Chapter 48 I Misunderstood Your Good Junior Sister

Yun Xiangye sighed helplessly after hearing what Gu Yanzhi said. April... there are still four long months left.

Gu Yan whispered to Yun Xiangye, "You've never had a good stroll since you came to Chang'an. Now that you're out today, why don't you take a good stroll before going back?"

Yun Xiangye opened the curtain and looked out the window at the busy street. She did not refuse: "Okay."

Gu Yan took Yun Xiangye out of the carriage, and the two of them strolled along the street stalls.

There are many toys for children among the vendors at the stalls.

When Yun Xiangye saw them, she wanted to buy them all for Nuonuo.

Yun Xiangye saw a monkey wearing a crown, picked it up and played with it, saying, "I played with this when I was a kid. It's rare in Yongxing City. Buy one for Nuonuo."

When Gu Yan was paying, Yun Xiangye said, "Wait, buy two and give one to Jingru as well."

The vendor took the copper coins and said with a smile, "Thank you both."

"Brother."

Yun Xiangye heard a female voice and turned around to see Lin Bolan, the daughter of Lin Youxiang, whom she had met once before.

Lin Bolan looked at Yun Xiangye in front of him and whispered, "Meet the Crown Prince's Consort."

Yun Xiangye just nodded slightly at Lin Boyan.

Lin Bolan looked at Gu Yan and said, "Brother, I just painted a picture of red plum blossoms in the snow. I would like to ask you for your advice. When are you free?"

Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and said, "You can also paint?"

Gu Yan said: "Yes."

Yun Xiangye said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known you could paint, I would have asked you to paint the pattern on my clothes."

Lin Bolan frowned and said, "Princess, Senior Brother's paintings are worth a fortune. His great-grandfather was a famous painter. When Senior Brother was fourteen or fifteen years old, his reputation as a painter spread all over Chang'an. How could you let him paint patterns on clothes?"

Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and asked, "Why not?"

Lin Bolan said anxiously, "Brother's paintings are worth a fortune. Isn't it a waste of talent to ask him to draw some clothing patterns?"

Seeing Lin Boyan's anxious look, Yun Xiangye raised her eyes and looked at Gu Yan with a faint smile: "Help me draw a few pictures."

Gu Yan asked: "How many?"

Yun Xiangye thought for a moment and said, "Just five, six, seven or eight paintings will be enough. I won't bother you with more."

Gu Yan chuckled helplessly and said, "Isn't this too much?"

Lin Bolan looked at Gu Yan's smile. Gu Yan seldom smiled outside, and she had never seen him smile so dotingly before. Even Gu Yan had never smiled like that to his sister Gu Jingyu.

Lin Bolan once again looked at Yun Xiangye. She wanted to see some good qualities in Yun Xiangye, but no matter how she looked at her, she was not worthy of her Senior Brother Gu...

Yun Xiangye glanced at Lin Bolan and said in a gentle voice, "How is this too much? If I really let you draw more, your hands will hurt, and I will feel bad for you."

Seeing Yun Xiangye regain her gentleness as she had in Jiangnan, Gu Yan was very pleased and said, "Then I'll help you draw a few pictures when we get back."

Yun Xiangye raised her eyebrows and looked at Lin Bolan, who looked down on her, and said with a gentle smile: "I'm sorry, Junior Sister Lin, my husband needs help with painting. I'm not free to help you. How about I give you some advice?"

Lin Bolan said: "I won't bother the Crown Prince's Consort anymore."

Yun Xiangye stepped forward, held Lin Bolan's hand and said, "You are my husband's junior sister, so it's not a bother for me to help you with your painting."

Lin Bolan looked at the hand holding hers, and finally discovered one good point about Yunxiangye. Her hands were extremely beautiful, white, tender and slender. They must have been well maintained.

Yun Xiangye saw Lin Bolan looking at her hands and said, "Junior sister, please don't be polite. I will come to your house another day to help you look at the paintings."

Lin Bolan bit her lower lip and looked at Gu Yan beside her, "Senior Brother..."

Yun Xiangye held Lin Bolan's hand tightly and said, "Junior sister, do you dislike me? Do you think I am not worthy of giving you guidance on painting?"

"Ah? No, no, no..."

Even if Lin Bolan looked down on Yun Xiangye in his heart, he could not say it out loud.

Yun Xiangye looked at Lin Bolan and smiled faintly, "It's settled then. I'll come to your house some other day to help you with your painting."

Lin Bolan was reluctant but didn't know how to refuse, so he could only agree hesitantly.

Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "Junior sister, we'll be leaving first. See you another day."

Lin Bolan turned to Gu Yanfu and said, "Brother, take care."

Gu Yan nodded, then took Yun Xiangye's hand and continued strolling on the streets of Chang'an City.

Yun Xiangye turned around and saw that Lin Bolan had not caught up with her, so she shook off Gu Yan's hand.

Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Yun Xiangye snorted softly: "She attracts bees and butterflies and is not loyal to her husband!"

Gu Yan said, "Junior Sister Lin has loved painting since she was young. She just asked me to give her some pointers on painting. You don't have to think that all the girls are keeping a close eye on your husband just because of Wei Xi. The Lin family has a very good family tradition. Junior Sister Lin will not covet a married man."

Yun Xiangye was too lazy to argue with Gu Yan. When she first met Lin Bolan, Lin Bolan felt that she was not worthy of Gu Yan and had wronged Gu Yan. Today, Lin Bolan even asked Gu Yan to teach her about painting in front of her. Gu Yan still thought that his good junior sister would not covet a married man?

"Since she has no desire for him, why hasn't she gotten engaged yet?" Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan, "Are you going to accuse me of ruining your junior sister's reputation again?"

Yun Xiangye stepped on Gu Yan's foot angrily, then stepped over the back of Gu Yan's foot and walked straight forward.

Gu Yan stood there, enduring the pain, his face darkened, "Yun Xiangye! I didn't say that, why are you so angry?"

Yun Xiangye raised her eyebrows and looked at Gu Yan, "Although you didn't say it, you think so in your heart."

Gu Yan frowned and said, "Minister Lin was my teacher when I was young. I believe in my teacher's teachings. Junior Sister Lin will never be like Wei Yu, thinking of asking me to divorce my wife and take her as a concubine."

Yun Xiangye frowned and glanced at Gu Yan: "Okay, okay, it's my fault that I'm not magnanimous enough, I'm narrow-minded, and I misunderstood your good junior sister."

Gu Yan took a deep breath and frowned.

After Yun Xiangye finished speaking, she got on the carriage and told the driver to drive the carriage back to the princess's mansion immediately.

The driver looked at Gu Yan outside the carriage and said, "The prince hasn't gotten on the carriage yet..."

Yun Xiangye said, "Gu Yan, am I unable to order your coachman to drive the carriage?"

The driver had no choice but to drive the carriage first: "The Crown Prince's Consort can be ordered around, I will drive the carriage now."

Gu Yan couldn't help but frown and stayed where he was, watching the carriage drive away.

"cousin."

Gu Yan heard a shout and looked up to see his cousin, Prince of Xiang, Zhao Rui, on the second floor of a restaurant nearby.

Gu Yan went up to the second floor. Xie Shian and Lin Yu were also in Zhao Rui's box.

Seeing Gu Yan coming up, Lin Yu joked, "I heard you say in your previous letter that Madam is gentle, but today you have truly seen what "gentleness" means."

As Lin Yu spoke, he looked down at the embroidered shoe prints on Gu Yan's black suede boots.

Xie Shian and Zhao Rui both looked at Gu Yan's shoes with smiles on their faces.

Gu Yan was not annoyed by his brothers' jokes. He just poured a glass of wine and said, "How come you guys have time to get together and drink today without calling me?"

Zhao Rui smiled and said, "Cousin, you have a family now, how dare we come to call you?"

Gu Yan drank a glass of wine and said, "Just because you're married doesn't mean you can't drink."

Zhao Rui said, "Cousin, we are here today to discuss a big deal, and we are short of some silver. Do you want to join us?"

Gu Yan smiled and said, "Tell me..."

"I want to build a place of debauchery and extravagance in Chang'an City, where singing, dancing, and gambling all come together. I have even thought of a name for it, Xiaoyao Pavilion. I guarantee that everyone in Xiaoyao Pavilion will enjoy endless happiness."

Gu Yan frowned and said, "Although this kind of side business is easy to make money, it is still a side business after all."

Zhao Rui leaned close to Gu Yan's ear and said, "This side business can make a lot of money. Moreover, if some officials' children come to my Xiaoyao Pavilion to squander, then as an imperial censor, you can also check whether they have embezzled money. If you become a shareholder, you can check the account book of Xiaoyao Pavilion at any time."

Gu Yan thought that even if they didn't open Xiaoyao Pavilion, someone else in Chang'an City would do so. It would be better to invest in Zhao Rui so that he could find out some corrupt officials from the spending in the account books, so he agreed.