Chapter 15 Why doesn't Cousin Wei call me sister-in-law?
Gu Jingyu heard what the waiter said and said angrily, "How dare you, a waiter in a restaurant, talk nonsense and ruin the reputation of the legitimate daughter of the Wei family? My brother has already married, and the one in front of you is my sister-in-law, the Prince of Ning's wife. How can cousin Wei be my mother's daughter-in-law?"
The waiter was stunned when he heard Gu Jingyu's words, "You said she is the Prince of Ning's consort?"
The waiter couldn't help but sneered, "I have seen the Prince of Ning. He is outstanding in appearance and unparalleled in the world. How could his wife be such an ordinary-looking woman? Who dares to pretend to be a princess and a princess?"
Gu Jingyu frowned and said, "Why should I pretend? My brother Gu Yan is right next to you. If you don't doubt me, just go and ask my brother."
The waiter was certain that the woman in front of him, who was not dressed gorgeously and was not a peerless beauty, could not possibly be Gu Yan's wife, so he said, "How could the wife of Prince Ning be such an unsophisticated woman who is so stingy that she even eats three grams of chicken. She has no sense at all."
Yun Xiangye held Nuonuo's little hand and stood up and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the side room and ask Prince Ning."
Since Gu Yan was unwilling to tell his colleagues that she was his wife, Yun Xiangye was deliberately trying to embarrass him.
Gu Jingyu also stood up and said, "Yes, you are such a jerk. You don't even recognize me, the princess, and you dare to be disrespectful to me."
The waiter looked at Gu Jingyu. Gu Jingyu was a beauty. The clothes she wore were gorgeous and exquisite. The waiter was a little nervous, but still felt that Yun Xiangye could not be the wife of Prince Ning.
Gu Jingyu got up and went to the next room. She pushed the door open and said, "Brother."
Gu Yan had just ordered the dishes with his colleagues. There were many cold dishes on the round table. Gu Yan saw Gu Jingyu coming in and asked, "Jingyu, what's going on?"
"Princess." Several officials in the Censorate stood up and saluted Gu Jingyu.
Yun Xiangye took Xiao Nuonuo's hand and walked into the house. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Gu Yan and said, "This waiter in your restaurant is sure that I am not your wife. Can you tell him whether I am your wife or not?"
Gu Yan looked at the waiter outside the door and replied, "Yes."
Yun Xiangye looked at the waiter who was shivering outside the door and sneered, "You can go down."
The waiter was so frightened that his legs went weak and he could not walk. After taking a step he fell to the ground. He quickly got up and hurried to look for his cousin.
Several officials in the Censorate looked at Yun Xiangye in surprise.
Yun Xiangye smiled sweetly and said to the officials, "My lords, we are sorry to bother you any further."
Gu Yan held Yun Xiangye's wrist and said, "Since you are here, let's have lunch together."
Yun Xiangye raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Yan. Just now he didn't dare to introduce himself as his wife in front of his colleagues, but now he actually asked her to stay for dinner.
Yun Xiangye pushed Gu Yan's hand away without leaving a trace. "I came here today for the restaurant's business, so I won't have dinner with you. I want to go take a look in the restaurant's kitchen."
Gu Yan also followed Yun Xiangye. Gu Yan originally wanted to keep Nuonuo by his side, but when little Nuonuo saw that her mother was leaving, she followed behind Yun Xiangye happily, "Mom."
Yun Xiangye picked up Xiao Nuonuo and went to the kitchen.
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Inside the Duke of Wei’s Mansion.
Lady Yan, the wife of the Duke of Wei, listened to the maid's report and raised her eyebrows and asked, "Really? Did Yun really drive the four maids around Gu Yan out of the Princess's mansion?"
"Madam, this is not true. Those maids have gone to the Censorate to look for Prince Ning. The Yun family is really too jealous."
The wife of the Duke of Wei sneered and said, "Does she really think of herself as the wife of the Crown Prince? She doesn't even think about her status. If Gu Yan's life was hanging by a thread and he didn't need a wedding to bring him good luck, he would never have married her."
