Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Jingwu was very satisfied. In the last few days before leaving the capital, he bought a lot of things from Rongji and said he would take them back to give to relatives and friends. After Ye Youlan knew about it, she met him again and proposed to open a branch of Rongji in Jingnan, with the profit split 4:6, with Prince Jingwu taking 6 and she taking 4.

Of course Jingwu agreed, this was like free money!

Xiaomei doesn't understand why she should be given so many benefits?

"Since he's a backer, of course we have to give him some benefits. Only then will he be willing to act as a protective umbrella. We will open a few Rongji restaurants in Jingnan Country to gain a firm foothold first, and then open dozens of Lanke restaurants."

Xiaomei smiled, she understood.

Ren Qishan invited the cultural delegation to visit Jinghua Academy again for a farewell party. As a result, these people split into two groups and went to Qingshan Academy and Nanfeng Academy. Rongji sponsored the entire trip, and Jingwu paid for it in the end. When others extended an olive branch, he also knew how to return the favor.

Li Zong and others were part of the reception group and could only accompany them. Facing the accusations from Jinghua Academy, he was helpless. He also wanted to take people there, but they were unwilling to go. It was originally a free travel activity, and he could not force them to buy or sell.

The emperor only wanted to avoid causing trouble and send them off peacefully. He would toss aside the memorials from the court officials without even reading them. When someone raised an objection during the morning court session, he would simply say, "Isn't it reasonable for them to go to Jinghua Academy when they arrived and Qingshan Academy and Nanfeng Academy before they leave?"

What made Ren Qishan even more angry was that the cultural delegation actually signed a cultural exchange agreement with Qingshan Academy and Nanfeng Academy. Every year, they could send students to each other's country to study, with food, accommodation and tuition included. This set a historical precedent.

The court officials were surprised at who had come up with this idea. It was simply too good to be true. It would promote cultural exchange between the two peoples and foster friendly ties between them. It would also allow for trade and economic ties in the future, maintaining peace and prosperity along the border. It would benefit both the country and its people.

When everyone asked around, they found out that it was closely related to the palace.

The princess designed jewelry for the Queen of Jingnan Kingdom and opened a branch shop in Jingnan Kingdom. The more you dig, the more you find.

But it was all good news, so everyone was happy. The only ones who were unhappy were the Queen Mother, Ren Qishan and Li Zong.

Because the reception mission was successfully completed, the court rewarded the students according to their merits. Jinghua Academy received the least. Only one of the Jinshi graduates from their academy stayed in the Hanlin Academy, and the rest went to local areas. Qiao Luochuan from Nanfeng Academy entered the Ministry of Personnel. Although he was a sixth-rank official, he should be promoted quickly as he worked under Minister Chen.

Ren Qishan did some calculations. Apart from the subsidies and rewards from the imperial court, Jinghua Academy did not gain much benefit from the reception. Instead, it lost a lot. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

The Queen Mother was even angrier. She couldn't understand why Ye Youlan was just an ordinary woman, but good luck always favored her?

Li Zong was angry because he had neither merit nor fault and received some rewards, but they were not much. He had clearly made contributions to Jinghua Academy, but the empress dowager still scolded him.

Seeing his colleagues going out for drinks to celebrate after work, he was too lazy to join in the socializing. Now he just wanted to go home.

He worked hard for nearly a month, but ended up with nothing and was only helping someone else, and it was Ye Youlan, who made him even more angry.

Ye Youlan kept sneezing at Li's house, and she was afraid of scaring the baby in her belly every time, even though he was probably just a embryo.

The Seventh Prince told her to lie down and not move while he went to the next room.

Dingxiang came in with some preserved fruit and asked her if she wanted sour or sweet.

"I want to drink white rice porridge with pickled mustard greens."

Dingxiang doesn’t know what zhacai is?

"It's just pickles and side dishes. Add more sesame oil."

The Seventh Prince was talking in his study with General Ye and Prime Minister Ye. After discussing the cultural mission, they went on to chat about court personnel arrangements. They were enjoying their conversation when they suddenly heard a shout from outside: "Fire!"

