Yun Xiangye, while boating on a spring day, lost her footing and fell into the lake. She was rescued by Gu Yan, a wealthy young master who was recuperating in Jiangnan.
To repay his great kin...
When Yun Xiangye heard Gu Yan say in the carriage that he could not help her cousin leave the palace, she frowned and didn't want to pay attention to Gu Yan.
When they returned to Qingfeng Garden, Yun Xiangye was afraid that her daughter would cry if she couldn't see her, so she hurried into the house, but she didn't see Nuonuo.
Yun Xiangye became anxious for a moment: "Nuonuo, Nuonuo..."
Gu Yan followed Yun Xiangye inside and asked, "Is Nuonuo missing?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "I haven't seen Nuonuo and Run'er yet. Nuonuo..."
Gu Yan called other maids to ask and found out that it was Xiao Jingru who came to play with Nuonuo in the afternoon. Nuonuo cried loudly because she couldn't see her parents and kept crying for her mother. Xiao Jingru took Xiao Nuonuo to find her mother.
Yun Xiangye hurried into the garden of flowers.
Before reaching the Garden of Ten Thousand Flowers, Yun Xiangye heard Nuonuo's crying.
"Nuonuo, be good and don't cry. Grandma is here."
Little Jingru said in a baby voice, "Don't you want Mommy? This is Mommy. Don't cry. Good children don't cry. Let's play together."
Nuonuo cried even more sadly in the eldest princess's arms, "Mother, mother."
Yun Xiangye hurried into the Wanhua Garden and bowed to the eldest princess, saying, "Mother-in-law."
Seeing Yun Xiangye return, Xie Zhixuan hurriedly handed the sobbing little Nuonuo to Yun Xiangye. "Nuonuo cried so hard today. I asked Run'er if Nuonuo didn't have a wet nurse."
Yun Xiangye replied in a low voice, "My dear mother, Nuonuo does have a wet nurse, but she's from Yongxing City and doesn't speak Mandarin. She has two children at home, so she doesn't want to leave Yongxing City..."
After Yun Xiangye finished speaking, she softly comforted the little Nuonuo in her arms, "Nuonuo, dear, I'm sorry. When mother saw your aunt, she chatted with her for a while longer. In the future, she will definitely not leave you alone at home for so long."
Little Nuonuo threw herself into Yun Xiangye's arms, looking pitiful and extremely aggrieved.
Gu Yan walked to the side of Xiao Nuonuo, reached out to wipe away her tears, and said with great heartache, "Daddy, hold me."
Xiao Nuonuo reached into Gu Yan's arms.
Xie Zhixuan said, "It just so happens that Jingru has grown up now, and she no longer needs three wet nurses. Nanny Cao, you will be the wet nurse for the eldest lady in the future."
A woman around 25 years old came out from beside Xiao Jingru and bowed, saying, "Yes, Your Highness the Princess."
Little Jingru looked at Xiao Nuonuo, who had stopped crying in Gu Yan's arms, and said, "Nuonuo, let's go play!"
When Xiao Nuonuo saw her parents, she stopped crying and blinked her glasses to look at Gu Yan. Gu Yan understood what Xiao Nuonuo meant, put Xiao Nuonuo down in his hands, and let Nuonuo go play with Xiao Jingru.
Nuonuo had no playmates in Jiangnan, so when she saw Xiao Jingru, who was a little older than her, she naturally liked to play with her.
Xie Zhixuan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "I heard that you just went into the palace?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "Yes, I have a cousin who works as a maid in the palace. I originally wanted to go to the palace and ask His Highness for mercy, so that my cousin, who is about to turn 25, can leave the palace before the New Year."
Xie Zhixuan smiled and said, "That's not a difficult thing..."
Gu Yan hurriedly said, "Mother, Xiangye's cousin is Aunt Ye, the senior maidservant beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She is quite trusted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he was reluctant to let such a capable maid leave the palace."
Xie Zhixuan said, "Is the Eastern Palace still short of such a senior maid? Xiangye's cousin is also your cousin. I'll go and tell the Empress about this. The girl is already 25 years old, and it's time for her to leave the palace."
When Yun Xiangye heard what Xie Zhixuan said, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, mother-in-law."
Gu Yan said that he had no idea what to do, but his mother-in-law said that it was not difficult.
Indeed, in such a huge palace, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be without a personal maid?
It can be seen that Gu Yan really doesn't care about his first wife. The three years of loving marriage are just a joke.
Xie Zhixuan hurriedly helped Yun Xiangye to her feet and said, "Hurry up, it's just that I've been very busy these past few days. I have to check the accounts of several shops, especially since your Aunt Xia Lian followed her husband on his mission abroad. Now the accounts at the Linlang Restaurant are really messed up. Alas, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the palace these days. We'll have to wait a few days."
Yun Xiangye Fushang said, "Mother-in-law, there's no rush. Just take care of your business."
As soon as the New Year comes, Xie Zhixuan is really busy. The New Year is coming soon, and there are a lot of things going on in the princess's mansion.
Fortunately, I have my daughter Jingyu to help me.
Xie Zhixuan looked at her daughter-in-law Yun Xiangye. When she first learned that her son had married a merchant girl, she didn't think that her status was low, but just felt that there was finally someone to share some of the work with her.
"Xiangye...your family runs an embroidery workshop, right?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "Yes."
Xie Zhixuan smiled faintly, "I think the embroidery workshop and the restaurant are not much different. I thought you should go and manage the Linlang Restaurant before the New Year to practice your skills..."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "Mother!"
Xie Zhixuan held Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "Mother believes in you. Just go and gain experience. This restaurant was left to us by Gu Yan's grandmother. It's our own business. Whether it makes a loss or not doesn't matter. We have to keep it as a memory."
Yun Xiangye replied, "Yes."
Xie Zhixuan placed her fingers on Yun Xiangye's wrist and said slowly, "Anger is harmful to your health. Your liver qi is stagnant and cannot be cleared. It will harm your body sooner or later. But did Yan'er make you angry?"
Yun Xiangye looked at Xie Zhixuan's fingers on her wrist and asked in surprise, "Princess, can you take a pulse?"
Xie Zhixuan smiled faintly and said, "Well, I've been studying medicine since I was young. Your pulse is as tight as a string. If it continues for a long time, it will definitely be harmful to your body. If Gu Yan makes you angry, just vent it. Women hate getting angry the most."
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