Chapter 26: Just a Chance Encounter

Outside the Immortal Palace, Concubine Yu pulled Quan Qingcheng to kneel in front of Ye Wenyan, "Child, kowtow to your benefactor."

Quan Qingcheng kowtowed to her earnestly, "Thank you."

Ye Wenyan reached out to help him up, "No need to thank me, thank the Emperor! If he hadn't arranged this, I wouldn't have had the chance to enter the palace at this time. Get up, you will be the emperor in the future, you can't just kneel down. You must work hard to be a good emperor, so as not to disappoint the emperor's expectations of you."

She spoke to the young emperor the same way she had taught her cousin Qingcheng, but she knew that Quan Qingcheng was not Ye Qingcheng after all, and she was just a sister she called casually, not her biological sister.

Ye Wenyan left the Fairy Palace. The young man in the palace square watched her walk away and murmured, "Don't worry, I will definitely be a good emperor. But sister, there is a rule in Northern Qi that the emperor cannot rule the country before he is 18 years old, and he cannot attend the court alone before he gets married. Before that, a regent is needed to assist in the administration. I wonder who my regent will be."

The sound of chanting scriptures could be heard everywhere in the palace, and the palace servants passing by could always hear soft sobbing.

Yun Chen and Wu Fei had been following Ye Wenyan, wanting to ask her if she was going to leave the palace, but before they could finish their words, they saw Ye Wenyan stop. Looking ahead carefully, they found that someone was blocking the road.

"Empress Dowager." She looked calm as she leaned over and called out. After confirming the new emperor, even though he had not ascended the throne, he could no longer call her Empress.

Queen Mother Li stumbled forward a few steps, a little flustered, a little excited, and more anxious. She grabbed Ye Wenyan's arm and said, "The Seventh Prince has recovered, right? I heard that the Seventh Prince can now speak."

She nodded and pulled her arm back. "As expected, nothing in the palace can be hidden from the Queen Mother. News spreads really fast." Queen Mother Li had no intention of paying attention to the sarcasm in her words. She just couldn't wait to ask, "Then can you cure my son? People who have been mute since childhood can speak. You can definitely cure my son's injury, right? I beg you, save him."

Ye Wenyan shook his head, "No help."

"Why?" Queen Mother Li was almost crazy, "Why not save him?"

Ye Wenyan glanced at her calmly, "When your son dumped my body, why didn't you think about the fact that I am also a life?"

"You...how can your life compare to my son's?"

She smiled, "Your son's life is really not as valuable as mine."

After saying this, he walked straight forward. His shoulder brushed past half of Empress Dowager Li's body, causing her to stagger.

Yun Chen followed behind, walked two steps, thought for a while, and then stopped to talk to Empress Dowager Li: "What happened in the Prince Su's Mansion today, what kind of deal did the Empress Dowager make with Old Madam Ye, you still remember it, right?" He just threw down this sentence and chased after Ye Wenyan. Empress Dowager Li stood there, and it took a long time for her to recover.

Of course she remembered the deal she made with Old Lady Ye. Although Ye Zhenwei was dead, most of the soldiers in the army were his subordinates. Although he was dead, the relationship was still there. Old Lady Ye promised that she would personally persuade the old general's subordinates to support the Sixth Prince. However, the Ye family must have a granddaughter to be the principal wife of Prince Su and the future queen.

Old Madam Ye didn't like Ye Wenyan, so she changed her clothes to Ye Hongzhuang.

This was indeed a deal, and she didn't think much of it at first. But now that Yun Chen said it, it had a different meaning.

Ye Wenyan walked towards the palace gate according to her memory. It was getting light and she had to go home. The snow was falling endlessly and it was too cold. She shivered several times along the way.

I really want to pinch a flower to turn myself into a down jacket, but the last winter plum I brought with me was used up when I treated Quan Qingcheng just now, and there is no pattern on this plain jacket. I sighed helplessly, Master Liyuan, Master Liyuan, you only know how to let me treat people, and you didn't even prepare some props for me in advance. But thinking about it again, even if she had a flower now, she didn't want to use magic in front of Yun Chen and Wu Fei.

In this world, Shi Liyuan is the only one who possesses spiritual power. It is enough for that person to be beautiful alone. She does not want to get involved.

"Lord Yun, there's no need to see me off. Eunuch Wu, please stay. There are a lot of things to do in the palace, so you don't need to follow me all the time. I know the way to the palace, so I can walk by myself." She stopped to speak.

Yun Chen thought about it and didn't insist on sending her off. He just asked her, "Miss Fourth, do you want to visit Yanhua Palace?"

She tilted her head to think about it, then shook her head, "No, it's just a chance encounter, there's nothing to see."

The snow is piled heavy, and the whole palace is filled with sorrow.

The imperial carriage of the Imperial Observatory was still parked outside the Deyang Gate. When the palace servant saw her coming out, he immediately placed a stool for her to step on to get into the carriage. He also said to her very considerately: "I didn't see General Ye Er come out. I guess he stayed in the palace to attend the funeral. After all, the adults haven't returned yet!"

The carriage started to move slowly, but because the snow was too thick, the horses moved very slowly.

Ye Wenyan leaned against the carriage, turning the bell on her wrist from time to time. For a moment, she really wanted to pour her spiritual power into it and ring the bell to see if the Lord Emperor would suddenly appear in front of her.

