The next morning.
Gu Yan heard the voices of Qing Ming and the maid outside the door, opened his eyes, and went outside to wash up for fear of waking up Yun Xiangye.
Seeing a few unfamiliar maids, Gu Yan whispered, "Don't wake up the Madam. She just went to bed at midnight yesterday. Let her sleep a little longer."
"yes."
Seeing that it was still dark, Gu Yan asked his servant to hold a lantern and walked towards the main gate.
When Gu Yan reached the door, he saw Gu Ling, who was waiting for him to go to court together. "Dad."
Seeing the new redness and swelling on Gu Yan's right cheek, Gu Ling sighed, "Did you press the fingerprints on your right cheek yourself yesterday?"
Gu Yan touched the redness and swelling on his right cheek, feeling the pain, and replied, "Yes."
Gu Ling ordered his men to quickly fetch the Snow Skin Cream. He couldn't help but ask, "Gu Yan, what about your ambition as a man of the Gu family? You've been slapped time and again by your wife. You're still a man, after all, so why are you getting beaten by a woman every other day?"
Gu Yan cupped his hands and said, "Didn't I learn all this from you, Dad?"
Gu Ling frowned coldly: "Stop talking nonsense, your mother is very gentle and would never slap anyone, not to mention I never make your mother angry."
Gu Yan didn't dare to argue and just waited for the maid to bring the snow muscle cream.
It was Xie Zhixuan who brought the Snow Skin Cream. Gu Ling frowned slightly when he saw Xie Zhixuan coming over. He took off his black fox cloak and put it on Xie Zhixuan. "It's winter now, why bother to ask the maid to deliver the medicine in person?"
Xie Zhixuan looked up at the new slap marks on her son's face and couldn't help but feel angry: "What did you do wrong to deserve this beating?"
Gu Yan said: "Mother, I pressed it myself, I wasn't beaten. The morning court was almost here, so I left first."
Xie Zhixuan gave the Snow Skin Cream to Gu Yan. Seeing that he was unwilling to say it clearly and that it was almost time for the morning court session, she could only sigh.
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When Yun Xiangye woke up in a daze, she heard Run'er calling her anxiously.
Yun Xiangye opened her heavy eyelids, feeling extremely resentful towards Gu Yan. He had been making trouble until midnight last night.
"Run..."
As soon as Yun Xiangye opened her mouth, she felt a severe pain in her throat.
Run'er hurriedly brought over some warm tea and said to Yun Xiangye, "Miss, the eldest princess arrived at noon. She and Nuonuo have been playing outside for an hour, so I had no choice but to wake you up."
Yun Xiangye drank a sip of warm tea and coughed twice. Her throat felt as if it was on fire. It must be because she had been sweating last night and Gu Yan took her to the hot spring to bathe, but she still caught a cold.
Yun Xiangye became more and more annoyed with Gu Yan, but she was also anxious to get up because the eldest princess had arrived and she was sleeping in.
"Ahem."
Yun Xiangye wanted to get up, but she felt weak all over. Every time she moved, her throat felt uncomfortable, the tip of her nose felt sore, and she had a severe headache from coughing.
Xie Zhixuan opened the door curtain and took Xiao Nuonuo's hand as she walked in. Seeing Yun Xiangye lying on the bed, she hurried forward and placed her hand on Yun Xiangye's forehead. "Why is it so hot?"
Yun Xiangye held onto the edge of the bed, covered her lips with her back hand, and almost vomited.
"Mom." Nuonuo cried worriedly.
After checking Yun Xiangye's pulse, Xie Zhixuan said, "You've caught a cold. It's inevitable that you'll have some discomfort with the climate since you've just arrived in Chang'an. I'll prescribe some medicine for you later. After taking it, rest well. You don't have to go to the plum blossom viewing banquet at the Duke of Wei's residence in two days."
"Yes." Yun Xiangye responded with a cough.
Xie Zhixuan stood up and wrote a prescription, and asked the maid beside her to go and get the medicine and boil it. She stayed with Yun Xiangye and comforted Xiao Nuonuo who was crying because she saw her mother was in pain.
It was not until Gu Yan came back in the afternoon that Xie Zhixuan glared at him fiercely and told him to get out.
When they got outside, Xie Zhixuan said sternly, "Gu Yan, Xiangye is your wife. You've only been here a few days, and you've tortured her to the point of making her seriously ill."
Gu Yan was surprised and asked, "She is seriously ill? Wasn't she fine last night?"
Xie Zhixuan said, "You should take good care of her later. She is an orphan without a father or a mother. You should be more considerate and understanding towards her."
"The child has taken good care of her."
Xie Zhixuan looked at Gu Yan's right cheek, which had become less swollen after applying the medicine, and asked, "If she shows understanding, will she still slap you in the face?"
Gu Yan said, "She was arguing with me yesterday, and I said that if it were someone else, my wife would have been divorced long ago for making such a fuss. Then she hit me without any reason."
"You really deserve to be beaten!"
Xie Zhixuan glared at Gu Yan angrily, "How dare you want to divorce your wife?"
"I don't want to divorce her. What I mean is that if it were someone else, they would divorce her..." Gu Yan said in a low voice.
Xie Zhixuan took a deep breath and said, "Does it make any difference? So you still want Xiangye to thank you for not divorcing her? No wonder Xiangye was so angry. A slap in the face was too easy for you."
Gu Yan just lowered his head and said, "I was wrong."
Xie Zhixuan frowned and said, "You don't have to admit your mistake in front of me. Tell your wife that you admit your mistake. Go inside and take good care of Xiangye."
Gu Yan entered the room and saw Yun Xiangye drinking medicine. He frowned at her sickly appearance and asked, "She was fine last night. How come she's so ill now?"
Yun Xiangye said in a hoarse voice, "How dare you say that? Ahem."
Seeing Yun Xiangye's grave condition, Gu Yan frowned and asked, "Did you catch a cold in the bath last night?"
Yun Xiangye glared at Gu Yan angrily, "Isn't it all your fault?"
Gu Yan took the medicine bowl from Run'er and fed it to Yun Xiangye. He whispered in Yun Xiangye's ear, "It was indeed my fault yesterday, but you were still thinking about Master Chu when you fell asleep, mumbling Master Chu's name in your dream..."
Yun Xiangye recalled last night. She vaguely remembered Gu Yan forcing her to answer who she liked. It was really funny.
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