amaotonovel Chapter 116 What Gift Should I Give to a Woman?
Chapter 116 What Gift Should I Give to a Woman?
Ye Youlan hadn't even finished her meal when she heard the general's question. She smiled and said, "The prince is at the palace. I'm going to see Miaoyu today and will come back to the palace on my way."
General Ye told Youlan solemnly, "Don't be so careless. Pay more attention to the prince. Don't regret it later."
Ye Youlan nodded to indicate that she would pay attention. She knew her brother was reminding her that men were unreliable and she had to keep a close eye on them. It made sense, after all, that her brother, whom she had always admired, was also unable to resist beauty.
After dinner, General Ye went to the garden to talk with Ye Youlan alone for a while.
Ye Youlan smiled and asked her brother how his life was like with a wife and a concubine.
"Brother, you must take care of your sister-in-law's feelings. She is pregnant and more sensitive."
General Ye said with a stern face, "Your elder brother is not a foolish person, don't worry!"
"Brother, don't you believe in the prince's character?"
"It's not that I don't trust his character, it's that I don't trust men. He might not make mistakes on his own initiative, but sometimes people set traps for him, and he can't always escape."
Ye Youlan nodded: "That's true. For example, the Queen Mother plotted twice, and that's what I know. I don't know how many times she has plotted!"
Ye Youlan suddenly had another question: "Brother, you are going home tonight, and Zhang Liang is also going home. Who will be on duty with both of you back?"
General Ye chuckled when he heard this: "General Zhao from the army said he was here to take night watch and asked us all to come back."
"General Zhao's family is in the capital, and his wife is very beautiful. How could he bear not to go home?"
General Ye coughed awkwardly, and Ye Youlan immediately understood.
General Zhao is like some men in modern society. He doesn't want to go home after get off work and sits in the car downstairs for a while before going home.
General Ye asked Youlan what gift to give to a woman?
Ye Youlan smiled: "You can give your sister-in-law a hairpin, earrings, bracelet, or bangles, she will like it. Yuhong can just give her silver and let her buy whatever she wants."
"why?"
"There's no reason. Women are very sensitive. If you want peace in your house, just listen to me. Remember this."
General Ye pulled out two identical hairpins from his bosom and said in frustration, "What should I do?"
"Throw one away, or give both to sister-in-law. Sister-in-law is smart, she will give one to Yuhong, but she may not be happy. So, give one to me and one to sister-in-law."
Ye Youlan took one and put it in her hair: "Don't buy things like this that are everywhere on the street in the future. You must choose something beautiful and unique as a gift."
"You women are such trouble."
"What's the problem? You should treat a woman well in a way that she can accept, not in the way you think she should treat you well. This is the same as leading troops in battle. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle."
General Ye seemed to understand, but not quite. Ye Youlan didn't want to teach this straight man anymore, so she wanted to go back home.
The Seventh Prince is not at home. The housekeeper said that the prince has something to do and will be out of town for a few days.
Ye Youlan thought, "The prince is a leisurely person, what business would he have to leave the city for? The only reason is to track down the mastermind behind the ambush in Liangcheng, which he has never let go of."
The prince was not at home, so Ye Youlan decided to continue painting. She hadn't picked up a paintbrush for some time.
Li Zong returned home and spent some time with Lanzhi before returning to his own courtyard. Qin Yurou wasn't there. He looked up at the sky. The moon was out. Where could Qin Yurou have gone?
He asked Xiao Bao to go to the gate of the mansion and ask the gatekeeper if he knew where the young lady had gone.
After a while, Xiaobao came back and said that the young mistress had gone to the country village to check the account books.
Li Zong was delighted when he heard this, so he ran to Lanzhi again and did not come back until dawn to wash up and go to court.
The Seventh Prince returned home on the third night, his eyes bloodshot and his expression exhausted.
Ye Youlan couldn't bear to blame him, so she told him to take a shower and go to bed to rest. As a result, the Seventh Prince fell asleep in the bathtub.
Ye Youlan called Li Zhi and asked what was going on.
Li Zhi's eyes were also red, and Ye Youlan asked him to make his point short.
It turns out that the Seventh Prince and his men were chasing a person who knew about the Liangcheng ambush, but he disappeared near Jinghua Academy! They waited outside Jinghua Academy for a day and a night. Ren Qishan personally escorted the person out of the mountain gate. Only then did the Seventh Prince see the man's face clearly. It turned out to be Zhao Yesong, his former subordinate. He had thought Zhao Yesong had died on the battlefield, but he was still alive. The Seventh Prince was devastated.
"Wait." Ye Youlan felt that this was a bit strange, and she needed to sort it out. "Zhao Yesong was one of the Seventh Prince's men. He betrayed the general and then faked his death on the battlefield. So why did he suddenly appear two years later? You were tracking him, so he shouldn't have felt nothing at all. Why did he dare to go out openly after a day and a night, deliberately letting you see his face clearly at the mountain gate?"
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, yes!
"You chased him desperately, and now he's out of Jinghua Academy. Why don't you keep chasing him?"
Li Zhi said helplessly, "Jinghua Academy was on holiday at the time, and many students were returning home. There were many carriages waiting outside the mountain gate to pick them up, but I lost track of them."
Ye Youlan asked Li Zhi to go down and rest.
She called Li Yi over and asked him to investigate two things: "First, was the academy closed yesterday as normal? Second, check the current situation of Zhao Yesong's family to see if there is anything unusual."
When the Seventh Prince woke up, he saw Ye Youlan sitting on the couch by the window reading a book with a calm expression and focused eyes.
The Seventh Prince coughed lightly. Ye Youlan put down her book and walked over to ask him if he needed something to eat.
"I'm not hungry."
"I'm hungry, eat with me."
Ye Youlan called Xiaomei to serve dinner.
Xiaomei brought porridge, steamed buns, and some side dishes in a short while.
Ye Youlan helped the Seventh Prince sit at the table, brought him a soft cloth to wipe his hands, and handed a bun to his subordinate: "Eat! Only when you are full can you have the energy to solve the problem."
The Seventh Prince took a bite of the bun and drank a sip of porridge, and Ye Youlan was very satisfied.
Xiaomei walked up to Ye Youlan and whispered that Li Yi was back.
The Seventh Prince raised his eyes and asked: "What do you want Li Yi to do?"
Ye Youlan smiled: "I'll let him collect the debt. I want to see how he does."
Ye Youlan went out for a while before coming back. The Seventh Prince had finished eating two buns and drinking the porridge.
Ye Youlan drank her porridge and asked the Seventh Prince if he had anything to say to her?
The Seventh Prince was startled for a moment, then gave a wry smile: "There's nothing to say."
"If you have nothing to say, then listen to me."
The Seventh Prince forced a smile on his handsome face: "I'm listening!"
"Are you sad that the brother who shared life and death with you betrayed you? I'm talking about that Zhao Yesong."
The Seventh Prince was shocked, but then he realized it might have been Li Zhi who said that, so he was no longer surprised: "I'm a bit of a failure as a person. I thought of countless possibilities, but I never thought Zhao Yesong would betray me."
Ye Youlan smiled: "Is there a possibility that the Zhao Yesong you saw is not Zhao Yesong?"