Half a month later, Yuan Yao finally received the letter from the Ninth Prince.
The letter said that he and Ying had returned to Nanxi Town.
The letter also stated that the two would be traveling to the capital of the Great Qi Dynasty.
Moreover, he had already met Xie Zhi...
The Ninth Prince did not write down what the two had discussed in his letter.
However, Jiang Chengyan sent another letter, saying that he would definitely keep the mouths of the court officials from mentioning Xie Zhi's marriage again.
Yuan Yao finally felt relieved.
Life after getting married wasn't boring at all.
Yun Chan would accompany her after court every day, and often used his light-footed skills to sneak her out of the palace at night to wander around the capital of Chu.
When her uncle and Uncle Heyin were around, she would learn all sorts of random things, such as pharmacology and drug manufacturing.
In addition to that, she also had to urge Yun Tan to study...
Yuan Yao and Yun Chan had discussed Yun Tan in detail.
The two agreed that Yun Tan should be trained to be a well-rounded individual, skilled in both literature and martial arts!
Not only must you study hard, you must also master martial arts!
After all, being an emperor is a high-risk profession these days!
One wrong move and you could be assassinated.
The ability to protect oneself becomes very important.
So Yun Tan studied in the morning and practiced martial arts in the afternoon. While practicing martial arts, Xie Ning would urge him to memorize medical books.
Even when it snows in winter, I would go to the garden to practice horse stance for an hour and then practice my martial arts for another hour.
Poor little Yun Tan, over the course of a few months, she not only became darker and thinner, but her delicate little hands also developed calluses...
The fair-skinned, pampered young prince was being tormented like a cowherd who had been kidnapped years ago and just picked up from the fields.
Seeing her son working so hard, Consort Bai felt extremely distressed.
On several occasions when she entered the palace, Consort Bai couldn't help but tear up in front of Yuan Yao.
Fortunately, the Bai family members are all very sensible.
Despite feeling sorry for him and complaining, if Yun Tan dared to return to the Prince's mansion to slack off, Consort Bai would chase him all over the mansion with a feather duster and beat him...
After being hit with a feather duster a few times, Yun Tan came to terms with it.
Let him learn martial arts then.
After all, Brother Yunchan and Sister-in-law Yaoyao are much gentler than Mother Consort!
Compared to his mother, Yun Tan relied more on Yuan Yao and Yun Chan.
Besides, isn't learning martial arts great?
If he masters his lightness skill, then in the future, if his mother chases him with a feather duster, he can fly away right in front of her!
Not bad, not bad...
After winter sets in, the days seem to fly by.
Every day, Yuan Yao counts the days on her fingers.
This count continued until New Year's Eve.
On New Year's Eve, Jiuqiansui and Yingcai returned to the capital of Chu.
Under the cover of night, Yuan Yao and Yun Chan went out of the city to pick up the person.
From afar, a spacious horse-drawn carriage came into view.
Yuan Yao lifted her skirt and, supported by Yun Chan, happily jumped down from the carriage: "Father! Uncle Ying, you're finally back! Yao'er missed you so much!"
The carriage curtain was lifted, revealing a face of unparalleled elegance.
Upon seeing Yuan Yao, the Ninth Prince's narrow eyes held a smile: "Isn't the palace holding a New Year's Eve banquet at this hour?"
Why did you leave the city without your court officials and female relatives?
Yuan Yao said happily, "For palace banquets, Yun Tan and Consort Bai are there! When Father comes back, Yao'er will definitely come to greet him personally!"
Yun Chan helped Yuan Yao straighten his cloak, then raised his hand respectfully and bowed, saying, "Father-in-law, Uncle Ying."
The Ninth Prince glanced at him and beckoned to Yuan Yao: "Little Yao, come here."
Yuan Yao happily rushed towards the Ninth Prince.
"Waaah..."
A beam of white light swept towards her face.
Yuan Yao was greatly alarmed.
