Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Chapter 215 Sacrificing Oneself to Save the Lord

In order to relax, the emperor went hunting in the enclosure and brought some officials with him.

Li Zong didn't expect that he could also participate, so he started to prepare when he got home. Qin Yurou smiled and said that she could give him some advice.

"Madam is right. Apart from riding a horse, I'm really not good at anything else."

Qin Yurou smiled: "Horseback riding and horseback hunting are two different things."

So she began to teach Li Zong a lesson. Li Zong kept yawning while listening. Qin Yurou had no choice but to remind him that safety came first, failing to catch prey was the last priority, and he should not be afraid of being laughed at.

Qin Yurou took out a booklet and handed it to Li Zong. Li Zong asked what it was?

"I usually attend some ladies' gatherings and know some of their preferences. You can look through it. You may need it sometime."

Upon hearing this, Li Zong reached out and hugged Qin Yurou: "Thank you, Madam. It is my blessing to marry you."

Qin Yurou said with a hint of annoyance: "It's good that you know."

When the Seventh Prince learned that the Emperor was going hunting, he took Ye Youlan to the country farm.

"Why didn't the Emperor take you hunting?"

"Wouldn't it be better without me?"

"That's true. It's better not to go." Ye Youlan couldn't just go as she pleased if she wanted to accompany her boss. If she didn't want to go, then she wouldn't go!

"Take me to appreciate the scenery of Zhuangzi. I remember the last time I came here was when you were injured. It was pitch dark and I couldn't see anything."

When the Seventh Prince thought of the scene that night when Ye Youlan walked into his room and came to his side, his eyes unconsciously became gentle.

"You know what? When I saw you, I felt like the whole world became brighter, and I felt that all the waiting was worth it."

Ye Youlan's smile stirred the clear water like a spring willow: "From now on, we don't have to wait, because we will always be together."

The two lived the simplest life in Zhuangzi, sleeping until they woke up naturally, eating, taking walks, appreciating flowers, tasting freshly picked fruits, or sitting in the pavilion drinking tea, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, and the occasional birds flying by.

But Ye Youlan didn't know that every time she fell asleep, the Seventh Prince would get up and go to the study to listen to the reports from his subordinates, and then arrange the next move.

Tonight, the Seventh Prince heard the latest news about the Emperor's hunting. An assassin attempted to assassinate the Emperor, and Li Zong blocked an arrow for the Emperor and was injured in the arm.

"Can you find out what force the assassin came from?"

Li Zhidao: "I suspect it was Ren Qishan's assassin, but I'm not sure yet."

"That kid Li Zong is really lucky. It's a good deal for him."

The Seventh Prince guessed correctly. When they returned to the palace, they received an invitation from the imperial palace. The emperor hosted a banquet for all the officials to reward Li Zong for risking his life to save the lord.

Li Zong was extremely popular at the time, and people who came to comfort him were so crowded that their doors were blocked.

Qin Yurou also felt proud, so she asked the silk shop's craftsman to come and sew new clothes for her and Li Zong, as they would have to attend social events when they went to the palace.

Ye Youlan had never imagined that Li Zong's meteoric rise to prominence was due to him shielding the Emperor from an arrow. She wondered when Li Zong had become so brave. She had a bold guess: could Li Zong have been colluding with someone to orchestrate this?

But she quickly shook her head in denial. Li Zong probably didn't have that wisdom, right?

Ye Youlan discovered that being pregnant also had its advantages. She could decline many invitations to banquets that she didn't want to attend. Now that the Seventh Prince was going, she could wait for his feedback on the wonderful banquet!

The emperor promoted Li Zongzheng to the third rank of Minister of Rites. Everyone was surprised. Some wanted to raise objections, but the prime minister shook his head to stop them.

After the banquet, someone came up and asked the prime minister why he didn't stop it?

"Li Zong saved the Emperor's life, and the Emperor is in high spirits. If we oppose him now, it will only make the Emperor very disgusted. Li Zong's ability is not as good as his father's. We will have to wait and see whether he can hold on to that position! When the time comes, those old guys in the Censorate will come forward."

After listening to the prime minister's analysis, everyone laughed and decided whether they should go out of the palace and have a couple of more drinks.

Qin Yurou and Li Zong were the last to leave. Many ladies and officials surrounded them and chatted non-stop. Finally, when the palace gates were about to close, everyone hurriedly left.

Back home, they collapsed on the bed, exhausted, but unable to sleep due to their excitement. Li Zong's eyes lit up, and he was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

"In the future, I will join the cabinet and become the Prime Minister, the youngest Prime Minister in the history of the entire Chu State."

Qin Yurou smiled: "You are now the youngest Minister of Rites. You must seize the opportunity. You can also become the youngest Prime Minister."

Li Zong turned around and looked at Qin Yurou's pretty and gentle face: "Thank you for not giving up on me."

Qin Yurou's eyes couldn't help but become moist.

Li Zong leaned over and whispered, "Let's have a child!"

Qin Yurou's heart skipped a beat, and she said softly, "Okay."

One thing she had never said to Li Zong, and didn't want to say, was that she had lost the chance to be a mother in her lifetime. This was also the reason why she wanted Lanzhi's child in the first place.

However, she did not feel any guilt towards Li Zong, because it was he who caused her to lose her child and the opportunity to be a mother.

The lady-in-waiting once said that if she took good care of herself, a miracle might happen. However, Qin Yurou did not believe in miracles, just as she did not believe that Li Zong's sincerity could last.

It's New Year again, and the palace is particularly lively this year.

Ye Youlan gave the servants in the mansion three months' salary as a reward, and also carefully prepared gifts for each mansion.

Because she was pregnant, she went to the palace once and returned to her parents' home once. The rest of the time she stayed in the palace to take stock of the business for the year. She was still shocked when she saw the numbers in the account book. She had made so much money. How spectacular it was that the silver piled up in an entire room.

Ye Youlan called the housekeeper over and asked him to arrange for several shopkeepers to go to Linzhou, Gucheng and Qingzhou to buy more shops after the New Year.

The housekeeper was a little worried because the area was vast and sparsely populated, and the shops were not worth much.

"Just because it's not worth much right now, I want to buy more. I can open a branch there first. If I can't open a branch, I can rent it out temporarily. Even if I make a loss, I won't lose much money."

The housekeeper found someone to do this.

When Xiaomei heard about this, she came to ask the princess.

"Your current task is to learn how to do business from those shopkeepers and train a few more new people. When you get pregnant, you won't be able to run around with a bulging belly every day."

Xiaomei was a little shy: "Princess, I find that you are very changeable."

"What do you mean?"

"You said at first that you didn't want to have children, but now that you're pregnant, you're pressuring me to have one."

Ye Youlan smiled to the bottom of her eyes: "I'm worried that you two will be too idle at night. It's better to give birth to a monkey than to count money at night."

Xiaomei lowered her lips and said, "Why did I give birth to a monkey? Can't I give birth to a child?"

Ye Youlan laughed heartily: "Giving birth to a monkey means giving birth to a child, there is no discrimination."

She pointed to her belly and said, "I will give birth to a baby boy for the prince."

The Seventh Prince came in from outside, looking unhappy: "Why did my child turn into a monkey?"

"My bad, my bad."

After the New Year, it was March, and Ye Youlan prepared another birthday surprise for the Seventh Prince.

Xiaomei was dissatisfied: "Princess, you always give the prince surprises, but I didn't even see what he prepared for your birthday."

Ye Youlan smiled: "He has prepared it, but you just don't know it."