Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 257 Hongmen Banquet

"Zigui, Zigui, let's return together!"

The surrounding crowd was in high spirits and shouted loudly. Immediately, the woman in armor smiled brightly and returned the greeting by clasping her hands in salute to the crowd.

The cheers grew even louder.

Ye Qing'an looked at it with a smile on her lips, and suddenly remembered her past life.

In my past life, I was also incredibly successful, but alas...

In fact, after being reborn here, Ye Qing'an sometimes thinks back to her previous life and often thinks that although she was outwardly supporting her younger brother, she did not entirely not think about taking over the position.

Sometimes, power is a very intoxicating thing.

Sitting on that high seat, listening to the people below shout "Long live the Emperor!", the feeling of having everyone's life and death, their future, all in one's hands is easily addictive.

She wasn't entirely without ambition, so in a way, her death wasn't entirely unjust.

Even now, having been reborn into this body, even though she is no longer the Empress or the high and mighty Regent, her ambition has never faded.

Princess Zigui, riding at the front, passed them and gradually disappeared into the distance.

Yi Moxu looked down at Ye Qing'an, and seeing her expression, he couldn't help but raise his hand and gently pat her shoulder: "Let's go, do you still want to go shopping?"

Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow and glanced at Yi Moxu: "What's wrong? Seeing an old friend has even dampened your shopping mood?"

Yi Moxu was taken aback, but couldn't help but chuckle: "Indeed, there's some truth to the saying that women are unreasonable."

Ye Qing'an clicked his tongue: "Unreasonable? Who is Prince Duan calling unreasonable?"

“I wasn’t talking about anyone.” Yi Moxu still smiled. “If I like someone, I’ll like them even if they’re unreasonable. If I don’t like someone, I won’t like them no matter how reasonable they are. So, no matter how unreasonable you are, I’ll still like you.”

In response to Yi Moxu, Ye Qing'an scoffed mercilessly: "Princess Zigui must have heard that phrase before, right?"

Yi Moxu followed behind Ye Qing'an with a smile on her face: "How can you believe the rumors outside? A few years ago, everyone in Wangjing City thought that this Princess Zigui liked me, but that was only because she wanted the whole world to think so."

"But in reality, she could never like me, and there was absolutely no possibility for us to be together."

Ye Qing'an sensed the coldness in Yi Moxu's words, and her eyes showed a hint of surprise: "Is there some hidden story behind this? Could it be that you have a grudge against each other?"

"We can't really call each other enemies, we're just rivals."

"An opponent?" Ye Qing'an was puzzled. "Your ambition is the throne and the entire country. How could she, a mere woman and a princess, become... your opponent?"

Yi Moxu did not answer, but raised his hand and pointed to a shop not far away: "That Yiren Pavilion sells ready-made clothes and jewelry. The clothes and jewelry they make are quite fashionable and exquisite. The clothes and jewelry I gave you before were all bought from there."

"When we went out together last time, National Day praised my good taste. Do you want to go check it out?"

Yi Moxu was clearly trying to change the subject and didn't want to bring it up again. Ye Qing'an wasn't the kind of person to be tactless, so she just nodded and said, "Then let's go take a look."

When Ye Qingan got off the carriage, he asked the servants to take all the things from the carriage to the courtyard.

When Granny Wei ran out to take a look, she was quite surprised: "Miss, you went out of the manor and bought so many things? What are all these things?"

"These were sent by Doctor Xu. Put them inside. They're all cosmetics, clothes, and jewelry."

When Granny Wei heard that Xu Yixiu had sent it, she glanced at Ye Qing'an. There had been so many rumors circulating in the mansion lately, but Ye Qing'an seemed to ignore them completely, continuing to do what she was doing, and even becoming increasingly intimate with Xu Yixiu...

Granny Wei naturally understood what this meant, and simply smiled: "These things are not cheap. Does Doctor Xu have that much silver?"

"Xu Yixiu is a skilled doctor. The city is full of powerful and wealthy people. He is generous with his fees for medical treatment. He probably has a lot of money saved up."

"That's true. Although medical practitioners don't have the same status as cultivators, they can really make money."

Ye Qing'an responded and went back into the house.

She picked and chose from the boxes, handing a few to Granny Wei: "Take these to Eleven later."

"it is good."

Granny Wei responded, but didn't act immediately. She lowered her voice and said, "The matter concerning the Second Miss has already spread throughout the manor. However, it seems that someone has been on their orders, and the servants haven't made a fuss about it. But..."

"They've made an issue of something else?"

"Yes." Granny Wei nodded, glancing at Ye Qing'an: "What a coincidence, it is about you and Doctor Xu, Miss."

"About me and Doctor Xu?" Seeing the maid bring in water, Ye Qing'an stepped forward to wash her hands, dried them, and then casually asked, "How many times has this happened already?"

"Who knows?" Granny Wei sighed. "But as long as Miss and Doctor Xu don't have a formal title, the rumors outside will probably never stop. This time, it's probably because Doctor Xu's previous example of making an example of someone has worked. Although the servants are talking about it, they don't dare to say it too openly."

"It's alright." Ye Qing'an didn't take it seriously.

However, she felt in her heart that, given Ye Weilan's personality, this matter could not possibly be resolved simply by spreading rumors about her and Yi Moxu.

She will definitely find a way to get revenge.

She wanted to see how Ye Weilan would get her revenge.

It was probably because Yi Moxu's threat with her voice had worked that Ye Weilan didn't make any moves for several days. She even bowed respectfully to Ye Qing'an when she saw him in the back garden one day.

Not two days later, it was time for the third young lady of the Gu family to hold her last small banquet before her wedding.

Gu family...

Ye Qing sat in the carriage, flipping through the invitation in his hand several times. Under the pretext of taking a short rest, he entered the Cloud Dreamland.

"The third young lady of the Gu family is to marry the second young master of the Li family."

"The Li family?" Ye Qing'an frowned. "The Li family of the General of the Cavalry?"

"Yes."

Ye Qing'an raised his hand and rubbed his temples: "I seem to have quite a connection with the Li and Gu families lately."

Since the third young lady of the Gu family is going to marry the second young master of the Li family, then she is the sister-in-law of Li Wen and Li Siya, the young lady of the Li family.

She had conflicts with Li Wen and Li Siya.

So it seems that what she had always thought was an ordinary banquet might actually be a trap...