Chapter 121 It’s time to leave Chang’an
When Yun Xiangye heard what the prince said, she couldn't help but feel angry, but because of her status, she could only put Nuonuo down and kneel down humbly.
The prince looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "How should Yun Xiangye be punished for deceiving me?"
Ye Wanhe was also about to kneel down beside Yun Xiangye, but as soon as she bent her knees, Zhao Yun held her hand. Zhao Yun lowered his eyes to look at Ye Wanhe and said only four words to her: "Be obedient."
Ye Wanhe had no choice but to close her eyes and obey Zhao Yun as he said, "Yes, Your Highness, can you let Xiangye go?"
Zhao Yun said to Yun Xiangye: "Let's go."
Yun Xiangye hurriedly carried Nuonuo and left the East Palace. Outside the gate of the East Palace, she saw Gu Yan waiting for her.
Gu Yan took the tearful Nuonuo from Yun Xiangye's hands and asked, "Why are you crying?"
Yun Xiangye glanced at Gu Yan, said nothing more, and got on the carriage angrily.
Gu Yan followed him onto the carriage road and said, "Why are you so angry? Now you don't have to worry about your sister's pregnancy being exposed, and you don't have to fake your death to deceive the emperor. After your sister becomes the Crown Princess, you will be her cousin. How can you still be angry about such a great thing?"
Yun Xiangye was extremely angry: "How can this be considered a good thing?"
Gu Yan said, "How can it not be a good thing? This is the position of the Crown Princess. I never thought that the Crown Prince would give Aunt Ye the position of the Crown Princess. You must understand that it is the most honorable position of the Queen Mother in the future. If your sister He is pregnant with a boy, he will be the most honorable Grandson of the Emperor in the world. Isn't this a good thing? You must know that it is truly a position above everyone else."
Yun Xiangye said, "If Sister He wants to be the Crown Princess, she will no longer be my cousin. She can only marry into the Eastern Palace as the daughter of the Wei family. She can no longer be Ye Wanhe. Is this what you call a good thing?"
Gu Yan said: "This is just a change of origin. The Crown Princess can't say to the outside world that she is a slave who was born as a palace maid. After all, the Crown Princess is still your cousin."
Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "Gu Yan, in your eyes, for fame and fortune, one can even abandon his own parents?"
Gu Yan said: "It's not that she is giving up. Although Sister He will make the daughter of the Wei family the Crown Princess, her biological parents are still her uncle and aunt. When the time comes, my cousins will have a bright future with the help of Sister He."
Yun Xiangye took a deep breath. Talking about this with Gu Yan was like talking to a cow.
Seeing Yun Xiangye was angry, Gu Yan tried to persuade her, "Xiangye, do you know what the position of Crown Princess and the position of the Emperor's eldest grandson mean?"
Yun Xiangye said, "I don't need to know all this. I only know that my sister was unwilling to give up her identity as Ye Wanhe, but His Highness wanted to punish me for lying to his sister about her pregnancy, and that's why he forced my sister to agree to become the Crown Princess as the daughter of the Wei family."
Gu Yan said: "Well, my sister can become the Crown Princess, and the baby in her belly can be kept, which is a matter of great happiness for everyone."
Gu Yan was relieved that Yun Xiangye would not follow Ye Wanhe back to Jiangnan after Ye Wanhe faked her death.
Yun Xiangye said, "Everyone is happy? My uncle and aunt traveled thousands of miles from Jiangnan to Chang'an just to see my daughter. Now that my daughter is getting married, they are no longer her parents. Do you really think this is a happy ending?"
Gu Yan said: "For the sake of my cousin's future, my uncle and aunt will definitely be willing to let their daughter recognize my cousin from the Wei family as her father."
Yun Xiangye thought that her uncle and aunt would certainly support Sister He in recognizing other people as her parents in order to become the Crown Princess, but how could this be unfair to her uncle and aunt?
Yun Xiangye's parents passed away early. Thanks to the care of her uncle and aunt for the past eight years, it can be said that her uncle and aunt are the closest elders to her in the world.
They came all the way to Chang'an, only to suffer such humiliation and have to watch their daughter's wedding. As parents, they probably couldn't even drink a sip of the wedding wine. How painful must it be for them?
Yun Xiangye was too lazy to say anything more to Gu Yan. After all, Gu Yan and Zhao Yun were cousins, birds of a feather. He was born as the high and mighty Prince of Ning, so how could he know the grievances in the hearts of ordinary people like them.
Just as Gu Yan said before, as the Prince of Ning, he admitted his mistakes in front of him and accepted being beaten and scolded, which was already humble, while he was full of charity from a high position.
