I have suffered enough in my previous life, my cousin will never marry me

Chapter 73 Tricking Her into Meeting
"Didn't Prince Yongning just leave Jikang County? How come he appears in Yuhua Town again?" Chunhong asked in surprise.

Seeing the cavalry chasing towards them, Ye Wanshu was confused, but suddenly she thought of something.

It seems that Fu Mingchi already knew that I came to Yuezhou and followed me all the way here. I'm afraid he still has the evil intention of using me to make friends with him.

This person is really hateful.

"Uncle Tian, ​​get rid of those people."

After shouting outside, Tian Fu immediately drove away and disappeared in the crisscrossing mountain roads in a flash.

The moment she disappeared from the mountain path, Fu Yunni saw Ye Wanshu's familiar face again.

"Brother, brother, this is really a beautiful sister. See, I didn't lie to you." She shouted excitedly.

"It's her." Fu Mingchi was just beginning to feel happy, but now his eyes were filled with doubt: "But why did she run away when she saw me?"

This question stumped everyone.

The girl just appeared in the town and came and went freely, obviously she was not kidnapped.

It seems that she really just doesn't want to see His Highness and is deliberately avoiding Him.

Yan Jin and Yu Bai looked at each other, then hesitantly asked, "Your Highness, are you still pursuing?"

Fu Mingchi shook his head: "It's not a good idea to keep chasing after him like this."

It makes it seem like an unscrupulous bully is forcibly abducting a woman.

Glancing at the group of guards around him, Fu Mingchi pointed at Yu Bai and said, "Take your men and follow her. Find a way to trick her over here."

"Lie?" Yu Bai was stunned.

"Yeah," Fu Mingchi replied softly, pointing to the towering pagoda halfway up the mountain: "Buddha will forgive you."

After saying this, he led his men towards the temple.

Before leaving, Yan Jin clenched his fist and raised his arm to encourage Yu Bai. Yu Bai was still looking at the guards beside him in confusion, but Yan Jin had already followed him up the mountain.

"Why isn't it Yan Jin this time? How could Your Highness let me do such a conscienceless thing?" He complained with a pout.

The guard on the left thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's because Commander Yu has never seen that girl before."

Yu Bai suddenly understood and nodded, "When you noticed that girl's whereabouts just now, where did she go?"

"It seems to be a family surnamed Qi in the town. The master of that house, Qi Yunsheng, is an aide to Governor Xue."

"In that case, our Highness might have met a rival in love." Yu Bai said hurriedly, "Hurry up and catch up with that girl."

The group hurriedly followed the direction Ye Wanshu left.

Thinking she had gotten rid of Fu Mingchi, Ye Wanshu lifted the curtain and looked at the rugged mountain path behind her for a long time. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw no one following her.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of a country villa surrounded by a peach orchard in full bloom.

It was April, and the area around the villa was filled with flowers of all colors, competing with each other in beauty, which was simply breathtakingly beautiful.

Ye Wanshu led Qin Chulin out of the carriage and looked up at the old plaque in front of the mansion. The two words "Taowu" written on it were polished very brightly and were still so eye-catching, as if she was back to the scene when she first came here as a child.

At that time, she and Chu Yin were just ignorant children, and her grandmother was still in good health. Just because she said she liked this peach forest and the hot springs in the mountain stream, her grandmother bought several nearby hills and had this house built.

She and Chu Yin spent a very unforgettable time here, and it was also here that the girl met Qi Yunsheng for the first time.

She was staring at Taowu in a daze when suddenly a hoarse voice called her back.

"Young lady." Ye Wanshu looked over and saw Mother Yan happily coming out with two maids.

"Mother Yan."

Nearly ten years had passed, and Mother Yan had aged a lot. Only then did Ye Wanshu see her appearance clearly. The old woman had already excitedly stepped forward and hugged her, crying uncontrollably.

"I thought I would never see you again in this lifetime."

