Chapter 118: Crazy for the Prince, Crazy for the Prince

Xie Yingmian was puzzled.

What else can we do besides this?

Does she have to write a short essay to praise it?

Xie Yingmian racked his brains and came up with a few verses in praise of the nightingale.

Including but not limited to:

"A few early orioles vie for the warm trees, and new swallows peck at the spring mud."

"Thousands of miles away, orioles sing, green and red are reflected, and wine flags flutter in the wind in the water villages and mountain towns."

"Two yellow orioles sing in the green willows, a line of egrets soars in the blue sky."

"On the pond, there are three or four dots of green moss; beneath the leaves, there are one or two chirps of orioles."

Yu Lingye didn't want to talk to Xie Yingmian.

The early oriole and oriole singing mentioned above are at least somewhat related to "oriole".

What the hell is that oriole at the back?

The nightingale is Yu Lingye’s night and Xie Yingmian’s nightingale.

Such a simple combination, hard to understand?

Hard to imagine?

Yu Lingye kept a solemn and beautiful black face and said nothing.

Xie Yingmian realized that his flattery had backfired.

She sighed silently, it's really hard to please the financial sponsor.

Just at this moment, Fu Mo brought over the food, solving Xie Yingmian's problem.

From yesterday to today, Xie Yingmian only had one meal.

After being too hungry, you no longer feel hungry.

When I saw the food, the feeling of hunger came over me.

Xie Yingmian ate to her heart's content.

After finishing her meal, she noticed that Yu Lingye sitting opposite her hadn’t picked up his chopsticks yet.

"Not to your taste?" Xie Yingmian asked, "Can you ask Fu Mo to change it for you?"

Yu Lingye's handsome face was still dark.

He turned his face away: "I ate last night."

Several question marks slowly appeared in Xie Yingmian's head.

Is there any connection between yesterday’s meal and today’s meal?

Fu Mo whispered, "I heard from Brother Tianjia that the prince waited until almost midnight to have dinner last night."

Xie Yingmian also whispered: "Why so late?"

Fu Mo was puzzled: "Yes, the prince always eats at the hour of You. I wonder why he waited until the hour of Zi last night."

"Your Highness has never had the habit of wasting food. Last night's meal was for two people, so they must have been full."

When Xie Yingmian heard the words "portions for two", the veins on his forehead twitched twice.

The memory of the dead began to attack her,

When they separated last night, Yu Lingye asked her what she wanted to eat, and she casually said that she was not picky about food.

Later, she fell asleep and forgot to ask someone to tell Yu Lingye.

Yu Lingye is a stubborn person. He waited until midnight and ate two meals. I'm afraid he must have been too full.

"It's my fault." Xie Yingmian sincerely apologized to Yu Lingye.

"I forgot the agreement with His Royal Highness Prince Ling. No wonder His Royal Highness Prince Ling is angry. If it were me, I would be angry too."

Yu Lingye: ...

He wasn't angry about that.

He didn't eat two portions of rice, because Tianjia ate that one portion. He was not a fool.

He just...

That's all.

It makes no sense to explain.

Yu Lingye said to Fu Mo, "Retreat."

Fu Mo left with the food tray.

Xie Yingmian said, "Fu Mo is doing the maids' work. Fu Feng hasn't recovered yet, so he's doing all this by himself. He's busy as a top every day."

"How about we let Tamamo and Tsumugi serve us."

"They are my two dowries. Although they were just servants in the Xie family, they are very considerate and willing to learn. They can help Fu Mo share some of the burdens."

Yu Lingye didn't even raise his eyes: "Just make the decision on this little thing."

Winter, warm sun.

It was noon and the sun was shining brightly.

The dazzling sunlight shone through the window lattice onto Yu Lingye's black clothes.

The gold and silver threads on the black robe reflected tiny specks of light.

Neither of them said anything.

The only sounds were the sound of Yu Lingye flipping through the manuscripts and the occasional sound of Xie Yingmian drinking tea.

