Yuan Yao was skeptical, but she opened the envelope.
She wanted to see what surprise Jiang Chengyan could give her.
The letter was written on the finest stationery.
The floral stationery even exuded a rich fragrance.
Inside, there was even a flattened dried rose!
The deep red roses are alluring and dazzling.
Before even reading the letter, Yuan Yao's eyes welled up with tears, and she exclaimed with delight, "These are dried roses from Qianhua Palace!"
Chengyan is so kind; he knew I missed Qianhua Palace.
After speaking, she picked up the dried roses and took a deep sniff.
It tastes familiar!
I kind of miss Daqi and my friends...
She handed the dried flowers to Yunchan: "Please keep these flowers safe for me!"
Yun Chan smiled and said, "Okay."
Yuan Yao picked up the letter and gently unfolded it.
Perhaps out of consideration for her childhood preference for regular script characters, Jiang Chengyan's handwriting is very neat and beautiful.
Upon seeing the contents of the letter, Yuan Yao's eyes lit up.
She quickly read it through and happily announced the good news: "Chengyan said in the letter that my sister-in-law, the Empress, is pregnant!"
After speaking, she looked at Yun Chan: "You knew in advance?"
Yun Chan smiled faintly: "I guessed it."
The messenger was beaming with joy. If there was anything good happening to Jiang Chengyan, it was that he might be going to be a father.
From a young age, Jiang Chengyan could never keep anything from anyone.
When it's a happy occasion, they can't help but show it off.
But they secretly gloat, trying to appear as mature adults.
That's incredibly arrogant!
Xie Ning, standing to the side, sighed with emotion: "When I first met you all, you were all just little kids."
In the blink of an eye, some became fathers, and some became mothers.
Time flies!
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao smiled and said, "But, Uncle and I are exactly the same as when we first met, we haven't changed at all!"
Always young, always beautiful.
Xie Ning smiled broadly upon hearing this: "You have the sweetest tongue; you've always known how to make people happy since you were little!"
Our Yuan family has produced beauties for generations.
"Your uncle here also benefits from the blessings of our ancestors."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao deliberately sighed, "At times like this, I wish I were Father's biological daughter."
Not inheriting my father's good looks is truly the regret of my life.
"Pfft..." Xie Ning laughed out loud: "Our little Yao'er has already grown so beautiful, isn't that enough?"
“Uncle, no one will complain about being too pretty,” Yuan Yao said earnestly.
"Hmm..." Xie Ning stroked his chin and said with a smile, "Xiao Yao'er makes a lot of sense!"
So, after you turn twenty, you can start practicing health preservation with your Uncle Heyin.
Health preservation?
Do people who practice health preservation age more slowly?
Yuan Yao was both amused and exasperated: "Okay!"
After laughing, she looked at Yun Chan: "Good news has come from Xiqiu and Daqi. I suppose good news from Dongye will be coming soon as well."
It seems we'll have to prepare a few more gifts!
When she got married, Ye Changyou couldn't come in person, so he simply wrote her a long letter.
In his letter, Ye Changyou said that the court officials thought he was too old and kept nagging him about not having an heir, urging him to have an heir as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, Liang Ziyan's health wasn't very good, and she had been taking care of herself.
After much maneuvering, Ye Changyou could only take in several daughters of high-ranking officials to fill the harem of Dongye...
Yuan Yao was quite moved.
From the moment she met Ye Changyou, she knew he was strong-willed.
Unexpectedly, even the strong-willed Ye Changyou had a day when he compromised with the court officials.
What good is holding a high position? Even matters like marrying and having children are subject to others' control...
I wonder how Liang Ziyan is doing?
Liang Ziyan loves Ye Changyou so much, but she has to share him with other women. She must be very sad.
She and Ye Changyou became sworn siblings, and Liang Ziyan became her sister-in-law. So, should she help them?
If you can lend a hand, then do so!
