Chapter 9: This world doesn't believe in tears

  He finished speaking, and then he pushed Ye Yuxuan's head away. Ye Yuxuan stumbled backward and fell into the chair. She adjusted her hair bun and sat up silently.

  "How's your investigation going?" Ye Xuerui finally vented her dissatisfaction and got to the point.

  "This is the purpose of Brother's visit today, and Ye Yusan had already guessed it. Taking a deep breath, she said calmly: "I have secretly visited the prince's study, but I didn't find any map or secret room."

  "What about the other palaces?" Ye Xuerui asked again.

  "The crown prince has been sending people to monitor me day and night, even at night there are people guarding the yard. Father should also know that he married me only because of the emperor's order, how could he not be on guard against me?" Ye Yusan looked at the yard with a pale face, the yard was full of colorful flowers, making her think of her old dad.

  Dad loved these colorful flowers, and in the past, he planted a lot in the yard. But she and her sister both liked roses, so Dad specially set aside a small flower bed for her to plant many. Although she was not his biological daughter, his love for her and her sister was no less than that of any father. Now that she had come to this godforsaken place, she didn't know how her dad and sister were doing without her.

  Ye Xuerui glanced at Ye Yushan with a sly look, but didn't doubt her words. His eyes rolled around in circles, and suddenly he realized the importance of something. He furrowed his brow tightly, stood up, and slapped his palm on the table.

  Ye Yuxuan was startled back to her senses, looked up at her brother, and saw a cruel glint in his eyes, but the corners of his mouth curled up into a sinister smile, making her open her mouth with some concern: "Brother intends..."

  "Listen up, what you need to do now is not to investigate the situation of other palaces. What you need to do is to make Nanmu Yu love you. Only by gaining his trust can you smoothly investigate others." Ye Xuri said clearly and unmistakably, with no room for negotiation, purely an order.

  Ye Yuxuan's face sank as soon as she heard that, the guy was a wolf, she couldn't even hide in time, and her brother actually let him get his way with her, this wasn't...

  "Yes! You must gain the favor of Nan Mu Yu, otherwise this title of Crown Princess is not worth half a cent." Ye Xue Rui insisted on her own opinion, and at first Father had sent Ye Yu Shan in with this intention.

  Ye Yusan calmed down and didn't answer immediately, sorting out her thoughts before speaking calmly: "Everyone knows that the prince only has Xiao Ruoluan in his heart, he looks at me with eyes like an enemy, how could he possibly be interested in me?"

  Ye Xurui snorted, shook her sleeves and walked to the door: "I'll go back and discuss this with my father. You'd better dress up nicely. I've also seen that woman named Xiao Ruoluan, she doesn't look great either. Just put more thought into the Crown Prince."

  "Yes!" Ye Yusan responded obediently.

  "Little fish!" Ye Xuri shouted towards the door, and Xiao Yu nervously ran into the house, kneeling down in front of him and kowtowing. Squatting down, one hand grasping Xiao Yu's hair, the other slapping her face, he seriously warned: "In a few days, I'll come to the palace again to see you all, and at that time, I don't want to see a useless master with such a useless maid by his side."

  "Yes, yes, yes! I will serve the crown princess well, Master, please calm down! Calm down!" Xiaoyu responded loudly, her head knocking against the ground until it bled.

  Ye Yuxuan looked at her brother with a heart full of resentment and hatred. With such a cruel and poisonous father, she wondered how Ye Yushan had managed to survive all these years?

  Ye Xuerui walked to the door, turned his head and glanced at Ye Yushan with a gaze as sharp as a sword. Ye Yushan didn't show any fear or cowardice, nor was she numb to such warnings.

  The little fish held its breath, seeing Ye Xuri's footsteps leave the yard, and collapsed to the ground with a loss of strength. After exhaling, tears dripped down one after another.

  Ye Yuxuan also took a deep breath before slowly standing up. She walked to Xiaoyu's side, squatted down, and helped Xiaoyu sit on the chair: "Xiaoyu, are you okay?"

  Waaah...

  The little fish rushed into the master's arms and wailed, thinking that leaving the Ye manor would allow her to escape Ye Xuri's cruel treatment, but she didn't expect to still receive such treatment after entering the palace.

  "Don't cry, this world doesn't believe in tears. Tears will only let others see our weakness. We've finally escaped the Ye family's big prison, we must live a better life. If possible..." Ye Yusan really wanted to tell Xiaoyu, if possible, to try her best to leave the Ye family.

  However, if you want to leave the Ye family, you must find a big tree that can provide shade. But who will this big tree be? The Nanmu Yu who hates himself to the bone? Or the Nanmu Xuan who is not dead yet for himself?

  "Don't cry... Little Fish won't cry anymore." Little Fish wiped away her tears and looked at Master with eyes full of admiration.

  Ye Yuxuan hugged Xiaoyu, looking at the empty yard, looking at those colorful flowers. She had hope in her heart, and her hope was to find a way back home, back to her father's side, back to her sister's side.

  ……

  Zhaoming Palace, Elegant Garden, Study Room.

  A faint scent of books and a hint of sandalwood wafted through the air, with incense smoke rising from the censer on the table. As the wind blew, wisps of white smoke escaped from the censer and quickly dispersed.

  Behind the curtain, Nan Mu Yu Zheng's mind was elsewhere as he stared at the documents on his desk, occasionally glancing at the door, anxiously waiting for something.

  Before long, the personal guard Bai Han ran in from the doorway. His eyes lit up as he stood up and walked out of the curtains: "What's going on? What did Ye Xuan say to her?"

  "Your Highness, I was unable to get close to the house without being discovered by Ye Xuri, so I could only sneak a peek from outside the courtyard. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I saw Ye Xuri violently strike Xiaoyu, and even slapped the Crown Princess when she tried to intervene." Bai Han reported the scene he had just witnessed to his master.

  "Are you saying that Ye Xuerui physically hit Ye Yuzhan?" Nan Mu Yu was somewhat surprised, muttering to himself.

  Bai Han also found it strange, looking at Nan Mu with a hint of dissatisfaction: "If it were before, taking action against Ye Yuxuan wouldn't be a big deal, but now that Ye Yuxuan is the crown prince's consort, how could Ye Xunri dare to be so bold? This clearly shows he doesn't put the crown prince in his eyes."

  Hmph!

  Nan Mu's face turned cold, a sarcastic smile playing on the corner of his mouth as he narrowed his eyes and said, "Not to mention me, even the Empress Dowager... that Ye Lie Feng didn't take her seriously."

  "Your Highness..." Bai Han wanted to say something but stopped, just as Nan Mu Yu raised a hand, signaling him not to continue.

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