Chapter 152 Don't Go Out
Ye Wanqing brought Yingxiang with her, followed by a group of attendants, and walked through the courtyards, preparing to go up the mountain.

Not long after she walked, she met someone.

Ye Wanqing's eyes moved slightly, and she spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Madam Dingyuan Marquis."

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan looked at her and said, "Princess, can you please have a word with me?"

Ye Wanqing wanted to refuse, but the wife of Marquis Dingyuan was unusually firm: "Princess, please."

Ye Wanqing's eyes were calm: "Madam Dingyuan, please go first."

When she left, she gave Yingxiang an imperceptible wink. Yingxiang always understood her and nodded slightly.

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan brought only a personal maid with her and walked through the flower shadows of the palace wall to a pavilion beside the artificial lake.

Right now, there's no one around.

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan walked to the pavilion and sat down, then she said to Ye Wanqing, "Princess, please sit down too."

Ye Wanqing sat opposite her.

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan gazed at the vast artificial lake and said, “The first time I came to the palace was after my wedding with the Marquis.

At that time, the lake was not this big. In the blink of an eye, the lake has doubled in size, and I have grown older."

Ye Wanqing listened quietly.

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan retracted her gaze and looked at Ye Wanqing: "I have lived to this age and have never bowed down in front of a junior. Today, I want to bow down once. Princess, what price will the Marquis Dingyuan Mansion pay in exchange for the princess to break off the engagement with the Prince of Dun and marry into the Lu family?"

Although Ye Wanqing had roughly guessed what the other party was going to say when the wife of Marquis Dingyuan asked for a word, she still found it ridiculous when she heard it with her own ears.

Ye Wanqing's expression faded, "Madam, you are joking. My marriage with the son of Prince Dun was approved by the emperor himself. The wedding date was also calculated by the emperor himself at the Imperial Observatory. The Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion is full of poetry, etiquette, and food. Lord Lu is the new top scholar and has joined the Hanlin Academy. The Western Wei Dynasty is so big that there are countless noble ladies. Lord Lu can pick any one of them, and they will be tens of millions of times better than me. Why do you have to be obsessed with me and ruin my reputation and marriage?"

"Ji Lian has you in his heart." Lady Dingyuan Hou sighed and said.

Do you have her in your heart?

This was probably the funniest joke Ye Wanqing had ever heard.

They were husband and wife in their previous life, lived together for so many years, and had five children together. Why didn’t Lu Jilian have any feelings for her?
He is a cold-hearted man, and he has fallen deeply in love with her after only meeting her a few times in this life?
How can this be?

All love is fake.

However, things went against my wishes and I failed to get what I wanted, which aroused my inner desire to win, and the desire to win in turn generated obsession.

Ye Wanqing smiled dejectedly in her heart, and then looked coldly at the wife of Marquis Dingyuan: "I respect you as my elder, and I don't mind you saying these abrupt words to me today. Prince Dun and I are in love with each other, and there is no room for others in between.

Lord Lu is of noble birth, has extraordinary talent, and has a promising future. There are many noble ladies in the world who are willing to marry him. He has me in his heart, but because I rejected his proposal, his plan was disrupted, which made him obsessed. When his obsession disappears, he will let go.

Instead of coming to me, Madam, you should persuade Lord Lu to find another noble lady and get married as soon as possible."

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan looked at Ye Wanqing and said, "The princess is still young, so it is normal for her to yearn for love between men and women. However, the most difficult thing to keep in the world is love. When the princess reaches my age, she will know that as a woman, the best destination is to marry a husband with a promising future. I don't mean to belittle Prince Dun, but Ji Lian and the princess are truly a match made in heaven, a talented man and a beautiful woman."

"Madam is wrong." Ye Wanqing retorted: "For other women, marrying a husband with a promising future is indeed a good destination.

But I don’t have to do that. I am a princess appointed by the emperor and the queen mother. I have my own fiefdom and food. Even if I marry into a poor family, I will still have a life of luxury and a carefree life. ”

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan paused: "Princess, you..."

"Madam." Ye Wanqing interrupted her, "It is better to demolish a temple than to ruin a marriage. It is not easy for the prince and I to be together until today. If it is really ruined, I don't know what I will do."

The mountain wind rustled, and the two looked at each other in silence. After a long while, the wife of Marquis Dingyuan sighed, revealing a tired and helpless expression, and said softly: "What can I do with him? The emperor scolded him and punished him to kneel, and the marquis scolded him and used family rules on him, but he just refused to give in.

The root of his illness in Rongguang Temple has not yet fully recovered. When it rained, his knees hurt so much that he couldn't sleep. Later, he was punished to kneel... Princess, I am old, what can I do?"

Ye Wanqing was silent.

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan had tears in her eyes: "He has been an obedient and filial child since he was young, and has never disobeyed his elders. But now, for the princess, he dares to disobey the emperor. The princess would rather believe that Ji Lian wants to marry you because of his obsession, rather than believe that he really has true feelings for you?"

"Whether it's Lord Lu's obsession or his true feelings, it doesn't matter to me." Ye Wanqing stood up: "Madam, Prince Dun is still waiting to accompany me to pick peaches, I'll leave first."

"Princess..." Lady Dingyuan stood up and said, "Princess, can you..."

A cold voice came from not far away: "Let her go."

Ye Wanqing and the wife of Marquis Dingyuan looked up at the same time.

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan was stunned: "Ji Lian, why are you here?"

In May, Lu Jilian's face was pale, his thin lips were slightly pale, and his pair of glass eyes seemed to have faded, and his light was much dimmer.

He was wearing a bamboo green brocade robe, covered his lips and coughed, and repeated: "Mother, let the princess go."

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan pinched her palm with her fingers, her eyes red with heartache: "Your knee hasn't recovered yet, and the imperial physician told you to walk less, so why did you come out?"

"I can still hold on." Lu Jilian said, "Father heard that you were visiting the garden and was worried that you would be tired from walking too far, so he asked me to come out to look for you. Mother, let's go back."

The wife of Marquis Dingyuan glanced at Ye Wanqing and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

Lu Jilian frowned slightly: "Mother."

In the end, the wife of Marquis Dingyuan said nothing. She just looked at Ye Wanqing deeply and was then helped away by her servants.

Lu Jilian just stood there.

The two looked at each other silently across the pavilion.

After a while, Lu Jilian covered his lips and coughed a few times before he said calmly, "The Imperial Observatory said it will rain in the afternoon, so Princess should go back early. It's raining fast in the mountains, so don't go out when it rains."

Don't go out?

He is openly trying to take action against Chu Anlan?

Ye Wanqing asked: "What about Lord Lu?"

Lu Jilian's glassy eyes flickered slightly: "I have an appointment with the imperial physician and I need acupuncture this afternoon."

"If your legs hurt, why did you come all this way?" Ye Wanqing looked him in the eye: "Wouldn't it be better to stay in Jindu and get your treatment in peace?"

Lu Jilian said in a cryptic tone, "After all, there are people I want to see but cannot. Only by coming here can I take a look at them openly."

Ye Wanqing said in a distant tone, "In that case, Sir Lu, please do as you wish. I will leave first."

After saying that, he wanted to leave.

"Madam." Lu Jilian's voice was warm but with a hint of coolness: "You have guessed what I am going to do today, right?"

Ye Wanqing stopped suddenly.