Chapter 127 The Crown Princess has been chosen
Yun Xiangye listened to Zhao Yun's threat without any fear.
She is still the Prince Ning's consort, and is considered to have a high rank.
Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot resort to private punishment in this way. This shows that he does not respect Prince Ning and the Princess. Even His Majesty and the Queen will not allow the Crown Prince to resort to private punishment.
Ye Wanhe stood up from the ground. She held onto the table and took a pair of scissors from the side. She pointed the scissors at her throat and said, "If Your Highness wants to pull out Xiangye's tongue, then I can only pay for it with my life."
Seeing this, Zhao Yun rushed over and snatched the scissors from Ye Wanhe's hand, "Wanhe!"
Ye Wanhe said with tears in her eyes: "I disobeyed Your Highness, it was all my fault, I hope Your Highness will not vent your anger on others."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun flicked his sleeves and left, but he did not put down the scissors he was using to trim the branches.
After Zhao Yun left, Yun Xiangye said to Ye Wanhe, "Sister, don't worry, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not easily punish me. After all, my current identity is still the Crown Prince Consort of Prince Ning."
Ye Wanhe looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Xiangye, listen to my sister's advice and don't divorce Gu Yan so easily."
Yun Xiangye nodded gently and said, "I know Gu Yan is a good husband... but he doesn't love me, sister. I know it's ridiculous for someone of my status to care whether my husband loves me or not.
But I left my hometown and my sister to come to Chang'an, not for status and position, I came here for my husband who I love, and to give Nuonuo a home. Now that we no longer have any feelings for each other, it would be better for me to divorce and return to my Yongxing City."
Ye Wanhe said: "I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will punish you. As you said, you are now the Prince Consort of Prince Ning and the daughter-in-law of the Princess. Zhao Yun still has some concerns. But if you divorce..."
Yun Xiangye said, "Sister, you don't have to worry about this. The eldest princess said yesterday that even if Gu Yan and I divorced, she would still recognize me as her adopted daughter, and I can still call her mother."
Ye Wanhe smiled faintly, "That's good, this way, I don't have to worry about you too much."
Yun Xiangye talked to Ye Wanhe for a long time before leaving the East Palace.
As soon as she walked out of the palace, Yun Xiangye saw Gu Yan outside the vermilion palace wall.
After the discussion yesterday, Yun Xiangye didn't know what Gu Yan was thinking, and whether he was willing to let her go and divorce her.
Yun Xiang and Ye Zuoyou didn't know what to say to Gu Yan and just wanted to treat him as a stranger.
When Yun Xiangye passed by Gu Yan, Gu Yan reached out and held Yun Xiangye's wrist and said, "We haven't divorced yet, and you plan to treat me as someone who has nothing to do with you?"
Yun Xiangye said: "I have already made my words very clear to you."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "What you said yesterday was all nonsense, saying that I was just learning to love my wife like an elder. I only know that you are my wife now. I admit that I am not thoughtful enough and I really don't care about you enough, so that you came to Chang'an City and fell into an unbearable situation.
But Xiangye, no one is perfect. If you feel that I don't love you enough or don't care about you enough, these problems can't be solved by divorce. Please give me another chance."
Gu Yan said: "Before you, I have never loved anyone, and I don't know what true love is like. So when you told me your twisted ideas yesterday, I kept silent and thought about it, but this doesn't mean that I don't love you. I just want to understand whether my love for you can be considered love."
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Give me a few more months. If you are still not satisfied, it is not too late to propose a divorce. Just think of it as doing it for Nuonuo."
Yun Xiangye thought for a moment, and finally agreed: "Okay."
Gu Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go, I'll take you home."
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The weather turns warmer in March, which is a sunny and perfect time for spring outings.
With one month left before the Crown Prince's wedding, the much-anticipated candidate for Crown Princess was finally decided by an imperial decree, bestowing upon Wei Zhenzhu, the eldest daughter of Duke Wei Zhan, who was left among the people, as the Crown Princess.
