leaf shadow by the pool

Chapter 14

Ye Hongxin followed Ye Ying to the Xiangju Building. Ye Hongxin used to come here often, but he seldom came after he was promoted.

As soon as Ye Ying entered the door, she said to Li Ranhan, "Sister Han has a private room."

"No more." Li Ranhan naturally noticed Ye Hongxin. "Master Ye, you haven't been here for a long time. Do you want to have breakfast, but there are no private rooms at the moment. The last one is taken away by Mr. He." Li Ranhan did not have that domineering look in front of Ye Hongxin at all. Just like a gentle woman from a good family.

"Master He? He Linyuan?" Ye Ying said in shock

"Yeah, he just came here not long ago."

"Zian, why did you call Master He's name directly? Then go and say hello." Ye Hongxin went upstairs directly after speaking, and remembered something in the middle: "Which room is Master He in?"

"Go up to the fourth room on the right." Li Ranhan replied.

"Zian, aren't you coming up? Come up quickly." Ye Ying had no choice but to follow Ye Hongxin step by step, and Ye Hongxin knocked on the door of He Lingyan's elegant room.

He Linyuan was a little surprised when he opened the door to see Ye Hongxin, but he quickly accepted it. "Please come in quickly, so it's Master Ye, is Master Ye coming to have breakfast too?"

"Yeah, I just finished my business, so I came here to eat something. Speaking of which, I haven't eaten here for a while. Does Mr. He come here often?"

"Not often, just come here occasionally. So Mr. Ye hasn't had breakfast yet, so if you don't mind it, let's have it together." He Linyuan also saw Ye Ying coming in with Ye Hongxin, and smiled at him.

Ye Ying followed Ye Hongxin blankly as if she hadn't seen it.

The two sat down at the table, Ye Hongxin chatted with He Linyuan, Ye Ying felt extremely uncomfortable sitting aside: "Father, I've almost finished eating, I'll go down and have a look."

"Forget it, you can go." Ye Hongxin said flatly.

He Linyuan also looked at Ye Ying with a smile, and Ye Ying walked out the door and came down.

"Why did you come down?" Li Ranhan asked curiously when she saw Ye Ying walking downstairs.

"It's nothing but uncomfortable." Ye Ying sat on the counter, folded her hands and buried her head.

"You liar. Sister Han is not that stupid. What happened? You haven't seen me for such a long time, and you looked like this when you saw her." Li Ranhan said while stroking Ye Ying's head.

"Sister Han, He Linyuan has a sweetheart." Yin took a long time to hold back this sentence.

Li Ranhan was also a little shocked when he heard it. From Li Ranhan's point of view, if He Linyuan had nothing to do with Ye Ying, her name would be written upside down.

"How did you know?"

"Ye Xi said it." Li Ranhan was startled and thought it was He Linyuan who took the initiative to tell Ye Ying. From this point of view, He Linyuan's sweetheart might be Ye Ying, but as long as this silly boy meets He Linyuan, he will so.

Li Ranhan had his own calculations in his heart, "You haven't even asked him, how do you know that he has a sweetheart. What if it's fake?"

Ye Ying straightened up immediately after hearing this, "That's right, I never asked him, just in case..." What if it was just to reject Xiaoxi.

Ye Ying seemed suddenly full of motivation, "Sister Han, you are right, I have to ask him."

Here, Ye Hongxin and He Linyuan also came downstairs after eating almost, Ye Ying heard the movement and looked towards He Linyuan, He Linyuan also felt Ye Ying's gaze looking back.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Ye Ying looking straight at He Linyuan, Ye Hongxin asked in puzzlement.

"Nothing." Ye Ying shook her head. "I just have something to talk to Mr. He about."

"Then I'll go back home, remember to come back early." Ye Hongxin went straight out the door.

"What does Mr. Ye want to talk to me about?" He Linyuan approached a little closer.

"Come with me." Ye Ying turned and went upstairs. He Linyuan didn't know, so he looked at Li Ranhan, who also shook his head to express that he didn't know.

He Linyuan followed Ye Ying to the room where Ye Ying usually rested in the shop.

Ye Ying closed the door, looked at He Linyuan solemnly, but didn't speak.

He Linyuan also felt a little strange: "What's wrong?"

"I...that's..." Ye Ying thought for a long time but couldn't speak clearly, but He Linyuan waited patiently for Ye Ying to speak.

Ye Ying felt a little uncomfortable being watched, so she simply said directly: "I heard from Xiaoxi that...you already have a sweetheart."

Ye Ying blushed a little at first, but after she finished speaking, her face turned pale, as if she was a prisoner waiting for the death penalty.

He Linyuan didn't expect this to be the case. Seeing that Ye Ying's face was a little pale, I'm afraid this matter has tortured him for a long time. He Linyuan originally wanted to admit it directly and let Ye Ying give up on him so that Ye Ying would not be caught between his parents. between myself.

But He Linyuan couldn't bear to see Ye Ying like this, "No, I just lied to Miss Ye that day."

Ye Ying raised her lowered head abruptly and stared at He Linyuan. "Really?" Ye Ying reconfirmed in disbelief.

"Yes, I lied to her." He Linyuan looked at Ye Ying's eyes, which became a little brighter.

"Well, I'm just asking casually." Ye Ying's voice was a little hoarse.

"I know." He Linyuan didn't say much.

