amaotonovel Chapter 124: Teach You How to Fight
Chapter 124: Teach You How to Fight
Ye Youlan also went to a kiln to order a batch of beautiful cups and bottles. She planned to sell scented tea at Qingfenglou and give away cups for free. She also designed uniforms for the shop assistants. Once they put them on, they immediately looked classy. Customers flocked to the shop, and business boomed.
Xiaomei was filled with admiration: "Princess, you are amazing!"
Ye Youlan was very proud: "Who am I? I am Ye Youlan!"
Ye Youlan thought it was no wonder everyone loved time travel; it was so cool to capitalize on information asymmetry. In modern society, she was a nine-to-five worker, her biggest hope every day being her paycheck. But after paying for rent, internet, and cosmetics and clothes, there wasn't much left. Every time she saw a lottery ticket, she'd spend ten yuan. Her biggest dream was to win the jackpot and then just sit there and relax.
When the Seventh Prince came back from outside, he saw people in the mansion busying themselves next to his study.
"What is this doing?"
The servant replied respectfully, "The princess asked me to clean up this room so she can use it as a studio."
Studio? The Seventh Prince was puzzled: "Where is the princess?"
"In the embroidery room."
The next door was being renovated, and the Seventh Prince had no way to stay in the study. He went into the room and saw that many things were placed in a mess on Ye Youlan's desk.
He went over to take a look, then his eyes fixed on a drawing. It was a portrait of himself wearing silver armor, riding a warhorse, holding a spear. In the distance was a city gate, and under the gate were fallen corpses. In the twilight, he looked even more heroic and majestic.
The Seventh Prince raised the corner of his mouth, then put the painting away and pretended not to have seen it.
Li Zhi came in and told the Seventh Prince, "Your Highness, Li Zong has been out of town a lot lately and his behavior has been a little strange."
The Seventh Prince's eyes were sharp: "Are we going to Qingyue Temple?"
Li Zhi shook his head: "He only went to Qingyue Temple once, and came out in less than half an incense stick of time, and then went to Meihua Villa, the home of Ren Qishan."
The Seventh Prince's brows furrowed slightly: "What is he doing there?"
"My subordinates also find it strange. Ren Qishan's daughter Ren Yue lives there. Could it be that Li Zong is with Ren Yue?" Li Zhi felt that it was impossible, as Ren Yue was seven or eight years older than Li Zong!
The Seventh Prince ordered, "Have someone keep an eye on it!"
Li Chuang's patrol station was located near the Mingyue Teahouse. Ye Youlan had the shopkeeper give out coupons to the patrol officers. For just ten cents, they could order a pot of tea and a plate of sunflower seeds and peanuts. So, the patrol officers liked to stop by during their breaks and chat about the bizarre things they encountered while patrolling. This also attracted a group of gossipy tea drinkers. Over time, the Mingyue Teahouse became the capital's most famous gossip center, with many storytellers coming to collect material.
The shopkeeper doesn't want the storytellers' money, he just hopes that when they go to other places to tell stories, they will mention Rong Ji's teahouse as a publicity stunt.
Sometimes storytellers can't help but add a scene here. On this day, a fat storyteller with small eyes told a gossip story about a family in the capital. Of course, he repeatedly emphasized that this story is purely fictional. If there are any similarities, please do not take it personally.
As soon as Li Chuang heard it, he knew that it was about the story of Li Da, the Minister of State's family. The protagonist of this story was not Li Da but Li Zong, the melodramatic love story between a young master and a maid.
Li Chuang went home that night and mentioned this to Jin Ruoyun. Seeing Ruoyun's calm face, he was very puzzled: "Could it be that you already know?"
Ruoyun helped him take off his coat and hung it on the hanger, saying, "We knew about it a long time ago, but we're not sure if Yurou knows about it yet. We only found out about it last time when I asked Qiuju to deliver new tea to the Li Mansion. Yurou's maid Xiaohong reminded her and she slapped her in the face, so no one mentioned it anymore."
