Inside the East Palace bedroom.
Zhao Yun saw the palace maid making the bed and frowned, saying, "Go call Wan He."
Guyu whispered, "Your Highness, Ye Wanhe is no longer a senior palace maid. She has no rank and has no right to serve you."
Li Quan, standing by, quickly scolded Gu Yu, "How dare you! His Highness asked you to do something, and you dare to talk back?"
Guyu knelt on the ground and trembled as she said, "I will go and ask Ye Wanhe to come over."
Li Quan handed a cup of warm tea to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun took it and frowned slightly. He put the tea aside and waited for the noise outside. Then he looked up at Ye Wanhe who was supported by a little palace maid.
Ye Wanhe bowed and said, "Your Highness."
Zhao Yun looked at the young maid beside Ye Wanhe and frowned, "How could there be such a young maid in the Eastern Palace?"
Ye Wanhe said, "Her name is Xia Qi. She originally learned her skills in the Shang Palace Bureau. When I saw her a while ago, it reminded me of when I first entered the palace. The Eastern Palace was short of staff, so I asked her to come in and be a maid to tend to the flowers and plants in the courtyard."
It was the first time Xia Qi saw the Crown Prince at such a close distance, and she was so scared that her hands were shaking.
Ye Wanhe said to Xia Qi, "Go down."
Xia Qi looked at Ye Wanhe worriedly and quickly retreated.
Seeing Ye Wanhe staggering, Zhao Yun took her into his arms and took her to sit on the small couch in the outer room to check the injury on her knee. After kneeling on the bluestone slab for three hours, the skin on her knee had been worn out and was red and bleeding.
Zhao Yun's eyes darkened and he asked, "Does it hurt?"
Ye Wanhe shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt."
Zhao Yun went to get the ointment and handed it to Ye Wanhe. Ye Wanhe said, "Thank you, Your Highness, but I have already applied the ointment."
Zhao Yun said, "I was inconsiderate and didn't expect the Queen Mother to come. I'm sorry to punish you."
Ye Wanhe looked at Zhao Yun in disbelief. Was he apologizing to her?
Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "My mother was only angry for a moment. After the Crown Princess enters the palace, I will ask her to reinstate you. You will continue to be the head maid in the Eastern Palace."
Ye Wanhe said gently, "As long as I can serve His Highness, I don't care about these empty titles."
Zhao Yun looked at Ye Wanhe's calm eyes and frowned slightly. What Ye Wanhe said sounded nice, but it was too fake.
Ye Wanhe noticed the change in Zhao Yun's expression and wondered if she had said that wrongly. Just as she was thinking about how to remedy the situation, she saw Zhao Yun applying ointment to her knees.
Ye Wanhe was shocked and said, "Your Highness...this..."
While applying the medicine, Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "I owe you a birthday gift. What gift do you want?"
Ye Wanhe said, "This servant doesn't want anything."
Zhao Yun looked directly into Ye Wanhe's eyes. After a while, Ye Wanhe whispered, "The birthday gift I want most is for Your Highness to be safe and happy, free from illness and disaster."
Zhao Yun's brows furrowed even more. He took Ye Wanhe into his arms, carried her sideways and carried her to the nanmu bed.
Although the bed in the East Palace was soft, Ye Wanhe was still injured. However, she did not dare to cry out in pain in front of Zhao Yun, for fear of spoiling her master's mood.
Guyu, who was outside the bedroom, frowned slightly when he heard the sound coming from inside.
The maidservant beside Guyu said, "Sister Guyu, you are too impatient today. Aunt Ye has been with His Highness for how many years? Why would you go against Aunt Ye?"
Gu Yu snorted and said, "Ye Wanhe has been with His Highness for many years, but in the end, she hasn't even been given the title of Beauty of the Eastern Palace. She's already over 25, no longer young. The true mistress of the Eastern Palace in the future will be the Crown Princess. To oppose her would be to submit your allegiance to the Crown Princess in advance."
The little palace maid at the side pouted. There were many beautiful palace maids aged fifteen or sixteen in the East Palace, but none of them were favored by His Highness. This showed that Aunt Ye held an extraordinary position in His Highness's heart. As long as Aunt Ye remained nameless and without status, the future Crown Princess would not be stupid enough to go against Aunt Ye.
The Crown Princess may not appreciate Guyu's token of allegiance.
However, the highest-ranking maid in the East Palace was Guyu, and she did not dare to argue with Guyu.
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On the fourth day, the seven-day annual holiday for the court ended.
It was the first morning court session of the new year, and Gu Yan did not dare to be negligent. He got up early before the hour of Mao.
After Gu Yan got up, he saw Xiao Nuonuo, who was sleeping next to him, also woke up.
Gu Yan chuckled and touched Xiao Nuonuo's nose and said, "Just play by yourself and don't disturb your mother's sleep. Daddy is going to court and will bring you some candied haws when he comes back."
When Nuonuo heard the word "tanghulu", she seemed very happy.
It was already noon when Yun Xiangye woke up. She looked at Xiao Nuonuo playing obediently by herself and did not bother her.
Yun Xiangye asked a maid to do her makeup. Today, she simply styled her hair into a bun. After finishing her makeup, Yun Xiangye changed her clothes, went forward and hugged little Nuonuo, saying, "Nuonuo, do you want to go to the Lin family with your mother to play?"
Xiao Nuonuo stretched out her hand towards Yun Xiangye and let Yun Xiangye hug her.
Yun Xiangye held little Nuonuo in her arms and told Run'er to prepare the carriage to go to Prime Minister Lin's residence.
Run'er asked curiously, "Miss, why are you going to Prime Minister Lin's residence?"
Yun Xiangye helped Xiao Nuonuo adjust the tiger hat on her head and said, "Wei Xi is the Queen's niece. She looks down on me. Due to the power of her Wei family, I can't retaliate. But Lin Bolan looks down on me in every way, and I don't want to tolerate it."
Yun Xiangye has always adhered to the principle of not offending others unless they offend me. Lin Bolan doesn't let herself be happy, and she doesn't want Lin Bolan to be happy either.
Yun Xiangye carried Nuonuo into the carriage and headed for Lin Xiang's house.
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