Xie Zhixuan looked at the red fingerprints on her son's face and ordered the maid beside her to go back to the room and get the snow muscle cream.
Xie Zhixuan frowned: "What did you do wrong to Xiangye? Those two slaps were quite powerful."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "There's nothing wrong. She's just being unreasonable. She..."
Gu Yan felt something was wrong midway through his words and coughed, "This wasn't a beating from Xiangye, it was a mark from me when I was sleeping."
Gu Ling gloated inwardly, "Then you pressed both sides quite symmetrically."
Xie Zhixuan glared at Gu Ling and took the Snow Skin Cream from the maid. "Apply this Snow Skin Cream. It will reduce the redness and swelling in a quarter of an hour. Then use some gouache to cover it up. No one should be able to see the slap marks on your face."
Gu Yan took the ointment and said, "Thank you, mother. I'll take my leave now."
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When Yun Xiangye woke up, it was already noon. She felt sore all over. Gu Yan had really gone too far last night. She only regretted that she had not used all her strength to slap him two more times.
However, Yun Xiangye was also glad that she had not reported the four maids before.
Gu Yan had no idea about himself. He just said a few words to those maids last night and he started to protect them.
Run'er heard the noise in the room and came in to help Yun Xiangye wash up.
Seeing that Nuonuo was no longer beside her, Yun Xiangye asked, "Where is Nuonuo?"
Run'er smiled faintly, "Nanny Cao is playing in the courtyard with Miss Nuonuo, and the little princess is also there."
After washing up, Yun Xiangye walked to the window and indeed heard the sounds of playing and laughing outside. However, she also saw the gentle Princess watching the two children play. Yun Xiangye panicked and said to Run'er, "The Princess is here, why didn't you tell her?"
Run'er looked out the window and said, "I didn't see Her Royal Highness the Princess just now."
Yun Xiangye quickly combed her hair, put on her clothes and went to the courtyard, "Meeting mother."
Xie Zhixuan just picked a branch of green plum for Nuonuo.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly said, "Mother, Nuonuo is so young, the flowers will be ruined if they fall into her hands. I heard from Zhuyi that the plum blossoms here are your favorite."
Xie Zhixuan smiled faintly and said, "Nuonuo is my first granddaughter. Not to mention her favorite flower, if I could pick the moon from the sky, I would also find a way to pick it and give it to Nuonuo."
Xie Zhixuan said this while pinching the cute little face.
Little Jingru beside her said jealously, "Mother."
Xie Zhixuan also pinched Xiao Jingru's face and said, "Mother will also give you the best."
Little Jingru threw herself into Xie Zhixuan's arms. Xie Zhixuan nodded her head and said, "You learned this jealousy from your father. Go play with Nuonuo. Mother has something to discuss with your eldest sister-in-law."
Yun Xiangye raised her eyes to glance at Xie Zhixuan, then quickly lowered them again. It was her first time meeting this mother-in-law of noble status, and even though she was very gentle, she was still a little afraid.
Yun Xiangye followed Xie Zhixuan into the house and said, "Mother."
Xie Zhixuan asked, "Did Yan'er bully you?"
Yun Xiangye shook her head and said, "No."
Xie Zhixuan looked into Yun Xiangye's eyes and said, "Yan'er's aunt told me about your life story. You were also a pitiful child. I heard that you lost your father and mother one after another when you were fourteen or fifteen...
Now that you've come to my home, I hope you can treat me like your own mother. If you've suffered any grievances, just speak up. There's no need to bottle it up. I told you yesterday when I took your pulse that liver qi stagnation is not a good thing."
Yun Xiangye's nose felt sore, and tears welled up in her eyes as she said, "There's nothing wrong with it."
Xie Zhixuan sighed. Seeing that she was unwilling to speak, she did not force her. "Yesterday I asked you to help me manage the restaurant. Was that too much for you?"
Yun Xiangye shook her head and said, "It's not difficult."
Gu Yan looked down on her and concluded that she was not capable of managing the affairs and family business of the princess's mansion, so she would let Gu Yan understand what it meant to look down on others.
Xie Zhixuan chuckled and said, "That's good. If Yan'er bullies you in any way, just tell me and I will seek justice for you. Don't be so angry that you will get sick."
Yun Xiangye said, "I won't let myself get sick from anger."
Xie Zhixuan smiled faintly again, "Slapping someone will hurt your hand, and Yan'er has entered the officialdom after all. It would be inappropriate for you to slap him. If he makes you angry again in the future, you can punish him by making him kneel on the washboard, kneel on the abacus, or anything else... He needs to show his dignity to others."
Yun Xiangye blushed, and she knelt hurriedly, saying, "Your Highness."
Xie Zhixuan said, "I don't mean to blame you. Hurry up and get up. I also married from Yongxing City to Chang'an. I have tasted how hard it is to live alone in your husband's family. I believe that if Gu Yan hadn't bullied you, you wouldn't have taken action."
Yun Xiangye stood up, tears in her eyes as she spoke of her grievances:
"Mother, ever since I entered the mansion the other day, Gu Yan's four maids in Qingfeng Garden have not taken Nuonuo and I seriously.
Zhu Yi and the others said that Gu Yan would have concubines in the future... They also said that I was of low status and unworthy of being the Crown Prince's consort, and that the Crown Prince's consort was someone else, so being a concubine was a great favor from the Gu family... But Gu Yan was still helping them, so I got angry and beat him up."
Xie Zhixuan's eyes were filled with anger, and she frowned as she ordered the maid beside her, "Let Zhu Yimei Yilan Yilian come in!"
Yun Xiangye saw four maids come in, and they knelt down obediently and properly in front of Xie Zhixuan.
Xie Zhixuan slammed the table in anger and said, "How dare you four maids rebel against your superiors and disrespect your master? You will be expelled from the Princess's residence from today. Considering your service to the Crown Prince, I will not sell you out. Take your deeds and leave."
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