I have suffered enough in my previous life, my cousin will never marry me

Chapter 150 Making Enemies
The road from Qizhou to Yuzhou was not easy. Ye Wanshu was in a hurry when she went there and didn't realize how difficult it was, but she found out when she returned.

Fortunately, he had a human pillow by his side, which was both pleasing to the eye and useful. When he was awake, he could ask Fu Mingchi to tell him interesting stories about Yuezhou, and when he was sleepy, he could rest his head on Fu Mingchi's lap and fall asleep. The journey was not too boring. After five or six days of bumpy travel, they finally arrived outside Yuzhou City.

Ye Wanshu was half asleep when she was suddenly awakened by shouts outside. She opened her eyes, lifted the curtain and looked out, and found that the carriage had stopped and a crowd of people had already gathered in front of it to welcome them, shouting "Long live the Prince of Yongning!" The deafening sound was deafening.

This was the first time Ye Wanshu had ever seen such a grand scene.

This time, Fu Mingchi took the lead and led 10,000 Yingzhou soldiers to resist the westward-advancing sea pirates, thus protecting Yuezhou from their invasion. She had already expected to experience a lively scene on her way back to the city, but the scene was far beyond her imagination.

In her view, this was no longer a good thing.

Ye Wanshu glanced at Fu Mingchi, who was pretending to doze off above, and said softly, "The entire city is waiting to see Your Highness. Would Your Highness like to go out?"

Fu Mingchi shook his head: "They disturbed Wan'er's sleep. I will immediately have Yan Jin disperse them."

Hearing the conversation inside the carriage, Yan Jin hurriedly spoke from outside, saying, "Your Highness, nearly 200,000 people from the eight counties of Yuzhou and the surrounding areas have come to Yuzhou City. The Grand Secretary has ordered me to come and ask Your Highness to change horses so that the people can admire them."

Nearly 200,000 people came to welcome them?
Ye Wanshu felt a chill run down her spine, completely shocked by the number. If this were to reach the ears of Empress Dowager Gu in Lin'an, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep for several nights.

After returning from Qizhou, the Yuezhou army didn't make much of a fuss, not enough to alarm so many people.

She had a vague feeling that someone was stirring things up.

Just as they were wondering, they suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from afar.

"The newly appointed Education Commissioner of Yuezhou, Ji Yunze, has brought the students of Yuezhou to welcome Prince Yongning back to the city."

Yunze?
Ye Wanshu was suddenly startled.

He mobilized students from all over the country to come and welcome him. Such inflammatory rhetoric was undoubtedly effective and would surely attract people from all over the country to come.

Why would he deliberately pick a fight with Fu Mingchi? How could someone as intelligent as him not know that making such a fuss would only create enemies for Fu Mingchi?

“Your Highness, perhaps the people are just too enthusiastic. You don’t need to heed my father’s words,” Ye Wanshu advised. “Your body is not fully recovered yet. Why don’t you lie down and rest for a while longer?”

"The Grand Secretary is my future father-in-law, how could I disobey his words?"

Fu Mingchi smiled at her: "Perfect timing. Wan'er will soon be the mistress of Yuezhou. I was just worried that the people of various places would not have the opportunity to see the princess's face. Let's take advantage of this opportunity today."

Before Ye Wanshu could refuse, he picked her up and carried her out of the car, then jumped directly into the dark black BMW next to her.

"Fu Mingchi," Ye Wanshu said, somewhat annoyed, and tried to break free from him.

Fu Mingchi deliberately held her tightly and asked in a deep voice, "What? Wan'er, you said you wanted to be with me day and night, were you just lying to me?"

"Of course I mean it," Ye Wanshu said, glancing sideways at Ji Yunze as they argued.

He stood in the center of the crowd, leaning on his cane with his elbow. He was clearly the most dazzling presence, but he looked incredibly lonely. Thinking of everything that had happened before, Ye Wanshu felt particularly bitter.

Before she could figure out how to face him, Fu Mingchi had already spurred his horse forward, heading towards the city gate.

Seeing this, Zhao Yingying pounded on the carriage, wishing she could just overturn it.

Glancing sideways at the resentful look directed at her from the side, Ye Wanshu was anything but happy at this moment.

Both Fu Mingchi and Ji Yunze were highly regarded by the emperor, and she sincerely didn't want to see them clash. "Fu Mingchi, Academician Ji meant no harm; he simply admires you and the soldiers..."

