After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 166 No More Princess

The old princess had just returned a few days ago and she held another banquet. On the one hand, she wanted to wash away the bad luck in the palace, and on the other hand, she wanted to welcome her unborn grandson. This banquet was the Winter Plum Blossom Banquet.

When the invitation to the banquet was delivered to Helan Mansion, Helan Xuenuo declined it on the grounds of illness.

She had to praise Gu Shicheng for his filial piety. He specially sent the old princess away for two months. On the surface, it seemed like he was punishing the old princess, but in fact, he was allowing her to avoid the risk of being affected by the battle for the throne.

He probably planned all his escape routes.

She didn't want to go into the palace at all. Not only the old princess, but also many... many people who disgusted her. Once she entered the palace, she felt that even the air was suffocating.

Just after refusing the winter plum banquet, another maid came and said that a big man from the palace wanted to see her outside the mansion.

What lord? Helan wondered if it was Chen Shi'an looking for Yaniang. But Yaniang had already returned to the bull market, and there was no telling where she was going. Her brother had been recruited by Yuanxu and was now serving him.

Yaniang is always gentle when she talks about her brother. Her brother has always wanted to be a hero who saves the world.

Yaniang said that she followed Yuan Xu to the capital because she also wanted to be a heroine.

Helpless, I have to survive in the bull market every day.

The two siblings were abducted to the capital by Yuan Xu.

Thinking of Yuan Xu, after the war in the palace, the two parents did not allow them to meet and insisted that they follow the rules before the wedding, which was only two months away.

She missed Yuan Xu so much that she scratched her head!

Xiao Zhu pinched her and said, "Girl, do you want to meet that guy?"

Helan just remembered the important matter, "Go ahead and welcome him in."

Who knew that the person who came was not Chen Shian, but... Gu Qingyue.

Helan stood up and saluted, but Gu Qingyue stopped her, "Your Majesty has already announced my death. Now there is no princess, only Gu Qingyue."

"Princess...recently..."

"Call me Qingyue."

"Qingyue, how are you these days?" Helan made a pot of hot tea and specially used Golden Crow tea to entertain her. She poured a cup for Gu Qingyue.

Gu Qingyue drank it in one gulp. Charcoal was burning in the room, and she immediately felt her whole body getting hot. She took off the black hooded cloak, revealing the aqua-green jacket underneath. There was only one hairpin on her head, which was so plain that Helan was unable to recover for a while.

The princess seemed to understand the look in her eyes. "Now this is what I deserve. His Majesty has always been kind to me, but Mother couldn't accept my second brother's suicide, so she entered the Taoist temple. My second brother's Prince's Mansion has been renamed the Gu Mansion, and his children and wives have been removed from the royal family tree. From now on, we are no longer members of the royal family. I will take care of the Gu Mansion for now, and when Sister Shen's child grows up, he will take care of it."

"Shen Yinzhen is pregnant?"

"It's born! It was a boy yesterday." Gu Qingyue had become more mature and steady after experiencing some storms. She looked more and more bookish. She smiled, as if she was filled with endless helplessness. "When I returned to the mansion that day, Sister Shen hanged herself. Fortunately, she was rescued. She was thinking about my second brother and wanted to follow him. I persuaded her to give birth to the child so that she would not worry about him. It's better to live than to die! I will need her to help me support the mansion in the future. As for the concubines and maids left by my second brother, I gave them money to let them go. The rest who were willing to stay all had children. There are six or seven nieces and nephews left by my second brother. I still have to take good care of them for him!"

Helan wanted to sigh that the world is impermanent and unpredictable. If she had made another choice, the ending would have been different. Looking at Gu Qingyue, who was still young but had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the entire Gu Mansion, she felt sorry for him. She said from the bottom of her heart, "Thank you for your hard work."

Gu Qingyue's eyes gradually turned red when she heard these three words. "Xue Nuo, I thought you would stay away from me too! Most of the ministers in the court look down on me! They know the truth and think I'm being unreasonable! How can a woman be an editor? The more they act like this, the more I have to do my job well!"

Helan pushed the sour jujube cake in front of him to the princess, his eyes showing a hint of heartache. "Nuwa created humans and repaired the sky, Leizu planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms, and there have been several empresses in every dynasty. How were they any worse than men? The princess is right! The princess is the one Xue Nuo admires."

Gu Qingyue's eyebrows curved, and a smile appeared on her face. She took a bite of the sour jujube cake and praised it, "It tastes very good. Which shop in Beijing makes it?"

"Liancheng's sour jujube cake." Helan also took a piece and ate it with relish. Yuan Xu asked someone to send some cakes every now and then, really wanting to fatten her up.

As she ate, tears welled up in Gu Qingyue's eyes. "Chen Shi'an is just as you said, evergreen like pine and cypress. Even his rejection of me was direct and decisive. I used to think he was timid towards me because of his status as a princess. But... even though I'm no longer a princess, he still keeps me at a distance. I roughly know that he has someone else in his heart. When he looks at that person, his smile is different, and his hands are restless... On the day my second brother hanged himself, my mother and I returned to Jinyang Palace to await arrangements. I saw Chen Shi'an and that woman. I've seen that woman disguised as a man following him several times before, but that day she was actually dressed as a woman and stayed by his side. Lord Chen felt a little awkward. I don't know what he said to that woman, but she ran away unhappy..."

Helan was stunned, then immediately understood that the person the princess was talking about was Yaniang! Matters of the heart are the most difficult to guess. She didn't expect Chen Shian to be moved by Yaniang. She had thought that Chen Shian would like the princess with all her talent and affection.

But...Yaniang is also very good. During these days of getting along, she likes Yaniang more and more. Yaniang has always been innocent in nature, and she does things freely and straightforwardly.

Compared like this, both women are good. It's just fate that Gu Qingyue and Chen Shian are not destined to be together...

The princess's tears blurred her eyes and fell into the sour date cake. She swallowed the sour date cake with her tears.

Helan Xuenuo felt distressed and wiped the princess' tears with a handkerchief. The princess grabbed her hand and pleaded, "Xuenuo... that day in the palace, I saw you with that woman. I beg you, please tell me what kind of girl she is. Don't worry, I will never bother Master Chen. If I really wanted to, I would have asked His Majesty to grant us a marriage long ago."

"Okay." Helan Xuenuo sighed. "Her name is Yaniang. She's a free-spirited woman from the martial arts world. She's very skilled in martial arts and has a lovely personality. If possible, you should like her."

Gu Qingyue's eyes gradually dimmed. She had thought about countless women in Lord Chen's heart, but Yaniang was completely different from her. They were two extremes.

Helan Xuenuo wanted to comfort Gu Qingyue, "Qingyue, you are still young. You just saw the pine and cypress trees and wanted to use them to temporarily avoid the scorching sun. Although pine and cypress trees are good, they are lonely and cold. Yanniang also suffers from the same pain. I believe that one day you will find an old locust tree to cover you and completely avoid the sun and wind and rain."

Gu Qingyue didn't know how many times she cried and drank a whole pot of Golden Crow Tea. At the end, her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She wiped her tears before saying goodbye and leaving.

Helan Xuenuo couldn't help but sigh, holding the sour jujube cake in front of her, and missed Yuan Xu more and more. She once cried day and night for someone until her eyes were dry and her heart was upset. At that time, she was confused and couldn't see clearly.

Now that she has a new life, she is very glad that she has Yuan Xu.