Chapter 56: Giving Yun's Daughter the Status of a Concubine's Daughter
Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "He is your cousin, not just any other young man. If anything happens to Zhao Jing, how will you face your second uncle and aunt in the future?"
Gu Yan said: "Why can't I see that? I am worthy of him, and you are even more worthy of him."
Yun Xiangye whispered: "After all, he got sick because of me..."
Gu Yan said in a slightly cold voice: "Do you care about him so much?"
Before Yun Xiangye could say anything, Gu Yan covered her lips. Yun Xiangye hurriedly pushed Gu Yan to get closer to him.
Yun Xiangye raised her hand to slap Gu Yan, but Gu Yan was prepared and held Yun Xiangye's hand.
Yun Xiangye said angrily, "I spent an hour putting on my makeup today, and you ruined my lipstick."
Gu Yan stretched out his thumb to wipe away the lip balm on the corner of Yun Xiangye's lips and said, "It didn't stain much."
Yun Xiangye raised her eyes and looked at Gu Yan and said, "I've heard that the Princess of Chu and your mother are very good friends. If Zhao Jing becomes seriously ill because of me, I'm afraid that my mother-in-law will blame me."
Gu Yan said: "My mother won't blame you for this. After all, what does Zhao Jing's illness have to do with you? You are already my wife!"
Gu Yan tightly grasped Yun Xiangye's wrist. Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "It hurts."
Gu Yancai slowly relaxed a little. He lowered his eyes to look at Yun Xiangye and said, "It was Zhao Jing who gave up on you first. You did nothing wrong and you don't have to feel guilty."
Yun Xiangye thought back to the past and sighed softly. She really didn't think she had done anything wrong.
After all, she really had no intention of getting married back then. If Gu Yan had not saved her life and she was anxious to get married, she would not have thought of getting married.
But in the final analysis, she was the one who broke her oath first.
Yun Xiangye said: "After all, I owe Zhao Jing an apology. The last time we met, we were in a hurry and didn't have a good conversation. I want to visit him tomorrow and talk it out..."
"You still want to see him and talk to him?" Gu Yan frowned and said, "Absolutely not!"
Yun Xiangye said: "I never forbad you to talk to other women."
Gu Yan pushed Yun Xiangye against the gray wall behind him. He lowered his head and whispered in Yun Xiangye's ear: "I have always indulged you and allowed you to do whatever you want in the past, but if you insist on meeting someone you shouldn't..."
Gu Yan stared at Yun Xiangye and said, "I am still the Prince of Ning."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan unyieldingly and said, "You want to use your status as a prince to pressure me? Let me tell you, I, Yun Xiangye, have always been soft-hearted and not hard-hearted since I was young."
Gu Yan was really helpless towards Yun Xiangye. He had just thought too much. He could use his identity as the Prince of Ning to suppress others, but it was of no use to Yun Xiangye.
Otherwise she wouldn't have dared to slap herself those times before.
Gu Yan could only beg Yun Xiangye in a low voice: "Then... don't go to see Zhao Jing, okay?"
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but cough when she saw that Gu Yan was flexible and had a bit of a coquettish look, she really was the type who would only respond to soft words and not hard ones.
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Outside the Princess's Mansion.
A carriage stopped outside the princess's mansion.
The wife of the Duke of Wei lifted the curtain in the carriage and saw that there were already many sedan chairs and carriages parked in the Princess's residence. She couldn't help but sneer and said, "She is just a girl, not a husband, but you have the nerve to hold a two-year-old birthday party. I don't know if she can live up to such a blessing."
Wei Xi said: "Mother!"
The wife of the Duke of Wei said, "No one else heard it."
Lady Weiguogong and Wei Xi got off the carriage and headed towards the Princess's Mansion. However, just as they reached the main entrance of the Mansion, they were stopped by the guards in front of them.
"How dare you!" The maid behind the wife of the Duke of Wei said, "This is the wife of the Duke of Wei. How dare you stop my wife?"
The chief guard said, "Madam Weiguo, the princess is hosting a banquet in her mansion today. No one who is not invited is allowed to enter. Please forgive me."
Wei Xi frowned and said, "We are relatives of your old lady Gu's family, and even more so of Queen Wei's family. How dare you say we are outsiders?"
The head guard said respectfully, "Prince Ning and Her Royal Highness the Princess have both instructed that no members of the Wei family be invited to today's banquet."
When Lady Wei heard this, she became angry and said, "How dare the Princess treat the Wei family like this?"
Seeing that more and more distinguished guests were coming, Wei Xi pulled the sleeve of the wife of Duke Weiguo and frowned, saying, "Mother, I told you last time not to talk nonsense. It must be that the gossip you said about Her Highness the Princess on the first day of the first lunar month was known to Her Highness the Princess, and that's why she didn't allow us to enter to attend the birthday banquet."
The wife of the Duke of Wei frowned and said, "Who would want to attend the birthday party of a little girl with lowly merchant blood?"
Wei Xi hurriedly grabbed the wife of Duke Weiguo's hand and said, "Mother, what are you talking about?"
