Chapter 5
You Yang had just left the yard when she vaguely seemed to hear a man talking outside the wall.
What you hear through the wall is not clear.
You Yang quickened his pace and tried to get closer.
It’s a pity that as soon as I reached the corner of the wall, I saw a man’s back as he left.
He was very fast, but was still seen by Youyang.
It seemed like the man was talking to Song Yunlan before he left?
His voice and memory returned?
You Yang was suspicious and thought that the current situation was not a good time to alert the enemy and that further investigation was needed.
"Daniu has left and is going back." She pretended not to notice anything and happily called Daniu to go back to the small yard together.
Liu Mei was very efficient and the things arrived not long after the three of them returned to the yard.
"Here I am!" You Yang was so happy to receive the gift that he went to greet her in person with a bright smile.
"Put it here, put it here. You've all worked hard."
Seeing her like this, the dozen or so servants were so frightened that they almost let the boxes slip out of their hands and hit their feet.
Five or six wooden boxes half a person's height were carried in by the servants and placed hastily in the yard.
The servants ran away in a hurry as if they were being chased by a ghost. They didn't dare to stop.
You Yang was completely puzzled by their behavior. An indescribable puzzlement appeared on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"It's inexplicable. My family won't eat people. Why are you running so fast?"
"Maybe she's afraid that the young lady will take a fancy to them, so she lets them stay as male favorites in the courtyard." Qingyun only dared to tease her at this time.
"Who said such nonsense?!" You Yang was shocked when he heard it, and even thought that he had heard it wrong.
Who set her up?!
"I don't know either." Qingyun knew that she was innocent, so he patted her back to help her calm down, and told her all the rumors he had heard.
"Recently, a new cook came to the kitchen. I have a good relationship with her. When she heard that I was the young lady's maid, she asked if the rumors were true. That's when I learned about the rumors outside."
"People say the young lady likes to secretly keep male favorites. They say she has many handsome male favorites in her country farm, and keeps them by her side as servants. She brought Da Niu back with her because she was afraid she would be lonely back in Beijing. They say Da Niu is the young lady's favorite male favorite."
You Yang: “…”
The more I listened, the more bizarre it became.
"Is this even human language? Why don't I understand?"
She? Taking the emperor's favorite prince as her male lover? Is she worthy?
You Yang felt a tingling in her heart when she realized that Song Yunlan was still here.
She cautiously glanced in Song Yunlan's direction, and what she saw shocked her even more.
No, why are you blushing when rumors are spread about you?
His ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed, and he looked silly. It didn't look like he had recovered his memory at all. Was I being too suspicious?
The scene was quiet for a moment, and You Yang quickly changed the subject.
"Um... Daniel, we're going out tomorrow. Go check on the carriage and see if there's anything else we need to prepare."
"good."
After sending Song Yunlan away, Youyang threw away the disturbing voices in her head and walked around the big boxes several times with her arms folded, looking thoughtful.
"Miss, what are you looking at?" Qingyun asked her with his head tilted as he watched her walk left and right.
"I'm guessing what kind of gift Liu Mei prepared for my mother." You Yang simply sat on the box behind him.
She instructed Qingyun, "Open them all and take a look."
In addition to some dates, chestnuts, cloth, jewelry, copper coins, rouge and powder, there were also some tea sets, books, four treasures of the study, and calligraphy and paintings in the boxes.
These are all very common things when visiting relatives.
Since she dared to send these boxes in advance, it meant that she was not afraid of her opening the boxes for inspection, so she must have a backup plan.
Liu Mei really still wanted to save face. In order to show in front of Wen Qing that she had a high status in the You family and was valued by the master, she was willing to give her a generous gift.
Unfortunately, her mother will not see her little thoughts.
"Qingyun, pick out some usable items and jewelry for our own use, and pawn the rest at a pawnshop tomorrow to exchange for silver."
"Also, please ask someone to make me some nice clothes with the cloth."
Seeing that You Yang had arranged the uses of everything, Qing Yun said anxiously: "If everything is pawned, what will we do when we visit relatives tomorrow? Miss, it would be inappropriate for us to go empty-handed, right?"
"The young lady and the mistress are not close to begin with. I am afraid that if I do this, the rift between the mistress and the young lady will only deepen."
"No problem." You Yang calmly imagined what he could do after he became rich.
I recalled Wen Qing's description in the storybook, "My mother was personally raised by my grandfather since she was young. My grandfather was the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty. When my mother was a child, she was specially appointed by the late emperor to study with the princes. Her horizons are naturally broad, and she would not be angry about such a small matter."
"If I leave tomorrow empty-handed, who knows, maybe Mother will be happy."
"Besides, I didn't say I wanted to go empty-handed. I just didn't want to use the things she prepared for my mother."
Qingyun understood. She squatted in front of the box and packed it while saying, "Qingyun is stupid, but the young lady is smart. You won't go wrong if you listen to her."
"Little clever girl." Youyang walked up to Qingyun and rubbed her nose affectionately to tease her.
——
It is a rare opportunity to go out of the house, so Qingyun put all his effort into dressing up Youyang today.
