Chapter 232: Entering the Palace
Ye Shuo also vaguely realised that he had frightened her because of his lack of tact last night, and subconsciously began to think about how to make amends later.
Even Ye Shuo is more or less controlled by his body at this age. It was fine before he didn’t eat meat, but now that he can eat meat, even he can’t control himself all the time.
As if he didn’t notice her defense, Ye Shuo put the food box in his hand on the table next to him: “I remember that you like the food I make the most. I made these in the kitchen myself. Come and try them?”
Ye Shuo had eaten only half full last night, and was so full that he got up earlier than Yao Zhi for the first time in his life.
Yao Zhi’s face turned blue and red for a long time. After she recovered some strength, she finally got out of bed.
The clothes around can be put away, the bed can be rearranged, but the existing marks cannot be erased. When she accidentally saw her wrist, her memory completely came back. For a moment, Yao Zhi really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Oh my God, how could he be so shameless!
However, the young man now looked as if he knew he was wrong, and looked at her pitifully, making her want to scold him but unable to.The most important thing is that the whole process was quite enjoyable, but it was really tiring, and I felt like I was about to fall apart.
In short, in order to live a few more years, it is better to be moderate in this kind of thing.
So Yao Zhi pretended to be angry and ignored him. After a while, the young man even drooped his head.
“It’s okay for you to be mad at me, but you can’t not eat…”
“If you think my cooking is not tasty enough, I can ask the chef in your house to cook it for you again…”
In this situation, how could Yao Zhi hold back?
“No need.” Just two words made the young man’s beautiful eyes light up immediately, and Yao Zhi’s heart couldn’t help but tremble.
“This is honey-fruit glutinous rice porridge, this is egg roll pancake, and this is pickled radish…”
Although they were all home-cooked dishes, they were still quite exquisite. In case she had no appetite, they specially prepared some appetising pickled radish. It was obvious that the cook had put a lot of effort into the preparation.
Between being angry and calming down, Yao Zhi couldn’t hold on to the end.
“You too… sit down and eat something with me.”
Ye Shuo was about to say that he had already eaten, but after thinking about it, he finally sat down.
After a meal, Yao Zhi’s anger had almost subsided. Strike while the iron was hot, Ye Shuo stood up, and under Yao Zhi’s puzzled gaze, he walked to the head of the bed and pulled out a wooden box from the wall side of the bed.
“What are you doing? What is this?” Yao Zhi couldn’t help but ask.
While she was stunned, Ye Shuo hurriedly opened the wooden box in front of him. Then, stacks of large banknotes came into Yao Zhi’s sight.
There were so many banknotes and the amounts were so large that even someone like Yao Zhi, who didn’t value money very much, was shocked.
“Where did you get so much money?” Yao Zhi was not stupid. She had been in the Prince Su’s Mansion for so long, how could she not know how the expenses of the Prince Su’s Mansion were?
Even if the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine subsidised him, they couldn’t subsidise so much!
Yao Zhi suddenly lost the mood to pay attention to anything else.
Ye Shuo didn’t tell everything, but he didn’t hide it either. He just said, “A few years ago, my eldest cousin from my maternal grandfather’s family and I started a business together without telling my father and mother.”
He didn’t say that this business was about selling distilled liquor, nor did he say that everyone in Beiting, from top to bottom, could no longer do without this thing.
Yao Zhi immediately understood that the emperor must not be informed of these banknotes.
Being in the royal family is like this, many things have to be hidden, such as his kung fu and the huge amount of silver bills in front of him.
It didn’t matter whether there were banknotes or not, what mattered was this secret. He told her something that even his father, the emperor, didn’t know so easily. With such trust, how could Yao Zhi not be moved?
His life in the royal family was already hard, and if doing these things could make him happy, it wouldn’t be that hard to accept. Of course, it couldn’t last that long, and Yao Zhi insisted on this.
One hour is fine, how can it last until almost dawn…
Seeing that Yao Zhi seemed to be getting softer, Ye Shuo quickly took advantage of the situation and said, “Sister Azhi, I really couldn’t control myself last night. I, I didn’t want to do that. Please forgive me…”
But in fact, how could Ye Shuo be as innocent as he said?
But Yao Zhi didn’t know. It was only after being reminded by the word “sister” that Yao Zhi realised that he was still young, having just turned twenty. Most young people don’t know their limits, so it was understandable that he went a little too far.
On the contrary, I was the one who, even though I was already 23 years old, still followed him in making trouble. This was really wrong.
What we need to do is to ask him to exercise proper self-control and gradually guide him back to the right path.
As Yao Zhi thought about this, she suddenly became certain in her heart. Then she realised that she still had to go to the palace to pay her respects to the Imperial Concubine today. But looking at the sky outside, it might have already passed the noon hour.
…Oh no!
“What are you still standing there for? Why don’t you clean up quickly?”
Ye Shuo heaved a sigh of relief and couldn’t help but said, “Don’t worry, my father said yesterday that it won’t be too late to go there at noon.”
Oh my God, he actually took it seriously. My husband is too honest.
Yao Zhi endured the discomfort and quickly asked the maid to help her dress. After all this busy work, Yao Zhi’s waist and legs became more and more sore.
Fortunately, she had practised martial arts before, so she could barely hold on.
Just as Yao Zhi was about to walk out of the room, she saw Ye Shuo walk up behind her and pick her up.
Since her current situation was caused by Ye Shuo, Ye Shuo should naturally take the responsibility.
When the maids and servants sweeping the floor saw this scene, their faces turned red and they turned their eyes away, not daring to look anymore.
Yao Zhi also blushed a little, and couldn’t help struggling: “What are you doing, so many people are watching!”
“What’s the big deal?” What’s wrong with being intimate between husband and wife? They are now legal.
Ye Shuo didn’t care. He smiled and carried Yao Zhi all the way to the carriage that had been prepared long ago. During the whole process, she didn’t even touch the ground.
About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage slowly drove into the imperial city. When Ye Shuo helped her get out of the carriage, Yao Zhi suddenly thought of something.
How could the Imperial Concubine hear my voice? As soon as I opened my mouth, I would be exposed.
Yao Zhi suddenly wanted to hit him again.
“It’s okay, my mother won’t care.” Even if she noticed, she would probably just scold him at most.
Yes, scold him.
After all, it was obvious that he was the one who did the bad thing, and his mother would not blame the girl.
As if he saw her worry, Ye Shuo hurriedly comforted her. However, despite what Ye Shuo said, Yao Zhi was still so angry that she wanted to scratch him.
At three quarters past noon, Ye Shuo and Yao Zhi arrived at the gate of Qiuwu Palace together.
“Let me make this clear first. When we go in later, you have to speak for me.” Yao Zhi decided that in order not to embarrass herself, she would speak as little as possible.
Ye Shuo knew that he was in the wrong, so naturally he did not object.
The Imperial Concubine had some understanding of her son, so she didn’t expect him to come so early.
So the Imperial Concubine got up slowly, dressed slowly, had breakfast slowly, and went outside to digest the food as usual. Only then did she hear the eunuch’s report from outside.
“Prince Rui and Princess Rui are here——”
It is indeed so.
The Imperial Concubine looked up at the sky, and remembered the attitude of the girl named Yao when she talked about her son, and couldn’t help but sigh.
At first, she had thought that when her son reached marriageable age, she would definitely find someone strong to take care of him. But now, it seemed that this girl was being completely dominated by him, so she guessed that it would not work.