Chapter 227: The studious Ye Dacai
Li Anning was furious and shouted, "Someone, give me this liar—"
"Don't be anxious, my lord!" Jiang Chengfeng tried to dissuade him, saying, "Today is the old lady's 70th birthday! After all, this Taoist priest is just like those Jianghu magicians before him. They are here to cheer the old lady up. Why should my lord be angry?"
Jiang Chengfeng himself felt disgusted when he said these words. If he didn't want the old lady's birthday to be bloody, he wouldn't care about the life or death of this fake Taoist priest!
Ye Duo understood Jiang Chengfeng's good intentions and followed suit, saying, "Yes! Taoist Long Cangzi also has good intentions. Please don't be offended, young prince!"
Li An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, stared at Long Cangzi lying on the ground, and warned him, "You must thank Lord Ye, otherwise your life will be in danger!"
Long Cangzi hurriedly thanked Ye Duo and Jiang Chengfeng, and then ran out of the Ye Mansion. Not long after the fake Taoist left, Li Anning also found an excuse to slip away.
However, the birthday banquet lasted until dusk, when everyone gradually dispersed.
After the banquet, Jiang Chengfeng was full and ready to leave, but was stopped by Ye Lingshuang. Before Jiang Chengfeng could say anything, Ye Lingshuang said, "Brother Jiang, you don't have to worry about the prince of Liang taking revenge on you! In the Northern Tang Kingdom, it is Li Anning who has the final say!"
Jiang Chengfeng smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that this girl was so considerate!
"Brother Jiang, I like the gift you gave me!" Ye Lingshuang suddenly said.
"Gift? Did I give you a gift?" Jiang Chengfeng scratched his head in confusion.
"It's the "Mountains" painting! My grandma gave it to me!" Ye Lingshuang looked very proud and shook the diamond in her hand, "This one is mine too—"
Seeing Jiang Chengfeng's dumbfounded expression, Ye Lingshuang smiled and said, "Although you gave it to grandma, grandma gave it to me! I'll just think of it as you giving it to me!"
Wow, this girl’s logic is so weird!
"By the way! Brother Jiang, can you tell me where you learned those tricks you just performed?" Speaking of this, the talented lady Ye returned to her usual curious baby attitude, staring at Jiang Chengfeng with her two big black eyes without blinking.
"I learned it from a book called '100,000 Whys'. It's very interesting!" Jiang Chengfeng made up a story .
"The name of this book is so strange!" Ye Lingshuang asked with interest: "Who wrote this book? Can you lend it to me to read?"
Jiang Chengfeng had a headache. One lie usually requires a thousand lies to cover it up. Just as he was thinking about whether to make an excuse to escape, he saw Young Master Zhao running over in a hurry, shouting, "Jiang Dazhu! Hurry up! Your cousin wants to talk to you!"
Jiang Chengfeng was secretly delighted, and turned to Ye Lingshuang and said, "Hey, the eldest lady is looking for me - I'm busy with other things now!"
Ye Lingshuang covered her mouth with her hands and laughed sweetly, "Okay! Brother Jiang, you can go! But, if you have time, you have to tell me about this book!"
Jiang Chengfeng laughed, then followed Young Master Zhao out of the Ye Mansion.
As soon as he walked out of the gate of Ye Mansion, Young Master Zhao muttered: "Why do I feel like Miss Ye seems to have changed!"
"Changed? What changed?" Jiang Chengfeng asked.
"Actually - I can't really explain it!" Young Master Zhao shook his head, "I just feel like it's different from before!"
Jiang Chengfeng glared at Young Master Zhao with disdain.
Outside the gate of the Ye Mansion, Shen Ruoyan, who was sitting in the carriage, saw the two people coming out and told the driver to set off. Jiang Chengfeng climbed on the horse, looked at Young Master Zhao in confusion, and said, "Young Master, didn't you say before that the young lady wanted to see me for something? Why don't you say it anymore?"
Young Master Zhao was also confused and said, "Just now my cousin told me to go to the Ye Mansion to find you and say that she has something to talk to you about, but I don't know what it is! You can ask my cousin!"
What's wrong with this girl today? Is it because her period is irregular? If that's the case, then this girl's strange behavior can be understood.
However, after walking for a while, he suddenly heard Shen Ruoyan's voice coming from the carriage moving slowly in front of him, "Cousin, come here!"
Young Master Zhao was overjoyed and rode over , only to see Shen Ruoyan lift the carriage curtain and instruct him, "Go back home first and tell my mother that I'm tired. Leave the affairs of the Fang family cloth shop to other shopkeepers! I won't take care of these trivial matters!"
Young Master Zhao was slightly disappointed, but he rode his horse obediently and disappeared at the end of the street in the blink of an eye.
Afterwards, Shen Ruoyan told the coachman to stop the carriage, jumped off, stood by the lake, and stared in a daze at the golden lake surface illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun.
It was rare to see Miss Shen so sad, Jiang Chengfeng didn't have the heart to disturb her, but after thinking about it, he got off his horse and walked over to ask, "Miss, I heard from the young master that you had something to ask me! What is it?"
Shen Ruoyan didn't turn around, but just said lightly: "Really? I saw you and Miss Ye chatting happily just now. I waited for you for a long time, but you didn't come out. After such a long time, I actually forgot what it was about!"
Jiang Chengfeng's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost.
"Jiang Dazhu, tell me honestly! How long have you known Miss Ye?" Shen Ruoyan asked again.
Jiang Chengfeng was sweating profusely. What's wrong with this girl? It's so weird!
After laughing dryly twice, Jiang Chengfeng said, "Miss, actually there is nothing between Miss Ye and I. We are very pure! There is a saying that goes, the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water. Well - that's how I am!"
After saying this, Jiang Chengfeng cursed himself secretly, thinking that such a pretentious profession as a gentleman doesn't seem to be suitable for me!
Shen Ruoyan rolled her eyes, as if she had expected this guy to say that, and said: "What I'm asking is, how long have you known each other? Why are you telling me this? Besides, if you are a gentleman, then Fang Zhi is a saint, right?"
Jiang Chengfeng touched his nose awkwardly, then smiled and said, "Miss, actually - my acquaintance with Miss Ye was very ordinary. We met at Ah Hui's house. That's right - that's it!"
Then, he briefly recounted the process of his acquaintance with the talented lady Ye. Of course, he only talked about the parts that were beneficial to him, and deleted all the ambiguous parts with the talented lady Ye.
"I see!"
After listening to Jiang Chengfeng's description, Shen Ruoyan actually breathed a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders, and her slightly frowned brows also relaxed.
"You said you were just casual friends with her, but I think she cares about you a lot." Shen Ruoyan glared at Jiang Chengfeng and said, "Not only does she think about you all the time, she's also worried about you offending the Prince of Liang. Do you think you used some tricks?"
Jiang Chengfeng coughed dryly and said seriously: "We are friends! Since we are friends, we must help each other. This is normal!"
