Chapter 34: Thunder, Lightning, Rain and Dew Are All Graces from the King
Yun Xiangye held Gu Yan's wrist tightly and said, "The crime of deceiving the king? But isn't the king your uncle? You are just a little palace maid. Your uncle will definitely not bother with you."
Gu Yan frowned and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty will naturally not care about the life and death of a little palace maid in the East Palace, but the crown prince is also the king. After my sister faked her death, what if the prince found out that she took a fake death drug..."
Yun Xiangye said, "Then choose a day that Your Highness will not notice. Isn't April 6th the day of the Crown Prince's wedding? If a maid dies before the wedding, the East Palace will just think it's bad luck and won't investigate it. After all, the wedding is more important."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan with pleading eyes and said, "We can let my sister take the fake death drug a few days before April 6th, so that she won't be exposed. Besides, His Highness will have a Crown Princess by then, so why would he care whether my sister is really dead or just faking it?"
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye's anxious and worried expression, nodded slightly and said, "Well, I'll think of a way to ask my mother for a fake death drug."
Gu Yan reached out his hand to wipe Yun Xiangye's tears: "Stop crying and eat."
Yun Xiangye shook her head and said, "I don't have much appetite. You can go and eat by yourself."
Gu Yan did not force Yun Xiangye to eat. He ate alone and asked the maid to go to the kitchen to warm up the hot porridge so that Yun Xiangye could have hot porridge if she was hungry in the middle of the night.
Gu Yan asked Yun Xiangye, "How did you get into the East Palace today?"
Yun Xiangye said: "It was your extremely handsome cousin who helped me enter the Eastern Palace."
"Handsome?" Gu Yan asked, "Handsomer than me?"
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan and said, "That cousin is very handsome. I think we saw him on the day we first returned to Chang'an. I just don't know which family he belongs to."
Gu Yan said: "That should be my uncle's cousin Xie Shian."
Yun Xiangye was puzzled and asked, "Your uncle? Shouldn't your uncles all have the surname Zhao? Is he your cousin uncle?"
Gu Yan said, "He is my uncle. Didn't I just tell you that my grandmother also took the drug to fake her death? Not long after she gave birth to the current emperor, she faked her death and left the late emperor. She married my second grandfather outside the palace and gave birth to my uncle and my aunt. You have seen my aunt. She was the one who persuaded you to get married."
Yun Xiangye was extremely shocked when she heard Gu Yan talking about the secrets of the royal family. She asked, "How dare your grandmother leave the late emperor and marry another man?"
Gu Yan said: "When the late emperor was unfaithful, my grandmother could not tolerate any injustice. Seeing the late emperor betray her again and again, she faked her death and left the late emperor."
Yun Xiangye's eyes showed admiration and envy: "Your grandmother is really a role model for women. Even when the emperor betrayed her, she was able to leave the emperor and marry someone else. It would be great if every woman in the world could be so open-minded..."
Seeing Yun Xiangye's yearning, Gu Yan frowned slightly and said, "I'm not telling you this to make you learn from your grandmother."
Yun Xiangye said: "If you didn't let me down, why would I learn from my grandmother? If you let me down, I definitely don't want to let myself down.
After all, both my parents died young, and I don’t know how long I can live. Anger is harmful to the body, so why should I keep torturing myself and ruining my own body?
By then, Nuonuo will also be motherless at the same young age as me."
Gu Yan lowered his eyes and looked at Yun Xiangye: "Since you know this truth, just eat a little more."
Yun Xiangye bit her lower lip and said, "When I think of my sister's bloody mess, I can't eat anything. I don't know if my sister has had dinner in the palace..."
Gu Yan said: "Tomorrow I will ask mother for some medicine for my sister's injuries and bring it to the East Palace."
Yun Xiangye said: "Mother has given me the medicine for my wounds, and I have given it to my sister."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan. Actually, this matter was also related to Gu Yan.
If Gu Yan hadn't annoyed her, she wouldn't have let her sister put something in Gu Yan's tea.
Yun Xiangye took a deep breath. Her sister still needed Gu Yan's help to fake her death. Before her sister could leave the palace smoothly, she would just have to be patient with Gu Yan for the time being.
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In the East Palace.
Ye Wanhe was in so much pain that she couldn't sleep at night, and the wounds on her body hurt badly whenever she moved.
A woman who was also dressed as a palace maid entered the room. Quenu saw Ye Wanhe crying and said, "Aunt, how could His Highness be so cruel? After all, you have been with him for almost ten years."
Quenu continued to complain indignantly, "The Crown Princess's brother committed crimes and seized the people's land, causing the people whose land was seized to sell their children during the New Year. Your Highness just let him off lightly and only asked Prince Ning to give him a warning and return the land to the people without punishing him. However, you just put more salt in the tea, but Your Highness punished you like this."