Li Chuang sat down at the table and poured himself a glass of water: "I never thought Li Zong was such a person."
Ruoyun sat across from him, her eyes soft, "If you're not satisfied and want to take a concubine or a maid, you must tell me. I don't want everyone in the world to know and I'm the only one who doesn't know. I'll be so upset if I do."
Li Chuang held Ruoyun's hand, looked at her beautiful face and smiled: "I'm not that kind of person. I'm already very satisfied to be able to marry you in this life."
Ruoyun raised the corner of her mouth: "Youlan also said that you are not that kind of person. I believe her."
Li Chuang stroked her delicate hand, slightly displeased: "You should be able to sense what kind of person I am. Why do you need Ye Youlan's approval? Is she a fortune teller or a physiognomist?"
Ruoyun couldn't help but laugh: "Youlan said that you, Zhang Liang, and Chen Su are not that kind of people, so she brought us together."
Li Chuang thought this made sense. He and Ruoyun were able to be together only because of the help of Ye Youlan and the Seventh Prince. "Then let Ye Youlan help calculate when we can have a child when we have time."
Ruoyun's cheeks were flushed, as if dyed pink, which made Li Chuang's heart flutter. He stood up, walked around the table, picked up Ruoyun and went to find her lips, grabbing them greedily.
There was a sudden commotion outside, and a faint, shrill cry of a woman could be heard.
Li Chuang stopped and put Ruoyun down. He wanted to go out and take a look, but was stopped by Ruoyun.
"It's Aunt Chen who's going crazy again. My useless brother is causing trouble again."
Li Chuang asked worriedly what had happened?
"He got into a fight with someone in the academy, so his father punished him by making him kneel in the ancestral hall."
Li Chuang kissed Ruoyun gently on the forehead: "You go to sleep first, I'm going to the ancestral hall to talk to that boy."
Ruoyun pulled his sleeve: "Don't hit him."
Li Chuang laughed: "I am a live-in son-in-law now, it is not appropriate to hit my brother-in-law."
The lights in the Jin Mansion Ancestral Hall were dim. Jin Ruoyun's younger brother Jin Bao, twelve years old, as tall as a sapling, thin and skinny, was kneeling and beating his thigh.
"Old Jintou, go down and sleep. I won't run away."
Old Jintou was the servant in charge of looking after the ancestral hall. He was in his fifties, hunched over, and was sitting on a chair against the wall, talking to Jinbao: "Young Master, don't make the master angry. If the master gets angry, your aunt will suffer as well."
When Old Jin saw his son-in-law come in, he quickly stood up. Jin Bao turned around and saw his brother-in-law coming. He said unhappily, "What are you doing here? Do you want to see me make a fool of myself?"
Li Chuang asked Lao Jintou to go down and rest, as he had something to say to Jinbao.
Old Jintou liked this son-in-law very much and knew that the son-in-law was very good to the young master, so he felt at ease and went down to rest.
Li Chuang sat down on the cushion next to Jin Bao and took out a large steamed bun from his sleeve pocket: "Eat something to cushion your stomach."
Jinbao was unhappy: "I'm not hungry."
Li Chuang said calmly, "Why did you fight with others today? Did you lose or win?"
Jin Bao stared at him and said stubbornly, "They are outnumbered."
"So you lost the fight, do you want to win it back?"
Jinbao asked, "How can I defeat them alone?"
"Here's how: First, I'll accompany you to the academy tomorrow to teach those who beat you a lesson; second, I'll teach you how to fight."
Jin Bao's eyes lit up, but then dimmed immediately: "Why are you helping me?"
"You were beaten, and your mother felt sorry for you. There was no quiet time in the mansion, and your sister, the housekeeper, would be very tired. When she was tired, she would not pay attention to me, so I was helping myself by helping you."
Jin Bao rolled his eyes and came up with an idea: "It's not my ability for you to help me fight, so you should teach me how to fight."
Li Chuang gave a thumbs up: "This is what a man should be like."
Li Chuang asked him to eat the steamed bun and they started training now.