Chapter 562 Extra - Yearning for Marriage
Chen Shi frowned: "Why are you trying to get rid of me again... I haven't caused you any trouble."
“I don’t mean you’re causing trouble,” Ye Zhiyuan explained. “The plague is under control now, and there’s nothing complicated or urgent coming up, so why do you still need to stay here…”
Chen Shi thought for a moment, a smile playing on her lips, and tilted her head to look at Ye Zhiyuan: "Do you want me to go back and prepare for our wedding...?"
Ye Zhiyuan's head remained still for several seconds before she stiffly moved her neck: "You...you're a young lady, why do you keep bringing up weddings..."
"That's because I like it, I aspire to it."
Chen Shi sat with her knees drawn up to her chest, her head resting on them, her eyes fixed intently on Ye Zhiyuan: "Every day I think about what life will be like after I marry you... It will definitely be very happy and blissful."
Ye Zhiyuan's face flushed slightly under Chen Shi's intense gaze. He remained silent for a moment before speaking in an exceptionally serious tone.
"Your Highness, please don't have such high expectations. The Minister's residence is not comparable to the palace. Even the food, clothing and daily necessities are not on the same level. I'm afraid Your Highness will not be used to it."
Although the implication of his words displeased Chen Shi, the fact that he said those words genuinely pleased her.
If I remember correctly, this was the first time Ye Zhiyuan had mentioned their wedding to her.
It was as if he had finally acknowledged her.
Chen Shi's smile immediately spread across her lips. She even tilted her head closer to Ye Zhiyuan and whispered, "So, Brother Ye, you're already thinking about our life after marriage?"
Ye Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and he really couldn't understand why Chen Shi would always find a different focus in what he said.
While feeling helpless, he also wanted to laugh, but he stubbornly kept a straight face: "I was just reminding Your Highness, I didn't mean anything else."
As they got closer, Chen Shi could see his flushed face. She shrugged slightly and said, "It's okay if you don't admit it, but I saw it anyway."
Ye Zhiyuan: "..."
After a moment of silence, Chen Shi spoke softly again: "Brother Ye, you don't need to worry about these things. I am a very flexible person. Since I have married into your Minister's Mansion, everything will naturally be done according to the rules of the Minister's Mansion."
She smiled and said, "Besides, if I really can't get used to living here, I can ask my father to build me a princess's residence, and then we can move there together."
"No!" Ye Zhiyuan hurriedly said, "I still have parents to take care of, how can I live away from home?"
Chen Shi blinked and thought for a moment: "Then let Father build me a princess's residence next to the Minister's residence. When I return to the Minister's residence, I can just open a side gate."
Ye Zhiyuan thought for a moment, then paused slightly.
He never imagined that such a day would come, when he and Princess Shuyun sat on the mountain discussing their post-marital residence.
In his opinion, the two shouldn't even meet.
But he repeatedly broke his own rules and bottom line, not only meeting with her, but also working together, and even sitting down to discuss married life.
this……
It's simply unbelievable.
There is absolutely no moral or ethical framework.
simply……
He suddenly stood up from the ground, his face darkening. "Your Highness, it's getting late. You should go back and rest."
Chen Shi pouted and muttered, "Didn't I tell you not to call me 'Your Highness'? 'Your Highness, Your Highness' is so formal..."
Seeing that she was sitting still, Ye Zhiyuan paused for a moment and said, "Ashi."
Chen Shi laughed, then obediently got up from the ground: "Alright, seeing how sincere you are, I'll go back to sleep."
Ye Zhiyuan stood there, watching Chen Shi bouncing around, and his heart softened again.
He simply called out "Ashi," and she felt it was "full of sincerity."
How easily satisfied she is!
After taking a few steps, Chen Shi turned back and smiled at Ye Zhiyuan: "Brother Ye, I'm so happy tonight, so very happy. I'll remember this for the rest of my life."
For some inexplicable reason, Ye Zhiyuan also smiled, but the smile remained on his face for a few seconds before freezing.
He actually laughed?
He actually laughed because of Chen Shi's words?
Even though he quickly suppressed his smile, that fleeting image still lingered in Chen Shi's mind. She smiled even more brightly, then turned and skipped away.
Ye Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his lips unconsciously twitched again. He then coughed lightly and followed Chen Shi's footsteps.
Night fell deeper and deeper, and the sounds of people sleeping soundly filled the tents; even the guards on night duty were dozing off.
But the sky darkened without our noticing, the wind blew and the leaves rustled, and soon dark clouds covered the sky. Then the wind stopped, lightning struck, and torrential rain poured down.
...
Chen Ci slept unusually restlessly tonight, his dreams filled with chaotic and recurring thoughts.
Suddenly, a sharp clap of thunder was followed by a flash of lightning. He opened his eyes and heard raindrops already tapping against the window.
The pattering sound indicated that the rain was quite heavy.
Chen Ci put on his clothes, got out of bed, opened the window, and looked outside. Sure enough, it was a rainstorm. Raindrops gathered into a curtain of rain, and even the lanterns hanging under the corridor became blurred.
Chen Ci's heart began to race.
Shu Tong and the others are still on the mountain. Heavy rain can easily trigger mudslides, and if something happens, the consequences would be unimaginable.
He hurriedly dressed and went out, instructing Tang Ming to prepare the horse. Tang Ming, still half asleep, asked, "Your Highness, what happened?"
"This rain is bad; it might trigger a mudslide. Take two teams and come with me up the mountain to meet Ye Zhiyuan and the others..."
Upon hearing about the mudslide, Tang Ming instantly snapped to attention: "Understood, I'll get right on it."
Chen Ci paced back and forth a few times, feeling increasingly uneasy.
This is the world of novels, and novels are full of clichéd plots. Shu Tong is supposed to go down the mountain early tomorrow morning, but it's pouring rain right now, which seems quite unusual.
It seems they've been set up for a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenario.
He must get there as soon as possible.
...
It must be said that Chen Ci's prediction was correct.
When the downpour started, Ye Zhiyuan had the same thought, so he immediately woke up everyone in each tent, packed their belongings, and braved the rain to go down the mountain.
The reason for choosing to go down the mountain was that going up was all jagged rocks with no path, and the campsite was just a small platform. If the soil on it was loose, this would be the first place to encounter trouble.
On the way up the mountain, he also observed the mountain's condition and found that there was a recessed cave a short distance down, which would be good to go there to avoid danger.
After everyone had packed their belongings and covered the medicinal herbs with a tarpaulin, they began to walk down the mountain path.
Some people kept complaining: "It's dangerous to travel in the rain, why not wait until the rain stops before you go?"
“This place is very dangerous. If there is a landslide, we will be the first to be affected,” Ye Zhiyuan explained.
“We live right under the walls of the capital, and there haven’t been any disasters for years. Besides, this mountain is a dragon vein, so how could anything happen to us?”
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