Chapter 223 Xihe and His Highness Spend a Night Alone

Yun Xiangye and Gu Yan sent Lin Boyan home before heading towards the princess's mansion.

Yun Xiangye whispered to Gu Yan: "Can we say that our matchmaking was successful?"

Gu Yan said: "It should be successful. They have known each other since childhood. Although Zhao Rui is sometimes careless, he knows what can be done and what cannot be done. It will be difficult for Lin Bolan to refuse Zhao Rui."

Yun Xiangye smiled faintly and said, "That's right."

Yun Xiangye was exhausted after spending the whole day on the mountain. When she returned to Qingfeng Garden, she was too lazy to move. However, she thought that she had just been caught in the rain and that she should take a bath.

In the end, it was Gu Yan who helped her bathe and wash.

Yun Xiangye and Gu Yan were lying on the bed and said, "Since you knew about Lizhou, you seem to have been restless and looking forward to going to Lizhou..."

Gu Yan said: "I have old people and young children at home, so His Majesty will not send me to Lizhou, so you can rest assured."

Yun Xiangye whispered, "Husband, I'm sorry. If you hadn't given me the fake death drug to coax me, you wouldn't have been implicated by me..."

Gu Yan gently stroked Yun Xiangye's face, "I am the one who should say sorry. At that time, I didn't consider your situation much. I just wanted to give you a fake death drug and get it over with. In fact, I didn't stand on your side to find a solution for your sister. I just stood on the prince's side to persuade you. No wonder you blame me..."

Yun Xiangye felt aggrieved again when she heard what Gu Yan said. "Even if you don't help me think of a solution, you can scold the prince with me. But you didn't do that at that time. How can I not blame you?"

Gu Yan held Yun Xiangye in his arms and said, "Alright, alright, it's all in the past, let's not talk about it anymore."

Yun Xiangye said to Gu Yan, "I know you want to go to Lizhou. Why don't I go with you? I won't go there as a member of the imperial court, but as a cloth merchant and a medicine merchant. Is that okay?"

Gu Yan asked: "Are you willing to let go of Nuonuo?"

Yun Xiangye whispered: "I am reluctant, but in order for you to be reinstated, I have no choice but to do so. I know you are very unwilling..."

Gu Yan lowered his head and kissed Yun Xiangye's lips. After a while, he said, "I want to go to Lizhou not for the sake of reinstatement, but for the people of Lizhou and the merchants of Dasheng. Now that His Majesty has sent Prince Xu, I believe he can also investigate Lizhou and return peace and prosperity to the local people."

Gu Yan took Yun Xiangye into his arms and said, "Besides, even if I enter the court again, His Highness will definitely not trust me as much as before, and I will definitely not be able to hold a high position all of a sudden."

Yun Xiangye lowered her head and said, "But you are very loyal to His Highness, and it was Sister He who drugged you."

Gu Yan said calmly, "It's not about hurting His Highness, but giving Sister He the fake death drug is deceiving the emperor. He hates deception and betrayal by those around him the most."

Yun Xiangye asked worriedly: "Then you..."

Gu Yan chuckled and said, "It's okay if I don't go to the court. On the contrary, I can spend more time with you and Nuonuo in my spare time. If you can't bear to see me idle, I will go to Wanliu Academy to teach, which can also be regarded as repaying the court."

Yun Xiangye calmed Gu Yan down and rubbed her head in his arms.

Gu Yan lowered his head and kissed Yun Xiangye's lips again, chuckling softly: "After being dismissed from office, I don't have to report for duty. It's good not to have to get up early every day."

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In late spring and early summer, the weather suddenly becomes hot.

In the Eastern Palace, Ye Wanhe was particularly afraid of the heat this year for some reason.

I am more afraid of heat than last year when I was pregnant with Yuer.

After sending Zhao Yun away early in the morning, Ye Wanhe held little Yuer and played in the East Palace Garden. The seven-month-old little Yuer always liked to put anything in his hand into his mouth.

Ye Wanhe smiled gently and said, "You are just like Sister Nuonuo, both of you are greedy."