It took a long time.

"Do you have anything else to do?" Yu Lingye asked.

Xie Yingmian put down the teacup: "No, am I in the way here? You go ahead and do your work, I'll go to the kitchen and take a look."

"It's okay, I have something to discuss with you." Yu Lingye's tone was quite serious.

Xie Yingmian was a little uncomfortable with Yu Lingye's seriousness.

"Is it something important?"

"Very important." Yu Lingye said.

Xie Yingmian sat upright, showing that her attitude was also correct: "Please speak."

Yu Lingye brought over a stack of banknotes.

Xie Yingmian's eyes lit up when she saw the thick stack of banknotes.

It lit up for a moment, then became alert again.

No reward without merit.

It's unreasonable for Yu Lingye to be so attentive to others for no reason.

"What is this for?" Xie Yingmian asked.

"For you." Yu Lingye said.

Xie Yingmian became more alert.

Yu Lingye just gave her fifty thousand taels.

The fifty thousand taels were legitimate.

These banknotes are half as thick as the previous ones.

The total amount is probably about 100,000 taels.

She loves money, but she gets it in a proper way.

Pie that falls from the sky is most likely a trap.

"You'd better tell me what's going on first." Xie Yingmian said.

Yu Lingye said: "I want to know about Mochi..."

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Fu Mo suddenly rushed in.

"The Queen Mother's decree has arrived."

"The person announcing the decree has arrived at the palace gate and will be at Danyue Courtyard soon."

Xie Yingmian asked Yu Lingye, "We just wiped out the Fly Gang, and right after that the Empress Dowager's decree arrived."

"Could it be that the Queen Mother is the powerful figure behind the Goshawk Gang?"

Yu Lingye frowned slightly: "It must be a coincidence."

The Queen Mother is a person with a very delicate mind and strong means.

Even if she is the powerful person behind the scenes, she will not take the initiative to jump out.

"Get ready first and receive the imperial edict."

The eunuch who announced the decree did his job impartially and left after reading it.

Listen carefully to the content of the imperial edict.

Xie Yingmian was puzzled. "The Queen Mother's decree only asks you to welcome Princess Mu Ning to stay at Prince Ling's mansion?"

Is this a small matter worthy of issuing a special imperial decree?

Fu Mo, who had sent the eunuch who announced the decree away, happened to hear these words.

He said quickly, "Your Highness, there's something you don't know."

"Princess Mu Ning is different from normal people. She is a lunatic."

"She adores the prince so much, to the point of going crazy for him, mad for him, and banging her head against the wall for him."

"The prince is not afraid of anyone except her. He always avoids her when he sees her."

"Princess Mu Ning wasn't supposed to return to the capital. I guess she couldn't sit still after hearing the news of the prince's marriage, so she tried every possible way to come back."

"The Queen Mother agreed to Princess Mu Ning's return and even allowed her to stay at the palace. It's clear that she wants to use her to cause unrest in the palace."

"This move is really vicious and disgusting."

Xie Yingmian looked at Yu Lingye, smiling: "You are quite interesting. Since the princess loves you so much, why don't you just accept her?"

Yu Lingye's face was cold: "You want me to accept it?"

Xie Yingmian refused to take the blame: "If you want to take it, then take it, but don't use my name."

Yu Lingye's eyes were dark. "You are my princess. If I want to take a concubine, I need your consent. If you want to stay out of it, I'm afraid you can't."

Xie Yingmian: "You mean, I'm responsible for finding you a concubine?"

She vaguely remembered that there were such plots in palace fighting dramas.

No matter how unhappy the queen is, she has to hold her nose and choose various concubines for her husband.

A bunch of women are trapped in the high city walls, fighting for the favor of a fickle man, scheming against each other and getting hurt.

As a qualified professional princess.

Xie Yingmian said that she would definitely abide by professional ethics and carefully select concubines for Yu Lingye.