Chapter 33 Today's Matchmaker

"Before, your mother's family was exiled because of the crime that was slandered against you. After you were cleared of the crime, I sent people to bring them back from the bitter cold land. Now they have settled down in the Li Mansion. You can go out of the palace to see them on a certain day."

"Your father and your brother have also been reinstated."

"Really?" Concubine Li was so excited that she almost lost her composure and burst into tears.

Considering that today was a happy day and many people were watching, Concubine Li suppressed her excitement and smiled.

Emperor Zhaoning looked at the brilliant smile on Concubine Li's face and suddenly felt that nothing in the world was as beautiful as this smile.

He looked at Concubine Li and was stunned.

The banquet was in full swing.

The ministers toasted each other, the dancers danced gracefully, and the sounds of strings, pipes and bamboos were melodious...

Miss Yu Wanyin from the Yu family, whom Jiujiu and the prince have always been paying attention to, has also arrived.

Neither the brother nor the sister had ever seen Yu Wanyin. The reason they knew that the young lady of the Yu family had arrived was because someone reported to the prince that Yu Wanyin had climbed a tree in the imperial garden to spy on men outsiders, which was inappropriate and would not sound good if it got out. They hoped that the prince would handle it and resolve the matter quietly.

Jiujiu was not far from the prince, so she heard everything the people below reported.

Jiujiu also remembered the reason why the prince disliked Yu Wanyin in the book, which was because Yu Wanyin climbed a tree at the palace banquet without following the etiquette of a noble lady.

Jiujiu didn't remember the exact time when Yu Wanyin climbed the tree, so she ignored this matter.

Now that it has happened, it must be resolved.

[Yu Wanyin in the book would rather die than betray the prince, and she did so many things for him. She was sincere to him and could not let him hate her just because of a misunderstanding about climbing a tree.]

[It is also written in the book that Yu Wanyin climbed the tree to help the little bird that had fallen out of the nest to return to the nest. It was not because she was peeping at the man outside. Someone deliberately framed Yu Wanyin and wanted her to be punished.]

[Brother Prince, please keep your eyes open. Don't be led by the bad guys, and don't hate Yu Wanyin because of this.]

【Yu Wanyin is innocent.】

"Alas..." Jiujiu was really worried that the prince would misunderstand Yu Wanyin and dislike her just like in the book, and thus miss out on this marriage.

She hurried to the prince and said, "Brother Prince, Jiujiu will go with you."

【Jiujiu is going to help Yu Wanyin.】

The prince is a person who pays the most attention to etiquette and rules. If he had not heard Jiujiu's voice, he would probably have misunderstood Yu Wanyin and thought that Yu Wanyin was peeping at other men and behaving frivolously. Now that he has heard it, he will not misunderstand her anymore.

A girl who can send a bird back to its nest must be a truly true, pure and kind person.

He couldn't wait to see Yu Wanyin.

"Okay." The prince took Jiujiu by the hand and went to the imperial garden, where Yu Wanyin climbed the tree.

When the two arrived, Yu Wanyin was still on the tree. From the perspective of the people below, Yu Wanyin was indeed climbing up the tree and peeping at the man outside.

But in fact, she was holding a bird in her hand, looking at the location of the bird's nest, wanting to put the bird back into the nest.

The prince noticed this detail because of Jiujiu's reminder.

But no one else noticed.

They only saw Yu Wanyin looking towards where the young masters were gathering.

Some people began to whisper.

"As a noble lady from an aristocratic family, how can you peek at a man from another family?"

"Everyone in my family has been abandoned. I'm afraid I won't be able to get married in the future."

The prince ignored all the nonsense and looked at Yu Wanyin, somewhat fascinated.

Suddenly, a young woman came to him.

The woman was dressed in white, looked frail, and looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Your Highness, you are finally here." The woman said, "I have been waiting here since I sent someone to invite Your Highness."

"You are..." The prince did not recognize the woman in front of him who was dressed in luxurious clothes.

"I am Nan Baolin, the daughter of Grand Historian Nan Shuwen!"

[Nan Baolin? Isn't she the illegitimate sister of Yuanxiang's cousin? ]

[Look at her like this, a concubine's daughter lives a more respectable and noble life than a legitimate daughter. ]

After hearing Jiujiu's thoughts, the prince also took a serious look at Nan Baolin. He was indeed well dressed, wearing the most fashionable clothes in the capital. Compared with Nan Yuanxiang, whose leg had just been injured, there was a world of difference between them.

Nanbaolin is cloud, Nanyuanxiang is mud.

Nan Baolin said with a smile: "Your Highness, I asked someone to invite you here because Miss Yu Wanyin of the Yu family peeped at a man outside her family. This is inappropriate. Your Highness, please punish her severely."

[It turns out that the person who slandered Yu Wanyin in the book and caused her to never get the love she wanted in her life was Nan Baolin! ]

【What a bad guy. 】

Jiujiu hurriedly said, "Brother Crown Prince, what happened? Let's wait for Sister Yu to come down and ask her if she's okay."

[In the book, the prince saw Yu Wanyin climbing a tree, and because he was unhappy, he punished Yu Wanyin without asking any questions.]

[If the prince could hold back his displeasure this time and ask properly, he wouldn't have misunderstood sister Yu for the rest of his life.]

After hearing Jiujiu's anxious voice, the prince looked at Jiujiu and said, "Don't worry, Jiujiu, the prince will ask before making a decision."

【Very good.】

[As long as the prince asks, he will definitely be able to change the final result and achieve a beautiful marriage. ]

[Today's matchmaker is ninety-nine, hehehe. 】

Jiujiu thought about the sweet scene that would follow between the Crown Prince and Yu Wanyin, and smiled with her hands on her hips.

After Yu Wanyin sent the bird back to its nest, she finally came down slowly from the tree.

After she came down, she saw so many people standing under the tree, including the Crown Prince, whom she had admired since childhood. Her heart was immediately in turmoil.

I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a modest gentleman who values ​​etiquette and integrity the most. He doesn't like ladies who break the rules, lose their status and decorum, and do outrageous things, such as climbing trees.

And she climbed a tree in front of the prince.

Yu Wanyin felt as if struck by lightning and was filled with unrest. With a pale face, she slowly came before the prince and saluted him.

"Your Highness has met the Crown Prince."

The prince's face turned cold because of Nan Baolin's false accusation. He said, "Nan Baolin just sent someone to tell me that someone climbed a tree to spy on a foreign man. I hope I can punish that person severely."

“…”

Was it Nan Baolin who found the prince?

Yu Wanyin bit her lip and looked at Nan Baolin, who was wearing white and following behind the prince.

Nan Baolin had a smile on his face, as if his evil plan was about to succeed.

"Your Highness, please listen to my explanation." Yu Wanyin wanted to explain.

Nan Baolin said softly, "What's there to explain? Miss Yu is a noble lady from an aristocratic family. She climbed a tree to spy on a man outside her family. We all saw it, including His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. There's no doubt about it."

Nan Baolin: "Your Highness, although I can't bear to see Miss Yu punished, rules are rules and they cannot be broken. Please punish Miss Yu severely to serve as a warning to others."