Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

"Pah, pah, pah, don't say such things, my dear sister-in-law. I will pray for you and go tomorrow."

A smile appeared on the Queen's pale face, and a hint of red appeared on her face. "It's best not to tell the prince about this. I'm afraid he will think too much."

"Ok."

The Queen was very happy and asked the maid to bring a jade hairpin and put it in Ye Youlan's hair: "It's really beautiful."

"Thank you, Sister-in-law."

The two chatted about some other topics. Ye Youlan told her some ways to take care of her body. The queen said that the imperial physician said the same thing.

Ye Youlan was right. Imperial physicians are professionals.

When she didn't know how to respond, someone outside announced that the emperor and the prince had arrived. Ye Youlan quickly put away the blessing card.

Ye Youlan helped the queen stand up to welcome the emperor. When the emperor came in, he went straight to the queen and carefully helped her sit down. Ye Youlan stood beside the prince consciously. The two of them watched the emperor's performance of affection with full knowledge.

The emperor was concerned about the queen's health and asked some questions about diet. The queen always responded with a smile.

The emperor disagreed and told the palace maid to remind the queen to take medicine and eat on time.

Seeing that the Seventh Prince and Ye Youlan were still standing there, he asked them to sit down quickly.

The Emperor looked at Ye Youlan and couldn't help but think of the brain teasers and jokes she had sent him. "The questions you sent last time were a bit simple. Make them a little more difficult next time."

Ye Youlan thought, "Do you really think I'm a library? My remaining knowledge is running out." She smiled and told the emperor that she would teach him an intellectual game later. Playing this game is very relaxing.

"What are you waiting for? Teach me now."

Ye Youlan asked the palace maid to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, as she wanted to teach on the spot.

After the palace maid had prepared everything, Ye Youlan invited the emperor to the desk, where she drew the blueprints and explained.

"This is a Sudoku game. There are nine squares in each row and nine squares in each column, for a total of eighty-one squares, divided into nine rooms. You fill in the numbers from one to nine, making sure that no number is repeated in any row, column, or room."

Ye Youlan changed a piece of paper and drew a nine-square grid, then filled in some numbers. She asked the emperor to fill in the remaining blank spaces for fun after he finished his government affairs.

The emperor didn't understand and pointed to a place to ask, and Ye Youlan quickly explained it to him.

The two of them were bent over there, asking each other what to do. The queen remained silent. This was the scene she longed for, but since entering the palace, she had not felt any affection from the emperor. If there was any, it was just a show the emperor put on for others, just because she was the daughter of the Ren family and the niece of the empress dowager.

The Seventh Prince watched Ye Youlan chatting and laughing with the Emperor. His calm face grew increasingly serious. He came over stiffly, pulled Ye Youlan aside, and asked with feigned curiosity, "I want to learn too."

Ye Youlan looked up and saw his displeased look. She quickly dropped her pen and asked with a smile, "Does the emperor understand?"

The emperor asked the palace servants to put it away in the imperial study. He smiled and said, "What reward do you want?"

When Ye Youlan pretended to be lost in thought, the Seventh Prince answered for her: "The Emperor has already given a lot of rewards, so there is no need."

Ye Youlan touched his arm and said, "Your Majesty is happy, so please don't spoil his fun. Your Majesty, I want to go to Xiangguo Temple to pray for blessings tomorrow. If you have any wishes, please write them on a blessing tablet and I will hang it on the tree for you. May the Great Chu Kingdom be blessed with good weather, peace and prosperity."

The emperor laughed heartily: "Well, then I will reward you. Tell me what you want?"

Ye Youlan looked at the Seventh Prince and told the Emperor, "I want one of the various desserts from the palace's imperial kitchen."

"That's it?"

"That's it."

The emperor ordered the palace servants to go to the imperial kitchen and prepare a plate of each kind of snack and send it to the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that the Queen was even more tired, Ye Youlan winked at the Seventh Prince.

"Royal brother and sister-in-law, I still need to take Youlan to see the Queen Mother. We will go first."

The emperor smiled and said, "I will go with you. It's a good opportunity to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."

The queen watched the three men leave, her fingers digging into her thighs as if to dig into the flesh. When had the emperor ever smiled at her like this?

He had no affection for her, so why should she consider his feelings? She seemed to have made up her mind.

The Queen Mother was very surprised that the Emperor and the Seventh Prince Ye Youlan came to her palace together. She stood up, straightened her manners and let them in.

"Isn't the Emperor busy today?"

"I just came from the Queen's place, so I came to sit with my mother."

Ye Youlan quickly bowed and asked the Queen Mother that she would go to Xiangguo Temple to pray for blessings tomorrow and wanted to help the Queen Mother hang a blessing plaque. She wondered what the Queen Mother’s wish was?

The Queen Mother seemed calm, but a hint of displeasure could still be felt in her voice: "I just want you to give birth to a child for the prince."

Ye Youlan thought that the birthing team had added another important member, and he said, "I will keep this in mind and work harder to help my mother get what she wants as soon as possible."

"Although I promised you that Your Highness would marry only you, if you cannot give Your Highness a child, then I will have to find a woman to continue Your Highness's family line."

Ye Youlan really didn't want to talk to this feudal woman: "No, I'm a germaphobe. I don't want any man who has been touched by others. Even if I can't have children, I don't want the prince to touch other women. If you want to continue the family line, let the emperor send us a prince. I like my nephew and will definitely treat him as a son."

The Emperor couldn't help but laugh. Seeing his mother's gloomy face, he knew that Ye Youlan had touched her sore spot again. He quickly tried to smooth things over: "My brother just got married. It hasn't even been a year. There's no rush."

Seeing that the prince was silent, the Queen Mother looked at Ye Youlan with a smile. She was annoyed from the bottom of her heart: "You all should go back! I am tired."

Ye Youlan smiled and said, "Then tomorrow I will pray for the health and safety of my mother. May she always be healthy and beautiful."

After leaving the palace, the Seventh Prince helped Ye Youlan into the carriage and asked her, "Why do you suddenly want to go to Xiangguo Temple?"

Ye Youlan explained the reason why the Queen wanted to see her, and then took out the blessing card to show the Seventh Prince: "The more the Queen explains, the more I feel something is wrong. Do you think there is an ambush at Xiangguo Temple, just like when Yilan was plotted against by the Queen Mother?"

The Seventh Prince clenched the blessing card tightly. Ye Youlan saw that he looked a little strange and reminded him not to break it.

"Can't you see that the emperor likes you?" The Seventh Prince's voice was cold and displeased.

Ye Youlan put her hand over his mouth: "What nonsense are you talking about? He is your brother, and I am his sister-in-law. How can I throw dirty water on my family?"

The Seventh Prince pulled her hand away, turned his face away and said nothing. The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became tense.

Xiaomei watched the Seventh Prince walk towards the study with a sullen face, and the princess followed him into the study with an anxious look on her face. She looked at Li Yi, and Li Yi shook his head.

Ye Youlan stood beside the Seventh Prince: "Explain yourself clearly to me."

The Seventh Prince raised his eyes, anger still on his face: "You are so smart, how could you not know?"