Chapter 31: Teach Yun Xiangye a Lesson
Gu Yan saw the tears in Yun Xiangye's eyes. He wiped her tears helplessly and said, "In three days, the court will have a holiday. You can have seven days to rest. I will take you and Nuonuo to have a good time in Chang'an."
When Nuonuo saw Yun Xiangye crying, she ran into Yun Xiangye's arms, wiped her tears with her little hands and said, "Mom, don't cry."
Yun Xiangye smiled faintly and said, "Don't cry, mother."
Yun Xiangye continued to make new clothes for Nuonuo until late at night. After Nuonuo fell asleep, she was carried away by Nanny Cao.
Gu Yan came back from the study and saw Yun Xiangye still embroidering the clothes, so he stepped forward, took the clothes from her hands and said, "Stop it, be careful not to hurt your eyes."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and said, "When you asked me to make new clothes for you just now, why weren't you afraid that I would hurt my eyes?"
Gu Yan was extremely helpless and said, "Xiang Ye, do you really have to be like this and can't you talk properly?"
Yun Xiangye said: "I just don't know how to talk properly. If you dislike me, then divorce me..."
Before Yun Xiangye could say anything, Gu Yan kissed her red lips. Since coming to Chang'an, there has not been a single day that she did not mention the word divorce.
When Yun Xiangye was picked up by Gu Yan, she quickly put her hands on Gu Yan's neck and said, "Let me ask you something."
Gu Yan placed Yun Xiangye inside the bed curtain and reached out to untie her clothes: "It is important to expand the Gu family. If you have anything else, I will ask you later..."
Yun Xiangye said, "Today, I heard from Sister He that the second daughter of the Fu family, Fu Anran, is as beautiful as a fairy, and is the most beautiful woman in the world, just like your mother. She came to you to propose marriage three years ago, why didn't you agree? Is it because you are afraid that the Fu family's relatives are too powerful?"
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "There is only one reason why I don't agree to the marriage proposal. I don't like you."
Yun Xiangye asked, "You don't even like someone so beautiful? Then who do you like?"
Gu Yan looked into Yun Xiangye's eyes and asked, "What do you think?"
"Wei Xi?"
Yun Xiangye thought of the energy with which Gu Yan protected Wei Xi...
Gu Yan frowned and said, "If I didn't like you, there's no way I would agree to get married, and there's no way I would spend the wedding night with you."
"Humph!" Yun Xiangye chuckled, "You lied to me again. You said you liked me? This is the biggest joke I've heard this year."
What Gu Yan meant by love was that he kept his identity a secret from her for three years, totally ignoring her situation when she first arrived in Chang'an?
Let her be laughed at by everyone for not being worthy of him?
It's really ridiculous.
Gu Yan lowered his head and held Yun Xiangye's hand, moving her hand under her belly. "Even if I can lie to you, it can't lie to you. It knows that I like you."
Yun Xiangye felt her hand was burning, so she quickly withdrew her hand and spat softly, "You have no shame."
What Gu Yan meant by liking is just sex. What kind of liking is this?
Half an hour later, Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye in his arms and chuckled, "Now you should believe that I like you, right?"
Yun Xiangye no longer had the energy to argue with Gu Yan about whether he liked it or not.
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The next morning.
Yun Xiangye slept until noon before waking up. Her previous illness had made her accustomed to waking up late.
Yun Xiangye's right eyelid kept twitching when she woke up this morning, and she felt like something was about to happen.
When Run'er helped Yun Xiangye to stand up, she saw the marks on her shoulder and frowned, "How could the uncle bully you like this?"
Yun Xiangye put on her pajamas and said, "It's okay. I'm afraid he has more injuries than me. Go prepare a carriage. I'm going to Linlang Restaurant later."
Since the eldest princess has given Linlang Restaurant to her, Yun Xiangye naturally has to build a good career for it so that Gu Yan will no longer look down on her and say that she can't manage the Gu family's business.
What's more, Yun Xiangye thought that in this world, no matter what you rely on, it is not as useful as relying on money.
Yun Xiangye called Nuonuo to go to Linlang Restaurant together. It was not yet lunch time when they arrived at Linlang Restaurant, but the entire restaurant was already full of diners.
The accountant at the counter saw Yun Xiangye coming and bowed, "Boss."
Yun Xiangye held Xiao Nuonuo in her arms and said, "It's not even lunch time yet, and the business in this restaurant is so good?"
The accountant smiled and said, "The new menu you gave me is good quality and cheap, with many dishes and good prices. It's just around the corner for the New Year, and many families will entertain relatives and friends from other places who are coming to Chang'an to pay New Year's greetings, so they will naturally choose Linlang Restaurant."
Yun Xiangye looked at the guests in the hall and smiled gently, "Thank you for your hard work. From today until the Lantern Festival, the wages of everyone in the restaurant will be tripled. If you are short of staff, just hire a few more and treat the guests well."
The accountant replied, "Yes."
Yun Xiangye's right eyelid still twitched occasionally. While she was having dinner with Nuonuo in her arms, she heard the diners next door talking about what happened at the Fu family's birthday banquet yesterday.
