Chapter 136 Danger
"Which family are these two from?"

The queen asked the people around her, but she didn't ask about the two people who were beaten by Ye Jinshu. When people who were familiar with the queen's character heard the queen's question, they knew that something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, this is the home of the Minister of Public Affairs."

After hearing this, the queen's face darkened and she said, "I just told the emperor about this matter and he was very angry."

Ye Jinshu blinked, not looking worried at all.

Those who were unhappy with Ye Jinshu began to gloat over his misfortune, but they did not see the imagined scene of Ye Jinshu being punished by the Queen.

"Ask the wife of the Minister of Public Administration to come and send these two people back home. They don't need to come to the palace anymore."

After the Queen finished speaking, everyone except Ye Jinshu and the palace maids and eunuchs around her were more or less stunned.

They had heard rumors before that the queen doted on Ye Jinshu, but they all thought it was because Ye Jinshu was the legitimate daughter of the Ye family and the queen had to pretend. But now, Ye Ruoyan was obviously more worthy of the title of the Ye family's daughter than Ye Jinshu, and they didn't expect the queen to still be like this.

Those who had originally planned to trip up Ye Jinshu had to start weighing the consequences of offending Ye Jinshu again after seeing this.

After the queen had finished teaching the two people in front of her a lesson, she lovingly took Ye Jinshu's hand and said, "Jinshu, please sit with me for a while, in case there are any more blind people coming up to me."

Ye Jinshu agreed, of course: "Okay."

The two of them left, but news of what Ye Jinshu had just done and the Queen's unconditional preference for him spread like wildfire.

Even the male guests got wind of it.

Ji Yanqing arrived relatively early and was staying in the rest area accompanied by the envoys. He was looking forward to the scene of proposing to Ye Jinshu with great satisfaction. He was very excited and nervous just thinking about it.

At this tense moment, he suddenly heard the four words "Princess Anping".

Ji Yanqing suddenly became alert. What? What princess? Did he miss Ye Jinshu so much that he had hallucinations?
Such a thought flashed through Ji Yanqing's mind, but he soon realized that it was not an illusion, and there were really people around talking about Ye Jinshu.

"Mr. Tongzhengshi, you should go and take a look. Princess Anping is upset because of Ling'er, and now she is being sent out of the palace!"

"what?!"

After the Minister of Public Administration left, crickets started to chirp around.

"How did the daughter of the Tongzhengshi family offend Princess Anping?"

"I don't know. I only know that the two young ladies were slapped by Princess Anping and were driven out of the palace by the Queen."

"Princess Anping is not here today. Why is she still so arrogant?"

"Princess Anping has always been like this."

Ji Yanqing listened for a while and suddenly remembered what Ye Jinshu said in Anping Palace. That a woman's mouth can spread things far away in an instant. Next time, he must tell Ye Jinshu that a man's mouth can also spread things quickly.

Ji Yanqing quickly identified the two men who seemed to know the most about the matter and joined them.

"Do you know whether Princess Anping slapped someone herself or someone else did it?"

The two court officials who were originally chirping crickets were wondering who was so blind as to interrupt their conversation. When they turned around, they saw Ji Yanqing, the host of today's banquet, with a delicate and cruel face. They were stunned for a moment.

"It was the maidservant beside her who did it."

Hearing this, Ji Yanqing showed a satisfied smile on his face, and politely responded to the two court officials in front of him: "Thank you for letting me know."

The court officials thought that the emperor wanted to befriend Dongming. If he really married someone as domineering as Princess Anping, it might have the opposite effect. It would be better to replace the prince of Dongming with someone else. There were so many ladies in Chen. As long as they could make a marriage with Chen, it didn't have to be Princess Anping.

In the entire Chen Kingdom, almost no one believed that Ji Yanqing proposed to Ye Jinshu out of love. They all thought that this was Dongming Kingdom extending an olive branch to Chen Kingdom. As long as Chen Kingdom could accept the olive branch, the bridge between the two countries could be anyone, not necessarily Ye Jinshu.

So they kindly reminded him: "Does the eldest prince like domineering women or gentle women?"

Ji Yanqing smiled and said, "This prince likes someone like Princess Anping."

After saying that, looking at the two people's stunned expressions, Ji Yanqing continued with a malicious tone: "Princess Anping didn't know how to slap people before. I taught her."

The two court officials in front of him had already shut down on the spot because of Ji Yanqing's words, and Ji Yanqing left with satisfaction.

After waiting for a while, the banquet began. Male and female guests came in one after another and sat on the left and right sides.

Ji Yanqing and Ye Jinshu were arranged to sit at the front of the men's and women's sides respectively, facing each other and able to see each other as soon as they looked up.

Ji Yanqing's smile has never dropped since he saw Ye Jinshu appear, but Ye Jinshu seemed to look a little depressed because of what happened just now.

Ji Yanqing wanted to ask Ye Jinshu what was going on, but the banquet had just begun, there was singing and dancing in the middle, and the emperor was testing him from above, so Ji Yanqing couldn't find an opportunity.

Seeing that Ye Jinshu didn't even pick up her favorite dish, Ji Yanqing felt a little anxious. He was worried that something else must have happened to Ye Jinshu that made her look like this.

He was only worried about Ye Jinshu, but the emperor always wanted to discuss official business with him. As time went by, Ji Yanqing's patience reached its limit.

When the emperor tried to probe him for the third time about the city in the betrothal gift, Ji Yanqing stopped arguing with the emperor and said bluntly, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. Although the betrothal gift is for Jinshu, the city is Dongming's intention to marry the princess. It's up to Your Majesty to decide."

Ji Yanqing answered the question that the emperor was most concerned about.

The betrothal gift is for Ye Jinshu. Although Ye Jinshu is now an orphan, as the king of a country, he cannot do such a thing as to seize the betrothal gift of another girl.

It would be fine if it was just an ordinary dowry, but this time the dowry included a city. If the city was also given to Ye Jinshu, not only would he have doubts in his heart as a king, he would also not be able to justify himself to the ministers.

But now that Ji Yanqing said it directly in front of everyone, he solved the problem that the emperor and the ministers were most worried about, and the atmosphere on the scene became a lot more relaxed for a moment.

The court officials were thinking about the city, but the female guests noticed more details.

When Ji Yanqing mentioned the betrothal gift just now, he did not just say it was a betrothal gift, but he also pointed out to whom it was given.

Not Princess Anping, not the eldest daughter of the Ye family, not Ye Jinshu, but Jinshu.

Ye Ruoyan also attended the banquet today. She followed the prince's instructions, put on carefully prepared clothes, put on beautiful makeup, and waited for the announcement of her engagement with the prince.

And Ye Jinshu was going to marry the prince who appeared from nowhere.

Ye Ruoyan always felt that Ye Jinshu didn't want to marry the eldest prince of Dongming Kingdom. She even made a scene at the banquet because she didn't want to marry a prince and insisted on becoming a crown princess.

But no matter how she makes a fuss, it will not change the fact that Ye Jinshu has become a tool for marriage.

But when Ye Ruoyan heard Ji Yanqing's way of addressing Ye Jinshu, she knew.

This eldest prince clearly loves Ye Jinshu.

At that moment, Ye Ruoyan's heart was filled with alarm.

If the eldest prince of Dongming Kingdom is sincere to Ye Jinshu, then she is in danger.

Today's overtime broke my ten-chapter plan. I hate it. I'll fight again tomorrow.