Chapter 18 Chapter 18 is simply a face
Old Man Ye couldn't sit still any longer and stood up to ask, "What does this mean? Is the mountain really that powerful?"
Apart from the children, all the adults in the Ye family knew that Ye Yun was not the biological son of Old Man Ye and Old Woman Ye.
Old Mrs. Ye rescued Ye Yun, who was pregnant at the time, on the back mountain. Seeing her in distress, she couldn't bear it and called her three daughters-in-law to carry her back home. She told everyone that her daughter, whom she had given birth to before, had been given away and that her husband's family was unreliable and had died young, so she had returned to ask her biological parents for help.
It just so happens that Grandma Ye's fourth child was stillborn because she had been working hard during her pregnancy.
They explained it to the people of Ye Family Village, and although everyone was surprised that the Ye family's daughter was so beautiful, they had no doubts.
After all, Ye Family Village was poor at the time, but giving away children for adoption was looked down upon, and most people wouldn't make a fuss about it.
She thought that since Old Mrs. Ye and Old Mr. Ye couldn't afford to raise Ye Yun back then, and since she was a daughter, she gave her away to be raised by someone else. Now that she's grown up, she's found her again.
And so, Ye Yun, heavily pregnant, settled down in the Ye family home, where she lived for more than a decade.
They had long considered the Ye family as their true home.
Ye Jianshan only learned that his biological father was the Crown Prince when he arrived at the examination hall; he thought his biological father had died long ago.
Ye Yun kept his son's biological father's identity a complete secret and didn't tell anyone. Only Old Man Ye and Old Lady Ye knew some of the inside story over the years.
Ye Lei and the others didn't know.
Ye Lei assumed that Ye Yun was someone of extraordinary background, perhaps the wife of a wealthy family who had escaped from disaster.
I really didn't expect her to be the Crown Princess.
The Ye family woman who died in the war between the states of Wei and Jin.
Old Man Ye suddenly realized that the mountain was the Crown Prince, and Xiao Yun was the Crown Princess.
"Yun, you are the Crown Princess..."
As Old Man Ye spoke, he trembled as he tried to kneel down.
Grandma Ye was also quite frightened. She knew Ye Yun had a mysterious background, but she never expected her to be of such high status.
It's actually the Crown Princess!
For a moment, Old Man Ye and Old Woman Ye didn't know what to do.
"Father, Mother, what's with all this talk about Crown Princess or not? I'm your daughter, and Dashan will always be your grandson. Don't you want us two anymore?"
Ye Yun put down what she was holding and came over to hug Old Man Ye and Old Lady Ye. Only when she was with them did Ye Yun realize what it felt like to be a daughter.
The Ye family had only been using her all along.
Old Man Ye and Old Woman Ye's eyes reddened with emotion: "Good child, I wonder how Lei Zi and Da Shan are doing?"
Ye Yun was also worried, which is why he wanted to go to the capital.
She has lost a lot of weight in the past few months, and every time she dreams, the mountain blames her for not telling him about her relationship with the crown prince.
She always felt guilty, thinking that if she had sent Ye Jianshan back to the capital, he would have had a bright future without having to work hard on the imperial examinations.
But she quickly dismissed the idea. Dashan wouldn't do that; the child she raised with her own hands had succeeded through his own hard work and ambition.
Moreover, Ye Jianshan is very talented.
She has always been proud to have such a son.
Ye Yun was preparing to go to the capital. The rest of the Ye family and the people of Ye Family Village were not too surprised when they heard the news. After all, Ye Jianshan was a good student and would definitely get good results this time. Ye Yun was present, but Ye Jianshan was too young.
Although Ye Lei has helped manage the embroidery workshop over the years and traveled extensively throughout the country, he is still quite naive and inexperienced.
"What do you mean? Should I have your older brother go with you?"
Now that it's decided to go to Beijing, the next step is to arrange who will go with us.
"Is it easy for you to work at the yamen, eldest brother? Second brother has to take care of the family shop and is busy too. I'll be working with the security escort agency all by myself..."
