Chapter 1 Divorce
A large ship was sailing in the misty river in winter.
Inside the cabin, inside the cloud-covered gauze tent, Yun Xiangye was covered in sweat and fell into a dream.
"How can she, a fatherless and motherless daughter of a merchant family, be worthy of being the daughter-in-law of my Gu family?"
"Gu Yan, you should listen to your father and divorce her and marry someone from a rich family. How can a girl like this, who comes from a poor family, be worthy of being the future mistress of our Gu family?"
"Gu Yan, you must write the divorce letter today. Mother will never allow a girl of such a lowly family to enter our Gu family."
"Yun Xiangye, when I married you to bring good luck, I was unconscious. It was not my original intention to marry a girl from a lowly family like you. Now that my parents don't like you, I have no choice but to divorce you."
Yun Xiangye looked at her parents-in-law, whose faces she couldn't see clearly, and then at her handsome husband, who handed her a divorce letter. Her hands were shaking, and she was so angry that she couldn't bear it...
"Mother."
"Mother, open the door..."
Yun Xiangye heard the baby voice of her two-year-old daughter and woke up from her nightmare, gasping for breath.
It turned out to be just a nightmare...
Although Yun Xiangye and her husband have been married for three years, she has never met her parents-in-law.
This time, Yun Xiangye was very nervous as she and her husband traveled from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River to the capital Chang'an to meet her parents-in-law for the first time.
Her husband's family is a wealthy businessman in the herb business. The Renyuan Pharmacy, which is well-known in the Dasheng Dynasty, is the property of her husband's family and they are extremely wealthy.
She was just the owner of a small embroidery workshop. Her parents died early, and the money she earned from the workshop in a year was just enough to allow her two sisters to have enough food and clothing. The gap between the two families was like the difference between heaven and earth.
What you think about during the day, you dream about at night.
She actually dreamed that she and her husband returned from Jiangnan to Chang'an to meet her parents-in-law. Her parents-in-law despised her for her lowly background, and her husband obeyed his parents' orders and gave her a letter of divorce...
Fortunately, it was just a nightmare.
When Yun Xiangye came to her senses, what she saw was the extremely handsome profile of the man beside her.
She had been living with this man day and night for three years, and sometimes she was still moved by his appearance. After all, such a handsome man was really rare.
Gu Yan saw Yun Xiangye wake up and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you want to give Nuonuo a brother or sister?"
Yun Xiangye smiled softly and pushed away the man's hand on her waist, saying, "No, Nuonuo is calling us outside the cabin."
When Gu Yan heard his daughter knocking on the door, he kissed Yun Xiangye on the cheek, then got out of bed, opened the door, and picked up his daughter outside.
The little girl, who is almost two years old, is at her cutest and softest.
"Daddy, Mommy."
Gu Yan carried his daughter to the bed.
Little Nuonuo immediately threw herself into Yun Xiangye's arms. Yun Xiangye held the little girl in her arms and couldn't help but kiss her on the face, "Nuonuo."
Xiao Nuonuo called out sweetly, "Mom."
Yun Xiangye hugged her daughter and said with a smile: "Nuonuo, we will arrive in Chang'an in the afternoon. Are you happy?"
Xiao Nuonuo clapped her hands and said, "I'm happy, grandma and grandpa."
When Yun Xiangye heard Xiao Nuonuo calling her grandparents, she recalled her dream and her smile paused.
Three years ago, on his twentieth birthday, he accompanied his sister on a boat trip and accidentally fell into the lake. He was saved by Gu Yan, who had just come to Jiangnan for business.
However, when Gu Yanchun went down to the lake to save her life, he caught a cold and was seriously ill.
Gu Yan's uncle listened to the Taoist's advice and decided that letting Yun Xiang and Ye Chongxi get married might help Gu Yan's condition get better.
Gu Yan's uncle had no choice but to try his luck and let Yun Xiangye marry Gu Yan.
In order to repay her gratitude, Yun Xiangye had no choice but to agree to marry Gu Yan. Their wedding day was so rushed that Gu Yan's parents were in Chang'an and couldn't make it.
Only Gu Yan's aunt and uncle held a hastily held wedding banquet for the two of them. In fact, they didn't even have their parents' permission, the three letters and six ceremonies.
I wonder what my parents-in-law would think when they see me. Would they look down on her background just like in my nightmare and ask my husband to divorce her?
