The Prince of Jin hadn't celebrated his birthday for several years, and he hadn't touched a single bite of the food on the table, not wanting to waste it.
Tang Zhuyun: "Alright! Father, elder brother, you've both been busy for so long, let's have a bite to eat together before going back to rest. It's also to celebrate the Prince's birthday. Xiu'er, did you buy garlic? Bring me a clove, let me see if I can still cook the crayfish!"
Three men. "..."
I've seen people with big hearts, but I've never seen anyone with such a big heart.
After she left, Tang Mingfan led Tang Baixin to solemnly bow to the Prince of Jin.
The Prince of Jin said calmly, "She is already my woman. Protecting my woman is only natural."
If it were any other woman, she would definitely complain, blame, feel sad and upset after experiencing something like this. Only Tang Zhuyun could let it go so easily and cook without a care in the world.
This is also extremely good.
Meng Yulan was very worried about this place. She was thinking that after Linlin and Yanran woke up, she would ask the two children to beg Prince of Jin. However, after a short while, she heard Tang Zhuyun next door humming a little tune and calling Xiu'er to come over and help heat up the food. She couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.
It's alright, it's alright.
Tang Zhuyun is a lucky star, always turning bad luck into good, truly blessed by heaven.
Xiu'er went to the woodshed to fetch firewood when suddenly she screamed "Ah!" and ran out shouting "A ghost!" She bumped right into Song Jingyang, making him stumble and scream incoherently.
Tang Zhuyun ran out of the kitchen carrying a carrying pole. "Where are the ghosts!"
"Inside, inside the woodshed."
"Not a ghost, it's a person." Song Jingyang gestured for silence and whispered, "You know, that guy."
"Who?" Tang Zhuyun belatedly realized, "Is it the woman we rescued from the mountain?"
She was so moved by her father and brother's words that she completely forgot about this.
Song Jingyang nodded, "Keep your voice down, or the prince will get angry again."
"Oh." Tang Zhuyun peeked into the woodshed. "Still kneeling?"
"I'm kneeling here. How dare I get up without His Highness's permission?" Song Jingyang sighed.
"Her health wasn't good to begin with; this could be fatal."
Even if it's a deeply moving, abusive relationship, you can't just kill someone.
The Prince of Jin was not the tyrannical and tyrannical person he was rumored to be, so there must be a reason why he treated this woman this way.
Could this be Yanran's biological mother, who abandoned her husband and daughter?
But when she heard that she was working for the Prince of Jin, she took the initiative to curry favor with him...
Tang Zhuyun asked Song Jingyang in a low voice, "Was she once the prince's person?"
I guess so.
Tang Zhuyun: I'm such a little genius!
"Is Your Highness's criticism a sign of deep love?"
Song Jingyang thought for a moment, "That's about right."
Tang Zhuyun's mouth dropped open: She's really a master at picking melons.
"Then, please, Your Highness, what if something happens to him?"
"Song Jingyang, get in here!" Prince of Jin's voice rang out.
Song Jingyang gave Tang Zhuyun a bitter look, his eyes filled with resentment—you've really ruined me.
Tang Zhuyun, however, felt that the Prince of Jin possessed exceptional hearing.
She and Xiu'er carried the heated dishes inside, then secretly kept one portion to give to the woman still kneeling in the woodshed.
The woman shook her head.
Tang Zhuyun wasn't familiar with her, so she simply placed the food in front of her and then left.
After dinner, as dawn broke, Tang Mingfan said he had to go to court.
The Prince of Jin said, "I will go as well."
So many people have been alarmed; this matter must be explained to the Emperor.
Tang Mingfan now regarded Prince of Jin as his own son, and said, "Then let's go together today. I'll go back and change into my court robes first."
The Prince of Jin nodded.
After the father and son left, Tang Zhuyun said, "I'll help the prince change his clothes!"
Prince of Jin: "What's wrong with you?"
Unsolicited kindness is either a sign of malice or theft.
Tang Zhuyun: "I just have two things I'd like to say to Your Highness..."
"Speak."
Perhaps the Prince of Jin felt unworthy of such treatment, fearing that she might serve him so well that he would die smiling, so he rejected her advances.
"That woman in the bandit's den, I think she's dying."
The Prince of Jin's thin lips were pressed tightly together, and his jaw was clenched, clearly indicating his displeasure.
He asked, "What did she say to you?"
Tang Zhuyun told the truth, "She never said anything bad about the prince... On the contrary, when she heard that I was the prince's concubine, she said she would protect me and help me escape."
Look, he loves you so much that he's even willing to save your woman; that's no easy feat.
In fact, it was thanks to that woman that Tang Zhuyun was able to escape quietly and wait for the Prince of Jin to come to her rescue.
You want to plead for her?
Tang Zhuyun: "I do have this thought. If she didn't commit some heinous crime, wouldn't you be magnanimous and let her off the hook? Or even if you don't forgive her, just let her go like a fart."
"Did you apply medicine to her on the mountain?"
"Hmm," Tang Zhuyun said.
"Then spare her life, so as not to waste your medicine."
After speaking, the Prince of Jin strode into the inner chamber to change into his court robes.
Tang Zhuyun: He softened! What a hypocrite! He clearly still has feelings for the woman.
She went to the woman and said, "Get up. I just asked the prince, and he said I should treat your injuries."
She dared not say more, and the Prince of Jin had not said he had completely forgiven her. It was not convenient for her to interfere in other people's love affairs.
The woman, however, did not believe her words. She crawled out on her knees and, after the Prince of Jin emerged, asked, "Your Highness, have you truly forgiven me?"
The Prince of Jin, with an indifferent expression, said, "If you truly wish to atone for your sins, then from now on, serve Yanran well and protect Yanran."
Tang Zhuyun: She really is Yanran's biological mother.
"Yes, yes!" The woman was very excited and kowtowed repeatedly.
"And also," the Prince of Jin said, pointing to Tang Zhuyun, "She will also be your master from now on."
Tang Zhuyun: "Huh?"
"No, Your Highness! She's already a concubine without any official status. How can she let Yanran's own mother be subordinate to her?"
Using her to provoke people?
She doesn't want to be cannon fodder!
Why did she feel like she was reading a melodramatic novel?
"Yes."
The woman didn't play by the rules at all; shouldn't she be incredulous and feel deeply humiliated?
However, she didn't. She immediately bowed to Tang Zhuyun and said, "Greetings, Master. Please bestow a name upon me."
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
I'm panicking! Can we just play by the rules?
But the Prince of Jin said, "If she won't take you in, then get out!"
That scoundrel is going to put her on the hot seat!
She'll be in trouble once they start being all lovey-dovey.
Cannon fodder is a predetermined fate!
"Please, Master, take me in!"
Song Jingyang said, "Miss Tang, if you don't bestow a name upon her, it's tantamount to rejecting her. Please, please accept it. I beg you."
Tang Zhuyun glanced at the Nanxing heterophyllum drying in the corner, "Then you can be called Nanxing."
Upon hearing this, the Prince of Jin, Song Jingyang, and the Zidu stunned.
Tang Zhuyun looked bewildered. "You asked me to name this, so don't blame me if there's anything inappropriate."
It can't be such a coincidence; that woman's original name was also Nanxing, right?
"Nanxing thanks Master for bestowing upon me a name."