Ye Wanhe was holding Yu'er and playing in the courtyard when Bai He came over and said, "Your Highness, Crown Princess, Miss Yu and the second Miss of the Ye family are outside the East Palace and want to see Your Highness, the Crown Prince. Your Highness is still discussing matters with Minister Ning, Lin."

Ye Wanhe said: "Let them come to me first."

Ye Wanhe handed Yu'er in her arms to the wet nurse beside her and met with Yu Xihe and Ye Zhimiao.

Ye Wanhe hadn't seen Ye Zhimiao for many years and had only met her briefly once last time. She still remembered how much Ye Zhimiao clung to her when they were little and how she called her sister in a baby voice.

During the time she entered the palace, Ye Zhimiao had already grown into a graceful and elegant young girl.

"Greetings to the Crown Princess." Yu Xihe bowed perfunctorily to Ye Wanhe.

Ye Wanhe only looked at Ye Zhimiao next to Yu Xihe. It was not about whether they were friends or not. Ye Wanhe just felt that the two of them looked somewhat similar.

Ye Wanhe asked: "What are you doing in the palace today?"

Ye Zhimiao looked at Ye Wanhe with resentment and said, "We are not here to find you, we are here to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Don't think of stopping Xihe from seeing His Royal Highness again and again. Xihe spent a night alone with His Royal Highness in Yongxing City. It's useless for you to stop her."

When Ye Wanhe heard Ye Zhimiao's words, she felt a bitter taste in her throat. "What did you say?"

Ye Zhimiao said: "The Zhu family in Yongxing City knew about the night they spent together, and Xihe's family also knew about it, but it was he who personally introduced Xihe to His Highness.

After all, you personally gave the Crown Prince the drug, so you deserve retribution for doing such a vicious thing. You deserve retribution for being a vain villain who cut off ties with your family for the position of Crown Princess."

Ye Wanhe took a deep breath and looked at the girl in front of her. She never thought that the little girl who held her thighs and called her sister when she was a child would talk to her like this at this time!

Ye Wanhe looked at Ye Zhimiao and said calmly, "Come here, this woman is disrespectful to me, the Crown Princess, and slandered me. Slap her ten times."

Zhao Yun didn't even care about her drugging him, and let Ye Zhimiao start yelling?

Ye Zhimiao looked at Ye Wanhe unyieldingly and said, "You dare to hit me? You are such an unkind, unjust and unfilial snob, what right do you have to hit me? I want to tell the world that you are a slave from a merchant family. For the position of Crown Princess, you are so unfilial that you can even abandon your parents!"

Ye Wanhe raised her eyes calmly and looked at Bai He standing beside her.

Bai He hurried forward and slapped Ye Zhimiao on the face, "How dare you be so disrespectful to the Crown Princess!"

Ye Zhimiao felt a burning pain on his face and his eardrums were ringing after being slapped.

Bai He used less force when he slapped her the second time, after all, she was the Crown Princess's biological sister.

But she was a secret guard after all, so even if she held back, the slap she gave was still heavier than that of others.

Ye Zhimiao covered his ears which were ringing and said, "You, you guys! Ah! My ears hurt..."

Seeing Ye Zhimiao in pain, Yu Xihe stood in front of Ye Zhimiao and said, "Your Highness, Crown Princess, if you dare to do it, don't you dare to take the responsibility? Aren't you unkind, unfilial, and unfaithful?"

Ye Wanhe snorted softly and said, "Unfilial, unkind, and unfaithful... Do you know who made me unfilial, unkind, and unfaithful? Miaomiao, do you really not know why I am unfilial? If you know the reason why I am unfilial, why do you say that I maliciously drugged His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Today's ten slaps are to teach you a lesson, so that you will be more careful with your words and actions. Bai He, continue."

Yu Xihe stopped in front of Ye Zhimiao and said to Ye Wanhe with an arrogant look on her face: "If you want to hit someone, hit me. I won't let you hit Miaomiao."

Ye Wanhe looked at Yu Xihe. No wonder her brother Yan was taller than her and shorter than her. He was also disrespectful to her, the Crown Princess. It turned out that she had spent a night alone with Zhao Yan...