Chapter 17 Kneeling Abacus
Gu Yan stood in front of the door, blocking Yun Xiangye's way: "Where did I say that mother is difficult to raise?"
Yun Xiangye said, "Don't think that because I spoke softly just now, I didn't hear you clearly saying that only girls and villains are difficult to raise."
Gu Yan took a deep breath and said, "I was wrong. You can beat me or scold me if you want. It's already night time, so don't bother mother. Making her angry will hurt her health."
Yun Xiangye sneered, "So you also know that getting angry can hurt your body. When you scolded me just now, why weren't you afraid that I would get angry and hurt my body?"
Gu Yan did not argue with Yun Xiangye. After all, he was in the wrong. He just murmured softly, "I was wrong."
Yun Xiangye snorted as she listened to Gu Yan's insincere admission of fault. His admission of fault was light and it was just without any intention.
Yun Xiangye would naturally not go to the princess to complain at night like a child. She walked to a box nearby, took out a rosewood abacus, and threw it in front of Gu Yan.
"If you truly know you are wrong, kneel on this abacus... for half an hour!"
Gu Yan first looked at the yellow rosewood on the ground, then frowned and glanced at Yun Xiangye: "Yun Xiangye, my indulgence in you time and time again is not to let you push your luck and get ahead of yourself."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and asked, "Will you kneel or not?"
Gu Yan frowned and said, "A man's knees are made of gold. He should kneel before heaven, earth, the king and his parents. How can he kneel before his wife? Since you came to Chang'an, you have become more and more unreasonable."
There were tears in Yun Xiangye's eyes. Who was being unreasonable?
She has never left Jiangnan for twenty-three years since she was born. Although she has no parents, she still has relatives, sisters and friends in Yongxing City.
She abandoned the embroidery workshop left by her parents, left her younger sister behind, said goodbye to her best friend, and came to Chang'an City where she was unfamiliar with the place, but in return she was treated as unreasonable.
Yun Xiangye came to Chang'an with the intention of living a good life with Gu Yan, but in the past few days she has been ridiculed by her maid, despised by her cousin, and even received an unreasonable remark from Gu Yan.
Seeing Yun Xiangye's tears in her eyes, Gu Yan frowned slightly, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to wipe Yun Xiangye's tears, but Yun Xiangye dodged to the side.
Yun Xiangye shed tears silently, her eyes filled with deep hatred towards Gu Yan.
She shouldn't have married a man from another place in the first place. She traveled thousands of miles to marry him, but ended up with this result.
Seeing this, Gu Yan said, "Only kneel for half an hour, right? After kneeling for half an hour, you are not allowed to make trouble again by saying that I lied to you about my identity for three years."
Yun Xiangye said nothing, but just shed tears silently.
Gu Yan sighed helplessly, went over to lock the door to make sure no one could get in, then knelt on one knee on the abacus, the beads pinching him so hard that it hurt.
Gu Yan said in a cold voice: "Don't cry, and don't make a fuss after you kneel down! I won't indulge you anymore."
Yun Xiangye waited for Gu Yan to kneel for half a minute before wiping her tears. She looked down at Gu Yan and said slowly, "This time I asked you to kneel down and admit your mistake because you scolded me that only women and villains are difficult to raise. It's not that easy for me to forgive you for deceiving me for three years."
What's more, Gu Yan didn't kneel sincerely, he just knelt on one knee.
Gu Yan raised his eyes, stood up, reached out and grabbed Yun Xiangye's wrist, pulling her into his arms.
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye with tears in her eyes and said, "You can't just find a mistake in me and keep making excuses for me. Besides, it wasn't a big mistake. I just didn't tell you about my family background. You've been making a fuss for three days."
Yun Xiangye looked into Gu Yan's eyes and thought that this was not a big mistake.
If she didn't care about Gu Yan at all, she should be happy that she had gone from being an ordinary person to the daughter-in-law of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Even though Zhu Yi's four maids and Wei Xi said that she would be demoted to a concubine, even if she became Gu Yan's concubine, she was still the best.
But she cared about Gu Yan, so she became more and more angry in the past three days.
Angry that he had no self in his heart, Angry that he didn't consider her situation at all, Angry that he didn't even consider her as his wife, Angry that he misunderstood himself, and defended his cousin...
