After hearing what had happened from Jiang Yeli, Li Ping went to find the Sixth Prince.
The two collaborated to seize a business opportunity, selling portraits of beautiful women and catalogs of princes' preferences, including what kind of girls the nobles in the palace liked, and even offering bets on how many girls each prince would marry...
The two even collaborated with Huwang Academy to open a fertility assistance class, which specifically studied how to help people prepare for pregnancy.
The three of them made a fortune.
Jiang Yeli insisted on joining, and he had very good reasons for it.
“I am now the Earl of Suyan, and everyone in the manor depends on me for their livelihood. I need to earn money. If Third Brother disagrees, then go and bring Father back.”
The reasoning was so compelling that Li Ping couldn't refute it, so he allowed Jiang Yeli to join.
The emperor was furious and confiscated 70% of their income.
They granted Li Ping the status of an imperial merchant.
Su Yanbo was given the opportunity to study at the Imperial Academy ahead of schedule.
Jiang Yeli was originally happy that she could study with her older brother.
He heard a piece of news from Li Pan that made him decide the sky was falling.
Li Pan is going back to Jiangcheng to prepare for the provincial examination.
The exams aren't until next fall, why go back so early?
This was Jiang Yeli's first reaction. Then she remembered that her parents had returned to Jiangcheng.
"Big brother, you abandoned me... Waaah..." Jiang Yeli cried, accusing Li Pan of breaking his promise.
Li Pan felt a little guilty. He returned to Jiangcheng almost a year early because he missed his mother.
"Why don't you come back with me? You've never been to Jiangcheng before."
"Let's go, let's go now." Jiang Yeli immediately stopped crying, grabbed Li Pan, and walked out.
"No, that won't do." Li Pan realized what was happening and stopped Jiang Yeli. As the Earl of Su Yan, he couldn't leave the capital at will.
To leave for a year, one must apply to the cabinet and obtain the emperor's approval.
"Brother, write up the petition."
Jiang Yeli didn't recognize many characters, and his writing was even worse. He asked Li Pan to write a memorial for him.
He applied to leave the capital and return to Jiangcheng to find his mother.
When the cabinet disagreed, Jiang Yeli ran straight to the cabinet's main entrance, howling at the top of her lungs, "I want my mother! I want my mother..."
After two days of repeated appeals, the cabinet could no longer bear it and submitted a memorial to the emperor.
Fearing the emperor would disagree, Jiang Yeli rolled around on the floor of the Imperial Study.
"I miss my mother, I want my mother, I want to see my mother..."
What can you say to a seven-year-old?
The emperor approved it with his vermilion brush.
Jiang Yeli jumped up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"
Jiang Yeli shouted loudly as she ran outside, "Mother, I'm here—"
The emperor looked at Jiang Yeli and smiled silently.
Jiang Yeli didn't linger for a moment, leaving the palace and returning to her doorstep.
Before even entering the gate, he looked towards the courtyard and said, "Go, go, hurry up."
All the luggage was packed and loaded into the carriage.
Upon hearing Jiang Yeli's words, Qiu Shuang understood that her application had been successful.
"Let's go, let's set off."
A dozen or so carriages slowly moved away from the Su Yan Earl's residence and headed towards the city gate.
They left the capital before the city gates closed.
As they got further and further away from the city gate, Jiang Ye and Li Da breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally, we're out of the city."
"Yuanyuan, do we need to be in such a hurry?" Cai Shuyi asked, puzzled, as they left the city after dark.
"First, please don't call me Yuanyuan." After Jiang Yeli turned three, he stopped people from calling him by his nickname.
Aside from Ye Yunniang and Cai Shuyi, the other two couldn't change their way of addressing her.
"Auntie, did you tell Grandma you were leaving?"
"I left a letter for my mother."
With the city gates closed, Cai Shuyi was no longer worried.
Jiang Yeli never expected that she had been tricked by Cai Shuyi. Thinking of Cai Damei's punishment methods, which involved neither hitting nor scolding, Jiang Yeli shuddered.
"If Grandma gets angry, you have to protect her for me."
"Mother won't be angry." Knowing that Jiang Mingzhe and Ye Yunniang had returned to Jiangcheng, Cai Shuyi had told Cai Damei that she also wanted to return to Jiangcheng.
Cai Damei does not object to this.
It was also said that it would be good for Cai Shuyi to go back to Jiangcheng to see her father.
Bao Min served as the prefect of Jiangcheng.
Cai Shuyi wanted to return to Jiangcheng because she wanted to see her biological father, whom she hadn't seen for seven years.
Because they wanted to see Ye Yunniang, they walked rather quickly along the way.
The journey took a month and a half, but we arrived in Jiangcheng 10 days ahead of schedule.
Li Pan directed the carriage to the Jiang residence.
The gatekeepers at the Jiang residence told them that Jiang Mingzhe and Ye Yunniang had not returned.
"I hope nothing bad happened to Mother on the way," Li Pan asked worriedly.
"Impossible, it must be that Dad is taking Mom on a trip." Jiang Yeli said with absolute certainty.
Li Pan considered her understanding of Jiang Mingzhe and concluded that he might be capable of doing such a thing.
“Brother-in-law, it’s very likely.” Cai Shuyi nodded in agreement from the side.
"I'm not going to talk anymore. I'm so tired. I'm going inside to rest. I need to sleep for three days and three nights." Jiang Yeli said, yawning. He was really, really sleepy.
The rooms are cleaned regularly and are not dirty.
The maids and servants quickly wiped the area and laid out bedding.
The three of them ate something and then fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, around noon, Li Pan woke up, looked around the courtyard, and unconsciously walked to the lotus pond.
The lotus flowers are in full bloom.
Just then, a servant announced that a guest had arrived.
Li Pan went to the front hall and saw a familiar person.
"Master Bao?"
Looking at Li Pan, who was even taller than him, Bao Min sighed, "She's grown up."
Li Panxiao said that she was 17 years old, which meant she had grown up.
"Madam, are you back?"
"Grandma didn't come back. My aunt, my younger brother, and I came back."
Upon hearing his daughter's name, Bao Min's lips moved slightly, and his eyes drooped.
“Uncle Bao, Auntie came back this time because she wanted to see you,” Li Pan explained.
Bao Min suddenly looked at Li Pan.
“Auntie misses you very much.” Li Pan’s words made Bao Min blush.
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