Chapter 183: Which of the slaves in the palace is not pitiful?
On a summer night, Yun Xiangye came out of the bathroom and let Gu Yan wipe her long hair.
Gu Yan whispered, "Come back to the Princess's Mansion with me, right? After all, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and we can be reunited as a family."
Yun Xiangye turned to look at Gu Yan and said, "How can we be called a family?"
"You...haven't you forgiven me?"
Yun Xiangye looked into Gu Yan's eyes and said, "Well, I'm not angry with you anymore, but I don't want to be your wife anymore...
Being your wife is too tiring. I don’t want to be told that I am not worthy of you anymore. I also don’t want to be mocked for marrying above my station in the future…”
Gu Yan held Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "Which woman in this world would not be marrying above her station if she married me? Even those princesses and cousins from the Zhao family would be marrying above their station if they married me."
Yun Xiangye looked into Gu Yan's eyes. Gu Yan was not exaggerating. His mother was the eldest princess, and his father was the emperor's most trusted right-hand man.
His Majesty is his uncle, and the Queen is his cousin. Apart from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who else is more noble than Gu Yan? Any girl who marries Gu Yan is marrying up.
Gu Yan said: "You don't have to resent me for what others say. I will never let others bully you again in the future. It's just that sometimes people have their mouths on their bodies. We can't go to trouble them for a few unpleasant words. This also makes us look petty. Why should we bother with those gossipers?"
"I'm not talking about you, so you won't be so picky." Yun Xiangye said, "It's fine as it is now. It's fine for us not to be husband and wife..."
Gu Yan said, "Not going to be husband and wife? Then did you promise to give Nuonuo a brother or sister?"
"Is it not possible? Without getting married and becoming husband and wife, the brothers and sisters born will follow my surname Yun." Yun Xiangye said, "What's wrong with that?"
Gu Yan didn't dare to persuade Yun Xiangye anymore, for fear that the opportunity to stay in the embroidery workshop that he had finally obtained would be lost because of his own wrong words.
Gu Yan embraced Yun Xiangye in his arms, chuckled and said, "Then I will work harder to create more branches for your Yun family..."
On summer nights, the croaking of frogs and the chirping of insects never stop.
When Yun Xiangye woke up, it was already bright, and Gu Yan was no longer by her side.
But Yinliu and the others are still here.
Yun Xiangye looked at Yin Liu and said, "You two should go back to the princess's residence..."
After all, Yinliu was a female official in the palace, and the small embroidery workshop had wronged them.
Yin Liu smiled faintly and said, "Miss Yun, we were originally sent by the Princess to serve you and the little princess. If you don't want us, I'm afraid we won't even be able to return to the Princess's Mansion."
After hearing what Yin Liu said, Yun Xiangye did not chase them away, "The sleeping place in my embroidery workshop is not as good as the princess's mansion."
Yin Liu said, "Thank you for caring about us, young lady. We are used to sleeping in the small room, so it's okay."
Yun Xiangye smiled softly when she heard this.
The Chinese Valentine's Day is coming in a few days. Gu Yan went out for a walk yesterday and this morning came to the Five Colors Embroidery Workshop to order clothes worth a lot of money. He also bought a lot of ready-made clothes to wear on the Chinese Valentine's Day.
Yun Xiangye was naturally happy to see the increasingly better business. The Yun family's Five-Color Embroidery Workshop was now becoming more and more famous in Chang'an City.
It won’t be difficult to gain a foothold and grow business in the future.
It would be even better if the embroidery workshop could be opened in the best location on Zhuque Street.
After a busy day, Yun Xiangye returned to the bedroom and saw Gu Yan playing with Nuonuo.
When Gu Yan saw Yun Xiangye come in, he stared at her intently.
Yun Xiangye said: "Why are you staring at me like that?"
Gu Yan said: "That brat Zhao Rui spread the news that I wore colorful clothes to entertain my wife. But he ran away from Chang'an and left me to be laughed at. Everyone came to see my ear piercings!"
