Beyond Gold and Jade [Rebirth]

Ye Ruoyao is not obedient, on the contrary, she is extremely rebellious.Back then, I was obsessed with Zhen Xu not because of deep feelings, but because my family objected.

The more they objected, the more she would do the opposite.She wants outsiders to see that the century-old scholarly family and the Ye family are just ordinary people, and the girls of the Ye family are just ordinary girls, not fairies with high moral character, but mediocre people.

This time is different, she really likes that person.

She was born in Ye's family, and since she was a child, she has seen most scholars. They say that gentlemen stay away from cooking, and those literati and refined scholars all look down on cooks, but they may not be able to lift a spoon or a pot. Will write some sour poetry.

The fragrance of pen and ink, how can it compare with the aroma of hot rice porridge, which makes people feel at ease.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, she felt tormented in her heart, when she suddenly heard the sound of slight footsteps, followed by the sound of unlocking the lock.

She hurried to the door and asked cautiously, "Who is outside?"

With a light snort: "Who else can be but me, I can't be your best friend."

The door opened with a creak, and it was Ye Yunzhe standing in front of it. Ye Ruoyao's nose was sore, and she complained, "Why did you come here? It's almost dawn."

Ye Yunzhe said with a dark face: "If my mother finds out, I will definitely break my legs. I reminded you to confess to my mother. Now let others talk about it first. In my mother's eyes, it is a shameful affair. She is now angry. , It’s useless to persuade you, you’d better avoid it first.”

"How to avoid it?"

"Hide first. Parents are in a hurry to return to Jinzhou. You can't tell your uncles and aunts. If they can't find you, I'll give them an idea, saying that I will stay and look for you. They have no choice but to accept it." , You can come out after they leave the capital."

Ye Ruoyao's eyes lit up, and she frowned again: "But where should I hide, so that my parents won't find me?"

Ye Yunzhe pondered for a moment, and said: "The safest place in the prime minister's mansion should be Ah Jin's younger brother's Funing Courtyard. No one dares to break into it, let alone parents, but how can we persuade him to agree..."

Ye Ruoyao was relieved when she heard Funing Courtyard, she always went there these days, she knew the way very well, patted her younger brother on the shoulder, blinked and smiled, and said: "I have a solution."

"..."

The siblings locked the door and destroyed the side window of the room, creating the illusion that Ye Ruoyao escaped through the side window.

There is a side door in the Funing Courtyard, which is the passageway for servants to enter and exit on weekdays. Ye Yunzhe saw that she was so familiar with the road, he couldn't help being suspicious. When Ye Ruoyao took him to the east wing where the servants lived, he immediately figured it out.

He grabbed Ye Ruoyao and walked aside, and asked in a low voice, "Is your girlfriend from this yard?"

"Don't get along well, he and I are innocent. And..." She said a little coyly, "He doesn't know that I like him yet."

Ye Yunzhe was so pissed off by her, he said angrily: "Your thoughts are so obvious, no one can see it, he has not responded for a long time, probably because he doesn't want to respond. Forget it, you follow me back to the house, and we will go back to Jinzhou together tomorrow. Don't worry about people."

Ye Ruoyao stared, and begged softly: "My good brother, now you are the only one who can help my sister. Half of the snacks I took back from Yao Zhen went into your stomach. Now if you want to let go, I will tell mother , Said that you have always known, let's see how she teaches you!"

"..."

"Don't be angry, I will always return your favor in the future. I'll go in and find him, you wait here for me."

She adjusted her makeup, took a deep breath, and then pushed the door open.

Yao Zhen was sleeping soundly, when she was woken up suddenly, she was terrified when she saw Ye Ruoyao's face clearly.

He hurriedly put on his coat, lit the candlesticks, placed them on the table, and asked, "Girl, why are you coming to my room in the middle of the night?"

"Yao Zhen, my parents are going to take me back to Jinzhou, and we will leave early tomorrow morning, what do you have to say?"

