Tufu's Mansion.
Located towards the west gate of the imperial city, the people who can live here are all the ministers and important officials of the court and relatives of the emperor.
Because it is closer to the palace, it is more convenient to go to the morning court.
Also, it is relatively quiet here. There are not as many restaurants and shops in the other three city gate directions, making it more suitable for living.
At dusk, the snow continued to fall.
Two sedans, one behind the other, stopped in front of the gate of Taifu's Mansion. Soon after, Ye Yan and Lin Xianyu got out of different sedans.
As Ye Yan's personal maid, Mingyu also got into the sedan with Ye Yan. As for Lin Yuyu, she didn't know where she was going.
Anyway, she is not qualified to sit in the same sedan as Lin Xianyu as a young lady. This is the rule of the family.
There is a difference between concubines and concubines.
Even among princes, there are such differences.
Because Ye Yan and Ye Chen have the same biological mother, and Concubine Xian is the second most noble concubine after the Queen, Ye Yan and Ye Chen appear to be relatively close.
Take the eldest prince, for example. Because his biological mother was a palace maid, she got the status of a concubine after giving birth to him.
Although he was the eldest son of the emperor, he seemed very weak when he met Ye Chen.
This kind of rule cannot be said to be right or wrong among large families in ancient society.
Ye Yan couldn't tell. The reason why he wrote this was just to copy the history that had already happened and move it into his novel.
Lin Xianyu got off the sedan with the support of the maid, then walked to Ye Yan's side and bowed, saying: "Your Highness, the Seventh Prince, I am here to guide you."
Unlike Lin Yanyu, she knew Ye Yan's exact identity, unlike Lin Yanyu who guessed that Ye Yan was the prince just through Mingyu's name for Ye Yan.
It seems that the queen also mentioned Ye Yan to her, which is something that Ye Yan did not write in the novel.
But this is only reasonable, otherwise the queen will bring her and Ye Yan together, so there is no reason not to talk to her.
Ye Yan raised his hand in the air and signaled Lin Xianyu to get up.
"Miss Lin, there is no need to be polite. I have long wanted to come to the house to pay homage to the Grand Tutor. Today, I take this opportunity to finally fulfill my wish."
"His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince is a guest at the Taifu's Mansion. It is an honor for the Taifu's Mansion. Not to mention that His Highness saved me and Ran Yu today. My father has been waiting at the Mansion for a long time."
The two exchanged polite words, and under the guidance of Lin Xianyu, Ye Yan walked into the Taifu's house.
As soon as he walked into the Tutor's Mansion, Ye Yan saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing in front of the gate of the inner courtyard. The middle-aged man was not angry and intimidating, and he could tell at a glance that he was someone who had been in a high position all year round.
Ye Yan knew without any introduction that this middle-aged man was the current Taifu Lin Fengjing.
As a tutor, Ye Yan was not qualified enough to make him wait to welcome him.
To give face like this, he must have known the reason why Ye Yan saved his daughter.
This is also true, Lin Fengjing's first words when he saw Ye Yan were.
"Your Highness, thank you for saving Xianyu's life." After saying that, he bowed to Ye Yan.
"The Tutor's Mansion will keep this kindness in mind. If your Highness needs help from the Tutor's Mansion in the future, please don't be polite."
Ye Yan smiled and said, "Don't take it to heart, Taifu. If my father and mother knew that I was using this matter to repay a favor, they would definitely blame me.
And saving Miss Xianyu is not due to me alone, the second Miss also played a key role. "
Hearing this, an inexplicable look flashed in Lin Fengjing's eyes.
Two days ago, when he went to visit the queen, the queen casually asked him if Ye Yan knew his concubine Lin Ranyu.
He couldn't answer at the time, but now it seemed that the two did know each other, and Ye Yan seemed to care a lot about his concubine.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have mentioned his concubine's name in the first sentence I spoke to him, and at the same time, I wouldn't have forgotten to say something nice.
Judging from what he knew, Lin Ranyu relied on Ye Yan to save him after falling into the water, and he didn't help at all.
Lin Fengjing said to a maid next to him: "Go find the second young lady, let her dress up well, and have dinner with His Highness the Seventh Prince to thank His Highness the Seventh Prince for saving his life."
If things were as he thought, he wouldn't mind fulfilling Ye Yan's wishes.
Ye Yan took the initiative to fall in love with his concubine, which was a good thing for him.
Originally, the queen proposed that Lin Xianyu marry Ye Yan, but he did not agree. He wanted Lin Xianyu to marry Ye Chen.
In this way, the Lin family is very likely to have two queens when he heads the family.
But because of the emperor's attitude, it was necessary for the Taifu Mansion and the empress to make their stance clear.
Lin Ranyu was born as a commoner and was not worthy of Ye Yan's status.
But if Ye Yan takes the initiative to fall in love with Lin Yuyu, then everything won't be a problem.
Anyway, all the emperor wanted was an attitude. It didn't matter which daughter the Taifu married.
Ye Yan didn't know that Lin Fengjing thought so much because of his words.
The purpose of his doing this was just to help Lin Yuyu.
Guiding Lin Fengjing to call her over so that she wouldn't have to be punished by the mistress of the Taifu Palace.
Let Lin Aoyu suffer less, so that Lin Aoyu may not have to turn black.
All we can say is that the adult world is all about calculations.
With Lin Fengjing, the person who guides Ye Yan will naturally not continue to be Lin Xianyu.
Ye Yan and Lin Fengjing walked side by side into the main lobby of Taifu's Mansion, which was specially used to entertain distinguished guests.
As soon as they sat down, the maids in Taifu's Mansion immediately got busy and started serving wine and food.
When the food and wine were almost ready, Lin Yuyu arrived belatedly.
She was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had obviously been carefully groomed.
But those who are familiar with her and Lin Xianyu will definitely be able to tell at a glance that her current makeup is very similar to Lin Xianyu's.
This shows that her and Lin Xianyu's makeup are from the same group of maids, so this effect is produced.
After Lin Yuyu bowed to everyone, he sat down next to Lin Xianyu and bowed his head.
The moment she lowered her head, she met Ye Yan's eyes. She blinked quietly, and Ye Yan instantly understood what she meant.
She was telling him that she had guessed that Ye Yan had specially asked her to come here.
As for whether she guessed that Ye Yan was trying to prevent her from being punished, the answer was no.
After all, she didn't know that Ye Yan was someone who knew the plot.
But this did not prevent her from being grateful to Ye Yan, because no matter what reason Ye Yan had for letting her come and sit here, she was spared a punishment.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have looked at Ye Yan just now.
On the side, Lin Fengjing had been paying attention to Ye Yan since Lin Yuyu appeared in the main lobby.
So even though Lin Ranyu was very careful, Lin Fengjing still saw the eye contact between her and Ye Yan.
Now Lin Fengjing was more sure of his thoughts, and he calmly withdrew his gaze from Ye Yan.
