Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Early in the morning, the Seventh Prince went to Jinghua Academy, which was located on Taohua Mountain, ten miles away from the capital. Every spring, the peach blossoms there looked like snow.

On the way, Li Zhi mentioned the princess's doubts and went to look through things in his study.

The Seventh Prince just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

"Your Majesty, you'd better remind the princess."

"I believe her."

Li Zhi couldn't say anything else. The two of them galloped all the way and soon arrived at Jinghua Academy. After getting off the horse, Li Zhi led the horse and the Seventh Prince entered the academy.

Ren Qishan was in his early fifties, tall, with a ruddy face, dressed in Confucian robes, and had the demeanor of a great scholar.

"Your Highness, it's been a long time since you came to visit me. What brings you here?"

The Seventh Prince smiled and said, "Uncle, you are such a forgetful man. We just met at Mother's place a few days ago."

Ren Qishan laughed heartily, "I'm old now, and my memory is really bad. I wonder why the prince is here today?"

"The results of the Spring Examination are out, and many of the successful candidates are students from Jinghua Academy. I was wondering if I could help with the celebration banquet this year. My mother asked me to help my uncle more, and I had to obey."

Ren Qishan smiled faintly. "There's no such thing as a celebration banquet. It's just a meal for all the students in the academy to have fun together. You can bring Youlan with you then. When you got married, I was lecturing in another place, and I hadn't met Youlan yet! The last time I saw her was when she was ten years old. Seven years have already passed in the blink of an eye. Is she still as naughty as she was when she was little?"

The Seventh Prince laughed: "I've never seen what she looked like when she was a child."

Ren Qishan took the Seventh Prince for a walk in the academy, and then the two went to the study to drink tea and play chess.

As the Seventh Prince was about to leave, Ren Qishan was stunned for a moment: "Are you really here just to drink tea and play chess? Nothing else?"

"No, I just came here to take a look at what my mother asked. If there's nothing else I can help you with, I'll leave. I'll bring Youlan over for the celebration banquet. She really enjoys the hustle and bustle."

Ren Qishan saw the Seventh Prince off to the mountain gate and watched him mount his horse and leave. The smile on his face disappeared until his back disappeared.

In his heart, he cursed the Queen Mother as a fool. She had given blind orders a few days ago, causing Minister Li's daughter Miaoyu to be hit by a carriage. However, she injured a thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of her own, and instead caused rifts among her own people.

Jinghua Academy holds various celebration banquets every year, but the Seventh Prince has never shown up once. Now that he has taken the initiative to inquire about this matter, he always feels a little uneasy.

Ren Qishan turned around and saw Ren Yue coming out with a lunch box in her hand. He couldn't help but feel even more disgusted.

"What's the point of you coming out now that everyone's gone?"

Ren Yue looked very embarrassed: "The girl asked me to prepare some food and go to the palace."

Ren Qishan interrupted, "No need to go. Your aunt is just a woman. She doesn't understand anything. You shouldn't stay in the academy. Go live in the manor!"

Tears welled up in Ren Yue's eyes. Her husband had died of illness. She had been living a quiet life in her husband's house, but the Queen Mother took her back and said she would find a good family for her. In the end, she became the concubine of the Seventh Prince.

She was originally a widow and had no right to choose. The Seventh Prince liked to follow her since he was a child, and now he has grown into a tall and strong man. She was indeed attracted to him, but the Queen Mother forced her on him, and her self-esteem was still hurt.

Now she is just a pawn, having to listen to the Queen Mother and her father, and no one really cares about what she wants.

Ren Yue has been considered a talented girl since she was young. She thought she could help her father run the academy, but she didn't expect her father to despise her and drive her away to Zhuangzi.

She sighed in her heart and went back to pack her luggage. Before going to the farm, she decided to go to the palace. After all, she had to give an explanation to the Queen Mother.

Ye Youlan hadn't expected Ren Yue to come. After Ren Yue had bowed, she smiled and asked her to sit down and talk. Ren Yue was really beautiful, with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and her manners and behavior were all the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.

Ye Youlan thought that the Seventh Prince and she were a good match, but they grew up together, so why didn't they end up together? Ye Youlan's curiosity about why Ren Yue came was not as important as this.

"Last time, my aunt asked me to prepare a diet list for the prince. I always feel that it would be better to explain it to him in person. I also brought some snacks that the prince likes, and the princess can try them too."

Ye Youlan asked Xiaomei to take the food box: "If your Highness likes to eat it, leave it to him!"

The scene became awkward for a moment, and Ren Yue forced a smile: "Princess, please don't misunderstand. Auntie just said it casually that day. As a widow, I don't have the right to speak. Please forgive me for offending you."

Ye Youlan smiled faintly: "I never worry about the prince's choice. If he is interested in my sister, I won't have any chance. So there must be other reasons why you two didn't end up together back then, right?"

Ren Yue's face suddenly darkened, and she tried hard not to let her tears fall.

Ye Youlan took a look and felt that there was a story behind it.

Ren Yue forced a smile and regained her composure. "I just came here to bring some snacks to His Majesty. I'm going to live in the countryside soon and won't be coming to the city often. If His Majesty still wants to eat the snacks I made, you can go to the countryside and let me know."

Ren Yueqi was about to leave, and Ye Youlan did not try to stop him.

She asked Xiaomei to check whether the snacks were poisonous, and if not, to send them to the Seventh Prince's study.

"Princess, don't you want to eat?"

"I won't eat it if it's given to the prince!"

Xiaomei felt that the princess was jealous, but she didn't dare to point it out, so she could only wait for the prince to come back and remind him to pay attention.

Ye Youlan went to the embroidery room. She was now worried about what gift to give to the emperor to show her sincerity. The palace would have no shortage of food, clothing, or accessories, and they would be better than what she gave.

When the embroiderer saw the princess come in and not speak for a long time, she was frightened and thought that she had done something wrong, so she stood there and looked at her carefully.

Ye Youlan recovered and smiled: "You guys get busy!"

Ye Youlan went for a walk in the garden. She didn't want anyone to follow her because she wanted to be alone. Xiaomei and Li Yi kept a distance of 20 meters from her.

"The prince has been acting strangely these past two days, and the princess is acting strangely too. Did they have a fight?"

Xiaomei poked Li and said, "Don't talk nonsense, they have a good relationship!" Xiaomei said this, but she was also muttering in her heart.

When the Seventh Prince came back and heard that the princess was taking a walk in the garden, he just nodded in understanding and then went to the study.

Li Zhi frowned. The prince was indeed surprised. If it were in the past, he would have gone to find the princess long ago.

When the Seventh Prince entered the study, he asked Li Zhi to hand over all the information he had collected. He caught sight of the food box on the desk and a smile appeared on his face. He opened the food box and saw various snacks inside. These were not made by the princess, nor by the palace. He put away his smile and asked Li Zhi where they came from.