Seeing that she had changed into the light green dress again, although the dress was plain and did not match the lady's stunning appearance, she had to put more effort elsewhere since she saw that the lady insisted on wearing it like this.
There was no need to add too much makeup to the young lady's face, so Qingyun had to work hard on her hair.
Qingyun was skillful and made a small bun style for Youyang. Two strands of black hair were separated from the ears and hung down in front of the chest. Two rings were intertwined on the top of the head, and a few simple velvet flower hairpins were inserted in her hair to embellish it. A few pearls of just barely decent appearance were also symmetrically pinned in the black hair on both sides of the forehead.
The young lady in her family has a charming appearance, unlike the young ladies raised in ordinary official families, who are either dignified and solemn, or pure and lovely, or gentle and cold.
Youyang has an oval face, delicate features, and skin as white as cream. She doesn't look like she grew up in the countryside at all.
There is always a heroic air between her eyebrows, with raised black eyebrows and a pair of slightly hooked fox eyes like a long-haired calico cat that has just woken up. Her every frown and smile carries a kind of nonchalant and lazy playfulness.
After Qingyun's treatment, she gained a touch of gentleness and refinement, which balanced well with her beauty and allure, making her no longer so ostentatious.
When she appeared in front of the gate of Youfu after being fully dressed, her stunning beauty made the maids and servants gasp.
Even Song Yunlan, who was waiting in front of the carriage, was shocked by her captivating appearance and trembled when he saw her.
He held the reins with his broad palm and stared blankly for a long time, having forgotten how rude it was to stare at a girl like that.
Old clothes and plain hairpins cannot hide her beauty.
You Yang straightened her back and stepped onto the carriage steps under everyone's astonished and envious gazes.
"Miss! Miss!"
Before Gongshen got into the carriage, she heard someone calling her from behind.
She straightened up and looked over there. It was the nanny beside Liu Mei.
You Yang stood still, her graceful figure standing on the carriage, looking down from above, casually raised her eyelids, with a faint emotion, lowering her eyes to look at the nanny below.
"What's the matter, Mammy?"
There was a huge height difference between them, so Mammy had to look up to see her clearly.
A strange feeling suddenly arose in my heart, and I had no time to pay attention to the important matters.
She handed the exquisite box in her arms to You Yang, "Madam and the young lady's mother were close friends who grew up together."
"It's been a long time since we last parted ways. Madam misses her terribly, and would like to ask Miss to give this item to her. She also hopes that one day we can have a chance to resolve the misunderstanding and reconcile."
"Misunderstanding?" You Yang pretended to know nothing and asked her, "How could I not know that there was a misunderstanding between mother and madam?"
"These are all old stories, and I don't know much about them."
The nanny wanted to gloss over it, but Youyang knew clearly what Liu Mei had done.
She smiled gently, folded her hands and placed them neatly in front of her belly. She did not take the box, but just let her hand hang in the air.
"Since it's a gift, please put it with the boxes."
"Okay! I'll go over there." The nanny's arms were sore after holding them up for a while, and she hurried to put her things away and leave after hearing what she said.
The carriage set off. Inside the carriage, Qingyun parted the curtains and peered out the window at the gate of Youfu. He asked curiously, "When did Mammy become so easy to talk to?"
"Her manners are beyond words."
You Yang rolled his eyes. "The weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken. It's not good to hold its fart."
Following You Yang's instructions, Song Yunlan drove around several streets in the capital and finally stopped the carriage when passing the majestic gate of the imperial palace.
The rising sun shines brightly.
From a distance, the bright yellow glazed tiles covering the top of the wall, dazzling in the sunlight, and the towering and magnificent red city walls complement each other, as if a giant dragon is perched here, overlooking all living beings, vividly displaying the solemnity and irresistible majesty of imperial power and deeply engraving it in people's hearts.
Is this the imperial palace?
Youyang gazed into the distance for a long time, marveling at the magnificence of the palace.
After an unknown amount of time, she turned her head and asked Song Yunlan deliberately.
"It's worthy of being a royal palace, so magnificent."
Song Yunlan had his head lowered and was not much moved by the situation. But after hearing what she said, he followed her gaze and this glance brought back many memories.
After a moment, he shook his head, "Nothing special."
You Yang had been keeping an eye on him since he came here, and he certainly didn't miss the moment when he lost his mind just now.
She sneered inwardly but didn't show it on her face. She propped her chin on the window frame with her arm, her cunning fox eyes flickering. She tapped the wooden frame with her fingertips and asked him with a smile, "You don't like it?"
"Do you like it?" Song Yunlan retracted his gaze and asked her back.
"Yes, who doesn't like a life without worries about food and clothing?"
You Yang was telling the truth.
In the world of cultivation, the strong prey on the weak. If you are not ruthless, you will be the next to die. No matter how powerful she is, she cannot defeat those cultivators with her martial arts skills. She cannot protect herself and getting injured is a common occurrence.
It really hurts.
She had lived to this day with great difficulty because she was always trembling with fear and didn't dare to stop for a moment. If she had a choice, she would still prefer a stable life. After all, she was just a junior sister.
You Yang's emotions fluctuated, and Song Yunlan saw it all.
The mistress of the You family is mean, and he has always seen her difficulties and hardships. One day he will take her away.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
