Golden Age Legitimate Fei

Chapter 56: Uncle's Teachings (3)

"I understand now. Uncle, who do you think wants to destroy the marriage between Prince Ding and me, if it is not His Majesty?" Ye Li asked.

Xu Hong Yu shook his head. "I didn't know for sure. Qing Chen only told me it was a woman. But we almost looked up all the women that were associated with Prince Ding, and didn't find out who it was. Prince Ding would certainly know who it was. Did he say anything?" When Xu Hong Yu mentioned that, a trace of dissatisfaction passed his face. Seeing Ye Li shaking her head, he snorted: "He should know how far to go and when to stop. If anything that should not happen happens, you would be better off without this husband. Xu Family could at least provide for a granddaughter."

"I think it might be some woman that's in love with Prince Ding." Ye Li didn't feel embarrassed in front of Xu Hong Yu and said directly what she suspected.

Xu Hong Yu smiled and looked at her: "Someone that's in love with Prince Ding? If you are talking about the time when he was still young, for sure. When he was young, at least half of the capital's young ladies admired him. But...none of them... have the ability to buy Tian Yi Pavilion over. Although Han Ming Yue loves money as his life, he was also a close friend to Prince Ding when he was young. Han Ming Yue couldn't have provoked Prince Ding's fiancée just for money."

"So... what about a woman who admires Prince Ding and has a good relationship with Han Ming Yue?"

Xu Hong Yu raised an eyebrow. "There is one, but it couldn't be her."

Ye Li blinked. Xu Hong Yu calmly put down the teacup and said: "Noble Consort Liu."

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This time it was Ye Li's turn to cough, "Liu... Noble Consort Liu?"

"What's so strange about that? Noble Consort Liu was called the most talented woman in the capital. She didn't even look at your eldest brother and she was only gentle to Prince Ding. It was a pity... At that time, Prince Ding already had someone. Otherwise the two of them would have made a perfect couple. Moreover, Noble Consort Liu was a good painter, and when Han Ming Yue was young, he was the best painter in the capital. The second work of his collection which was called Beauties in the Capital of Great Chu was about Noble Consort Liu, and it is still worth a great fortune even now. However, after Noble Consort Liu entered the palace, that painting was also bought with a high price by His Majesty." Out of nowhere, Xu Hong Yu gave up those heavy topics, and started to talk about old gossips with Ye Li.

Ye Li thought of the woman with a pair of cold eyes like a pear in the palace. She really deserved to be called "a woman of matchless beauty". "Why do you say it wasn't her, uncle?"

"Your eldest brother knows Noble Consort Liu. Though he didn't saw what the woman from last night looked like, and with all the time that has passed, he was sure that woman was not Noble Consort Liu. Besides, what kind of place do you think the palace is? There was no way that a Noble Consort could roam around outside the palace in the middle of the night." Ye Li nodded as if she had learned a lesson. She didn't really think it was Noble Consort Liu either. Though she sensed her contempt and intentional provocation in the palace, there was not much enmity or animosity in her eyes.

"Who was Mo Xiu Yao's first fiancée?" Ye Li asked. She was really curious about that. What kind of woman would ever beat an absolute beauty like Noble Consort Liu and won Mo Xiu Yao's heart? Besides, whoever that was able to become his fiancée must have come from a famous family, but Ye Li couldn't think of any family that had a beautiful daughter who died untimely seven years ago.

Xu Hong Yu was a little vexed that Ye Li failed to meet his expectations and glanced at her: "Su Zui Die."

Ye Li nodded, "That name sounds like it belongs to a beautiful woman."

Xu Hong Yu looked at his niece without any expression. Once again, he regretted not insisting on getting her back to Xu Family to educate her. Look what she had become in Ye Family? He was talking about her future husband's former fiancée. Though that girl had already died, she should at least show some interest in her. Only by then did it occur to this Mr. Xu with a reputation nationwide that his niece didn't show any shyness like a girl should have whenever she brought up Prince Ding or Prince Li. She didn't even blush!

"Which family did this Miss Su come from?" It didn't occur to Ye Li that any famous family in the capital had a family name of Su.

"What do you think Lord Su was there for when Prince Ding's Manor held the engagement ceremony?"

"Mr. Su?"

"Su Zui Die was Mr. Su's granddaughter." Xu Hong Yu said coolly.

"So what was Mr. Su there for?"

"He was there to see what kind of woman Prince Ding, who was supposed to be his grandson-in-law, marry to. Besides, Su Zui Die's death hit Prince Ding heavily, who was badly ill himself during that period. Mr. Su treats Prince Ding as his own, so he was there to keep up appearances for Prince Ding's Manor."

Seeing that her uncle was discontent, Ye Li had no choice but to smile: "Uncle, I know what you mean. Prince Ding and me, we get on well with each other. You don't have to worry about that."

Xu Hong Yu looked at her in disagreement: "What does 'get on well' mean? If you are the first to be abandoned when he has to choose, do you call that 'well'?"

Ye Li smiled thinly: "But, if I have to choose between uncles, grandpa, brothers and Prince Ding, I will not choose Prince Ding either. How long has it been since I know him? Naturally, families are more important to me."

"You are husband and wife. After all, you are going to spend your life with him, not uncles or grandpa."

"Uncle, do you think Prince Ding is the kind of man who will give up everything for what he cares about?"

"...Yes, as long as you have his heart."