Chapter 10: Not recognizing Yun Xiangye as Gu's daughter-in-law
After hearing Gu Yan say in the carriage that he could not help his cousin leave the palace, Yun Xiangye frowned and did not want to pay attention to Gu Yan.
When they returned to Qingfeng Garden, Yun Xiangye was afraid that her daughter would cry if she couldn't see her, so she hurried into the house, but did not see Nuonuo.
Yun Xiangye became anxious for a moment: "Nuonuo, Nuonuo..."
Gu Yan followed Yun Xiangye inside and asked, "Is Nuonuo missing?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "I don't know where Nuonuo and Run'er are. Nuonuo..."
Gu Yan called other maids to ask and found out that it was Xiao Jingru who came to play with Nuonuo in the afternoon. Nuonuo cried loudly because she couldn't see her parents and cried for her mother. Xiao Jingru then took Xiao Nuonuo to find her mother.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly went to the garden of flowers.
Before reaching the Garden of Ten Thousand Flowers, Yun Xiangye heard Nuonuo's crying.
"Nuonuo, be good and don't cry. Grandma is here."
Little Jingru said in a baby voice: "Don't you want mother? This is mother, don't cry, good children don't cry, let's play together."
Nuonuo cried even more sadly in the eldest princess's arms, "Mother, mother."
Yun Xiangye hurried into the Wanhua Garden and bowed to the princess, saying, "Mother-in-law."
Seeing Yun Xiangye coming back, Xie Zhixuan quickly handed the sobbing little Nuonuo to Yun Xiangye, "Nuonuo cried so hard today. I asked Run'er, does Nuonuo have a wet nurse?"
Yun Xiangye replied in a low voice: "My dear mother, Nuonuo has a wet nurse, but she is from Yongxing City and does not speak Mandarin. She has two children at home and she is unwilling to leave Yongxing City..."
After Yun Xiangye finished speaking, she gently comforted the little Nuonuo in her arms: "Nuonuo, dear, I'm sorry. When mother saw your aunt, she chatted with her for a while longer. In the future, she will definitely not leave you alone at home for so long."
Little Nuonuo threw herself into Yun Xiangye's arms, looking extremely pitiful and aggrieved.
Gu Yan walked to Xiao Nuonuo, reached out to wipe away her tears, and said with great concern, "Daddy, hold me."
Xiao Nuonuo reached out into Gu Yan's arms.
Xie Zhixuan said, "It just so happens that Jingru has grown up now, and she no longer needs three wet nurses. Nanny Cao, you will be the eldest lady's wet nurse in the future."
A woman around 25 years old beside Xiao Jingru came out and bowed, saying, "Yes, Your Highness the Princess."
Little Jingru looked at Xiao Nuonuo who had stopped crying in Gu Yan's arms and said, "Nuonuo, let's go play!"
When Xiao Nuonuo saw that her parents stopped crying, she blinked and looked at Gu Yan. Gu Yan understood what Xiao Nuonuo meant, put Xiao Nuonuo down in his hands, and let Nuonuo go play with Xiao Jingru.
Nuonuo had no playmates in Jiangnan, so when she saw Xiao Jingru, who was a little older than her, she naturally wanted to play with her.
Xie Zhixuan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "I heard that you just went to the palace?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "Yes, I have a cousin who works as a maid in the palace. I originally wanted to go to the palace to ask His Highness for mercy so that my cousin, who is about to turn 25, can leave the palace before the end of the year."
Xie Zhixuan smiled and said, "This is not a difficult task..."
Gu Yan hurriedly said, "Mother, Xiangye's cousin is Aunt Ye, the senior maidservant beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She is quite trusted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he was reluctant to let such a capable maidservant leave the palace."
Xie Zhixuan said, "Is the Eastern Palace still short of such a senior maid? Xiangye's cousin is also your cousin. I will go and tell the Empress about this matter. The girl is already 25 years old, and it's time for her to leave the palace."
When Yun Xiangye heard what Xie Zhixuan said, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, mother-in-law."
Gu Yan said that he had no idea what to do, but his mother-in-law said that it was not difficult.
Indeed, in such a huge palace, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be without a personal maid?
It can be seen that Gu Yan really doesn't care about his wife at all. The three years of loving marriage is just a joke.
Xie Zhixuan hurriedly helped Yun Xiangye to stand up and said, "Hurry up, but I have been very busy these days. I have to check the general accounts of several shops, especially after your aunt Xia Lian followed her husband to work outside. Now the accounts of Linlang Restaurant are very confusing. Alas, I am afraid I will not be able to go to the palace these days. I will have to wait a few days."
Yun Xiangye bowed and said, "Mother-in-law, there's no rush. Just take care of your business."
When the New Year comes, Xie Zhixuan is really busy. The New Year will be here in a while, and there are a lot of things going on in the princess's mansion.
Fortunately, I have my daughter Jingyu to help me.
Xie Zhixuan looked at her daughter-in-law Yun Xiangye. When she first learned that her son had married a merchant girl, she didn't think that her status was low, but just felt that there was finally someone to share some of the work with her.