"Did Prince Ning really say that the Crown Prince's Consort is prettier than Miss Fu Er?"
"really."
"Then I wonder how stunningly beautiful the Crown Prince's Consort must be. No wonder the Crown Prince of Ning is willing to marry her despite her humble background."
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly. Was Gu Yan just talking nonsense outside?
He just said it casually, but she would be the one being laughed at.
Although Yun Xiangye had never seen Fu Anran, even Ye Wanhe said that Fu Anran's appearance was comparable to that of the eldest princess. She must be a rare beauty in the world. How could she dare to compare her appearance with hers?
It would be fine if Gu Yan just lied to himself, but how dare he make up such a lie to others?
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Inside the East Palace.
Gu Yanhe and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reported: "Your Highness, this is the evidence I found that the Junior Minister of the Honglu Temple, Fu Ming, ordered the servants in the palace to enclose land and build a manor. They forced the villagers of Hongliu Village to lose their fields and houses, and forced those people to become their tenants. These people can be said to be living in misery."
Zhao Yun frowned and asked, "Fu Ming, is he Fu Qianran's brother?"
Gu Yan responded: "That's right."
Zhao Yun said, "Go and warn him that the Crown Princess will soon be entering the East Palace, and this matter should not be made public. Return the land he has seized from the people to those people."
"Yes." Gu Yan responded.
After Gu Yan sat down, he continued to chat with Zhao Yun about the affairs of the court.
A palace maid came over to serve tea.
Seeing that it was Ye Wanhe who came to serve him tea, Gu Yan took the teacup with both hands and said, "Thank you, Aunt Ye."
After serving tea, Ye Wanhe left.
Zhao Yun, who was sitting at the top, saw Ye Wanhe only serving tea to Gu Yan, frowned slightly, and said to Gu Yan: "Give me your tea."
Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, then walked forward and handed his tea to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun opened the lid of the cup and took a sip of tea. He frowned immediately. He took another sip and frowned even more. "Ye Wanhe, come in."
Gu Yan asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Wanhe heard Zhao Yun's angry voice from outside, and hurried inside, knelt down and said, "Your Highness."
Zhao Yun asked, "What did you put in the tea?"
Seeing the teacup that Zhao Yun was using, Ye Wanhe bit her lower lip and said with trembling hands, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I heard from my cousin that Master Gu bullied her, so I added two spoons of salt to Master Gu's tea. I know I was wrong, please punish me, Your Highness."
Gu Yan smiled and said, "Aunt Ye, I didn't bully Xiang Ye. It's good enough that she didn't bully me."
Zhao Yun said coldly and angrily, "Go and get ten great beatings."
Ye Wanhe clenched her hands and said, "Yes..."
Gu Yan pleaded, "Your Highness, forget about the punishment. Aunt Ye is only seeking justice for my sister. If she continues to be beaten with ten boards, her skin will be torn and her flesh will be bruised."
Zhao Yun looked at Ye Wanhe who was kneeling on the ground and said, "She can add salt to the tea today, but I don't know what she can put in the tea tomorrow. As a maid of the Eastern Palace, she made such a big mistake. Ten strokes of the cane is already a mercy."
Ye Wanhe kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace."
Gu Yan said repeatedly: "Cousin, please spare Aunt Ye."
Zhao Yun looked at Gu Yan and said, "Some things cannot be forgiven. Go down and receive your punishment."
Ye Wanhe kowtowed and said, "Yes."
Gu Yan looked at Ye Wanhe's back. Ye Wanhe had always been steady. The reason why she teased him like this was probably Yun Xiangye's idea. If Yun Xiangye knew that her sister was punished for this, she would feel extremely guilty.
Gu Yan said, "Your Highness, if you want to punish someone, why not punish me? Everything started because of me. If Xiangye knew that her sister was punished because of her, she would definitely feel bad."
Zhao Yun looked at Gu Yan and said, "This can be regarded as a lesson for Yun Xiangye, so that she can know some rules. Chang'an City is not her country where there is no distinction between high and low and no knowledge of what imperial power is!"
Ye Wanhe, who had just walked out of the palace gate, started shaking with fear when she heard what Zhao Yun said.
Gu Yan did not dare to plead for mercy anymore. Three years passed, and Zhao Yun became more and more majestic as the crown prince.
After Gu Yan took his leave, he met Ye Wanhe who was waiting for him outside the door.
Ye Wanhe looked at Gu Yan and said, "Xiangye came to look for me yesterday. I forgot that there are spies everywhere in the East Palace. I'm afraid Your Highness already knows everything about my conversation with Xiangye yesterday.
We said many disrespectful things to His Highness... Tell Xiangye not to think about letting me leave the palace anymore.
And I must have been unable to hide the fact that I was punished from her. Tell her that my punishment has nothing to do with her, and that she doesn't need to feel guilty. It was my own fault that I made a big mistake.
Prince, I hope you will treat Xiangye well in the future."
Gu Yan said: "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely treat Xiangye well."
Ye Wanhe glanced inside the hall, sighed lightly, and went to the Eastern Palace Criminal Court to receive her punishment.
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