Chapter 138 Weak
Fortunately, Xiao Cui won’t have to worry about this problem anymore soon.

After the emperor agreed to reward her, Ye Jinshu thanked him on her behalf, and Xiao Cui only needed to follow Ye Jinshu and repeat the words of thanks.

While this conversation was going on, the sounds of toasting at the banquet became quieter, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen to this hearty story of Ye Jinshu.

To sum up, those people who tried to cause trouble for Ye Jinshu not only failed to do so but were also taught a lesson by Ye Jinshu. Now the emperor wanted to teach those people a lesson, but Ye Jinshu felt that he had been a little too harsh so he let it go. So the emperor decided to reward them instead.

In the end, the world was turned upside down and became something they couldn't understand.

But the guests changed their minds and thought that this was reasonable, as giving the city would make the emperor work harder.

Ji Yanqing also found it funny to hear Ye Jinshu's reason for not complaining. Since Ye Jinshu himself felt that he was not wronged, he felt relieved.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost warm, Ji Yanqing also spoke out the main purpose of his visit: "Your Majesty, Yanqing came here to ask for the hand in marriage of Princess Anping. I wonder if the princess is willing to marry me."

Ji Yanqing was originally talking to the emperor, but he was asking Ye Jinshu questions.

The emperor was a shrewd man. Although he already knew the answer, he did not answer for Ye Jinshu. Instead, he said, "Jinshu, tell me yourself, are you willing to marry the eldest prince of Dongming?"

Ye Jinshu could certainly answer, but after looking at the Queen's worried expression, she chose to follow her heart.

She said, "It is said that marriage is determined by parents and matchmakers. Jinshu lost her parents when she was young, and it was my uncle and aunt who brought me up. In Jinshu's heart, you two have long been my elders."

Although Ye Jinshu said this, she hardly looked at the emperor, as she was completely satisfied with the queen.

To be clear, she said this mainly to the Queen.

It is true that the emperor has been kind to her over the years, but she holds a grudge because the emperor ruined her reputation for Ye Ruoyan, so she doesn't want to see the emperor for the time being.

"The eldest prince has fulfilled his promise to me, so of course I am willing to do it. But I still want to let my uncle and aunt decide on this matter for me." Ye Jinshu said.

In other words, Ye Jinshu had made the decision on her own marriage, and now it was the turn of the two elders, the emperor and the empress, to arrange the wedding.

Ji Yanqing didn't care about anything else. Since she heard Ye Jinshu say that she was willing, she started to smile.

He smiled so much that even people who couldn't see Ji Yanqing's face could feel that he was in a good mood.

After hearing what Ye Jinshu said, the Queen's eyes became a little moist. She turned her back and wiped the tears from her face, then turned around again and said to Ye Jinshu: "What Jinshu likes, this palace and your uncle will naturally like too."

In this way, Ye Jinshu's marriage was settled.

The subsequent performances were all quite standard, and with the Emperor and Empress present, the court officials were unable to have fun. According to convention, the Emperor and Empress would sit for a while longer before leaving.

Before leaving, just as Ye Jinshu remembered, the emperor and empress arranged a marriage between Ye Ruoyan and the prince.

But the prince seemed unhappy, and Ye Ruoyan was also unhappy. This was different from the previous lives.

This was not the atmosphere between the two when they were arranged to get married before, but now that things have come to this, Ye Jinshu is too lazy to think about what is going on.

After announcing the last thing, the emperor and empress began to prepare to leave, and Ji Yanqing also stood up and prepared to leave.

However, the queen did something different from before. When she left, she also called Ye Ruoyan away.

Ye Jinshu watched Ye Ruoyan and the Queen leave together. He couldn't figure out what was going on, so he quietly went to where Jiang Sisi was sitting and whispered to her.

Ye Jinshu didn't notice that the prince, who in her opinion had nothing to do with her anymore, was looking in her direction.

After Jiang Sisi found out, she quietly moved to block Ye Jinshu.

Ye Ruoyan followed the Queen to the palace. The Queen dismissed all the servants and ordered them to guard the door to prevent others from coming in to disturb them. Soon, they were the only two left in the room.

Ye Ruoyan understood that what the Queen was going to say next was probably something that could not be made public.