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but smile when she thought of Gu Yan walking around the city in women's clothes yesterday.
Gu Yan said: "I have lost all my face in Chang'an City. I am afraid I will not be able to face people again in the future."
Yun Xiangye said: "You deserve to have to endure this."
Gu Yan took Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "So you have to make it up to me. This year on the Qixi Festival, don't bring Nuonuo with you. Just you and I will go to the street to play together."
When Xiao Nuonuo heard that they were not taking her with them, she opened her eyes wide and said, "No! Take the baby with you!"
Yun Xiangye picked up little Nuonuo and said, "Of course I will take Nuonuo with me to play."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "There will always be a chance to bring Nuonuo with you in the future. There are many fun things to do in Chang'an during the Qixi Festival. Why don't you bring Nuonuo with you?"
Yun Xiangye hugged Nuonuo and said, "When there is something fun, we should bring Nuonuo with us."
Little Nuonuo threw herself into Yun Xiangye's arms, "Mom is good, Dad is not good."
Yun Xiangye smiled softly: "Mother and Nuonuo are the best."
July 7th is the Girls’ Day for Begging for Skillful Girls.
The Shanggong Bureau in the palace prepared some Qiqiao competitions, and the Empress would also order people to arrange some Qiqiao activities outside the palace so that the people could have fun together.
East Palace.
Ye Wanhe was pregnant so naturally she did not ask about the festival in the harem. She stayed in the study, accompanying Zhao Yun to look at official documents.
Zhao Yun was very satisfied with Ye Wanhe beside him. Since she became the Crown Princess, she has been more considerate and more willing to stick to him than before. She would stay by his side and accompany him to read official documents. Zhao Yun also felt a lot more relaxed when handling the affairs of the court.
Ye Wanhe's eyes were all on the official documents.
"Why are you staring at my hands?"
Ye Wanhe listened to Zhao Yun's words and said, "Today is the Qiqiao Festival. I remembered that in previous years, during the Qiqiao Festival, the palace maids would thread needles and pray to the Weaver Girl to grant them ingenuity.
I also remembered when I was a child in Yongxing City, I went to the embroidery workshop of sister Yun’s house with sister Yun and my good friend Chen Qing to pray for wisdom, and then went to the street to play.
I have been in Chang'an for so many years, but I have never seen the Qiqiao Festival outside the imperial palace."
Zhao Yun said, "After nightfall, I will take you out to see the excitement. After all, you may not be able to go out during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it's better to see the excitement of the Qixi Festival first."
Ye Wanhe touched her belly and said, "I am pregnant. If I leave the East Palace rashly, I am afraid that my mother will..."
Zhao Yun said, "Go out through the secret passage after dark, and the Queen Mother won't know."
Ye Wanhe said: "Secret passage? There is a secret passage in the East Palace."
Zhao Yun whispered in Ye Wanhe's ear: "This secret has always been known only to your Majesty. My father only has me as his child, so he told me this. I am telling you today, and you are not allowed to tell anyone else. Do you understand?"
Ye Wanhe snuggled in Zhao Yun's arms and said, "Your Highness and I are husband and wife, so naturally we won't tell anyone else."
It's getting dark.
Zhao Yun took Ye Wanhe to the bedroom. After entering the bedroom, he moved the bookshelf away, and there was a secret door inside.
Zhao Yun knocked a few times, three long and two short, and a respectful guard came to open the door.
When the ground guard saw Ye Wanhe, he was stunned for a moment, then he knelt down and saluted Zhao Yun who was beside Ye Wanhe.
Ye Wanhe was also stunned when she saw the red mole between the eyebrows of the earth guard who appeared in front of her. The reason was simple: she knew the young eunuch in front of her.
When she first entered the palace, she was very young and lived in the lowest courtyard of the Shanggong Bureau. In a small house next to the lowest courtyard, there lived several deaf and mute eunuchs.
