Wei Xi looked at Yun Xiangye with eyes that seemed to contain ice blades. Yun Xiangye was naturally not worthy of her calling her cousin, but in front of the eldest princess, Wei Xi did not dare to say this.

"Mother."

Gu Yan's voice came from the door.

"Daddy."

When Xiao Nuonuo saw Gu Yan lifting the curtain and entering, she went over and threw herself into Gu Yan's arms.

Gu Yan held Xiao Nuonuo in his arms and smiled softly, then touched Xiao Nuonuo's little face which was red because of the heat from the fire in the house.

"cousin."

Wei Xi looked at Gu Yan with tears in her eyes and red eyes.

Gu Yan looked at Wei Xi's tearful eyes and asked, "What's wrong with your eyes, cousin Wei?"

Yun Xiangye snorted softly after hearing what Gu Yan said. The force of those two slaps yesterday was indeed too weak.

Xie Zhixuan simply said to Wei Xi, "Wei Xi, you've been with your great-aunt all these years, fulfilling your filial duties on behalf of me and your cousin. I appreciate your kindness, but you're getting old, and I don't think it's appropriate to delay your marriage any longer. You should return to the Duke's Mansion today."

Wei Yu said with tears in her eyes, "Your Highness, I'm not afraid of delaying your marriage. I just want to spend more time with my great-aunt. She's old, and if I stay by her side, I'm afraid she'll be lonely."

Gu Jingyu said, "Cousin, what you said is true. Grandmother has me and Jingru by her side, and now she has Nuonuo Chenghuan as her lap. Grandmother doesn't mind us being annoying, so how can she be lonely?"

Wei Yu looked at Gu Yan with tears in her eyes, feeling helpless and pitiful. "Cousin... I just want to spend more time with my great-aunt and fulfill my filial duty."

Yun Xiangye chuckled faintly and said, "How can you neglect your own grandmother and parents and instead serve your great-aunt? It's my husband who is unfilial and hasn't returned to Chang'an for three years, leaving your grandmother to rely on her niece to fulfill her filial duties."

Gu Yan hugged Nuonuo and nodded, saying, "It is true that I am very unfilial. I will not trouble Cousin Wei in the future."

When Wei Yu heard even Gu Yan say this, her face was full of grievance.

Xie Zhixuan said, "Wei Xi, I have ordered someone to prepare a carriage, and I will take you back to the Duke's Mansion later."

Wei Yu's face was filled with reluctance, but she could only bow and say, "Your Highness, I'll go back and pack my luggage first."

When Wei Xi passed by Gu Yan, her eyes were fixed on his face. Gu Yan was indeed only focused on the little Nuonuo in his arms. "Cousin, Cousin Jingyu, I'm leaving first..."

Gu Yan glanced at Yun Xiangye, who looked unhappy, and said, "Cousin Wei, wait a moment."

Wei Xi paused and looked at Gu Yan with great joy and hope.

Gu Yan said, "Cousin Wei, aren't you going to say goodbye to Xiangye?"

Wei Xi was stunned. She looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "I'll take my leave now."

Yun Xiangye whispered in her ear, "Cousin Wei, are you leaving without even calling me 'cousin'?"

Wei Xi clenched her hands, uttered "cousin-in-law" from the bottom of her throat, and left in a hurry.

Yun Xiangye smiled softly and said to Xie Zhixuan, "Mother, Nuonuo and I will go back to Qingfeng Garden first."

Xie Zhixuan nodded and said, "Okay."

Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo from Gu Yan, glared at Gu Yan fiercely, then picked up Nuonuo and hurried back to Qingfeng Garden.

--

In the Duke of Wei's mansion.

Looking at her weeping daughter in her arms, Yan held Wei Xi in her arms with a distressed look on her face and said, "Xi'er, didn't your great-aunt keep you?"

Wei Yu cried bitterly, "It was Her Royal Highness the Princess who asked me to return to the Duke's Mansion. What could my great-aunt say to the Princess? Woohoo, Mother... I really can't accept this. If I had lost to Fu Anran or Lin Bolan, it would have been fine, but I had to lose to that girl from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. I can't accept this! Mother..."

Yan's eyes darkened. "Her Royal Highness the Princess actually accepted Yun's daughter-in-law?"

Wei Xi said, "Yes."

Yan said, "The eldest princess herself was once a lowly merchant's daughter. Even though she holds a high position now, she still can't change her humble background. She actually accepted a daughter-in-law from a humble background like this. Just wait for her and her daughter-in-law to be laughed at by the whole city of Chang'an."

Wei Yu listened to Yan's words and said, "Mother, how can you say that about Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

Yan said, "How can Xie be called the Princess Royal? She wasn't even born in the palace. Who knows if she is of royal blood? Her humble origins are unchangeable. Back then, she looked down on your second aunt as her sister-in-law and chose a skinny singing girl from Yangzhou as her wife for her younger brother.

Now Mrs. Xie despises my daughter and chooses a humble peasant girl as her daughter-in-law. She will be ridiculed in the future. Just wait and see the joke."

Wei Yu tearfully said, "But mother, I really can't accept this. I've loved my cousin for so many years, and that Yun guy is making fun of the rules of our Weiguo Mansion today."

Yan sneered, "That Yun guy dares to come and make fun of our Duke of Wei's Mansion? My dear, hold a banquet in the Duke's Mansion in a few days and invite that Yun guy to come..."

Wei Xi asked, "Mother, why did you invite her to the banquet?"

Yan chuckled softly, "Yun dared to laugh at you and the rules of the Wei family. Naturally, she must be humiliated in front of the aristocratic families of Chang'an!"

--

At night.

After Yun Xiangye coaxed Nuonuo to sleep, she saw Gu Yan coming, picking up Nuonuo and handing her to Nanny Cao.

Let Nanny Cao take Nuonuo to the small room nearby.

There were only two people in the room. Yun Xiangye saw Gu Yan lying beside her and pushed him, saying, "Go to the study and sleep."

Gu Yan frowned and said, "You beat me, and yesterday you said that Cousin Wei never called you sister-in-law, but she did just now. You couldn't tolerate those four maids, Zhu Yi and Lan Yi, so you drove them away today. Why are you still angry with me?"

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