Chapter 197: Ye Wanhe will not be spared easily
As night fell, the cold wind from the south of the Yangtze River was biting. An old ox was munching on grass nearby. Zhao Yun looked up at the stars in the sky through the roof of the cowshed, frowning.
After a while, the maid Que'er brought over rice with bran and handed the meatless meal to Zhao Yun, "This is tonight's meal."
"Here are your clothes. Remember to change into them tomorrow."
Zhao Yun snorted coldly as he looked at the unappetizing dishes.
The maid Que'er looked at the oil lamp burning in the cowshed and said, "Please put out the oil lamp quickly. This oil lamp is not cheap."
After Que'er finished speaking, he left the cowshed, leaving Zhao Yun and a bowl of rice behind.
After following the human traffickers around these days, Zhao Yun has corrected his picky eating habits that he had when he became the crown prince. Even rice with bran in it tastes like delicacies from land and sea.
After Zhao Yun finished eating, he glanced around and smelled the stench in the cowshed... When he returns to Chang'an one day, he will definitely not let Ye Wanhe off easily!
Zhao Yun didn't sleep much that night. The cowshed was filled with a foul stench and the old ox started mooing early in the morning.
When Que'er saw Zhao Yun sleeping, she scolded him repeatedly, "You are beside the cows, listening to them mooing, why don't you feed them? Go over there and get some hay, mix it with the bran and feed it to the cows."
Zhao Yun concealed the anger in his heart but did not move.
Que'er said, "My daughter spent fifty taels of silver to buy you, not for you to be a master. Hurry up and feed the cows. You will follow me to the wine shop to make wine later."
Zhao Yun couldn't help but frown, but he could only get up and feed the cows. He couldn't reveal his identity for the time being.
The dust from feeding the cows made Zhao Yun cough for a long time before he finished feeding the cows.
Zhao Yun stared at Niu, thinking about how to torture Ye Wanhe after he returned to Chang'an!
"Gou'er, come with me to the winery to make wine. The twelfth lunar month is the most important time for making wine. Follow me and learn well."
Zhu Ting walked up to Zhao Yun and said.
Only then did Zhao Yun take a closer look at Zhu Ting's appearance. He was stunned. Zhu Ting looked 60% similar to his uncle, the King of Chu. Could he be the illegitimate son of the King of Chu that was left outside?
Zhu Ting brought Zhao Yun to the winery.
When the eldest brother of the Zhu family saw Zhu Ting coming, he said, "What time have you come? Don't you know that the winery is busy making wine? You have been lazy since you were a child!"
Zhu Ting clenched his hands and said, "Brother, I will start making wine now. This is the servant Gou'er that my Chen Qing found. He will work with me today."
Boss Zhu said, "Great, we have helpers now. You can work until midnight today and then go back. The New Year is coming soon, you can't be lazy anymore."
Zhu Ting did not argue with Zhu Lao Da. He started working and taught the new mute slave beside him how to make wine.
Zhao Yun worked with Zhu Ting to make wine, and after a whole day he was so tired that every part of his body ached.
Today I have experienced the hard work and suffering of ordinary people.
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It was almost New Year's Day, but there was no bustle in Chang'an City, and no one dared to celebrate the New Year. After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had just passed away not long ago, and no one dared to celebrate the New Year lavishly and bring bad luck.
Yun Xiangye often went to the embroidery workshop these days. Although she didn't dare to celebrate, it was New Year's Day after all, and there were still many people coming to buy new clothes. It was almost the New Year's Eve, and the embroidery workshop would be closed after that, so it was particularly busy these days.
Yun Xiangye was just about to go to the front shop from the backyard, but before he reached the front, he heard several people talking.
"Your Majesty is still in grief over the loss of his son, so you let Prince Ning govern the country. Your Majesty really trusts Prince Ning."
"Your Majesty and Prince Ning grew up together, so their friendship of life and death is naturally extraordinary."
"It's a pity that Prince Ning married a merchant girl as his princess. He even used colorful clothes to entertain his wife for that merchant girl. The crown prince is still young. In the future, Prince Ning will have the final say in government affairs. Prince Ning holds great power, but Prince Ning picked such a humble woman. Tsk tsk."