Although Yao Zhen was dull, she was not really stupid. When she heard the word "Jinzhou", her mind gradually cleared up, and she showed a wry smile, and said, "It turns out that the girl is the jewel in the palm of Mr. Tang's family. In the past, she was a small transgression."

Ye Ruoyao didn't allow him to dodge, she looked straight into his eyes and said: "I don't have much time, my parents should be looking for me now, I'll ask again, I'm going back to Jinzhou, do you have something to say to me?" I said?"

She has a pretty face, and her almond eyes seem to be able to speak. Because she cried a lot earlier, her eye sockets are red, which makes people feel distressed.Yao Zhen turned her head and said in a low voice, "Miss Ye, have a good trip."

Ye Ruoyao was silent for a long time before she came to her senses, "Bon voyage? Is that what you wanted to say? You know, when I go back to Jinzhou, I will never come back again. From now on, I will never see each other again. Maybe, even so, you don't care."

Yao Zhen clenched her fists, and her voice seemed to come out of her throat: "Miss Ye, you and I shouldn't have met."

Ye Ruoyao frowned, and asked: "In your opinion, the relationship these days should not be?"

Yao Zhen lowered her eyes and said, "Yes."

Ye Ruoyao bit her lips, chuckled for a long time, and said, "Do you know why I came to the capital? Because I liked the wrong person, and because of that person, I have a bad reputation in Jinzhou. After I go back, I will probably be ridiculed for a long time , I came to you because I thought you would help me. I thought you had the same feelings for me as I did for you. It seems that this time I fell in love with the wrong person again. My mother said I was stupid, but I was not convinced , Now I believe it, she is right, I am indeed stupid, hopelessly stupid."

The candle was flickering, and the man under the light looked bleak and moved his lips, but he didn't say anything after all.

Ye Ruoyao said: "Yao Zhen, you are more hateful than that liar. When I found out that he lied to me, I only felt angry, but to you, I am not angry at all, I just feel sad, so sad that my heart hurts."

At some point, those almond eyes filled with tears again.Yao Zhen couldn't bear to avert her eyes, she didn't dare to look at it, she couldn't bear to look at it, she was afraid that her heart would soften.

The jewel in the palm of Ye's family master, that is a family status that he will never be able to achieve in his life.

Before leaving, Ye Ruoyao said to the man at the table: "Don't treat a girl casually in the future, your kindness hurts people the most."

Yao Zhen clenched her fists and responded in a low voice.

After the girl left, there was still a faint fragrance of her body in the room, Yao Zhen sat quietly at the table, like a statue, until dawn.

Outside the window, Chunyi looked at his tall and straight back for a long time.

She knew in her heart that if Yao Zhen was given more time to get along with each other, the result would be very different.Fortunately, God is helping her, a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips, she turned around, saw a man and a beast in front of her, she collapsed to the ground in fright.

"Little master..."

Ye Chongjin rode the little white tiger back and forth, and Chunyi hurriedly got up to keep up. Her hands and feet were cold, and she wanted to explain but didn't know how.

Mantis catching cicadas, and oriole behind, Ye Chongjin laughed secretly, looking back at the maidservant who had served him for several years, there was no trace of smile left in her eyes.

"Little master, this servant just happened to pass by, and didn't intend to spy on anyone..."

Ye Chongjin pinched the big cat's little ears, and interrupted: "Is it you who sent the letter to the aunt's room? At first I just suspected it, because you have always been cautious, and you will look forward and backward in everything, and think for a long time, but this time, you It seems really rushed."

Chunyi bit her lips tightly, then knelt down suddenly, and walked to the little white tiger's feet, saying: "I didn't want to, but I saw that Yao Zhen gave his mother's relics to Miss Tang, although it is nothing It is a valuable hairpin, but Yao Zhen has always cherished it very much, just because Miss Tang accidentally lost a jade hairpin, he gave it away logically."