She thought it was about the prince, or about the relationship between her and Ye Jinshu. In fact, these were the only things the queen cared about.

Ye Ruoyan knew very well that even though she was the one who solved the plague, in the Queen's heart she was far inferior to Ye Jinshu who stayed by her side at the critical moment.

After all, she is still alone in this world, with no one standing by her side.

"Ruoyan, do you know your life experience?"

In an instant, Ye Ruoyan stopped thinking about it. She looked at the queen and repeated uncertainly: "My background?" "Yes, your background. In fact, you are not a child of the Ye family. You are the child of Jinshu's father, the deputy general. After your family died in the battle, they entrusted you to the Ye family, and the Ye family registered you as a concubine's daughter."

As the queen spoke, she observed Ye Ruoyan's expression. Although Ye Ruoyan seemed a little surprised at first, she quickly regained her composure and said something she expected.

"So all the insults and difficulties I have experienced are because I am not a real child of the Ye family? If that's the case, why did you adopt me in the first place?" This was Ye Ruoyan's question, and Ye Ruoyan also asked on behalf of the real child.

The queen hesitated for a moment, but when she thought of Ye Jinshu's expression today, she made up her mind.

She must tell Ye Ruoyan the truth and cannot let Ye Ruoyan destroy Jinshu's life.

After Jinshu gets married, Chen Kingdom will get help from Dongming Kingdom. By then, even without Ye Ruoyan, they will be no worse off than before. In this way, the Emperor will be able to explain.

As for her son, she believed that even without the help of people from other worlds, he could become an independent king.

"If you are the real Ye Ruoyan, I will not treat you as badly as Jinshu, but you are not Ye Ruoyan. You are just a person from another world, living in this body."

Ye Ruoyan was stunned.

"you know?"

The queen nodded: "We have seen it since the day you entered the palace. The contempt hidden deep in your eyes seems to say that you can easily get everything in this world. In order to change your thinking and make you a person who can be used by Chen Kingdom in the end, you need to go through those things."

When Ye Ruoyan heard this, the first thing she thought of to refute was not why she had to endure this, but
"How could I despise you? I don't. You must have seen it wrong."

The Queen sighed. This was the reason why she didn't like this child. "When you were in the Imperial Hospital, there were many times when you lost face for the Imperial Physician."

"That's because they're wrong!"

"Then are those things you used to refute them really yours?"

Ye Ruoyan wanted to say something, but suddenly found that the queen seemed to know more about the era before she came than she thought.

She looked at the queen and asked, "Are you a time traveler as well?"

The queen clearly understood the word "time travel", but she did not respond: "I am not a time traveler, but my grandmother is a person like you. She once said that everything she has is not hers. She just stepped on the bodies of later generations to show off to the predecessors. All the miracles in her are just created by people of one generation after another over time."

The Queen and Ye Ruoyan talked for a long time that day.

No one in the palace knew what they talked about that day, but Ye Ruoyan stayed indoors after chatting with the queen.

Ye Jinshu finally got the complete book of Ye Ruoyan's persuasion, which was jointly created by Ji Yanqing and Jiang Sisi.

Ten full pages of paper listed all the possible things Ye Ruoyan might say.

First of all, if you tell Ye Ruoyan to leave Chen Country, she will have four answers: one is to agree directly, two is to ask why, three is to ask why, and four is to ask if she is here to mock her.

Then there will be the next answer under each answer.

Ye Jinshu was simply stunned.

She spent five full days carefully studying the contents of the paper, and then set off with the ten pages.

It was impossible for her to memorize it, the best she could do was to recite it fluently.

But when Ye Jinshu arrived at Ye Ruoyan's new residence and wanted to talk to her, he found something wrong.

There was a strange sweet fragrance floating in Ye Ruoyan's yard, which was different from the smell of herbs in her original residence.

Ye Jinshu suddenly realized that in her previous life, she had smelled this smell before she lost consciousness, but she didn't take it seriously at the time.

Ye Jinshu brought a secret guard with her this time. She immediately said, "Hold your breath. It's poisonous here. Go and see if Ye Ruoyan is inside."

Ye Ruoyan was indeed in the house.

When Ye Jinshu found her, her breath was already very weak, but there was a happy smile on her face.

These are the gifts for the five mouths! Sorry, I won’t draw cakes again!