Talk to the Side (Part Two)
Having been conferred the title of princess, it was natural that Yu Fu would have a phoenix hairpin, like other females of the imperial family.
Princess DanYang was elated at first. Like this, she would still be able to completely suppress Kun YuYang, but she quickly calmed back down.
Something was wrong.
How could Yu Fu be so generous and give her her own phoenix hairpin?
She wracked her brains and quickly furrowed her brow, “Are you trying to kill me?! I’m currently wearing a coronet with eight phoenixes, the style meant for the princess born of the empress. If another phoenix is added, it would be the style of the empress. Are you not wholeheartedly trying to get me killed?!”
No matter how noble a princess born of the empress was, she could not compare with the empress. Wearing a coronet with nine phoenixes was a capital crime!
Yu Fu smiled innocently, “Does sister DanYang not want it? Then I’ll take it and leave. If you don’t want it, just don’t take it. Why are you so angry?”
Emperor Ning turned and saw Yu Fu, happily waving to her, “Yu Fu, come here and let Us see you. We haven’t seen you in a long time!”
Ever since Emperor Ning had been cured by Xun Chi, he liked Yu Fu even more, treating her more and more like a princess born of the empress.
Yu Fu put on a bitter expression and slowly walked over. Surprised, Emperor Ning said: “What’s wrong? Who bullied you? We are also your father Emperor. Tell Us, and We will punish them for you!”
“That’s not it!”
Yu Fu said that there was nothing, but she turned to glance at Princess DanYang, “I wanted to give this phoenix hairpin to sister DanYang, but sister DanYang did not want it.”
Princess DanYang’s heart tightened for fear of Yu Fu saying something bad about her.
Sure enough, Emperor Ning looked at her unhappily. What was wrong with her today? Causing trouble again and again on her wedding day, did she want to have the imperial family’s image completely ruined along with her?
When he looked back at Yu Fu, his expression slowly returned to normal, “Since your sister DanYang doesn’t want it, you can keep it for yourself. When you get married, you can also wear it.”
Yu Fu deliberately pretended to be naughty, “But I worked so hard to bring it into the palace. I don’t want to bring it back with me. Ah! I know. I can give it to YuYang. What does Your Majesty think?”
“YuYang?”
Emperor Ning thought for a bit before realizing that this was the name of the princess from Western Kun, “Are you and the princess from Western Kun very close?”
Yu Fu fell silent for a moment, “I hated her quite a bit at first. If not for Western Kun’s people, head general, eldest brother, and the others wouldn’t need to leave the capital, but she is a pretty good person. She’s different from the other people from Western Kun. I want to be friends with her.”
Emperor Ning became spirited, and his imperial uncle also moved a little closer to listen.
“How is she different?”
“Has Your Majesty not heard? When uncle Ning led a group to the posthouse to pick up his bride, the envoy from Western Kun didn’t want YuYang to leave early, saying that she was trampling on Western Kun’s image. YuYang said that one can only be humiliated after doing something shameful. It was Western Kun’s actions that trampled on Western Kun’s image, not Eastern Ling.”
Emperor Ning slapped his thigh, “Good! Well said! Imperial uncle, you really are fortunate, getting such a great daughter-in-law!”
Initially, the imperial uncle was unhappy with the idea of his son taking a princess from Western Kun as a wife, as it was inevitable that he would be mocked as being the “husband of Western Kun’s imperial family.”
But ever since his son met Western Kun’s princess at ChunHe Garden, it was as though he had become possessed, insisting on marrying her!
He even said that as long as he married Western Kun’s princess, he would no longer gamble, and he would get a proper job in court. It was only then that the imperial uncle and imperial aunt accepted the princess from Western Kun.
Hearing what Yu Fu said, the imperial uncle felt completely at ease.
“It’s Your Majesty who is fortunate. It’s fortunate that Western Kun sent a princess with keen insight. In the future, she will settle down and become a wife to my Eastern Ling’s imperial family. This will also reduce Your Majesty’s worries.”
Emperor Ning smiled brightly and waved to Yu Fu, “Since that’s the case, go ahead!”
Princess DanYang watched Yu Fu walk over to Kun YuYang and place the phoenix hairpin that she had refused in Kun YuYang’s hair.