Yun Xiangye thought that maybe dreams were the opposite of reality, and even if her parents-in-law disliked her and wanted to divorce her, that was fine. She could just go back to her small town in the south of the Yangtze River and continue to run her embroidery business, and she would be able to support her daughter at least.
Yun Xiangye touched her daughter's face and said, "Be good when you go to see your grandparents!"
"Be good."
Little Nuonuo, who is less than two years old, can only speak two words at a time.
Gu Yan also lay on the bed. He put his big hands around Yun Xiangye and said, "I will be going home in the afternoon. I have something to tell you."
Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely be filial to my parents-in-law."
Gu Yan looked at his little daughter in his arms and said, "Xiangye, I haven't told you the identities of my parents in the past three years."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan, "Aren't your parents merchants who run a medicine shop?"
"My mother is indeed the owner of Renyuan Pharmacy." Gu Yan said, "But my parents' identities are not just as simple as running a pharmacy."
Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "What other identity do you have? Could it be that your father is still the prime minister?"
Gu Yan nodded: "Yes, my father was appointed as the left prime minister, and was also the prince of a different surname, the Prince of Ning, who was conferred by His Majesty..."
Yun Xiangye took a breath, King Ning?
Prince Ning, who put down the Nanzhao war and destroyed Nanzhao's territory into Dasheng South City, was actually her father-in-law?
Yun Xiangye said in disbelief: "Gu Yan, are you kidding me?"
"No, my father is really Prince Ning."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan. The first time she met Gu Yan, she felt that he had an inexplicable dignity. He was not just the son of a wealthy family, but more like a son of an aristocratic family.
Gu Yan said to Yun Xiangye: "Also, my mother is the younger sister of the current emperor."
"What did you say?" Yun Xiangye jumped up from the bed in shock. She stared at Gu Yan, "What did you say?"
Little Nuonuo was frightened by Yun Xiangye's action and quickly threw herself into Yun Xiangye's arms: "Mother..."
Yun Xiangye gently hugged her daughter and said in a trembling voice, "My husband, you said your mother is the current emperor's biological sister? The current emperor is your biological uncle?"
Gu Yan nodded and said, "Yes, my mother is the current Princess Sheng Zhao."
Yun Xiangye fell into silence. For a moment, the nightmare she had just had was so clear. Her husband's parents despised her because of her humble background and forced her husband to divorce her...
To be fair, if Yun Xiangye's parents-in-law were of such noble status, they would find it difficult to accept a daughter-in-law from a merchant family of such humble origin.
Princess Sheng Zhao is the younger sister of the current emperor. Yun Xiangye You remembers having met Princess Sheng Zhao once when she was young.
It was Princess Sheng Zhao who came to visit Yongxing City in Jiangnan.
When Yun Xiangye saw the eldest princess for the first time when she was young, she thought she was as beautiful as a fairy. If there were fairies in this world, they would probably look like this.
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan's appearance. No wonder... Gu Yan was so handsome. It turned out that he had a mother who was as beautiful as a fairy.
"Yellow leaves?"
Yun Xiangye heard Gu Yan calling her, and her thoughts came back to her mind. She took a deep breath and looked at Gu Yan, "Why didn't you tell me that your mother was Princess Sheng Zhao when you got married? Why didn't you tell me your identity three years ago? Why did you tell me your identity only when we were almost in Chang'an?"
Gu Yan said: "I don't think this identity is important. Since you and I are already married, whether I am the son of a wealthy businessman from an ordinary pharmacy, or the son of the eldest princess and Prince Ning, I am still your husband."
Yun Xiangye took a deep breath and said, "How can it be okay?"
Not to mention that the gap in status between the wealthy businessman and the princess and the prince is huge, even the princess's mansion is likely to have social interactions with high-ranking officials and nobles of Dasheng. How can she, a girl from the market who has never learned the rules and regulations, interact with those high-ranking ladies of aristocratic families and daughters of officials when she first arrived in Chang'an?
It's probably too late to learn the rules now.
What made Yun Xiangye even more angry was that Gu Yan had concealed his identity from her for three years, and only suddenly told her the news when she was about to arrive at her home in Chang'an.
I’m afraid Gu Yan has never had himself in his heart!
Seeing Yun Xiangye's angry face, Gu Yan said, "My parents already knew your background from the letters they sent me. You don't have to worry that they will dislike you because of your humble background. After all, I've already married you."
Yun Xiangye frowned even more upon hearing this: "Gu Yan, let's get a divorce..."
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