When He Linyuan left, Ye Ying hadn't recovered from the great joy.

"Sister Han, you are right, I should really ask him, do you know what he told me just now?" Ye Ying said excitedly to Li Ranhan.

"I don't know." Seeing Ye Ying like that, Li Ranhan didn't know anything, but Li Ranhan pretended to be crazy.

"He said... He said no. Sister Han, do you know how happy I am now? I feel like I'm being fried everywhere in a frying pan."

"I didn't know it just now, but I know it now. If you want to go crazy, I won't stop you, but you don't stay in the store." Li Ranhan ruthlessly chased people away.

"You don't know, you don't know at all." Ye Ying said happily.

Li Ranhan ignored Ye Ying, turned around and went in behind, leaving Ye Ying alone.

Ye Ying came home and saw Ye Xi, just about to speak, but stopped.Xiaoxi can't let Xiaoxi know about this, or the lie will be in vain.

Ye Ying was happy all day. Seeing Ye Ying smiling like this, Ye Hongxin immediately wondered if He Linyuan had given Ye Ying some medicine.

Seeing Ye Ying, Ye Ru and Ye Wan also asked Mo Shuyi, what happened to my uncle? "

Mo Shuyi couldn't answer, so she could only say: "Maybe something very happy happened."

One morning, Duan Yuhao listened to the official reports from all the officials.

"Your Majesty, some time ago, the floods in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were severe. The imperial court allocated relief funds, but the disaster has not been relieved at all. I would like to ask the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, which blade was used for the relief funds." Sarcastically, Ye Hongxin stood in the middle of the queue.

"What Ye Aiqing said is very true. I happen to want to ask. Gao Aiqing, tell me." Duan Yuhao sat on a high seat, looked at Gao Wenshan and said.

"I obeyed the order. The month before last, due to the rain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for more than half a month, the floods were severe. The Ministry of Households allocated 4000 taels of silver to help the disaster relief. The minister and others were ordered to exchange part of the relief money for grain and the other part to strengthen the embankment. But the relief money There are still some shortages, and some traders took the opportunity to raise the price of rice. After replacing it with grain to help the victims, there will not be much left." Gao Wenshan said.

"How could it not be enough? The Ministry of Drought and Flood Households has always allocated this number, and I have never heard that it is not enough!" Ye Hongxin asked Gao Wenshan righteously.

"Your Majesty, this drought and flood has flooded most of the fields, and the price of food has also risen. This is a fact." Gao Wenyuan choked back.

"The matter of the flood really cannot be delayed. The household department should dial another 3000 taels. Xu Che." Duan Yuhao didn't want to hear him continue arguing, so he made a decision.

"The minister is here." Xu Che came out.

"I'm incumbent on you to go to Suzhou to see if it's as Gao Aiqing said."

"Sir, lead the order."

It was night, Gao Wenshan had a discussion with Liu Da, Minister of Rites, in Gaofu.

"Tell me, what should I do?" Gao Wenshan asked Liu Da anxiously.

"Now we can only do some superficial work, let Xu Che be fooled first." Liu Da was also anxious.If the matter is exposed, regardless of Gao Wenshan, even he, the Minister of Rites, will suffer.

"Why hide it, 4000 taels is not a small amount." Gao Wenshan was already anxious like ants on a hot pot.

"Well... so..." Liu Da gave Gao Wenshan an idea.

"Okay, then I will give orders, I hope I can hide it from the past, otherwise, you and I can't afford to walk around."

Afterwards, Liu Da quietly went out through the back door of the Gao Mansion.

Here, Xu Che, who was just appointed by the emperor, is already sitting at He Linyuan's home.

"Brother He, do you think the emperor gave me this job, is it good or bad?" Xu Che said slowly while sipping tea.

Today's quarrel in the court, anyone with a discerning eye knows that there must be something tricky in it.

"Hmm... Bad thing." He Linyuan said seriously.

"You really...haha." Seeing He Linyuan's unchanging answer, Xu Che really felt it was funny.Obviously he has a dark heart, but he still has to pretend to be a good person.

"Didn't you know it a long time ago, when you accepted this imperial edict." He Linyuan glanced at Xu Che.

"That's right, it's time for the court to be tidied up, and I think the emperor also has that intention. That's why I took over this piece of hot potato." Xu Che took a sip of tea, but didn't hear He Linyuan's reply, so he continued: " I haven't seen you for a month, why are you frowning?"

Before He Linyuan could speak, Xu Che took the conversation away. "Oh, I see, it's your shit again."

"..." What is broken matter?He Linyuan thought.

"What's the matter this time?" Xu Che stopped laughing at He Linyuan.

The thing about He Linyuan's liking for the second son of the Ye family was at a drinking party.Xu Che, Yu Ze, Ling Xichi, Bai Dian and He Linyuan met in Ling's mansion.As he talked, he brought the topic to the matter of love.

Except for the drunk Ling Xichi lying on the wine table that day, the other three were shocked when they heard that He Linyuan liked Ye Hongxin's second son.

However, the three have repeatedly assured that they will not mention this matter to outsiders.So this matter has been kept from Ling Xichi.Fortunately, Ling Xichi was drunk, otherwise, with his big mouth, the people in the imperial city would know about it within a day.He Linyuan, whom everyone wants to marry, is actually a broken sleeve.I dare not think about that picture.