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...
After Yun Xiangye left the Lin Mansion, she carried Nuonuo into the carriage.
Yun Xiangye said to Run'er, "Did you find out about the dental clinic I asked you to inquire about earlier?"
Run'er said, "I've heard that the largest pawnshop in Chang'an City is Su's Pawnshop on West Street. Miss, what do you want to do with the pawnshop?"
Yun Xiangye instructed the driver to go to Su's Embroidery Shop on West Street and smiled softly at Run'er, "I want to open an embroidery workshop in Chang'an City. I need to ask the embroidery shop to help me find a suitable shop. Besides, if I want to make the embroidery workshop successful, I can't handle it alone. I also want to ask the embroidery shop to recommend some embroiderers."
Run'er asked, "Miss, aren't there many shops in the princess's mansion?"
Yun Xiangye said slowly, "Those shops are not mine after all. It's better to find a new shop."
The carriage stopped steadily outside the Su's dental clinic.
Run'er got off the carriage first, took Nuonuo from Yun Xiangye, and helped Yun Xiangye get off the carriage.
Yun Xiangye looked up at the pawnshop in front of her. It was very impressive and was indeed the largest pawnshop in Chang'an City.
"Yellow leaves?"
Yun Xiangye heard a man calling her name, and then she saw a man in a black fox cloak striding out from the pawnshop.
This man seemed to be a few years older than herself, and even looked familiar. He looked a bit like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and both had a pair of extremely beautiful phoenix eyes.
Yun Xiangye couldn't remember who he was for a moment, and didn't know how he knew her.
Seeing that Yun Xiangye didn't seem to recognize him, the man smiled faintly and said, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person. Madam, you look very much like my cousin..."
"Cousin Su Zhan?"
When Yun Xiangye heard the word "cousin", she remembered that the sign of this dental clinic was Su's. She took a closer look at the man's almond-shaped eyes in front of her and finally remembered that the man in front of her was her cousin from her eldest aunt's family.
When my cousin was young, his home was next to his embroidery workshop. Later, when my cousin was thirteen years old, his uncle went to Luoyang to do business.
The last time she met Su Zhan was during her father's funeral.
Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "It's been almost eight years since I last saw my cousin. I never expected to see him in Chang'an City. This is truly a coincidence."
Su Zhan said, "I didn't expect to see my cousin in Chang'an."
Su Zhan took a look at Yun Xiangye's clothes. They were all luxurious and elegant, and she was dressed like a woman. He chuckled and said, "Cousin, are you marrying in Chang'an City?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and quickly took Nuonuo from Run'er's arms. "This is my daughter, Nuonuo. Call me uncle."
Xiao Nuonuo looked at Su Zhan and said in a sweet and sweet voice, "Uncle."
Su Zhan touched the pouch at his waist, took out two small golden gourds from it and handed them to Nuonuo, "This is a gift from your uncle."
Yun Xiangye hurriedly said, "Cousin, this is truly too precious."
Su Zhan placed the golden gourd in Nuonuo's hand and said, "I'm giving this to my niece. Nuonuo, just keep it."
Xiao Nuonuo raised her eyes and looked at Yun Xiangye.
Yun Xiangye smiled and said to Nuonuo, "Hurry up and thank your uncle."
Xiao Nuonuo said in a baby voice, "Thank you, uncle."
Su Zhan touched Nuonuo's little face and said, "She's so cute. She doesn't look like you. She looks like her father, right?"
Yun Xiangye said calmly, "Well, Nuonuo looks more like her father."
Su Zhan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "My cousin's wedding is such a big event, why didn't you inform us and invite us to the wedding? Although my uncle passed away many years ago, he is still a relative after all. My mother is always thinking about you and my cousin Shuangbai."
Yun Xiangye said, "I'm sorry, but I only know that my aunt is in Luoyang, but I don't know where exactly she is. As for the Yun family... they fought over the land and farm left by my father, but we haven't had any contact with them for a long time. If I don't ask them, I won't know my aunt's whereabouts."
Su Zhan frowned and said, "Then the jewelry, fabrics, and silver that my mother sent to you and Sister Shuangbai over the years haven't reached you two sisters?"
Yun Xiangye asked, "Did your aunt send anything to us sisters?"
Su Zhan said, "My mother thought that you two sisters were fatherless and motherless, and it would be inconvenient for you to live with your uncle. So every year she would ask someone to send some jewelry and fabrics to the Yun family."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "I wasn't staying at my uncle's house at the time, and he never told me in all these years that my aunt had sent anything to my sister and me."
Su Zhan clenched his fists and angrily said, "My uncle is so heartless! Not only did he not treat the two daughters left behind by my brothers well, he even took away the things my mother gave you sisters. No wonder the Yun family's dyeing business has been in decline year after year. How could he bully my helpless niece like this?"
Yun Xiangye sighed upon hearing this and said, "It's been less than half a month since my father was buried, and my uncle originally wanted us two sisters to live in the Yun family's mansion. Shuang Bai and I were willing to go. After all, we have no parents and are afraid of being bullied. It's better for two daughters to live in the family's house.
But who would have thought that my uncle would actually covet the relics left by my father, and even the shop in my mother's dowry. He thought I was young and wanted to trick me away. When I learned of this, I took my sister back to live with us. Later, as a daughter, I couldn't keep some of the ancestral land. The embroidery shop was patronized by my uncle, and I was able to stay because I established a daughter-in-law and vowed to marry into the Yun family in the future.
Su Zhan looked at Yun Xiangye in front of him with distress, "If I had known this would happen, I should have asked my mother to bring you two sisters to our home in Luoyang. Although our family is not wealthy, we would not treat you two sisters so harshly."
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