The wife of Duke Weiguo said, "It was the Gu family who were rude first, so what's wrong with what I said? Only Prince Ning and the eldest princess don't mind being dirty or smelly, and even acknowledge a granddaughter of such a lowly origin and bloodline. If a family knows more etiquette, they would not acknowledge the daughter born to a daughter of a small merchant family who has not been married as a legitimate daughter. Giving the daughter born to the Yun family the status of a concubine's daughter is already good enough."
Wei Xi was extremely anxious. The older her mother got, the more rude she became. "Mom!"
Lady Weiguo asked, "Why are you stopping me?"
When Wei Xi saw the guests looking at her, she blushed and pushed the wife of Duke Wei away.
Lady Weiguogong was still reluctant to leave until she heard the footsteps of soldiers. She saw the leading Imperial Guards driving the people on both sides of the road, paving the road with yellow earth, and behind them were more Imperial Guards pressing down on the road.
Wei Xi was shocked. She saw that the sedan chair was obviously the emperor's sedan chair. She even pulled the wife of Duke Weiguo away.
The people on both sides also recognized the emperor's pomp and circumstance and knelt down in salute.
In the utility room of the Princess's residence, Yun Xiangye and Gu Yan were still insisting on Zhao Jing's matter. When they heard the noise outside, Gu Yan wiped off the red lipstick on his lips with the back of his hand and said, "From the noise outside, it seems that His Majesty has arrived."
Yun Xiangye hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty is here?"
Yun Xiangye was still somewhat afraid of the emperor, so she hurriedly followed Gu Yan outside to greet His Majesty.
Arriving at the entrance of the Princess's Mansion, Yun Xiangye followed Gu Yan and knelt down to pay respect to the Emperor and Empress who had stepped down from the sedan chair, "Your Majesty, the Empress, and the Crown Prince."
"Stand up."
As His Majesty's majestic voice sounded, Yun Xiangye dared to raise his head.
His Majesty saw Xiao Nuonuo in front of him and smiled gently, "Come to my uncle."
After Xiao Nuonuo came to Chang'an, she often played with Jingru, and she got rid of her shy nature. When she heard His Majesty's words, she walked to His Majesty's side like a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger.
His Majesty lowered his head and looked at Xiao Nuonuo. "Your uncle is here to celebrate your birthday today. What birthday gift do you want?"
Nuonuo blinked her eyes and smiled, "Tanghulu!"
Nuonuo's innocent appearance made many people laugh, and the pressure from the emperor and empress also dissipated a little.
Queen Wei chuckled and said, "Would you like a candied haws?"
Xiao Nuonuo nodded his head, "Tanghulu."
Xie Zhixuan stepped forward and scratched his little nose, saying, "You don't need your uncle to give you candied haws. If your uncle can give you a title, you will have endless candied haws to eat."
Yun Xiangye pursed her lips slightly after listening to the princess' words. According to etiquette, Nuonuo, as the eldest daughter of the prince, could be given the title of a small county lady.
This title would still exist even if she divorced Gu Yan in the future. With the title, Nuonuo could enjoy the salary from the court, which meant she would have endless food and clothing for the rest of her life.
His Majesty looked at Xie Zhixuan and asked, "What is the child's full name?"
Gu Yan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Nuonuo's full name is Yun Ran, Yun means white cloud, and Ran means time flies."
His Majesty said: "Gu Yunran, it's a good name."
Gu Yan whispered, "Your Majesty, it's either Gu Yunran or Yunran. Nuonuo takes her mother's surname, Yun."
When the guests heard Gu Yan's words, they were all shocked.
Even the emperor was a little surprised when he heard Gu Yan's words, and looked at Xie Zhixuan and Gu Ling.
Gu Ling smiled and said: "Nuonuo's surname is indeed not Gu, but Yun.
His Majesty saw that Nuonuo's grandfather didn't mind the surname, so he said to Nuonuo in his arms: "I will grant Yunran the title of Princess Danyun and the fief of Danyun County."
Yun Xiangye hurriedly knelt down with Gu Yan and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Little Nuonuo also knelt down like his parents, saying in a cute and soft voice, "Thank you."
His Majesty did not maintain the dignity of the emperor, but smiled and said, "Get up quickly."
Queen Wei's heart melted when she saw this. She looked at the embroidery on Nuonuo's clothes and said, "These two koi fish are so vivid. Nuonuo looks like a little koi fairy when she wears them."
Yun Xiangye listened to Queen Wei's praise, smiled gently, picked up Nuonuo and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Queen."
Xie Zhixuan said to the emperor and empress, "Brother and sister-in-law, please come in quickly."
Yun Xiangye followed Gu Yan and retreated to the side. She saw that many palace servants beside the emperor and empress also followed them in, including some palace maids.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiangye looked towards the prince. When she saw the palace maid beside the prince, Yun Xiangye's eyes lit up and she smiled faintly at Ye Wanhe.
Ye Wanhe also smiled back at her.
When Yun Xiangye remembered that her cousin was here today, she turned around and quickly found her cousin Su Zhan, whose eyes had been following Ye Wanhe, in the crowd. His eyes were too hot.
Ye Wanhe followed Yun Xiangye's gaze, and when she saw Su Zhan, she paused for a moment. Seeing Zhao Yun looking back at her, she hurriedly followed Zhao Yun's footsteps.
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