Chapter 178 Gu Yan, do you feel sorry for me only today?
Wei Xi frowned, she never thought that the Crown Princess would actually stand up for the Ye family, and for a moment she was at a loss.
Ye Wanhe said slowly: "Come here, call the imperial physician..."
Wei Xi clenched her fists and frowned. She didn't believe that Ye Wanhe had the courage to bring up the imperial grandson in her belly. Even if the baby in Ye Wanhe's belly was the imperial grandson, her aunt was still the queen. How could she let Ye Wanhe use the imperial grandson to act so tyrannically?
Yun Xiangye was quite impressed by Wei Xi's ability to keep calm.
Soon, the imperial physician arrived, and with him came Queen Wei.
Ye Wanhe and Yun Xiangye stood up and saluted.
The imperial physician hurried forward to feel Ye Wanhe's pulse. He looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Your Highness, where do you feel unwell?"
Ye Wanhe said, "I just heard that a bully in Chang'an City smashed a cloth shop. I didn't expect that there would be such a tyrannical thing at the foot of the imperial city. I was so frightened that my stomach ached slightly."
After hearing what Ye Wanhe said, the imperial physician said, "Your Highness' pulse is indeed frightened, and the fetus is a little disturbed. Your Highness should rest well for the next few days and keep your mood in a good state..."
"Yeah." Ye Wanhe nodded lightly.
Queen Wei asked with concern: "Who is the gossiper who told you such a thing?"
Yun Xiangye said from the side: "Your Majesty, it's Gu Yan."
Queen Wei frowned and asked, "Yan'er?"
Ye Wanhe said softly: "Mother, please don't blame Prince Ning for telling me this. I am too timid."
Wei Xi was disgusted watching Ye Wanhe's hypocritical behavior. "Aunt, the Crown Princess is clearly threatening me with the baby in her belly. She is not worthy of being the mother of the Emperor's grandson. She is just using the Emperor's grandson to deal with me."
Queen Wei frowned and looked at Wei Xi, "Shut up!"
Yun Xiangye walked to the side of Queen Wei and said, "Queen, the cloth shop that was smashed was the Ye family cloth shop of my uncle's family. It was smashed by the housekeeper brother-in-law of the Wei family. I offended Wei Xi with my words a few days ago, and I never thought that Wei Xi would allow his servants to smash and destroy the cloth shop of ordinary people."
"I didn't!" Wei Xi didn't wait for Queen Wei to speak, and said, "Aunt, how could I do such a thing? It was Yun Xiangye who slandered me, and the Crown Princess helped Yun Xiangye and made a fuss about the grandson in her belly..."
Queen Wei glanced at Wei Xi coldly, "Wei Xi! You disappoint me so much!"
Wei Xi said, "Aunt, I didn't do that. This is all just a slander against me by Yun Xiangye and the Crown Princess."
Yun Xiangye said innocently, "You mean I can order your Wei Mansion's housekeeper's brother-in-law to smash my uncle's cloth shop to slander you? How come I don't know that I have such ability?"
Wei Xi said, "It was clearly because your Ye's cloth shop sold cloth that caused rashes that it was smashed. How can you blame me for this?"
Yun Xiangye asked, "You didn't know about the Ye Family Cloth Shop just now, so how come you know that it sells cloth that causes rashes? You are well-informed about what happened last evening, and you've heard about it now?"
Wei Xi's eyes were a little vague.
Queen Wei frowned and glared at Wei Xi, "Wei Xi, tell me the truth, was it you who sent people to smash the Ye family's cloth shop? Others don't know the identity of the Ye family, but don't you know it?"
Wei Xi burst into tears and said, "Aunt, I am really wronged..."
When Yun Xiangye saw Wei Xi's tears coming out all of a sudden, she felt admiration in her heart. She looked so pitiful. If she hadn't let it slip just now, she would have thought she was innocent.
Ye Wanhe stroked her belly gently and said, "Why would Xiangye and I come to wrongly accuse you? Xiangye and I never mentioned the rash to you. How could you know what happened to the merchants on West Street when you were in the Chu Palace?"
Wei Xi said: "Aunt, I was really wronged."
"What grievance have you suffered?"
The voice of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came from outside the palace door.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly bowed to the visitor.
When Wei Xi saw Zhao Yun and Gu Yan coming in, he said, "Crown Prince Cousin, Yan Cousin, I am truly wronged. It is clear that the Crown Princess deliberately used the child in her belly to frame me."
