NCCnovel Chapter 120 Plan
Chapter 120 Plan
The gatekeeper took the jade pendant to announce their arrival, while Ye Wanning and Chunxi stayed in the side gate drinking tea. They were tired and hungry from walking all the way and hadn't eaten anything.
Chunxi had never eaten such delicious pastries before, and she ate one piece after another. "Madam, what place is this? It's so grand. Even the side gate is so big, and there's a charcoal stove burning inside."
"This is the Princess's Villa." Ye Wanning ate two pastries, her mind filled with anticipation for the meeting, and she was quite nervous. "When you come in with me, don't be afraid. I'll bow, and you can bow too."
Upon hearing that it was the Princess's Villa, Chunxi's eyes widened, and she almost choked. "It's actually the Princess's Villa? How do you know someone so prestigious?"
Even now, Chunxi still doesn't know Ye Wanning's true identity. She had thought that her master might be extraordinary, but she never expected that she would know someone like the princess.
“Because she is my godmother.” At this point, Ye Wanning had nothing left to hide. “I had an accident back then and didn’t want to come back, but I have no choice but to. I’ve made you follow me all the way here, so you have to be careful. Chunxi, take your brother back to your hometown. It will only be more dangerous around me from now on, and you might lose your life at any time. I will prepare money for you. While others don’t know that you are one of my people, take your brother back and live a peaceful life.”
She didn't want to drag Chunxi and her brother down. Having had a relationship was enough. From now on, she and Yunzhi would be fine.
Upon hearing her mistress tell her to go back, Chunxi burst into tears. "Madam, I won't go back. We have no home anymore. Our parents and uncles are all dead. If I go back now, I'm just a young woman, and I won't be able to protect the property you gave me. You saved us, and we should repay you."
Chunxi felt she shouldn't leave; her mistress was in trouble, and she should follow her. Even risking her own life was acceptable; without her mistress, she would have died long ago.
Seeing Chunxi's resolute attitude, Ye Wanning sighed and decided to discuss it later.
Hearing that someone had arrived, Ye Wanning told Chunxi to wipe away her tears, "You mustn't cry later. I wonder how Yunzhi is doing."
Thinking of Yunzhi and Lege'er, she felt tense and on edge.
Chunxi was also worried about this. She hadn't dared to ask the gatekeeper earlier, but now that she knew the princess was her master's godmother, she was anxious to know more.
Just then, an old nanny entered. Before Chunxi could react, the woman burst into tears.
"My good girl, how...how did you become like this?" Granny Jiang looked at Ye Wanning's face. If it weren't for the jade pendant, she wouldn't have recognized Ye Wanning.
Ye Wanning said it was nothing, "This is just poison powder applied to cover up the truth. I'll be fine after taking medicine and resting for a while."
"Can you really get better?" Granny Jiang looked at Ye Wanning with heartache. It had been more than three years since they last met, and this was the scene she saw. Tears streamed down her face. When Ye Wanning asked about Yunzhi and Le'er, she remembered to take Ye Wanning to see His Highness. "They are both well. Please come with me. His Highness is waiting for you. If His Highness sees you like this, he will be heartbroken."
Ye Wanning smiled bitterly, "There's nothing we can do about it."
The land of this villa was originally sold by Ye Wanning to Princess Longyu. "How has your health been these past few years, Godmother?"
"Alas, things are not as they used to be." Granny Jiang sighed. "Without you all by his side, His Highness is like someone burning the midnight oil, counting down the days. It's only when Brother Le came that she has a smile on her face. We all thought we would never see you again, but we never expected to meet again. We don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."
"Since things have come to this, we can only try to think positively." Ye Wanning followed Granny Jiang into the main hall. When she saw Princess Longyu with her graying temples, she knelt down tremblingly and said, "Your unfilial daughter pays respects to her godmother."
She kowtowed with tears in her eyes, and Granny Jiang helped her up.
Princess Longyu frowned upon seeing Ye Wanning's appearance, "What... what's wrong with you?"
Only after Ye Wanning said she could get better did Princess Longyu slowly relax her brows. She sat on the stool and wiped away her tears. "Granny Jiang said you don't take care of yourself. What's going on?"
"Don't listen to her nonsense. People get old, that's just how it is. How can you get more energetic as you get older?" Princess Longyu held Ye Wanning's hand and said affectionately, "But you have suffered a lot. You only came back because you had nowhere else to turn. Otherwise, how could we have met?"
The two cried for a while, and then Yunzhi arrived with Le Ge'er.
When Le Ge'er saw his mother, he came to life and ran over crying, "Mother, you've finally come!"
The little one had lost a lot of weight and was crying in her mother's arms, saying that the road was so scary, and she was sobbing uncontrollably.
Yunzhi was also crying. Before she saw her master, she couldn't eat or talk to anyone properly, and she dreamed that her master was being chased and killed. Now that she saw her master arrive in the capital safely, she dared to breathe a sigh of relief.
Ye Wanning held her son, her heart aching with heartache. "Did you not eat properly?"
Le Ge'er nestled in his mother's arms, sobbing softly, "I...I miss you."
"I miss you too." Ye Wanning wiped away her son's tears, and the two hugged for a long time before Le Ge'er finally fell asleep from exhaustion.
Ye Wanning had Chunxi take Le Ge'er downstairs, and Jiang Mama followed to arrange accommodations.
Princess Longyu then asked Ye Wanning, "Now that you're back, what are your plans for the future? And what about Le Ge'er? What are your plans for him?"