C125

The paper was thin, and there were only a few strokes of thick ink on it. Soon after, it was signed, and the word "Ye" was written with a tip that was like a hook as it emitted a murderous aura.

Normally, she might have paid more attention to the calligraphy skill Jin Lan, but right now, she was only staring at the four thunderous black words: "Mother is in danger, return quickly!"

A mother's life … a mother's life!

Before they left, although his mother's body was not as well-built as before, it was still much better than before. With the help of the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu's medicine, no matter what, it was impossible for his to in just a few short months …

Could something have happened at the Yangzhou?

Her face was pale and her lips were trembling. Her entire body seemed to have been frozen by the cold wind. She stood there motionlessly, except for her delicate hands that were gripping the letter.

This letter should have been written by Yan Ye. Although she had never seen his handwriting, no one beside his, including his mother, knew about her relationship with Yan Ye.

Therefore, even if it was a fake, he wouldn't use this signature.

If this letter is not false, then …

"Sister Lan, what's wrong?" Seeing Jin Lan keep silent, Chen Ying immediately looked up. Her face was pale white, and even her lips were bloodless. She panicked and reached out her hand to cover the letter, "Could it be that you have caught a cold?"

Unexpectedly, this touch caused Jin Lan to shiver, and he snapped back to reality. She quickly grabbed onto Chen Ying's hand, "Where is the person who wrote the letter? I want to see him! "

Chen Ying never thought that the gentle and weak looking Jin Lan, who looked as if it would be blown away by the wind, would have such strength. Looking at her wrist, which had turned white, she endured the pain of rushing out, afraid to alarm the gatekeeping servant. Gritting her teeth, she forced out a few words: "Little sister Lan, you, you calm down first, okay?"

Upon seeing Chen Ying enduring the pain, Jin Lan was shocked. He immediately let go of his hand and frantically kneeled down: "Elder sister County Princess, please forgive us, Lan Er is being rude."

Her mind was already in a mess, for a moment, even the way she addressed him was a mess.

Chen Ying rubbed the red marks on her wrist, and said softly: Hurry and get up, if someone saw you, I'm afraid they would be suspicious.

She did not know anything else, and when she saw Jin Lan's burning heart, she added, "This is not the place to talk. Although I don't know what is written on the letter, Mother told me to inform you that you are not to act rashly, and that as usual, someone will look for you at the door."

You can't act rashly? Jin Lan couldn't wait to understand the situation clearly. How could he restrain himself? She wanted to ask again, but Chen Ying beat her to it.

"Sister Jinlan, look at this White Plum Blossom. It's so beautiful, even our Duke Palaces can't compare to it!"

With her purposely raised voice and Chen Ying's expression, Jin Lan slightly glanced to the side and realized that Ye Jinyan was actually walking slowly towards him.

"Jadian elder sister, why are you here? You can make it easy for me to find you." Ye Jinyan giggled as if she could not see the ripples at the side and directly pulled Chen Ying and spoke to him.

Chen Ying's face revealed a gentle and respectful smile, but there was a hint of estrangement in her tone. "I heard that the white plum blossom in the Incense Garden has opened, so I went out with the Sister Jinlan to admire the plum blossom." While saying that, she struggled free from Ye Jinyan's tugging, and turned to Jin Lan: "It's cold outside, let's go inside."

Normally, Ye Jinyu would just protect Jin Lan, but this was the first time they met the County Princess Wu Yang, so Ye Jinyan was unconvinced. She stared at Jin Lan fiercely, and with a smile that did not reach her eyes, she said: "That's right, Sister Jinlan your body is weak, so you should stay alert, what if you get caught in the wind, and get sick? Today is the birthday of the old ancestor! "

Jin Lan was worried about the Madame SHen, so how could he have the mood to talk with Ye Jinyan? She replied indifferently: "There's no need for Big Sister to worry." With that, she circled around Ye Jinyan and headed back to the house. If she stayed any longer, there was no guarantee that she would lose her mind and do something rash.

After being interrupted by Ye Jinyan just now, her anxious heart had calmed down a little. Although she didn't know why the North Prince Jing's Consort had asked Chen Ying to send her this letter, she had a good saying.

Being impatient didn't change anything, other than making her situation worse. Whether it was for her or her mother, she had to calm down!

"You …" Normally, Jin Lan would look extremely careful, but he never had such a face, causing Ye Jinyan to jump and jump. If it wasn't for the fact that she knew Chen Ying's identity, she would have already scolded him.

Chen Ying never liked Ye Jinyan's arrogant attitude, she was simply the same as her cousin Li Yingluo. Seeing Jin Lan take a few steps, she also quickly followed, leaving Ye Jinyan behind.

Seeing that, Ye Jinyan became even angrier, she couldn't help but feel pain in her chest, she stomped her feet and chased after her into the house, at the same time, she became even more furious in her heart, no matter what, she had to pull Chen Ying over, and not let her get close to him.

The room was still filled with voices, but the daughter of the imperial court and the daughter of the officials were clearly separated, and they were not in harmony with each other. When Jin Lan entered the house, everyone only raised their heads and glanced at him, only when Chen Ying who was behind them revealed her face, did they calm down and started boiling.

Even though Chen Ying was an expensive County Princess, her personality was extremely gentle and she rarely put on airs. As a result, all of the young ladies in the clan were extremely willing to interact with her, and the ones with low statuses would be more than willing to interact with her.

Thus, when they saw Chen Ying coming in, the silent ladies all fought to get up first, walking up to Chen Ying and welcoming him into the room to sit down, and started conversing with him.

