He never considered himself as his wife, and never took himself seriously in his heart, leaving her unprepared to become the daughter-in-law of the princess's mansion. Yet he had the nerve to ask her who her favorite person was.
After Yun Xiangye drank the medicine, she lay in a daze, feeling as ill as a mountain. Since returning to Chang'an, she has been angry every day.
Now that she is ill, she understands that the most important thing is her health.
She did not argue with Gu Yan about the dream about Master Chu. After all, she did dream about Chu Jing yesterday, but she dreamed of his questioning. She had been thinking about it during the day and had a nightmare at night.
Yun Xiangye slept in a daze, and vaguely felt that she was sweating a lot. Gu Yan, who was beside her, helped her wipe the sweat off and change her clothes.
Her eyelids felt heavy, but Yun Xiangye didn't want to wake up.
When she woke up in the morning, her fever had subsided, but her head still hurt and her nose was still blocked.
Gu Yan asked from the side: "What do you want to eat?"
Yun Xiangye coughed and said, "Walnut."
Gu Yan ordered someone to bring walnuts, and he easily peeled the walnut shells and took out the walnut kernels for Yun Xiangye.
Yun Xiangye saw the large walnut in front of her and asked, "What kind of fruit is this?"
Gu Yan said, "This is the walnut from Chang'an City. It's different from the hickory nuts from Yongxing City. Try it."
Yun Xiangye took a bite and shook her head, saying, "This walnut isn't tasty. I want to eat the walnuts from Yongxing City. Peel them for me with your hands."
Gu Yan knew that Yun Xiangye was deliberately making things difficult for him. After all, hickory nuts were much harder to peel than the common walnuts in Chang'an.
However, considering her serious illness, Gu Yan could only cheer her up and ordered someone to buy pecans.
However, hickory nuts, which are commonly seen in dried fruit and dry goods stores in the south of the Yangtze River, are extremely rare in Chang'an City. Several servants went to Chang'an City to look for them for a whole day, but they did not see any hickory nuts in any of the shops.
Seeing Yun Xiangye coughing, Gu Yan didn't want her to feel disappointed, so he could only wait until tomorrow to ask Zhao Jing if he had any walnuts at home.
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In the plum garden of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, today is a plum blossom viewing banquet. Many guests have come to the plum garden early in the morning.
At noon, the guests in groups of three or four were discussing the return of Prince Ning to Chang'an.
"I heard that Prince Ning has been back in Chang'an for a few days now. I wonder which daughter he will choose to marry? Three years ago, five noble ladies came to the Princess's mansion to propose marriage. Prince Ning is truly blessed. Any of the women he chooses to marry would be the envy of all men in the world."
"Prince Ning has already married and has a daughter. I just wonder if his wife will come to the plum blossom viewing banquet today."
"Prince Ning got married? When did he get married? Whose family is the girl from? There has never been a wedding banquet in the princess's mansion."
"Some time ago, the maids around the prince went to the Censorate to plead for mercy. The Ning Prince's wife was jealous of the maids' beauty and drove them out of the palace."
"Whose family is the Crown Prince's Consort? How dare you be so jealous even though you're the Crown Prince's Consort? You can't even tolerate a few beautiful personal maids, aren't you afraid of being divorced?"
"I heard she was just a merchant girl from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. She was able to marry the prince because she wanted to bring him good luck. So there was no formalities or wedding banquet."
"A young girl from a small Jiangnan town who's seeking good fortune? How can she be considered a Crown Prince's Consort? She's not even married yet."
"Indeed, without the three letters and six ceremonies, it can't be considered a marriage. How could the Ning Prince's wife be a merchant's daughter? To have a merchant's daughter as a concubine is really marrying up."
Wei Yu smiled slightly as he listened to the guests in groups of three or four discussing Yun Xiangye.
The eyes of the people in this world are bright, and everyone knows that Yun Xiangye is not worthy of being the Prince of Ning's consort.
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