flstandardbreds Chapter 119 People always have something to yearn for in life
Chapter 119 People always have something to yearn for in life
Chapter 119 People always have something to yearn for in life
When they returned to Chuyunyuan, Liu followed them all the way. She followed Ye Chulian into the house, drove away all the servants, and personally closed the door tightly. Then she said anxiously, "Are you confused? Who is the Fourth Prince? Why are you thinking about him? Not to mention that he is a hostage returning to the country, the Ye family will not consider him. Even if he grew up in the capital, we can't climb up to him just because he is a high-ranking royal family."
Ye Chulian looked lonely, and it was hard to tell whether she was sad or what, but she just felt depressed.
Liu continued to criticize her, "It was so dangerous in Xu Ming Tang just now. I don't know what's wrong with the Second Miss. She doesn't like anyone and will say something about anyone's actions. What do you want from letting her scold you? The old lady will also be dissatisfied with you because of this. If you really make them angry, I'm afraid she won't let you learn piano, chess, calligraphy, or painting, let alone dance."
Seeing that Ye Chulian was still indifferent, Liu was really anxious, "Chulian, we are illegitimate daughters, we can't compare with those legitimate daughters. Look at the Second Miss, no matter how sarcastic she is, she is the child raised by the old lady and the legitimate daughter of the first wife, so if she wants to make things difficult for you, the old lady will not side with you. And the Fourth Prince, even if you marry him, you will only be a concubine in the future, is it worth it? I, your aunt, was a concubine, so I know the bitterness of it, and I don't want you to follow my old path. Listen to your aunt's advice, let's strive to marry a illegitimate son of a good family as our principal wife in the future, and never think of marrying a legitimate son as a concubine, okay?"
Ye Chulian glanced at her aunt and said indifferently: "Isn't the Fourth Prince a bastard?"
"But he is a bastard of the royal family!" Liu was so angry that she almost laughed, "Can a bastard of the royal family be called a bastard? The new emperor is also a bastard, but he is also the emperor. So you can't think about the royal family!"
"I know, I'm not thinking about her. How can I think about someone I've only met once? If people's feelings are so easy to give, then it's better not to go out on the street. Otherwise, it's not a good thing to fall in love with everyone you meet."
"You, what do you mean?" Sometimes Liu really couldn't understand her daughter. She gave birth to her, but she could never guess what Ye Chulian was thinking. It seemed that she couldn't see through her daughter since she was seven or eight years old. "I know you are arrogant, and I also know that your timid appearance is just pretending, so I sometimes panic because I don't know what you want to do. Chulian, tell me the truth, what do you want?"
Ye Chulian sat down, upright, with her chin slightly raised, and holding the tea with her orchid fingers, her posture was very elegant.
This is exactly how she looked when she returned to her room every day and expressed her joy to her personal maid.
Liu was terrified when she saw this. "Is this the female teacher we hired to teach you?"
Ye Chulian shook her head, "No, I used to learn from my elder sister, the eldest lady, and my fourth sister. They are role models in this mansion, so I always thought that I should learn from them to become an excellent person." She took a sip of tea, pursed her lips, and put it down after just a sip. "You told me not to think about the Fourth Prince, but in fact, you don't have to worry about this. Like I said just now, I have only met someone once, and I don't know his preferences and character, so how can I care about him casually."
Liu breathed a sigh of relief. Although she felt that Ye Chulian's imitation of the eldest family's behavior was still a bit scary, she was relieved to hear that she was not thinking about the Fourth Prince.
"That's good, that's good. I was really worried that you would go the wrong way. You know, in a family like this, sometimes one wrong step can lead to many wrong steps. If you are not careful, you will lose your whole life."
Ye Chulian smiled bitterly, "I know, but people always have to have something to look forward to in life, otherwise how can we live on? So when I saw the Fourth Prince just now, I felt a little bit of yearning in my heart, just like a person who has lived in darkness for many years suddenly saw the sun. I was in a happy mood, even if his eyes were covered with frost, I still felt warm."
Liu's heart, which had just been put at ease, was lifted up again, and she heard Ye Chulian continue, "We have lived like invisible people for the past ten years. You are willing, but I am not. Whenever I think that one day in the future, my father and the second wife will use me as a tool, marry me to a strange family, and let me live with a person I don't like for the rest of my life, I will have nightmares. I don't want that, but I know that one day I will have to do that. Because that is my fate. From the day I was born, I was destined to pave the way for the legitimate daughter of the mansion. So when you say that you only want me to marry the illegitimate son as his legal wife in the future, that is just wishful thinking, and your words don't count."
Liu sighed, covered her face with her hands, wanted to cry, but had no tears.
I have shed all my tears over the years, for myself and for this poor daughter.
