Chapter 29: Prince, I haven't seen you for a long time. I hope you are well.

Yun Xiangye and Ye Wanhe were chatting until noon.

The well-behaved Xiao Nuonuo blinked her little peach blossom eyes and pulled Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "Mother, food, I'm hungry!"

Yun Xiangye held Nuonuo in her arms, "I'm sorry, Nuonuo, mother forgot that it's already time for dinner."

Yun Xiangye said to Ye Wanhe again: "Sister, Nuonuo is hungry. I will leave the palace first."

Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "Since you are hungry, you can eat in the East Palace. It will take nearly 25 minutes to get back to the Princess's Mansion from the East Palace. We can't eat immediately after returning to the Princess's Mansion. How can a child starve for so long? It is better to eat in the East Palace."

Ye Wanhe ordered the palace maid outside to set up a banquet in the Tingxiang Tower of the East Palace.

Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Isn't this against the rules?"

Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "Your Highness is not here. Besides, you are the Prince of Ning's wife, and Nuonuo is your Highness's cousin. She is also a distinguished guest of the East Palace. It is not against the rules to have a meal in Tingxiang Tower."

Yun Xiangye looked at the dishes displayed in Tingxiang Tower. Each one was very exquisite.

Nuonuo stared at the chicken leg with her peach blossom eyes.

Yun Xiangye chuckled and put a clean handkerchief on the chicken leg. She handed the chicken leg to Xiao Nuonuo, who looked so cute while eating it.

A young female voice came from outside: "Didn't His Highness go to the Fu family for a birthday banquet? Why is there someone having a meal in Tingxiang Tower?"

Yun Xiangye looked outside and saw a woman who was about twenty years old, wearing a brocade dress and having her hair done in a bun. Yun Xiangye couldn't guess her identity for a moment.

Seeing the visitor, Ye Wanhe stood up and said, "Sister Zhu Zhen, today the Ning Prince's Consort brought Miss Gu to the East Palace. They didn't notice that it was time for dinner. The child can't go hungry. His Highness is attending a banquet outside, so I thought the food prepared by the kitchen would not be used. So I took the initiative to let the Consort and Miss Gu have dinner in the East Palace."

Zhu Zhen looked at Yun Xiangye in front of him and frowned slightly, saying, "Is this the Ning Wang's Crown Prince's Consort? How could she be the Ning Wang's Crown Prince's Consort with this appearance?"

Yun Xiangye glanced at Zhu Zhen indifferently after hearing this.

This was not the first time that Yun Xiangye had been told that she did not look like the Prince of Ning's consort.

After a while, she is used to it.

But in Fangqiao Town, everyone praised her for her good looks. Why is it that after coming to Chang'an City, everyone thinks she is ugly?

Ye Wanhe frowned and said, "Zhu Zhen, you must not be disrespectful to the Crown Prince's Consort."

Zhu Zhen bowed and said, "This servant greets the Crown Prince's wife."

Yun Xiangye laughed at Zhu Zhen and said, "No need to be polite. The child gets anxious when he is hungry. We can only eat in the East Palace. Sorry to bother you."

Zhu Zhen looked at Yun Xiangye with a hint of contempt in her eyes, "I will take my leave first."

After Zhu Zhen stepped out of the door, Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Cousin, am I really that ugly?"

Zhu Zhen, who had not yet left the house, was stunned for a moment when she heard Yun Xiangye's address. She looked back at Ye Wanhe and said, "Aunt Ye, the Prince of Ning's Consort is actually your cousin?"

Ye Wanhe responded, "Yes, Prince Ning's wife is my aunt's cousin."

Zhu Zhen raised his eyebrows, thought something was wrong, and walked out the door quickly.

"Mother, it's not ugly, mother, it's beautiful!"

Nuonuo was eating a big chicken leg and moved forward to kiss the Yunxiang leaves.

Yun Xiangye even dodged, she didn't want to be kissed on the face by Nuonuo's greasy mouth.

Ye Wanhe looked at Yun Xiangye and chuckled, "Sister Yun, you are naturally a beauty. If you were ugly, there would be few people in the world who could be called pretty. You would have to look like Princess Sheng Zhao to be considered pretty."

Yun Xiangye sighed and said, "After coming to Chang'an, many people think that I don't look like the Prince of Ning's wife. I guess they all think that my appearance is not good..."

Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "That's not the case. Three years ago, one of the five noble ladies who proposed to Prince Ning, Miss Fu Anran, was the most beautiful woman in Chang'an. Although you are also a beauty, you are indeed a little inferior to Miss Fu Er." Yun Xiangye said, "The most beautiful woman? Are you more beautiful than Princess Sheng Zhao?"

Ye Wanhe said: "They are equally matched. Even if Princess Sheng Zhao takes good care of herself, she looks like she is just over 30 years old. But she is old after all. Fu Anran is young now, so the title of the most beautiful woman has changed to her.

Fu Anran's appearance is like a fairy descending from heaven. Anyone who has seen her will be amazed by her appearance."

Yun Xiangye asked: "If she is so beautiful, why didn't Gu Yan agree to her marriage proposal?"

Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "Perhaps they are afraid of offending the other four noble ladies. Besides, the eldest daughter of the Fu family, Fu Qianran, is already the Crown Princess. If the second daughter is the Prince of Ning's Consort, then the power of the Fu family's relatives will be..."

