Chapter 193 The Little Prince's Sweetheart
The next day, just as dawn broke, the palace steward hurried into the young prince's bedroom and conveyed the Northwest King's will: "Master Qingyi, the prince has ordered you to immediately go and pick the rare ingredients needed to brew Feixia wine."
Hearing this, Qing Yi felt a surge of anger in his heart. The King of the Northwest clearly did this on purpose! He glanced at the still hazy sky outside the window and said in a stern tone, "It's so early in the morning, and you haven't even had breakfast! Do you really think I'm a farmhand in your palace?"
Upon hearing this, the butler had no choice but to repeat the prince's instructions: "Master Qingyi, the prince specifically instructed that the ingredients picked in the early morning are the freshest and of the highest quality..." As he spoke, he glanced at the young man who had caused so much trouble in the palace, fearing that he would get into trouble if they disagreed with him.
"How can I have the energy to work if I don't have enough food?" Qing Yi saw Qingqing and a group of maids entering with exquisite plates. He unceremoniously took a seat at the table before Ye Qingyu. "If your prince can't wait, he can find someone else. Why must he send me?"
The housekeeper looked at Qing Yi's rude behavior and secretly complained: What on earth does the young prince like about him?
However, he naturally did not dare to say these words out loud, and could only stand aside silently, watching the nose with his eyes and the heart with his nose.
"You leave first, we'll go later." Ye Qingyu gave the order when he saw the butler still standing there motionless.
"Yes, young prince. But... the prince just instructed that after you have breakfast, please go to the military camp." The butler said cautiously.
As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Qingyu and Qing Yi turned to look at the butler at the same time.
"I'll take my leave." The butler felt the gazes of the two men and his heart tightened. He quickly bowed and hurriedly retreated.
After the housekeeper left, Qing Yi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Xiao Ye, is your father targeting me on purpose?"
"Qingqing, follow Qingyi later." Ye Qingyu did not respond to Qingyi's words. He would never talk about his father behind his back.
There was no need to guess; it was obvious that Father had done all this on purpose, but what could be done? It wouldn't hurt to let Father calm down over these insignificant matters.
Ye Qingyu is a filial person. If it weren't for Qingyi, how could he allow his father to be so angry and aggrieved?
"Yes, Master," she replied softly and crisply. She was very familiar with the process of picking the raw materials for Feixia.
Although Feixia was personally brewed by the King of the Northwest, how could a prince like him personally pick the raw materials? Those extremely special plants were all grown in Doctor Lin's herb garden, and on weekdays, it was Doctor Lin who usually helped the King of the Northwest to pick them. Qingqing often visited Doctor Lin during her time at the palace, and naturally, she helped with a lot of this kind of work.
"Let Qingqing follow you. I'm worried." Qing Yi frowned slightly and said meaningfully.
"..." Ye Qingyu looked at Qingyi helplessly, thought for a moment, and comforted him: "Qingfeng will follow me."
"Qingfeng? Then I'm even more worried. He might have been bribed by the King of the Northwest." Qing Yi curled his lips and said with a look of doubt.
Qingfeng stood by silently, without making any excuses. Qingqing, on the other hand, wanted to say a few fair words on Qingfeng's behalf, but before she could open her mouth, her master spoke first.
"Give him one million taels of silver and see if you can bribe him?" Ye Qingyu said half-jokingly with a slight smile on his face.
"Xiao Ye, you!"
Qingqing and Qingfeng had never expected their master to actually joke; this was something they had rarely seen before. They had a vague feeling that their master seemed a little different, less aloof and distant than before.
"Don't bother with my money! I have to keep it for a big use." Qing Yi glanced at the people around him warily, as if he was afraid that someone would steal his money.
"What's the use?" Qingqing became curious and couldn't help asking.
"Why do you ask about everything, girl? You want to know? I won't tell you." Qing Yi curled his lips, revealing his signature provocative smile. His habit of being a talker wasn't new, and whether it was Ye Qingyu, Qingqing, or Qingfeng, they all knew his nature very well, so they didn't take it seriously.
Ye Qingyu's other maids had been living in the strict-rules palace for a long time and had never seen someone like Qing Yi. They found him very novel and interesting, and they couldn't help but secretly glance at the young prince's sweetheart.
"Eat well." Ye Qingyu picked up some dishes for Qingyi.
Seeing this, Qing Yi lowered his head contentedly and began to eat with relish.
After the two finished their meal, Qingyi took Qingqing and walked towards Doctor Lin's residence, intending to say hello to Doctor Lin first, and then go to the medicinal field to pick the raw materials of Feixia.
"Hey, isn't this Doctor Li?" Qing Yi had sharp eyes and saw Li Qingting as soon as he stepped into the yard.
Li Qingting was slapped twice by Qingyi yesterday. Fortunately, he was a miracle doctor and he prepared some medicine to apply on her. The swelling on her swollen face has gone down and there is no sign that she had been slapped.
At this moment, Li Qingting was at Doctor Lin's place, angrily complaining to his junior fellow apprentice, Xiao Linzi: "If you hadn't meddled in other people's business and gone to deliver a letter to that brat Qingyi, how could I have been beaten for no reason! I'm decades older than you, and yet I was slapped in the face!"
Of course, at this point, it wasn't that he didn't want to retaliate against Qing Yi, but he didn't dare! After all, Qing Yi's ruthlessness still frightened him.
"Hey, you, you!" Li Qingting was cursing vigorously. When he looked up, he saw Qing Yi looking at him with a smile.
Why did this guy get here? Is he here to beat me up again? Li Qingting's heart skipped a beat and he immediately stood up in panic, looking behind him to see if he could find a place to escape. Unfortunately, the yard was small and there was only one door where he was, and Qing Yi was standing firmly at the door, blocking his way.
"Mr. Qingyi, is there anything wrong?" Upon seeing this, Doctor Lin hurriedly stopped the work he was doing with the medicinal herbs, raised his head, and looked at Qingyi with some embarrassment.
Yesterday, he witnessed Qing Yi and the young prince's indecent behavior on the top of Wangshan Mountain. Now, facing Qing Yi, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
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