With this, the five phoenix coronet had become a seven phoenix coronet. With this, Kun YuYang had regained all of her glory.
“Yu Fu, thank you.”
With tears in her eyes, she held Yu Fu’s hand. Before the wedding, she had always warned herself that no matter what sort of humiliation she suffered, she must not cry.
Even if she had to die, she would not cry!
But she had already cried multiple times today. Because of uncle Ning, because of the imperial relatives, and because of his mother, and most importantly, because of Yu Fu…
“It’s just a return gift for that hairpin that you gave me. There’s no need to thank me.”
Leaning close and whispering into her ear, she spoke at a volume such that only the two of them could hear, “How is it? I told you that it would be Princess DanYang who would look bad and not you.”
Kun YuYang smiled sweetly, “But as a princess of Eastern Ling, you are, in name, Princess DanYang’s little sister. By giving the phoenix hairpin to me and not her, are you not worried that His Majesty will be suspicious of you?”
“I already offered it to her, but she herself didn’t want it.”
Yu Fu spoke casually and placed Kun YuYang’s hands in uncle Ning’s hands, “Uncle, I will leave YuYang to you.”
Based on the difference in generations, Yu Fu should indeed call him uncle.
Uncle Ning did not put on any airs. Instead, he respectfully bowed toward her, “Niece, I can’t thank you enough for what you have done. If there’s anything that uncle can do for you, just ask!”
His posture was very respectful, but his tone was very carefree. He truly sounded like a wanton son of a noble family.
Yu Fu could not stop herself from rolling her eyes. He was only in his early twenties, yet he actually used the difference in generations to call her niece.
She turned to leave and suddenly saw another figure dressed in red standing all alone.
It was… Yin Shuo.
If not for his red clothes standing out, Yu Fu really would not have been able to tell that he was a groom.
Compared to him, uncle Ning’s carefree and wanton attitude was far more pleasant.
With a faint smile on his face, he walked over from quite far away, “It still hasn’t reached the auspicious hour, and the ceremony won’t be taking place for some time. May this lowly official invite Princess ZhenJiang to the side for a chat?”
Talk to the Side (Part Two)
Having been conferred the title of princess, it was natural that Yu Fu would have a phoenix hairpin, like other females of the imperial family.
Princess DanYang was elated at first. Like this, she would still be able to completely suppress Kun YuYang, but she quickly calmed back down.
Something was wrong.
How could Yu Fu be so generous and give her her own phoenix hairpin?
She wracked her brains and quickly furrowed her brow, “Are you trying to kill me?! I’m currently wearing a coronet with eight phoenixes, the style meant for the princess born of the empress. If another phoenix is added, it would be the style of the empress. Are you not wholeheartedly trying to get me killed?!”
No matter how noble a princess born of the empress was, she could not compare with the empress. Wearing a coronet with nine phoenixes was a capital crime!
Yu Fu smiled innocently, “Does sister DanYang not want it? Then I’ll take it and leave. If you don’t want it, just don’t take it. Why are you so angry?”
Emperor Ning turned and saw Yu Fu, happily waving to her, “Yu Fu, come here and let Us see you. We haven’t seen you in a long time!”
Ever since Emperor Ning had been cured by Xun Chi, he liked Yu Fu even more, treating her more and more like a princess born of the empress.
Yu Fu put on a bitter expression and slowly walked over. Surprised, Emperor Ning said: “What’s wrong? Who bullied you? We are also your father Emperor. Tell Us, and We will punish them for you!”
“That’s not it!”
Yu Fu said that there was nothing, but she turned to glance at Princess DanYang, “I wanted to give this phoenix hairpin to sister DanYang, but sister DanYang did not want it.”
Princess DanYang’s heart tightened for fear of Yu Fu saying something bad about her.
Sure enough, Emperor Ning looked at her unhappily. What was wrong with her today? Causing trouble again and again on her wedding day, did she want to have the imperial family’s image completely ruined along with her?
When he looked back at Yu Fu, his expression slowly returned to normal, “Since your sister DanYang doesn’t want it, you can keep it for yourself. When you get married, you can also wear it.”