Yun Xiangye heard the news from the embroiderer in the embroidery workshop. After all, there were so many bets on the Crown Princess that many people from all over Chang'an went to place bets.
Many embroiderers in the embroidery workshop went to bet five copper coins and have some fun.
As soon as the imperial edict was issued, none of the candidates for the Crown Princess were on the betting table, and all the embroiderers were neither winning nor losing.
"Duke Weiguo actually lost his eldest daughter among the common people?"
"I have never heard of this. This Miss Wei who was abandoned among the common people is really blessed."
"The current Crown Prince is young and handsome, and his appearance is also first-class. It is really enviable that Miss Wei can marry him and become the Crown Princess."
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly as she listened to the embroiderer's talk. It was clear that her sister was still determined not to give up Ye Wanhe's identity and become the daughter of the Wei family. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still insisted on issuing such an imperial decree, which showed that he did not take her sister seriously at all.
With a husband like this, what is there to envy?
Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to let my sister be the Crown Princess, he still looks down on my sister's background in his heart, so it would be a waste of my sister's intentions.
Yun Xiangye heard footsteps coming from the door. She looked up and saw Su Zhan. Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "Cousin Su."
Su Zhan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Cousin, can we go to the courtyard and talk alone?"
Yun Xiangye nodded lightly and said, "Okay."
Yun Xiangye put down the needle and thread in her hand and followed Su Zhan to the courtyard. The magnolia flowers in the embroidery studio were in full bloom at this moment.
Yun Xiangye and Su Zhan arrived under the magnolia tree, and Su Zhan asked, "Cousin, it's been rumored today that the Crown Prince has chosen a Crown Princess. Who is this Wei Zhenzhu? I asked around, but I didn't know that the Duke of Wei actually has an eldest daughter."
Yun Xiangye said, "This Wei Zhenzhu is Sister He. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants Sister He to recognize Duke Wei as her father and become the Crown Princess as the daughter of the Wei family."
Su Zhan tried his best to force out a smile and said, "It is a blessing for her that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to give her a title."
Yun Xiangye did not tell Su Zhan much about her sister's unwillingness to marry the daughter of the Wei family. The more people knew about this, the more helpless they would be.
Su Zhan said: "Now that she has a name, I can rest assured. I was worried about the unknown details of the daughter of the Wei family who I had never heard of, but now I can rest assured..."
"master."
The servant beside Su Zhan came hurriedly and said, "Master, a few eunuchs came from the West Street Yahang and said that His Majesty has issued an imperial decree to grant you a marriage."
Su Zhan looked confused, "Grant me a marriage?"
Yun Xiangye said to Su Zhan, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said some time ago that he would grant you a marriage with the daughter of the Xu family of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion."
Su Zhan couldn't help but frown, but since it was an imperial decree from the palace granting marriage, he didn't dare to be negligent and hurried back to the pawnshop to receive the decree.
Yun Xiangye also followed Su Zhan to the dental clinic.
In the yamen, Yun Xiangye looked at the eunuch who came to announce the imperial edict, and then he hurriedly knelt down with Su Zhan to receive the order.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, hereby proclaims: Su Zhan, the head of the Su dental shop, is young and has a promising career. He has made contributions to the trade between Dasheng merchants and the Western Regions. Xu Mengqi, the eldest daughter of the Zhenbei Marquisate, is beautiful and intelligent, and virtuous. The two are a match made in heaven, made for each other. I hereby grant them marriage, hoping that they will be together forever. I hereby decree that they will be married on an auspicious day."
After listening to the eunuch's reading, Su Zhan's thoughts went back to the big ship on the river twelve years ago.
Ye Wanhe, who was thirteen years old at the time, leaned on the deck and looked at him with a sweet smile: "Brother Zhan, I promise you that when I am twenty-five and can leave the palace, if you have not married yet, I will be your wife."
At that time, he thought it was just an ordinary joke, but over the past ten years, Su Zhan has never forgotten it.
