Chapter 314 Chu Yan's Difficulties
Ye Li paused: "Princess, what did you say? Where did Che'er go?"
Lu Yiling rubbed her sleepy eyes and let the maid help her get dressed. She said, "North City."
Ye Li asked repeatedly: "Why did he go to North City? How did he go to North City alone? I have to chase him, I..."
Ye Li spoke hurriedly.
Lu Yiling said: "Nurse, you don't have to worry, Chu Che didn't go alone, he went with my cousin, and my cousin promised me that he would take good care of him.
How could Ye Li feel at ease? Although she had never been to North City, she knew how dangerous it was.
Back then, she was Qi Yu'an's maid and was supposed to accompany Qi Yu'an to North City. However, her parents begged her not to go because her father had been to North City with the old prince and knew how desolate and dry the place was.
Ye Li was full of worry and asked, "Why did this child go to North City safely?"
Lu Yiling said, "Because he didn't want to go back to the Chu family, and you were worried that he wouldn't have a good future, he went to the North City to join the army and earn a future."
Ye Li's fingertips trembled. It turned out that it was not the cat but Chu Che who was eavesdropping last night. Ye Li was filled with regret.
"Nurse, nurse!"
Seeing Ye Li stagger a few steps and fall to the ground, Lu Yiling stepped forward to help her up, "Hongdou, help the nurse to the bed."
Lu Yiling even asked someone to invite the imperial physician over.
When the imperial physician arrived, he examined Ye Li's pulse and said to Lu Yiling, "My little princess, Madam Ye has liver qi stagnation. She must be emotionally unstable. I will prescribe medicine for her right now. Alas, this healthy person may not live for many years."
Lu Yiling looked at the unconscious Ye Li and hated Chu Yan in her heart. She picked up the sword hanging on the bed and went straight to the Chu family.
Chu Yan was discussing official business with the Chu family's men when he saw Lu Yiling coming with a sword. Chu Yan frowned and dodged, "Little Princess, do you know the sin of killing people?"
Lu Yi said in a breath of relief: "I am avenging my wet nurse. It's all your fault. You forced Chu Che to hide in North City. You caused my wet nurse to faint and she won't live long. I killed you just to avenge myself."
The ten-year-old Lu Yiling was not afraid of the head of the Chu family at all. Only Chu Yan frowned and asked, "Your wet nurse won't live long?"
"Yes, so I'm going to kill you for revenge!"
Lu Yiling took the sword and went towards Chu Yan. Chu Yan did not dodge. Chu Yan's subordinates did not dare to touch Lu Yiling without the master's order.
After Lu Yiling's sword pierced Chu Yan's waist and drew blood, she panicked. Although she kept shouting and shouting, she was only ten years old after all, how could she dare to really kill? Lu Yiling was so scared that she threw away the hilt of the sword in her hand.
Ning Wei saw this and stepped forward to support Chu Yan: "Husband."
Chu Yan pushed Ning Wei away. Lu Yiling's stab was not deep. He ordered the servant beside him, "Go to the princess's mansion, go to the princess's mansion quickly!"
Lu Yiling pouted and said, "You are not going to complain about me to my parents, are you? You harmed my wet nurse, even if you complain, I am not afraid, the worst that can happen is that I will pay with my life, and ten years later I will be a hero again!"
Chu Yan ignored Lu Yiling and Ning Wei who was concerned about him. He got on the carriage. Chu Yan thought the carriage was too slow, so he simply untied the rope and drove away.
When Chu Yan arrived at the gate of the princess's mansion, blood was still flowing from his waist. The doorman did not dare to neglect him and even went to find Qi Yuning.
When Qi Yuning heard that Chu Yan came to find Ye Li with injuries, he did not stop him. He asked the servant to let him in, and Qi Yuning also went to Yuemi Courtyard.
In Yue Mi Courtyard, Ye Li was still lying on Ling Ling's bed. Tang Yuan was taking care of Ye Li. When he saw Qi Yuning, he bowed and said, "Princess."
Qi Yuning sighed softly as he saw that the sword hanging beside Lingling's bed had disappeared.
Chu Yan entered the courtyard and broke into the little princess's boudoir without caring that this was the little princess's boudoir. Qi Yuning did not stop him. Chu Yan's waist was still bleeding, so it must have been done by her daughter.
