Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Qin Yurou stood up to leave, and Li Zong stood up and hugged her: "Can we talk properly and stop arguing all the time? It hurts our feelings."

Qin Yurou stared at Li Zong in a daze, with a hint of expectation on his handsome features.

"Do you have feelings for me?"

"Why would I marry you if there were no feelings? If I didn't like you, I would have married Ye Youlan."

A smile appeared on Qin Yurou's lips, and she was amused by Li Zong's naivety.

Li Zong went to see the empress dowager the next day and was scolded.

He wondered how his father could stand this arrogant and domineering woman.

"Queen Mother, this is not Yu Rou's fault. The goods sent by the Ren family store are of poor quality and cannot be sold. The people in Jingnan Kingdom don't want them."

The Queen Mother sneered: "Is it me or Qin Yurou who doesn't want it?"

"Who in business would be so averse to money? It's clearly one cent worth of merchandise, but you're charging ten cents for it and selling it for eight. Who would want to do such a loss-making business? If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, you can skip Yu Rou and have the shopkeeper contact the princess directly. She's the one who's in charge of this deal."

The Queen Mother sneered, "As long as you return the silver I gave to your father and you, I will never let you interfere again. Your father has taken nearly 20,000 taels of silver from me in the past 20 years. Add to that yours, and you will return me 20,000 taels!"

What? What? Did I hear that correctly? My father took 20,000 silver from you. How is that possible?

The Empress Dowager gestured, and the palace maid took an account book and handed it to Li Zong. Li Zong opened it, and it recorded in detail the time and amount of money Li Da took from the Empress Dowager.

Li Zong collapsed to the ground all of a sudden. He didn't even know when the Queen Mother left. The palace maid urged him to leave quickly, so he tried hard to get up, but his legs were so weak that he had no strength at all.

On the way back to the Ministry of Rites, he almost bumped into Minister Qin. He just nodded and said, "I'm sorry." Then he continued walking forward. Minister Qin grabbed his collar and dragged him to a small corner.

He was stunned for a moment and realized it was his father-in-law. He was adjusting his clothes and greeting him.

Minister Qin said sternly, "What's going on? What are you doing in the Queen Mother's palace?"

It was rare for his father-in-law to show concern, so Li Zong grabbed the straw and told him what had happened.

Minister Qin sneered, "You're just like your father. You've never thought about getting down to earth and getting things done. You've only taken shortcuts and ended up ruining your own path."

"Father-in-law, what should I do? Where can I get 20,000 taels?"

"Who helped you solve the last crisis?"

Li Zong thought for a moment and said, "It's Yurou, no, it's my mother."

"Then go find your mother."

When Li Zong heard this, his eyes lit up, as if he saw hope.

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Minister Qin said with disdain, "Stay away from me."

Li Zong did not forget to please Minister Qin: "Father-in-law, I was the one who asked Yu Rou to go back to her parents' home last time. I also gave her five hundred taels of silver so that she could buy gifts for the Qin Mansion."

"She didn't go back."

Li Zong chased after him: "Why didn't she go back? She said she went back."

"It's embarrassing."

Prime Minister Ye and several other officials were sitting in the pavilion drinking tea when they saw Lord Qin walking angrily in front of them, with his son-in-law following behind, looking very funny.

"Old Qin finally spoke to his son-in-law."

"Why don't I look like that?"

"No one of us is allowed to mention it for a while, lest Old Qin gets angry."

Minister Qin came over, sat down, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Who brought tea today? It tastes terrible."

Minister Li said, "It's mine. If you don't like it, don't drink it. Next time, let's see how your tea tastes."

Minister Chen smiled and said, "Thanks to Zhang Liang, Minister Li's tea leaves are too much to drink, so we can benefit from it too. Lao Qin tea should be savored slowly, but you can just drink it like wine, just gulp it down."

Minister Qin said nothing, poured himself another glass and drank it in one gulp, then walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

"Old Qin is still so stubborn."

When Li Zong was resting, he went to Qingyue Temple early in the morning. Liu Ma came out and said that his wife was missing.

Li Zong begged Liu Ma with a sad face to tell his mother that he was in trouble.

After listening to him, Aunt Liu just sighed and said she would tell the lady.

Qin Yurou saw Li Zong coming back from outside with his head down, and knew that the Queen Mother didn't want to see him. So she gave Li Zong an idea: why did the Queen Mother give her father 20,000 taels of silver in the past 20 years? Isn't this a suspicious point?

Li Zong slapped his thigh and said, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that? No, I have to go to my father's study to look for it."

"I'll go with you."

Nothing came of it.

Li Zong said awkwardly, "How about borrowing some from Youlan?"

"Look carefully, it's twenty thousand, not two thousand. And if all else fails, tell the Emperor about your father taking twenty thousand taels of silver from the Empress Dowager. If you can't get back at him, she won't dare to act rashly."

Li Zong sighed, "This is the only way. The Ren family is on its last legs anyway, so let's hold on for a few more days."

Qin Yurou raised her eyes slightly: "What do you mean?"

"The Ren family is declining, the Queen has no children, and the new concubine is just a decoration. The Emperor has only visited her palace once. Ren Qishan's studies abroad have had little effect, and the Queen Mother and the Seventh Prince are at odds."

"A lean camel is bigger than a horse, so it's better to be careful."

Li Zong suddenly changed the subject and asked Qin Yurou why she didn't go back to her parents' home?

Qin Yurou was a little embarrassed: "If I go, I will be scolded. I want to wait until you have made some progress before going back. Then you can go back with me."

Li Zong was a little discouraged: "My father is gone, and my father-in-law doesn't like me. It's too difficult to climb up."

"It took your father twenty years to become the Shangshu, and you're already complaining after just a few years."

Li Zong smiled: "That's right."

Ye Youlan went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to visit her nephew and took the opportunity to see the reconstruction of the house next door.

She talked to her mother for a while and then went to her sister-in-law's yard to see her nephew.

As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Yuhong holding the child and teasing her nephew, and her eldest brother standing beside her happily. Ye Youlan felt a little uncomfortable. The scene was very harmonious but also particularly glaring.

She coughed lightly. General Ye saw Ye Youlan and asked with a smile, "Come to see your nephew?"

Yuhong bent over slightly, and Ye Youlan looked at the baby. He had big eyes and a white face. He would laugh whenever he was teased. He was very cute.

"Brother, are you taking a day off today?"

General Ye coughed and said, "General Zhao, please exchange with me."

"Oh," Ye Youlan said, "I'll go in and see my sister-in-law."

General Ye said enthusiastically, "Go ahead!"

Ye Youlan took two steps forward and turned back: "It's cold outside in autumn, we can't let the children stay outside for too long."

Dingxiang lifted the curtain and Ye Youlan went in.

Yuhua was resting, with her eyes slightly closed, her face still pale.

Hearing the noise, she opened her eyes: "You are not feeling well now, so don't come to see me."

"Sister-in-law, you must take your medicine on time and take good care of your body."

There was one thing she didn't say: Don't think that your husband is someone else's, your children are someone else's, and everything is someone else's.