Chapter 62: Is Prince Ning not good to you?
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the excitement of the New Year celebrations in Chang'an City remained unabated.
Yun Xiangye also got news about her cousin Su Zhan and found a shop that met her requirements on Jinxiu Street.
Yun Xiangye then took Nuonuo's hand and planned to go to Jinxiu Street together.
When Xiao Jingru, who came to play with Nuonuo, heard that Yun Xiangye was going out, she also took Yun Xiangye's other hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to go play too."
Yun Xiangye said: "But I'm afraid I can't control you two children."
Xiao Jingru raised her eyes and said, "I'm very good!"
Afraid that Yun Xiangye would not believe her, little Jingru said in a baby voice: "I won't run around. I'll play with Nuonuo."
Seeing Xiao Jingru's cute and interesting appearance, Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "Okay, then I'll take you out with me."
Xiao Jingru smiled happily, holding Yun Xiangye's hand and wanted to leave the house in a hurry.
When they arrived at a second-floor shop on Jinxiu Street, Su Zhan was already waiting outside the door.
"Brother Su." Little Jingru blinked when she saw Su Zhan.
Su Zhan chuckled and said, "It's Little Princess Jingru. Why is the Little Princess here too?"
Yun Xiangye smiled faintly and said, "She knows that I'm going to take Nuonuo out, so she's going to follow."
Yun Xiangye looked at the shop in front of him. It was at the corner of the street and the shop here was very grand.
Su Zhan said to Yun Xiangye, "This shop used to be a teahouse. It just moved out at the end of the year. There are still a lot of furniture in the private room on the second floor. Cousin, come in and take a look."
After Yun Xiangye put Nuonuo down, she followed Su Zhan into the shop. The first floor was very spacious, and the rooms on the second floor still maintained the furniture of the teahouse. It would be perfect if the second floor could be used for changing clothes.
This place has excellent sunlight, making it perfect for opening an embroidery workshop.
Yun Xiangye said to Su Zhan, "This is the shop. Cousin, how much silver does it cost?"
Su Zhan said, "It's rare for you and me to see each other. I haven't been back to Yongxing City to see you two sisters in the past few years. This shop is my dowry to you."
Yun Xiangye said, "Cousin, how can I accept this? This is too valuable. I absolutely cannot accept it."
Su Zhan chuckled and said, "There's no need for us to be so polite to each other. After I came to Chang'an to do business as a pawnbroker, I made a lot of money. This shop is really nothing. Don't be polite to me."
Yun Xiangye did not refuse Su Zhan any more: "Then I will accept it. When my cousin gets married in the future, I will also give you a big gift."
Su Zhan pursed his lips and looked towards the direction of the palace, "Getting married... I'm afraid I won't have the chance in this lifetime."
Yun Xiangye looked at Nuonuo and Jingru who were standing aside and said, "Nuonuo, Jingru, you two can go downstairs and play. Nanny Cao, please keep an eye on them. Run'er, you go and stay at the stairs."
Run'er and Nanny Cao both responded in agreement.
After Yun Xiangye and the others went downstairs, he said to Su Zhan, "Cousin, I met Sister He at Nuonuo's birthday party. She asked me to tell you to let her go and find another woman to cherish her..."
Su Zhan said: "I still want to wait for her."
They met on the seventh day of the first lunar month. Su Zhan knew that Ye Wanhe still remembered her. Even though so many years had passed, he still recognized Ye Wanhe at first sight.
I guess Ye Wanhe must have recognized me through her eyes.
Yun Xiangye whispered, "Cousin, you don't have to wait for her. Even if Sister He can leave the palace, it is not your destiny to be with her."
Su Zhan frowned and asked, "Why?"
Yun Xiangye lowered her voice and said, "Sister caught a cold in the palace and her body became ill. Maybe she will never get pregnant in this life."
Su Zhan said: "If I can't get pregnant in this life, it's not a big deal. I still have a younger brother at home. If Sister He can't have children, she can adopt a child from her younger brother."
Yun Xiangye looked at Su Zhan and sighed softly. Her cousin didn't even mind this. He didn't even talk about taking a concubine, but rather adopting a child. It can be seen how much cousin Su cares about Sister He.
Yun Xiangye thought about it and sighed again.
Su Zhan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Xiangye, at Nuonuo's birthday party, I saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to be..."
Su Zhan didn't say it clearly, but Yun Xiangye understood what Su Zhan meant by hesitating to speak, so she just nodded. She thought Su Zhan should understand.
Su Zhan laughed at himself and said, "Then I shouldn't wait for her to leave the palace. She should have a bright future."
Yun Xiangye wondered what good future she could have.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was unwilling to even give his sister a position, so she had to follow his Royal Highness the Crown Prince without any status or position.
If His Highness gets angry someday, you never know, he might punish me severely.
However, Yun Xiangye couldn't say this to Su Zhan. If she did, it would just add another person who would be worried.
Yun Xiangye chatted with Su Zhan about the shop for a while, then went downstairs and looked around in the yard at the back.
The yard behind the shop is a three-story house, which is enough for the embroiderers to rest while embroidering.
