Chapter 180 Ye Family Daughter

Before Ye Yunshu even returned to the Surveillance Department, her other identity had already been revealed.

Princess Yongxin, who stayed alone in the late spring, was one of the few people who knew Ye Yunshu's true identity.

Without a second thought, she immediately drew the attention of her subordinates to this.

"Let everyone talk more about the deep affection between His Majesty and the late Empress."

One of the conditions the late Empress met when she married His Majesty was that after giving birth to a daughter, she would be sent back to the Ye family to take over the Censorate.

Let's not talk about anything else!

...

When Ye Yunshu returned to the Supervisory Department, Song Zhimian was still there.

Song Zhimian was still in shock from receiving the news.

My guess was right; this Lord Ye is indeed a member of the royal family.

Moreover, she was a legitimate princess of extremely high status.

Even the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi would respectfully address her as "elder sister" when they met her!

I immediately understood why I had noticed something was wrong with Ye Yunshu earlier.

The Tencel satin that the nobles in the palace were fighting tooth and nail for...

In front of this legitimate princess, it could only be used as material for undergarments.

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Yunshu waved her hand in front of Song Zhimin, who was lost in thought.

Song Zhimian then came to her senses.

She quickly knelt down and paid her respects.

"This humble official, Song Zhimin, greets Princess Tianyuan!"

Ye Yunshu squinted at Song Zhimian, then tugged at Song Zhimian's arm.

"Get up! There is only Ye Yunshu, the Chief Censor, in the Censorate. Princess Tianyuan is not here!"

Song Zhimian immediately stood up.

"yes!"

Ye Yunshu glanced at Song Zhimian again, then pointed to the seat opposite her.

"Sit down! Don't be shy! Besides His Majesty and Aunt Cui in the palace, the only people who know my identity are the Crown Prince, Prince Qi, the old lady of the Duke of Han's mansion, and Mu Xiao!"

Song Zhimian sat down respectfully.

She was a little curious as to how this noble princess could give up her status as a legitimate princess and willingly become a fourth-rank supervisor.

Before learning Ye Yunshu's true identity, Song Zhimian thought the fourth-rank Inspector General was incredibly impressive.

After all, they could audit the accounts of the Six Ministries and the Imperial Household Department, and supervise all officials and merchants in Dayu.

That must be an enormous amount of power!

But all of that seems insignificant in the face of her status as a legitimate princess.

The late empress's legitimate daughter, and the crown prince's half-sister, how many people in Dayu could match this status!

"What? Is there a problem?" Ye Yunshu looked at Song Zhimian.

"Yes! You're amazing, sir!" Song Zhimian quickly flattered him.

Ye Yunshu chuckled and shook her head.

"I can only be a daughter of the Ye family!"

My mother... is the late Empress you all mentioned. She was a woman from the Ye family and a descendant of the Marquis of Anbang's family, as everyone says.

The Anbang Marquis's Mansion has a close relationship with the Changsheng Duke Huangfu family.

When my mother was born, according to the rules of the Marquis of Anbang's mansion, girls took the surname Ye, the first Grand Calculator of the Dayu Surveillance Bureau.

Moreover, they only accept sons-in-law, not daughters-in-law!

Unfortunately... the mother and the emperor, who was still just the crown prince at the time, fell in love.

The emperor insisted on marrying the empress, but the empress's status meant she could only marry into another family.

Later, the Empress Dowager gave an idea: her mother would marry her father as an adopted daughter of the Huangfu family.

If any of the children born later are girls, they should be secretly sent back to the Ye family.

Anyway, my mother always gave the impression of being frail and sickly, and the elders kept it a secret so well that no one realized that the Empress Dowager and the Minister of the Censorate were the same person.

Later... my mother gave birth to me and the crown prince.

The crown prince stayed in the palace, while I was secretly sent to the Ye family.

From as far back as I can remember, I had one feeling: my mother was often not at home.

Later, the seventh child was born. Because the mother was already weak, she had a difficult childbirth and passed away not long after giving birth to the seventh child.

I remember it very clearly; I didn't see my mother for a whole month back then.

Just as I was getting impatient, my father arrived.

He held me and sat under the osmanthus tree where my mother taught me to use an abacus for a long time.

He asked me if I wanted to enter the palace as a princess or stay in the Ye family to make plans.

Without thinking, I told him that I liked using an abacus and wanted to stay in the Ye family to use it.

Then I grew up...

I only then realized that my mother was the deceased empress that everyone was talking about.

I also know that I am my father's daughter, and that I have two younger brothers.

More importantly, I also learned that my father didn't just have the three of us children; he had many children.

Besides his mother, he had many concubines, and even one of them was a lady-in-waiting in his mother's palace...

At that time, I hated him a little, but later I came to understand that all men are like that.

My father, who rules the country, how could he possibly lack women by his side!

"Finally, I entered the Censorate when I was fifteen, and later I became the Minister of the Censorate," Ye Yunshu said with a smile.

Song Zhimian listened intently.

Ye Yunshu spoke lightly, but there must have been many twists and turns involved.

What kind of person must that late empress have been to make His Majesty fall so deeply in love with her and agree to her request to send her daughter back to the Ye family?

"So, would you rather be Princess Tianyuan or the Minister of the Censorate?" Song Zhimian suddenly asked.

Ye Yunshu was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"If we're talking about preferences... I'd still prefer being the Chief Inspector."

But for today's occasion, it would be better for Princess Tianyuan to be present.

If you can solve problems by using your status to intimidate others, that's pretty good.

"However... I am still a daughter of the Ye family, Ye Yunshu!" Ye Yunshu said with a smile.

Song Zhimian looked at Ye Yunshu with a hint of admiration.

This is truly a person who lives life with clarity and understanding!

"Lord Ye, are you really... not planning to take a son-in-law?" Song Zhimian asked softly.

Ye Yunshu nodded.

"Finding a son-in-law is too troublesome! Anyway, now that I have this status, no one dares to say anything to me."

Even His Majesty wouldn't dare mention this matter in front of me.

Although finding a son-in-law is unlikely, as for a child... we can still have one.

"It would be best to have a daughter too, so that our Ye family will have an heir. Maybe the child will have a photographic memory for account books, just like me!" Ye Yunshu said with a smile.

Song Zhimian...

This means she's going to be a single mother!

However, Song Zhimian is now even more curious.

“Lord Ye, now that your princess identity has spread, I think there’s someone who must be kicking themselves right now!” Song Zhimian moved closer to Ye Yunshu.

"Who is it?!" Ye Yunshu hadn't reacted yet.

"That Prince Consort Tong Shiqing! Wasn't he trying to climb the social ladder back then? In the end, he climbed the social ladder in his eyes."

Now he knows that you are the one with the highest status... He doesn't even know how to regret it now! "Song Zhimian said.

Ye Yunshu...

Tong Shiqing, she almost forgot that such a person existed!