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In the Princess's Mansion.
Yun Xiangye had just returned to Qingfeng Garden when she heard the maid from the front yard looking for Gu Yan, saying that Minister Lin and his wife had come to the princess's residence to pay New Year's greetings.
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Lord Lin is my mentor. Would you like to come with me to meet Master and his wife?"
Yun Xiangye said coldly, "I'm not going."
Gu Yan said: "If you don't want to go, then forget it."
After Gu Yan left, Yun Xiangye frowned as she looked at Gu Yan's back, took a deep breath, and played with the small rattle beside her with Nuonuo.
Yun Xiangye saw the rattle in Nuonuo's hand and chuckled, "Where did you get this rattle?"
Nuonuo is almost two years old and has stopped playing with rattles a long time ago. I wonder where this rattle came from?
Nuonuo smiled gently: "Daddy gave it to me."
Yun Xiangye took the rattle in Nuonuo's hand. The more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed to her. After a closer look, she saw a small leaf mark under the rattle. Yun Xiangye couldn't help but feel happy.
"This is the rattle I used to play as a child. I lost it a long time ago. The picture on it was drawn for me by the master craftsman in the dyeing workshop back then. Nuonuo, how come this rattle is in your hands?"
When Yun Xiangye was young, she lived with her cousins in the Yun family mansion. Her toys as a child would all have a small leaf painted on them to avoid being confused with her cousins.
Yun Xiangye didn't know where Nuonuo found this rattle that she had lost for almost twenty years.
When they were in Jiangnan, Yun Xiangye had never seen Nuonuo play with this rattle.
Nanny Cao said from the side, "Princess, this rattle belongs to the Crown Prince. It was a toy that the Crown Prince and the two little princesses played with when they were young. The eldest princess ordered it to be kept in the storeroom as a keepsake. The Crown Prince took Nuonuo to the storeroom two days ago and found this rattle. The Crown Prince said it was the rattle he played with when he was young."
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly and said, "How can this be Gu Yan's rattle? This is clearly my rattle. There's even a small leaf pattern on it. I've always had this small leaf pattern embroidered on everything I wear since I was a kid."
Yun Xiangye showed Nanny Cao the small leaf pattern on her cuffs.
Nanny Cao said, "Perhaps the pattern is just a coincidence. I saw this rattle in the storeroom of the Princess's mansion two years ago."
Yun Xiangye was also wondering why the rattle she used as a child was with Gu Yan?
Could it be that he and Gu Yan had met each other when they were young?
Yun Xiangye only remembered that she had seen Her Royal Highness the Princess once when she was young. At that time, the Princess was leaving Yongxing City and returning to Chang'an. The entire street was filled with people from the city who came to see the Princess's beauty.
Yun Xiangye still remembered that time when her mother led her to kneel among the people. She had seen the eldest princess from afar, but she had no impression of Gu Yan.
Judging from his age, Gu Yan was only three years old at that time and must have followed the eldest princess to Yongxing City.
Could it be that the rattle she lost was picked up by Gu Yan?
But that shouldn't be the case... Gu Yan is the eldest princess's son after all, so how could he possibly need a rattle? Why would he pick up someone else's lost rattle to play with?
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