Gu Yan said: "Wang Tao has already confessed the truth in the Taiji Hall. Do you still dare to defend yourself? As the consort of the Prince of Chu, why did you send people to smash up the Ye family's cloth shop?"
Wei Xi frowned and said, "It must be Yun Xiangye and the Crown Princess who bribed Wang Tao, aunt."
Queen Wei said, "I am old, but I am not confused. Wei Xi, you really disappoint me. Zhenzhu, how Wei Xi will deal with me is up to you."
After Queen Wei finished speaking, she looked at Wei Xi with disappointment, then sighed and left.
After Ye Wanhe respectfully saw Queen Wei off, she slowly said to Wei Xi, "Wei Xi, you are my "sister" after all, and the mistake you made is not serious, but if the news of the daughter of Duke Wei and the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Chu oppressing the people gets out, it will bring shame to the royal family, so you must be punished.
In this case, you can go to the Ye family cloth shop, kneel down and kowtow to the shopkeeper Ye and his wife to apologize, and you will also have to pay 5,000 taels of silver."
Wei Xi frowned and said, "I am the consort of the Prince of Chu, the daughter-in-law of the royal family. How can I kneel down and kowtow to two lowly merchants?"
Zhao Yun said slowly: "You don't have to be the daughter-in-law of the royal family. If you kowtow and apologize in private, no one will know. If you are concerned about your identity as the daughter-in-law of the royal family, I can make you not be one."
"Cousin." Wei Yu looked at Zhao Yun with disappointment, "Why are you so protective of her?"
Zhao Yun said: "You have to obey the Crown Princess's orders."
Wei Xi's lips trembled in anger, "Cousin, even if I kowtow and apologize, why should I pay five thousand taels of silver? How can such a small shop have goods worth five thousand taels of silver?"
"How could there be none?" Yun Xiangye said, "I am not trying to rip you off with this money. The fabrics inside are all top-notch fabrics in Jiangnan City."
Wei Yu bowed to the prince indignantly and said, "Cousin, I'll take my leave first."
Yun Xiangye smiled at Wei Xi and said, "I hope you can go to the Ye family as soon as possible to kneel down and kowtow to apologize."
Wei Xi glared at Yun Xiangye fiercely before leaving.
After Wei Xi left, Zhao Yun frowned and looked at Yun Xiangye and Gu Yan and said, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"
Gu Yan bowed and took his leave.
Zhao Yun frowned as he watched Gu Yan and Yun Xiangye leave, then said to Ye Wanhe, "I will send people to guard the area around the Ye family's cloth shop, and this will never happen again in the future."
Ye Wanhe smiled at Zhao Yun, "Thank you, Your Highness."
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Yun Xiangye and Gu Yan walked out of the East Palace side by side. After getting on the carriage, Yun Xiangye said, "Gu Yan, thank you so much for today."
"Xiangye, I'm sorry."
The two voices spoke in unison.
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan, "Why are you suddenly saying sorry to me?"
Gu Yan said: "I'm sorry, when you first came to Chang'an, I shouldn't have thought you were noisy, I shouldn't have ignored you, I shouldn't have ignored your feelings... I neglected your situation when you first came to Chang'an. It was my fault that you felt that I was untrustworthy and that made you isolated and helpless in Chang'an City."
Yun Xiangye had tears in her eyes and thought it was ridiculous: "Gu Yan, do you only realize today that you have let me down?"
Yun Xiangye wanted to hold back the tears of grievance in her eyes, but she couldn't. Gu Yan only knew today about the grievances she had suffered for so many days.
Gu Yan hugged Yun Xiangye in his arms and said, "I shouldn't blame you for not telling me about the grievances you suffered when you first came to Chang'an. I did something wrong that made you not believe me and caused you to suffer a lot of grievances. I'm sorry."
Yun Xiangye shed tears and said, "You still resented me for quarreling with you, and you were unwilling to admit your fault! Even if you admitted it, it was just perfunctory."
Gu Yan's eyes were filled with heartache. Yun Xiangye always smiled more when she was in Jiangnan, but she didn't know how many tears she shed after coming to Chang'an City.
"I'm sorry, Xiangye. Today I realized how much of a jerk I was."
Gu Yan held Yun Xiangye's wrist and said, "How about you beat me up to vent your anger?"
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