Chapter 55: Worrying about Zhao Jing's Illness
Nuonuo's birthday party is coming soon, so Yun Xiangye has not gone out for the past two days and has only followed Gu Jingyu to take care of the affairs of Nuonuo's birthday party.
Gu Jingyu is worthy of being the princess of Prince Ning's Mansion. She organizes banquets in an orderly manner.
After selecting the dishes for tomorrow's banquet, Yun Xiangye said to Gu Jingyu, "Thank you, sister, for helping Nuonuo organize the birthday banquet."
Gu Jingyu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, we are a family, why should we be polite?"
Yun Xiangye smiled at Gu Jingyu and said, "I am eight years older than you, but I am not as capable as you. It only took a few days to prepare dozens of tables full of distinguished guests, but my sister was able to keep everything in order."
Gu Jingyu chuckled and said, "Sister, please stop saying that. What's so great about hosting a banquet? If hosting a banquet in the back house is really great, why don't men in their families get their official positions based on who hosts the best banquet in the inner house?
So my sister is really capable. I heard that she was able to run an embroidery shop and inherit the family business when she was only fifteen years old. I tried to run an ointment shop years ago, but I lost a huge amount of money. "
Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "I heard that when choosing a daughter-in-law, the noble families specifically look for women who can manage the housework and host banquets. My sister is worthy of being the princess of the royal palace. She will definitely be a good mistress of a noble family in the future."
Gu Jingyu chuckled, "I learned all this not to become a daughter-in-law for someone else's family, but because my mother is busy with treating patients and delivering babies, and a lot of things at Renyuan Pharmacy, and my grandmother's health has been getting worse since my grandfather passed away, so my father asked me to learn these housekeeping things from my grandmother.
I don’t want to be confined to managing the harem for my husband after marriage. What I want most is to travel around the world with my husband after marriage. Wherever I go, I will provide free medical treatment to the people there, travel around the country, and appreciate the scenery of the world..."
Yun Xiangye smiled. She felt a little yearning after listening to what Gu Jingyu said. "Even if we don't get married, we can still travel around the world."
Gu Jingyu whispered, "My parents don't want me to go out and venture into the world. I have to wait until I get married before I can use the excuse that my husband wants to travel around the world. Then my mother won't be able to stop me."
Yun Xiangye smiled faintly. If one could have a loved one to accompany him/her, traveling around the world and enjoying the scenery would indeed be an enviable thing.
Early in the morning of the seventh day.
Yun Xiangye woke up early and braided Nuonuo's hair. Nuonuo didn't have much hair, and her entire head of hair could barely be tied into two small buns. After tying them with red ropes, she looked very cute.
Yun Xiangye changed Nuonuo into the clothes she had made herself and kissed her on the cheek, "Nuonuo is now a two-year-old baby."
Gu Yan looked at the jacket and skirt that Nuonuo was wearing, which was embroidered with a lifelike koi fish. It was exactly what he had drawn a few days ago. He didn't expect Yun Xiangye to have embroidered it so quickly.
"You embroidered these two fish in just three days. I'm afraid it took a lot of effort. Don't you think it hurts your neck?"
As Gu Yan spoke, he helped Yun Xiangye massage her neck. When he was in Jiangnan, Gu Yan often massaged Yun Xiangye.
Gu Yan learned medicine when he was young, and was particularly good at massage.
Yun Xiangye let Gu Yan press her and said, "How much energy does it take to embroider these two little koi? Aren't you going to the government office today?"
Gu Yan said: "Nuonuo is turning two today, so I'm taking a day off."
Yun Xiangye also dressed up nicely today.
At noon, many guests arrived.
Yun Xiangye followed Gu Jingyu, recognizing the guests and entertaining the distinguished ladies into the banquet hall.
Yun Xiangye saw a very beautiful woman coming towards her. She felt that she looked familiar. She had met her once when she first came to Chang'an. Yun Xiangye had forgotten which relative she was.
Gu Jingyu came forward and called out, "Aunt."
Yun Xiangye then realized that she was the wife of the eldest princess' half brother, Prince Xie, and she followed suit and bowed, saying, "Aunt."
"No need to be so polite." Aunt Xie took out a small wooden box from the side and handed it to Yun Xiangye, saying, "This is a gift that your uncle and I prepared for Nuonuo."