"Who says it's not true? This princess is also very lucky. She was a merchant girl and became the princess of Prince Ning. She was also loved by Prince Ning. I heard that this embroidery shop was opened by the princess of Prince Ning."
"Is this embroidery shop opened by Prince Ning's wife?"
"Don't you know? The clothes that Prince Ning wore to entertain his wife were made in the Five Colors Embroidery Workshop. It will take more than a year to get his clothes."
"It's no wonder that Prince Ning is willing to marry such a humble merchant girl. I also want my brother to marry her, so that he won't have to wait for a year or two for a piece of clothing."
Yun Xiangye listened to their discussions and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips slightly.
After the night of the 23rd, the Five Colors Embroidery Workshop closed its doors and remained closed until the Lantern Festival.
It was a rare opportunity for Yun Xiangye to have a few days of rest. Yun Xiangye still remembered that during last year's Chinese New Year, she and Gu Yan quarreled constantly and were unhappy every day. But now she could finally have a good Chinese New Year.
Yun Xiangye would also bring Nuonuo into the palace from time to time to accompany Ye Wanhe.
In the Eastern Palace, the little grandson of the emperor is almost a hundred days old. He is very cute, but he seems to look more and more like Zhao Yun.
Ye Wanhe held the little grandson in her arms and said to Yun Xiangye with a smile: "I heard that Shuang Bai also gave birth to a son, right?"
Yun Xiangye nodded lightly and said, "Yes, she gave birth to a son, who is older than Yu'er."
Ye Wanhe chuckled softly and said, "When I left, Shuangbai was only this young. If we met, I'm afraid we wouldn't recognize each other."
Yun Xiangye also smiled and said, "Shuangbai said that when the child is almost one year old, he will be brought to Chang'an City. It won't be long before you can see Shuangbai."
Ye Wanhe said, "I heard that Shuang Bai married Chen Qing's younger brother, right?"
Yun Xiangye nodded and said, "It's Chen Qing's younger brother, Chen Lang."
Ye Wanhe said, "I wonder how Chen Qing is doing now? These past few days I've often dreamed of the time when we played together as children."
Yun Xiangye said, "Chen Qing married into the Zhu family, which owns a winery in town. The Zhu family has three brothers, and Chen Qing married the second son. The Zhu family's parents-in-law were very partial to each other, and they often quarreled with the second son and Shen Qing. After Chen Qing got married, she had less contact with me, and I only saw her husband two or three times, and I have forgotten what he looks like."
Ye Wanhe said: "Back then, Shen Qing and I were close friends. I don't know if I will have the chance to see her again in this life."
Yun Xiangye sighed and said, "Chen Qing and her husband originally wanted to come to Chang'an City. Her husband had long been fed up with his parents' partiality and wanted to start his own business. Unfortunately, Chen Qing's parents-in-law threatened to die and would not let Chen Qing come to Chang'an no matter what."
Ye Wanhe said: "The Shen family is a prominent family in Yongxing City after all, why should Shen Qing be suppressed by her parents-in-law?"
Yun Xiangye said: "Chen Qing loves her husband very much, how could she bear to make things difficult for him."
Ye Wanhe said, "I see. I was thinking of summoning her to Chang'an with the Crown Princess's order. This way, it won't be difficult for her and her husband."
When Yun Xiangye heard this, her eyes lit up and she looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Sister, you can issue an oral order. In this way, the Zhu family's biased elders will have no use threatening to commit suicide."
Ye Wanhe smiled and said, "Well, ask Gu Yan to pass the message to Yongxing City in my name."
Yun Xiangye listened and nodded.
Nuonuo looked at the little Crown Prince beside her and touched his face with her fingers. The Crown Prince giggled at her.
Nuonuo threw herself into Yun Xiangye's arms and said, "Mother, where is my sister? Nuonuo wants my sister."
Yun Xiangye stroked Nuonuo's little head and said, "When your cousin Xie's baby is born, maybe she will be your sister."
Nuonuo said: "I want a sister born by my mother."
Yun Xiangye smiled faintly: "You can't have a sister for the time being. The Crown Prince just passed away. We have to observe the national mourning. How can we give birth to a sister for you?"
Ye Wanhe listened to Yun Xiangye mention the words "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince" and looked down at her son in her arms. It was a pity that she couldn't watch with her own eyes Zhao Yun suffer as a mute slave among the people.
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