Now, in Gu Yan's heart, he probably feels that his sister has received a great blessing by becoming the Crown Princess.
Why bother about whether she enters the palace as the daughter of the Ye family or the daughter of the Wei family?
Returned to Qingfeng Garden.
Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo back to the room to rest. So many things happened today, and Yun Xiangye was very tired. She didn't want to talk about the same thing with Gu Yan anymore.
Now there was no need for Gu Yan to give her any more imperial edicts, and it was time for her to leave Chang'an.
Yun Xiangye thought that it would not be too late to return to Yongxing City after her sister and the prince got married.
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye's back and couldn't help feeling a little depressed. He really didn't know what Yun Xiangye was upset about at the moment.
Moreover, this was clearly the Crown Prince's business. Yun Xiangye was just using the Crown Prince to vent his anger on him, and he didn't want to coax Yun Xiangye anymore.
"Sir, Her Royal Highness the Princess and Prince Ning have come to the Qingfeng Garden study and want to see you."
Hearing this, Gu Yan said to Yun Xiangye who was lying on her side, "My parents may have come to find me because I lied to Sister He about her pregnancy. I'll go meet them first. Don't be too angry. Sister He has finally got a status, and the child in her belly will be the master of Dasheng in the future..."
Gu Yan was still afraid that Yun Xiangye was holding her breath, so he coaxed her with a few words and went to the study.
After Gu Yan left, Yun Xiangye frowned slightly. She looked at Xiao Nuonuo and said, "Will your grandparents blame your father for hiding the fact that Sister He was pregnant? Well, I owe him this."
Yun Xiangye stood up and straightened her hair and clothes. Although she was now disappointed with Gu Yan, she still had to put things into perspective.
After all, Gu Yan concealed the fact that Sister He was pregnant because of her, and was willing to give her a written certificate. She couldn't bear to see Gu Yan being blamed by her parents-in-law for this matter.
Yun Xiangye went out and asked Nanny Cao and Run'er to take good care of Nuonuo, and then she went to the study.
The study was unobstructed. Yun Xiangye walked to the door and was about to go in when she heard the questioning voice of King Ning Gu Ling from inside, and she stopped.
Yun Xiangye was still somewhat afraid of her father-in-law, especially since he didn't seem to like her very much.
Gu Ling said, "You still want Ye Wanhe to fake her death and leave the palace with the child? Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor? Your grandmother also faked her death and left. Do you know how angry your grandfather was at that time?"
Gu Yan said: "Of course I know, but the crime of deceiving the emperor is not that serious. Don't we have three red-lettered iron certificates in our house?"
Gu Ling snorted, "You still want to use our Gu family's red seal and iron certificate?"
Gu Yan said, "Dad, wealth and honor are achieved through risk. Although you hold great power now, it is because His Majesty's uncle trusts and values you, but flowers do not last forever. His Majesty's uncle will eventually live to a ripe old age. I am not afraid that His Majesty will settle accounts with us when His Majesty ascends the throne, but when the little grandson of the emperor takes power in the future, will he be able to watch our Gu family's power flourish?"
Gu Ling frowned and said, "So, you helped Ye Wanhe fake her death and leave the palace. If the child she is pregnant with is a boy, and our Gu family is really feared by the little grandson of the emperor in the future, at least we can still have the prince outside the palace under our control. Can we try to hold power?"
Gu Yan nodded and said, "That's right. Actually, there are many voices around His Highness telling him to be careful of our Gu family. His Highness chose the girl from the Fu family as the Crown Princess for this reason.
Now everyone is happy. Sister He is the Crown Princess, which is a great event for our Gu family. Our Gu family's wealth and prosperity can at least continue until the emperor's grandson ascends the throne in the future."
Yun Xiangye, who was standing at the door, listened to what Gu Yanzhi said inside and felt extremely ridiculous.
Fortunately, she was moved by the red seal and iron certificate.
It turns out that Gu Yan was just scheming for the power of the Gu family.
Yun Xiangye clenched his fists and left in extreme anger.
In the study, Xie Zhixuan frowned and said, "Gu Yan, why don't you think about serving the country and serving the people? You are just thinking about these unorthodox ways. The sons of the Gu family have been brave and good at fighting since your great-grandfather, and have made great contributions to the Great Sheng Dynasty. How can you think about such unorthodox ways?"
Gu Yan said helplessly: "That's just one reason. The other reason is that Xiangye is always worried about her sister's affairs and begged me hard. I couldn't bear her to worry about this matter all the time, so I would rather use the red seal and iron certificate to get Xiangye to feel at ease."
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