"As Miss Tang, why do you want to snatch Yao Zhen if you can't find any kind of good-looking gentleman? I have admired and been waiting for a long time, so why should she be the one who came after me? Just because Is her status more noble! Slaves refuse to obey, little master, a master like you who is born to be superior and has been favored by thousands of people, how would you know how difficult it is to be a slave!"

Ye Chongjin could hardly recognize the girl in front of him. In his impression, Chunyi always had a calm and gentle appearance, like a quietly flowing stream, indifferent to the world, when did he become so ferocious.

He frowned and said lightly: "Chunyi, you are a smart girl, but I don't like smart people very much. Pack your bags and go to the outer courtyard."

"Little master, little master," only then did Chunyi realize she was afraid, and begged again and again: "I know I was wrong, and I really knew I was wrong. Please see that I have worked hard for the past few years. Give the servant a chance, the servant is willing to accept the punishment, as long as he can stay with the master, he will suffer any hardship."

Ye Chongjin laughed lightly, and said: "You just misjudged Yao Zhen's weight in my heart. If it's someone else, I won't bother with you, but Yao Zhen, he finally fell in love with someone, but you easily fell in love with her." Destroying this happiness, how can I tolerate you. And..."

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you from the prince's family?"

Chunyi raised her eyes in surprise, then kowtowed her head several times, with blood oozing from her forehead, she tremblingly said: "Little master, this time it's because the servant did something wrong, but the servant has no heart for the little master, why? Will do something against the master! The servant is willing to die to show his will!"

Ye Chongjin frowned. Could it be that he guessed wrong?There must be a dead soldier sent by Gu Chen in his room, and it has been hidden for a long time, but who is that person......

He rubbed the space between his brows, and said calmly: "You go back to your room to rest, recover from your injuries before leaving, and don't appear in front of me or Yao Zhen in the future."

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Ye Ruoyao went back to the west courtyard with her younger brother, and the courtyard had already exploded.

Mrs. Ye was so anxious that she was dizzy. When she saw her sister and brother, she was about to scold them, but she saw tears in her daughter's eyes and said calmly: "Mother, my daughter knew she was wrong. She shouldn't sneak out and make parents worry. My brother just found me first, so don't scold him."

Mrs. Ye's heart ached, she hurriedly took her daughter into her arms, and said, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back, mother won't scold anyone."

Thinking back to when she first came to the capital, although her daughter complained a lot, the look in her eyes was still there, she was still a willful little girl, but at this moment, it seemed like overnight, she really grew up.

Parents hope that their children will be able to take charge of their own affairs, but paradoxically fear the arrival of this day.

Ye Mingkun's family left just like that. Ye Ruoyao cried all night, her eyes were so swollen that she couldn't see anyone, she was wearing a gauze all the time, and she followed Mrs. Ye into the carriage.

On the contrary, Ye Yunzhe and Ye Chonghui talked for a long time before reluctantly leaving.

For the next few days, Ye Chongjin lived in dire straits.He scooped up a spoonful of sweet porridge, carefully put it into his mouth, and then spit it out, Qiu Zi hurriedly went up to clean up the residue, and after Chun Yi left, she was promoted to a first-class maid.

Xia He asked: "Master, is it hot?"

Ye Chongjin put down the jade white porcelain bowl, rinsed his saliva, and said, "This porridge is not sweet, it's salty, salty! There's a faint spicy smell, and there's also a sour smell of acetic acid...Call Yao Zhen over here."

Yao Zhen walked in with blank eyes, looking half-dead, he was the one who said the unfeeling words, and he is also the one who is now ashamed.

Ye Chongjin was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he threw a land deed directly in his face, Yao Zhen picked it up with a confused look on his face.

"This tea house is located on the shore of Mingyue Lake. The location is good, but it has been unable to make any money. I will give it to you now. If you have the ability to bring it back to life, then I will give it to you. If you can't, you can sell it and take it Ask for a wife."