"Mother Li, Mother Li..."
Chu Yan saw Ye Li’s pale face, and his expression was full of tension.
"Who told you to touch my nanny?"
Ling Ling entered and said, "If you want to complain, then do so. I don't regret pulling a knife on you!"
Qi Yuning pulled Lingling over and covered her mouth. "You are so brave. Aren't you afraid of something happening?"
Lu Yiling raised her eyes and said, "Mother, he is going too far."
Qi Yuning said to Chu Yan: "Now that the Chu family's situation has been determined, and your Chu family has become the head of several major families, I really don't know what you are still worried about."
Qi Yuning held Lu Yiling's hand and walked out of the house. Lu Yiling raised her eyes and said, "Mother, how could you let that bastard stay alone with my nanny?"
Qi Yuning sighed softly: "He's actually not such a jerk."
"Isn't he a bastard? He has forced Chu Che to go to North City. Mother, I also want to go to North City. Why don't I go to North City to gain experience as well?"
"No, mother can't bear to part with you." Qi Yuning touched Lingling's little head.
Lu Yiling raised her eyes and said, "But I will grow up one day and leave my mother."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Then mother hopes that this day will come as late as possible."
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inside the house.
Chu Yan tightly grasped Ye Li's hand, whose face was pale. When he saw her fingertips move slightly, he laughed happily despite the pain, "Mother Li..."
Ye Li woke up, saw the person in front of him clearly, raised his hand and slapped Chu Yan, "Give me back Che'er, Che'er!"
Ye Li's heart was broken. She ignored the pain and slapped Chu Yan hard. She vented her anger by hitting Chu Yan. When she was tired, she sat on the bed and cried, "My Che'er, in order not to return to the Chu family, he actually went to North City."
"Do you know how difficult it is to be a soldier in the North City? It's all my fault!"
Ye Li did not hit Chu Yan again, but slapped his own face in great pain, "I shouldn't have let him go back to the Chu family, I shouldn't have done that."
Chu Yanlian held Ye Li's hand, held her in his arms and said, "Mother Li, this is not your fault."
Ye Li pushed Chu Yan and said, "Let me go, I want to chase Che'er, I..."
Chu Yan did not let go, hugged Ye Li tightly and said: "I will send someone to chase Che'er, don't worry, he will come back."
Ye Li said repeatedly: "No, your people will only scare Che'er further away, I have to go there myself."
Chu Yan then let go of Ye Li. Ye Li smelled blood and looked down to see that Chu Yan's waist was covered in blood, "This..."
"Lu Yiling is very good to you." Chu Yan said with pain, "It's nothing serious. She didn't dare to really do anything. It's just a superficial injury."
Ye Li pursed his lips and ignored Chu Yan's injuries. He even went out to chase Chu Che. Chu Yan said to Ye Li, "You can't ride a horse. You can't catch up with Che'er by just riding a carriage. Why don't you ride a horse with me? My horse is much faster."
Ye Li was worried about his son, so he didn't care about anything else. He just rode a horse with Chu Yan and left the princess's mansion.
Ye Li chased them all the way until late at night, but he couldn't catch up with them. The road to the north city was long, and it was dark and very cold.
Chu Yan saw an inn and said to Ye Li, "Rest for a night before chasing."
Ye Li whispered: "Since Che'er grew up, the farthest he has ever been is to Chang'an when he was a child. He..."
Chu Yan comforted him, "Didn't Lu Yiling say that he went to Beicheng with the young prince of the Qi family? With the young prince of the Qi family here, you don't have to worry too much."
Ye Li glared at Chu Yan and said, "You have never considered Che'er your child, so you are not worried. I owe Che'er since he was born, and I can't let him suffer anymore."
Chu Yan sighed and said, "I feel that it is difficult to travel at night, and it is not easy to ask people. It is better to conserve your energy and catch up during the day."
Ye Li doesn't know how to ride a horse, and she can't try to travel at night. She can only follow Chu Yan's words and rest in the inn.
It was quite a coincidence that normally there wouldn't be many people in the inn during the New Year, but this year it happened that a wealthy businessman from Hanzhou came to the outskirts of Beijing to celebrate his birthday, and there was only one room left in the entire inn.
