“There’s more.” Yan Nangui turned around and waved his hand gently.
The servants then stepped back quite a distance.
She helped Lady Lan to the outside of the main hall and sat her down on the veranda: "And then there's the one on the dragon throne. Although he's young, his son is even younger. Shu Chengfeng won't allow him to abdicate when he's seventy or eighty."
Lan Xiangyi grabbed Yan Nangui's hand, but was interrupted before she could speak.
"Within ten years, the Crown Prince will surely ascend the throne. At that time, whether the current emperor is dead or imprisoned, there will be a result. This will also avenge his meanness and ungratefulness, and his humiliation of old ministers."
“Aunt, perhaps it is not easy to get justice in this world. But it is easy to harden one’s heart and take revenge by killing. From the day I plotted to enter the Crown Prince’s residence, I have never thought of peace.”
Lan Xiangyi remained silent for a long time.
After a long while, she said, "Child, I thought I saw my father just now."
Tears streamed down her face.
"When my father was still alive, he often called us sisters to his study."
After examining me, he would always sigh, saying I was too honest and kind, but lacked intelligence. He said my sister was too clever, but lacked ruthlessness. He told us we must help and support each other from now on.
Lan Xiangyi smiled through her tears: "But every time he finished talking, he would sigh. I didn't understand, so I asked him if Dad always felt it was bad not to have a son?"
"He shook his head and said that if he had a daughter who was more capable, it would be just as good. Unfortunately, my sister and I are not like him in temperament."
"I was young then, and your mother was even younger. We laughed it off and it was over. No one could see his worry. The Lan family was already a duke, with great merit and power, but there was no one to carry on the family line."
“He was worried that if he were to leave, he wouldn’t be able to protect us. Because I am honest and kind, he chose the Marquis of Xinyang. Your uncle is also a good-natured person. He was also afraid that your mother would have nowhere to go, so he chose the Yan family, which is not as good as the Lan family, but they still have power.”
"Even on his deathbed, he was still thinking of us. It's a pity we... I was so useless, I couldn't protect your mother. She was so young, and..."
Lan Xiangyi burst into tears.
Yan Nangui didn't stop her from crying; he just wiped away her tears.
Although she couldn't cry, the pain in her heart was no less.
"Just now, seeing you like this reminded me of him. You are his granddaughter, and your personality is just like his. If he were still alive, seeing you, he would definitely smile and say that there is a successor. He was a very easygoing person. He never had a son in his life, but he didn't care too much. His only worry was that no one would protect us sisters."
“Good child, do what you want to do. Your aunt is just worried about you… Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger. Who knows if today’s Crown Prince won’t be tomorrow’s Emperor?”
"It's alright, I'll take good care of myself." Yan Nangui smiled and leaned close to her. "I'm different from you. No matter what, my father holds a powerful army. My elder brother will take over his mantle sooner or later. Perhaps I really can't have children, but that's fine too. I don't care whether I have children or not. I've just come into this world. As long as I don't live it in vain, that's enough."
"Good child..." Lan Xiangyi held her hand, with a thousand words in her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.
Yan Nangui leaned against her and thought, "I genuinely like this aunt."
Even the most ruthless person will appreciate someone who treats them well and is sincere, right?
Lan Xiangyi is indeed honest and simple, but not a very capable person.
Yet she still went to great lengths to gather evidence of the Meng family's embezzlement for the sake of her ignorant niece.
That's so difficult!
Her younger sister had passed away many years ago, a death that involved the palace and the royal family. Yet, she still devoted herself wholeheartedly to caring for her sister's children.
The naive Yan Nangui liked her.
Yan Nanji, who is both delusional and brainless, also likes her.
Even now, Yan Nangui still likes her.
The two had a vegetarian meal at the temple before returning to the city.
Chanyi didn't rush to talk about the specifics of the estate, only saying that Old Madam Li and Madam Li were very uneasy when they saw her.
It was also said that both of them were ill, especially Li, who was extremely ill.
Lan Xiangyi felt relieved upon hearing this.
Back in the city, Lan Xiangyi went back to her residence.
After escorting Yan Nangui for a while, he returned to the Crown Prince's residence. Since it was still early, he went to the main courtyard.
The Crown Princess did not see her, but only said that she knew and told her to go back and rest.
After returning to Jiyue Pavilion and changing his clothes, Yan Nangui comfortably went to the kang (heated brick bed) in the outer room.
The fire was burning brightly, and the house was warm and cozy.
"Tell me about it."
Chanyi agreed and recounted everything that had happened that day in detail.
Yan Nangui laughed uncontrollably: "You naughty girl, you've learned to scare people. Very well, let them worry about it."
“As for the Li family…” She gently twirled the edge of the teacup in her hand with her fingertip: “This person is quite clever.”
"Then... you want to use her? But as I see it, even if you use her, she won't survive if things continue like this. You haven't seen it, she's as thin as a skeleton now. When she knelt down, I saw that there was hardly any flesh left on her neck."
"Hmm, she must desperately want to escape this hellhole, right? Haha, how ridiculous. Who would have thought that one day I, her enemy, would become her protector? Just wait, when His Highness arrives, I'll speak to him."
As for Li, being a concubine in the Meng family, she might actually be useful.
Aren't the Meng family members the Second Prince's people?
"Yes, you must be tired today. Why don't you take a nap?" Chanyi asked.
"No need, I'm fine lying down. You go and rest. You don't need to serve me today," Yan Nangui waved his hand.
Chanyi agreed and went ahead.
She left, and Jiangxiang also went to rest for half a day.
It was just Malabar spinach and daphne genkwa that were being served, and there were other people there too.
"It's almost December, time really flies."
The wild geese fly south on their way.
“Yes, it’s getting colder and colder. When I went to the storeroom to get some things today, I saw Ding Zhaoxun’s people arguing that the charcoal they were given was too smoky and not good to use. That eunuch Sun was also very mean; he even made that girl cry as she left.” Yuanhua said with a smile.
“Eunuch Sun, who works in the miscellaneous goods section, is the best at putting people down. Last time, he even put Ning Chenghui’s people down. But he wouldn’t dare to do that to our Jiyue Pavilion,” Luo Kui said.
"Ning Chenghui's life isn't easy either?" Yan Nangui raised an eyebrow. "Although she's born out of wedlock, she's still the granddaughter of the Duke of Ningguo. Doesn't the second branch of the family rely on her? Why is she being made to suffer like this?"
"It's not that bad. Last time it was about something else, not asking for anything. Ning Chenghui is doing alright. After all, the Crown Princess can't let her go hungry or cold, that would be embarrassing," Luo Kui said.
Yan Nangui nodded and said, "I knew it."
As for Ding Zhaoxun, there's really no need to say anything more.
“By the way, Xiang Fengyi has been going to Xia Fengyi’s place a lot lately, and he said he even ran into His Highness once,” Yuanhua said.
"Hehe, what is this? A new way to compete for favor? And then, did she take His Highness away?" Yan Nangui was particularly interested.
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