Chapter 37 Goodbye Ye Mansion
Old Lady Ye spared her life and gave her a single character: "Wang".
It is not a good thing to have a daughter who is dead, but Qin has no choice. She also has to make a living in the Ye family. She was born a concubine and is of low status. She has no right to decide the name of the child.
The name "Ye Lanzhou" was given to her after she came to Shangjing. She couldn't marry into the palace with such an ominous name, so Ye Zhixing waved his hand and took the name Ye Lanzhou.
Orchids grow in secluded valleys and remain fragrant even if no one wears them. Boats float on rivers and seas even if no one rides on them.
Ye Lanzhou only got a decent name when he was eighteen years old.
The day to meet her family again came earlier than she had imagined. Xie Chengyan said that she had to think carefully about whether to return to the Ye Mansion and find a suitable reason to go back.
The best reason is that the imperial mausoleum is not peaceful.
After the beginning of winter, it was Xie Xun’s birthday banquet. A grand banquet was held in the palace. The royal family and many high-ranking officials would come to the palace to celebrate his birthday, including the women of the high-ranking officials.
Ye Lanzhou was also recalled to the palace. Empress Dowager Xu meant that they were all members of the heavenly family and should share happiness and joy.
That morning, Xie Chengyan asked Hong Luo to deliver a set of clothes to Ye Lanzhou's room. It was a moon-white jacket. It looked simple and elegant, but the collar and cuffs were very elaborate. Twelve butterflies with flapping wings were embroidered on the edges with gold thread, ready to fly.
As the weather got colder, I was given another cotton jacket of the same moon-white color.
Hong Luo said, "Master, the prince said that the weather is cold now and the birthday banquet is in the evening. He asked the master to wear more clothes to avoid catching a cold."
Ye Lanzhou nodded and took the clothes from Hong Luo's hands. Xie Chengyan wasn't worried about her catching a cold. The well-being of a subordinate wasn't something he worried about.
He wanted to use Hong Luo's mouth to remind her that she should be a concubine who was pregnant in the palace and should be afraid of the cold.
After the sudden death of the previous emperor, she wandered around to various places in order to survive, and finally found a place to stay in the palace. Therefore, she didn't have any decent clothes. With the change of seasons recently, she was still wearing clothes from early autumn.
Regardless of Xie Chengyan's reason for giving her this set of clothes, it did solve her urgent need. He was quite kind...
I met Madam Ye and my eldest sister Ye Qingshang at Donghua Gate. Compared with Ye Lanzhou, they were dressed much more luxuriously.
It was not yet completely dark, and the twilight wrapped in a cold wind blew on Ye Qingshang's apricot-colored cloak. The peony branches embroidered with gold thread pressed against her collar. Her every frown and smile showed the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.
The Emperor's birthday banquet is also an opportunity for the royal family and the children of high-ranking officials to interact with each other. They are all young people of similar age and well-matched social status. Most of them can talk to each other, and who knows, they may even be able to arrange some marriages.
Ye Qingshang obviously did it on purpose, but Ye Lanzhou didn't know for whom.
Madam Ye held her daughter's hand as they entered Donghua Gate. The Buddhist beads on her wrist clashed against the white marble railings, making a sound. She looked up and saw Ye Lanzhou standing not far away. Tears welled up in her eyes as she said, "Fourth daughter, how have you been these days? I pity you. You just entered the palace, and who knew you'd run into something like this? Fortunately, you're lucky and have escaped this disaster..."
As she spoke, she grasped Ye Lanzhou's cold hand, and Dankou almost pinched into the flesh where the toad's blood had been.
Ye Lanzhou felt pain and was uncomfortable listening to Madam Ye's words. The livelihood she had worked so hard to earn for herself was replaced by Madam Ye's words "good fortune and a long life".
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