Chapter 42 First Come First Served
Upon hearing this, everyone in the Fu family turned around and looked at Yun Xiangye.
Madam Fu Er pulled Fu Anran behind her, her eyes wary of Yun Xiangye, and said with a smile on her face, "I wonder what the Crown Prince's Consort wants to see Anran about?"
Yun Xiangye saw the guarded eyes of the Fu family towards her and chuckled, "I saw that the second young lady Fu was beautiful, so I wanted to make some clothes for her..."
Fu Anran was a little surprised when he heard Yun Xiangye's words, "You want to make clothes for me?"
Fu Qianran chuckled and said, "An Ran would never dare to trouble the Crown Prince's Consort to make clothes."
Madam Fu also smiled and said, "We appreciate the Crown Prince's kindness. We will stop making the clothes. We won't bother you anymore. There are still many things to do in the mansion today. I will take my leave now."
After Mrs. Fu Er finished speaking, she took Fu Anran away.
Fu Anran said, "Mother, why don't you and sister let the Crown Prince's Consort make clothes for me? The Crown Prince's Consort is much better than her blind husband. She wanted to make clothes for me because she saw how beautiful I am."
Madam Fu II pointed her finger at Fu Anran's head and said, "Don't forget that you proposed marriage to the Prince of Ning three years ago. There are rumors in Chang'an that the Yun family is jealous and drove away the maid who had served the prince for many years. The Yun family can't even tolerate the maid, so how can they be so kind as to make clothes for you? Don't be silly, the Yun family may have some bad intentions to deal with you."
Fu Qianran sneered in her heart when she heard what Madam Fu said. Yun Xiangye drove away the maidservant around Prince Ning not because she was jealous, but also to prevent trouble before it happens.
After all, her sister...wasn't she a maid who climbed into the master's bed?
Yun Xiangye stood there, heard clearly what Madam Fu said, and frowned slightly.
After all, Fu Anran had proposed marriage to her husband before, so it was really presumptuous of her to rashly ask to make clothes for Fu Anran.
Gu Yan held Nuonuo in his arms and walked to Yun Xiangye's side and said, "Let's go back."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and said, "I still have a few words to say to my sister..."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "Aunt Ye will leave the palace on the third day of the New Year. You can still talk to Aunt Ye on that day if you have anything to say. Today is the first day of the New Year. There will be many people going to the East Palace to pay New Year's greetings in the afternoon. I'm afraid Aunt Ye will not have time to talk to you."
Upon hearing this, Yun Xiangye also felt that what Gu Yan said made sense, so she could only follow Gu Yan back to the princess's mansion.
In Yuhua Hall, after everyone dispersed.
Xie Zhixuan and Princess Chu walked out of the palace together.
Princess Chu sighed and said, "I never thought that Yan'er would marry Xiangye. The world is so unpredictable. Alas, Jing'er was not at the palace banquet just now. I don't know if Jing'er knew about this. He has waited for Yun Xiangye for so many years. How could Yun Xiangye go back on her word and marry Yan'er?"
Xie Zhixuan explained, "In fact, Xiangye didn't marry Yan'er voluntarily. It was because Yan'er was seriously ill that Xiangye had no choice but to marry him to repay him for saving her life. And she agreed to the marriage only after Zhirong promised that Xiangye's first child, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, would take her surname Yun."
Princess Chu was surprised and asked, "The first child's surname is Yun, can you agree to this?"
Xie Zhixuan said: "At that time, I had just given birth to Jingru, and Gu Yan hid the letter about Yan'er's serious illness and the wedding, and kept it from me. When I found out that Yan'er was getting married, Xiangye was already pregnant with Nuonuo. How could I let Zhirong go back on her word?
Besides, whether her last name is Yun or Gu, it is just a title after all. Even if Nuonuo’s last name is Yun, she is still my precious granddaughter.”
Princess Chu sighed softly. She felt sad for Zhao Jing. Zhao Jing had been thinking about Yun Xiangye for many years and had been waiting for her to stop being so determined and unwilling to marry. But she didn't expect that after waiting for so many years, Yun Xiangye would break her promise and marry someone else...
The Princess of Chu left the palace and returned to the Prince of Chu's Mansion.
After entering the gate of the Prince of Chu's Mansion, the Princess of Chu heard the nanny beside her say that when Zhao Jing returned today, the right side of his face was swollen.
Princess Chu hurried to Zhao Jing's room and smelled a strong smell of alcohol as soon as she entered, "Jing'er."
Zhao Jing looked at the Princess of Chu approaching, holding the wine pot in his left hand and looking up, "Mother."
Princess Chu saw Zhao Jing's swollen and purple right face and asked, "Who hit your face?"
