Free Web NovelChapter 1217: Chapter 1206: Wealthy Merchant
Ye Lu was certain Ye Cheng saw her, because that disdainful look made her feel blocked up inside. She was simultaneously angry and afraid, angry at them for ignoring her, and afraid of them targeting her.
She couldn’t understand why, as a time traveler who was meant to be the protagonist, she ended up in such a miserable state.
She thought of Ye Qiu, perhaps someone who had experienced things like her. If not for his appearance, how could Prince Linsan have failed? The culprit was him. Wasn’t he afraid she would reveal his secrets?
Ye Qiu wasn’t afraid, but he disliked trouble. So before Ye Lu could take action, he sent people to capture her and locked her up together with Chen Gaoxuan of Prince Linsan.
As the defeated party, Ye Qiu did not humiliate Chen Gaoxuan, but confined him to a courtyard constantly watched by others. In that courtyard, he had land and had to manage his own food and drink. Ye Qiu stated he had no plans to support idle people.
Chen Gaoxuan had been living there for nearly four years, transitioning from initial humiliation and discomfort to contentment. He wasn’t afraid of dying, but genuinely thought there was nothing wrong with such a life.
From the moment of his birth, everyone around him told him his future achievements would be extraordinary. From a young age, he never stopped, and everything he did was calculated and planned meticulously. He was used to it, but suddenly having leisure, he found himself quite tired.
Even though losing the throne was a pity, he accepted his own incompetence compared to others.
Moreover, over the years he frequently heard how well Ye Qiu governed the country. In just a few short years, the people lived and worked in peace. If it were him, he probably wouldn’t have done so well.
So now he genuinely admired Ye Qiu, but he couldn’t bring himself to become his minister. Just when he thought his life would pass by meaninglessly, he didn’t expect two people to be brought to him.
Chen Gaoxuan recognized his son at first glance. His son had grown and didn’t recognize him. With tears in his eyes, trembling slightly, he wanted to embrace him, but was suddenly pulled away by Ye Lu.
"You’re still alive?" Ye Lu stared at him intently, with an indescribable expression in her eyes.
Chen Gaoxuan looked at her with an equally unfriendly gaze: "You’re still alive too? Ye Lu, you actually have the courage to come to the capital? Are you stupid? You’re foolish enough; don’t drag my son down with you."
"What do you understand?" Ye Lu was emotionally agitated, "I’m Ye Qiu’s sister, I’m the Princess of this country, I hold a noble status!"
"Ha, just you?" Chen Gaoxuan sneered, "Did your elder brother acknowledge you? If he intended to recognize you, would he have sent you to this place? Stop dreaming."
"He just hasn’t thought it through yet. I have ways to make him forgive me. I have many ideas in my mind; I can help him govern this country!" Ye Lu said excitedly, then turned around to grab a soldier’s arm, "Let me see Your Majesty, I have very important words to say to him. Tell him I’m from the 21st century, he will definitely meet me."
"Meet Your Majesty? Is Your Majesty someone you can meet? Dream on!" The soldier pushed her away and then coldly shut the door.
"Let me out! I want to see Your Majesty! I’m from the future, I’m from the same hometown as him." Ye Lu persisted in shouting, appearing almost mad.
Chen Gaoxuan looked at her with a complicated expression and ultimately said nothing, pulling his son into the house.
"You won’t believe me either, will you? How do you think the gunpowder formula came about? Because I’m from the future, I know many advanced things. Ye Qiu surely is like me, so he knows the gunpowder formula too," Ye Lu shouted at Chen Gaoxuan again.
Chen Gaoxuan paused for a moment and then spoke calmly, "Even if what you say is true, so what? You didn’t tell me the truth back then; who will believe you now? And you also said Ye Qiu is from the same place as you, so what use is your knowledge to him? He’s smarter than you, knows more than you, and you say these things now, but you’ll never leave this courtyard in your life."
He laughed at himself: "Nowadays it seems you truly are naïve. I really don’t know what I ever saw in you."
Ye Lu froze: "What are you saying? I’m still young, how can I live in this small courtyard for life?"
"Letting you live is already Ye Qiu’s mercy. If it were me, knowing you might be my fellow countryman, you would have been dead the moment I knew."
"That’s impossible, you’re lying, you must be lying. The country we’re from, ordinary people wouldn’t kill casually. Nobody there would dare kill like this; nobody has such a cruel heart!"
"Fool, he’s already the Emperor. How could a merciful person become Emperor? You say nobody in your place would dare kill, isn’t cruel. But what about yourself? Have you done that?" After saying this, Chen Gaoxuan stopped explaining to her further, because Ye Lu, being such a selfish person, wouldn’t easily accept such a gap in a short time.
However, what Ye Lu said still amazed him, people from a different world and future. Clearly, his loss wasn’t in vain! freёwebnovel.com
Later, Ye Lu went into fits several times, and Chen Gaoxuan was at his wit’s end with her. In the end, he wrote a letter to Ye Qiu, hoping to use the things mentioned in the letter as terms to trade for a healthy and stable living environment for his son.
Ye Qiu agreed; actually, even without Chen Gaoxuan requesting, he hadn’t planned to ruin a child’s future. In his previous life, both he and Ye Lu had exterminated the Ye Family. The vengeance couldn’t be directed at an innocent child.
As for everything else, let Chen Gaoxuan and Ye Lu spend the rest of their lives tormenting each other to repay it!
The founding Emperor of An Country never married nor had children throughout his life, which the people had various opinions about, but regarding his achievements, everyone was in unanimous agreement. Praise for him could go on for days and nights.
Because of him, the World emerged from war into peace. Because of him, people were fed and clothed well. Also, because of him, the Da’an Dynasty became rich and strong, attracting tributes from all directions.
On the day he abdicated to the Crown Prince, opposition echoed like waves in the court, but his authority was extremely high; whatever he decided, no one could oppose.
Fortunately, under his guidance, the Crown Prince also became a diligent and benevolent Emperor, gradually gaining acceptance from everyone.
Due to his high prestige, Ye Qiu even temporarily left the capital, along with the Crown Prince’s biological parents, Prince Cheng and Marquis Bai. These three topmost powerful individuals went off to enjoy mountain waters together, living quite happily.
In the eighth year of the new Emperor’s reign, Ye Qiu’s health suddenly worsened. Despite the new Emperor’s personal care, due to excessive early-life toil, his health gradually deteriorated, and he eventually passed away at the age of sixty-eight.
Upon his death, all the people mourned together, and his closest ones like Ye Cheng, Bai Xianyi, Ye Mo, Ye Sen nearly cried to the point of following him.
