Chapter 2380 - 2382

"All right, I’ll handle it myself." Yueyue was a generous girl and wouldn’t fuss about such trivial matters.

Qingqing leaned forward after hearing this, "Sis, if you’re managing the money, will you be more generous than Mom?"

"Don’t even think about it."

Lele scratched his nose, thinking to himself that Mom’s still uneasy about these two, yet the two of them don’t seem concerned at all about Mom and Dad’s departure. Just look at where their focus is.

"Big brother, little brother is here to wish you a Happy New Year!"

"Tsk, tsk!" Lele shook his head, "You’re actually wishing the money, aren’t you?"

"Money is part of you, so it counts as wishing you well."

This kid also loves money, but unlike Yangyang’s sly ways, he is too honest when he speaks.

"Look, I even included your second brother’s and Mom and Dad’s shares."

Lele fished out two big red envelopes from his pocket, one for each person.

"As for the servants coming to offer New Year greetings, Yueyue, you take care of it."

"Uh-huh, I got it."

Qingqing was still gleefully thinking about the red envelopes.

Meanwhile, Baili Yan in the palace was puzzled because neither side was able to reach Ye Zi’an.

Every year on New Year’s Day, Ye Zi’an and Yang Chuxia, along with Mu Shaoling and his wife, would come to the palace first to offer New Year greetings. But now it’s midday, and no one has arrived yet.

Feeling suspicious, he went to the Empress’s chambers.

Noticing Yang Chuxia wasn’t there either, Baili Yan felt something was amiss.

He immediately sent someone to Prince An’s Mansion.

"Your Majesty!"

The Empress wanted to speak but was stopped by Baili Yan raising his hand.

Shortly, the little eunuch sent to Prince An’s Mansion returned.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." The little eunuch’s voice trembled with fear, now the Marquis Changning has left the Capital City; will the Emperor hold him accountable?

That Marquis Changning, leaving the city during such a massive holiday instead of staying at home for the New Year, his actions have everyone serving him on edge with concern.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Changning has left the city," the little eunuch said, kneeling.

"Damn it!" Baili Yan furiously threw the cup in his hand, "Send someone to chase him down for me!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

The little eunuch rushed away hastily.

"That Ye Zi’an, haven’t I treated him well?" Baili Yan grumbled in frustration, "I was about to appoint him as Prime Minister, and he just runs off. Young as he is, he doesn’t think about serving the court but is stuck on romantic pursuits."

"Your Majesty, isn’t Marquis Changning longing for his hometown?" The Empress wanted to say it’s homesickness, not romantic pursuits.

"You don’t understand!" Baili Yan waved his hand, "It’s definitely Yang Chuxia meddling, otherwise he wouldn’t want to leave the city. That Yang Chuxia is as important to him as his life; whatever she says, he follows. I’ve said it before, he shouldn’t have married a peasant girl. If you hadn’t stopped me, I would have sent him some noble concubines long ago."

The Empress found herself wrongly accused.

With such strong affection between them, if you forcibly send concubines, surely it’d make people distance from you.

"Father Emperor!" His Highness Crown Prince spoke up timidly.

"Speak your mind!"

The Crown Prince continued, "Father Emperor, I wanted to say, if you really send two concubines to Marquis Changning, he might have been clamoring to leave the city ten years ago."

Suddenly, Baili Yan’s sharp eyes glanced over.

But the Crown Prince bravely continued, "Marquis Changning and his wife share a profound affection, renowned throughout the Capital City. If you were to send someone to interfere, Marquis Changning, to keep his wife from heartbreak, would definitely find a way to leave."