Three Years After Falling Off the Cliff

The servant beside the fat man remained silent when he heard this.
if not?
It can't always be a friendly conversation.

"I tell you, Yun Fuyi, you have no one to protect you now, so I advise you to be polite to this prince." The fat man said harsh words, but his body was very honest. He shrank in the carriage and did not dare to get out.

"Who said I have no one to protect me?" Fu Yi raised her chin slightly, her face full of pride: "Your Majesty is my greatest support."

"Ha." The fat man leaned against the carriage window and said proudly, "Don't forget, I am the nephew of His Majesty. Even if your father sees me, he has to politely call me the prince."
His grandmother is Your Majesty's aunt. As a genuine royal relative, how could he be afraid of Yun Fuyi?

He secretly glanced at Yun Fuyi, and seeing that she had no intention of attacking him, he straightened his back again.

"Your Majesty loves the people like his own children. So in his heart, I am the same as his children." Fu Yi raised an eyebrow: "You, Liu Xiaopang, are just his majesty's cousin. How can a cousin be compared to his own children? There is no such thing in the world."

"you……"
Liu Xiaopang pointed at Fuyi with a trembling hand. He didn't dare to say that His Majesty did not love the people like his own children, but he also didn't want to let Yun Fuyi gain the upper hand. He shivered for a long time and couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

"Strong words!"

The young servant looked at his own son with pity. Ever since the young master had a fight with Miss Yun when he was six years old and was beaten by Miss Yun until he cried, he had always been against Miss Yun. He always took the initiative to provoke her, and every time he was ridiculed by Miss Yun, he couldn't fight back.
He fought and failed again and again, but he kept fighting. Even a moth flying into the fire could not match the prince's tenacity.

"Good brother, why don't you call me cousin?"

"You, you..." Fatty Liu said angrily, "You are shameless."

"My younger brother is rude, and as his sister, I can't turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to him." Fu Yi lowered her head and adjusted her sleeves.

"What do you want to do?!" Fat Liu leaned back in fear and put his hands to protect his face.

"Tsk." Seeing his cowardly look, Fu Yi stepped on the pedals and climbed onto the carriage. She lifted the curtain and smiled brightly at Liu Xiaopang: "Don't be nervous, dear brother. Why would your sister hit you?"

"You misunderstood, my young lady is always gentle, don't be afraid." Xia Yu bowed respectfully to Liu Xiaopang who was covering his face, then turned to the eunuch in the prince's mansion and said politely, "Thank you, eunuch, to take my young lady back home."

Noticing Fu Yi's carriage leaving, Fatty Liu sat up straight, trying his best to maintain his dignity: "I knew she didn't dare to fight me, she was just being stubborn."
Even the maids in the Yun family are shameless. They have the nerve to call a woman like Yun Fuyi gentle.

The servant pretended not to notice the prince's trembling legs: "Prince is right, Yun Fuyi can never compare to the noble one."

Liu Xiaopang hesitated for a long time before speaking: "She didn't fight with me today. Is she going to settle the score later?"
"Probably not." The servant thought seriously for a moment: "You just ridiculed her a few words. With Miss Yun's temper, she can just let it go after scolding you a few words."

"That's good, then..." Fatty Liu patted his sleeves and said with a stern face, "What I mean is that I won't bother with her about such a small matter."

"The prince is generous and open-minded!"
The servant took over the conversation skillfully, and Liu Xiaopang turned his head silently. Neither the master nor the servant dared to look into each other's eyes.
Another embarrassing day!

After respectfully sending off the eunuchs from the Prince's Palace, Xia Yu trotted over to Fu Yi and said, "Miss, the eunuchs from the Prince's Palace have been sent away. I didn't expect His Royal Highness to be so gentle."

"That's because of my father's reputation." Although she was an unmotivated playboy, her father was a well-known official.

"Dad learned to read at the age of three, could write at the age of five, and was the top scholar at the age of 20. In order to support the country, he was demoted to a cold and bitter place, but he was still able to benefit the people. He is a role model for scholars." Fu Yi pinched his chin: "The only stain in his life is probably..."
Xia Yu looked at her, she looked at Xia Yu, and then they both looked up at the sky.

"It's a pity that Master Yun, who has a great reputation, has a daughter who is troublesome."
At Prince Ning's wedding banquet, some people drank too much and spoke less cautiously.

"That's not true. Even if the girl from the Yun family has a thousand shortcomings, she can still be said to be filial and moved heaven." Another official disagreed: "Back then, when Master Yun's family was being hunted by criminals, the girl from the Yun family almost lost her life to protect her family. This one thing is enough to make up for a thousand shortcomings."

Once these words were spoken, no one could refute them.
If their child risks his life to protect them in a critical moment and ends up falling off a cliff and his life or death is unknown, they will only love the child like a treasure even if the child is useless.

"His Royal Highness has arrived."
Everyone stood up quickly and showed respect.

Along with His Royal Highness the Prince, there were also the eunuchs in front of the emperor and officials from the Ministry of Rites. After the eunuch finished reading out His Majesty's reward, everyone felt that His Majesty was really kind to Prince Ning.

"We must not miss the auspicious time." Sui Tingheng helped the kneeling Prince Ning up, looked at the red silk wedding lanterns all over the mansion, and nodded to the official from the Ministry of Rites who was presiding over the wedding: "Today is the emperor's uncle's big day, there is no need to be so polite, the wedding will continue."