Thinking about it, Yuan Yao looked at Xie Ning: "Uncle, your medical skills are superb. You even gave medicine to Sister Huairou and Chengyan when they got married."
I remember you said that if you took that medicine, you were guaranteed to have a healthy, chubby baby...
Uncle, could you write another prescription for Yao'er?
"No problem!" Xie Ning said with a smile, "With my brother away, my uncle will definitely do everything he can to help!"
Yuan Yao said happily, "Thank you, Uncle! Uncle is the best!"
"Ahem..." Xie Ning glanced at Yun Chan: "Little Yao'er, if you praise me again, your uncle will be assassinated tonight!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Chan chuckled and said, "Uncle, it's alright."
He won't be jealous of his elders indiscriminately.
Moreover, his uncle had helped him so much and taught him so much since he was a child...
Yun Chan looked at Yuan Yao and said gently, "Cheng Yan hasn't finished reading his letter yet, why don't you take another look?"
“Look!” Yuan Yao said earnestly.
She pulled out another floral note.
At a glance, I recognized the familiar name.
She was stunned for a moment.
Seeing her expression, Yun Chan pursed his thin lips and asked, "What's wrong?"
The others also looked over.
Yuan Yao looked at Yun Chan, lightly waved the flower-patterned note, and smiled somewhat reluctantly: "Cheng Yan said that he is preparing to bestow a marriage upon Xie Zhi and Lin Xuan..."
A marriage arranged by imperial decree?
Yun Chan was slightly surprised.
Jiang Chengyan had always known that Xie Zhi liked Yuan Yao.
Knowing this all along, why did you still tell Yuan Yao about it?
Thinking about it, Yun Chan turned her head and her gaze fell on the flower-patterned stationery.
In his letter, Jiang Chengyan said that Xie Zhi and Lin Xuan were already quite old, and that Marquis Dingjun and Prince Pingnan had mentioned more than once that they wanted him to grant them a marriage.
Jiang Chengyan was also in a dilemma.
He tried to bring it up.
Lin Xuan didn't have any particular ideas; he simply asked Jiang Chengyan to choose a gentle and kind woman from a prestigious family for him.
If you can't marry the person you like, then marrying anyone else is fine too.
As long as we can make a living, that's good enough.
Xie Zhi, however, was different.
Xie Zhi decisively rejected Jiang Chengyan's offer.
He said that his ambition lay on the battlefield, not on personal feelings.
The matter of the arranged marriage should not be mentioned again.
Jiang Chengyan was in a real bind.
What man isn't married?
Moreover, Xie Zhi is really not young anymore.
The imperial relatives and nobles are practically sick of hearing him nag them!
Therefore, Jiang Chengyan simply wrote a letter to Yuan Yao to ask.
Yuan Yao clutched the flowered stationery and sighed softly, "Cheng Yan really knows how to give me a difficult problem!"
After saying that, she looked at Yun Chan for help: "Yun Chan, tell me, how should I reply to Cheng Yan?"
Yun Chan stared at her intently: "Since the sweet potato is too hot to handle, just throw it back."
Throw it back?
Yuan Yao thought for a moment and agreed, "That makes sense!"
She absolutely must not interfere in this matter.
Jiang Chengyan was simply worried that Xie Zhi couldn't let go of her, so she wanted her to think of a way to gently persuade Xie Zhi...
To paraphrase Jiang Chengyan: A short pain is worse than a long one.
Perhaps, if he marries a woman who is both beautiful and virtuous, Xie Zhi's inner conflict will be resolved over time.
For example, after he married Deng Zhiheng, he gradually fell in love with her and thought she was perfect in every way.
But Yuan Yao felt that doing this was too cruel...
Xie Ning tentatively asked, "Xiao Yao'er, Yun Chan, didn't your brother and Ying tell you?"
They were going back to the Great Qi Dynasty to visit the mausoleum of the late emperor.
My brother...it seems he's going to see Xie Zhi too.
"ah……"
Yuan Yao was stunned.
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