"Xiangye...your family runs an embroidery workshop, right?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "Yes."
Xie Zhixuan smiled faintly, "I think the embroidery workshop and the restaurant are not much different. I thought you should go to manage the Linlang Restaurant before the New Year to practice..."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "Mom!"
Xie Zhixuan held Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "Mother believes in you, just go and gain experience. This restaurant was left by Gu Yan's grandmother. It is our own business. It doesn't matter if it makes a loss or not. We have to keep it as a memory."
Yun Xiangye replied, "Yes."
Xie Zhixuan placed her fingers on Yun Xiangye's wrist and said slowly, "Anger is harmful to your health. Your liver qi is stagnant and cannot be unblocked. It will hurt your body sooner or later. But did Yan'er make you angry?"
Yun Xiangye looked at Xie Zhixuan's fingers on her wrist and asked in surprise, "Princess, can you take a pulse?"
Xie Zhixuan smiled faintly and said, "Well, I have been studying medicine since I was young. Your pulse is as tight as a string. If it continues for a long time, it will be harmful to your body. If Gu Yan makes you angry, just vent it. Women hate to get angry the most."
Yun Xiangye looked at Xie Zhixuan in front of her. Although she was her mother-in-law, she looked like a caring and gentle older sister. Yun Xiangye's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
However, Yun Xiangye also understood that no matter how good a mother-in-law was, she would still help her own son in the end...
Yun Xiangye said: "Gu Yan didn't make me angry, it's just that I just came to Chang'an for the first time and met nobles, so I can't help but feel nervous."
Xie Zhixuan smiled lightly, "Could the noble be cannibalistic? You don't have to be nervous, we are all family."
"yes."
Yun Xiangye responded: "Mother-in-law, Nuonuo is a little timid. I saw Jingru seemed to take Nuonuo away..."
Xie Zhixuan said, "You go and look after Nuonuo and Jingru. Gu Yan, you stay here. Mother has something to tell you."
Yunxiang Ye Fu went after Xiao Jingru and Nuonuo. Xiao Jingru held Nuonuo's hand and murmured that she wanted to take Nuonuo to find her grandmother.
Yun Xiangye did not dare to disobey Xiao Jingru's wishes, so she had to follow Xiao Jingru to find Gu Yan's grandmother.
In the Wanhua Garden, Xie Zhixuan looked at Gu Yan and asked, "Did you make Xiangye angry?"
Gu Yan whispered: "Yeah."
Xie Zhixuan frowned and said, "Xiangye is an orphan, why did you make her angry?"
Gu Yan said: "It was not my intention. I just didn't have a suitable opportunity to tell her that I was the eldest princess's son. She has been married to me for three years and she thought my family ran a medicine shop. It was not until yesterday when we were about to arrive in Chang'an that she knew my identity."
Xie Zhixuan took a deep breath and said angrily, "You! How could you wait until she arrives in Chang'an to discuss such an important matter? No wonder she is so angry. Aren't you considering her situation at all?"
Gu Yan frowned slightly.
Xie Zhixuan said: "I know that when you married her, you were seriously ill and it was not necessarily your original intention to marry her, but Yan'er, as a man, you must be responsible. She is not only your wife but also gave birth to Nuonuo for you. You need to treat her well. If you dare to bully her, I will never forgive you!"
Gu Yan said: "Yeah."
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In the Princess's mansion, in Ci'an Hall.
Wei Xi was serving Mrs. Gu dinner.
Wei Xi's grandfather and Gu Yan's grandmother were siblings, and Gu Yan's grandmother, Madam Gu, was her great-aunt.
Madam Gu said to Wei Xi who was standing beside her, "Xi'er, please sit down and have your meal. Your grandmother knows how you feel about Yan'er. You didn't believe that Yan'er really married a girl from a small merchant family. Now you have seen Xiangye.
It’s time to believe that Yan’er has really married, and it’s time to go back to the Duke of Wei’s Mansion and find a good match for you. After all, you are a girl, and your marriage should not be delayed for too long.”
Wei Xi whispered, "Grandma, but Yun Xiangye is just a girl from a small family. How can she be the Crown Prince's Consort of Cousin Yan? A girl from a small family would be laughed at if she went out.
Yun Xiangye married Cousin Yan just for the sake of good fortune, without going through the three letters and six ceremonies. In fact, it is not a bad idea for the Gu family not to recognize her as their daughter-in-law..."
Madam Gu's expression changed and she asked, "You don't recognize Yun Xiangye as the daughter-in-law of the Gu family?"
Wei Xi said, "Yes, Yun Xiangye is three years older than cousin Yan, and she has such a plain appearance that she can barely be called a beauty in Chang'an City. Her family background and temperament are all vulgar, so how can she be worthy of being the daughter-in-law of the Gu family? Yun Xiangye and cousin have never performed formal ceremonies, nor have they worshipped heaven and earth in the Gu family ancestral hall. It is better to let Yun Xiangye be a concubine..."
Yun Xiangye followed Jingru and Nuonuo out of the house. After hearing the words inside, he was stunned.
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