Ji Yunhuan was woken up by Xiao Yan. She had been sleeping separately from Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan came early in the morning. He hugged her, kissed and touched her, and woke her up abruptly.
She was so sleepy that she kept yawning. She felt very tired and had not gotten enough sleep at all, but Yuling had already quickly dressed her up and pushed her in front of Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan took Xiaoyun's hand and carefully helped her sit down in the yard, as if he was protecting some rare treasure.
Breakfast had been prepared in the yard. Xiao Yan filled a bowl of chicken soup and fed it to Xiaoyun with a spoon.
"Be good, open your mouth. I've skimmed off the excess oil. It's not greasy and very fragrant. Would you like to try it?"
Everyone in Qianhe Palace was watching. Ji Yunhuan felt very embarrassed and murmured softly, "Your Highness, please stop making trouble. Let me do it myself."
Xiao Yan was very stubborn. "Is Xiaoyun still angry with me? You even refuse to drink the soup? I still remember the bowl of chicken soup you brought me when you first entered the East Palace. It was the best chicken soup I have ever tasted."
Ji Yunhuan could only open his mouth and drink.
After a night passed, Xiao Yan seemed to no longer be angry, so she naturally would not mention those unpleasant things again.
Xiao Yan's anger came and went inexplicably, he was truly moody.
Ji Yunhuan also served Xiao Yan a bowl of chicken soup and fed him a mouthful under Xiao Yan's expectant gaze.
"I hope Your Highness is not angry. What I said yesterday was just a spur of the moment. No matter what your Highness's situation is, I will always be with you."
Xiao Yan held Xiaoyun's hand and said affectionately, "No, this isn't Xiaoyun's fault. It's me. Xiaoyun was just worried about my health. I shouldn't have yelled at you. I won't do that again. Let's never quarrel again and love each other forever, okay?"
Ji Yunhuan got goosebumps from these cheesy words, but she could only follow Xiao Yan's advice and lowered her head shyly, "Okay, I'll listen to you, Your Highness."
The people in Qianhe Palace understood that the two were not arguing about the prince's wife entering the palace, but because they wanted His Highness to take care of his health.
His Highness's love for Xiaoyun has not diminished at all, and he even loves her even more.
Xiao Yan swept his cold gaze over the crowd, "Remember this, everyone. The friendship between me and Xiaoyun is incomparable to anyone else. Even with the prince's consort, Xiaoyun is still my woman and the legitimate mistress of Qianhe Palace."
"If anyone dares to disrespect Xiaoyun in the future, the lightest punishment will be twenty strokes of the cane. If you dare to do it again, you will be kicked out of Qianhe Palace and sent to the slave camp to do hard labor. Do you understand?"
Everyone knelt down and said in unison, "I understand."
Ji Yunhuan was shocked by the scene. She swallowed the chicken in her mouth and tugged at Xiao Yan's sleeve. "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. No one is disrespecting me."
Xiao Yan snorted coldly, "Just because there's nothing now doesn't mean there won't be in the future. It's better to be prepared. If I don't make plans for you, how will you live after the prince's wife enters the palace?"
"Alright, let's all go. Yuling, stay. You've been loyal to the Lord, so you deserve a reward. Tell me, what do you want?"
Yuling stood up excitedly. She knew that her guess was right. His Highness's friendship for Miss Xiaoyun was much deeper than others imagined. Even if the prince's wife entered the palace, Miss Xiaoyun's position would be unshakable.
"I am a vulgar servant, but I like real gold and silver. If Your Highness wants to reward me, please give me some gold and silver."
Yuling happily took a few pieces of gold back home. She still lived in the original house. The third-class palace maids were all sleeping in a large bunk bed with seven or eight people.
Several young palace maids were chattering away.
"It's just that you hooked up with a criminal slave, why are you so proud? When the prince's wife enters the palace, the right thing to do is to serve her."
"Qianhe Palace is small. It used to be spacious for only one master, Your Highness. Now that the princess is coming to the palace, I heard that the palace at the back will also be enclosed and used exclusively for her."
"This is true favor. No matter how much Your Highness honors her, she can never surpass the Crown Prince's Consort. After all, she is still a slave, even worse than us."
Seeing Yuling coming in, everyone fell silent and pretended to be busy with their work.
Yuling sneered, "Did you all turn a deaf ear to what His Highness just said? If I hear you talking about the Master again, I'll tell Manager Xia to kick you all out!"
The young palace maids didn't dare to retort, but their faces showed a look of dissatisfaction.
Yuling has heard a lot of gossip these days. Since she chose Miss Xiaoyun and received so many benefits from her, and even showed up in front of His Highness, she must stand on Xiaoyun's side.
The most taboo thing in the palace is to serve one person today and be loyal to another person tomorrow. Such people will never be valued by their masters.
What she envied most was Bai Zhi, who had already left the palace and was wholeheartedly loyal to the late queen. Once the prince came to power, Bai Zhi became rich. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she had a mountain of gold and silver. The prince even showed mercy and let Bai Zhi leave the palace early.
Her dream was to save a lot of money, sell her land, and when she got older, ask her master for grace to leave the palace and live a happy life.
There are people protecting her in the palace, and no one dares to bully her as a woman living outside!
After packing up her things, Yuling left the bunk bed. Miss Xiaoyun had prepared a new room for her, so she no longer had to squeeze with these people.
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After breakfast, Xiao Yan went to the Hanlin Academy. After the decree of marriage came down, Xiao Yan officially took over the job in the Hanlin Academy. Unless he had a day off, he had to report to the Hanlin Academy every day.
Ji Yunhuan could only see Xiao Yan in the morning and evening, so she started to get up early every day just to have breakfast with Xiao Yan.
Qianhe Palace became more and more lively, with people coming and going every day. The emperor and Concubine Wu gave many rewards and also rewarded many people.
The Imperial Household Department worked very quickly. After the Qianhe Palace was connected with the palace behind it, the emperor inscribed a plaque and named it "Yihe Palace".
The prince's wife, the two concubines, and Ji Yunhuan, the little concubine, will all live in the Yihe Palace in the back in the future.
After the palace was renovated, Xiao Yan's marriage was put on the agenda.
When the fifth prince got married, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department prepared for a full year, but the eldest prince's wedding took less than a month to prepare.
At the end of March, the eldest prince got married.
Because there had never been a precedent of a prince getting married in the palace, in order to avoid offending the masters in the palace, the wedding was kept simple and seemed particularly hasty and sloppy.
Xiao Yan was wearing a bright red dress that was hastily made and did not fit him well, with even the cuffs being a little too short.
There was not a trace of red in the room, just like before. Xiao Yan stood for a long time holding Xiaoyun. At this moment, he even wanted to take Xiaoyun away from the palace, away from all the noise, to find a quiet place, as long as Xiaoyun was there.
But he couldn't, and Xiaoyun wouldn't be willing to do so either, as they both had things they had to accomplish.
It was not until Xia Yang urged him three or four times that Xiao Yan reluctantly let go of Ji Yunhuan. "I'm sorry, Xiaoyun. Wait here for a while. I will come back to accompany you."
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