Ye Wanhe was concerned about political affairs and did not finish her words, but Yun Xiangye understood in her heart that if all the sisters in the family married royal children, it would inevitably become a source of trouble for the in-laws.

Yun Xiangye asked again: "The one just now seemed to have a woman's hair in a bun. Is there any woman in this palace?"

Ye Wanhe said, "Not all the palace staff are maids. Some of the female officials are married and live outside the palace. They come to the palace to work during the day. Zhu Zhen is the daughter of your highness's wet nurse. She is married and is now one of the purchasers in the East Palace. Because she is the daughter of your highness's wet nurse, everyone in the palace has to give her some respect."

Yun Xiangye said: "I see."

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The Fu family’s birthday banquet was extremely lively.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came in person to congratulate Old Madam Fu on her birthday, which gave the Fu family enough honor.

The person that everyone was talking about at the banquet today was not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but Prince Ning's Consort, who had never attended the banquet before.

Prince Ning also came to celebrate the birthday today, but the princess he brought back from the small town in the south of the Yangtze River was still nowhere to be seen.

Many people thought that the Prince of Ning had rejected the marriage proposal of the second daughter of the Fu family, one of the most beautiful women in Chang'an City. Now, I wonder how beautiful the princess from a small family in Jiangnan must be to be able to marry the Prince of Ning as a merchant girl.

Some people outside said that the Ning Prince's Consort was extremely beautiful, while others said that they had seen the Ning Prince's Consort in Chu Jing Pavilion and she looked plain.

But most people have never seen it, and the less they have seen it, the more they talk about it.

Wei Xi looked at Gu Jingyu and said, "How come Yun is still ill after so many days? She didn't even come to celebrate Madam Fu's birthday?"

Gu Jingyu whispered, "Sister-in-law has recovered from her illness, but my brother doesn't allow her to come to the Fu family."

Wei Xi chuckled. A woman like Yun Xiangye who was not presentable was not worthy of coming to the Fu family to bring disgrace upon herself. It seemed that cousin Yan was also beginning to dislike Yun Xiangye. She was just waiting for Yun Xiangye to be divorced.

Zhao Jing saw his sister looking at Gu Yan and said, "Nan'an, you should give up the idea of ​​becoming Gu Yan's wife. Gu Yan already has a wife and a daughter."

Princess Nan'an said: "I know I should give up on Cousin Yan, but..."

Princess Nan'an looked at Zhao Jing. Judging from her brother's appearance, she didn't know that Yun Xiangye, whom he had been thinking about all the time, had become her cousin.

Princess Nan'an sighed. She didn't know how to tell her brother that Yun Xiangye was already married and became her cousin's wife.

The New Year is almost here, and Princess Nan'an thinks it's better to wait until after the New Year to bring up this matter. After all, it's better not to create unnecessary complications during the New Year.

Zhao Jing looked at Princess Nan'an and asked, "Just what? Are you hiding something from me?"

Princess Nan'an shook her head and said, "It's okay, brother, but I think you shouldn't hang yourself on that tree. Look at how beautiful the second daughter of the Fu family, Fu Anran, is. If I were a man, I would definitely want to marry her..."

Zhao Jing frowned slightly and said, "Fu Anran is prettier than Xiangye, but I only love Xiangye."

Princess Nan'an looked up at Zhao Jing and sighed in her heart.

Fu Anran, the second young lady of the Fu family, was distributing birthday peaches to the distinguished guests in the inner room.

Fu Anran walked up to Gu Yan and said, "My Lord, it's been a long time since we last met. How are you?"

Gu Yan took the birthday peach that Fu Anran handed over and said, "Your birthday peach is so delicately made, it looks like a real peach. Nuonuo will probably like it very much, she loves peaches the most."

Fu Anran asked softly, "Who is Nuonuo?"

Gu Yan smiled warmly, "My little daughter who is less than two years old."

Fu Anran's smile froze as he asked, "Why don't I see the prince's daughter today?"

Gu Yan said: "My wife is ill, so I didn't come to celebrate Mrs. Fu's birthday. When my wife recovers, I will bring her to visit you some other day."

Fu Anran could no longer maintain the smile on her face when she heard Gu Yan calling her "Madam" all the time.

Fu Anran said, "Okay, I'll wait to see the beauty of the Crown Prince's wife. The Crown Prince's wife should be one of the most beautiful women in the world, right? Otherwise, she wouldn't be worthy of the Crown Prince's eyes."

Fu Anran had already found out that Yun was plain-looking. Fu Anran said this to let Gu Yan understand that the appearance of his wife, whom he always mentioned, was not presentable at all.

If Gu Yan wanted to regret rejecting her proposal, and not marrying such a beauty like her and marrying a plain-looking woman, Gu Yan must be regretting it to the extreme!

Gu Yan said: "Well, my wife is the most beautiful woman besides my mother."

Fu Anran frowned. Everyone she had heard said that Yun Xiangye could only be considered a beauty.

How could Gu Yan say that Yun was the most beautiful woman besides his mother?

Fu Anran looked into Gu Yan's eyes and asked, "Is the Crown Prince's wife more beautiful than me?"

The music stopped abruptly, and the banquet hall was completely silent.

Fu Anran's question was heard by everyone in the room, and all the guests looked at Gu Yan.