Chu Yan let Ye Li have a good rest while he looked at the wounds on his body. The wounds were not deep and had already formed a scab.
After Ye Li lay down, he was worried that Chu Che would have trouble falling asleep. He felt a force sinking beside him and said with a frown, "Chu Yan, you have a wife now."
Although she and Chu Yan were husband and wife, they were no longer husband and wife from the moment Chu Yan faked his death.
Chu Yan held Ye Li's waist tightly and said, "I have never touched Ning Wei. I told her clearly before marrying her. We both need each other. She needs me to help her brother take over the Ning family, and I only need a nominal wife."
Ye Li turned around and looked at Chu Yan, "Do you think I will believe your nonsense?"
Chu Yan lowered his eyes to look at Ye Li, stretched out his hand to stroke Ye Li's face, lowered his head and kissed Ye Li's lips. Ye Li angrily pushed Chu Yan and said, "Don't touch me!"
Chu Yan didn't force Ye Li after all. He sighed and said, "It was not my intention to leave you back then. I never despised your humble background. I always remembered that I was Chu Yan when I was brought home by my adoptive parents. I didn't marry you when I lost my memory as you thought."
Ye Li asked: "Then why did you fake your death and leave?"
"Ten years ago, a big incident happened in the Chu family. My eldest brother was killed by my third brother. In order to seize power, my second and fourth brothers killed my third brother in the name of revenge for my eldest brother. The second and fourth brothers kept fighting, and the Chu family was about to be destroyed. For the sake of the family business, my mother took the lives of you and your children and forced me to go home."
"At first, my second and fourth brothers were eyeing me covetously, and I didn't dare to let you and the child go home with me and take the risk."
"Later, with my mother's help, I became the head of the Chu family, but my mother did not allow you to come back. The wife of the head of the Chu family could not be a servant of the Qi family. Due to my mother's majesty and the elders of the Chu family, I dare not have any contact with you."
"Even if Xiaochi cried and called me in the crowd, I could only pretend that I didn't know her."
"Ye Li, I have never given up on you. The reason why I have always disowned you is not because I dislike you, but because I can't. There are still many of my mother's spies around me now. My second and fourth brothers have been deprived of power by me, and they have never been willing to accept it. The elders of the Chu family are watching from the side."
"Ye Li, I have always wanted to get rid of the shackles of the Chu family. Only I can take control of the power for the Chu family and let the Chu family repeat its former glory. I have trained court officials in the court over the years and let Chu Liuli enter the palace as the queen. All of this is for me to be able to persuade you as soon as possible and reunite with you as soon as possible...
But I didn't expect that Chi'er would be liked by His Majesty, and Liuli would fail to enter the palace. If Chi'er entered the palace, she would definitely be used by my mother to seize power. I didn't let her become the queen for her own good. I didn't want her to become a pawn of the Chu family to seize power in the court."
Ye Li looked at Chu Yan and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Chu Yan said, "Would it be useful to tell you earlier? Even I can't control my own life, so why should I tell you? I came to see you today because Lu Yiling said you were going to die, so I came regardless of everything. I'm afraid that if I don't explain it to you clearly, it will become a lifelong regret."
"I have been thinking about you all the time in the past ten years. Do you still remember the day when Shen Jialin and Lu Baozhu got married? The moment I saw you on the steps, I felt so uncomfortable. I wanted to hold you in my arms so much, but I couldn't..."
Chu Yan lowered his head and kissed Ye Li's lips, "Believe me, mother is already at the end of her strength. We only need to wait for two more years. After mother passes away, you and I will be able to reunite as a family."
Ye Li leaned into Chu Yan's arms and asked, "Ning Wei..."
"I agreed with her before we got married that we would use each other to get what we need. After her brother has secured his position as the head of the Ning family and I have secured my position as the head of the Chu family, I will divorce her...
She has been infertile for these years. It’s not that she can’t get pregnant, but I have never given her a chance to get pregnant. My children are only Chi’er, Qing’er and Xiao Xiaoche’er…”
Ye Li watched Chu Yan's hands trying to untie her belt, she stopped Chu Yan and said: "Don't touch me, you are not allowed to touch me before we get divorced!"
"Okay." Chu Yan agreed.
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