"Daddy …" Ye Zhen leaned against the window, her eyes bright as stars as she looked at Ye Yiqing walking beside her.
How could Ye Yiqing not know what his daughter was thinking at this moment? He glanced at her indifferently and pretended to be unhappy as he lazily responded, "En."
Ye Zhen smiled sweetly at her father, "Daddy, I met my eldest cousin brother not long after I left Thousand Gold House. I know he deliberately lured me there. If I hadn't discovered that the emperor's secret guards were protecting me, I wouldn't have followed him."
"How do you know that Mo Rongzhan's secret guard is protecting you?" Ye Yiqing raised his eyebrows. Could it be that Mo Rongzhan's men have been following his daughter?
"I have seen his secret guard several times. I can still recognize him." Ye Zhen said.
Ye Yiqing glared at his daughter. "In the future, even if it is like this, don't take your safety as a joke."
"Yes, Daddy." In fact, when she saw the ferocious look in her father's eyes, even if she knew it was dangerous and didn't want to go, Ye Chunming would still threaten her to go with him.
"What did Mo Rongzhan say to you?" Ye Yiqing couldn't help but ask. Rationally, he felt that he should give his daughter some privacy, but mentally, he couldn't do it. Especially when it came to the little bastard, he couldn't relax for even a moment.
Ye Zhen's mind immediately remembered the passionate kiss just now. She shook her head, her cheeks burning. "No, it's just … I'm going to the palace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager tomorrow."
Oh, that boy must have bullied his daughter. Otherwise, how could Yao Yao's face be so red?
"The Empress Dowager is good to you." Ye Yiqing's impression of the Empress Dowager was much better than that of Mo Rongzhan. When they left the capital, the Empress Dowager helped them.
Ye Zhen nodded and looked at him with bright eyes. "Yes, when I first entered the palace, Lu Wushuang tried to make trouble for me several times, but the Empress Dowager blocked her for me."
Ye Yiqing smiled faintly. "I didn't stop you from going to the palace to pay your respects to her."
"Father, you really broke Eldest Cousin Brother's hand …" That clear and crisp sound of bones breaking really scared her. She did not know that her father's internal strength was so strong before.
"I'm doing this for his own good," Ye Yiqing said in a low voice. "Get Man Qin to send you back to the Lu family. I still have to return to the Thousand Gold Shop."
"Alright." Ye Chunming had fainted from the pain. When he woke up, he would definitely cause a ruckus. If not for his father suppressing him, who knew what he would do.
When Ye Zhen returned to the Lu family, Pei Shi told her that the Empress Dowager had summoned her to the palace.
"Mother, I know, I will go to the palace tomorrow." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"Did you see your father today?" Pei shi asked in a low voice. "He … did he say when he would leave the capital?"
Ye Zhen knew that Pei Shi was very reluctant to part with her daughter. She held Pei Shi's arm and said, "Mother, can you and father follow us to Dongqing?"
Pei shi glared at her. "Don't talk nonsense. Your father is still at home. How can he go to Dongqing?"
"I can't bear to leave you guys." Ye Zhen was telling the truth. She hated the Lu family, but she couldn't hate Lu Shiming, his wife, and the old lady. She even regarded them as her family.
"Do you think we are willing to part with you?" Pei shi's eyes reddened at the thought of how long she would be separated from her daughter.
Ye Zhen hurriedly said, "I will go for a few months and will be back soon."
Pei shi was most worried that her daughter would not come back once she left, but she did not dare to ask. "When will you leave?"
"Father hasn't said yet. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry." Ye Zhen didn't want to upset Pei shi. She stood up and turned around to change the topic. "Mother, do you think I've grown taller?"
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Since she recognized her father, Ye Zhen had not entered the palace again. She wanted to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, but she was afraid of meeting Mo Rongzhan. She didn't know how to explain to him that she was going to Dongqing with her father.
No, it was not that she didn't know how to explain, but she couldn't even explain because she had promised her father …
Today, she couldn't escape even if she wanted to.
After entering the palace, a palace servant immediately led her to the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful.
Ye Zhen was already a frequent visitor in the palace, but for the first time, she felt a little timid. She wanted to see Mo Rongzhan, but she was afraid to see him.
"Yao Yao." Just as she was about to pass the Imperial Garden, someone suddenly called her.
The person who came from the other side of the bluestone path was a woman in a doctor's costume. She was greeting Ye Zhen with a smile.
"Jinru." When Ye Zhen saw her appearance, the corners of her mouth raised into a smile. It turned out to be the doctor who entered the palace with her in the medical center.
"I haven't seen you for a long time. The last time I heard that you were missing in Huaijiang City, I was scared to death." Chen Jinru took Ye Zhen's hand and said, "I'm relieved to see that you are well. Sun Wen also asked how you were in the letter."
Listening to Chen Jinru's caring voice, Ye Zhen missed the days when she was a doctor. It was not long ago, but for her, it was like a lifetime ago. "Sun Wen returned to the border?"
Chen Jinru said, "She originally wanted to go back, but her father was transferred to the garrison."
"You are …" Probably because too many things had happened to her and the Lu family had such a terrible change, Sun Wen did not write to her directly. She saw that Chen Jinru was still holding a medicine box. Which concubine was he going to the palace to see?
"I'm here to deliver medicine to Hua Fei." Chen Jinru whispered, "Do you remember her?"
Ye Zhen froze for a moment before realizing who Chen Jinru was talking about. "You are talking about Liu Li."
Chen Jinru nodded gently, "I used to think she was arrogant and domineering, but now looking at her … I feel sorry for her."
She really forgot that although the great elder princess was demoted to a commoner, Liu Li was conferred the title of Hua Fei at that time. It's just that as soon as she entered the palace, it was tantamount to entering the cold palace. No one mentioned her at all for more than a year.
"Yao Yao, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll come to you when I'm off." Chen Jinru whispered.
Ye Zhen nodded with a smile and exchanged a few words with Chen Jinru before separating.
When she arrived at the Palace of Compassionate Peace, she saw Ye Yaoyao sitting next to the Empress Dowager as soon as she entered the hall. It seemed that she hadn't seen her for a long time. Ye Yaoyao, who had become Concubine Yao, looked more beautiful than before. With her appearance, she should be the first beauty in the palace now.
"Yao Yao is here." The Empress Dowager saw Ye Zhen, and the smile on her face became more kind and gentle.
Ye Zhen saluted the Empress Dowager with a radiant smile. "Greetings to the Empress Dowager, Yao Yao pays her respects to you."
"Get up quickly. Ai jia didn't let anyone call you into the palace. You really don't want to come and talk to Ai jia." The Empress Dowager glanced at her and motioned for Ye Zhen to sit down beside her.
"I actually think of you every day." Ye Zhen said sweetly, not intending to salute Concubine Yao.
Ye Yaoyao tightened her hands hidden in her sleeves and tried to keep a smile on her face.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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