Chapter 136: Grab the chef from Prince Duan's mansion

The housekeeper smiled and said, "A while ago, the gardener in the mansion took a lot of cuttings and they will be ready for transplanting in a few months. If the young master likes them, I will send some to you then."

"Okay, okay!" Ye Chenxi was very happy.

The rain kept falling and the yard was wet everywhere.

In the pavilion at the end of the corridor, a young man in red was lying lazily on a beauty's chair covered with soft rabbit fur cushions, holding a storybook, with a little fox lying on his shoulder.

Her long black hair was tied into a high ponytail, as soft as the finest silk, draped over the armrest of the beauty chair, and hung down towards the clear pool.

Amid the greenery, the red and black are extremely eye-catching and pleasing to the eye.

Ye Wanqing stood there with an umbrella, looking into the distance.

Suddenly, Ye Chenxi shouted at the side: "An Lan, we are here to see you!"

"Wow..."

The storybook flew out of Chu Anlan's hand and fell into the pool, creating ripples all over the pool.

The little fox screamed in fright.

The boy who was reading a book protected the little fox, turned his head and revealed a face painted frighteningly white.

Ye Chenxi was horrified: "Ghost...Ghost!"

"It's broad daylight, how could there be a ghost? You must be guilty of something." Chu Anlan stood up and was about to say something harsh to Ye Chenxi when he saw Ye Wanqing standing beside him.

He said happily: "Qing'er, why are you here? Come here to take shelter from the rain!"

Ye Wanqing walked over slowly and placed the umbrella under the eaves.

When little pomegranate saw her and Ye Chenxi, it wagged its tail non-stop, squinted its eyes with joy, and whimpered around her feet.

Ye Wanqing bent down and picked it up.

Chu Anlan walked towards her barefoot: "It's raining today, it's wet outside, why did you come here specially?"

As he said this, he glared at Ye Chenxi in complaint: "I asked you to keep it a secret from Qing'er for me, but you sold me out. I couldn't bear to make him worry, but you took her out on a rainy day."

Ye Chenxi felt wronged: "My sister is so smart, how could she not know that you were injured? How long do you think you can hide it from her? What's more, her feet are on her body, how can I stop her from going out?"

Chu Anlan sighed: "I say one thing to you, and you can say ten things back to me."

As he spoke, he asked someone to bring new tea and snacks, and asked the maid to bring a clean handkerchief to wipe the water and mud stains on Ye Wanqing's skirt and shoes.

After cleaning up, Ye Wanqing stepped into the water pavilion.

She looked at Chu Anlan, who was covered in white ointment. "Is your face seriously injured after applying so much ointment? Does it hurt?"

"If the injuries are too severe, then June won't be able to get married?" Chu Anlan asked.

Upon hearing this, Ye Wanqing pretended to think seriously.

"Do you really want to postpone it?" Chu Anlan was anxious in an instant: "I'm already preparing for the wedding, and my plans will be disrupted."

Ye Wanqing curved her eyes and said, "Then let's not delay it."

"That's more like it!" Chu Anlan said proudly: "Just wait, I have prepared many surprises for you! Hehe..."

When he smiled, he accidentally pulled the wound on his face, causing him to grimace in pain.

Ye Wanqing sighed softly: "Don't smile if your face is injured. If you smile, the injury will hurt again. When will it heal over and over again?"

Chu Anlan grinned: "If you come to see me more often, I will get better faster..."

Ye Chenxi held a plate of melon seeds and ate them while clicking his tongue.

It's really disgusting!
……

It rained all day.

In the afternoon, there was strong wind and heavy rain.

Taking advantage of the rain, Chu Anlan naturally asked Ye Wanqing and Ye Chenxi to stay and have dinner with him.

As night fell, the rain finally subsided.

Chu Anlan held the little fox and sent Ye Wanqing and Ye Chenxi out.

The carriage drove into the rainy night.

