Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Chapter 173 Heart-to-heart talk

Chen Xiaoling asked Taoye to come to the palace and invite Youlan to come over and talk when she was free. Taoye went back and told her that the princess and the prince were not in the palace anymore and had gone out to play.

"Are they going out to play again? Where are they going?"

"Lilac didn't say anything, she just said she was going out to play for two days and would be back."

Chen Xiaoling suddenly lost her spirits. If she had known this would happen, she would rather not have gotten pregnant. Having a child would be like being trapped in a cage, with no way to go anywhere.

She was in a bad mood, and Princess Yong'an was very worried. She came to talk to her, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law met every day and had no new topics to talk about.

So when Chen Su came back in the evening, Princess Yong'an asked him to coax Xiaoling well, because if a pregnant woman is in a bad mood, the child will have a bad temper.

"How about I take you to the night market?"

Chen Xiaoling waved her hand: "No, but I want to eat wontons from the night market."

"I'll buy it for you."

Chen Su stood up to leave, but Chen Xiaoling held him back: "I don't want to eat anymore."

"I'll set up a small kitchen in this yard tomorrow and cook whatever you want for you, okay?"

"Okay." Chen Xiaoling stretched out her arms, "Hug me."

Chen Su hugged her and patted her back: "Thank you for your hard work. Let's just have this one child and no more in the future."

Tao Ye passed the message outside the door saying that the prince wanted to talk to the young master.

Chen Su comforted Xiaoling: "I'll be back soon."

Prince Yong'an was reading in his study. When he saw his son come in, he put down the book. The Ministry of Works sent people to the Ruishui River to oversee the construction of water conservancy projects, and asked him why he didn't refuse?

"You missed an opportunity when you went to Chubei to provide disaster relief last time. Are you going to miss it this time?" Prince Yong'an stared at his son with sharp eyes.

Chen Su replied respectfully to her father: "Xiaoling is pregnant now, I have to stay with her. There will be opportunities in the future."

Prince Yong'an sighed softly: "It's hard for a man to achieve great success if he focuses too much on love affairs. Xiaoling has me and your mother to take care of her at home. What do you have to worry about?"

Chen Su met her father's gaze, her expression calm and her eyes filled with determination: "If a person has to put aside his romantic feelings to achieve success, then I would rather be an ordinary person."

"But you are going to be the prince who supports the Yong'an Palace in the future?"

Chen Su smiled: "Dad, you forgot that five years ago, when I wasn't even an assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, you planned to ask for the title of Crown Prince for me. That's not what you said then."

Prince Yong'an smiled helplessly: "This time is different from that time. Now I am an idle person who does not care about state affairs. I am not the same as I was five years ago."

Chen Su straightened his back and told his father solemnly: "I said I would support the Yong'an Palace with my own ability."

"But the opportunity is right in front of you, and you can't lose it again and again."

"Dad, if I go to Huishui for this opportunity, it might take me several years. I really won't be able to face Xiaoling in the future."

"You are such a stubborn kid."

Ye Youlan and the Seventh Prince returned from two days of playing outside. Dingxiang told her that Miss Chen had sent someone to look for her, and that the owner of the jewelry store had also come to urge her to submit a new design.

Ye Youlan looked at the Seventh Prince: "I'll go check on Xiaoling first. She has a quick temper and she must be too bored being pregnant. I'll go keep her company."

A faint smile appeared on the handsome and heroic face of the Seventh Prince: "I will take you there, and then go to the Dali Temple to see what the investigation into the case of your poisoning has revealed."

As soon as Chen Xiaoling saw Ye Youlan, she pulled her into the house to talk to her. She was so lonely that she was going crazy.

"You're exaggerating. This palace is so big, if you visit one place a day, you can spend half a month there. What's more, you have a mother-in-law who is very easy to talk to."

Chen Xiaoling's beautiful eyes moved, but the smile was hard to reach her eyes: "No matter how good my mother-in-law is at chatting, she can't talk about anything like you and me."

"Isn't Chen Su accompanying you?"

"He's at the Ministry of Industry during the day and comes back at night. Sometimes he has to paint, and I can't always be around him, or it would seem like I can't live without him."

Ye Youlan picked up a grape from the table and ate one. "You're just hard on the outside but soft on the inside. You clearly can't live without me, but you have to pretend you don't care. Why make it so hard on yourself? The Chen Xiaoling I remember is someone who can let go easily and is open and honest about everything."

Chen Xiaoling had no choice but to admit, "Okay, I just can't let it go. Tao Ye came back to my house to see my mother yesterday, and she told me that Chen Su gave up an opportunity to lead the construction of water conservancy projects in Huishui. He turned down this opportunity for me. Do you think he's stupid?"

Ye Youlan laughed: "Don't you know whether he is stupid or not?"

"That's what worries me. I don't want him to leave, but this affects his future."

"Actually, he already gave up once during the Chubei snowstorm. What's the big deal about giving up again? He's still young and there will be opportunities in the future, but I only have one chance to stay by your side and greet your first child."

Chen Xiaoling smiled, feeling enlightened. "I knew you understood me best. I was most afraid that you would persuade me to let Chen Su go."

Ye Youlan chuckled. "I don't have high expectations. I just want to live a simple life of eating, drinking, and having fun with the people I love. Wealth, fame, fortune, and power are all fleeting. You can't bring them with you when you're born, and you can't take them with you when you die."

Chen Xiaoling put her face close to Ye Youlan's head and said, "Where have you and the prince been these past two days? The people in the palace are so secretive and won't tell us."

"I went to the hot springs. We'll go together after you give birth. Women should often soak in hot springs to maintain their beauty."

"Just you two?"

"Of course it's just the two of us. No, there's also Xiaomei, Li Yi, Li Zhi and others."

"Among the five of us, you were the one we were most worried about. I never thought you'd be the one having the best time of your life right now. I think the prince has doted on you to the heavens."

"That's an exaggeration! Wasn't Chen Su good to you? Wasn't Li Chuang good to Ruoyun? Wasn't Zhang Liang good to Miaoyu?"

"Why don't you mention Li Zong and Yu Rou?"

"Li Zong is not a good guy, so I won't mention him."

Chen Xiaoling raised her eyes and said, "Actually, we are all very happy, but I just feel that you are sweeter."

Ye Youlan gave Chen Xiaoling some inspirational words: "It's easy to fall in love, but it's hard to stay together. It requires two people to constantly adapt and make sacrifices."

"By the way, why haven't you made any progress since you got married? Is the prince capable of this?"

"He can do it, but we don't want children."

"why?"

"Aren't you the perfect example? Once you have a child, you can't just go out and play. You have to avoid eating anything."

"That's true. I asked Chen Su to hug me, but he was so cautious. It was so annoying."

"You can get tired of it after three months."

"Hate."

When Ye Youlan left, Princess Yong'an came out to see her off, holding her hand and hoping that she would spend more time with Xiaoling when she was free.

"Aunt, you are such a good mother-in-law. I will come when I am free, as long as you are not afraid of being disturbed.

"No, no, I welcome it very much. I'm just afraid your prince won't be happy about it."

"He listens to me."