Chapter 154: Reluctant to Give Up the Position of Crown Prince's Consort
Zhao Rui frowned and looked at Lin Bolan: "Do you dislike me so much? After all, when we were kids, we went into the water together to catch fish, and went to the fields together to catch frogs. You were afraid of being bitten by snakes at that time, so I carried you down the mountain..."
Lin Bolan whispered, "Prince Xiang, please stop talking. I promised to help you."
Lin Bolan thought that she was doing this to help them get married. Even if she lost her reputation, it was better than Zhao Rui yelling that her reputation would be ruined and she had to marry him.
Lin Bolan thought that the reason why she had liked Gu Yan since childhood was largely because of Zhao Rui.
At that time, my father was not yet the prime minister, but a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, teaching His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has several study partners, but Zhao Rui is not actually the Crown Prince's study partner. He just likes to stick with his brothers and come to the Lin Mansion to study together. Zhao Rui studies intermittently and his mind is not on studying.
Lin Bolan was very young at that time, and children love to play by nature. Even though she is dignified and self-respecting now, she was still very naughty when she was young.
At that time, she was tricked by Zhao Rui into going fishing with him. She came back covered in mud and faced the scolding from her father and the beating from her mother. Lin Bolan cried incessantly.
Zhao Rui would laugh at her for being a crybaby, but Gu Yan would give her candy and comfort her to stop crying.
When Zhao Rui caught bugs to scare himself, Gu Yan would stand up and scold Zhao Rui and stand up for himself.
Lin Bolan thought that the reason she fell in love with Gu Yan was entirely because of Zhao Rui's good contrast.
When Zhao Rui carried her down the mountain, she was almost twelve years old. She wanted to go to the mountain to paint landscapes, but her family was extremely strict. Her father had become the prime minister and her brother was busy with his studies and had no time to accompany her to the mountain to paint.
Zhao Rui said he could accompany her, and Lin Bolan actually dared to go up the mountain with Zhao Rui.
But she had only started drawing for a short while when Zhao Rui got a nest of snake eggs from somewhere, causing the two of them to be chased across the mountain.
Lin Bolan was afraid that the snake's legs were too weak to run fast, so Zhao Rui took the initiative to carry her on his back. At that time, Lin Bolan was so frightened by the poisonous snake that she forgot about the differences between men and women. It was an emergency measure, but it would be inappropriate if Zhao Rui shouted at him at that moment.
Seeing that Lin Bolan was willing to help, Zhao Rui stood up and said with a smile: "Good sister, you will be my best sister in the future."
Lin Bolan sighed helplessly, "Are you sure this method can bring Brother and Yun Xiangye together?"
Zhao Ruidu: “Sure!”
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Yun Xiangye, who was in the teahouse downstairs, was feeding Nuonuo wedding cakes.
Several ladies' voices were heard from the side.
"I heard that the Prince of Ning in the Princess's Mansion got divorced. A merchant girl can't be the Prince's consort after all."
"Madam Qian, your daughter hasn't been engaged yet, has she? I wonder if she will be lucky enough to marry into the Princess's mansion. Whoever can marry the Prince of Ning will be truly blessed."
"No matter how lucky I am, it's still my second marriage."
"Second marriage? He's the Prince of Ning. Not to mention that he's only 21 now, even if he's 10 years older and gets married for the third or fourth time, he's still very popular. What's more important is that the Prince of Ning has no children. If she's lucky enough to give birth to a boy, she'll be able to secure her position as the Prince of Ning's consort."
The woman they called Madam Qian smiled softly and said, "How could such a good fortune befall my daughter? The daughter of Prime Minister Lin and the second daughter of the Fu family have not yet been engaged, and there have been rumors these days that Madam Lin has been in contact with the eldest princess."
"That's right. The girl from Prime Minister Lin's family and Prince Ning's son are childhood sweethearts."
Run'er listened to the words behind the screen and looked at Yun Xiangye worriedly.
Yun Xiangye, however, turned a deaf ear to it and just ate the wedding cake in front of her, which could be considered as eating her sister's wedding cake.
Yun Xiangye waited until all the ladies beside her had left before she took Nuonuo out of the teahouse and returned to the embroidery workshop. Not long after Yun Xiangye arrived at the embroidery workshop, Run'er hurried in and said, "Miss, Prince Ning is here, and he brought some wedding cakes and candies."
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly and walked to the side door of the embroidery workshop.
Gu Yan, who was leaning against the wall, saw Yun Xiangye and handed over the wedding candies, wedding cakes and a pot of wine in his hand. "This is the wedding cakes, wedding candies and wedding wine when your highness and sister got married. I brought them out of the palace specially for you. Here are two more for you to give to your uncle and aunt."
