Ye Yuqing had been frightened these past few days.
When the emperor and the empress got married, as the empress's cousin, she was supposed to go over and have a look, and then send her carefully prepared congratulatory gifts.
Madam Hou and Yu Lang had also urged her several times. Madam Hou thought she had never seen the world and was afraid, and said she would accompany her.
But how dare Ye Yuqing agree? What should I do if I get exposed there?
If Mrs. Hou knew that their family would have no face at all with the Queen.
The two families even wrote a letter of severance, and she would probably not have a good life in Pingyuan Marquis Mansion from now on.
But the wedding day of Ye Yutong and the emperor was coming soon, and she could no longer find excuses to shirk it.
Han Chengyu came to Ye Yuqing's yard yawning early in the morning.
"Qing'er, mother asked me to tell you that the gift for the Queen has been prepared. Would you like to go today or tomorrow? The day is almost here and we can't delay it any longer."
Ye Yuqing was so worried about this that she couldn't eat. After hearing what he said, she was shocked.
But she also knew that this would happen sooner or later, so she forced a smile, lowered her head, and said aggrievedly:
"Yesterday, my eldest brother came and said that my grandpa and grandma went to my uncle's place a few days ago.
My cousin was very angry when she found out that I was your concubine. I heard that she was very angry at that time.
My grandpa and grandma asked me not to go over these days and wait until Tongtong calmed down before letting me go to the palace to see her. "
Han Chengyu felt a little guilty after hearing this.
He didn't know at the time that Qing'er's cousin had actually become the empress, otherwise he wouldn't have compromised.
He secretly blamed his grandmother and mother in his heart. If they hadn't tried so hard to stop him, how could Qing'er have become his concubine?
Ye Yuqing glanced at him resentfully, then turned around and pretended to ignore him.
Han Chengyu took her hand and whispered in her ear: "Qing'er, don't be angry. After a while, I will find an opportunity to divorce Lin Meiyun and help you become my wife."
"Humph, I don't believe it. How many times have you said this? I'm tired of hearing it."
Han Chengyu blew into her ear and coaxed: "Qing'er, honey, what I said this time is absolutely true. My mother also agreed and asked you to wait a little longer to prevent others from gossiping."
Ye Yuqing then smiled and said, "Yulang, please tell Madam that I won't go with you to send congratulatory gifts to the Queen.
Don't let her prepare too expensive gifts, just give them what everyone else gives.
My cousin in the province thinks that Madam has some ideas and will look down on our Pingyuan Marquis Mansion. When my cousin calms down, I will help the family plan. "
"Okay, then I'll go talk to my mother."
When Han Chengyu left the yard, Ye Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief.
She planned to find time to go back and discuss it with her grandfather and third uncle to find a way to get the best of both worlds.
Otherwise, if you keep lying like this, I'm afraid it won't take long for you to be betrayed.
Mrs. Pingyuan frowned after listening to her son's words, feeling very unhappy.
"What's going on with Aunt Ye? If you didn't want to go, you should have told me earlier. All the prefectures have already sent congratulatory gifts. If she hadn't kept saying wait a minute, I would have gone and sent them. Why did I wait until now?"
Seeing that his mother was angry, Han Chengyu immediately smiled and begged, "Mom, Qing'er has her own difficulties, please be considerate. With her current status, she doesn't dare to see the Queen."
Madam Hou did not answer his words, glared at him, and immediately ordered her servants to prepare the carriage. She planned to send the congratulatory gifts today.
Li Wenxiu, Mrs. Song and several other ladies went out to look at the embroidery. Ye Yutong took the maid to the newly opened factory in the suburbs of Beijing.
Song Jingyan was watching the servants putting down the dowry in the backyard. She was a little surprised when she heard that Pingyuan Hou Mansion had come to deliver congratulatory gifts to the Queen.
The dowry will be carried to the palace soon, why are you only here now to send congratulatory gifts? I haven't sent my greeting card in advance yet.
Although there are some people who do not send congratulatory gifts, this is the queen's natal family, so to show respect, the visitor still has to say it in advance.
According to her understanding, the old lady and Madam Hou of Pingyuan Hou Mansion are both smart people, and the way they handled this matter today was not like their style.
Song Jingyan didn't know about Ye Yutong and Ye Yuqing. Although she was confused, she didn't ask any more questions and received Mrs. Pingyuan Hou politely.
"What a coincidence. My godmother and Tongtong went out to do errands today. I didn't know that Madam was coming over. Otherwise, they would definitely be waiting for Madam at home."
Mrs. Pingyuan Hou felt a little embarrassed after hearing Song Jingyan's words.
Although Song Jingyan spoke in a gentle tone, the smile on her face did not diminish at all.
But she still heard that it was an accusation that she didn't understand the rules.
This was indeed a rude thing on her part. Aunt Ye had delayed her for so many days. If she handed over the greeting card again, she might not be able to deliver the gift.
Regarding Song Jingyan's accusation, she didn't dare to get angry, and she didn't even dare to change her smile.
She couldn't offend anyone from the Song family in Fengcheng, let alone Song Jingyan, who was the daughter-in-law of Prince Liang.
She smiled and said: "To be honest, the Crown Princess, I have wanted to come for a long time.
But the Emperor and the Queen were getting married, and my Marquis wanted to find some rare things, so he sent people to the south to look for them.
I was in such a hurry that the item was delivered today. I was so anxious that I forgot about the post. I hope you can forgive me for my rudeness. "
Song Jingyan just read the gift list handed over by the butler.
Although the things on it were quite valuable, they didn't have the rare items she said.
But she didn't bother too much on this matter. She just wanted to hammer it so that people would not dare to look down on the Ye family in the future.
It's just a small plain house, so there's no need to worry about it.
Mrs. Pingyuan Hou sat for about a cup of tea before saying goodbye.
She originally thought she could see the Queen's mother, thinking that she would be easy to deal with as a peasant woman, but she didn't expect her to be there.
When Ye Yutong came back, he heard that Pingyuan Houfu had sent a congratulatory gift.
She looked at the gift list, laughed, and told Song Jingyan about them and the Ye family.
“Not long after my grandma died, the old man of the Ye family married Ye Zhang, Ye Yuqing’s grandma.
The old woman was very vicious. My father started working at home as soon as he could walk.
Sometimes they were not even given food, and even had to be insulted and beaten by the old woman.
If it hadn't been for the help from a few kind-hearted people in the village, my father would have starved to death long ago, even if he wasn't beaten to death by her. "
Song Jingyan was stunned when she heard this, "What about your grandfather? Doesn't he care? Isn't his godfather his biological son?"
Ye Yutong said helplessly: "My mother once doubted whether my father was his biological child? She even went to the old people in the village to find out. The news she found made both my parents very disappointed. My father is the father of that old man. It is absolutely true. Indeed."
Song Jingyan said angrily: "If you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. That poisonous old woman is really bad."
Ye Yutong smiled faintly and talked about the experiences of his family in Yejia Village during those years.
Also, after Ye Dafeng went to join the army, his family was kicked out of their home.
Ye Zhang and Ye Dazhuang want to sell her to that kind of place.
Because she struggled desperately, the two failed, but in the end they injured her and almost lost her life.
Also on the way to escape, Old Man Ye and Mrs. Ye Zhang asked for an astronomical amount of filial piety money from them.
The family really couldn't afford it, so several men from the Ye family took away all the food from his family, and finally wrote a letter of renunciation.