After having enough soup and eating, Ye Chenxi curled up in the carriage like a little white cat: "The chef in Prince Duan's Mansion cooks better dishes than the chef in Prince Dun's Mansion. It's a pity that I won't be able to eat it anymore." "Are you sad?" Ye Wanqing asked.

Ye Chenxi thought for a moment and said, "So, I decided to discuss it with An Lan and go back to snatch the chef from Prince Duan's Mansion."

The carriage stopped outside the Princess's mansion.

Before the carriage came to a complete stop, Ying Xiang's voice came from outside the carriage: "Miss, there is a carriage parked at the door. It seems to belong to Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion."

Dingyuanhou Mansion?

Lu Jilian is here?
Ye Chenxi lifted the car curtain and said, "Why is he coming to my house so late at night?"

Having said that, he jumped off the carriage.

The servant immediately held an umbrella to shield him from the wind and rain.

Qianxi held an umbrella, and Yingxiang helped Ye Wanqing get off the carriage: "Miss, can I go over and ask?"

"No need." Ye Wanqing said calmly: "Let's go back to Jinghong Garden first."

"Sister, don't you want to go see Lu Jilian?" Ye Chenxi asked, "Maybe he came to see you specially?"

"No. You should go back to bed early too."

Ye Wanqing stepped into the room.

On the way, her steps were a little heavy.

After nightfall, palace lanterns were lit under the eaves of the Princess's Mansion. It was hazy with rain, and the lanterns were shrouded in mist, with a layer of soft light everywhere.

Ye Wanqing was walking under the corridor when she suddenly saw two people sitting in the pavilion from a distance.

The raindrops fell along the eaves like beads that had broken off a string. There was a chessboard on the stone table and tea was boiling on the clay stove next to it.

Lu Jilian and Ye Chenting sat opposite each other, each holding a chess box in their hands.

Lu Jilian dropped a black piece and coughed, "Brother Chen Ting, thank you for letting me."

Ye Chenting sighed: "I claim to be a decent chess player, but every time I play against you, I lose miserably."

"Because you have something on your mind." Lu Jilian said.

"What about you?" Ye Chenting looked across at his friend and classmate who he had known for many years: "Did you come to see me just to play chess with me?"

Lu Jilian was slightly startled, and he coughed as he said, "I'm sorry, except to play chess with you, I really don't know what excuse I can use to come here."

Ye Chenting looked up: "Qing'er is back."

Hearing this, Lu Ji Lian turned around and looked over.

Through the hazy rain, he looked at the girl in the corridor.

Under the palace lantern, she was in pink clothes and black hair, like a pink peony bud about to bloom on a rainy night, bright, fresh and particularly eye-catching.

Lu Jilian accidentally inhaled a breath of slightly cool water vapor and choked, causing him to cough violently.

Ye Chenting stood up: "I'll ask the court doctor to come and check you out."

"No need to bother." Lu Jilian said hoarsely, "This is the root cause of my previous illness. I asked the director of the Imperial Hospital to diagnose and treat it. I can only take care of it slowly. There is no rush."

"Ji Lian, you..." Ye Chenting hesitated to speak.

Of course, he also heard about how Lu Jilian became ill.

In fact, many people knew about this.

Lu Jilian sent Marquis Dingyuan to Rongguang Temple to pray for the old lady, and was punished to kneel in the rain for a whole day. He then had a high fever and fell into a coma, and did not wake up until two days later.

He even went to take the palace examination despite being sick.

As smart as Ye Chenting is, he knew without much thought that his friend being punished to kneel was most likely related to his sister.

Even when the servant brought the visiting card today, he guessed that Lu Jilian was looking for Qing'er.

Ye Chenting's mood suddenly became heavier for no reason.

He was just thinking about sending someone to invite Ye Wanqing, when he saw Ye Wanqing saying something to Yingxiang. Yingxiang nodded and walked towards the pavilion with an umbrella: "I greet the Second Young Master and Master Lu. The young lady saw that Lu Jilian was here, so she asked me to say hello on her behalf."

Lu Jilian said, "You are too polite, Princess."