Jin Lan did not want to get involved, he merely nodded at Ye Jinyu and walked to a corner to sit down.

Ye Jinyan then raised the curtain, seeing that Jin Lan was so 'aware', his expression relaxed slightly. He snorted at her, then smiled and walked over to have a chat with Chen Ying.

After the girls chatted for a while, a manager Mama opened the curtain and came in. She first bowed respectfully, then said in a clear voice: "The banquet has been prepared.

Hearing that, Ye Jinyan knew that all the guests were gathered in the main hall, and that it was probably the end of the ceremony, so she stood up and smiled: "The feast is placed in the garden, it is located on the right side of the Fragrance Garden, all sisters, please follow me."

Madame Fu had specially arranged for the banquet to be held at the Jade Tong Flower Hall, right between the Longevity Hall and the Fragrance Garden. After walking for a short while, they would arrive at the veranda, which was constructed from parasol trees that were placed above the pavilion.

When Jin Lan and his entourage arrived at the Jade Tong Flower Hall, the various wives had already gathered and took their seats. Those who were the hall masters were naturally the old ancestor's Madame Chen.

The girls, including Chen Ying, bowed towards the Madame Chen at the same time. Then they went into the Side Chamber and sat down.

Unexpectedly, there was a person sitting there, Jin Lan took a look, and saw that it was the Pingyang County Princess, Li Yingluo who was dressed brightly in red silk clothing!

When Li Yingluo saw Jin Lan, she could not help but shake her blade twice. She sat there motionlessly, with no intention of standing up.

She was indeed qualified to be disrespectful to her. Amongst all the ladies present, other than Chen Ying, who had the same status as her, the rest were all naked.

Jin Lan didn't want to argue with her at this moment, so he gave Li Yingluo a gift along with the others. He wanted to choose a remote seat to sit down at, but who would have thought that Ye Jinyu would actually hold her hand and head towards the front.

"Sister Lan, according to etiquette, you should sit with us." She explained to Jin Lan in a low voice.

On the left side of the table, Li Yingluo, Chen Ying and the others were sitting on the left side. Naturally, Jin Lan and the others were sitting on the right side, but that way, they would inevitably have to face Li Yingluo face him face to face.

Ye Jinyu was naturally not clear about the dispute between Jin Lan and Li Yingluo, so she brought Jin Lan to Ye Jinyan's side.

Seeing Jin Lan coming over, Ye Jinyan's face darkened. Ye Jinyu pretended not to see it and smiled: "Little sister Yan, Little sister Lan and I will sit together with you."

"Sister Yu, this place is too small. I'm afraid I can't sit here. Sister Lan, go sit with Sister Six and Eighth Sister." Ye Jinyan did not even think before opening her mouth to reject Jin Lan.

Ye Jinyu's eyes flashed. "Since that's the case, then Sixth Sister and I will squeeze together." With that, she made as if to turn around.

Annoyed, Ye Jinyan grabbed her and asked with a sour tone: "Sister Yu, why are you always protecting her?"

It's really strange, the two of them clearly saw each other for the first time, yet it looked like they were enemies from their past lives, and no matter how they looked, they couldn't see eye to eye. Ye Jinyu sighed inwardly and advised softly: "It's not that I'm protecting her, but today it's the ancestor's birthday banquet, if there was any commotion, wouldn't it be embarrassing our family?"

Ye Jinyan let out a light snort, rolled her eyes at Jin Lan, and said: "Don't worry, I'm naturally not that kind of person who doesn't care about the severity of things."

Hearing that, Ye Jinyu heaved a sigh of relief, laughed twice, and pulled Jin Lan into a seat.

The moment the two of them sat down, Li Yingluo suddenly turned around and his gaze swept across the ladies of Ye Family one by one. In the end, it stopped on Jin Lan's face, whose eyebrows were lowered, and his lips slowly formed a sneer, "Speaking of which, this County Princess has already been waiting here for most of the time.

The audience that was whispering to each other suddenly went quiet, no one expected the County Princess Ping Yang to suddenly make a move.

As the owner of the Marquis Runan' Mansion, Ye Jinyan naturally wanted to give an answer. She originally wanted to explain to the rest that it was not too late, but after seeing the cold look in Li Yingluo's eyes, she immediately swallowed her words and said with a coy smile, "County Princess, what you said makes sense." With that said, she poured herself a cup of wine and sipped on it. When she was about to pour her second cup, she was stopped by Chen Ying.

"Cousin, today is my royal aunt's birthday banquet. If my sisters drink too much, I'm afraid they will be disrespectful. In my opinion, one cup is enough."

The honey wine on the noodle soup was different from ordinary wine. It was made from nectar and did not have any taste of alcohol. Instead, it was sweet and tasty, only that it would make people intoxicated if drunk too much.

"Since Cousin has asked, let's just leave it at that." Li Yingluo spoke slowly without turning her head, and only stared at Jin Lan.

Chen Ying frowned slightly, and glanced at the beautiful eyes with some worry. The people around them did not understand the feud between the two, but she understood clearly in her heart.

With Ye Jinyan leading the way, it was naturally hard for others to say anymore. Following the order of seating, Ye Jinyu also drank a cup of honey wine. When it was Jin Lan's turn, Li Yingluo spoke up.

"Sister Jinlan." She lifted the white jade wine jug that was placed in front of her and personally poured a cup of wine. She placed it in front of Jin Lan and said with a smile, "Based on our friendship in the palace, let me toast you."

Jin Lan looked at the clear and delicate wine in the wine cup. A faint aroma wafted through the air, but her heart sank slightly. This wine, was not honey wine!