Chapter 50: The most desired birthday gift is His Highness's peace and happiness
Inside the East Palace bedroom.
Zhao Yun saw the palace maid making the bed and frowned, saying, "Go call Wan He."
Gu Yu whispered, "Your Highness, Ye Wanhe is no longer a senior palace maid. She has no rank and has no right to serve you."
Li Quan on the side hurriedly scolded Gu Yu, "How dare you! His Highness asked you to do something, and you dare to talk back?"
Gu Yu knelt on the ground and trembled as she said, "I will go and ask Ye Wanhe to come over right away."
Li Quan handed a cup of warm tea to Zhao Yun, who took it and frowned slightly. He put the tea aside and waited for the noise outside. Then he looked up at Ye Wanhe who was supported by a little palace maid.
Ye Wanhe bowed and said, "Your Highness."
Zhao Yun looked at the young maid beside Ye Wanhe and frowned, "How could there be such a young maid in the East Palace?"
Ye Wanhe said, "Her name is Xia Qi. She originally learned skills in the Shang Palace Bureau. When I saw her a while ago, I remembered the time when I first entered the palace. The Eastern Palace happened to be short of people, so I asked her to come in and be a maid to serve the flowers and plants in the courtyard."
It was the first time that Xia Qi saw the Crown Prince at such a close distance, and she was so scared that her hands were shaking.
Ye Wanhe said to Xia Qi: "You go down."
Xia Qi looked at Ye Wanhe worriedly and quickly retreated.
Seeing Ye Wanhe's staggering steps, Zhao Yun took her into his arms, took her to sit on the small couch in the outer room and checked the wound on her knee. After kneeling on the bluestone slab for three hours, the skin on her knee had been worn out and was red and bleeding.
Zhao Yun's eyes darkened and he asked, "Does it hurt?"
Ye Wanhe shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt."
Zhao Yun went to get the ointment and handed it to Ye Wanhe. Ye Wanhe said, "Thank you, Your Highness, but I have already applied the ointment."
Zhao Yun said, "I was not thoughtful enough and did not expect the Queen Mother to come. I am sorry to have punished you."
Ye Wanhe looked at Zhao Yun in disbelief. Was he apologizing to her?
Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "My mother is only angry for a moment. After the Crown Princess enters the palace, I will ask her to reinstate you. You will still be the head maid in the East Palace."
Ye Wanhe said in a gentle voice: "As long as I can serve His Highness, I don't care about these empty names."
Zhao Yun looked at Ye Wanhe's calm eyes and frowned slightly. What Ye Wanhe said sounded nice, but it was too fake.
Ye Wanhe noticed the change in Zhao Yun's expression and thought to herself, did she say this wrongly? Just as she was thinking about how to remedy the situation, she saw Zhao Yun holding the ointment and applying it on her knees.
Ye Wanhe was shocked and said, "Your Highness... this..."
While applying the medicine, Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "I owe you a birthday gift. What birthday gift do you want?"
Ye Wanhe said: "I don't want anything."
Zhao Yun looked directly into Ye Wanhe's eyes. After a while, Ye Wanhe whispered, "The birthday gift I want most is for Your Highness to be safe and happy, without illness or disaster."
Zhao Yun's brows furrowed even more. He took Ye Wanhe into his arms, carried her sideways and carried her to the nanmu bed.
Although the bed in the East Palace was soft, Ye Wanhe was still injured. She did not dare to cry out in pain in front of Zhao Yun, for fear of spoiling her master's mood.
Guyu, who was outside the bedroom, frowned slightly when he heard the sound coming from inside.
The maid next to Guyu said, "Sister Guyu, you are too impatient today. How many years has Aunt Ye been with His Highness? Why are you going against Aunt Ye?"
Gu Yu snorted and said, "Ye Wanhe has been with His Highness for many years, but she still doesn't even have the title of Beauty of the Eastern Palace. She is already over 25 years old and no longer young. The real mistress of the Eastern Palace in the future is the Crown Princess. If you go against her, you are just handing over your loyalty to the Crown Princess in advance."
The little palace maid at the side pouted. There were many beautiful palace maids aged fifteen or sixteen in the East Palace, but none of them were favored by His Highness. This showed that Aunt Ye held an extraordinary position in His Highness' heart. As long as Aunt Ye remained nameless and without status, the future Crown Princess would not be stupid enough to go against Aunt Ye.
The Crown Princess may not appreciate Guyu's token of allegiance.
However, the highest-ranking palace maid in the East Palace now is Guyu, and she did not dare to argue with Guyu.
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On the fourth day, the seven-day annual holiday for the court ended.
It was the first morning court session of the new year, and Gu Yan did not dare to be negligent. He got up early before the morning.
After Gu Yan stood up, he saw Xiao Nuonuo, who was sleeping beside him, also woke up.
