In the side hall of Shaohua Palace.
The wife of Duke Weiguo entered with a cheerful smile on her face. Everyone knew that the Hundred Flowers Banquet today was for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to select a Crown Princess.
After the banquet, the Queen summoned her alone. Perhaps the Queen also listened to the advice.
The Duke of Wei's wife hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings to the Queen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Zhao Yun said, "No need to be polite, aunt."
Queen Wei looked at the wife of Duke Wei and said, "I summoned you here because I want my brother to recognize the future Crown Princess as his eldest daughter, and I specifically want to tell you this."
The wife of the Duke of Weiguo asked in confusion, "What do you mean by recognizing the future Crown Princess as your eldest daughter? Sister, I don't understand what you are saying."
Queen Wei sighed and said, "Yun'er wants his maid, Ye Wanhe, to be the Crown Princess. Her family background is certainly low, so they'll claim she's his younger brother's eldest daughter, who's been living away from home and acknowledged his younger brother as her father. They'll then allow her to marry into the palace as a daughter of the Wei family."
The wife of Duke Weiguo was furious. "Sister! You are also a daughter of the Wei family. You would rather let a palace maid be the Crown Princess than let your own niece be the Crown Princess? A lowly servant..."
The wife of the Duke of Wei hadn't finished speaking yet...
Zhao Yun then shouted angrily, "Madam Wei, is it your turn to arrange the future Crown Princess? I call you aunt as a sign of respect for my elders, and you really dare to act like an elder in the palace."
Upon hearing this, Wei Yu repeatedly pulled the wife of Duke Weiguo to kneel down.
The wife of the Duke of Wei listened to Zhao Yun's words and trembled as she knelt down, "Your Highness... I..."
Queen Wei said, "I told you that I would adopt Ye Wanhe as my daughter. I was just informing you in advance, not discussing it with you."
"Back off."
The wife of the Duke of Wei hurriedly said, "Yes, Queen."
The wife of Duke Weiguo and Wei Xi left the palace and got into the carriage. The wife of Duke Weiguo was filled with anger.
"The Empress is so foolish that she would rather have a palace maid become the Crown Princess than her own niece."
Wei Yu frowned and said, "The palace maid Ye Wanhe that Aunt Queen mentioned is Yun Xiangye's cousin."
Wei Xi recalled that moment on the pleasure boat. No wonder her cousin the Crown Prince was so furious...
Yun Xiangye is really capable. Wei Xi feels very unfair. Why can she take away her good marriage again and again?
She would accept it if she lost to the Lin family, the Xu family, or the daughter of the Fu family, but why did Yun Xiangye, a merchant girl from the city, have such good luck?
Her sister is just a lowly servant. Why would she take away her status as the eldest daughter of the Wei family?
The more Wei Xi thought about it, the more indignant he became.
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Inside the East Palace.
Seeing that her sister's complexion had improved a lot, Yun Xiangye whispered in the Yongxing City dialect, "Sister, what happened to the injury on your hand?"
Ye Wanhe looked at the wound on her hand and said, "The other day, in the temple, my hand was burned by incense ash. Su Zhan came to apply medicine on me and told me that if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was unwilling to give me a title, he would wait until I left the palace, no matter if I was forty, fifty, or sixty years old..."
As long as he and I are still alive, we can be husband and wife for a day."
Ye Wanhe smiled bitterly at this point and continued, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard this and was about to chop off Su Zhan's hands as they were applying the medicine to me. In a moment of desperation, I grabbed the knife and was about to chop off my own hands to save Su Zhan's..."
Yun Xiangye said, "No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to grant a marriage between my cousin and Xu Mengqi. Fortunately, His Royal Highness is not hopeless. Knowing that someone has snatched you away from him, he is still willing to give you a legitimate status."
Ye Wanhe just smiled bitterly again.
Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe's expression and said, "Sister, don't you want a status?"
Ye Wanhe said, "At first, I did want a formal status, especially six years ago when I found out I was pregnant. Over the years, I haven't thought about it anymore. I just wanted to leave the palace as soon as possible. I finally reached the age of twenty-five...but I'm trapped in the palace forever."
Ye Wanhe whispered, "Now that we have a child, it's better to have a legitimate status than no status at all. But if I have to abandon my parents and take someone else as my parents to get this status, then I don't want it."
Ye Wanhe coughed twice and said, "Xiangye, I've been dreaming about our childhood a while ago. I dreamed that I was in school and Mr. Li taught us that women don't have to be confined to the harem. We should have a broad world and shouldn't just accept our fate.
But I followed Mr. Li's teachings and accepted my fate. I had only thought of being a slave in the palace for the rest of my life. Serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. I had to serve my master carefully all day long and dared not be negligent in the slightest. Every time I spoke, I had to carefully consider what I meant.
But in my heart, compared to having a status, I actually yearn for the free life outside the palace more..."
Ye Wanhe fumbled for the fake death drug hidden in her purse, "I have never thought about becoming a Crown Princess. If I can become a Crown Princess as Ye Wanhe, for the future of my unborn child, then I will accept my fate of being trapped in the palace for the rest of my life.
If I have to give up my identity and change my name, then I just want to leave the palace and go home to reunite with my parents. I miss my hometown so much."
Yun Xiangye said, "I miss home too. There are so many delicious spring delicacies in Fangqiao Town right now, but I can't eat them in Chang'an after all."
As the two were talking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came in.
Yun Xiangye was stunned when she saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming in, but then she remembered that they were speaking the dialect of Fangqiao Town, which His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would certainly not understand.
After all, the accent in their hometown is different every ten miles, and there are many dialects in Yongxing City.
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