Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Ye Youlan did not bring the Seventh Prince with her when she met her sisters, because the two of them still had to act out a scene in which they disliked each other but had no choice but to be together.

Chen Xiaoling left home early today. She did not take a carriage and only brought her maid Taoye with her. She heard that a bun shop had just opened on East Street, so she wanted to come and try it.

The master and servant walked through an alley and over an arched bridge. They saw a crowd gathered in front of a calligraphy and painting shop. It looked like someone was arguing. Chen Xiaoling was a very curious person, and she had to see this lively scene.

When she squeezed in, she saw Chen Su with red face and bloodshot eyes, reasoning with several people.

After listening for a while, Chen Xiaoling roughly understood what was going on. A man wanted to buy a painting, and Chen Su pointed out that the painting he wanted to buy was a fake. Then the clerk, the shopkeeper, and the people selling paintings accused Chen Su of pretending to know and deliberately sabotaging their business. They demanded that Chen Su pay fifty taels in compensation for the losses, and if he didn't, he wouldn't be allowed to leave.

If it were someone else, Chen Xiaoling might have turned around and left, but she knew that Chen Su was a very honest and loyal person. Seeing him anxiously and powerlessly defending himself, Chen Xiaoling felt very sympathetic. She couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to stand up for Chen Su.

"Shopkeeper, show me the painting. If it's real, I'll buy it."

When everyone saw a beautiful woman who wanted to buy something, they felt like they had caught a fat fish and quickly asked Chen Xiaoling to come into the store to talk.

Chen Su wanted to stop him, but Chen Xiaoling gave him a look to signal him not to speak.

Everyone entered the shop and the shopkeeper put the painting on the table. It was a landscape painting.

The shopkeeper praised it, saying, "This is a landscape painting by Chen Shanren, a great painter of my dynasty. I can guarantee it's authentic."

Chen Xiaoling examined it carefully, looking from top to bottom for a long time and said, "This is indeed a fake, but the painting skills are amazing, and it is not inferior to Chen Shanren's."

The shopkeeper was displeased: "You are a young girl, don't speak nonsense and destroy the reputation of our shop."

Chen Xiaoling pointed to the inscription in the upper left corner of the painting and said, "Mr. Chen's paintings have a unique feature: they always include anti-counterfeiting markings. Look at the character for "ren" (person) in Chen's Chinese character for "ren" (ren). The end of the stroke of the character "ren" (ren) curves upwards, like a person with their heels raised. But this painting doesn't have that inscription. If you don't believe me, you can compare it with other paintings by Mr. Chen in our shop."

The shopkeeper asked his clerk to bring a few more paintings by Mr. Chen. Sure enough, they were different from this painting. The shopkeeper was speechless and stared at Chen Su in a daze.

When the man selling the painting saw that the situation was not good, he gave up the painting and ran away.

The shopkeeper apologized to Chen Su and said that he was blind.

Chen Su waved her hands and said it was okay.

Chen Xiaoling glared at Chen Su and said, "Why are you being such a pushover? Boss, next time this customer comes to your shop to buy brushes, inkstones, paper, calligraphy, and paintings, remember to give him a 20% discount."

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay."

Chen Xiaoling left contentedly. Chen Su followed and thanked Chen Xiaoling, then asked her where she was going.

"I'm going to buy some buns up front, and then I'll go have tea and go shopping with Youlan and the others."

"The buns are on me, thank you for saving me today, young lady."

Chen Xiaoling stopped and asked him, "That fake painting should have been painted by you. You can prove your innocence by just telling the truth. Why don't you tell the truth?"

Chen Su was surprised: "How did you know?"

Chen Xiaoling smiled. "Last time on the boat, you told me you really liked Chen Shanren's paintings, so you'd copy them whenever you had time. You'd raise the stroke in the character for 'ren' to make it look different."

Chen Su blushed: "I didn't expect that the girl would remember everything I just said casually."

Seeing Chen Su's embarrassed look, Chen Xiaoling thought of Ye Youlan's joke that she and Chen Su were a couple. No matter how she looked at Chen Su, she didn't think she liked her type. Although she had good looks and a good figure, her honest personality was not pleasing.

Chen Su treated them all, and Chen Xiaoling was not polite. She asked Tao Ye to take the food, and they walked towards the teahouse.

Turning back to see Chen Su following behind, she stopped and asked, "Do you have anything else to say? Why are you following us?"

Chen Su blushed again. He pointed ahead and said, "I'm meeting with a few painting friends at the Qingfeng Teahouse in front."

Chen Xiaoling was embarrassed: "What a coincidence, I also want to go to Qingfeng Teahouse."

Chen Xiaoling arrived at the private room on the second floor of the teahouse. She whispered to her sisters that she had made a fool of herself today.

Why did the sisters start gossiping?

After listening to Chen Xiaoling's story, everyone laughed and said, "This is fate. When fate comes, it cannot be stopped. It is God's will."

Chen Xiaoling reminded: "He's drinking tea with his fellow painters across the street! Let's keep our voices down so as not to scare him."

Ye Youlan laughed: "Oh, oh, you're going to protect me already?"

Chen Xiaoling wanted to tear Youlan's mouth, and the sisters were in a mess, laughing and having a lot of fun.

The girls' laughter reached the private room opposite, and everyone became curious.

Chen Su blushed slightly and said, "It's the five golden flowers of the capital drinking tea, but judging by the sound, there should only be four flowers."

"Chen Su, you know them, how do you know them so well?"

Another young man jokingly said, "Everyone knows a little about the five golden flowers in the capital. The Prime Minister's daughter, Ye Youlan, bravely rescued a drowning prince and will be getting married soon. The Minister of War's daughter, Qin Yurou, married the Minister of Rites' son, Li Zong. The Minister of Revenue's daughter, Jin Ruoyun, married Li Chuang, who patrols the city. The remaining two are Li Miaoyu, the daughter of the Minister of Works, who is said to be both talented and beautiful. The other is Chen Xiaoling, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel, who is lively and cheerful. Whoever marries them can save twenty years of hard work."

Everyone laughed, and someone suggested that those who were single and unengaged could pursue Li Miaoyu and Chen Xiaoling.

Someone laughed obscenely: "Li Miaoyu is dignified and quiet, and the bridal chamber will be boring. Chen Xiaoling is more interesting, with a graceful figure and a passionate personality."

Chen Su picked up the tea and splashed it on his face, glaring at him: "Watch your mouth."

The man wiped the tea leaves off his face and grabbed Chen Su's arm. The two men started to wrestle. The table was overturned, the chair fell, and crackling sounds were heard.

Xiaomei went out to take a look and came back and said, "Mr. Chen is fighting with someone."

Ye Youlan and Chen Xiaoling wanted to go out to take a look, but Li Miaoyu stopped them: "Don't go over there, it's dangerous."

Ye Youlan said, "I'm afraid Chen Su will suffer. We have to help him."

Chen Xiaoling said, "Yes, let's go."

The two walked in front, and Li Miaoyu and Jin Ruoyun followed behind.

The private room next door was in chaos. Some people around wanted to stop the fight but couldn't, and there were people standing by watching the fun.

Ye Youlan saw Chen Su wrestling with another young man on the ground, and it looked particularly funny, even funnier than a woman scratching her hair.

She picked up the teapot that had fallen to the ground and smashed it against the wall. The loud noise startled everyone.

Chen Su and another person also stopped, and the people around them quickly pulled them up and separated them with their arms.