Ye Wanhe covered Quenu's mouth, "Have you forgotten what I taught you? As a maid in the East Palace, the most taboo thing is to talk about political affairs."
Ye Wanhe asked calmly again: "Who is on duty in His Highness' bedroom tonight?"
The slave said, "I was originally guarding the inner hall, but Your Highness didn't like my service, so I left. There are a few young eunuchs serving outside."
Ye Wanhe said to Quenu: "Help me up."
"Aunt, you are not going to serve His Highness when you are so injured, right?"
Ye Wanhe whispered, "Thunder and rain are all grace from the Lord. As a servant, how can I not take care of my master just because I am punished?"
Quenu looked at Ye Wanhe distressedly and said, "Aunt."
Ye Wanhe patted Quenu's hand and asked Quenu to help her to the prince's bedroom.
Ye Wanhe was injured and could not sit, so she could only lean against a pillar beside her.
In the middle of the night, she heard a gentle call from inside the house, so she took some warm tea and went into the inner hall.
"Your Highness."
Zhao Yun took the hot tea as usual. When he handed the cup back, he saw Ye Wanhe standing in front of him. He paused with his hand holding the cup and asked, "Why is it you?"
Ye Wanhe said: "Your Majesty, do you not want me to serve you? Then I will take my leave now."
Seeing Ye Wanhe's dangling legs, Zhao Yun took the tea tray from her hand and put it aside. He then took Ye Wanhe's wrist, pulled her into his arms and said, "Do you know you are wrong?"
"I know I was wrong."
Zhao Yun said: "It's good to know your mistakes."
Zhao Yun imprisoned Ye Wanhe beside him. Ye Wanhe was in great pain. Although she knew the rules, she could not bear it when the pain was really severe.
Zhao Yun noticed Ye Wanhe's expression and let her lie on him.
Ye Wanhe looked at Zhao Yun below her and whispered, "Your Highness, this is against the rules..."
Zhao Yun touched the broken hair on Ye Wanhe's forehead and said, "In the Eastern Palace, I am the rule."
Ye Wanhe looked at the handsome face that was magnified so close to her, put her head on Zhao Yun's shoulder, and slowly closed her eyes.
The bed beneath me was no longer stiff and cold. Finally, sleepiness overcame the pain and I slowly fell asleep.
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There are only a few days left until New Year's Eve.
Yun Xiangye has been busy mending clothes for Princess Ningxiang these days.
Feather satin is very difficult to mend, and the amount of this extremely luxurious material produced each year is only enough to make one piece of clothing. It is conceivable that this fabric is better than brocade.
In the world, only a few most noble women can afford to wear this gorgeous dress that is as warm as spring.
When Gu Yan came back from the government office, he saw Yun Xiangye still embroidering lotus root powder feather satin and said, "This is your new dress. I see you have been working on it for two days?"
Yun Xiangye said, "This is Princess Ningxiang's feather satin. There is a hole in it. I am helping the princess mend it."
Yun Xiangye was working non-stop with her needle and thread. The dress was extremely valuable, so the slightest mistake could affect the entire dress. She had to make the dress perfectly.
Gu Yan said: "Why would I let you mend Princess Ningxiang's clothes?"
Yun Xiangye said, "Princess Ningxiang said she wanted to wear the dress given by the Empress to the palace on the first day of the new year to pay New Year's greetings, but her child tore a hole in the dress. My sister is injured and can't mend it, so she wanted to come to the Princess's Mansion to ask Yin Liu to mend it. I thought I could mend it, so I took on the job."
Gu Yan said: "Why bother taking on this job?"
Yun Xiangye whispered, "I have never mended feather satin before. It is hard to find feather satin outside. I have heard from the embroiderer that this kind of cloth is more precious than Yunjin before. Now I can see it and mend it myself. It can be regarded as a great experience."
Yun Xiangye spent three days mending the feather satin dress. If you didn't look closely, you would never be able to tell where it was torn.
After finally mending the clothes, Yun Xiangye certainly wouldn't dare to keep this extremely precious dress in her room for a long time.
Not to mention others, I was just afraid that Nuonuo would get her clothes dirty because she was too young.
Yun Xiangye didn't wait for Gu Yan to come back, and went to find Gu Jingyu with the clothes, wanting Gu Jingyu to return the clothes to Princess Ningxiang.
Gu Jingyu said: "Sister Xiangxiang and her husband came to Chang'an to celebrate the New Year and are staying in the Chu Palace. Sister-in-law, you can go to the Chu Palace to find Sister Xiangxiang."
Yun Xiangye coughed and said, "It's not convenient for me to go to the Prince of Chu's mansion. This dress is really valuable. I don't feel comfortable leaving it to the maid. Could you please go there for me?"
Gu Jingyu said, "A few days ago, I heard my second aunt talking about wanting to see you. I will accompany you to the Prince of Chu's mansion to return the dress."
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