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...
Princess Nan'an said in a bad tone, "My brother is very ill because of you. He has been ill for ten days and has lost a lot of weight. Come with me to see my brother..."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "I'm sorry, Princess, I can't go with you."
Princess Nan'an asked, "Why?"
Yun Xiangye said, "I promised Gu Yan that I would never meet Zhao Jing in private again."
Princess Nan'an frowned and said, "Does your promise count? You can easily break even the oath you promised. They say that merchants in Yue value integrity, but you have no integrity at all. This explains why people now look down on merchants more and more."
"Yun Xiangye, you didn't want to marry my brother because he was just an ordinary merchant in your eyes, and you despised his family background. The reason you were willing to marry Gu Yan was because he was the Prince of Ning.
If you had known earlier that my brother was the Crown Prince of Chu, you would have agreed to marry him long ago. You even hypocritically swore that you would never marry again for the sake of the family business, and then turned around and married the prince of the royal palace. It's really disgusting."
Yun Xiangye was irritated by what Princess Nan'an said. She frowned and said, "Princess Nan'an, when I married Gu Yan, I didn't know he was the Prince of Ning. You hid my identity from me first. Why do you have to be so malicious and assume that I would bow down to wealth and glory?"
Princess Nan'an glanced at Yun Xiangye with disdain: "Do you believe what you said? Just think that my brother and I were blind and misjudged you!"
Su Zhan frowned and said, "Princess Nan'an, she is your cousin-in-law after all. How can you be so disrespectful to her?"
Princess Nan'an scoffed, "Cousin-in-law? She's a profit-seeking person who flatters the powerful and bullies the weak, breaking her vows. She's not worthy of being my cousin-in-law! When Cousin Yan learns your true colors, Yun Xiangye, he'll definitely divorce you."
"ah!"
As Princess Nan'an spoke, she felt a pain in her hand.
Yunxiang Yelian held Nuonuo, who was biting Princess Nan'an, in his arms: "Nuonuo, you can't bite!"
Xiao Nuonuo tightly hugged Yunxiangye with both hands.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly patted Xiao Nuonuo's back.
Xiao Jingru said, "I told Nuonuo to bite you. She bullied you. As a daughter, you should protect your mother from being bullied by others!"
Little Jingru pouted and looked at Princess Nan'an and said, "Sister, why are you bullying Mother Nuonuo?"
Princess Nan'an covered her bitten hand and said, "I didn't bully her! She's a bad person, you should stay out of her way."
Xiao Jingru looked up at Yun Xiangye and said, "How could my sister-in-law be a bad person? She took me out to play, so she's a good person."
Princess Nan'an looked at Yun Xiangye with disdain again. She said to Xiao Jingru, "Anyone who takes you out of the mansion isn't necessarily a good person. Maybe she wants to take you away and sell you off."
Little Jingru pouted her lips and frowned.
Princess Nan'an picked up little Jingru and said, "Sister will take you back to the Princess's Mansion."
After Princess Nan'an left with little Jingru in her arms, Yun Xiangye heard Nuonuo crying in her arms.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly coaxed Nuonuo, saying, "Don't be afraid, Nuonuo. Nuonuo is so brave to protect mother. Mother loves Nuonuo the most."
Run'er said angrily, "Miss, how could the Princess of Nan'an say that to you?"
Yun Xiangye whispered, "Aren't there enough cousins around Gu Yan who say this about me? He never cared about me, so naturally, those around him wouldn't treat me as his wife."
Su Zhan frowned and looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Cousin, is Prince Ning not treating you well?"
Yun Xiangye said, "To be fair, he didn't treat me badly. After I entered the Princess's Mansion, I was dressed in fine clothes and had endless delicacies. But Gu Yan only treated me as his wife, who he had no choice but to take responsibility for, and as the mother of his daughter.
Gu Yan doesn't love me, doesn't have me in his heart, and doesn't care about me, so as you can see...his relatives and friends can look down on me at will, and even the public is talking about me. "
Su Zhan frowned slightly and said, "Cousin, could it be that the prince is too busy with official duties? He doesn't know that people around him look down on you? Men are rarely so attentive..."
Yun Xiangye chuckled helplessly: "I can still sense whether Gu Yan loves me or not."