If it was in the past, Yao Zhen would definitely not accept it, but now, thinking of his own incompetence, thinking of Ye Ruoyao's disappointed eyes, thinking of all the things in the past, the breath that had been suppressed in his chest suddenly burst out.The girl he likes also likes him, why can't he fight for her?

He knelt down and solemnly kowtowed three times to Ye Chongjin.

"Master, I will bring this teahouse back to life, and then buy it from my little master at double the price."

Ye Chongjin seemed to have seen Yao Zhen in the previous life, that fierce force had been hidden inside all along, and he had to use external force to force it out.

It was not in vain for him to let people tip off the news and persuade Ye Yunzhe to save people.

In fact, he had already expected everything that happened that night, the only thing that was unexpected was that Chunyi was not Gu Chen's dead man.But to be able to sneak into the West Courtyard to deliver a message without anyone noticing, at least he will be able to do some lightness kung fu. Among them, what exactly is he missing.

He swallowed his tea again, still unable to figure it out.

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On a dark and windy night, by a fence, a rough servant girl was sitting by the dry well. It was the spring spirit that Ye Chongjin drove away.

She has been sluggish these past few days, and she has long lost her former calmness and composure.

After living in the outer courtyard for a few days, I realized that there are differences among slaves and maidservants. The maidservants in the outer courtyard dreamed of going to the inner courtyard, and the first-class maids around the young master had food and clothing that was comparable to those of ordinary families. Miss Qianjin, it was she who did not hesitate to make herself look like this.

After a while, a maidservant in brocade clothes hurried over.

"Sister Chunyi." The visitor said with a smile.

"How can I be worthy of your elder sister now? Speaking of it, I have to thank you for sending a letter to the west courtyard for my elder sister that day, and then sending Ye Ruoyao back to Jinzhou."

The man smiled and said, "There is no need to say thank you between you and me."

Chunyi stared closely at her eyes, and said: "I won't beat around the bush anymore, I've been thinking about one thing for the past few days. When the little master drove me away, he said that I was a member of His Royal Highness, and his tone was very firm. , I have been thinking about why the little master has such conjectures."

"Little master is probably confused..."

"How shrewd is the little master, how can he be confused! Or, he suspects the wrong person. The person sent by the prince is you."

The girl giggled, as if she had heard some joke, and said: "Sister Chunyi really knows how to joke, how can I be the prince's man, my master is only one person, and that is the little master."

Chunyi had expected that she would not admit it, so she got up suddenly, grabbed her slender wrist, walked towards the Funing Courtyard, and said with a sneer, "Since you are not, why don't we argue in front of the little master, the little master has his own judgment .”

"Sister Chunyi," the girl held her hand, easily restrained Chunyi, tilted her head and chuckled: "This way, it will not end well. The little master is right, you are too smart, A smart person like you really can't stay."

Chunyi was flustered by her eyes, and unconsciously took a few steps back, but the girl went straight forward and said, "You know, smart people often don't live long."

"You... what are you going to do..."

"I didn't want to kill you. After all, you are still loyal to the master. It's a pity that you discovered my secret. Sister Chunyi, the reason why a secret is called a secret is that it cannot be discovered by others. Once discovered, someone must die If I don't kill you, I will die, so please forgive my sister." In the last sentence, the sweet voice has become a man's clear voice.

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A few days later, a large number of disaster victims from Li County poured into the capital, and all of them were stopped outside the city. Ye Yanbai, as the leader of the Qingliu, naturally took the lead in opening warehouses to release food to relieve the victims.

Ye Chonghui personally led a group of servants to build porridge sheds outside the city. Several mansions that had good relations with the Prime Minister's Mansion, such as Zhenyuanhou Mansion, Luo Shangshu Mansion, and Sheng Wang Mansion, also followed suit. Under such circumstances, How dare other mansions not follow the trend, and the papers from the Yushitai can be handed over to the imperial case later.