She couldn't tell Gu Yan about this grievance, because Gu Yan didn't have her in his heart. If she told him, Gu Yan would be proud and she would become a joke.
Yun Xiangye wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, pushed Gu Yan away and returned to the bed.
Yun Xiangye thought that if it weren’t for Nuonuo, she would not be willing to stay with Gu Yan so sad and angry.
Since Gu Yan doesn't have her in his heart, why should she care about Gu Yan?
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye who had her back to him, sighed softly, and hugged her from behind.
The next day, when Yun Xiangye woke up, Gu Yan was no longer by her side.
Not long after Yun Xiangye stood up, she heard Nuonuo crying.
I think it was Nanny Cao that she saw when she woke up, and Nuonuo was in a bad mood because of waking up.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly opened the door and held Nuonuo in his arms. Looking at the little face that was somewhat similar to Gu Yan, Yun Xiangye coaxed Nuonuo for a while, and after washing up, he went to Linlang Restaurant.
The waiter and the accountant in the restaurant were replaced by different people.
Yun Xiangye handed the new menu prepared in the mansion to the accountant. The chef in Linlang Restaurant had good cooking skills, but there were no signature dishes. Yun Xiangye could only use methods that offered good quality and low prices.
Food is the most important thing for people. Yun Xiangye thinks that when opening a restaurant, the most important thing is the dishes, followed by the quantity. It is not enough to have a large quantity of dishes but not taste good, but it is not enough to have taste good but not have a large quantity of dishes either. Both are required.
After Yun Xiangye agreed on the quantity of dishes with the cook, she had lunch and returned to the princess's residence.
Soon after returning to Qingfeng Garden, Yun Xiangye accompanied Nuonuo for a nap. After Nuonuo fell asleep, Yun Xiangye heard Run'er whisper, "Miss, the nanny beside Her Royal Highness the Princess asked you to go to the palace with Her Royal Highness the Princess."
When Yun Xiangye heard that she had to go back to the palace, she hurriedly changed her clothes and went out.
The princess' sedan chair was waiting for her at the gate. Yun Xiangye saw Xie Zhixuan at the gate and bowed, "Mother, I'm late."
Xie Zhixuan said, "It's not too late. I told you before that Qingfeng Garden is short of four maids. I haven't been strict with the maids in the mansion in the past few years. It may not be reliable to select maids from the mansion. I will take you to the Shanggong Bureau to pick a few palace maids to serve you, and take your cousin out of the palace at the same time."
When Yun Xiangye heard that her cousin could leave the palace, she was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, mother."
Yun Xiangye got on the sedan chair behind Xie Zhixuan and walked for about quarter of an hour before arriving at the palace gate.
Xie Zhixuan took Yun Xiangye to Fengyi Palace where the queen was.
Yun Xiangye entered and saw Queen Wei sitting high up. She bowed and said, "Greetings, Queen."
Queen Wei chuckled and said, "No need to be so polite. How did you find time to come to the palace today?"
Xie Zhixuan smiled and said, "You also know that I am usually busy with the medicine shop and don't manage the house strictly. This house is short of a few big maids. I thought it would be more convenient to pick a few from the Shanggong Bureau than to find them outside the palace. So I came to the palace today to ask you for help."
Queen Wei smiled and said, "Come here, summon Li Shanggong and ask her to select a dozen capable palace maids."
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Xie Zhixuan then said to Queen Wei, "Sister-in-law, I have another matter to ask. Xiangye's cousin works in the Eastern Palace. She will be 25 years old in March. I want Xiangye to leave the palace before the New Year so that the two cousins can spend a reunion year together outside the palace."
Queen Wei smiled and said, "This is as it should be. Cousin Xiangye is Yan'er's cousin. I will issue an imperial decree to allow Cousin Xiangye to leave the palace. Xiangye, what is your cousin's name?"
Yun Xiangye said: "Ye Wanhe is the head maid in the East Palace."
Queen Wei said, "Wan He is actually your cousin? This girl is good at embroidery and is generally well-behaved and careful. When the Crown Prince was going to move to the Eastern Palace, I spent a long time searching the Shang Gong Bureau before I picked her. Now she is old enough to leave the palace. I will issue an imperial decree to allow Wan He to leave the palace before the end of the year."
Upon hearing this, Yun Xiangye knelt down and thanked her, "Thank you, Queen."
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