Chapter 88: Yun Xiangye regrets it
His Majesty looked at Zhao Yun in front of him and said, "You don't let her leave the East Palace. Are you trying to give her a status?"
Zhao Yun said, "No, my grandmother hated men taking concubines when she was alive. I will only have one Crown Princess in the future."
Gu Ling chuckled and said, "What your grandmother hated most when she was alive was men who were fickle. Do you think that not giving her a name doesn't count as taking a concubine, and doesn't count as disobeying your grandmother?"
Zhao Yun said, "Uncle, if you don't give me a name, it doesn't count as taking me as a concubine."
His Majesty frowned upon hearing this.
Zhao Yun bowed and said, "Father, I know my status and I won't do anything excessive for a palace maid. It's just that she has been with me for ten years. I have long been accustomed to her and Li Quan's care and don't want to change her to serve me."
His Majesty finally indulged Zhao Yun and said, "Just be clear about your own identity."
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Father, do you have anything else to say? If not, I will take my leave first."
His Majesty said in a deep voice: "Go down."
Zhao Yun bowed and left the Taiji Palace.
Zhao Yun returned to the East Palace with a slightly frown on his brow.
In the East Palace, Gu Jingyu was giving acupuncture to Ye Wanhe. She heard the palace maids greeting each other outside and saw Zhao Yun coming back from outside.
Zhao Yun glared at Yun Xiangye unhappily, then looked at Gu Jingyu and said, "Didn't you say it was nothing serious? Why did you give him acupuncture?"
Gu Jingyu took back the silver needle from her lower abdomen and said, "Aunt Ye has some stomach discomfort. I'm afraid she will vomit frequently. I'll give her acupuncture so that her stomach will get better faster."
Zhao Yun frowned and asked, "Why do you feel sick to your stomach?"
Gu Jingyu said, "Maybe she didn't eat properly on time, and the stomach controls emotions, so being depressed can cause stomach problems. However, Aunt Ye's stomach problems are not serious, she just vomits from time to time."
Zhao Yun looked at Ye Wanhe, whose face was pale, and then said to Gu Jingyu, "Wanhe's body is now in your hands. You should take good care of her in the next few days."
Gu Jingyu smiled faintly and said, "Okay."
After Zhao Yun returned, Yun Xiangye could no longer say anything to her sister, so she left the Eastern Palace with Gu Jingyu.
On the carriage back to the princess's mansion.
Gu Jingyu frowned slightly and said, "I never thought that the prince's cousin would be such a person. He and Sister Qianran are getting married soon, but he got another woman pregnant before the wedding."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "He is the crown prince, so it is normal for him to have three palaces and six courtyards."
Gu Jingyu said, "But my grandmother hates men having three wives and four concubines the most. Even if my cousin is the crown prince, he cannot do that. He keeps saying that he won't take concubines, but in the end he made a palace maid pregnant. How can this be considered not taking concubines?"
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but sigh, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually listens to his grandmother."
Gu Jingyu whispered, "It's not just listening to my grandmother. The Emperor uncle is only in his early forties now. If the Crown Prince cousin takes a concubine, there is no guarantee that the court and the people will not submit a petition to ask the Emperor uncle to also expand the harem and expand the royal family. By then, there is no guarantee that the Crown Prince cousin will have more brothers and sisters. Moreover, the Emperor uncle is in good health. He will definitely live another 20 or 30 years. By then, it will be hard to say whether he will be the emperor..."
Yun Xiangye listened to Gu Jingyu's words and whispered, "That's true. For His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it must be more important to keep his throne."
Yun Xiangye and Gu Jingyu returned to the princess's mansion.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard the crying sound of Princess Chu.
When Yun Xiangye heard the voice of Princess Chu, she returned to Qingfeng Garden from the small road. After all, she had promised Gu Yan not to see Zhao Jing. If Princess Chu asked her for help, she would be embarrassed. It would be better for her not to meet her at all.
Gu Jingyu went to the side of Princess Chu and said, "Second aunt, mother."
Xie Zhixuan comforted Princess Chu softly, "Jing'er is blessed by heaven, don't worry, Jing'er just can't stand this blow for a while, she will be fine in a few days."
Princess Chu wept and said, "Mother and son are connected by heart. Seeing him so thin, my heart is broken... He said he only wanted to see Xiangye, and if he could see Xiangye once, he would give up."
Xie Zhixuan said: "Now that things have come to this, why should we meet again if there is no way out?"
Princess Chu said, "But...Ah Xuan, I really can't bear to see Jing'er torturing himself like this."
Xie Zhixuan sighed and said, "Sometimes in this world, there is no destiny. Marriage is determined by heaven. There is no destiny between him and Xiangye."
Princess Chu cried and said, "Ah Xuan, Jing'er is also your nephew..."
Xie Zhixuan said: "I know, but what's the point of meeting Xiangye? Xiangye has already married Yan'er, why bother meeting Zhao Jing again."
Princess Chu kept shedding tears. Seeing that she couldn't let Yun Xiangye go to her, she had to go back to the Chu Palace first.
In the bedroom, Zhao Jing was lying on the bed, he was so thin that his eye sockets were sunken.
Princess Chu said to Zhao Jing, "Jing'er, I went to ask your aunt, but she didn't want Xiangye to come. You should forget about meeting Xiangye. She is already a wife and a mother. She just saw me, but she took a side path to avoid me. It shows that she has no feelings for you."
Princess Nan'an said, "Brother, I have already told you that Yun Xiangye is very heartless. She knew you were seriously ill but she was unwilling to come over because she was afraid that she would not be able to become the Prince of Ning's consort. You should cheer up quickly."
Zhao Jing lowered his eyes, "Mother, please go to the palace and ask the Queen to issue an order. I just want to see Xiangye once..."
Princess Chu said, "How could the Queen care about such things? Xiangye just doesn't want to see you. Do you want to force her to do that?"
Zhao Jing clenched his fists and said unwillingly: "But, I was the one who knew her first..."
"Why have all the good things been taken by Gu Yan since we were young? The tribute horses from the Western Regions were also selected by Gu Yan before they were given to us, the royal descendants of the Zhao family.
Why is it that the woman whom I cannot marry has become Gu Yan's wife?"
Zhao Jing's eyes were filled with hatred and unwillingness.
Princess Nan'an said to Zhao Jing, "Brother, if you feel unwilling, then cheer up and fight with Gu Yan. You are lying sick on the bed and you are only hurting your body."
Although the Princess of Chu did not want her son to have a rift with Gu Yan and fight for him, she also wanted her son to cheer up.
Princess Chu brought over the medicinal food and said, "Jing'er, your sister is right. Even if you are unwilling, you have to eat first."
Princess Nan'an took the medicinal food from the Princess of Chu and fed Zhao Jing, saying, "Brother, in the heart of the Crown Prince, you may not be inferior to Cousin Yan. The Gu family is too powerful. During the New Year, they were so arrogant that they stopped visiting the Wei family. The Wei family is the Crown Prince's mother's family. The Gu family didn't even visit them, which shows how much they don't take the Crown Prince seriously. You should cheer up quickly, please the Crown Prince, hold the power in the court, and make Yun Xiangye regret it."
Zhao Jing listened to Princess Nan'an's advice, stood up and ate the medicinal porridge handed to him by Princess Nan'an.
When the Princess of Chu saw that Zhao Jing was finally willing to eat on his own initiative, she clasped her hands together and chanted "Amitabha".
Zhao Jing lowered his eyes, full of hatred, his hands clenched into fists, and blue veins appeared on the back of his hands.
No one can snatch away the woman he likes, not even Gu Yan!
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