Whether it is true or false, these high-ranking officials and dignitaries have indeed contributed a lot to the rescue of the victims.

Ye Chongjin quietly followed him once, and his brother asked him to stay in the carriage, the curtains were tightly covered, and the guards of the prime minister's mansion guarded the third floor.He just looked out through the slit, and after one glance, he couldn't take it anymore.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people who suffer are always the common people, the weather is about to enter winter, if such a thing happens, it can be seen that the sky shows no mercy.

After Ye Chonghui finished his work, he went back to the carriage and saw his younger brother laying on top of the big cat in a daze. He thought he was frightened, so he quickly took the child into his arms and comforted him in a low voice: "The disaster relief money from the imperial court has been approved, and the dam in Li County is being rebuilt. , the house is being rebuilt and they will be able to go home soon."

Ye Chongjin asked, "Who went to Li County?"

"His Royal Highness King Ming."

Ye Chongjin is relieved, at this critical period, King Ming will only do his best to win people's hearts.

He tugged at Ye Chonghui's sleeves, and said, "Brother, it's getting colder, they're full, but they don't have enough clothes."

Ye Chonghui pondered for a while, and said: "I'll go back and discuss with my mother, and prepare some quilts and cotton clothes for delivery."

The brothers were talking, when they suddenly heard the sound of kneeling and thanking from outside the carriage, and when they lifted the curtain, they saw a beautiful woman sitting on a white horse, wearing a bright red cloak and wearing a With a blue and blue sword, black hair tied up high, sword eyebrows and star eyes, she is a bit more heroic than many men.

Princess Ancheng - Gu Xueyi.

At this time, she was instructing the servants of the palace to distribute the winter coats. People who practice martial arts have sharper intuition than ordinary people. When they looked back, they locked on to the Ye family's carriage.

She was riding a white horse and walked to the side of the carriage, but the guards of the Ye family did not dare to stop her and gave way one after another.

"Dare to ask who is in the carriage, is it the eldest girl of that family, who is shameful?"

Ye Chonghui opened the curtain and walked out, saying: "I have met Princess Ancheng."

The young man in white was wearing a black cloak, his face was cold, his eyes were as cold as jade, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his appearance was so graceful that it made people forget to breathe for a moment.

Gu Xueyi has been away from Beijing for a long time, and she hasn't seen Ye Chonghui for a long time. She couldn't bear it for a while, and the corner of her mouth twitched, and said: "It turns out that you are the son of the Ye family. When I see you back, it will open the eyes of the princess. The food is also the same as the world. Wugu, why does your family exude a sense of immortality?"

Ye Chonghui only said indifferently: "The princess is overwhelmed."

Gu Xueyi asked again: "There is another person in this carriage, could it be that precious lump from the Ye family? The last time I saw it was three years ago, at the Lantern Festival banquet in the palace. One glance."

Ye Chonghui raised his handsome eyebrows, and was about to rebuff, when the surrounding young masters booed.

Ye Chongjin chuckled, he knew why Gu Xueyi was targeting him, this woman had never dealt with Gu Chen since she was a child, and she liked to fight against him, she made things difficult for anyone Gu Chen liked.But in fact, whenever Gu Chen encounters trouble, she is always the first to rush forward.

Hard-spoken and soft-hearted, it is the Princess Ancheng.

He patted the little white tiger on the head, and smiled in its ear: "Don't worry, I'll let you go out for a walk."

The little white tiger was caught in the car by him. He was not happy, but was released suddenly, and naturally made a noise. The surrounding young masters saw a tiger rushing out. It was so menacing that they scattered and ran away in fright. Princess Ancheng was also arrested. The beast opened its mouth and roared in surprise, and was about to draw its sword when Ye Chonghui stopped him.

"This tiger is my younger brother's favorite pet. If it is injured, I can't explain it to you. I hope the princess will hold you high."

Gu Xueyi was stunned for a while, but then she smiled and said: "This princess has seen it."