Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

But Ye Feiran, who had been sitting in the carriage, poked his head out and said, "I don't need your things. Who knows what you've done to them!"

Li Mama listened from the side, slightly lifting her eyelids to glance at Ye Qing'an's expression.

Ye Qing'an's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but she ignored Ye Feiran and stared intently at Granny Li.

Granny Li then took two steps back and stood to one side.

Ye Qing'an got into the carriage with a cold face, and the carriage started moving.

Zixiao glanced at the things in the carriage, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Ye Qing'an. She added a few ice cubes to the tea, then took out a silver needle and gently stirred it in the tea. Seeing that the silver needle did not change color, she pushed the tea in front of Ye Qing'an: "This late summer heat is really quite intense. Miss, please have a cup of fruit tea."

Ye Qing'an glanced at the teacup: "Ice is prepared in the carriage?"

Zixiao glanced at the bucket of ice and explained in a low voice, "Although it's already autumn, the weather is still a bit hot. When other masters go out, the servants are quite casual; they prepare things when they remember, and leave it at that if they don't. But when the Second Young Master goes out, it's essential to have something prepared."

Zi Xiao lowered her voice: "The Second Young Master is less tolerant of heat than others. He likes to put ice cubes in his drinks, and even if he doesn't drink anything, he likes to hold a piece in his mouth. Also, the Second Young Master has a rather impatient temper, and he will get angry if the servants forget to prepare anything."

"It's probably because the madam ordered two carriages to be prepared, and the servants weren't sure which one was for the second young master and which one was for the young lady, so they prepared both in the carriages, right?"

Ye Qing'an nodded, but did not touch the tea.

Although Zixiao had just tested the poison with a silver needle, she knew from her long time in the palace in her previous life that there were many ways to poison someone, and a silver needle might not be able to detect it. She never touched things of unknown origin that were easy to erase the traces of.

Zixiao saw this but did not ask any questions. She simply lowered her head and sat to the side, speaking softly to Ye Qing'an about the host of today's banquet.

“The Prince of Anding is the Emperor’s seventh brother. In the early years when the Emperor was vying for the throne, the Prince of Anding stood on the same side as the Emperor. After the Emperor ascended the throne, he granted him the title of Prince of Anding, but did not give him any land. The reason the Emperor had at the time was that he was close to the Prince of Anding and did not want the Prince of Anding to be too far away from him, so that he could see him often.”

"At the time, this was a beautiful story. After the Emperor ascended the throne, Prince Anding began to live the life of a leisurely prince, only indulging in eating, drinking and having fun. He spent most of the year away from Wangjing City, traveling around instead. When he returned to Wangjing City, he would occasionally host small banquets and invite some young men from noble families in the city to attend."

"If you are praised by Prince Anding at a small banquet, you will easily gain the Emperor's favor. It is said that Prince Anding holds small banquets to find some useful talents for the Emperor. Therefore, Prince Anding's small banquets are always lively, and many noble families consider it an honor to receive an invitation to Prince Anding's small banquets."

Ye Qing'an was somewhat surprised to hear this. She thought it was just an ordinary banquet, but she never expected it to have such a deeper meaning.

However, since it's not easy to attend Prince An Ding's banquet, it's still quite an achievement that Liu Xueying was able to get her an invitation.

Even if it was just to scheme against her, it was still quite a costly endeavor.

“The Prince of Anding has only one queen and no concubines. He treats his queen extremely well and is extremely intolerant of any issues concerning her.”

"The princess has no children, and Prince An Ding doesn't seem to be in a hurry. He just says that if she has no affinity for children, so be it and just live her life well."

Zi Xiao paused slightly, then looked up at Ye Qing'an.

Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong? Is there some secret going on?"

Zi Xiao nodded, her voice growing even lower: "There are some rumors circulating outside that the Prince of Anding and his wife have no children because the Emperor does not want them to have any."

Ye Qing'an nodded, not too surprised. For an emperor, trust never exists alone; it is always accompanied by suspicion.

The more the palace official trusted Prince Anding, the more he feared him.

Ye Qing'an believed the rumor to be about 70-80% true, but said aloud, "These rumors are a mix of truth and falsehood. Just listen to them and let them go. How can you take them seriously?"

“That’s true.” Zi Xiao smiled. “However, it’s true that the one in the palace is suspicious. Does Miss know that among the Emperor’s children, there was one with exceptional talent, a Supreme Physique.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Qing'an slightly raised her eyes: "Supreme Body? Which one? Prince Duan, son of Consort Lan?"

Zi Xiao was somewhat surprised: "Why would Miss think of Prince Duan?"

Ye Qing'an didn't know why she thought of Prince Duan. It was probably because she didn't know much about the situation in the court, so she subconsciously thought of Prince Duan.

“Not Prince Duan, Prince Duan…” Zi Xiao paused slightly before continuing, “Prince Duan’s talent is quite ordinary, he is just an ordinary spiritual cultivator. However, for a long time before, Prince Duan was extremely favored by the Emperor.”

"The fourth prince, who was born with the body of a supreme being, died before he even reached his full month old."

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes: "Is that so?"

"The official explanation is that the Fourth Prince is physically weak, but there are also rumors that the Emperor secretly killed him. Because the Fourth Prince's talent is too high, the Emperor is worried that the Fourth Prince will threaten his throne early on, and he is also worried that if the Fourth Prince grows up and cultivates to the point of enlightenment, he will not be able to control him, so he took action early."

Ye Qing'an lowered her eyes and chuckled: "Where did you hear so many rumors?"

Zixiao stuck out her tongue: "When I was outside the manor, I liked to listen to storytellers and beggars at the gate."

"After entering the manor, there were similar rumors among the servants, and they all came from the mouths of some of the old people in the manor. I felt that these things were not entirely unfounded."

Zixiao coughed lightly: "What I mainly want to tell you is that since you are a female guest, you will most likely be entertained by the Princess Consort of Ding'an. You must not offend the Princess Consort of Ding'an."

Ye Qing'an nodded: "Yes, I understand."

Ye Qing'an tapped her fingers lightly on the table, then paused slightly: "I'm a female guest, and Fei Ran is a male guest, so does that mean I can't go with him?"

Zixiao knew what Ye Qing'an was thinking, so she lowered her voice and said, "The initial reception upon entering the manor should have been separate, but the competitions should have been done together."

Ye Qing'an nodded, but gave a wry smile: "Given Ye Feiran's personality, it's really too difficult to keep him from causing trouble."

However, it's not entirely hopeless...