"No, how can we let a woman like you go to the capital alone?"
Upon receiving the news, Ye Yan returned from the county government office; he couldn't possibly let his sister go to the capital alone.
"Your older brother and I will go with you. Will your parents go?"
Sister-in-law Ye said that Ye Yun had helped their family a lot over the years, and Ye Yan's success in becoming a constable was all thanks to Ye Yun's efforts.
Old Man Ye and Old Woman Ye originally didn't want to go. They thought that when Da Shan achieved good results, the messenger would come to the county to announce the good news, and Da Shan might even return home in glory.
However, the two old people were genuinely worried about Ye Yun and Ye Jianshan because of their special identities.
Old Man Ye made the decision: "Go, the second son will stay home and watch the house, and we'll see if the other children can go too."
The Ye family has four grandsons, one granddaughter, and one great-grandson. Ye Jianshan is the youngest among them. Only the eldest grandson is married. Although the others are unmarried, they are all capable of working. Going to the capital to broaden their horizons might help Ye Jianshan.
Ye Yun had the same plan. Once her identity was exposed, the Ye family would never have peace. It would be better to stay by her side and take care of her. But with more people, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to take care of everyone.
"If Second Brother doesn't want to look after the shop, he should hand it over to someone he trusts and go to the capital with them. He might not come back this time."
Ye Yun didn't want to tell anyone, but everyone in the Ye family was thinking of her, and it wouldn't be right to keep it a secret any longer.
Sure enough, Ye Yan and Ye Peng, the eldest and second eldest sons of the Ye family, couldn't sit still any longer and exclaimed, "What exactly happened in Dashan in the capital? It's not even time for the imperial examinations yet!"
Aside from Ye Jianshan's accident, they couldn't think of any other reason for the whole family to go to Beijing.
Grandma Ye patted her two sons: "If you can't speak properly, then shut up. Dashan is fine, nothing's wrong with him. Just listen to him."
Ye's third sister-in-law's heart skipped a beat, because her son Ye Lei had gone to Beijing with her.
You must take good care of yourself.
Seeing everyone's concern, Ye Yun explained her identity.
The Ye family was speechless; who would have thought that Ye Yun was actually the Crown Princess?
"Isn't that mountain the grandson of the emperor...?"
Good heavens, the Ye family members were all silent. Ye Jianshan was powerful enough, but how could his true identity be so formidable?
The younger generation already admired Ye Jianshan, and now they worship him even more.
The mountains are amazing.
"I'm afraid they've already met."
Ye Yun knew her son was safe, but a mother worries when her son travels far, and she couldn't rest easy if she didn't go to the capital to check on him.
"So what should we do?"
What can one do even if they go to Beijing?
Old Man Ye thought about it and felt that it was not appropriate to bring his family along.
“This time, the eldest son and his wife will take me and Xiaoyun to the capital. You younger ones will stay at home with your second uncle and look after the house. You can go after things have settled down.”
Old Man Ye will definitely go.
Ye Yun thought it was feasible.
No one else dared to say anything more, and that was the agreement.
Ye Yun took Ye Yan and his wife, along with Old Man Ye and Old Woman Ye, to Beijing.
Ye Peng assured, "Father, Mother, elder brother, elder sister-in-law, Xiaoyun, don't worry, I will definitely be able to take good care of the children."
"Second Uncle, we're all grown up now, so the chores around the house should be left to us."
Ye Yan's eldest son, Ye Ting, spoke up, "I'll look after my younger brother and sister. We'll take good care of the embroidery workshop, so Auntie can go without worry."
Ye Yun patted his shoulder: "The embroidery shop will close if it gets too busy. Someone will probably come to pick you up. Don't go with anyone."
"Okay, I'll wait for my dad or my third uncle to come pick us up."
"Um."
The family agreed on this and then went about their respective tasks.
January was snowy and difficult to travel, so they could not set off until early February. On the sixth day of February, the Ye family of five boarded the carriage prepared by the escort agency and set off lightly for the capital.
