Chương 62

Shen Yanchuan tiếp tục bước vào bên trong, cho đến khi đến Hồ Tâm Đình (Lake Heart Pavilion).

Người quản gia vui mừng thông báo: “Hoàng tử đã đến!”

Công chúa cả, người đang ngồi trong đình và cho cá ăn, dường như không nghe thấy gì, tiếp tục ném thức ăn cho cá vào hồ.

Shen Yanchuan tiến lại và chào: “Bà ngoại, cháu đến muộn.”

Lúc này công chúa cả mới quay đầu nhìn lại.

Công chúa cả, người đã từng chiến đấu trên chiến trường và có công lao bảo vệ đất nước, giờ đã gần sáu mươi tuổi, nhưng ánh mắt vẫn sáng suốt, tinh thần vẫn minh mẫn. Mái tóc bạc phơ của bà được chải gọn gàng; dù khuôn mặt có nếp nhăn, nhưng vẫn có thể thấy rõ rằng khi còn trẻ bà đã rất oai phong và xinh đẹp.

“Thật là tốt khi con vẫn nhớ đến bà già này.” Công chúa cả nói từ từ, “Vết thương đã khỏi hẳn chưa?”

Shen Yanchuan mỉm cười: “Cảm ơn bà ngoại đã quan tâm, cháu vẫn ổn cả.”

Công chúa cả phản ứng bằng một tiếng khinh thường: “Nếu hôm nay bà không thúc giục con, con định đến lúc nào mới về đây? Con đã rời kinh thành vài năm mà không hề biết tin tức gì cả!”

Shen Yanchuan im lặng một lát: “… Chẳng phải hai tháng trước bà vừa mới đến Huy Châu sao?”

Công chúa cả vung gậy về phía anh: “Con còn dám nói nữa! Vừa mới rời đi, con đã bị người ta làm cho suýt chết!”

Shen Yanchuan không tránh né, để gậy đập vào người mình và cười nói: “Chẳng phải con vẫn ổn sao?”

Cuối cùng công chúa cả cũng giảm bớt lực đánh.

Kể từ khi nhận được tin Shen Yanchuan bị thương, bà đã rất lo lắng ở kinh thành; cuối cùng cũng chờ đợi anh trở về, nhưng anh lại không đến.

Mặc dù bà đoán rằng việc anh nói là đang đi chữa thương chỉ là lý do che giấu, nhưng không thấy anh suốt một ngày, trái tim bà vẫn không thể yên tâm.

Cho đến khi thực sự nhìn thấy anh, bà mới cảm thấy yên lòng.

Shen Yanchuan lấy thức ăn cho cá và cùng công chúa cả cho cá.

Nhưng thực ra công chúa cả không muốn anh phải làm những việc đó.

“Yanchuan, năm nay con đã đủ tuổi để kết hôn rồi.” Công chúa cả nhanh chóng đi thẳng vào vấn đề chính, “Trước đây bà đã nói với con vài lần, nhưng con luôn từ chối. Nhưng bây giờ con đã trở về kinh thành, cuối cùng con cũng có thể chọn một người phù hợp rồi chứ?”

Shen Yanchuan tỏ ra không mấy hứng thú.

Nhìn thấy vẻ thờ ơ của anh, công chúa cả biết rằng anh không coi trọng lời bà nói.

“Cha con suốt ngày chỉ biết bận rộn với những việc của mình, không hề quan tâm đến con chút nào… Chẳng lẽ con sẽ cứ kéo dài tình trạng này mãi sao?”

Shen Yanchuan vẫn im lặng.

Shen Yanchuan’s eyelashes moved slightly, and for a moment, he didn’t deny it.

The Princess Regent showed an expression of “as I thought.”

“I knew it! They all say that the girl from the Ye family is beautiful and well-educated. Although her background is a bit humble, if you like her, then that’s also…”

Shen Yanchuan felt something was off: “Who are you talking about?”

The Princess Regent was taken aback: “The older sister of that pair of twins from the Ye family! Her name is… Ye Shixian, I think?”

Shen Yanchuan’s brows furrowed slightly: “She has nothing to do with me; I don’t know her.”

