Xie Zhixuan looked at Yun Xiangye and asked, "Why? I thought after so much time, you would have already given up on this idea."
Yun Xiangye shook her head and said, "I've never given up on this idea. Previously, I had to bow to Gu Yan because I wanted the fake death drug and the Danshu Tiequan. I originally thought that after my sister successfully left Chang'an, I would take Nuonuo with her back to Yongxing City..."
Xie Zhixuan said, "Xiangye, I'm not biased towards my own son. Gu Yan may not be a good husband or a good father, but if you ask yourself, Yan'er hasn't done anything wrong. Why do you insist on divorcing him and taking Nuonuo away from Chang'an?"
Yun Xiangye whispered, "Gu Yan really didn't do anything wrong. It's just that there's no longer any love between him and me as husband and wife. Perhaps we never were. Our marriage was a coincidence, and I'm just repaying him for saving my life."
Xie Zhixuan couldn't help but sigh and said, "I think Yan'er doesn't have no feelings for you. Think about it carefully. Although Yan'er has concealed his background from you for three years, he has also tried his best to make up to you. Maybe he feels that his identity is not important."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "Is it that his identity doesn't matter, or is it that I don't matter to him?"
Yun Xiangye said, "Mother, I know. I'm really stupid to divorce you now. I'm giving up my good life as a royal relative and a prince's consort, and going back to Yongxing City to be an embroidery shop owner..."
But I can only feel at ease in Yongxing City. I've lived there for twenty-three years without being looked down upon. Now that I've come to Chang'an... everyone looks down on me. It was Gu Yan who put me in this situation. I accept being called a coward. I just want to return to my own home and live a more comfortable life."
Xie Zhixuan said: "You left home suddenly and came to a place where you have no relatives. Although you met your cousin, your cousin's life is even worse than yours. It is inevitable that you miss home.
In this way, don’t talk about divorce for now. After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s wedding, I will let Yan’er accompany you back to Yongxing City. You can stay in Yongxing City as long as you want.
Although I can't kidnap you with the child, you must be reluctant to let Nuonuo leave your father, right? Give Yan'er another chance, okay?
Yun Xiangye shed tears.
Xie Zhixuan said, "Stop crying."
Yun Xiangye said, "I've already given Gu Yan many chances. I thought he was willing to give me the Red Book and Iron Certificate because he cared about me. While I was touched, I didn't realize he was only doing it to maintain the Gu family's power and wealth."
Xie Zhixuan said, "To maintain the Gu family's power and wealth, there's no need to commit such a serious crime. Xiangye, I think there must be some misunderstanding between you and Yan'er. Yan'er allowed you to beat and scold him..."
Yun Xiangye said, "Mother, Gu Yan didn't let me beat or scold him. He has been accustomed to my father-in-law's respect for you since he was a child. He is indeed a good husband to me now, but he only treats his wife like this, not me.
No matter who Gu Yan's wife is, he will beat and scold her.
This is only because he has been taught by his father-in-law since he was young to respect his wife, not because he cares about me.
Even if we take a step back and say that he gave me the fake death medicine, the elixir, the letter of credit, doesn't that mean he's too unwilling to even spare the energy to resolve the conflict with me? That's why he's just perfunctorily using the fake death medicine, the elixir, the letter of credit to threaten me."
Xie Zhixuan sighed again and said, "Xiangye, I thought you were a perceptive person. If you stay, you will be the high and mighty Prince Ning's Consort. With such a noble status, why would you need to ask whether your husband cares about you?"
Yun Xiangye said, "Is the so-called Prince Ning's Consort truly so noble? Mother, after I came to Chang'an, I've more or less attended a few banquets. Many people there openly looked down on my common background, mocking me openly or covertly...
There are even many high-ranking officials who hope that Gu Yan will divorce me. Now that I have married into Chang'an, I rely on my husband for everything. Without my husband's care, even my noble status is a joke.
Xie Zhixuan said, "You can't blame Gu Yan for this, you have to blame me. I usually only diagnose patients in the pharmacy and rarely attend banquets. I haven't been able to take good care of you. In the future, I will make time to accompany you to banquets and make sure you are not looked down upon by others."
Yun Xiangye shed tears again. To be fair, the eldest princess was truly the best mother-in-law in the world.
Yun Xiangye said with a sore throat, "Mother, this is not your fault, it's Gu Yan's fault. He kept it a secret from me for three years. I have no idea how to navigate this world of fame and fortune like a fish in water. After all, no matter how noble the position of the Crown Prince's Consort is, it is still too great for me.
Perhaps I should have stayed in Fangqiao Town, making clothes for the rest of my life, living a peaceful and happy life with my parents. The grand family of the Princess's Mansion was simply out of my reach."
Xie Zhixuan said, "Xiangye, you've actually been thinking about quitting since the beginning, right?
I thought that the apprentices taught by my mother would not back down, but would move forward bravely in the face of setbacks.
You can now take Nuonuo back to Yongxing City, but in the future, when people in Chang'an talk about you, Yun Xiangye, they will only call you cowardly and stupid. In the eyes of the nobles in Chang'an, you will still be just a ridiculous merchant girl."
Xie Zhixuan whispered, "Actually, when I was young, I wasn't even the eldest princess yet. My ex-husband looked down on me because I was the daughter of a drug dealer. He kept saying I was lowly and wouldn't even step foot into my room for seven years. I endured that for seven whole years. And how many seven years are there in a lifetime? My cowardice and concessions only made things worse, and I fell into an increasingly difficult situation. Only then did I wake up.
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