Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Jinbao knew how to care for his family, which touched Master Jin deeply. He asked Jinbao to study hard and gave him a shop to manage when he grew up.

Jinbao happily went to deliver snacks to his sister and brother-in-law. Aunt Chen became active again and whispered something in the adults' ears.

"Master, why don't you give me a silk and satin shop and let me manage it so that I can save money for Jinbao to get married."

Lord Jin glanced at his aunt with a sidelong glance and said, "Give it to you? Last year, I gave you two shops, and in less than half a year, you lost five hundred taels. Have you forgotten about this?"

Aunt Chen said no more.

Ye Youlan found that Xiaomei rarely appeared in front of her these two days. She asked Dingxiang, but Dingxiang just said that Sister Xiaomei was busy.

"Is the palace so busy? How come I didn't know?"

Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Dingxiang looked around and made sure that the prince would not suddenly appear. Then she lowered her voice and told the princess that Sister Xiaomei had been scolded by the prince.

Why did the prince scold her?

"It wasn't a scolding, it was just that Xiaomei said that the prince didn't like the princess enough, and that made the prince cry."

Ye Youlan waited for the Seventh Prince to come into the room at night, then sat cross-legged on the bed and looked directly at the Seventh Prince: "Are you hiding something from me?"

"No."

"Why is Xiaomei crying?"

"As a prince, why would I care whether a maid cries or not? Xiaomei's husband is Li Yi, you should ask Li Yi."

"She is not an ordinary girl. I treat her as my sister."

"Even if she is your mother, she still has to have a sense of propriety."

Upon hearing this, Ye Youlan was so angry that she fell asleep and ignored the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince also lay down, with their backs facing each other.

"Even if you're unhappy, I have to say this. You're a princess, so you have to act like one. Being approachable is a good thing, but being too approachable isn't. Today you have to take care of this girl's emotions, tomorrow you have to take care of that girl's emotions. Most of my subordinates have been with me through thick and thin. Am I going to treat them like a vassal? I'm asking you to treat them like a vassal, taking care of their emotions every day. Are you happy?"

"Xiaomei is different from them?"

"What's the difference? Li Zhi saved my life several times on the battlefield, but I will still not show mercy to them if they deserve punishment."

"Okay, stop talking. I'll let her go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow. Are you satisfied?"

"She's yours. If you want her to stay, she can stay. If you want her to leave, she can leave. What does it have to do with me? You make it sound like I was the one who drove her away. I won't take the blame."

Ye Youlan sat up suddenly and turned the Seventh Prince around. "What's wrong with you today? Why are you speaking so sarcasticly? Is this the Seventh Prince I know?"

The Seventh Prince laughed: "What do you want me to do? How about I go and bring them hot water?"

Ye Youlan was amused by his words: "Disgusting."

The Seventh Prince put his arm around her waist and pulled her into his arms: "How boring it would be for us to quarrel over something like this."

"What do you say is not boring?"

The Seventh Prince stretched out his foot and lowered the bed curtain.

Ren Qishan went to the palace to see the Queen Mother and said that a cultural delegation from Jingnan Kingdom would visit Da Chu soon, and he hoped that Jinghua Academy would be qualified to receive them.

The Queen Mother disagreed: "Jinghua Academy is the most powerful and prestigious academy in the Great Chu. If I don't give it to you, who else can I give it to?"

Ren Qishan has been looking a little haggard lately, with bad things happening one after another.

"Now it's different from the past. Qingshan Academy and Nanfeng Academy have the support of the imperial court, so we have to be on guard."

"What do you want me to do? I can't lose face and beg the emperor, can I?"

Ren Qishan gritted his teeth and said, "Minister Li of the Ministry of Rites is Li Da's son. I heard that you met him. This kid has repeatedly embarrassed Jinghua Academy, but this time the Ministry of Rites has a lot of say. I will take care of the other departments. The Empress Dowager can just give Li Zong a warning. The Emperor will have other officials speak for me."

The Queen Mother nodded: "Li Zong has ambition but lacks ability. It is not difficult to control him, but his wife Qin Yurou is the daughter of Minister Qin, she is not a simple person."

"I will arrange this. Several ladies are quite close to her now."

The Queen Mother asked if the matter of Youlan’s poisoning had been dealt with thoroughly.

"Sun Qian fell into the water and drowned, and the Seventh Prince couldn't find anything."

The Queen Mother felt much more at ease: "It's better to avoid getting into trouble recently, so as not to be targeted."

Because Li Zong's face was swollen, Qin Yurou asked him to take a day off.

As a result, many people got the news that Minister Li was ill, and sent their servants to bring him some supplements. Soon the table in the front hall was piled with supplements.

Li Zong touched his face, thinking that the fight had paid off. If he sold these, he would probably get a few hundred taels of silver, right? It seemed like being an official was still a good option. He had to climb up the ladder, second only to the emperor, and above everyone else. He would trample all those who looked down on him under his feet.

After two days of rest at home, Li Zong returned to the Ministry of Rites to continue his work. Because he was going to welcome the Jingnan Kingdom Cultural Mission, Li Zong became busy again.

During lunch break, the Empress Dowager invited him over, gave him a silver note worth two hundred taels, and asked him to take care of his health.

Li Zong was flattered and quickly bowed to express his gratitude.

"I heard that the Jingnan Kingdom cultural delegation is coming to Da Chu. Has any academy arranged to receive them?"

Li Zong immediately understood the Queen Mother's purpose for inviting him. He told her, "Currently, there are six academies that meet the requirements. As for which one to choose, we need to conduct further investigations, and officials from several departments will ultimately vote. I admire Jinghua Academy's educational philosophy and hope it will be selected."

The Queen Mother was very satisfied and let him go!

Li Zong did not leave, he wanted to file a complaint.

"Recently, Ye Youlan opened a shop next to Qingshan Academy. It's called the Ten-Chen Shop. Everything is sold for ten cents."

The Queen Mother chuckled: "How much can you earn?"

"I made a rough calculation and the profit per day is at most two taels of silver."

"Oh, that means I can earn over 700 taels a year. Anything else?"

"Yes, but I don't know if it's appropriate to say it."

"But it's okay to say it."

"Actually, I wasn't feeling unwell the other day. It was the princess's guards who slapped me twice, leaving my face swollen. I asked for leave to avoid misunderstandings."

The Queen Mother came to her senses: "Why did she let the guards beat you?"

Li Zong said innocently, "In fact, the Queen Mother should have heard that before the princess married the Seventh Prince, she always wanted to marry me, but I married Qin Yurou, so the princess has always been upset about this matter. The day before yesterday, I went to Qingshan Academy for an inspection, and when I came out, I saw the princess at the door. She invited me to have tea with her, but I felt it was inappropriate and refused. She was so embarrassed that she asked the guards to slap me twice. I kept it a secret because of the royal family's face and because she was the wife's close friend."

The Queen Mother's expression changed, her eyes darkening as she said, "I know about this."

Li Zong was secretly delighted. Making the Queen Mother dislike Ye Youlan was a small revenge.

As soon as Li Zong left, the Queen Mother asked the palace maid to check.

The palace maid replied quickly, saying that Ye Youlan had indeed said before that she wanted to marry Li Zong, but for some reason she did not mention it again later.

The Queen Mother slammed the table. "Why didn't you mention it? Of course it's because Li Zong married Qin Yurou. No wonder she was so unwilling to marry the prince. It turns out she was still thinking about Li Zong. How shameless!"

The Queen Mother was furious when she thought her son was still in the dark. She sent for the Seventh Prince to be summoned to the palace, so that her son could at least see her true face.