Volume 1: Laughing at the Prosperous Splendor Chapter 30

  The phoenix concubine saw that the crown prince had brought the crown princess with him and was initially delighted, but when she saw Ye Qianyu's pale face, her expression immediately turned ugly.

  Yesterday, in the imperial palace, Xiao Wangye and Jing Shizi jointly took action to protect Yun Qianyue, which has already spread like wildfire. Not only do all the citizens of the Imperial City know about it, but even the heavens above and below are probably aware of it by now. What is Qing Ran doing here tonight? If he's around, can she still punish Yun Qianyue? Her mind starts to think of a plan.

  Old Master Wang saw Ye Qingchen suddenly smile and said, "What kind of evil wind is blowing in our mansion today? It's really lively!"

  "Your Majesty, I think we should just drop it for today. After all, it's a family matter." The king suggested to the old king again.

  "What's the point of counting? You've all arrived, just in time to serve as witnesses! Do you think that even if you didn't come, this vast palace could keep things hidden?" Old Master Wang glanced at Consort Feng and snorted.

  The king immediately shut up.

  The phoenix concubine's eyes rolled around a few times before suddenly stopping still, and her unpleasant face also had a hint of a smile.

  Yun Qianyue had been staring at Feng Ce Fei's movements, and now she saw that her expression obviously had another bad idea to deal with her. She smiled coldly, whatever tricks she had, it was best to bring them out, and it was best to drive her out of the Yun Wang Fu. Otherwise, from today on, she would make her fall, and in the future, this palace would no longer have a place for her to stand.

  For a moment, several people in the house were silent again, and no one went out to greet anyone.

  Everyone in the courtyard immediately bowed and paid their respects as soon as they saw the Crown Prince and his consort enter, but before the Crown Prince could wave his hand to let them rise, Ye Qingchen walked in with a calm demeanor. Everyone's faces changed drastically, and in an instant, they showed even more respect than when they saw the Crown Prince, hastily paying their respects to the young master Ye, as if afraid that if they were slow by one step, he would be displeased and have them killed.

  Ye Tian's hand froze in mid-air, he turned his head and gave Ye Qing a cold glance, then walked towards the door.

  The night air was tinged with a hint of coldness, but the corners of his mouth were curved into a slight smile, clearly in a good mood. He walked with the same swagger as before, his robes fluttering behind him, and even before he entered the room, his light voice had already carried inside, "Grandfather Yun, it's been seven years since we last met, I've missed you terribly, I wonder if you've missed me too?"

  "You little demon king, you've been out for seven years and haven't made any progress when you come back, still with the same behavior!" The voice of Cloud Old Master came from inside the house, although it was a scolding, but apparently in a good mood.

  "Haha, I knew you'd miss me." Ye Qingyan laughed loudly.

  "You're a real nuisance! My head hurts just looking at you!" Old Master Wang said.

  "Grandpa Cloud, if I want to say it, why should I be embarrassed? I dare to say that I miss you, and as soon as I came back, I couldn't wait to come see you!" Ye Qingran replied with a thick face.

  Li Yun's mouth twitched. This person really didn't know what it means to blush...

  "Still as shameless as ever!" Old Master Wang scolded with a smile.

  "Haha, Grandfather said the same thing to me yesterday." Ye Qingran burst out laughing, his loud laughter causing the flowers and grass in the courtyard to tremble slightly. The "Grandfather" he mentioned was naturally Old Master Wang De.

  As the two of them spoke, Ye Tian Qing and his concubine had already arrived at the door. Yun Meng quickly stepped forward to open the curtain, his tone respectful but not as warm as when he was facing Rong Jing and Ye Qing Ran. "Your Highness, please enter. Concubine, please enter!"

  Ye Tian walked in, and as soon as he entered the house, his eyes landed on Yun Qianyue beside Old Master Yun. Today's Yun Qianyue seemed different from yesterday, she was leaning lazily on the chair with a shallow smile at the corner of her mouth, but that smile wasn't for him, it was for Ye Qingran behind him. She didn't even glance over when he came in, her gaze fixed on Ye Qingran's body, his face suddenly darkened.

  Yesterday, after returning from the imperial palace, he could no longer suppress that feeling of frustration and unease. Today, seeing her again, not only did this feeling not subside, but it even intensified by several degrees. Especially with her looking so unrefined and sloppy, sitting without any decorum, she seemed to be many times more beautiful than those elegant young ladies from noble families. This made him involuntarily fix his eyes on her. He thought about how he had never noticed that this woman was different before. No, perhaps it wasn't that he hadn't discovered it, but rather that Yun Shang had been like a shadow to him since he could remember, following him wherever he went. He didn't have time to carefully observe her, as he had always been trying to avoid her, feeling disgusted and annoyed by her presence.

