The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cangyue Country - Tangzhou - Tongshun Inn

When Ye Ling returned to the inn, Jiu You had already returned: "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing. This is Master Xue Jingchuan. Just now, some hooligans tried to bully me, and Master Xue came to my rescue," said Ye Ling.

Although Jiuyou didn't understand what Ye Ling meant, he still cooperated and bowed: "Thank you, Master Xue."

"No need to thank me. You shouldn't leave your young lady alone on the street in a foreign country. It's very dangerous," said Xue Jingchuan.

“Thanks for the reminder, I won’t do it again.”

"Miss, let's go upstairs," Qianqing said.

"Master Xue, I'll go upstairs first." Ye Ling squatted slightly and saluted, absolutely behaving like a lady from a noble family.

After entering the room, Qian Qing couldn't hold back any longer: "Miss, you... suddenly seem like a different person."

"This is called speaking differently to different people. We don't know the other party's background, so we can't reveal our own. Let's see how they make a move. If the enemy comes, we will fight back; if the water comes, we will block it with earth," Ye Ling said while drinking tea.

"Miss" Jiuyou also came in: "There are too many people in the blacksmith shop, and it's hard to queue up."

"It's okay, we'll fight again when we have a chance."

"Miss, do you suspect this Xue Jingchuan?" Jiuyou asked.

"He was following us, but we didn't notice. This person is not simple. We don't know whether he is an enemy or a friend," said Ye Ling.

"You and Jiuyou are so powerful, how could you not know that you were being followed?" Qian Qing asked.

"So that's why he's so powerful! He showed up right after we got into trouble. If he wasn't stalking us, could it be a coincidence? Do you believe it? I don't."

"I don't believe that either, Miss. Do you think he will come and kill us at night?"

"No, if he was the one who wanted to kill us, he wouldn't have saved people on the street today. So nothing will happen tonight. Let's sleep peacefully and leave early tomorrow morning. We can't stay here for any reason," said Ye Ling.

"What did you find?" Jiuyou asked.

"No, it's just a normal storyline. The heroine is particularly interested in this treasure hunting convention, so she goes to watch it, and then a series of troubles arise. So we won't follow the normal storyline. As the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat. We must not be curious. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Qian Qing nodded frantically.

"Okay, it's getting late, go to bed"

The night was just as Ye Ling had imagined, very peaceful, but while it was peaceful here, the Ye Mansion in the capital was filled with the howling of ghosts and wolves.

Lu Caiyun knelt in front of Li Yuqiu's bed and cried, "Mother, you can't just ignore Wenwen! You can't send her to a nunnery. Mother, please, go talk to my husband and make sure the Han family marries Wenwen!"

Li Yuqiu had a terrible headache: "This is all your own fault! You don't discipline your children properly on a daily basis. Look at them one by one. Tingxun has even been pointed at and scolded. The Han family dislikes Wenwen for a reason."

"Mom, she is your granddaughter, how can you say that!"

"Alas~" Li Yuqiu sighed helplessly: "I'm old, and there are some things I can't do."

"You can't just ignore this!" Lu Caiyun was almost hysterical.

"I heard my sister-in-law crying from far away." Xiao Rulan, the second wife, came in and said, "Sister-in-law, mother is old and needs to rest well at night. You said you were making a fuss here in the middle of the night. If something happens to mother later, who will take the responsibility?"

"Xiao Rulan, don't talk without thinking. It seems that you don't have a daughter, so you are so cruel." Lu Caiyun immediately stood up and argued.

"Sister-in-law, am I cruel? What are you saying? Sister-in-law, do you even know how to spell retribution? Two daughters, both unmarried... Oh my! Will it be difficult for my brother to hold his head high in the court from now on?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Am I talking nonsense? That's just the beginning! The Han family only has a minister, and he can look down on the daughter of the Grand Tutor. It shows that my brother doesn't have the ability to call the wind and rain in the court!"

"you…"

"That's enough," Li Yuqiu said, unable to bear it any longer. "Get out, everyone!"

"Yes." Xiao Rulan squatted slightly and left.

Lu Caiyun was so angry that she didn't even bother to greet him and just turned around and left.

In another courtyard of the mansion, Ye Yun stared at the moon in a daze, tears streaming down her face without her realizing it.

The maid beside her whispered, "Miss, are you feeling unwell? How about we go back to the room?"

"He said that he only loves me, but... there are more and more women in the prince's mansion. Tonight, that bitch Han Yuer happily entered as a concubine. Now they are having their wedding night, but I can only sit here." Ye Yun burst into tears.

"Miss, in five days you will also be the Crown Prince's concubine."

"But His Majesty doesn't allow me to hold a grand ceremony. I can only go in quietly and as a lowly person. It's all because of that bitch Ye Ling. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be in such a mess." Ye Yun became more and more angry as she spoke.

"Sister" Ye Wen walked into the door crying.

"Don't bother me tonight," Ye Yun said.

"Sister, but I'm so scared. My father wants to send me to a nunnery, and I don't want to go." Ye Wen was also crying.

"Father makes the important decisions. What's the point of you telling me? I'm not much better than you now."

"Sister" Ye Wen became even more frightened.

