Lin Feng slapped Xiao Mingyue's face twice, so hard that Ye Qingyu couldn't even see how he did it.

Xiao Mingyue glared at Shen Yanli with hatred, but Shen Yanli didn't care at all. "Remember, you are no longer a royal family member, and I am no longer your third cousin. If you still want to live, leave Kyoto and go to the northwest to find the Xiao family."

Ye Qingyu looked at Xiao Mingyue, who seemed to have regained some consciousness after being beaten, and laughed ostentatiously and mockingly, "Miss Xiao, do you remember your identity now?"

Although she had some complaints about Emperor Jingyou for sparing Xiao Mingyue's life, the feeling of falling from heaven to hell after seeing someone living such a miserable and difficult life was also a good form of revenge.

Xiao Mingyue glanced at Ye Qingyu with hatred, then turned and cried to Shen Yanli, "Cousin, I know I was wrong. Please help me, just this once. I am penniless now. Even if I want to go to the northwest, I don't have the money. Please help me. I can only find you. Even if I am no longer a member of the royal family, I was your cousin for fifteen years. Please have pity on me."

She really had no other choice. She didn't have much silver with her from the princess's mansion to begin with. Because she left in a hurry, she didn't even take the indentures of her two maids. The maids disappeared the day after she was stripped of her title of princess, and stole all the silver she had.

She had lost all the money to stay in the hotel, and had to sell her jewelry to maintain her food and accommodation for the past few days. But just yesterday, those hateful and lowly people robbed her of her remaining silver, and she was kicked out of the inn. Now she was penniless, and when she saw the carriage of the Prince of Chu's Mansion, she gritted her teeth and stopped it.

Shen Yanli showed no sympathy and said indifferently, "Xiao Mingyue, if what you did happened to an ordinary citizen, you would still be in jail. Your father is so kind that he spared your life. This prince will not give money to a criminal. Your father said to let you fend for yourself. I will not care about you."

"Lin Feng, let's go." Shen Yanli lowered the curtain, his voice cold and indifferent without any emotion.

"Yes."

Lin Feng drove away leisurely in the carriage.

When the secret guard saw that the carriage had disappeared, he let go of Xiao Mingyue and disappeared.

Xiao Mingyue glared hatefully in the direction the carriage left, with boundless hatred surging in her eyes.

After Ye Qingyu's coming-of-age banquet, the wedding date for Gu Yuanchen and Pei Xuqing was also set, September 19th.

It is now July and the wedding day is very close. Pei Xuqing is busy staying at home embroidering her dowry and does not even have time to go shopping.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter. At this time of year in previous years, the Empress Dowager would have been preparing to set off for the Canghua Mountain Palace near Kyoto to escape the summer heat.

This year is no exception. To everyone's surprise, Emperor Jingyou plans to accompany the Empress Dowager to Canghua Mountain to escape the summer heat.

After this incident, who would handle the daily affairs of the court on behalf of Emperor Jingyou became the focus of disputes in the recent morning court sessions.

Now, the house arrest of the Fifth Prince and the Fourth Prince has been lifted, and they attend court every day. Emperor Jingyou seems to have not taken the so-called treasonous remarks of the Fourth Prince seriously, and treats the two of them equally.

Emperor Jingyou treated Shen Mingxiu in this way, as if he had no suspicion of Shen Mingxiu at all, and even did not care about his ambition to covet the position of crown prince. He even watched the two of them competing with each other without any dissatisfaction.

Such an attitude made the Fifth Prince very unhappy, but he didn't dare show it on his face.

Because Emperor Jingyou was also going there to escape the summer heat, there were a large number of people on this trip. Families of powerful and noble people and ministers above the third rank could also participate. Together with the empress, concubines, and princesses, there were really a lot of people.

As a princess, Ye Qingyu could naturally go as well. The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion had official business to attend to and could not go. Jiang was busy with Gu Yuanchen's marriage and could not leave. The men who held official positions were busy with government affairs and could not go. Gu Yuanchen had to go to Canghua Mountain for his guarding duties. With Jiang in the mansion, Xu could let go and go to Canghua Mountain to relax.

After arguing for half a month, everything was ready for the trip to Canghua Mountain. Emperor Jingyou decided that the fifth prince would stay in Kyoto to supervise the country, and the right prime minister would assist the fifth prince. The other princes and princesses would follow him to Canghua Mountain.

On the day of departure, under the protection of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the city defense guards, and with the farewell of ministers and the fifth prince, Emperor Jingyou and the Empress Dowager set off in their carriage.

Shen Mingxiu rode on a tall horse, looking at the complacent Fifth Prince, a sneer flashed in his eyes. His gaze fell on the Right Prime Minister next to the Fifth Prince. Their eyes met and separated in an instant.

Although it was only a moment, many things were self-evident in just one glance.

Ye Qingya was sitting in Ye Qingyu's carriage.

Originally, due to her second uncle's official position, Qingya was not qualified to participate in this summer vacation, but she was the future princess consort of Prince Zhuang after all. Shen Junchen would also go to Canghua Mountain this time. Princess Zhuang also wanted her son and daughter-in-law to get along well, and wanted to spend more time with Ye Qingya, so she asked Ye Qingya to come along.

Before Ye Qingyu's carriage was about to start, a palace maid came quickly to the carriage and said respectfully, "This servant greets Princess Chun'an."

Ye Qingyu was chatting with Qingya when she heard the voice and opened the car curtain. "Who are you?"

The maid replied respectfully, "I am His Highness Changning's personal maid. His Highness has sent me to invite the princess and Miss Ye to meet in His Highness's carriage."

Ye Qingyu glanced at Ye Qingya and said with a smile, "Since His Highness Changning has invited us, we will gladly go. Please lead the way, young lady."

Princess Changning's carriage had not yet moved. Now she was bored and was looking out the window. When she saw Ye Qingyu and Ye Qingya coming, her pretty face smiled as beautifully as a spring flower.

"Qingyu, Qingya, you are finally here, come up quickly!"

She pushed open the carriage door herself, smiled and reached out to hold Ye Qingyu's hand.

Princess Changning's carriage was much more spacious and magnificent than Ye Qingyu's, and even the three of them didn't feel crowded.

Chang Ning pouted her cherry lips, her eyes as bright as stars. "Finally you're here. I was worried you wouldn't come. Sigh, I'm so bored staying alone."

Ye Qingyu smiled and said, "Your Highness has invited me, so naturally I want to come and drink your delicious tea."

"There's plenty of tea and snacks, too. They were all freshly made this morning in the imperial kitchen. Her Majesty the Consort just sent them over. They're still hot, so come and try some."

Ye Qingyu readily picked up a piece of cake and put it into her mouth. "Is the Concubine Xian going this time too?"

Princess Changning nodded. "Yes, my father hasn't left the palace to escape the summer heat in years. Perhaps this year, he's so happy about the recent victory in the northern border that he wants to relax. In the harem, Consort Xian, Consort De, Consort Liu, and Consort Yi all followed him out of the palace. Consort Shu refused because she thought it was too much trouble."

Ye Qingyu's eyes lit up and she smiled brightly, "So, the Sixth Princess has also left the palace?"

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