Chapter 19 Contraceptive Medicine
Yun Xiangye ignored the palace rule that prohibited fast walking and ran after them, lifting her skirt. Finally, she saw the backs of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and her cousin.
"Sister He."
Ye Wanhe heard Yun Xiangye's voice, turned around and saw Yun Xiangye waving at her, lowered her head and said, "Your Highness, can I have a few words with my cousin?"
Zhao Yun glanced at Yun Xiangye who was making a fuss in the palace, frowned slightly and said, "Don't stay too long, go back to the East Palace as soon as possible."
"yes."
After Ye Wanhe bowed and agreed, she turned around to look for Yun Xiangye.
Yun Xiangye caught up with Ye Wanhe and indeed smelled a strong herbal scent on her.
"Sister He, why did you say you didn't want to leave the palace?"
Ye Wanhe glanced at the palace maids coming and going, and said to Yun Xiangye, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go talk somewhere else."
Ye Wanhe held Yun Xiangye's hand and went to a corner of the palace where few people went.
After checking that there was no one around, Ye Wanhe said to Yun Xiangye: "Sister Yun, it's not that I don't want to leave the palace, but I can't."
Yun Xiangye waited for Ye Wanhe to explain to her, but she just sighed and stopped talking at this point.
Yun Xiangye said, "Sister, the Queen already knows about the affair between you and the Crown Prince. The Queen will not allow you to stay in the East Palace for long. You might as well go back with me and ask Her Royal Highness the Princess to let you leave the palace. The Queen will definitely agree."
Ye Wanhe listened to Yun Xiangye's words, her eyes showing surprise as she asked, "What did you say? What did the Queen know?"
Yun Xiangye said, "The princess just felt your pulse and found out from it that you and the Crown Prince have been hanging out together every night and taking contraceptive pills every day."
Ye Wanhe's face turned red and blue with shame when her cousin found out about her secret.
Yun Xiangye sighed and said, "The Queen is very angry. She just said that she would not let this seduced servant stay in the East Palace for long..."
Ye Wanhe's eyes instantly filled with tears. She bit her lower lip and shook her head, saying, "I didn't, Sister Yun. I didn't seduce you. I didn't."
Seeing Ye Wanhe crying, Yun Xiangye hurriedly said, "I believe you."
Yun Xiangye and Ye Wanhe are only two years apart in age, but Ye Wanhe has behaved like an older sister since she was young. Yun Xiangye still remembers every detail of when they were young and learned embroidery from their mother.
Yun Xiangye didn't think that her sister would be the kind of person who would seduce her master.
"Sister He, come with me and ask Her Royal Highness the Princess to let you leave the palace."
Ye Wanhe said: "No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not allow me to leave the palace. I cannot disobey him and violate his orders."
Yun Xiangye said: "Even if you don't follow me out of the palace today, the Queen will not let you stay in the East Palace anymore. I don't know where the Queen will assign you then.
Sister, the Queen is so angry that I'm afraid she won't let you become the Crown Prince's concubine or a concubine or a lady-in-waiting!"
Ye Wanhe said: "I have never expected to be a concubine or a concubine of the crown prince. I am of humble origin, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not allow me to be a concubine or a concubine.
Besides, since His Majesty ascended the throne, there has only been the Empress in the harem. The Crown Prince's grandmother hated concubines and side wives the most. I think the Crown Prince will only have a Crown Princess. Otherwise, the Crown Prince would not be 23 years old now and still not have a side concubine or concubine."
Yun Xiangye said: "Since you know this, why did you choose to stay in the East Palace?"
"Sister, as a slave in this deep palace, how can you choose? You can only follow the master's wishes."
Ye Wanhe shed tears, "If I ask to leave the palace against His Highness's wishes, it will anger His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness looks kind, but he never allows anyone to disobey him."
Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe distressedly and said, "But the Queen will never let you stay in the Eastern Palace..."
Ye Wanhe sighed and said, "The servants in the palace can only obey the orders of their masters. If the Queen really wants to transfer me out of the East Palace, I will obey the Queen's orders. However, now, I still have to obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Ye Wanhe looked at Yun Xiangye who was worried about her and said, "Sister Yun, I won't say any more to you. I have to go back to the East Palace to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Yun Xiangye said, "Sister, please don't take the contraceptive pills anymore. The princess said that it's difficult for you to have children now. If you take the contraceptive pills a few more times, you may never have children in this life."
Ye Wanhe gently touched her belly, her lips trembling as she said, "Xiangye, it's not up to me to decide whether to take the contraceptive pill or not. It's better than being childless for life than having a child that's heart-wrenching and painful to have."