Gu Yan smiled softly and touched Xiao Nuonuo's nose and said, "Just play by yourself and don't disturb your mother's sleep. Daddy is going to court and will bring you some candied haws when he comes back."
When Nuonuo heard the word "tanghulu", she seemed very happy.
It was already noon when Yun Xiangye woke up. She looked at Xiao Nuonuo playing obediently by herself and did not bother her.
Yun Xiangye asked a maid to do her makeup. Today, she simply put her hair into a bun. After doing her makeup, Yun Xiangye changed her clothes, went forward and hugged little Nuonuo and said, "Nuonuo, do you want to go to the Lin family with your mother?"
Xiao Nuonuo stretched out her hands towards Yun Xiangye and let Yun Xiangye hug her.
Yun Xiangye held little Nuonuo in her arms and told Run'er to prepare the carriage to go to Prime Minister Lin's residence.
Run'er asked curiously, "Miss, why are you going to Prime Minister Lin's residence?"
Yun Xiangye helped Xiao Nuonuo adjust the tiger hat on her head and said, "Wei Xi is the niece of the Queen. She looked down on me. Due to the power of her Wei family, I really can't retaliate. But Lin Bolan looked down on me everywhere, and I don't want to tolerate it."
Yun Xiangye has always adhered to the principle of not offending others unless they offend me. Since Lin Bolan doesn't let herself be happy, she doesn't want to let Lin Bolan be happy either.
Yun Xiangye carried Nuonuo into the carriage and went to Lin Xiang's house.
As soon as the carriage of the princess's mansion stopped, the doorman hurried forward to greet them. Seeing that the person coming down was an unfamiliar woman holding a child, the doorman asked with a little doubt: "Excuse me, madam?"
Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "I am the wife of the Prince of Ning. I have made an appointment with your young lady to come and see the paintings today."
The servant said hurriedly, "Please go to the front hall and wait for a moment. I will go and report to you."
Yun Xiangye held Nuonuo's hand and came to the front hall of the Lin family's reception room. There was a landscape painting hanging in the front hall, and next to it was a screen embroidered with flowers and birds. Yun Xiangye went forward and took a look. She saw that the embroidery of flowers and birds on the screen was done with excellent craftsmanship.
"The Crown Princess."
Yun Xiangye heard a woman's voice, and when he turned around, he saw a lady in noble and dignified clothes coming towards him.
Madam Lin smiled at Yun Xiangye and said, "I'm sorry that you, the Crown Prince's Consort, have come to greet me."
"Master's Wife." Yun Xiangye smiled and nodded. She touched Nuonuo's head and said, "Call me Grandma Lin."
Xiao Nuonuo said obediently: "Grandma Lin."
Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "This is Yan'er's daughter. She is so cute and well-behaved. She looks like Yan'er when she was a child."
Yun Xiangye said, "Master's Wife, I came here today to look for Junior Sister Lin. I ran into Junior Sister Lin on the street yesterday. She said she had painted a picture of red plum blossoms in the snow and wanted my husband to teach her. But my husband is too busy to help me paint, so I'm here to give Junior Sister some pointers."
Madam Lin's face flashed with embarrassment. "This child has her brother and her father at home who can teach her about painting, but she still bothers you and the prince."
Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "It's not a big deal. I'm your junior sister. Please lead the way, Master."
Mrs. Lin suppressed her anger towards her daughter and took Yun Xiangye to Lin Bolan's courtyard.
Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo's little hand and walked into Lin Bolan's courtyard, and saw that there was a peacock in Lin Bolan's yard.
Nuonuo was very surprised to see the peacock, "Mother..."
Yun Xiangye held Nuonuo in her arms and said, "This is a peacock."
Lin Bolan just heard the maid coming to report, and hurriedly dressed up and came out to see Madam Lin staring at her in the yard. Lin Bolan bowed her head and saluted, "Mother, the Crown Prince's Consort."
Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "Junior sister, there's no need to be so polite. Just call me aunt."
Xiao Nuonuo looked at Lin Bolan and called her "Auntie".
Lin Bolan looked at the little Nuonuo in Yun Xiangye's arms. She smiled at the little Nuonuo and said, "So good."
Yun Xiangye said: "Junior sister, you actually keep peacocks in your yard."
Lin Bolan said, "This peacock was given to me by my senior brother. When my senior brother was young, King Ning was fighting in Nancheng. When he returned to Chang'an from Nancheng, he brought back two peacocks for my senior brother. After the two peacocks gave birth to little peacocks, my senior brother gave me one."
Madam Lin glared at Lin Bolan unhappily and said to Yun Xiangye, "Prince's Consort, it's cold outside, please go inside."
Lin Bolan trembled when she saw her mother's angry look.
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