Chapter 144
Because the Empress summoned her, Ye Jingyue asked Ye Yunyao to go back first when she left.
Gu Jingchen probably had something to say to the Empress, so she planned to go back by herself.
Not long after getting on the carriage, Gu Jingchen's voice came from outside.
"Cousin, wait for me."
Ye Jingyue opened the curtain, with surprise on her delicate face.
"Cousin..."
[How come you're back so soon? Shouldn't mother and son first cry, sigh, and then have another tug of war when they meet?]
[It's so fast, they won't fail to recognize each other, right?]
Gu Jingchen had a gentle smile on his face.
"I'll take my cousin back."
"Okay."
Gu Jingchen got on the carriage. He had a slender figure and an air of a fairy. One look at him would make people indulge in him.
"Cousin, what did the Queen tell you?"
Gu Jingchen raised his eyebrows: "You want to know."
Ye Jingyue smiled, "I'll just ask casually."
[I don't want to know! I already know too much! Alas! I'm just worried about my life!]
Gu Jingchen couldn't help laughing in his heart.
Yes!
You know too much!
He and the Queen have already recognized each other.
He originally thought that the recognition between the two was very complicated, and at least some preparation was needed.
But no.
The Queen was very direct, didn't waste words, and the topic went straight to the point. Just
like his cousin.
They were both clean and elegant women.
No dragging their feet.
Gu Jingchen now has complicated feelings towards the queen.
On the one hand, she is his biological mother.
On the other hand...
they haven't seen each other for so many years, and he has long passed the stage of cultivating feelings.
Do you say that he has feelings for her?
She is his mother.
But how deep is the feeling... he didn't know she existed for all these years.
How could he have such overwhelming feelings in an instant?
Ye Jingyue curled her lips.
[Forget it, I won't ask. Your mother is much more powerful than me, she will arrange everything for you. I am here to take care of you in your old age, not to worry about you.]
[If you keep worrying about me like this, I will no longer be beautiful!]
Gu Jingchen looked at Ye Jingyue's face.
Her little face was white and soft, well-behaved and cute, her eyes were smart and intelligent, and her whole person was shining.
Gu Jingchen didn't know when it started, his eyes and thoughts would naturally fall on her.
She was like a luminous body, attracting him.
"Miss Qingcheng, don't go!"
"Miss Qingcheng, I have admired you for a long time..."
"Miss Qingcheng is worthy of being called Yiwu Qingcheng, she is so beautiful."
"Meeting is fate..."
Ye Jingyue suddenly opened the curtain and saw three people dressed in academy student clothes surrounding a young girl, with obscene smiles on their faces.
One of them was an acquaintance.
Qin Sen.
Gu Yingxue's lover.
Ye Jingyue said to Gu Jingchen: "Cousin, come on!"
Gu Jingchen didn't like this kind of thing either. He didn't expect that he would encounter it.
Moreover, the imperial examination was about to begin, and this group of students did not want to study hard, but flirted with decent women on the street.
"What are you doing!"
Gu Jingchen's voice was very cold.
The three students heard the voice, looked up and saw that it was Gu Jingchen, and their faces turned pale with fear.
Qin Sen was shaking, and hurriedly explained: "Sir, you misunderstood, we saw this girl lost her way, and kindly showed her the way."
Gu Jingchen sneered.
"You guys surrounded the girl in the middle, this is also called showing the way. This is how you show the way. Before I get angry, get out!"
The three people did not dare to say more, and hurriedly left.
Ye Jingyue jumped off the carriage and came to the side of Miss Qingcheng.
"Are you okay?"
Miss Qingcheng was very beautiful, with bright and charming features. She made money by selling dance and singing in Tianxianglou.
She was wearing a blue long dress, but the dress was torn a little by the three bastards.
Ye Jingyue sneered.
[Shameless, I will go to your house tonight and drug you one by one, so that you will be impotent for the rest of your life! Let's see how you can tease decent women in the future!]
Ye Jingyue took out a cloak from the carriage and put it on Miss Qingcheng.
"Miss, let me take you back."
Miss Qingcheng recognized Ye Jingyue.
She was Ye Mingche's sister.
She didn't want Ye Jingyue to see her in such a wicked state, so she took a step back: "Thank you, Prince and Miss, for your help. I won't get in the way, so I won't bother you and Prince."
Ye Jingyue grabbed her hand and dragged her to the carriage.
"How can I be at ease when you are like this? I must send you back."
Miss Qingcheng couldn't resist Ye Jingyue's great strength and was pulled to the carriage by her.
Gu Jingchen didn't get on the carriage, but walked slowly outside the carriage.
Miss Qingcheng's clothes were disheveled, so Ye Jingyue could just stay in the carriage with her.
He was a man, so he had to avoid suspicion.
Miss Qingcheng was very reserved when she got on the carriage.
She lowered her head and whispered, "Miss, I am a singer and dancer in Tianxiang Tower. If you take me on the carriage like this, it will affect your reputation."
In this era, singing and laughing are actually the same.
She is not more noble just because she is a singer.
On the contrary, it is very embarrassing for her to do this to the rich family.
It affects her reputation.
Ye Jingyue was helpless, and her eyes fell on her, firm and gentle.
"Miss Qingcheng, you are very capable and determined. There is no need to belittle yourself. You use your own ability to make money and support yourself. It is not shameful. There is no distinction between high and low occupations."
Miss Qingcheng raised her head and looked at Ye Jingyue in disbelief.
For the first time, someone told her that there is no distinction between high and low occupations.
She knew that many men were attracted to her in Tianxianglou, but there were few who truly respected and understood her.
She was very sensitive.
She was tired of carrying on alone for so many years.
No one ever understood her or enlightened her.
Just like now, the reason why she was molested here was because her parents called her back home, asked for money, and humiliated her.
She supported the whole family with the money from her singing, but she had no status at home.
Her younger sisters and brothers looked down on her.
They bossed her around.
And yet, she was suppressed by the word "filial piety".
Ye Jingyue knew the original story, and this girl from Qingcheng was a good person.
Just based on her willingness to accompany Ye Mingche to be imprisoned for life in the end, this kind of friendship and courage were not something that ordinary people could do.
Since she had met him, she would definitely help him.
How can a woman not help another woman?
Ye Jingyue smiled at her and said, "Ms. Qingcheng is very capable and courageous. My sister and I want to open a restaurant and we need a shopkeeper. I think Miss Qingcheng is very suitable. I wonder if Miss Qingcheng is willing or not."
Miss Qingcheng widened her eyes in disbelief.
"I'll be the shopkeeper."
A woman being the shopkeeper of a restaurant
is simply too crazy.
Ye Jingyue winked at her and said, "This is supported by the Queen Mother."