Yun Xiangye and Ye Wanhe were chatting until noon.
The well-behaved Xiao Nuonuo blinked her peach blossom eyes and took Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "Mom, food, I'm hungry!"
Yun Xiangye held Nuonuo in her arms, "I'm sorry, Nuonuo, I forgot it's already dinner time."
Yun Xiangye said to Ye Wanhe again, "Sister, Nuonuo is hungry. I'm going to leave the palace first."
Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "Since you're hungry, why not eat in the East Palace? It'll take almost two quarters of an hour to get back to the Princess's Residence from the East Palace, and we can't eat right away once we get back. How can a child starve for that long? It's better to eat in the East Palace."
Ye Wanhe ordered the palace maid outside to prepare a banquet in the Tingxiang Tower of the East Palace.
Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Isn't this against the rules?"
Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "Your Highness is not here. Besides, you are the Prince of Ning's consort, and Nuonuo is His Highness's cousin. She is also considered an honored guest of the Eastern Palace. It is not impolite to dine in Tingxianglou."
Yun Xiangye looked at the dishes displayed in Tingxiang Tower, each one was very exquisite.
Nuonuo stared at the chicken leg with her peach blossom eyes.
Yun Xiangye chuckled and put a clean handkerchief on the chicken leg, then handed the chicken leg to Xiao Nuonuo, who looked very cute while eating it.
A young woman's voice came from outside: "Isn't Your Highness going to the Fu family's birthday banquet? Why is there someone dining in Tingxianglou?"
Yun Xiangye looked out and saw a woman about twenty years old, wearing a brocade dress and with her hair in a bun. Yun Xiangye couldn't guess her identity for a moment.
Seeing the visitor, Ye Wanhe stood up and said, "Sister Zhu Zhen, Prince Ning's Consort brought Miss Gu to the Eastern Palace today. They didn't notice that it was already time for dinner, and the child can't go hungry. His Highness is attending a banquet outside, so I guess the food prepared by the kitchen won't be used. So I took the initiative to let the Consort and Miss Gu have dinner in the Eastern Palace."
Zhu Zhen looked at Yun Xiangye in front of him and frowned slightly. "Is this the Ning Prince's Consort? How could she possibly be the Ning Prince's Consort with this appearance?"
Yun Xiangye glanced at Zhu Zhen indifferently after hearing this.
This was not the first time that Yun Xiangye had been told that she did not look like the Prince Ning's Consort.
After a while, she is used to it.
But in Fangqiao Town, everyone praised her for her good looks. Why is it that after coming to Chang'an City, everyone thinks she is not good-looking?
Ye Wanhe frowned and said, "Zhu Zhen, you must not be disrespectful to the Crown Prince's Consort."
Zhu Zhen bowed and said, "This servant greets the Crown Prince's wife."
Yun Xiangye laughed at Zhu Zhen and said, "No need for formalities. The child gets anxious when he's hungry, so he can only eat in the East Palace. Sorry to bother you."
Zhu Zhen looked at Yun Xiangye with a hint of disdain in her eyes, "I will take my leave first."
After Zhu Zhen stepped out of the door, Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Cousin, am I really that ugly?"
Zhu Zhen, who hadn't left the house yet, was stunned for a moment when she heard Yun Xiangye's address. She turned around and glanced at Ye Wanhe and said, "Aunt Ye, Prince Ning's Consort is actually your cousin?"
Ye Wanhe responded, "Yes, Prince Ning's wife is my aunt's cousin."
Zhu Zhen raised his eyebrows, thought something was wrong, and walked out the door quickly.
"Mother, it's not ugly, mother, it's beautiful!"
Nuonuo was eating a big chicken leg and moved forward to kiss Yunxiangye.
Yun Xiangye even dodged, she didn't want to be kissed on the face by the greasy mouth.
Ye Wanhe looked at Yun Xiangye and chuckled softly, "Sister Yun, you are naturally a beauty. If you were ugly, there would be few people in this world who could be called beautiful. You would have to look like Princess Sheng Zhao to be considered beautiful."
Yun Xiangye sighed and said, "After coming to Chang'an, many people think that I don't look like the Prince of Ning's Consort. I guess they all think that my appearance is not good..."
Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "That's not the case. Three years ago, Miss Fu Anran, one of the five noble ladies who proposed to Prince Ning, was the most beautiful woman in Chang'an. Although you are also a beauty, you are indeed a little inferior to Miss Fu Er."
Yun Xiangye asked, "The most beautiful woman? Is she more beautiful than Princess Sheng Zhao?"
Ye Wanhe said, "They are comparable. Even if Princess Sheng Zhao takes good care of herself, she looks like she has just turned 30. But she is older after all. Fu Anran is now in her prime, so the title of the most beautiful woman has changed hands.
Fu Anran's appearance is like a fairy descending to earth. Anyone who has seen her will be amazed by her appearance."
Yun Xiangye asked, "If she is so beautiful, why didn't Gu Yan agree to her marriage proposal?"
Ye Wanhe chuckled and said, "Perhaps they are afraid of offending the other four noble ladies. Besides, the eldest daughter of the Fu family, Fu Qianran, is already a confirmed Crown Princess. If the second daughter is also the Prince of Ning's Consort, then the power of the Fu family's relatives will be..."
Ye Wanhe was concerned about political matters and did not finish her words, but Yun Xiangye understood in her heart that if all the sisters in the family married royal sons, it would inevitably become a disaster for the in-laws.
Yun Xiangye asked again, "The one just now seemed to have a woman's hair in a bun. Is there any woman in this palace?"
Ye Wanhe said, "The palace isn't entirely staffed by maids. Some female officials are married outside the palace and come in to work during the day. That Zhu Zhen mentioned earlier is the daughter of His Highness's wet nurse. She's already married, and now works as a purchasing agent for the Eastern Palace. Because she's the daughter of His Highness's wet nurse, everyone in the palace has to give her some respect."
Yun Xiangye said, "I see."
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The Fu family’s birthday banquet was extremely lively.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came to congratulate Old Madam Fu on her birthday, which gave the Fu family great honor.
What everyone was talking about at the banquet today was not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but Prince Ning's Consort, who had never attended the banquet before.
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