His subordinates told him to go to Jinghua Academy, after all, it was the most influential academy in Beijing and even in the country.

Li Zong thought of the cold stare Ren Qishan gave him when he left the academy that day. He felt a little scared. He said with a little uneasiness, "Why don't we go another day? It's getting late now."

"Sir, if you don't go, Shanzhang Ren will misunderstand. Why don't you just go through the motions and simply say hello?"

Ren Qishan did not expect that Li Zong would suddenly become an official of the Examination Department of the Ministry of Rites. He was very angry, but he had to ask people to clean up the academy to welcome the new official.

After waiting for a long time, someone came to report that Li Zong had gone to Qingshan Academy and then to Nanfeng Academy. Ren Qishan's face turned pale, thinking that Li Zong was deliberately embarrassing him.

So when Li Zong came, he used the excuse of having something to do to avoid him. Li Zong didn't care and just took a quick look around the academy before leaving.

The secret guard returned to the mansion and reported on Li Zong's day, which was completely within the expectations of the Seventh Prince and Ye Youlan.

Ye Youlan laughed: "That's all Li Zong can do."

"Ren Qishan is narrow-minded. I think he will definitely take revenge on Li Zong. Do you want to remind Qin Yurou to be careful?"

Ye Youlan shook her head: "Yu Rou has always treated me as an imaginary enemy and compares herself to me in every way. If I remind her, she will think I am jealous of her, so it is better to let Miao Yu remind her."

Ye Youlan asked the prince if the court had any overseas missions recently?

The Seventh Prince shook his head: "No, even if there is, they won't let me go for small matters, and if I go, it's a big matter."

"So, do you have anything you need to do outside the city, or leave the capital? Why don't we stay away from Tianjing City for a while?"

The Seventh Prince laughed: "Do you want to leave this vortex?"

Ye Youlan nodded: "Let's go for a walk outside and take a look. If we go outside the capital, we might be able to see it more clearly."

"Then let's go to Linzhou. I want to know how the descendants of the veterans are doing."

"Leave tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow, there are some things to prepare."

Xiaomei wanted to go with them. It was the first time she was separated from the princess after all the years she had been in the palace.

Ye Youlan told her to look after the palace and the shop, as the palace could not do without her.

Xiaomei told Dingxiang to take good care of the princess.

"Sister Xiaomei, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the princess. Please also help me take good care of my sister."

Two carriages left the capital and headed for Linzhou.

The first carriage was carrying Ye Youlan and the Seventh Prince, and outside the carriage were Li Zhi and the coachman; the second carriage was carrying luggage, and Dingxiang was guarding the luggage. Of course, there were secret guards along the way, and there were about ten secret guards on this trip.

The carriage was an ordinary one, and the people were dressed in ordinary clothes, just like an ordinary couple visiting relatives.

Ye Youlan was very excited along the way, and she lifted the curtain to look out from time to time.

The city wall gradually faded away, and what came into view was a field of crops. Then the village also disappeared, leaving only an official road. There were trees on both sides of the road, some tall, some short, some thick, some thin, and there were also crooked trees with half of the tree cut off.

"Linzhou is about seven hundred miles from the capital. Millet is grown there, and its mutton soup is very famous. Oh, I almost forgot, you can't drink mutton soup. It's a pity that you don't have the pleasure."

Ye Youlan leaned her head on the Seventh Prince's shoulder. "We left in a hurry and didn't tell anyone. If Chen Xiaoling and the others knew I left alone, they would definitely scold me for being heartless and not taking them out to play. But how can I take them? Xiaoling is pregnant, and Princess Yong'an will never let her go out. Miaoyu is still recuperating and trying to get pregnant next year. Ruoyun has such a big family business to manage. Qin Yurou is determined to help her husband rise to prominence. She is also the mistress of the family. Now that I think about it, it seems I have a little more freedom."

"Chen Xiaoling is pregnant?"

"Yeah, oh, I seem to have forgotten to tell you that she wanted to pass on her experience to us, but I refused."

"I got a piece of news. Qin Yurou seems to be pregnant too. Li Zong goes through the dog hole every day to meet Ren Yue next door."

Ye Youlan suddenly sat up and said angrily, "Li Zong is so shameless."

Ye Youlan added, "I heard that Lanzhi was living with Ren Yue. She changed her name to Lankou and claims to be Ren Yue's cousin. I don't understand Ren Yue. She's so young, it would be so easy for her to find a man and live a decent life. But she had to interfere in other people's marriages. It's shameful."

"That Li Zong has nothing but a good-looking face, yet he has women everywhere."

"Why, are you envious?"

"I wouldn't envy him if I didn't. I have a hard time dealing with just you, let alone three of them."

Ye Youlan was displeased: "You actually used the word 'cope' and you're still struggling? You're only 26 years old, do you want to take some Liuwei Dihuang Wan or Huiren Shenbao?"

"What is that?"

"A treasure that improves a man's fighting power."

"Let me correct myself. I don't need it. I'm in perfect health."

Ye Youlan lay back on his lap and asked, "Your Highness, you are already 26 years old, and will be 27 next year. If you had gotten married ten years ago, your child would at most be half a head shorter than Jin Bao. Don't you want a child?"

"No, I haven't thought about it. Look how good we are now. If there was a child sitting next to you, you would have to sit still and comfort the child, and I would just look at you with pity."

"Actually, I don't want to either. Whenever I think of a child calling me from behind, 'Mom, I want to eat, I want to hear a story,' I get a headache."

The Seventh Prince stroked Ye Youlan's jaw with his fingers: "It would be nice for the two of us to live like this for the rest of our lives."

Ye Youlan felt a little distressed when she thought about the death of the original host in the novel, Li Zong's madness, and the Seventh Prince returning to the battlefield alone. In this life, she must protect this man and rewrite the ending.

Ye Youlan grasped the Seventh Prince's bony fingers and said, "Prince, do you have any fiefdom?"

"Why do you think of asking this?"

"If you have a fiefdom, after everything is revealed, I want to go there with you, away from the capital, away from disputes, and live the rest of my life in peace and stability."

"I have a fiefdom, but it's too desolate."

"Desolation is not something to be feared. We should find a way to turn the wilderness into an oasis and benefit the local people, which would be a meritorious deed."

The Seventh Prince lowered his head and kissed her: "Okay, we will go to the fiefdom together in the future."

The carriage stopped and Li Zhi said there was a tea stall in front where they could sit down and rest for a while.

The Seventh Prince got off the carriage first. Before he could reach out to help Ye Youlan, she jumped off the carriage by herself and almost fell. Fortunately, the Seventh Prince reached out to support her.

Li Zhi picked a table by the side and several people sat down.

The waiter brought the tea over. Li Zhi turned around with the teapot and tested it with a silver needle. Seeing that it was not poisonous, he poured the tea for them with confidence.

It was Dingxiang's first time going out. She looked around curiously. Li Zhi glared at her, and she quickly lowered her head and picked up the tea to drink.

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