Ye Wanshu was interrupted by Fu Mingchi halfway through her explanation: "Wan'er cares about him so much? It seems that scholars are indeed different in Wan'er's eyes."

As the horses drew closer to Ji Yunze, Ye Wanshu's ears rang from the cheers around her, and she could smell the strong scent of jealousy behind her. She didn't dare to look at him at all.

But Fu Mingchi, that bastard, deliberately stopped his horse in front of Ji Yunze.

He gestured to the surroundings, and once the noise subsided, Fu Mingchi slowly looked at Ji Yunze and said coldly, "You are very kind, Academician Ji. My wife and I thank you for your kindness."

Ji Yunze, leaning on his cane, glanced at Fu Mingchi, and as his gaze shifted, it slowly fell on Ye Wanshu, his eyes suddenly dimming, filled with unspeakable sorrow.

"Ji Xuezheng doesn't know my queen, does he? She is the eldest daughter of the Grand Secretary, and I've heard that she and Ji Xuezheng are from the same hometown."

Fu Mingchi said loudly, "I am a rough man and do not understand the formalities of scholars. Once I have decided on her, I wish I could make everyone in the world know her and that she is the Princess Consort of Yongning Prince's Mansion."

Just then, Consort Zhang led Fu Yunni out of the city, followed by officials from Yuzhou Prefecture.

“My son is right,” said Consort Zhang. “This Miss Ye is the daughter-in-law I have chosen. She will marry into the Yongning Prince’s Mansion in half a month. I hope that the people of Yuezhou will respect her as they respect me.”

Having just been blocked by the Prince's retainers and relatives inside the city, Consort Zhang was now encountering this situation again outside the city, which made her extremely angry.

Looking around at the dense crowd, each person's face filled with enthusiasm, she felt no joy whatsoever.

People from several prefectures gathered in Yuzhou, and students from all over came from afar. This was hardly a welcome; it was clearly putting her son on the hot seat of the fire.

With a cold, sweeping glance at Ji Yunze, Consort Zhang smiled faintly and said, "Professor Ji, you've really put your heart into this today."

"You're too kind, Your Highness."

Ji Yunze slowly clasped his hands in a fist salute, his gaze returning to Ye Wanshu with a deep look. A trembling smile slowly bloomed on his lips: "Congratulations on the wedding of the Princess and Prince Yongning. May you grow old together in love and never doubt each other."

"Then thank you for your kind words, Scholar Ji. Your Highness and I will not let you down and will love each other until we grow old."

Fu Mingchi hugged Ye Wanshu tightly around the waist and deliberately provoked her, saying, "On your wedding day, Academician Ji, don't forget to come and have a drink at the wedding."

Having said that, he lightly urged his horse to go straight into the city.

Ye Wanshu knew he was angry, and at this moment she could neither comfort him nor persuade Ji Yunze, so she could only let him provoke Ji Yunze at will.

Watching his daughter being led into the city by Prince Yongning, Ji Yuan could tell that he was vying for the affections of the top scholar. With a sullen face, he stepped forward, stood in front of Ji Yunze for a moment, and gave him a cold look. He hesitated several times, thinking that since things had already come to this, there was no point in saying anything more.

After pondering for a long time, Ji Yuan only said, "Provincial Scholar Ji is highly valued by His Majesty, so he must not forget the Emperor's favor."

After saying this, he flicked his wide sleeves, stepped forward, clasped his hands in greeting to Consort Zhang, and then the group headed into the city.

Zhao Yingying observed everything and noticed that her cousin and aunt seemed to have a lot of reservations about the new education commissioner, which made her very interested in him.

Upon seeing her personal maidservant come to greet her, she was overjoyed and quickly called her into the carriage to ask, "Mama Zhu, what grudge does Ji Xuezheng have against my aunt and cousin? Why are my cousin and aunt unhappy that he brought all the students of Yuezhou to welcome my cousin?"

Madam Zhu had no idea of ​​the sinister intentions behind this. She simply said, "I heard that Scholar Ji was engaged to that Miss Ye. If it weren't for the young master of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion interfering, the two of them would have been married long ago."

“Oh ho ho, this is interesting.” Zhao Yingying smiled sinisterly. “Mother Zhu, I will go back to see Mother later. You go and tell that Scholar Ji that I want to see him.”