Yun Xiangye didn't bother to be polite with Gu Yan, and took it and said, "Thank you, Censor Gu."
Gu Yan said: "Do you have to be so distant from me?"
Yun Xiangye said: "Since you have already divorced, why don't you keep your distance?"
Gu Yan took a deep breath and said, "It's all in vain for me to come here to give you these."
Yun Xiangye said: "Since you know it's a waste of effort, it's better not to come here again in the future."
Gu Yan said angrily, "Who wants to come? I just came here for the sake of my uncle and aunt. After all, my uncle and aunt treat me well."
"Since you are doing this for the sake of your uncle and aunt, why bother coming to see me?" After Yun Xiangye said this, he closed the side door tightly.
Gu Yan outside the house was extremely angry. He really had no memory and kept getting rejected again and again!
Yun Xiangye who was inside the gate got the wedding cakes and candies from the palace. She gave her share to Xiao Nuonuo and Yun Xiangye also tasted some.
Sure enough, the wedding cakes served at the palace banquet were much crispier, more delicious and sweeter than those distributed to the people.
Yun Xiangye took the other two and went to Ye's house on West Street.
The atmosphere in the Ye family was depressing.
Before Yun Xiangye entered, she heard Ye Zhimiao's angry voice inside.
"You actually lined up for two hours under the scorching sun to get the wedding cake? Is this the only thing you need?"
"Sister." Ye Li said, "How can you talk to our parents like that?"
Ye Zhimiao said angrily, "I am so disappointed in you. Under such a scorching sun, you are doing this just for two wedding cakes. Our Ye family has never been so poor!"
Yun Xiangye walked into the house and said, "Miaomiao, many families went to receive wedding cakes for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's wedding. It's not because of their wealth, but because they wanted to share in the good fortune. Many wealthy businessmen on Jinxiu Street also lined up to receive wedding cakes. It's rare to have such a big happy event in a lifetime. The next time you can eat wedding cakes distributed by the palace will be ten or twenty years later."
Yun Xiangye handed the wedding cake to Ye Yuan and Aunt Ye and said, "Uncle, Aunt, these are the wedding cakes and wine from the palace. Gu Yan sent them to me. They are better than the wedding cakes that I queued up to get."
When Aunt Ye was about to take it, Ye Zhimiao snatched the wedding cake and threw it to the ground.
Seeing this, Yun Xiangye frowned and glared at Ye Zhimiao, "Ye Zhimiao, you have really gone too far these days. How can you waste food like this?"
Aunt Ye picked up the wedding cake from the ground, wiped the dust off it with her hand, and held it in her hands with tears in her eyes.
Seeing this, Ye Zhimiao also had tears in his eyes, "Dad, Mom, do you really have to humiliate yourselves to this extent for that unfilial daughter?"
After Ye Zhimiao finished speaking, he looked at Yun Xiangye angrily and said, "You are really disgusting. Since you have divorced Gu Yan, why do you still want to accept his things? Are you trying to keep in touch with him?
It's a pity that Gu Yan just doesn't care about you, so he has kept his identity hidden from you for the past three years.
What kind of divorce is this kind of self-deceiving and lingering divorce? I'm afraid you can't bear to give up your position as the Crown Prince's Consort from the bottom of your heart."
Yun Xiangye was really angry.
Ye Yuan was listening at the side and slapped Ye Zhimiao on the face, "Miao'er, you really have gone too far these days."
"Sister." Ye Li looked at Yun Xiangye, "I apologize to you on behalf of my sister. My sister is young and outspoken."
Ye Zhimiao covered his hands, glanced at the people in front of him with red eyes, and ran out of the house in tears.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly said to Ye Li, "Hurry and follow him."
Seeing Ye Li following Ye Zhimiao, Yun Xiangye sighed in the room and said, "Miaomiao used to be very sensible, why did she become like this after coming to Chang'an?"
Aunt Ye also sighed and said, "Alas, it's also our fault that we took all the guilt we felt towards Wan He onto Miao Miao. We indulged her a little too much. Xiang Ye, is there really no possibility for you and Gu Yan anymore? He even sent you wedding cakes and wine?"
Yun Xiangye smiled faintly and said, "It's no longer possible."
Aunt Ye said slowly: "You can't really not get married. Life is a long journey, and you always need a companion. Although the age difference between you and Li'er is a bit too big, you are cousins after all. After you get married, Li'er will treat Nuonuo well..."
"Ah?" Yun Xiangye was stunned. "Aunt, are you saying that I should marry my cousin Li?"
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