Yun Xiangye accepted the gift from Aunt Xie and said with a faint smile, "Thank you, Aunt."
Gu Jingyu escorted Aunt Xie into the banquet hall. As soon as Aunt Xie sat down, Yun Xiangye noticed that the ladies and daughters who were chatting in groups nearby moved away from Aunt Xie.
But it seems that Aunt Xie has gotten used to it and doesn't care.
Yun Xiangye asked Gu Jingyu curiously at the door: "Why do they seem to dislike my aunt?"
Gu Jingyu lowered her voice and said, "When my aunt was young, she was a skinny horse raised for high-ranking officials and nobles in Yangzhou City. Later, she worked as a singer in Linlang Restaurant for a period of time. It was by some strange coincidence that she married my uncle..."
Yun Xiangye suddenly realized, "My aunt is now the princess of a county, after all. Why do these ladies still dare to look down on her like this?"
Gu Jingyu continued in a low voice: "That's the prejudice in the eyes of the world. My aunt is also a pitiful person. She was raised as a skinny horse when she was young, which was not her wish. At the beginning, she was extremely reluctant to marry my uncle, fearing that her skinny horse background would affect my uncle's future. In fact, my uncle and aunt have good tempers, and everyone in Chang'an City looks down on her, but she doesn't care."
Yun Xiangye actually developed a sense of shared fate. Born as a merchant girl from a small family, she was no more noble than a so-called skinny horse in the eyes of the nobles in Chang'an City.
Gu Jingyu said: "The most unfortunate thing is my cousin Shi An. Cousin Shi An is as outstanding as my brother, but because of his mother's background, it has been difficult for him to find a marriage partner. He is only a few months younger than my brother, and he has not yet married."
Yun Xiangye thought of her cousin Xie Shian who had brought her into the East Palace that day, and said with a smile, "Xie's cousin is indeed a handsome man."
Gu Yan had just come over and frowned as he heard Yun Xiangye's words.
Yun Xiangye said to Xiao Nuonuo beside her: "Have you seen the most beautiful grandmother there? Would you like Nuonuo to play with that grandmother?"
Xiao Nuonuo nodded, went into the house and went to play with Aunt Xie.
Recently, people in Chang'an City have been talking about Prince Ning's wife who appeared at the palace banquet on the first day of the new year.
Today, many ladies and daughters came to the banquet. When they saw that Prince Ning's wife actually asked her own daughter to play with her great-aunt who came from a humble family, they all looked down on her.
Many ladies and daughters thought that Yun Xiangye was indeed the daughter of a small merchant family. Not only did they not keep the child away from Princess Xie, who was of humble origin, they even let the child play with Princess Xie. It was unlucky for the child to have such a mother.
"Princess Chu has arrived."
Gu Jingyu heard the voice and went to the gate to greet her: "Second aunt."
Yun Xiangye looked at the Princess of Chu who was coming over. She was touched by the meaningful look from the Princess of Chu and lowered her head and called out, "Second Aunt."
Gu Jingyu held the Princess Chu's hand and said, "Second aunt, why did you come here alone today? Where is Sister Nan'an?"
Princess Chu looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Jing'er is sick. She has been sick for several days. Nan'an is taking care of Jing'er."
Gu Jingyu said, "Ah? Cousin Jing is sick? Then I will go to visit Cousin Jing tomorrow and take his pulse."
Princess Chu looked straight at Yun Xiangye and said, "You can't cure his illness. He can only rely on himself to heal himself. Alas."
Yun Xiangye didn't dare to look directly at the Princess of Chu. The Princess of Chu's words implied that Zhao Jing might have gotten sick because of her. Yun Xiangye did feel a little guilty.
Yun Xiangye felt a force on her wrist, and by the time she reacted, she had been pulled into a small warehouse where miscellaneous items were stored by Gu Yan.
Gu Yan said angrily, "You are so worried when you heard that Zhao Jing is sick?"
Yun Xiangye said: "His illness is also caused by me. People are made of flesh and blood. He has been sick for several days because of me. Can't I be worried about him?"
Gu Yan was furious. "Yun Xiangye, I am your husband! You are worrying about other husbands in front of me? Do you think I am dead?"
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