Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "He's your cousin, not just any other young man. If anything happens to Zhao Jing, how will you ever face your second uncle and aunt in the future?"
Gu Yan said, "Why shouldn't I see that? I'm not ashamed of him, and you're even more so."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "After all, he got sick because of me..."
Gu Yan said in a slightly cold voice: "Do you care about him so much?"
Before Yun Xiangye could say anything, Gu Yan blocked her red lips. Yun Xiangye hurriedly pushed Gu Yan to get closer to him.
Yun Xiangye raised her hand to slap Gu Yan, but Gu Yan was prepared and held Yun Xiangye's hand.
Yun Xiangye said angrily, "I spent an hour putting on my makeup today, and you ruined my lipstick."
Gu Yan used his thumb to wipe away the lip balm from the corner of Yun Xiangye's lips and said, "It didn't stain much."
Yun Xiangye raised her eyes to look at Gu Yan and said, "I've heard that the Princess of Chu and your mother are very good friends. If Zhao Jing becomes seriously ill because of me, I'm afraid my mother-in-law will blame me."
Gu Yan said, "My mother won't blame you for this. After all, what does Zhao Jing's illness have to do with you? You are already my wife!"
Gu Yan tightly grasped Yun Xiangye's wrist. Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "It hurts."
Gu Yancai slowly relaxed a little. He lowered his eyes to look at Yun Xiangye and said, "It was Zhao Jing who gave up on you first. You did nothing wrong and you don't have to feel guilty."
Yun Xiangye recalled the past events and sighed softly. She really didn't think she had done anything wrong.
After all, she really had no intention of getting married back then. If Gu Yan had not saved her life and she was anxious to have him happy, she would not have thought of getting married.
But in the final analysis, she was the one who broke her oath first.
Yun Xiangye said, "After all, I owe Zhao Jing an apology. Our last meeting was so rushed that we didn't have a good conversation. I want to visit him tomorrow and talk it out..."
"You still want to see him and talk to him?" Gu Yan frowned and said, "Absolutely not!"
Yun Xiangye said, "I never forbad you from talking to other women."
Gu Yan pushed Yun Xiangye against the gray wall behind him. He lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "In the past, I indulged you and let you do whatever you wanted. But if you insist on meeting someone you shouldn't..."
Gu Yan stared at Yun Xiangye and said, "I am still the Prince of Ning."
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan unyieldingly and said, "Are you going to use your status as a prince to pressure me? Let me tell you, I, Yun Xiangye, have always been soft-hearted and not hard-hearted."
Gu Yan was really helpless towards Yun Xiangye. He had just thought too much. He could use his identity as the Prince of Ning to suppress others, but it was of no use to Yun Xiangye.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to slap herself before.
Gu Yan could only plead with Yun Xiangye in a low voice, "Then... please don't go see Zhao Jing, okay?"
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but cough when she saw that Gu Yan was flexible and had a bit of a coquettish look, she really was the type who would give in to soft words and not be tough.
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Outside the Princess's Mansion.
A carriage stopped outside the princess's mansion.
The wife of the Duke of Wei lifted the curtain inside the carriage and saw that the Princess's residence was already filled with numerous sedan chairs and carriages. She couldn't help but sneer, "She's just a girl, not a husband, and yet you have the nerve to hold a grand two-year-old birthday party. I wonder if she's destined to endure such a blessing."
Wei Xi said: "Mother!"
The wife of the Duke of Wei said, "No one else heard it."
The wife of Duke Weiguo and Wei Xi got off the carriage and headed towards the Princess's Mansion. However, just as they reached the main gate of the Princess's Mansion, they were stopped by the guards.
"How dare you!" the maid behind the Duke of Wei said, "This is the Duke of Wei's uncle's wife. How dare you stop my wife?"
The chief guard said, "Madam Weiguo, the princess is hosting a banquet at her residence today. No one who is not invited is allowed to enter. Please forgive me."
Wei Xi frowned and said, "We are relatives of your Madam Gu, and even more so of Queen Wei. How dare you call us outsiders?"
The head guard said respectfully, "Prince Ning and Her Royal Highness the Princess have both instructed that no members of the Wei family be invited to today's banquet."
Upon hearing this, Lady Weiguo became furious: "How dare the Princess treat the Wei family with such disregard?"
Seeing the continuous influx of distinguished guests, Wei Yu tugged at the sleeve of the Duke of Wei's wife and frowned, "Mother, I told you last time not to talk nonsense. It must be that the gossip you said about Her Highness the Princess on the first day of the new year has gotten to her, and that's why she won't let us in for the birthday banquet."
The wife of the Duke of Wei frowned and said, "Who would want to attend the birthday party of a little girl with lowly merchant blood?"
Wei Yu hurriedly grabbed the wife of Duke Wei's hand and said, "Mother, what are you talking about?"
The wife of the Duke of Wei said, "It was the Gu family who were disrespectful first. What's wrong with what I said? Only Prince Ning and the eldest princess don't mind anything dirty or smelly, even acknowledging a granddaughter of such low birth and bloodline. If a family with more respect would not acknowledge a daughter born to a daughter of a small merchant family who has not been married as a legitimate child, it would be a good thing to give the daughter born to the Yun family the status of a concubine's daughter."
Wei Xi was extremely anxious. The older her mother got, the more rude she became. "Mom!"
The wife of the Duke of Wei asked, "Why are you stopping me?"
When Wei Xi saw the guests looking at her, she blushed and pushed the wife of Duke Wei away.
The wife of the Duke of Wei was still reluctant to leave until she heard the footsteps of soldiers. She saw the leading imperial guards driving the people on both sides of the road, paving the road with yellow earth, and behind them were the imperial guards again pressing the road.
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