Yun Xiangye's eyes were red as she said, "Sister, Her Royal Highness the Princess has been very kind to me. Why don't you come with me and ask her for help? She will definitely find a way to protect you and will not let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince embarrass you."
Ye Wanhe said: "No matter how capable the princess is, she can't protect our relatives far away in Jiangnan. It is too easy for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to deal with me."
Ye Wanhe reached out her hand to wipe away Yun Xiangye's tears, and chuckled as she said, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you don't have children in this life. If I am lucky enough to leave the palace, I can only be a stepmother at my age. Without my own children, I can focus on taking care of my stepchildren. If I can't leave the palace, I will definitely not be able to have children in this life, so don't worry about not having children in this life."
When Yun Xiangye saw Ye Wanhe's forced smile, she felt a sharp pain in her throat.
Ye Wanhe smiled and said to Yun Xiangye: "Go back to Fengyi Palace quickly. Don't worry about me. I have been in the palace for many years. But you, have you suffered any grievances since you first came to Chang'an City?"
Yun Xiangye now felt that the grievances she had suffered from Gu Yan were nothing compared to the grievances her sister had suffered in the palace.
Yun Xiangye shook her head and didn't want her sister to worry too much about her.
Yun Xiangye returned to Fengyi Palace. Xie Zhixuan had already selected four palace maids and a nanny who was about thirty years old.
Xie Zhixuan said to Yun Xiangye: "These palace maids will be your servants in Qingfeng Garden in the future. You can give them names when you return home."
"Yes." Yun Xiangye responded.
In the sedan chair on the way back to the princess's mansion, Yun Xiangye was absent-minded the whole time. She was worried about her cousin Wanhe's situation.
After returning to Qingfeng Garden, Yun Xiangye hurried to see Nuonuo. When he entered the inner courtyard, he could no longer hear Nuonuo crying, so Yun Xiangye breathed a sigh of relief.
When I entered the house, I didn't see Nuonuo. Then I realized that it was Gu Yan who carried Nuonuo to the study.
Yun Xiangye also went to the study, only to see Nuonuo lying in Gu Yan's arms, quietly watching Gu Yan writing official documents.
"Mother." Nuonuo smiled sweetly when she saw Yun Xiangye.
Yun Xiangye stepped forward and held Nuonuo in her arms, "Nuonuo."
Yun Xiangye looked at her soft little daughter in her arms, and thought of the fact that her cousin would not be able to have children if she really drank the contraceptive pill a few more times. Thinking of this, Yun Xiangye glared at Gu Yan fiercely.
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye in confusion, "Why are you mad at me again? I'll take care of Nuonuo as soon as I get home."
Yun Xiangye handed Nuonuo to Nanny Cao who was waiting outside, then returned to the study and closed the door.
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye and smiled softly, "There is no floor heating in this study room, only a charcoal brazier. If you want to give Nuonuo a brother or sister here, you will probably be cold. You should go back to your room..."
Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "Stop thinking about those indecent things! How is your relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Gu Yan said: "Why do you ask this?"
Yun Xiangye said: "You are cousins, of similar age, so you must have a very good relationship."
"Yeah." Gu Yan said, "What's wrong?"
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and said, "If you can help me get my cousin out of the palace, I will no longer be annoyed by you for deceiving me about my identity. From now on, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west."
Gu Yan pulled Yun Xiangye into his arms, let Yun Xiangye sit on his knees and said: "Xiangye, you must not tell anyone what I am going to say to you next."
Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "As long as you let my sister leave the palace, I will agree to whatever you say in the future."
Gu Yan whispered in Yun Xiangye's ear: "Aunt Ye is your Highness's bedmate, how could your Highness let his woman leave the palace?"
Yun Xiangye said, "So you also know about this! Then do you know that the Crown Prince asked my cousin to take contraceptive pills?"
Gu Yan was not surprised that Yun Xiangye knew about this. He must have been told by Ye Wanhe: "Well, I asked my uncle Qin Wen for the contraceptive prescription on behalf of the Crown Prince."
It turned out to be the contraceptive prescription that Gu Yan asked for...
Yun Xiangye was so angry that her voice trembled as she said, "Gu Yan, do you know that if my sister uses a few more foetus-avoiding drugs, she will never get pregnant again! If anything happens to my sister, I will not forgive you."
Gu Yan said helplessly: "It's not me who asked your sister to take the contraceptive pills, why are you mad at me for this?
Besides, the contraceptive prescription was prepared by my Master Qin, who is a highly skilled doctor. If you hadn’t taken it for several years, the contraceptive prescription he prescribed wouldn’t have been so harmful to your body that it would have been difficult to get pregnant.”
Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "You have been in Jiangnan for three years, so my sister has been taking this medicine for at least three years. When did you get the prescription?"
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