Chapter 89: Which girl do you like?
After Yun Xiangye faked his death and escaped from the palace with Ye Wanhe's consent, he felt a lot more relaxed.
It is a happy thing that my sister is about to regain her freedom.
The craftsmen at the embroidery workshop on Jinxiu Street have almost finished renovating it, and all they need is to install the furniture. It won't take long before it's ready for business.
Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo to the Chang'an City God Temple and asked the Taoist priests in the temple when it would be best to open the business.
In early February, many people came to the City God Temple to burn incense and offer sacrifices.
Yun Xiangye and Nuonuo were dressed luxuriously and came to this small City God Temple, which naturally attracted the attention of many people.
"Whose noble family is this?"
"He must be a merchant. If he is really a noble, why would he come to this small City God Temple? Don't people usually go to Yuqing Temple?"
Yun Xiangye listened to the people's discussions about her, but she just carried Nuonuo into the temple and kowtowed to the City God.
"Lord City God, I, Yun Xiangye, beg you to bless my sister Ye Wanhe and her unborn child to be safe and healthy. I beg you to bless her to escape from the deep palace without worries. I also beg you to bless my uncle and aunt to have a safe journey, and to bless my Nuonuo to grow up healthily..."
After Yun Xiangye Mosheng made a number of wishes, he generously took out a silver note worth one hundred taels and put it in the merit box.
Yun Xiangye held Nuonuo in her arms and went to the Taoist priest who was fortune-telling and choosing dates for people. She handed him a small silver ingot and said, "Please help me choose an auspicious date for the opening of my embroidery workshop. It would be best if it is before March 3rd."
The Taoist priest flipped through the almanac and said, "February 19th is the best day to open a business."
Yun Xiangye thought that this was a good day, so he said, "Thank you, sir."
After calculating the date, Yun Xiangye and Nuonuo went to a breakfast stall next to the City God Temple.
Nuonuo loves to eat wontons. It’s a rare opportunity for Yun Xiangye to take Nuonuo out, so she asked for a bowl of wontons for Nuonuo.
There is a teahouse next to the wonton stall, and there are many people coming here to drink tea and listen to books.
Yun Xiangye was feeding Nuonuo wontons when she heard the people at the table in the teahouse nearby talking about rumors.
"I heard that Princess Xie and the second wife of the Fu family have been getting close these days. Is Xie Shian and the second daughter of the Fu family going to get married?"
"The Fu family is a noble family that has a crown princess. How could they marry the most beautiful woman in Chang'an to Xie Shi'an? Princess Xie was born a skinny horse singer. The Fu family would never fall to this level."
"Besides, maybe the second young lady of the Fu family can become the Prince of Ning's consort."
"How is that possible? Hasn't Prince Ning already married and had a daughter?"
"That was just a wedding for good luck. Without the permission of the parents and the six rites of marriage, it cannot be considered as a real marriage. Moreover, I heard that the daughter of the Prince of Ning did not take his surname Gu, but took her mother's surname. It is obvious that the Prince of Ning could not accept a daughter born to a merchant family."
"I heard that Prince Ning's daughter is named Yun Ran, and the second young lady of the Fu family also seems to have the character Ran in her maiden name. Prince Ning even named his daughter after the second young lady Fu, showing his deep love for her."
"Yes, the second young lady of the Fu family is named Fu Anran, Yunran, Anran. It is obvious that Prince Ning is still thinking about the second young lady of the Fu family."
Yun Xiangye listened to the discussions in the surrounding teahouses and frowned slightly.
Xiao Nuonuo was eating wontons. When she heard the word Yun Ran, she looked up at Yun Xiangye and said, "Baby."
Yun Xiangye chuckled and helped Xiao Nuonuo wipe the wontons off her lips, "Eat your wontons obediently."
The name Yun Ran was chosen by herself, but the people in the community are really good at spreading rumors.
Yun Xiangye understood why Gu Yan ignored the rumors. It is more important to guard against the people's gossip than to guard against the river. These nosy people just spread rumors and concluded that Nuonuo was named after Fu Anran.
This rumor cannot be explained clearly in one go.
However, what Yun Xiangye couldn't understand was why Gu Yan's uncle, Prince Xie, didn't care about the rumors outside. So many people were saying that his wife was born a skinny singing girl. If they just arrested a few civilians and locked them up, perhaps no one would dare to say anything.
“Daddy!”
Xiao Nuonuo looked at the people coming over.
Yun Xiangye raised his eyes to look at Gu Yan and Xie Shian beside him.
Gu Yan heard Nuonuo's cry and walked to their table.
Nuonuo saw the wontons in front of her and handed them to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan touched Nuonuo's head and said, "Daddy is not hungry, Nuonuo, eat."
Nuo Nuo said: "I don't want to eat it."
Yun Xiangye said, "Nuonuo has already eaten five or six, so you should eat the rest."
Yun Xiangye looked at Xie Shian who was sitting down. Even if Prince Xie didn't care, Xie Shian looked not much different in age from Gu Yan. He was already in his twenties. Why didn't he care about the rumors about his mother?
Gu Yan coughed twice. Seeing that Yun Xiangye's eyes were still on Xie Shian, he sat down next to Yun Xiangye and pinched her waist hard.
Yun Xiangye frowned and glared at Gu Yan: "Hiss! Why are you pinching me?"
Gu Yan lowered his voice and scolded, "Yun Xiangye, I'm still breathing, how dare you look at another man in front of me?"
When Yun Xiangye saw the people at the teahouse next to her disperse, she turned to Xie Shian and said, "I'm not looking at my cousin Xie. I just don't understand why the princess of Xie County would be talked about by the people for her humble and skinny background, and my uncle and cousin don't care about it?"
Xie Shian chuckled and said, "My mother was originally a skinny horse singer, so what's wrong with this identity? As my grandmother said before she died, my mother didn't want to be a singer, she just had to make a living. My father and I don't think there's anything wrong with my mother being a skinny horse singer, so we don't need to care.
Many people in Chang'an are keen on discussing the affairs of the families of high-ranking officials and nobles. In fact, they only know a little bit to fuel their imagination. If you really want to control the mouths of these people, you will never be able to do so.
Living for the reputation of others must be very tiring. "
Yun Xiangye also smiled at Xie Shian and said, "My cousin is very insightful."
Gu Yan felt that Yun Xiangye's smile was too dazzling. Gu Yan looked at Xie Shian and said, "Don't you have something important to do?"
Xie Shian smiled awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, I'll take my leave first."
Yun Xiangye said, "Go slowly, cousin. Say goodbye to your uncle."
Nuonuo waved to Xie Shian and said, "Uncle, goodbye."
Xie Shian smiled faintly and said, "See you later, Nuonuo."
Yun Xiangye looked at Xie Shian's back and sighed, "Although living for the reputation of others is very tiring, cousin Shian has also been affected by Aunt Xie's reputation to some extent, otherwise he would not be unmarried at this age."
Gu Yan said: "It's not that Shi An can't find a good daughter to marry, but it seems that he had a girl in his heart a few years ago, and later got engaged. I'm afraid he hasn't gotten over the girl's engagement yet, so he hasn't mentioned marriage in these years. Otherwise, he is the son of Prince Xie, how could he be unable to get married because of his mother's identity?"
Yun Xiangye said: "He is indeed an infatuated man. Which girl did cousin Xie have a crush on in his early years?"
Gu Yan said, "I don't know. He didn't want to say it at first, and after the girl got engaged, he couldn't say it anymore, lest it be known to outsiders and the girl lose her reputation."
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