What hairdressing maid hooked up with the master? She never hooked up with the master. It was obviously the master who got drunk and raped her. The second wife let the master take her into the room to show off, but in fact she hated her to the core and humiliated her every day.
"So what do you want? What can you do if you are unwilling?" She asked Ye Chulian, "Do you plan to take advantage of the fact that the old lady and your father have finally taken a liking to you, listen to them, learn piano and dance well, and think about making a name for yourself in the future?"
"How is that possible!" Ye Chulian laughed, "How could they let me stand out from the crowd? How could I really be fine?
Listen to them? Haven't you understood these days? Listening to them will not end well. Besides, what kind of things are they doing? Changing brides, getting pregnant early, and even murdering people on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Really, how could I have such a father? "
Liu didn't understand how there could be such shameless people in the world, but she had no choice but to persuade her daughter to be more open-minded: "As long as we don't learn from them, it will be fine. Alas, you just said that you act like an invisible person, and you are indeed an invisible person, but the least invisible person in this family is the fourth young lady, and we can't compare with her."
"I can't compare with her, but I can learn from her. Even if I can't learn, at least I have to show my attitude." Ye Chulian seemed to have made up her mind. She told Liu, "I can't follow Ye Hongzhuang's old path. If I have to rely on someone to survive in this family, I will definitely choose to rely on my fourth sister."
"But we don't know whether your fourth sister is alive or dead!" Liu shook her head and didn't want to say anything more. Her daughter was very ambitious, but her biological mother couldn't give her anything, so she had no choice but to rely on others. She just didn't know whether the chosen fourth sister could be trusted, and she didn't know whether the person whose life or death was unknown would come back.
Ye Chulian's abnormal behavior today made many people uneasy, including Liu and Ye Lianmian.
In fact, Ye Lianmian likes the Sixth Prince, because she grew up with the old lady. When she was only four or five years old, she always heard the old lady talking about the need to train the children in the mansion. She also heard the old lady say that if a new emperor ascends the throne one day in the future, it would be best if the empress is a girl from our Ye family, so that the status and military power of the Ye family can be preserved.
So she had always dreamed that one day she would marry the legitimate prince, and then become the mother of the country after the legitimate prince ascended the throne.
It's a pity that the Sixth Prince is no longer able to do so, and her dream of becoming the Queen has been shattered. However, the feelings she had cultivated for the Sixth Prince under her constant psychological suggestion over the years have not been shattered along with him.
She felt that her feelings were holy. Ye Hongzhuang could abandon the Sixth Prince, but she couldn't. She still liked that man.
It was a pity that the person she loved was treated so badly. She felt sad just thinking about it. Ye Wenyan was a jinx. She had ruined the good fortune of the First-Rank General's Mansion.
She told the old lady about this idea, and she nodded: "You are right, she is a jinx, so no matter whether she is dead or alive, it is best not to come back. Only if she doesn't come back, our family can live a stable life."
It would be fine if the person was dead, but what if he was not dead? How can we prevent that girl from coming back?
On the morning of the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Quan Qingcheng and the regent had an argument over state affairs, and in the end the regent overruled him and made the decision on that memorial. Quan Qingcheng was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.
After the court was dismissed, the regent Quan Ji went to Yong'an Palace. Quan Qingcheng watched him walk towards the West Palace from a distance, groaning in anger.
"Since when has the harem been allowed to allow outsiders to come and go freely? The emperor's uncle really doesn't know how to avoid suspicion. If he continues to behave like this after my wedding, what will become of this palace? What will the outsiders say if they find out?"
Wu Fei was also fed up with the power schemes, but there was nothing he could do about them. The master and servant were the typical pair who looked down on the other person but couldn't get rid of him. They just talked a lot every day, and could only worry when something happened.
"After the Emperor's wedding, he will be able to rule the country. As long as the Emperor rules the country, he cannot be the regent. Naturally, he cannot enter and leave the palace at will." Wu Fei advised him, "Be patient, it will only take two years at most."
Quan Qingcheng took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.
In Yong'an Palace, Empress Dowager Li had someone prepare a meal. When Quan Ji came in, she was saying to the palace maid Bao Chan, "Remove the roast goose and replace it with duck. The regent doesn't like goose."
Quan Ji frowned upon hearing this, and quickly waved his hand to dismiss the servants, then strode into the inner hall and said, "Roast goose is what you like to eat, so the imperial kitchen will naturally pick up the food you like and bring it here. You just took away the goose and replaced it with duck for no reason, what do you think the imperial kitchen will think?"
As he spoke, he asked Baochan to leave. He did not sit down until Baochan closed the door from the outside. "Xiaohan, although the late emperor has passed away, you should not let your guard down. Today, the little emperor challenged me in the court. Although he listened to me in the end, there will be a second time. He is no longer the dumb little man who was manipulated by others."
Empress Dowager Li was worried...