At that time, Ye Wanhe didn't know why there were deaf and mute eunuchs in the palace. They were probably about six or seven years old.
Ye Wanhe, the young eunuch with a red mole between her eyebrows, was deeply impressed, because at that time she had just made a beautiful necklace for herself, and the young eunuch had been staring at her necklace.
At that time, Ye Wanhe gave her necklace to the young eunuch.
Then suddenly one day all these deaf and mute eunuchs disappeared.
For the young palace maid who had just entered the palace, the impression was very impressive. Therefore, Ye Wanhe has never forgotten the deaf and mute eunuchs who suddenly disappeared, and the red mole on the forehead of the young man is still fresh in her memory.
Ye Wanhe looked down and saw the bracelet she had tied around the waist of the young man in front of her. The technique of tying this bracelet was special and there were probably not many people in the palace who could do it.
Even Ye Wanhe's skills are now rusty.
Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "This is the Underground Guard. They live in the tunnels all year round and only obey me and my father. They are deaf and dumb. His name is Ah Hong. He is the leader of the Underground Guard and can read lips."
Zhao Yun then said to the ground guard: "This is the Crown Princess, and also your master."
Ah Hong knelt down respectfully in front of Ye Wanhe.
Ye Wanhe smiled at Ah Hong and said, "Get up."
Ah Hong looked at Ye Wanhe's faint smile and it took him a while to look away.
Ye Wanhe said to Zhao Yun: "Your Highness, isn't it pitiful that they have been living underground all this time?"
Zhao Yun said: "If they didn't live here, they would have lost their lives long ago. Besides, they can serve Your Majesty, so why should we pity them?"
Ye Wanhe also felt that it was ridiculous for her to say the word "pitiful". Which servant in the palace was not pitiful?
We are all slaves, so what is the difference between being above ground and underground? It is better to be underground, at least you don’t have to worry about being with the king like a tiger, and you don’t have to lose your own origins...
Ye Wanhe looked at the underground passage, which looked more like an underground palace. This place should have been built by the founding emperor Taizu when the palace was being built in order to avoid the war and forced abdication.
This place is magnificent and better than many other residences.
When you reach the exit, you will see Tao Gong Villa where Ye Wanhe previously lived.
Ye Wanhe had lived here for a long time and had no idea there was a tunnel.
Walking onto Zhuque Street, the lights are bright and girls are walking around the street wearing the most fashionable new clothes. The vendors today are selling things that girls like.
Ye Wanhe was a little overwhelmed for a moment. The Qixi Festival in Chang'an City was much more lively than the Qixi Festival in Yongxing City.
Zhao Yun took Ye Wanhe onto a cruise ship. After all, Ye Wanhe was pregnant and it was not appropriate for her to be in a crowded place.
Ye Wanhe was on the cruise ship and saw many women carving melon lanterns and releasing them into the river. She also became interested.
Zhao Yun ordered the boatman to dock the boat and buy a melon.
When the cruise ship docks, you can see crowds of tourists on both sides.
When Ye Wanhe and Zhao Yun were whispering with their heads down, she felt that someone on the bridge was staring at her. She looked up and saw that it was Su Zhan. Xu Mengqi beside him was smiling brightly.
After Su Zhan met Ye Wanhe's gaze, he turned around and smiled at Xu Mengqi, then looked at Ye Wanhe again and bowed slightly as a greeting.
Xu Mengqi, who was on the bridge, also saw the two people on the boat and said, "Your Highness is so kind to the Crown Princess. He brought her to the outside of the palace to celebrate the Qixi Festival even though she was pregnant."
Su Zhan nodded and said, "Yes."
On the boat, Zhao Yun followed Ye Wanhe's gaze, frowned, reached out and pinched Ye Wanhe's chin, forcing Ye Wanhe to look at him, "He is now the son-in-law of the Xu family."
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