The maid said beside Yan: "Madam, this is a happy event. Yun is so unpresentable and jealous. Her reputation is ruined. When the time comes, Her Royal Highness the Princess will definitely not allow Yun to be the Crown Prince's wife."
Yan said: "She is not really a lady. She didn't have the three letters and six ceremonies, the three matchmakers and six engagements, and she didn't even get married in the Gu family's ancestral hall. How can she be called a prince's wife?
Even if the position of the Crown Prince's wife is not for my daughter, it is not the turn of a merchant girl from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River who has brought bad luck to her parents."
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Yun Xiangye spent the afternoon running around the Chang'an restaurant and streets.
It was almost dusk when she returned to the palace to find Her Royal Highness the Princess.
When Yun Xiangye arrived at the Garden of Ten Thousand Flowers, she saw Gu Jingyu and Wei Xi were both there.
Wei Xi cried and said to Xie Zhixuan: "Your Highness, I really didn't know that the servants below said such ignorant words in my name."
Xie Zhixuan said to Wei Xi, "You have been taking care of your great-aunt in the princess's mansion for the past three years. You are indeed filial, but you are old now, and it is time for you to go back home."
Wei Xi said: "Your Highness, my great aunt has been depressed since my great uncle passed away. I want to spend more time with her..."
"Mother." Yun Xiangye walked up to Xie Zhixuan and bowed, "Mother, I went to Linlang Restaurant today and found some shortcomings in the restaurant. I want to change the menu of the restaurant."
Xie Zhixuan looked at Yun Xiangye and smiled softly, "I'm handing this Linlang Restaurant over to you. Just go and make the changes. You don't have to report to me in the future. Jingyu has already told me about the disrespect the waiter showed you today. I didn't know that the owner of the restaurant has changed since Xia Lian left. I'm sorry for wronging you."
Wei Xi felt a little nervous when she heard what Xie Zhixuan said. She had sent people into the restaurant under the name of her great-aunt Madam Gu, and had done so when Xia Lian was still there.
Today, that waiter ruined his plan.
Yun Xiangye said: "I am not wronged, but I found that the business in the restaurant is not good now because the price of the dishes in the restaurant is high, and the waiters in the restaurant flatter the rich and look down on the poor, and only care about the dignitaries. I want to recruit some kind and serviceable waiters..."
"I also inquired about the prices of dishes in Chang'an and other restaurants, and found that the prices of dishes at Linlang Restaurant are really expensive. I want to reduce the prices of dishes at Linlang Restaurant by half, and increase the quantity by half..."
When Wei Xi heard Yun Xiangye's words, a sneer flashed in her eyes. What did a merchant girl from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River know? Did she think that this Linlang Restaurant was her shop in the small town in the south of the Yangtze River?
Wei Xi said to Xie Zhixuan: "Your Highness, Princess, I think Yun Xiangye's proposal is inappropriate..."
Yun Xiangye looked at Wei Xi and said with a sneer, "I heard from my husband that the family education of the Duke of Weiguo is very strict and they pay great attention to rules. It turns out that the daughter of the Duke of Weiguo is so particular about rules. I have learned a lesson."
Wei Xi frowned and glared at Yun Xiangye, saying, "Yun! How dare you say that about my Duke Wei's Mansion? Don't forget that the current Queen is my aunt and the daughter of the Duke Wei's Mansion. Are you scolding the Queen?"
Yun Xiangye hurriedly said, "Cousin Wei, you have misunderstood me. I dare not say that the Queen and the Duke of Wei are not right.
I was born in a small rural town and didn't know the rules of the wealthy families in Chang'an. I only learned that in Chang'an city, when a cousin sees her cousin's wife, she doesn't have to call her cousin's wife "cousin-in-law", she can just call her by her name.
I also have to thank my cousin Wei for teaching me this rule. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and when I visit other families in the future, I will know not to call them cousins-in-law. I will just call them by their first names."
Wei Xi's face turned dark.
Gu Jingyu chuckled, "Sister-in-law, there is no such rule in Chang'an City. You still have to call me cousin."
Yun Xiangye looked at Wei Xi with a smile in her eyes, "Then why doesn't cousin Wei call me sister-in-law? Do you think I'm not worthy of your cousin Gu?"
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