen Jiaojiao gave birth, Shen's father and mother left Kyoto and did not see them again.

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

No one knew if it was because he drank two extra glasses of wine and was blown by the wind during the Mid-Autumn Festival, or if it was just because he was old, but the emperor fell ill after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The emperor is seriously ill, and it is reasonable for the crown prince to govern the country and the court officials to assist in the administration.

However, the emperor issued an order while he was ill that the crown prince and Prince Yan would serve as regents at the same time, and appointed four regents to assist the crown prince and Prince Yan in handling state affairs together with Prince Ling.

It is worth mentioning that among the four regents, two remained neutral, and the other two were members of the Yanwang Party who knew the truth.

In an instant, the situation in the court changed subtly.

Yun Yi remained as still as a mountain, busy with his work every day.

It is good to follow the dragon, but one cannot take too much credit, otherwise what awaits him is 'the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked'.

From the beginning to the end, he had no ambition to serve in the imperial court, nor did he have any lofty aspirations to achieve great things, nor did he have any great ideals to change the dynasty.

The unpredictable situation outside did not affect the tranquility of Linjiang Marquis Mansion at all. Madam Shen even selected the young ladies from various mansions with great interest.

Of course, this is not for Yun Yi, but to choose a spouse for Yun Ling.

Yun Yi had told Madam Shen, Marquis of Linjiang, long before that he would go out to sea after the situation calmed down.

Being away from home for three to five years, and even going out to sea may cause danger, there is no reason to let the girl waste her youth, so I simply don't get married.

Of course they knew that this was just Yun Yi's talk, but seeing that he was determined not to get married, they no longer insisted.

Anyway, we still have Yunling at home, so there will be successors.

"Madam, these are the portraits of women sent by Concubine Shen." Nanny Liang said as she handed over the painting scroll.

Mrs. Shen originally thought that they were just some ordinary portraits of women, but she didn't expect that after a closer look, she actually discovered some clues.