When my cousin knew that she had married Gu Yan, she didn't seem happy and was even worried about her.

Ye Wanhe asked, "Do you know why Gu Yan went to Jiangnan?"

Yun Xiangye: "I heard from Gu Yan that it was because His Highness sent him to investigate the tea tax?"

Ye Wanhe smiled: "This is one of the reasons. Another reason is that there was a big incident back then where five noble ladies from different families were fighting for one husband. Gu Yan went to Jiangnan to find some peace and quiet."

Ye Wanhe poured the medicine into a bowl, blew on it to cool it down and drank it.

Seeing Ye Wanhe pause, Yun Xiangye hurriedly asked, "Five women competing for one man? Sister He, what's going on?"

Ye Wanhe said, "Our Prince Ning has inherited his parents' unparalleled beauty since childhood. Therefore, three years ago, when he turned eighteen, he attracted the hearts of the noble ladies of Chang'an. Five of the most famous noble ladies in Chang'an sent people to the Princess's residence to propose marriage to Prince Ning..."

Ye Wanhe said slowly, "These five noble ladies are Lin Youxiang's eldest daughter, Lin Bolan, a famous talent in Chang'an City, Wei Xi, the eldest daughter of Duke Weiguo, Fu Anran, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Fu's family, Nan'an Princess of the Chu Palace, and Xu Mengqi, the daughter of the Zhenbei Marquis..."

When Yunxiang and Ye Guang heard Ye Wanhe talk about the identities of these noble ladies, they felt that they were extremely noble.

At least compared to these noble ladies, a commoner like her who grew up in the market is a world apart...

After Ye Wanhe drank all the bitter medicine, she continued, "The Princess of Chu and the Princess are close friends, the Duke of Wei and the Prince of Ning are cousins, the Marquis of Zhenbei is also a close friend of the Prince of Ning, and both Prime Minister Lin and Imperial Tutor Fu are grateful to the Prince of Ning as their teachers..."

These five daughters of wealthy families all came to the palace to propose marriage. It would be difficult for either the Princess or Prince Ning to refuse either of them, so they simply let Prince Ning use the excuse of going to Jiangnan to handle a corruption case involving the Tea Supervisor as an excuse to hide away for a few years.

Yun Xiangye whispered, "So that's how it is."

Ye Wanhe said, "But in the past three years, these five daughters still haven't found a husband. They're all waiting for Prince Ning to return to Chang'an. The oldest, Fu Anran, the eldest granddaughter of Imperial Tutor Fu, is already nineteen this year, and the youngest, Wei Xi, is almost eighteen."

Yun Xiangye bit her lip and said, "Are they still waiting for Gu Yan? Don't they know that Gu Yan has already married?"