Before the person could react, their waist tightened, their feet lightened, and they were carried more than ten feet away.
Yuan Yao: "???"
Still shaken, she looked up at the carriage: "This...this is..."
Beneath the red sleeves of the Ninth Prince's robes, a large, fluffy tail was visible.
That tail looks more and more familiar!
And that sound...
Yuan Yao was both surprised and delighted: "Isn't this rice cake? Daddy, why did you bring rice cake? Doesn't it dislike being near people?"
When she got married, Tangyuan and Niangao came down the mountain to pick her up and see her off.
Tangyuan followed them onto the boat.
However, Nian Gao was not used to being with people, so it stayed alone on the mountain that Yun Chan had specially designated for it and Tang Yuan.
Previously, Yuan Yao had his secret guards take Tangyuan to find Nian Gao. The two tigers stayed together for half a month. As a result, when the secret guards returned to Chu Capital, Tangyuan happily followed them back...
The Ninth Prince glanced at the tiger's tail and said with a smirk, "I used some medicine to knock it down and brought it back."
What?
Did the medication knock him out?
Yuan Yao was shocked.
Seeing her surprised and doubtful look, Ying, who was standing to the side, finally couldn't bear it. Suppressing her laughter, she said in a low voice, "You're teasing Yao'er again."
Um?
Yuan Yao looked at the Ninth Prince: "Father, are you lying to Yao'er?"
"No." The Ninth Prince beckoned to her: "Come here and let your father see if you've suffered any mistreatment these past few months?"
After speaking, his gaze fell directly on Yun Chan.
Yun Chan coughed lightly: "Father-in-law, rest assured, Yun Chan would rather suffer injustice herself than let Yao'er suffer even the slightest injustice."
"Is that so?" the Ninth Prince asked with a forced smile.
Yun Chan's eyelids twitched.
He readily agreed, saying, "If Father-in-law doesn't believe me, he can summon Canfeng Poyue and ask him."
Beside her, Yuan Yao tugged at the sleeve of the Ninth Prince, shook it gently, and said with a blush, "Father, Yun Chan didn't bully me..."
She was always the one bullying Yun Chan!
Who would have thought that Yun Chan, as the emperor of a country, could be bullied by her in bed until he was red-eyed and pitifully went to take a cold bath?
Yuan Yao felt that she was sometimes quite immoral.
But there was nothing she could do!
Girls always have a few days when they're not feeling good.
However, she couldn't resist teasing Yunchan...
"Cough cough..."
You're thinking too far ahead!
Yuan Yao snapped out of her thoughts, carefully looked the Ninth Prince over, and then said, "Father, you've lost weight."
You've lost weight?
The Ninth Prince smiled and said, "Little Yao'er, are you going to say that Daddy got a tan?"
Beside him, Ying couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Yun Chan chuckled softly.
Yuan Yao sticks out her tongue.
She reached out and gently touched the rice cake's big tail before asking, "Father, how did you manage to bring the rice cake here?"
Upon hearing this, the Ninth Prince glanced at the shadow.
Ying hesitated for a moment before speaking, "When we came back, we wanted to check on Nian Gao, but the person who was looking after it said that it hadn't been eating much these past two days."
Your father and I went to see it, and seeing that it wasn't in good spirits, we brought it to Chudu.
"When we get back to the palace, I'll have Xie Ning take a look at it; perhaps it's sick."
Get ill?
Yuan Yao immediately became worried: "But, it seems that Uncle only knows how to treat people, right? I've never heard of him studying veterinary medicine! Can he cure Nian Gao?"
The Ninth Prince smiled faintly: "Didn't Xie Ning say that Tangyuan is his good nephew?"
Nian Gao is his nephew's wife; he wouldn't stand by and watch her die.
Even if it doesn't work, we still have to find a way to cure it.
Yuan Yao was speechless.
She thought her uncle was doomed!
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