Winter has arrived, and the Qinghe River is frozen over, making it impossible to travel by boat. The Wen family made their last round trip to Beijing just in time; any later and they wouldn't have been able to return.
The journey would take about twenty days, but with two elderly people with him, Ye Yun tried to travel as slowly as possible.
She had planned to arrive on the day of the imperial examination, but the weather delayed her by a few days.
Ye Jianshan was unaware that his mother was about to arrive in the capital.
His identity has been exposed, and now, for some reason, the whole capital is buzzing with rumors that the Crown Prince has a biological son who has returned to the capital, and he is the top scholar from Qingyang. All the candidates in the examination hall have seen two identical faces.
He and his third uncle went to a teahouse and sat for a while. They both heard the storyteller turn the story of him and the crown prince looking alike into a fantasy novel.
He was speechless.
They're so bold as to fabricate stories about the royal family. Even though it's supposed to be fictional, everyone can tell it's talking about recent events.
Back in the courtyard, Ye Jianshan saw the Emperor arrive with several people again and asked unhappily, "Grandpa Chen, why is everyone spreading rumors about me and His Highness the Crown Prince? I don't dare to go out with this face on. I'd better wear a mask from now on."
As he spoke, Ye Jianshan took off his mask.
He was wearing a mask when he went out.
He wanted to get some fresh air as soon as he came out of the guild hall. After being locked in a small room in the examination hall for nine days, he felt really stifled. As soon as he went out, he heard gossip about him everywhere. No one mentioned his name, but he heard the words "Qingyang Jieyuan" no less than ten times.
The group at Qingyang Guild Hall had no idea what had happened, but the news was already spreading like wildfire outside.
Ye Jianshan didn't know what to say.
The Emperor was taken aback when he heard Ye Jianshan's words. Seeing his aggrieved little face, he felt sorry for him and said, "It's all the Crown Prince's fault. He has to look so much like you. I've told him to keep a low profile recently and have locked him up in the examination hall."
Ye Jianshan often acted coquettishly with his parents at home, and now he can do it effortlessly: "Hello, Grandpa Chen."
The Crown Prince is not good.
Hmph, he hasn't settled things with the Crown Prince about his mother's affairs yet.
These four simple words almost made the emperor feel like he was on top of the world: "Come on, come on, come on, let's go inside. Grandpa will get you a bigger house."
He brought a few people with him, and then he felt that the place was a bit cramped.
Ye Jianshan had tea served, poured a cup for the Emperor himself, and shook his head: "No, thank you. I don't have that much money."
"You don't need to spend any money."
"No, I don't want it. My mother said I can't take things from others for free."
The Emperor felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this: "When I get back, I'll have the Crown Prince deal with those rumors."
"They can't be controlled."
Ye Jianshan also took a sip of tea. Everyone has a gossipy nature, and the Crown Prince hadn't had a child for over a decade. Suddenly, a sixteen-year-old son appeared. It was impossible not to gossip.
He now has only one worry: "Grandpa Chen, your visit to me, won't it affect my imperial examination?"
Seeing that his fists were clenched, as if he would kick him out if he caused any trouble, the emperor quickly said, "That's impossible."
With the Empress not here today, the Emperor was sweating profusely while talking to Ye Jianshan.
They were afraid that if the young prince displeased them, they would betray him and abandon him.
The ministers following behind him silently made themselves less noticeable. Who would have thought that the emperor of a country would be so humble in front of Ye Jianshan?
They shouldn't have come. The Emperor brought them here to threaten them, didn't he?
Seeing such an unknown side of the Emperor makes me feel a chill down my spine.
Don't be fooled by the Emperor's gentle and kind demeanor; he can be ruthless.
No wonder no one questions Ye Jianshan's identity as the crown prince's son.
Good heavens, they know they look alike, but why are they exactly the same? They're practically identical faces!
A note from the author:
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I owe you one chapter from yesterday, I'll make it up tomorrow. [Hands clasped in prayer]
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