Madam Yan choked up and said, "I heard in town that the young lady had broken off her engagement with the Duke's Mansion. I wanted to send someone to bring you to Yuhua Town, but I was afraid you wouldn't be happy, so I could only guard Taowu for you and the old lady. Now the young lady has finally come."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mommy Yan."

Ye Wanshu smiled at her, but Mother Yan cried even harder.

"The old lady has held the young lady in her arms for so many years that she was afraid she would melt, yet she has been treated so badly by the two brothers of the Gu family. If the old lady were still alive, she would be so heartbroken. It's also the second young lady's fault for being so foolish. Our young lady can marry into any family, but she has to take you to marry into the Duke's Mansion."

Tian Fu frowned and sighed when he heard this: "It's all over now. Why are you still talking about this, Old Lady Yan? Didn't the Duke's wife ask me to send the girl back?"

"You old fool, I think you just followed the second young lady into the Duke's Mansion and forgot your roots, always favoring the second young lady."

Mother Yan said unhappily, "The Second Miss didn't leave our daughter any way out. She even sold the ancestral home. If it weren't for the old lady's wisdom in leaving this peach garden, our daughter would probably be living on the streets now."

"It's not that serious, Mother Yan."

Since she was a child, she had been accustomed to hearing these two people quarreling in the mansion. Although she felt it was familiar, after all, they had just met again, so Ye Wanshu still wanted to save some face for Uncle Tian.

Knowing that Uncle Tian couldn't win an argument with Mother Yan, Ye Wanshu immediately changed the subject: "Uncle Tian, ​​please take everyone's luggage down, unload the carriage, and go settle the young master."

She briefly recounted Qin Chulin's life story to Mother Yan. Upon learning that he was her daughter's adopted brother, Mother Yan was extremely enthusiastic and quickly ordered the maids to help with the placement of the child.

On the way into Taowu, Mother Yan told Ye Wanshu about the current situation of Taowu.

From big things like the number of servants in the mansion and the income from the surrounding farms to small things like which hot spring pools had dried up and were no longer producing water, he told her every detail.

Ever since my aunt sold the ancestral home, many elderly people in the Ye family had nowhere to go and were all taken in by Mother Yan. Now, there are about twenty or thirty people taking care of the entire farm.

The old woman's words were full of blame for her aunt, and Ye Wanshu couldn't defend her aunt. After all, what she had done was indeed a bit excessive.

"When I left Lin'an, my aunt gave me the money from selling the ancestral property. Mother Yan can send someone to redeem the ancestral home in a few days."

Ye Wanshu explained, "When the time comes, anyone who wants to return to Tongyang can go back and take care of the ancestral home."

But thinking of some things in her past life, she changed the subject: "Let's not think about returning to our old business for the time being."

Nowadays, the government is in turmoil, and merchants are struggling to survive in the cracks. Those who have no power can only be exploited.

Mother Yan was a little sad that the old lady's hard work had come to a halt: "After all, the young lady is now a princess personally appointed by His Majesty. If she wants to return to our Ye family's business and continue to manage it, I think the government will not dare to make things difficult for her."

Ye Wanshu closed her eyes. "Those of the orthodox royal bloodlines in Lin'an City are still suppressed. My title of princess, which was forcibly promoted, is nothing more than an empty title. In the face of absolute power, this title is like an ant."

Mother Yan was my grandmother's most capable assistant. She understood the old woman's painstaking efforts and comforted her with a smile.

"Mother Yan, listen to me. It wasn't a bad thing for Auntie to sell the ancestral property. It's also a good thing for us to be less ambitious now. There's no need to rush anything."

Seeing that the girl had her own ideas, Mother Yan stopped trying to persuade her.

As the master and servant stepped into the yard, they suddenly saw a servant running in hurriedly.

"Mother Yan, there are several gentlemen outside who want to invite our young lady. They say that a young man named Qi wants to see her."

(End of this chapter)