Gu Yan chuckled and said, "My grandmother didn't want to be the empress dowager during her lifetime and become one of the concubines of the late emperor. She hated the beauties in my grandfather's harem. After my grandfather abdicated, she took him to Yongxing City. It was only after her death that she was named the empress dowager by the late emperor.
I've heard that my grandmother ran a school in Jiangnan for a few years, but I never thought you would be her student."
Yun Xiangye smiled lightly and said, "Since I'm your grandmother's disciple, shouldn't you call me Uncle Master?"
Gu Yan chuckled.
Yun Xiangye smiled faintly at Gu Yan and said, "Call me Uncle Master."
Gu Yan said: "What are you dreaming about?"
Yun Xiangye said, "How coincidental things are in this world. We are nearly three or four thousand miles apart, but I have already met your grandmother and grandfather."
Yun Xiangye reacted and said, "Isn't your grandfather the retired emperor? Then why would he be willing to give up his power and live in seclusion with your grandmother in Jiangnan?"
Gu Yan said, "My grandfather thought my grandmother had been dead for over twenty years. He hadn't had a good night's sleep in those twenty years, and his health had been failing for a long time. After finally being reunited with my grandmother, he gave up his power and followed her to live in seclusion in Jiangnan."
Yun Xiangye said, "I haven't had a good night's sleep in over twenty years, but I could have given birth to the King of Chu and the King of Xiang..."
Gu Yanlian covered Yun Xiangye's lips and said, "You are quite courageous. You even dared to make up stories about my grandfather."
Yun Xiangye brushed Gu Yan's hand away and said, "You said your grandmother hated men with three wives and four concubines and being fickle, but Mr. Linlang never said that to us. I think she was heartbroken. No wonder His Royal Highness acted this way. He must have inherited the late emperor's ways."
Gu Yan said, "Don't talk nonsense. The late emperor had three palaces and six courtyards. At least His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only has one woman by his side now."
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly and said, "He's not even as good as the late emperor. After all, the late emperor gave those women status! He wouldn't abandon his own children."
Yun Xiangye continued embroidering the peony flowers in her hand and said, "Mr. Linlang loved Sister He very much when she was young. She always praised Sister He for her talent and said she was her most satisfied student. If she knew that Sister He was bullied like this by her grandson, and that she had gone from being a bright and generous woman to being timid and suffering, her spirit in heaven would probably feel bad too."
When Sister He left Jiangnan, Mr. Linlang was still teaching in the school.
But at that time, Sister He was afraid that Mr. Linlang would be disappointed to see his most outstanding female student become a slave, so she did not tell Mr. Linlang that she dropped out of school to become a palace maid, but only said that she had to leave Jiangnan for something.
Yun Xiangye thought that if she had told Mr. Linlang that she was going to be a palace maid, Mr. Linlang would definitely help. Even if her second uncle failed to complete the number of palace maids and was short of one, with Mr. Linlang's help, nothing should be a problem.
It’s too late to regret now.
After all, Mr. Linlang has long passed away.
This matter is really sad. If Mr. Linlang were still alive, she could ask for help. After all, he has been her student for so many years.
But unfortunately, Mr. Linlang is no longer with us.
Gu Yan coughed lightly. After all, he couldn't say anything about the Crown Prince.
Yun Xiangye sighed softly and said, "If only I had known Mr. Linlang's identity earlier. So, the word 'Linlang' in 'Linlang Restaurant' also refers to Mr. Linlang's Linlang? I thought it meant a dazzling array of dishes."
Gu Yan said: "Linlang is the name of my grandmother."
Yun Xiangye said, "Then I have to manage the restaurant well."
Although Yun Xiangye had the ambition to manage the restaurant well before, it was just that Gu Yan thought she was not capable of managing the restaurant well. She wanted to make Gu Yan understand what it meant to look down on others.
However, with the intention of divorcing Gu Yan, she didn't care about the restaurant as much as she cared about the embroidery workshop.
Now that she knew that Linlang Restaurant was a legacy left by her mentor, she would be more attentive to it.
Yun Xiangye was talking to Gu Yan while she finished embroidering the peony in front of her in an hour.
Yun Xiangye had just put down the embroidery needle in her hand when Gu Yan picked her up horizontally.
Yun Xiangye quickly put her arms around Gu Yan's neck and asked, "What are you doing?"
Gu Yan said, "Try to see if this new bed is firm."
Yun Xiangye asked, "Don't you think street vendors are dirty?"
Gu Yan said, "Don't misinterpret what I meant. I meant that the wontons sold on the streets don't have a storefront. I'm afraid even if they add dirty things, they won't be able to find anyone. I didn't say that street food is dirty."
Yun Xiangye looked into Gu Yan's eyes and believed his explanation for the time being.
Gu Yan lowered the bed curtains.
There was a lotus carved on the top of the new bed, and Yun Xiangye felt the lotus shaking violently all night long.
She didn't know when she fell asleep. She only knew that when she was half asleep, Gu Yan seemed to be helping her wash up.
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The next day, Yun Xiangye was woken up early by Gu Yan beside her.
Gu Yan whispered in Yun Xiangye's ear, "I'm going to the morning court. I'll pass by the princess's residence. You should come back with me. After all, you haven't returned home all night, so it wouldn't be good for you to go back alone."
Yun Xiangye was very sleepy and ignored Gu Yan and continued to sleep.
Gu Yan touched Yun Xiangye's sleeping face and couldn't help but smile, "Forget it, whatever you want."
Gu Yan left through the side door, and he did not forget to look around when he went out the side door.
Then he got on his horse and rushed to court.
Outside the alley, Wei Qian from the Duke of Wei's residence looked at Gu Yan as he emerged from the courtyard and whispered, "How could Gu Yan come out of this courtyard before dawn?"
It was still dark, but Wei Qian recognized Gu Yan's official uniform and the Ferghana horse he was riding at a glance.
This BMW was the best horse presented as tribute from the Western Regions four years ago. His Majesty gave it directly to Gu Yan as a birthday gift.
The servant beside Wei Qian said, "There's no ancestral precept in the Princess's Mansion that prohibits men from taking concubines. Prince Ning is only twenty-one now, so it's inevitable that he'll have affairs outside. After all, his wife is a plain-looking woman from a common background."
Wei Qian couldn't help but sneer.
At Gu Yan's daughter's two-year-old birthday party, his mother and sister kindly went to celebrate the birthday of a younger generation, but Gu Yan drove the Wei family out.
Wei Qian actually wanted to see how Gu Yan, the new censor, would keep a mistress.
Wei Qian said to the servant beside him, "Go keep an eye on this room and see if the woman will come out soon."
As soon as Wei Qian finished speaking, two women dressed as women came out of the house.
It was dark at this moment, but one could still see clearly that they were two young women.
"We worked too late last night and were so tired. Let's go to the market early to see if there are any good chickens. We can stew some Gastrodia elata chicken to nourish ourselves."
"It's too late. I'm afraid I won't be able to buy good food. Let's go quickly."
The two embroiderers worked until very late last night, but they were afraid that if they were too late they would not be able to buy good food, so they had to go out early.
Wei Qian looked at the two women dressed as women and saw how they walked gracefully. He thought that Gu Yan had good taste.
Gu Yan is quite capable as he has two mistresses at once.
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