But firstly, she didn't have a flower in her hand, so she couldn't use her spiritual power at all. Secondly, even if she used the flower to call the man over, what would she want to say to him? There didn't seem to be anything to say between her and him. Even if she asked him to say "hmm" immediately, she hadn't figured out how to say it.

"Shi Liyuan, ah Shi Liyuan." She whispered softly, "Why did you call me to the palace to make such a fuss? You can easily cure the Seventh Prince's illness, why did you need me?"

At this point, she suddenly had an idea. Could it be that the man was so badly injured that he couldn't use his spiritual power at all? No, no, no, it's impossible. She shook her head vigorously! That man was a big liar. She had been fooled once, and she must not be fooled again. If he had the ability to speak in the air above Chengguang Palace with pressure, how could he not be able to heal someone's throat?

A man's mouth can be deceiving, this truth must be remembered!

It was already daybreak when she returned to the mansion. But because the Ye family had been busy all night, they had only just fallen asleep. The entire First-Rank General's Mansion was exceptionally quiet, and even the servants guarding the gate had their hands folded and their eyes closed in a light sleep. No one woke up when she pushed the door open.

The door was specially left open for her, and waiting for her was Ye Feiyu, the eldest son of the Ye family, her biological brother from the same father and mother.

Seeing her come back, Ye Feiyu quickly put the cotton cloak on his arm on her and handed her a hand warmer.

Ye Wenyan smiled at him gratefully and said, "Thank you, brother."

Ye Feiyu frowned, "Why are you so polite to me?"

She quickly shook her head, "I'm not being polite, I just think you're so nice and I want to thank you." She held the hand warmer in her arms and asked, "How did you know I was cold?"

Ye Feiyu said, "When you came back last night, I noticed that you looked too pale, and mother also said that your hands were very cold. Yan'er, is everything alright in the palace? Why did they ask you to come in?"

She thought about it and told the truth: "When the emperor passed away, everyone was arguing about which prince should succeed to the throne. In the end, the emperor made the decision and pointed to the seventh prince."

"Seventh Prince?" Ye Feiyu was stunned. "But Seventh Prince..."

"He was a little mute." She smiled, "So I was called into the palace and I was the one who treated the Seventh Prince. Now he can speak like a normal person."

Ye Feiyu was really confused. Not to mention whether the mute could be cured, he just talked about his sister. When did she know how to treat people? This was the little sister he had watched grow up and loved the most. But why did he feel that he didn't know this little girl after what happened yesterday? Was this still their Yan'er?

"Brother, why don't you leave? Is everyone at home asleep?" She didn't explain, but just asked Ye Feiyu to follow.

Ye Feiyu took two quick steps to catch up with her: "Those who should sleep have slept. After tossing and turning all night, no one can stand it."

"Why don't you sleep, brother?"

"I'll come and greet you." He sighed softly, "If everyone is asleep, I'm afraid you won't be able to knock on the door of this mansion. Yan'er, I won't ask you about the affairs in the palace. I don't have to ask if you don't want to talk about it. But our life now is different from before, and you've grown up and become sensible. You must have a plan in mind for how to go in the future."

Ye Wenyan nodded, "I know, don't worry, brother. Although grandfather and father are gone, it doesn't mean that our family can be bullied unscrupulously. I have no objection to mother handing over the household affairs and second uncle taking over as the head of the family, but if all this has to sacrifice our family's quality of life, or if they want to plot against our family's lives, that is absolutely not acceptable." She tilted her head to look at Ye Feiyu, "Has grandma lifted your house arrest?"

"Yes." Ye Feiyu told her, "After you left, you didn't mention the house arrest again, and those maids didn't come back. We didn't see the imperial guards that Lord Yunchen mentioned before, but I think the Imperial Observatory would not lie, and they should be protecting us in secret. Mother bribed the maid in the Red Makeup Room with a pearl flower, and we all know what happened in Prince Su's Mansion."

When he said this, he was obviously a little agitated and reached out to grab Ye Wenyan, but she dodged him.

Ye Feiyu was confused. For a moment, he felt that this little girl was not his sister, but just a stranger who looked exactly like his sister.

"Brother." Ye Wenyan was also a little embarrassed. It was a completely subconscious action just now, a self-protection when dealing with unfamiliar people. But she was not familiar with this person, but the original owner was familiar with him. This was the original owner's biological brother, and from now on he would also be her biological brother. Why was she hiding? So she took the initiative to stretch her hand forward and put it in Ye Feiyu's hand, "Brother, my hands are cold, and I'm afraid you'll worry, so I'm hiding."

Ye Feiyu came back to his senses and nodded, "So that's how it is." He held her hand again, and his doubts turned into worries, "No wonder mother said you were so cold, it turned out to be true. You've been holding the stove for so long, how come you can't warm up? Let's ask a doctor to take a look tomorrow!"

She smiled and shook her head. "It's okay. I'll be fine after a few days at home. Don't worry about me, brother. It's good that you have heard about the things in Prince Su's Mansion, so I don't have to say it again. Brother, please persuade mother later. You can be angry, but don't be sad. I have already taken revenge. Just one Sixth Prince is not enough. Next, it's the turn of the night red makeup...

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