Gu Yan wanted to spit out the extremely sour candied haws in his mouth, but Yun Xiangye hurriedly said, "This is Nuonuo's filial piety. You can't spit it out."
Gu Yan bit down all the candied haws despite the sourness, which made his teeth ache. Seeing Yun Xiangye's gloating smile, he could only swallow it all.
Gu Yan held little Nuonuo in his arms and said, "It's right for Nuonuo to protect mother, but Nuonuo can't bite people. Other people's hands are so dirty. If Nuonuo bites someone's wrist, she will eat all the dirt. Don't bite people to protect mother in the future."
Xiao Nuonuo said, "Yes! Mother."
Gu Yan understood what Nuonuo meant, but she still chose to bite someone to protect her mother.
Gu Yan kissed Nuonuo's little face and said, "Mom doesn't need Nuonuo's protection. Your mom will naturally be protected by your father."
Yun Xiangye sneered when she heard Gu Yan's words.
Nuonuo raised her eyes and looked at Gu Yan: "Daddy, will you hug Mommy?"
Gu Yan listened to Nuonuo's slurred baby talk and chuckled, "Well, Daddy will protect Mom well in the future."
Nuonuo threw herself into Gu Yan's arms: "I like Daddy."
Gu Yan hugged Nuonuo tightly and said, "Nuonuo is so good."
Yun Xiangye sneered, "Gu Yan, how could you even deceive Nuonuo?"
Gu Yan looked directly at Yun Xiangye and said, "I didn't lie to Nuonuo. I will protect you in the future. If I break this oath, I will live my whole life in loneliness."
Yun Xiangye said, "Bah, you want to live out your life after breaking this oath? If you break this oath, you will lose all your wealth, have no future, live in poverty, have no food to eat, have a cold bed, be separated from your wife and children, have your family destroyed, die young, and not have a good end..."
Gu Yan listened to Yun Xiangye's vicious end word by word and smiled, "Well, I won't break this oath."
Yun Xiangye still didn't want to forgive Gu Yan so easily. "You go back. Nuonuo and I will stay in Luoyang for a few days. After the Lantern Festival, we will return to Chang'an."
Gu Yanke didn't believe Yun Xiangye's words. "We're almost in Luoyang, why don't we go see your aunt together? Why haven't I heard you mention you have an aunt before?"
Yun Xiangye said, "When my cousin was thirteen, my aunt went north to Luoyang City to do some business. The last time I saw my aunt was when my father passed away. She came from afar to see my father for the last time. After that, I didn't have any contact with my aunt again.
My cousin told me that my aunt has always been thinking about my sister and me, but all the things she sent to us were withheld by my uncle."
Gu Yan whispered, "I'll have Qing Ming ride a fast horse to Luoyang first, buy more gifts in Luoyang City, and prepare them to go to visit Auntie."
Yun Xiangye hummed.
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Inside the Princess's Mansion.
When Xie Zhixuan heard the news from the captain of the guards, she angrily said, "Gu Yan, he really got rid of his wife and daughter."
Gu Ling said beside him: "Calm down."
Xie Zhixuan simply said to the captain of the guards, "Send someone to tell Gu Yan that if he can't coax Xiangye and Nuonuo back, then he doesn't need to come back!"
The captain of the guards quickly responded.
Xie Zhixuan said, "In the middle of the first month of the year, that bastard Gu Yan actually managed to cause his wife and daughter to leave Chang'an. This is really too much."
"Calm down, there's no need to get so angry about Yan'er."
Xie Zhixuan frowned and looked at Gu Ling. "You've lost your daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and there's no need to be angry. It's also my fault that I was too busy and didn't teach Yan'er well. If Nuonuo doesn't return to the princess's mansion, I will definitely not let Gu Yan set foot in the princess's mansion again."
Gu Ling said: "Well, when Mother Nuonuo and Nuonuo come back, I will definitely give Gu Yan a good scolding, so don't be angry anymore."
Xie Zhixuan sighed and said, "Since you are going to see Aunt Xiangye, we must also pay tribute to the Princess's Mansion."
Xie Zhixuan instructed the steward beside him to select a carriage full of gifts from the warehouse and have the guards of the princess's mansion send it to Luoyang City.
On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the carriage took three days on the road to reach Luoyang City.
After entering Luoyang City, Yun Xiangye lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the streets on both sides.
The Lantern Festival in Luoyang City is just as lively as that in Chang'an, with the streets and rivers on both sides covered with lanterns.
Gu Yan said to Yun Xiangye, "Our Gu family has a villa in Luoyang City. Let's go there to rest first. You and Nuonuo should also wash up, and then go to the Su family to visit Auntie."
Yun Xiangye did not refuse. After all, she couldn't let her aunt, whom she hadn't seen for many years, worry about her situation.
What's more, Gu Yan's attitude of admitting his mistakes these days has been quite correct.
The Gu family's villa in Luoyang City is also very grand.
As soon as Yun Xiangye entered the villa, she saw the four maids from Gu Yanyuan, Lan Yi, Zhu Yi, and Mei Yi, who she hadn't seen for a long time.
At this moment, the four maids were coming out of the door and bowing to Gu Yan.
"Prince."
Yun Xiangye felt a chill run down her spine. She glared at Gu Yan and said, "Gu Yan! Why are they here? You bastard! Do you really want your family to be torn apart?"
Gu Yan hurriedly explained, "I didn't know they would be here. After my mother kicked them out of the Princess's Mansion, they came to the Censorate and complained about your jealousy. How could I possibly keep them here? I had them driven out of Chang'an long ago and forbidden to set foot in Chang'an again. Who knew they would end up in the Gu Family Villa in Luoyang? This definitely wasn't something my mother and I arranged."
Yun Xiangye said, "This is your Gu family's villa. You said you didn't know about it?"
Gu Yan said: "I really don't know! I swear!"
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan with a look that didn't seem fake, and then she looked at Zhu Yi, Lan Yi and the others in front of her, "Who asked you to come here? Tell me!"
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