Several people came out in a hurry and saw thick smoke rising from the next door. The Seventh Prince shouted, "Not good!" and ran quickly to the next door. Prime Minister Ye and General Ye also hurried over there. People from the Prime Minister's Mansion who were carrying buckets and basins went over to help.

There were many leaks in the yard. Li Zhi protected the princess and brought her out to the open space in the yard. Just then, the Seventh Prince came back over the wall. He looked at Ye Youlan carefully and made sure that she was okay before he felt relieved.

The Seventh Prince wanted to take Ye Youlan to the next door, but Ye Youlan refused: "No, the bad guys are shooting fireballs from the dark with bows and arrows. We can't let the fire reach the Prime Minister's Mansion. Let's go out the back door.

"My Lord, please protect the princess. I'll go take a look outside."

The Seventh Prince brought Ye Youlan to Tongfu Inn under the protection of the guards, which scared the innkeeper, who was organizing his servants to provide support!

The Seventh Prince and Ye Youlan went up to a room on the second floor. When they opened the window, they could see thick smoke rising above the Li Mansion.

The fire was not extinguished until dawn, and the place was reduced to rubble and ruins.

Ye Youlan was heartbroken that her home was gone.

The Seventh Prince had a solemn expression and no one dared to speak.

Ye Youlan whispered, "Let's go back to the palace first. There are still many guests at Tongfu Inn!"

"You have severe morning sickness, you won't be able to bear it if you go back."

"I'll move to another courtyard. I don't believe there's no place in the palace where I can feel safe."

Everyone returned to the palace, and the Seventh Prince asked Xiaomei to clean up a new courtyard. Tingyuxuan in the southeast was a good choice.

After settling Ye Youlan down, the Seventh Prince came to the secret room and listened to the spy's report. He clenched his fists and bit his lips.

His voice was extremely cold: "Treat them in their own way."

So at night, there was a fire in Jinghua Academy, in the old house of the Ren family, in the ancestral home of the Ren family in Jiangcheng, in the Buddhist hall of the Li Mansion, in a wing near the lake of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and in a small kitchen of the Minister of Works' Mansion.

So the old ministers in the court asked the emperor to send someone to conduct a thorough investigation.

Eyewitness testimony revealed that a mysterious individual was causing the blazes by shooting fireballs with a bow and arrow. The task of tracking down this mysterious individual fell to the Dali Temple.

When the Queen Mother heard about this, she was so angry that she almost fainted. When the Emperor came to see her, she cried and told him that this was a strange thing.

"Did the Queen Mother find anything?"

"Why is it that my old Ren family residence, and even our ancestral home in Jiangcheng, is flooded, while only a small part of other families is flooded? Your Majesty, don't you find it strange?"

The emperor coughed softly and said, "Mother, my seventh brother's house has also been reduced to ashes."

The Queen Mother suddenly realized, "I just feel strange. Why did the other houses burn down after the guest's yard burned down?"

The emperor said solemnly, "Mother, are you doubting my seventh brother? Is there any feud between my seventh brother and my uncle? Besides, these fires have all happened in the past two days. If you say that, my seventh brother will be furious if he finds out."

The Queen Mother realized she had slipped up and embarrassedly covered it up by saying, "I didn't say it was a guest, I just felt it was strange."

After Ye Youlan heard about this, she blamed the Seventh Prince for burning down his father-in-law's house as well.

The Seventh Prince laughed, "Li Zong's family, Miaoyu's family, and my father-in-law's family have all been affected. Let them investigate slowly, whether it's true or false!"

There was a large-scale flood in Jinghua Academy, and it would take three to five months to repair it, so many students went to other academies. Other academies also took the opportunity to poach some teachers. Ren Qishan felt like the building was about to collapse.

He went to see the empress dowager, who scolded him as a sinner of the Ren family. Other members of the Ren family cut ties with him and expressed their loyalty to the emperor. The emperor even took a girl from the Ren family into the palace as a concubine, which made the empress so angry that she fell ill.

The Queen Mother asked him to recuperate first and wait for the right opportunity.

Ren Qishan then took the students of the academy on a group study tour and returned after the academy was repaired.