Ye Wanhe said, "Not many people know about Prince Ning's marriage. As for whether those daughters knew that Prince Ning was married, I don't know."

Yun Xiangye recalled what the four maids had said yesterday, that the prince had only married her for the purpose of bringing good luck and would definitely divorce her and marry another daughter from a wealthy family. It turned out that they were not talking nonsense.

The five noble ladies that my cousin mentioned just now were all from noble families, and they were well matched with Gu Yan and were very close to him.

Yun Xiangye felt a dull pain in her heart. It turned out that the three years of love between husband and wife were just a joke.

"Sister He, is this your residence in the palace? It's truly worthy of being a royal palace; even palace maids can live in such luxurious houses."

Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "This is His Highness's bedroom. How could a palace maid deserve such a nice place to live?"

Yun Xiangye was slightly surprised: "Since this is His Highness's bedroom, why are you boiling medicine in His Highness's bedroom?"

Ye Wanhe smiled and said, "I am the head maidservant beside His Highness. I need to be by His Highness's side at all times and keep watch over Him at night. Therefore, I have no other place to stay. Fortunately, Your Highness has forgiven me and allowed me to boil medicine here."

Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Sister, are you sick?"

Ye Wanhe was stunned for a moment, hiding the emotion in her eyes. She smiled helplessly at Yun Xiangye and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just some medicine to recuperate."

Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "His Highness is very kind to you. I have just begged His Highness, and he has promised to let you leave the palace early. Your uncle and aunt are waiting for you to return and reunite with them."

Ye Wanhe hurriedly asked, "Are my parents okay? And my brothers and sisters?"

Yun Xiangye said, "Everything is fine, but you haven't written home yet. They are very worried about you, and they haven't replied to the letters they sent you."

Ye Wanhe sighed and said, "It's really not easy to communicate with people outside the palace. Without thirty or fifty taels of silver, you can't send a letter. Later, when I arrived in the East Palace, the palace rules were very strict, and communication was even more impossible.

In the East Palace study.

Gu Yan looked at Zhao Yun and said, "I never thought that Aunt Ye was actually Yun Xiangye's cousin. Thank you, Your Highness, for letting Aunt Ye leave the palace."

Zhao Yun picked up the teacup, looked at Gu Yan and said, "I have no intention of letting Wan He leave the palace."

Gu Yan: "You just promised Yun Xiangye that you would allow her cousin to leave the palace early. Your words are not to be trifled with..."

Zhao Yun said slowly: "I am not yet a king."

Gu Yan looked at Zhao Yun's serious and shameless behavior and said, "Your Highness...you don't want to let Aunt Ye go? Could it be that you want to make her a concubine?"

Gu Yan was one of the few people who knew about the affair between Zhao Yun and Aunt Ye, the chief maid of the Eastern Palace.

Zhao Yun is now 23 years old. As early as five years ago, when he was 18 years old, he was betrothed to Crown Princess Fu Qianran.

However, Fu Qianran was unlucky. Not long after she was appointed as the Crown Princess at the age of sixteen, her mother passed away. After three years of mourning, her aunt's stepmother passed away, and now she still had one more year of mourning.

The Crown Princess had never entered the Eastern Palace, and Zhao Yun had never added any concubines or concubines to the Eastern Palace. The only woman around him was Aunt Ye.

Zhao Yun said, "I don't plan to appoint a concubine. Wan He is old enough for her to be out of the palace. Her life may not be any better than it is in the palace. If she stays in the Eastern Palace, she will be the head maid in charge..."

Gu Yan said, "I've met her parents a few times. They're now doing some cloth business in Yongxing City. Their family is quite wealthy, so she might have a good life if she goes back."

Zhao Yun said slowly, "I will not let her go."

Gu Yan said, "If you really want to keep Aunt Ye, you should at least give her a status. Even if not a concubine, at least give her the status of a concubine. If you only let her stay in the palace as a maid, I don't know how to explain it to Xiangye..."

Zhao Yun said, "How could the head maids in the Eastern Palace ever treat her badly? Rather than letting her be a concubine in the Eastern Palace's backyard, it's better for her to be a head maid by my side. Even if the Crown Princess enters the Eastern Palace in the future, she still won't be able to treat Wanhe harshly."

Gu Yan frowned slightly. He didn't know how to tell Yun Xiangye this.

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In the prince's bedroom.

Yun Xiangye and Ye Wanhe were chatting about things in Jiangnan.

When Ye Wanhe heard about Yun Xiangye's parents' death, her eyes reddened as she said, "Aunt and uncle had such a tragic fate. You were also a poor person. It must have been very difficult back then, right?"

Yun Xiangye said calmly, "Fortunately, my uncle, aunt, and cousin helped me a lot, and I got through even the most difficult times. Shuangbai got married two years ago, and her child is now one year old."

Ye Wanhe couldn't help but sigh: "Sister Shuang is married? She was just a child when I left."

Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "When you return to Jiangnan this time, you will be able to reunite with your family."

Ye Wanhe looked outside the door, and had some expectations in her heart.

The two chatted for a long time until a palace maid came outside to tell them that Prince Ning was going back. Only then did Ye Wanhe realize that she had talked too much with Yun Xiangye.

Ye Wanhe said to Yun Xiangye, "It's already dusk outside, you should go back quickly."

Yun Xiangye held Ye Wanhe's hand and said, "Sister, come with me. His Highness has just promised me that you can leave the palace early. Let's go back to Jiangnan together..."

Ye Wanhe smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why are you going back to Jiangnan together? You are Gu Yan's wife, and you are going back to Jiangnan?"

Yun Xiangye sighed slightly and said, "That's right."

Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "You should go back quickly. Even if I want to leave the palace, I have to pack my bags first. I will come to the Princess's residence to find you after I leave the palace."

Yun Xiangye said, "Then sister, I will wait for you to leave the palace."

Yun Xiangye left the prince's bedroom and met Gu Yan outside the palace gate.

Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye with some guilt in his eyes, "Let's go, let's go back."

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