Princess Pingnan was thinking that she needed to find an opportunity to kill Ye Junfei as soon as possible so that her son could rightfully succeed as heir.
The Prince of Pingnan also harbored the idea of killing Ye Junfei.
But Ye Junfei was, after all, his son. Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cub, so no matter how despicable Ye Junfei was, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
However, if it was Princess Pingnan or his other sons who made the move, he could turn a blind eye.
After all, he couldn't let the Pingnan Prince's Mansion be destroyed by Ye Junfei.
The couple always thought alike on this matter, but neither of them would say it out loud.
After all, they still have some sense of shame; those underhanded methods can be done in private.
It was Lin Xiuyan's first time visiting the Pingnan Prince's Mansion. Ye Junfei showed her around, and Ye Qingwan, being very perceptive, did not follow.
The first Prince of Pingnan had a very good relationship with Emperor Taizu. When he requested permission to guard the southwest of the Great Chu, Emperor Taizu sent skilled craftsmen to build his palace.
As a result, the Prince of Pingnan's Mansion possesses both the elegance and grace of Jiangnan architecture and the grandeur of the north.
The houses were built relatively high, and the arrangement of the pavilions and towers was very elaborate.
Comfort was also taken into account in the construction of all the houses; the entire Pingnan Prince's Mansion combines beauty and comfort.
Upon seeing these, Lin Xiuyan couldn't help but exclaim, "The Prince of Pingnan's mansion is truly wealthy."
Liefeng Prefecture is located in the southwest of the Great Chu Kingdom. In both winter and summer, extremely strong winds blow across the land, and a thin person might be blown away by the wind.
Due to the unique geographical features, houses in Liefeng Prefecture are built at relatively low heights.
To build a house as grand as the residence of the Prince of Pingnan, one would need excellent timber and highly skilled craftsmen.
In Lin Xiuyan's eyes, all of this was built on money.
Ye Junfei said calmly, "It's not that the Prince of Pingnan is rich, it's that the first Prince of Pingnan was extremely favored by the Emperor."
"But no matter how much favor the emperor had back then, it couldn't withstand the ravages of time, or perhaps it's just that people's hearts are fickle."
"The current emperor is extremely ambitious, ruthless, and extremely suspicious. It's only a matter of time before he abolishes the vassal states."
Lin Xiuyan had experienced all of these things in her previous life.
Lin Xiuyan maintains a neutral stance on the matter of removing her from the cast list.
Although the vassal kings took away a lot of imperial power, they also guarded the borders of the Great Chu.
The emperor feared they might have ulterior motives, but in reality, the vast majority of them were loyal to the imperial power.
The emperor abolished the feudal system in order to centralize power, but it resulted in huge turmoil and overthrew the entire Chu state.
Lin Xiuyan asked Ye Junfei, "Can you tell me about your plans?"
Ye Junfei asked, "What are your plans?"
Lin Xiuyan pursed her lips slightly: "Pretending!"
Ye Junfei smiled and said, "My plan is very simple: to survive."
"Not to live a life of mere survival, but to live like an upright person."
By the end of his sentence, his smile had faded.
His peach blossom eyes were deep and cold, with a murderous intent emanating from them.
As soon as Lin Xiuyan saw his expression, she knew that he was thinking about something unpleasant again.
She always thought he was crazy; in his eyes, human life was worthless.
But after spending more time with him, she discovered that while he was indeed mentally unstable, he wasn't as cruel as she had initially thought. (M.cascoo.net)
Many unpleasant things must have happened to him.
She sighed softly, "The past is the past. We are the masters of our own lives from now on."
Ye Junfei looked at her, and she said calmly, "I just want my family to live happily."
"To make them happy, I must first be happy myself."
Ye Junfei's gaze deepened slightly, and Lin Xiuyan smiled at him: "Thinking about it carefully, it seems that what we want is not that much."
"But given our current situation, it seems that getting what we want won't be easy."
Ye Junfei stood beside her and said, "That's true. Now that you've married me, whether you'll be happy in the future is at least half my responsibility."
"But I am right at the center of the vortex. If you follow me and want to live a peaceful life, that's impossible."
Lin Xiuyan raised an eyebrow.
Ye Junfei continued, "I know you've always disliked my heavy killing intent and the murderous aura I exude."
"Actually, I also want to live a simple and happy life, and I don't want to kill anyone."
Lin Xiuyan looked at him, and he took her hand and said, "If it were you, and someone wanted to kill you, what would you do?"
Lin Xiuyan didn't answer his question directly, but asked him instead, "Do you have someone you care about?"
“I didn’t have that before, but I do now.” Ye Junfei’s peach blossom eyes shone brightly as he looked at her: “You are the person I care about most.”
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She originally wanted to discuss life with him, but one sentence from him completely steered her astray.
But when she met his gentle, peach-blossom eyes, her heart skipped a beat.
She changed the subject: "Where exactly did you put those iron blocks?"
Ye Junfei winked at her: "Didn't I already tell you?"
Lin Xiuyan was stunned for a moment. Ye Junfei had once said that all the iron blocks should be transported into the Lin residence.
However, apart from the iron blocks he had Wu Dao and Wu Ge bring over, she hadn't seen any other iron blocks during this time.
She wanted to ask more, but Ye Junfei gestured for her to be quiet.
She turned her head and saw a very well-dressed young woman walking over from the side.
The young girl had beautiful features and bore a resemblance to the Princess of Pingnan, but was even more radiant and captivating.
She was clearly dressed up today, with her hair styled in the most fashionable updo and her makeup extremely exquisite.
The girl smiled sweetly at Ye Junfei as soon as she arrived: "Big Brother!"
After calling out to the person, she looked at Lin Xiuyan and said, "This must be the sister-in-law that my brother just married!"
Lin Xiuyan asked Ye Junfei, "Who is she?"
Ye Junfei's expression was indifferent: "She is my second sister, Ye Mingzhu."
Although Lin Xiuyan had heard the name Ye Mingzhu from Ye Qingwan before, she couldn't help but twitch her lips when she saw the real person.
Ye Mingzhu smiled slightly: "Brother, your marriage is happening too fast this time. I only stayed in Wencheng for a few days, and you got married."
“I rushed back as soon as I received the news, but I still couldn’t make it to my brother’s wedding.”
Ye Junfei said calmly, "I have many younger siblings at home. One more or one less makes no difference to me."
Ye Mingzhu's smile froze for a moment, but she turned to Lin Xiuyan and said, "Although my sister-in-law comes from a merchant family, she is really good-looking."
"Although your background is somewhat humble and your marriage into the Prince's mansion was somewhat hasty, even so, you will still be the heir apparent's wife of the Prince of Pingnan in the future."
"Although it's fine for my sister-in-law and elder brother to dress up a bit more luxuriously after their wedding, the Prince's Mansion has always valued frugality, so my sister-in-law will have to set an example from now on."
Lin Xiuyan sensed the sarcasm in her words and smiled slightly: "It's alright, everyone knows my family is in business."
“My family doesn’t have much else, but we have a lot of money. If I dress too shabbily, some idiot will think I’m pretending to be poor.”
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