Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

The Seventh Prince brought Ye Youlan to the top of the highest pavilion in the palace, and then Ye Youlan saw the night sky above the palace was filled with brilliant fireworks. Some looked like giant mushrooms, some were like blooming flowers, one next to the other, and some were like thousands of stars shining in the night sky.

Ye Youlan was very surprised. She asked the Seventh Prince why he suddenly wanted to set off fireworks. But it was not his birthday or wedding anniversary.

The Seventh Prince said softly beside her, "Today is the fourth year that I have known you."

Ye Youlan smiled, and couldn't help crying. She looked down and saw everyone in the yard coming out to admire the view, exclaiming "Ah!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. But you can't tell anyone that you've known me for four years."

"I know, I just want to make you happy."

The fireworks display was witnessed by everyone in the capital. They judged the direction of the fireworks and deduced that it was the Seventh Prince's residence. Many people couldn't help but sigh that the Seventh Prince truly doted on the Seventh Princess. They had never imagined that a forced melon could be so sweet.

Prime Minister Ye's family watched for a long time, also with a look of surprise on their faces. After the fireworks ended, General Ye finally remembered to ask everyone: "Is today a special day?"

Yuhua asked, "Is it Youlan's birthday?" but immediately rejected the idea.

"Youlan's birthday is October 25th. Last year, because we were getting married soon, everyone put birthday gifts in her dowry." The lady said, looking at the prime minister, "Is today the prince's birthday?"

Prime Minister Ye shook his head: "No."

General Ye yawned and said, "Forget it, he has money, let him go if he wants!"

After Prime Minister Ye's joy, he couldn't help but worry: "It's not a good idea to be so high-profile."

Sure enough, the next day, people in the streets and alleys were talking about the fireworks last night, and all kinds of speculations came out. There was even an outrageous one saying that the Seventh Prince went to Jinguifang again and was caught by the princess, and the prince was trying to please the princess.

While Xiaomei and Li Yi were checking accounts at Qingfeng Teahouse, the Seventh Princess's personality had changed many times, from gentle princess to jealous princess to black-bellied princess, etc.

Li Yi advised her not to be angry: "In a few days, there will be new excitement in the capital and everyone will forget about this."

As soon as Xiaomei walked out of Qingfeng Teahouse, she met an acquaintance, Xiaohong, the maidservant of Qin Yuruo. She came out to get calming tea for the young lady.

When she saw Xiaomei, her eyes lit up. She pulled Xiaomei aside and asked her, "Why did the prince set off fireworks yesterday? Is the princess pregnant?"

Xiaomei was confused: "No, I just wanted to make the princess happy."

"That must cost a lot of money, right?"

"It seems to be five hundred taels!"

Xiaohong sighed, the prince is so rich. Her own mistress is always calculating carefully. Sometimes she would tear the account book to pieces just to figure out the whereabouts of a few taels of silver. It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others.

Thinking of this, she was not in the mood to continue chatting, as she still had to prepare calming tea for the young lady.

Prime Minister Ye brought some snow mist tea into the palace, and during lunch break he called a few old friends to the side hall to let them taste the good tea.

Lord Jin sighed, "I've been following Old Ye and benefiting from his good fortune. I never thought the Seventh Prince would be such a good son-in-law. It's beyond my expectations."

Lord Li nodded and said, "I heard that the production of this tea is not high. The main producing area is Jingnan Kingdom. Every time the Zhang Liang family's caravan goes there to bring goods, they can't buy it."

Lord Chen smiled and offered to exchange one of his paintings, but Prime Minister Ye refused: "Last time I gave you two jars of fine wine in exchange for two paintings, and I am already very satisfied."

The four were chatting when they saw Lord Qin passing by outside. Prime Minister Ye called him and asked him to come in for a cup of tea.

Lord Qin clasped his hands and left.

"This old Qin, he's always so sullen, I wonder if he thinks someone owes him money."

"Ever since Yu Rou married Li Zong, Old Qin hasn't smiled. What's there to be upset about? After all, Li Zong is a third-rank official. At least he's better off than his father. He didn't force his wife into a nunnery."

Master Chen reminded: "Master Jin, you can't compare like this. You are making Old Qin feel even sadder. He is comparing himself with the sons-in-law of our families. His sons-in-law have never visited his house so far, and the two of them don't even say hello when they meet."

The four of them continued to drink tea when suddenly Lord Chen asked Prime Minister Ye, "Why did the palace set off fireworks yesterday? My wife was vomiting while watching and scolding me, saying that I didn't put any thought into her."

Everyone laughed. Lord Li said, "Yesterday I asked Miaoyu if there was anything good going on in the palace. Miaoyu shook her head."

Lord Jin clapped his hands and immediately seemed to know the answer: "Could it be that Youlan is pregnant?"

When Prime Minister Ye heard this, he thought it was possible, otherwise why would they set off fireworks?

"No way? I'm going to be a grandfather?"

"You'll find out when you go home tonight."

Prime Minister Ye left the palace in the evening and took a carriage directly to the Seventh Prince's Mansion. As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw his wife and Yuhong coming out of the palace.

Seeing Prime Minister Ye, the lady signaled him to get on the carriage quickly: "It's not what you think. Go home."

Prime Minister Ye was a little disappointed.

Ye Youlan twisted the Seventh Prince's arm three times that night: "It's all your fault for setting off fireworks. How many people came to ask if I was pregnant today? Even my own mother couldn't hold back and came to my house in person. Look at her disappointed eyes. It makes me doubt whether I am guilty of not having children."

The Seventh Prince laughed: "I was even summoned to the palace by the Queen Mother!"

Li Zong returned to the mansion and told Qin Yurou, "I heard that they said the Seventh Prince set off the fireworks because Ye Youlan was pregnant. Now no one says the Seventh Prince is inhumane."

Li Zong was talking excitedly, but when he saw Qin Yurou was calm and still flipping through the account book, he became displeased: "I'm talking to you, can you hear me?"

Qin Yurou closed the account book and looked at Li Zong: "Youlan is not pregnant, that's a rumor. Xiaohong met Xiaomei today, and Xiaomei said that it was the Seventh Prince who was trying to make Youlan happy, there was no other intention."

"Psychopaths are just grandstanding."

Qin Yurou sneered, "I heard that the fireworks tonight cost five hundred taels of silver. Looking around the whole capital, there aren't many people willing to spend five taels of silver to make their wives happy."

When Li Zong heard the five hundred taels of silver, he gasped. He thought it was really rich. He didn't dare to say anything else and quickly made an excuse to slip away.

Qin Yurou told him not to rush and stood up and handed him a banknote: "This hundred taels of banknote is for you to spend. If you want to gain a firm foothold and change other people's impression of you, you need to interact with others more."

Li Zong took the banknote, feeling ashamed. He thought that Yu Rou was reluctant to buy a wheelchair, but now she gave him one hundred taels. He came over to hug Yu Rou, but was rejected by her.

"If you want to thank me, then work hard to climb up the ladder and don't let others look down on you."

"I will. I will set off fireworks worth one thousand taels for you on the city gate tower."

Qin Yurou raised the corner of her mouth slightly: "Tomorrow night, I will have tea with some ladies at Qingfeng Tower. You can pick me up then."

"Meeting Youlan and the others?"

Qin Yurou raised her eyebrows slightly: "If I meet them, do I need you to pick me up? This is a party organized by the wife of Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Justice. She has invited me several times. If I don't go anymore, it will be appropriate."

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely pick you up then."