Zhao Jing clenched his hands and said, "Gu Yan!"
Princess Chu frowned and asked, "Why did Yan'er fight...was it because of Xiangye?"
Zhao Jing nodded and said, "Yes."
Princess Chu frowned and said, "Jing'er, now that Xiangye is married, you should let her go. Mother will find you a girl from an aristocratic family with excellent character and appearance. She will definitely be much better than Xiangye."
Zhao Jing said, "No, mother, I only want Xiangye in my life. I only want Xiangye. No matter how good other girls are, they have nothing to do with me."
"Jing'er, are you crazy? She has been married to Yan'er for three years and they both have a daughter."
Princess Chu was surprised and said, "She is now your cousin's wife!"
Zhao Jing frowned slightly and said, "Gu Yan doesn't love Xiangye as much as I do. He just had no choice but to marry Xiangye for the sake of getting married. He doesn't cherish Xiangye, so why can't I compete with him for her?"
Princess Chu asked, "How do you know Yan'er doesn't like Xiangye? They've been married for three years, how could Gu Yan not like Xiangye?"
Zhao Jingyan said: "Gu Yan told me that since Yun Xiangye came to Chang'an, she has been making trouble with him every day, and he feels very upset..."
Zhao Jing looked at the Princess of Chu and said, "Since Gu Yan is upset, he might as well return Xiangye to me. I was obviously the one who knew Yun Xiangye first, so Gu Yan should follow the principle of first come first served."
Princess Chu sighed helplessly and said, "This Yun Xiangye doesn't look like a peerless beauty, how could she cause a quarrel between you two brothers? Sigh."
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In the Princess's Mansion.
Yun Xiangye had just returned to Qingfeng Garden when she heard the maid from the front yard looking for Gu Yan, saying that Prime Minister Lin and his wife had come to the princess's residence to pay New Year's greetings.
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Mr. Lin is my mentor. Do you want to go with me to meet Master and his wife?"
Yun Xiangye said coldly: "I won't go."
Gu Yan said: "It's fine if you don't want to go."
After Gu Yan left, Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan's back with a frown, took a deep breath, and played with the small rattle beside her with Nuonuo.
Yun Xiangye saw the rattle in Nuonuo's hand and chuckled, "Where did you get this rattle?"
Nuonuo is almost two years old and has stopped playing with rattles a long time ago. I wonder where this rattle came from?
Nuonuo smiled softly: "Daddy gave it to me."
Yun Xiangye took the rattle in Nuonuo's hand and the more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed to her. After a closer look, she saw a small leaf mark under the rattle, and Yun Xiangye couldn't help feeling happy.
"This is the rattle I used to play when I was a child. I lost it a long time ago. The picture on it was drawn for me by the master in the dyeing workshop at that time. Nuonuo, how come this rattle is in your hand?"
When Yun Xiangye was young, she lived with her cousins in the Yun family mansion. Her toys as a child would all have a small leaf painted on them to avoid being confused with her cousins.
Yun Xiangye didn't know where Nuonuo found this rattle that she had lost for almost twenty years.
When they were in Jiangnan, Yun Xiangye had never seen Nuonuo play with this rattle.
Nanny Cao said, "Princess, this rattle belongs to the prince. It was a toy that the prince and the two little princesses played with when they were young. The princess ordered someone to keep it in the storehouse as a keepsake. The prince took Nuonuo to the storehouse to find this rattle two days ago. The prince said it was the rattle he played with when he was young."
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly and said, "How can this be Gu Yan's rattle? This is clearly my rattle. There is a small leaf pattern on it. I have had this small leaf pattern embroidered on everything I wear since I was a child."
Yun Xiangye showed the small leaf pattern on her cuffs to Nanny Cao.
Nanny Cao said, "Maybe the pattern is just a coincidence. I saw this rattle in the storeroom of the Princess's mansion two years ago."
Yun Xiangye was also wondering why the rattle she played as a child was here with Gu Yan?
Could it be that I had met Gu Yan when we were young?
Yun Xiangye only remembered that she had seen Her Royal Highness the Princess once when she was young. At that time, the Princess was leaving Yongxing City and was about to return to Chang'an. The entire street was filled with people from the city who came to see the Princess's beauty.
Yun Xiangye still remembered that time when her mother led her to kneel among the common people. She had seen the eldest princess from afar, but she had no impression of Gu Yan.
Judging from his age, Gu Yan was only three years old at that time and must have followed the eldest princess to Yongxing City.
Could it be that the rattle she lost was picked up by Gu Yan?
But it shouldn't be like that... Gu Yan is the eldest princess' son after all, so how could he be missing a rattle? Why would he pick up a rattle that someone else had lost and play with it?
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