Chapter 17 A killer came to force me to sleep
Chu Yi has been a little annoyed lately.

Although he still got up early every day to practice sword skills like before, then went to pay his respects to the Emperor and Empress, and after paying his respects, he followed the Prince's teacher to study.

After lunch, he followed the emperor to learn how to handle state affairs.

If it ends early, go and see Ye Ruoyan. If it ends late, go straight back to the East Palace.

This was Chu Yi's daily routine most of the time before, and he repeated it for many years.

But recently, he always felt that something was missing.

Chu Yi has always known that he is very smart. No matter what the matter is, as long as he wants to, he can know the answer quickly.

Just like the abnormality that appeared to him now, he quickly found the source.

The source is Ye Jinshu.

A lot has changed since the last time Ye Jinshu bumped into him meeting Ye Ruoyan.

Initially Chu Yi thought that Ye Jinshu's change was just a sulky move, but now, seeing the increasingly lively Anping Palace and Ye Jinshu's increasingly eccentric behavior, Chu Yi could be sure that Ye Jinshu was not sulking.

He and Ye Jinshu grew up together. When she was a child, Ye Jinshu's most common way of showing off was to go on a hunger strike to make the emperor and empress feel sorry for her.

Once the emperor and empress felt sorry for her, they would even want to pick the stars in the sky for her.

When Ye Jinshu grew a little older, he changed his angry way of going on a hunger strike and began to hurt Ye Ruoyan or take it out on other female relatives who were close to him.

However, Ye Jinshu did not do so recently.

She neither went on a hunger strike nor caused trouble for Ye Ruoyan. Instead, she stayed in her Anping Palace all day and was very satisfied with the current situation.

The imperial physician who was sent over seemed to get along well with her and even praised her highly.

Chu Yi paused while turning the pages of the book. The plump Ye Jinshu in childhood and the completely changed Ye Jinshu now appeared in his mind. He suddenly asked, "What is Jinshu doing today?"

The eunuch beside him immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the princess is in Anping Palace today and has not gone out."

"Has she been like this lately?"

"Yes, the princess is in Anping Palace except for occasionally dining with the Queen."

Chu Yi tapped his index finger on the desk as he listened.

He admitted that he wanted to see Ye Jinshu.

It is undeniable that ever since he gave Ye Jinshu the hairpin that day, he really could no longer treat Ye Jinshu simply as his responsibility as the crown prince as before.

However, his and Ye Jinshu's current situation is the best for the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.

Seeing Chu Yi didn't say anything, the eunuch beside him carefully stepped forward and said, "Your Highness hasn't been to Anping Palace for a while. The princess must miss you."

Chu Yi found it a little funny when he heard this.

Ye Jinshu misses him?
If it was the Ye Jinshu from the past, maybe she would miss him, but looking at Ye Jinshu's behavior during this period, nothing she did seemed like she missed him.

Chu Yi trusts his own judgment more than the uncertain words of others.

"Go to Anping Palace and ask Jinshu if there is anything he wants, and take this bracelet with you."

As for himself, he won't go.

The relationship between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess should be like that of his father and mother, respecting each other and working together for the great cause. Any unnecessary emotions will instead affect the overall situation.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After the prince gave the bracelet to Ye Jinshu, he took out another bracelet from his arms that was slightly inferior in quality than the previous one. After looking at it for a while, he called someone to send this bracelet along with some medicinal herbs to Ye Ruoyan.

After finishing these things, Chu Yi put away the book in his hand, spread out a piece of rice paper and started painting.

The moment he picked up the pen, what flashed through Chu Yi's mind was still the scene of Ye Jinshu wearing a hairpin and slowly raising her eyes.

Chu Yu has been very upset recently. He originally thought that getting swill was a simple matter, but he didn't expect that he had just got it from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and had not yet mentioned Anping Palace as his stepping stone when his father found out.

He only remembered that day, he was walking in front, the eunuch carrying swill was following behind, and his father appeared quietly not far behind him, and after he understood the whole story from the young eunuch in a voice that he could not hear...

Scolded him.

The reason was that swill was such a filthy thing, and Ye Jinshu was young and ignorant, so how could he join in the fun?

The prince was also used as a control group.

When it came to fertilizer, the prince knew to bring some leaves and soil to Ye Jinshu, but when it came to him, he only thought of using slop.

Chu Yu listened to the emperor's words and knew that his father knew very well who the culprit was. However, a casual remark about his young age had already hinted at the emperor's intention. He would not punish Ye Jinshu, he would only cause trouble for himself.

Thinking of this, Chu Yu shut up.

As before, he put on a sincere smile on his face and thanked him in a fake manner.

He and his father, the emperor, did not have much father-son affection. Rather than being father and son, they were more like monarch and subject. If the monarch scolded his subject, could the subject talk back? Not only could they not, but they had to thank the monarch for his teachings.

Among so many princes in the palace, the only one who is truly regarded as a son by the emperor is the one in the East Palace. The others are dispensable.

After the news of Chu Yu being scolded by the emperor that day was reported back to Concubine Shu's palace, Chu Yu was confined to his house by Concubine Shu.

Ye Jinshu has been very upset recently.

The reason for her irritability was not because of anyone, but because of herself.

She couldn't sleep at night.

It all started on the day when Ji Yanqing was writing the storybook in Anping Palace. When Ji Yanqing was leaving, Ye Jinshu asked him for the manuscript of "The Rebirth of the Legitimate Daughter" that day.

Once you see this, you can't stop.

Ye Jinshu was eager to know the sequel of the story, so she changed her mind and asked Ji Yanqing to go to the palace every day instead of once every three days.

If Ye Jinshu has a schedule on that day, he will inform Ji Yanqing one day in advance that he does not need to come. If there is something urgent, he will also send Xiaohua to inform him.

Perhaps it was because she could see new plots every day that caused Ye Jinshu to always be extremely excited about the plot before going to sleep. She was so excited that she couldn't fall asleep.

In order to make herself fall asleep, Ye Jinshu had to get up early in the night to exercise, which made her unable to get up at all during the day.

One day, Ye Jinshu opened his eyes and found that Ji Yanqing had finished writing and went back, leaving only a manuscript with the latest content on it.

Ye Jinshu couldn't wait to finish reading and couldn't fall asleep again.

This state lasted for several days. Ye Jinshu felt that she could not continue to live a reversal of day and night. If something happened to her body, who would take care of her land?
In order to solve this problem, Ye Jinshu began to force himself to go to bed at the previous time, but the effect was not ideal.

She decided to take a different approach.

On this day, Ji Yanqing was brought into Anping Palace as usual. After sitting in the place where he was supposed to be, he picked up the pen and began to write the storybook.

Before he started writing, he glanced at Ye Jinshu inconspicuously.

In fact, he had noticed that Ye Jinshu's condition was not right in the past few days, but he did not say anything.

It is too much to care about the princess as a commoner.

This is what Ji Yanqing originally thought.

Until he accidentally overheard the conversation between Ye Jinshu and her personal maid Xiao Cui.

"Cui Er, find me a killer and put a knife to my neck to force me to sleep tonight."

"Princess! No!"

"I know you can't. You have to first tell the killer not to really kill him."

(End of this chapter)