Now, there is no possibility for the two of them.
"Cousin." Seeing that Su Zhan was stunned and did not respond for a long time, Yun Xiangye reminded Su Zhan.
Su Zhan quickly stretched out his hands to take the imperial edict and said, "I accept the order and thank you for your grace."
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Inside the Mansion of Marquis Zhenbei.
There was a chessboard in Xu Mengqi's boudoir. Xu Mengqi was playing chess with her left and right hands. When she saw the maid rushing in, she asked, "What are you running for in such a hurry?"
The maid panted and said, "Miss, the Crown Princess has been chosen. She is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei."
"Wei Xi?" Xu Mengqi frowned slightly, "How could it be Wei Xi?"
"It's not Wei Xi, it's Wei Zhenzhu, the eldest daughter of Duke Wei who was left among the people."
Xu Mengqi couldn't help but frown and said, "Dad and Duke Weiguo have been good friends since childhood. How come I have never heard that Duke Weiguo has another eldest daughter?"
The maid said: "Now it has spread all over the outside world..."
Xu Mengqi couldn't help but feel a sense of loss. She had always aspired to marry the most powerful man since she was a child. Now with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, there was no hope for her. However, she was not discouraged.
And what about Gu Yan? Although Gu Yan is married, his status as the Crown Prince's Consort is too low, and being her concubine is a blessing for her...
"Girl, girl..."
Another maid ran in hurriedly. Xu Mengqi couldn't help but frown and said, "Si Liu, why are you so reckless too?"
"Young lady, the imperial decree granting your marriage has arrived. Please go to the main gate to receive it."
Xu Mengqi was in a trance for a while, "Imperial decree granting marriage?"
Xu Mengqi hurried to the gate to receive the order.
As Xu Mengqi listened to the eunuchs reading the imperial edict, her face became increasingly darker.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for granting the marriage." Marquis Zhenbei accepted the imperial decree with both hands for his daughter, who was stunned and looked humiliated.
Xu Mengqi waited for the eunuch to leave. With tears in her eyes, she said, "Dad, why did His Majesty suddenly issue such an imperial decree? How could His Majesty let your daughter marry a merchant? You have been His Majesty's study companion since childhood. Please go and beg His Majesty to withdraw this marriage decree. Your daughter cannot suffer such humiliation."
Xu Mengqi, who has always been strong-willed, thought that even if she couldn't marry the prince, Gu Yan.
There are other royal relatives and sons of nobles who can marry her, so why would she fall to the level of marrying a merchant who is as lowly as dust?
The Marquis of Zhenbei said slowly: "Your Majesty has discussed this marriage decree with me. Now that the world is at peace and there is no war in the Western Regions, it is a good time for Dasheng to trade with the Western Regions.
The pawnshop opened by Su Zhan has done a lot of business with the Western Regions over the years. Medicines, silks, porcelains, and tea have been exchanged for many horses for Dasheng, and the cavalry and military horses are thriving. The 200 new war horses acquired by our Zhenbei Marquis Mansion are the result of business facilitated by Su's pawnshop. Your marrying him is tantamount to showing His Majesty's importance of trade with the Western Regions.
The most rare thing is that Su Zhan was neither humble nor arrogant at a young age. He built up this huge family fortune with his own abilities. Except for his humble background, everything else about him was impeccable.
I have also inquired about his parents. His parents have been in business for many years and have a very good reputation in Luoyang. The family is harmonious. Although you are marrying down, if you really compare the assets of our Marquis' Mansion and the Su family, it is possible that the Su family is richer. You will have a good life after marrying into their family.
Your family is wealthy, your husband is capable, your parents-in-law are harmonious, and you are marrying down, so your father will naturally not let Su Zhan take a concubine, and you won't have anything to worry about. He is seven years older than you and will take good care of you. Your father is very satisfied with this son-in-law."
Xu Mengqi frowned and said, "If you are very satisfied, you can marry me. I won't marry you!"
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