There was still some snow in the yard because no one had cleaned it.
Yun Xiangye was very satisfied with this place and said to Su Zhan, "Thank you, cousin, for finding such a good shop for me."
Su Zhan said, "I've said that there's no need to be polite between brothers and sisters. I've found some craftsmen to repair the shop for you. I've also asked people to look for the embroiderer. She should be found after the Lantern Festival."
Yun Xiangye hurriedly said, "Thank you, cousin, for helping me so much."
The two of them walked around the house together.
When Yun Xiangye was about to leave the shop, he saw Princess Nan'an in the shop.
Princess Nan'an was playing with her two children. When she saw Yun Xiangye and Su Zhan coming out together, she couldn't help but frown slightly: "Why did you leave the two children to play in front of the shop and go to the backyard alone with the other man?"
Yun Xiangye listened to Nan'an Jun's tone of catching an adulterer and said seriously, "Of course I came here to see the shops."
Princess Nan'an said in a bad tone: "My brother is very ill because of you. He has been ill for ten days and has lost a lot of weight. Come with me to see my brother..."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "I'm sorry, Princess, I can't go with you."
Princess Nan'an asked, "Why?"
Yun Xiangye said: "I promised Gu Yan that I would never meet Zhao Jing in private again."
Princess Nan'an frowned and said, "Does your promise count? You can easily break even the oath you promised. It is said that Yue merchants value integrity, but you have no integrity as a businessman. This shows why people now look down on merchants more and more."
"Yun Xiangye, you didn't want to marry my brother because he was just an ordinary merchant in your eyes, and you despised his family background. The reason you were willing to marry Gu Yan was because he was the prince of Ning.
If you had known earlier that my brother was the prince of Chu, you would have agreed to marry him a long time ago. You even swore hypocritically that you would never marry for the sake of your family business, and then you turned around and married the prince of the palace. It's really disgusting."
Yun Xiangye was annoyed by what Princess Nan'an said. She frowned and said, "Princess Nan'an, when I married Gu Yan, I didn't know he was the Prince of Ning. You hid my identity from me first. Why do you have to be so malicious and assume that I would bow down for wealth and glory?"
Princess Nan'an glanced at Yun Xiangye with disdain: "Do you believe what you said? Just think that my brother and I were blind and misjudged you!"
Su Zhan frowned and said, "Princess Nan'an, she is your cousin after all, are you so disrespectful to her?"
Princess Nan'an sneered, "Cousin's wife? She is a person who only cares about profit and flatters the powerful and bullies the weak. She is not worthy of being my cousin's wife! When cousin Yan finds out your true face, Yun Xiangye, he will definitely divorce you."
"ah!"
Princess Nan'an felt a pain in her hand as she spoke.
Yunxiang Yelian held Nuonuo, who was biting Princess Nan'an, in his arms: "Nuonuo, you can't bite people!"
Xiao Nuonuo tightly hugged Yunxiangye with her hands.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly patted Xiao Nuonuo's back.
Xiao Jingru at the side said: "I asked Nuonuo to bite you. She bullied you. As a daughter, you should protect your mother from being bullied by others!"
Little Jingru pouted and looked at Princess Nan'an and said, "Sister, why do you want to bully Mother Nuonuo?"
Princess Nan'an covered her bitten hand and said, "I didn't bully her! She is a bad person, you should avoid associating with her."
Xiao Jingru raised her eyes and looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "How can sister-in-law be a bad person? Sister-in-law took me out to play, she is a good person."
Princess Nan'an looked at Yun Xiangye with disdain again. She said to Xiao Jingru, "The one who takes you out of the house is not a good person. Maybe she wants to take you away and sell you."
Little Jingru pouted her lips and frowned.
Princess Nan'an picked up little Jingru and said, "Sister will take you back to the Princess's Mansion."
After Princess Nan'an left with Xiao Jingru in her arms, Yun Xiangye heard Nuonuo crying in her arms.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly coaxed Nuonuo, "Don't be afraid, Nuonuo, Nuonuo is so brave to protect mother, mother loves Nuonuo the most."
Run'er said angrily, "Miss, how could the Princess of Nan'an say that to you?"
Yun Xiangye whispered, "Aren't there enough cousins around Gu Yan who say this about me? He never cared about me, so naturally, the people around him wouldn't treat me as his wife."
Su Zhan frowned and looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Cousin, is Prince Ning not nice to you?"
Yun Xiangye said: "To be fair, he didn't treat me badly. After I entered the princess's mansion, I was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had endless delicacies. It's just that Gu Yan only treated me as his wife who he had to be responsible for, and the mother of his daughter.
Gu Yan doesn’t love me, doesn’t have me in his heart, and doesn’t care about me, so as you can see…his relatives and friends can look down on me at will, and even people in the market are talking about me.”
Su Zhan frowned slightly and said, "Cousin, could it be that the prince is too busy with official duties? Don't you know that people around you look down on you? Few men are so attentive..."
Yun Xiangye chuckled helplessly: "I can still sense whether Gu Yan loves me or not."
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