Yu Fu deliberately pretended to be naughty, “But I worked so hard to bring it into the palace. I don’t want to bring it back with me. Ah! I know. I can give it to YuYang. What does Your Majesty think?”
“YuYang?”
Emperor Ning thought for a bit before realizing that this was the name of the princess from Western Kun, “Are you and the princess from Western Kun very close?”
Yu Fu fell silent for a moment, “I hated her quite a bit at first. If not for Western Kun’s people, head general, eldest brother, and the others wouldn’t need to leave the capital, but she is a pretty good person. She’s different from the other people from Western Kun. I want to be friends with her.”
Emperor Ning became spirited, and his imperial uncle also moved a little closer to listen.
“How is she different?”
“Has Your Majesty not heard? When uncle Ning led a group to the posthouse to pick up his bride, the envoy from Western Kun didn’t want YuYang to leave early, saying that she was trampling on Western Kun’s image. YuYang said that one can only be humiliated after doing something shameful. It was Western Kun’s actions that trampled on Western Kun’s image, not Eastern Ling.”
Emperor Ning slapped his thigh, “Good! Well said! Imperial uncle, you really are fortunate, getting such a great daughter-in-law!”
Initially, the imperial uncle was unhappy with the idea of his son taking a princess from Western Kun as a wife, as it was inevitable that he would be mocked as being the “husband of Western Kun’s imperial family.”
But ever since his son met Western Kun’s princess at ChunHe Garden, it was as though he had become possessed, insisting on marrying her!
He even said that as long as he married Western Kun’s princess, he would no longer gamble, and he would get a proper job in court. It was only then that the imperial uncle and imperial aunt accepted the princess from Western Kun.
Hearing what Yu Fu said, the imperial uncle felt completely at ease.
“It’s Your Majesty who is fortunate. It’s fortunate that Western Kun sent a princess with keen insight. In the future, she will settle down and become a wife to my Eastern Ling’s imperial family. This will also reduce Your Majesty’s worries.”
Emperor Ning smiled brightly and waved to Yu Fu, “Since that’s the case, go ahead!”
Princess DanYang watched Yu Fu walk over to Kun YuYang and place the phoenix hairpin that she had refused in Kun YuYang’s hair.
With this, the five phoenix coronet had become a seven phoenix coronet. With this, Kun YuYang had regained all of her glory.
“Yu Fu, thank you.”
With tears in her eyes, she held Yu Fu’s hand. Before the wedding, she had always warned herself that no matter what sort of humiliation she suffered, she must not cry.
Even if she had to die, she would not cry!
But she had already cried multiple times today. Because of uncle Ning, because of the imperial relatives, and because of his mother, and most importantly, because of Yu Fu…
“It’s just a return gift for that hairpin that you gave me. There’s no need to thank me.”
Leaning close and whispering into her ear, she spoke at a volume such that only the two of them could hear, “How is it? I told you that it would be Princess DanYang who would look bad and not you.”
Kun YuYang smiled sweetly, “But as a princess of Eastern Ling, you are, in name, Princess DanYang’s little sister. By giving the phoenix hairpin to me and not her, are you not worried that His Majesty will be suspicious of you?”
“I already offered it to her, but she herself didn’t want it.”
Yu Fu spoke casually and placed Kun YuYang’s hands in uncle Ning’s hands, “Uncle, I will leave YuYang to you.”
Based on the difference in generations, Yu Fu should indeed call him uncle.
Uncle Ning did not put on any airs. Instead, he respectfully bowed toward her, “Niece, I can’t thank you enough for what you have done. If there’s anything that uncle can do for you, just ask!”
His posture was very respectful, but his tone was very carefree. He truly sounded like a wanton son of a noble family.
Yu Fu could not stop herself from rolling her eyes. He was only in his early twenties, yet he actually used the difference in generations to call her niece.
She turned to leave and suddenly saw another figure dressed in red standing all alone.
It was… Yin Shuo.
If not for his red clothes standing out, Yu Fu really would not have been able to tell that he was a groom.
Compared to him, uncle Ning’s carefree and wanton attitude was far more pleasant.
With a faint smile on his face, he walked over from quite far away, “It still hasn’t reached the auspicious hour, and the ceremony won’t be taking place for some time. May this lowly official invite Princess ZhenJiang to the side for a chat?”