The Princess Regent was somewhat surprised: “Then why did you go to the Ye residence specifically yesterday?”

She knew her grandson too well; he was extremely intelligent by nature, but also quite lazy and never did meaningless things.

She couldn’t believe that Ye Heng had such influence to get him to go there.

Shen Yanchuan pondered for a moment, then said, “The doctor who treated me before was the second daughter of the Ye family, whom they had just found again. I went to thank her.”

The Princess Regent really didn’t know about this and was quite surprised: “It was a girl who saved you?”

Shen Yanchuan nodded.

The Princess Regent murmured to herself: “That’s indeed quite impressive…”

Shen Yanchuan said, “Her medical skills are indeed top-notch.”

The Princess Regent looked at him again: “It’s rare to hear you praise someone like that. Some day when we have the chance, I must see her with my own eyes.”

She felt a bit disappointed then.

“I thought you finally had a girl you liked… It was all a waste of worry…”

For some reason, a gentle and beautiful face suddenly appeared in Shen Yanchuan’s mind.

……

As soon as Ye Heng returned to the residence, Ye Chutang came to find him.

He frowned, not understanding why Ye Chutang would come to see him at this time, but still invited her into the study.

“Chutang, do you need my help with something?”

Ye Chutang nodded and greeted him: “There is indeed a matter I would like to ask your help with, second uncle.”

Ye Heng said, “Go on.”

Ye Chutang thought for a moment before saying, “I remember that besides this residence in the capital, our father also owned more than a dozen shops and hundreds of acres of land. I wonder if those land deeds are still in your hands now?”

Ye Heng’s eyelids twitched—here it came!

Since Ye Chutang and the others returned, he knew they would ask about this sooner or later!

He just didn’t expect Ye Chutang to be so patient, waiting until now.

He nodded: “Yes.”

Ye Chutang looked at him: “Second uncle, to be honest, I’m in need of money right now. So, I wonder if you could give me those things back?”

Ye Heng was taken aback: “In need of money? Why is that?”

When Ye Chutang and the others returned, although they seemed to have ordinary living expenses, they didn’t look particularly poor.

How come they suddenly said they were short of money now?

Ye Chutang sighed and said, “There’s something you don’t know. Before this, I was taking care of A Yan, A Feng, and Xiao Wu, and for a while, we had no way to make a living, so we had to borrow money from others. Later, although we opened a clinic, our expenses still exceeded our income, and we just managed to get by. Moreover—”

She paused for a moment, seemingly somewhat helpless.

“Moreover, as you know, A Feng has a hot temper and often gets into trouble, which cost us quite a bit of money. Over the past three years, we’ve indeed accumulated a big debt that needs to be paid off.”

Ye Yunfeng, who was practicing boxing in the courtyard, felt itchy in his nose and sneezed loudly.

“Ah-choo!”

He rubbed his face and then turned to ask Ye Jingyan, “Third brother, do you think sister can get back all the money that father and mother have spent?”

Ye Jingyan didn’t even lift his head; he just turned a page of his book and said, “Of course she can.”

“That money was originally ours anyway.”

……

After hearing what Ye Chutang said, Ye Heng gradually furrowed his brows.

He put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth for a few steps before letting out a long sigh.

“Chutang, there’s something you don’t know. Those shops actually didn’t earn much money, and the harvest from the fields was poor too, so we didn’t make much from that either. Well, just tell me exactly how much you need, and second uncle will give it to you!”

Ye Chutang’s eyebrows slightly raised; she almost wanted to applaud.

He’s really very generous.

Seeing that Ye Chutang didn’t say anything, Ye Heng added, “But don’t worry, these things still belong to you; second uncle is just keeping them for you for now! A Yan and A Feng are still young, and since you’re a girl, it’s indeed troublesome to let you take care of all this. In a few years when they grow up, we’ll naturally give it back to them!”

He said with a smile, “By then, we can choose some of these items as your dowry, and second uncle will add some more to your bridal possessions, ensuring that you get married with great splendor!”

Ye Chutang’s eyebrows slightly raised again.

“Bridal possessions?”

So, as soon as she came back, they were already planning to send her away?

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