Ye Yun smiled bitterly: "You are afraid, but why shouldn't I be afraid too? We can't make our own decisions, but that bitch Ye Ling took our money and is still living freely."

"Yes, sister, we are in this situation now because of that unlucky Ye Ling. If she hadn't come back, nothing would have happened. She also robbed our money. How shameless!" Ye Wen became even more angry.

Ye Yun ignored her and stood up and stumbled back to her room. Ye Wen could only sit alone in the yard and cry.

At the same time, Nangong Chen was riding in a carriage slowly on the streets of the capital.

Shadow Blade outside the carriage spoke: "Your Highness, what did His Majesty discuss with you? Why did you leave the palace so late?"

"Last year, Nanlai suffered the most serious disaster, and the people had almost no harvest. Now it is the spring plowing and sowing season, but the court has received letters from the people saying that the fields destroyed by the floods have not been repaired yet, and what's worse, famine has begun. This is probably the case," said Xuan Lei.

"What? Didn't we send relief silver and grain last year? Why is there still a famine and the fields haven't been repaired yet? How do the officials of Nanlai do their job?" Ying Ren was puzzled.

"The prince was responsible for this matter in the first place. I'm afraid he won't feel well tonight." Xuan Lei was somewhat gloating.

"My royal brother and Ye Tingxun were fighting each other, but I didn't expect this incident to happen again. My royal father scolded him angrily and fined him half a year's salary and confined him to the Eastern Palace for three months, forbidding him to attend court. This time he has learned a lesson," said Nangong Chen, half lying in the carriage, with his eyes closed.

"Your Highness, what about...the Book of All Peoples?"

"What do you think?" Nangong Chen asked back.

"Looking at your annoyed expression, this matter has fallen on you!" Shadow Blade said.

"I can't even be a leisurely prince. It's so annoying," Nangong Chen complained.

As they were talking, they had already returned to the gate of Beichen Palace. Before Nangong Chen got off the carriage, a sweet voice rang out: "Senior Brother, you are back."

Nangong Chen sobered up immediately after hearing this and quickly got out of the car: "Shishi, why are you here? Master is here too?"

"Daddy won't come down the mountain. I was really bored and missed my brother, so I came to Beijing to see you." Meng Shishi held Nangong Chen's arm intimately.

Nangong Chen didn't reject it at all. Instead, he smiled gently and said as he walked, "You! As a girl, thinking about running away every day, how can you be so mean?"

"I just came down to see you. Senior brother hasn't come to see Shishi for half a year."

"Okay, it's my fault. When did you come?"

"In the afternoon, I heard that you, Senior Brother, went to the palace, so I have been waiting for you."

"Then you have come at a bad time. I have to leave for Nanlai tomorrow to handle government affairs."

"Ah? No!"

"Father's Will"

"Okay, can you take mine?"

"No, you either wait in the palace or go back. This time I am going there to do serious business, no joking."

"I understand." Meng Shishi was very reluctant, but had no choice.

After settling Meng Shishi down, Nangong Chen returned to the study at almost midnight. The first thing he did was to ask about Ye Ling's whereabouts.

"There is no news from Prince Blood yet," Shadow Blade replied.

"Your Highness, Young Master Xue had guessed that Miss Ye would go to Nanlai. It just so happens that you are going there too, so maybe you will meet her," Xuan Lei said.

"That's right!" Nangong Chen's eyes lit up immediately. "Then hurry up and pack up. Take the disaster relief silver and leave tomorrow. Also, have the commander of the Imperial Guards and the general of the garrison come to see me early tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Xuan Lei bowed and left.

Shadow Blade thought for a moment and then said, "Your Highness, Miss Meng is not young anymore, but she's still unmarried. Can you understand her thoughts?"

"What do you want to say?"

"I want to say that she keeps saying that she treats you as her brother, but in fact, it is not true. Everyone can see that she wants to be the Princess of Beichen."

After hearing Ying Ren's words, Nangong Chen's mind unconsciously popped up what Ye Ling said by the river that day: I am a mysophobia person, and I feel disgusted by things that other people have used.

"Your Highness?" Shadow Blade called out to the dazed man.

Nangong Chen regained his composure. "How could I not know what Shishi meant? She is indeed well-behaved and sensible. If I let her take care of the backyard for me, it would definitely be safe, but..."

"Your Highness, why are you hesitating?" Ying Ren was puzzled.

Nangong Chen's mind was still filled with Ye Ling's words: "Ye Ling..."

"Miss Ye?" Shadow Blade suddenly became smart this time: "Your Highness, are you afraid that Miss Ye will care? She did say that last night, but you have so many concubines in your mansion, already... Besides, there are not many women in the backyard of the prince's mansion, and you already have many women, so it's not... that."

"You know shit. I can dismiss my concubines at any time. How can I do the same for Shishi?"

"Disband?" Ying Ren was shocked. "You plan to disband the backyard for Ye Ling? There has never been such a saying since ancient times. His Majesty will definitely not agree. Besides, the women in your backyard are all daughters or sisters of ministers in the court. If you do this, won't it cause public outrage?"

"Okay, let's go. I want to take a shower and rest." Nangong Chen was also surprised that he had such an unrealistic idea.

Ying Ren thought to himself that something bad was going to happen soon!