  Yun Jianyue felt the gaze of the night sky, which was constantly changing and complex, making her frown involuntarily.

  Old Wang hummed in his heart and didn't get up. Nowadays, he even saluted the emperor with a slight bow, let alone the crown prince who was just a prince, not worthy of him getting up to salute.

  The king stood up and bowed to Ye Tian, "Your humble servant pays respects to the Crown Prince! My little girl Xianghe is just slightly injured, it's really her good fortune that Your Highness and the Consort have taken the trouble to come visit."

  "Wang Shu is serious, Tian Qing heard about the matter of his niece and came to take a look today. Moreover, what Tian Qing is most worried about is still the condition of his father-in-law. The queen mother in the palace has been thinking about it all along!" Tonight, Tian Qing reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Yun Shangyue's body, stretched out his hand to support Wang Ye, and said to Old Wang Ye: "Today, Father-in-law looks like he's in good spirits."

  "Hmph, I should thank you for scolding that stinky girl in the palace yesterday, it helped me to vent my anger and my illness has improved by half." Old Master Yun's cold hum was clearly sarcastic, not giving Night Sky any face.

  "Yesterday was just a minor punishment for Moon Sister, it was all for the sake of the officials. How could Tian Qing bear to hurt Moon Sister? Grandfather misunderstood Tian Qing." Night Sky said with an unchanged expression.

  "After all, whether it's a misunderstanding or not, you're clear about it in your heart." Yun Lao Wangye no longer looked at Ye Tianqing.

  Ye Tian smiled faintly and no longer refuted, turning his head to look at Feng Ce Fei. He hadn't noticed Feng Ce Fei since he came in, and now that he saw her appearance, he almost didn't recognize her, and was taken aback for a moment.

  "Eldest Aunt?" The Crown Prince's consort also recognized Feng Ce Fei at this time, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth with a handkerchief and let out a cry of surprise.

  "I pay my respects to Your Highness and Consort Feng. Xiang He suffered a great calamity yesterday, I...I am truly...sorry for the lack of etiquette, please forgive me, Your Highness and Consort Feng." Consort Feng came over to pay her respects, seizing the opportunity to shed tears and choke with sobs. She had just been pulled out of the lake and come here, originally she was already soaked from head to toe, and having just cried and made a scene, now adding to her appearance, she looked as disheveled as possible, where was the elegant noble lady of yesterday?

  "Auntie, you... why are your clothes all wet? How did you end up like this?" The Crown Prince's consort was shocked and quickly walked forward to help Phoenix Consort up.

  "I... I won't live anymore..." Feng Ce Fei burst into tears.

  "Aunt, please speak up. Don't say anything that might get you into trouble. I heard about what happened to my cousin yesterday and I wanted to come over last night, but the prince said it wouldn't do any good for me to come, so I came today instead. What's going on? Who has been bullying you? Tell the prince and he will definitely take care of it." The crown prince's consort hurriedly comforted Feng's consort, while glancing at Yun Shang Yue. She also noticed that Yun Shang Yue was different from before.

  Ye Tian furrowed his brow and looked at Yun Qianyue again without saying a word.

  Feng Ce Fei heard this and was overjoyed, just about to take the opportunity to speak up, when Ye Qing Ran's voice came again, his words indescribably delightful. "Moon sister, yesterday our horse racing was really too short and not satisfying. Today the weather is fine, why don't we go out and have another match? The Xishan horse track is spacious, you can run dozens of laps as you like."

  Before he finished speaking, someone had already walked up to Yun Shang Yue's face, smiling triumphantly. Seeing her faint smile and silence, he asked again: "How was it? I know you didn't have a good time yesterday either!"

  Phoenix concubine had a sentence stuck in her heart, and she was furious with Ye Qingchen.

  "It won't work today!" Yun Shallow Moon shook her head.

  "Why? Are you really going to listen to Master Huang and serve Grandfather Yun in the mansion? I think Grandfather Yun looks very good today, there's no need to serve him at all! Besides, this kind of serving people is not something you can do. Being cooped up in the mansion isn't your style either, why don't you go out and have some fun?" Ye Qingran seemed to be pulling her along with an inviting tone.

  Yun Qianyue glanced at Feng Ce Fei, her gaze swept over the crown prince and his concubine who were staring at her, finally settling on the group of people in the courtyard. She shook her head with a look of distress, "I really wanted to go to the horse racing competition, but today it's probably not possible, even if I don't attend to Grandfather, I won't be able to go. Someone said that I bullied her and her daughter, they want me to apologize." As she finished speaking, she looked at Feng Ce Fei again, saying in a low tone.