Having said that, the officials from the Ministry of Rites did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and invited him to take a seat in the honored seat. Other officials also came forward to pay their respects.

Looking at this scene, King Ning lowered his eyes slightly. These fence-sitters also tried to courteously courteously towards him in the past.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived. It's time to get married."

As long as Sui Tingheng is around, these people will only respectfully address him as Prince and avoid using the title of His Royal Highness.
People's faces are always so ugly.

After Prince Ning got married, an official wrote to the emperor, saying that he should be assigned to a position in the imperial court. However, His Majesty felt sorry for Prince Ning's marriage and could not bear to see him separated from his wife, so he rejected the memorial. Yun Wanggui, the newly appointed Minister of Revenue, was busy every day. Liu Qiongzhi managed the shop, and Yun Zhaobai also had a lot of things to do. In the entire Yun family, only Fu Yi was idle and had nothing to do. He spent the whole day either sightseeing with friends or having fun in the villas outside the city. He lived a very happy life.

"Tomorrow is the Flower Festival. The Empress will hold a banquet at the palace outside the capital. You must not be absent." When Liu Qiongzhi entered the room, she saw Fu Yi lying on the couch reading a storybook. She couldn't help but call the servants to clean the room: "Even if you clean it every day, you can make the house look like a doghouse."

Fu Yi quickly put down the storybook, put the snacks on the couch on the table, smiled at Liu Qiongzhi ingratiatingly, and poured her some water: "Mother, have some tea."

Seeing her disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, Liu Qiongzhi sighed again. She was worried that the child would get into trouble when she went out to play, but she was also worried about her staying at home all day: "She's too lazy to even comb her hair. She's getting more and more unkempt."

"My hair is making my scalp hurt." Fu Yi hugged Liu Qiongzhi's arm and said, "Don't worry, mother. Whenever I go out, I will dress up beautifully and will never bring shame to our Yun family."

"I don't know if the Yun family still has face, but you have lost it all long ago." Liu Qiongzhi was so angry that she laughed. She reached out and knocked on her forehead. Seeing that her forehead was red, she rubbed it with heartache: "Tomorrow's Flower Festival Banquet is hosted by the Queen alone. You must not be absent."

"My daughter understands." Fu Yi leaned on Liu Qiongzhi's shoulder: "My daughter will stay with Lin Xiaowu and the others tomorrow and will never cause any trouble."

Liu Qiongzhi did not comment. Whenever children promised not to do something, there would often be new troubles waiting for their parents.

"I hope so." Liu Qiongzhi found herself somewhat calm. Could this be the legendary strength of a mother?
Before dawn, Fu Yi was grabbed by Qiu Shuang to wash and change clothes. She looked at herself in the bronze mirror for a long time: "Qiushuang, what kind of bun are you going to do for me today?"

"Miss, please don't move." Qiu Shuang skillfully rolled up a tuft of Fu Yi's hair and said, "I have inquired recently. The cross bun is popular among the women in the boudoirs of the capital. This bun makes the face look smaller."

"But you are so beautiful, so I will do your hair in a bun."

"That's because your cross bun doesn't look good." Xia Yu came in with milk and complained to Fu Yi in a low voice: "In order to help her practice these days, Qiu Shuang has almost combed my hair bald."

Fu Yi laughed when she heard that. Seeing Qiu Shuang's face flushed, she turned around and coaxed her, "Good Qiu Shuang, everyone else has a cross bun, but you can make me look different if you have a flying fairy bun."
"Miss, you are right." Xia Yu laughed, "Miss, you are pretty, no matter what kind of hairstyle you wear, you will look beautiful."

Fu Yi took out two bracelets from the jewelry box and put one on Qiu Shuang's and Xia Yu's wrists respectively: "You are all right. How can I live without you by my side?"

"Miss is teasing us again." Qiu Shuang tried to hold back for a moment, but finally couldn't help laughing: "Thank you for the reward, Miss."
Others say that her young lady is not good. Those people are blind. Her young lady is obviously the best in the world.

The Flower Festival was a very important festival in the Dalong Dynasty. On that day, the Queen would personally worship the Flower God, asking the Flower God to bless the fruits, crops and flowers to bloom luxuriantly and for a good harvest in autumn.

When the previous emperor was alive, there was no empress dowager and the imperial concubine was unpopular, so every year during the Flower Festival, the Ministry of Rites and the eldest princess, who had the highest seniority, would go to worship the flower god.

It took nearly two hours to get from the inner city to the palace outside the capital. When the Yun family's carriage followed the phoenix carriage out of the city, it was still dark.
When they arrived at the palace, they first burned incense and worshiped the flower god, and then followed the empress to plant flowers and dig vegetables. Only then was the ceremony over.

After the ceremony, the queen and the ladies of state admired the flowers and chatted, while the young ladies went to various places in the palace in groups of three or five to enjoy the scenery.

"I'm so sleepy." Lin Xiaowu stuck to Fu Yi and shared the flower cakes he brought with her: "Is the Flower Festival in Chongzhou the same as in the capital?"

"Not quite the same." Fu Yi nibbled on a flower cake and said, "During the Flower Festival, women in Chongzhou would take red silk to the Flower Goddess Tree and throw it. The higher the red silk is thrown, the more it will be liked by the Flower Goddess."

"then you……"

"I tied a stone to the red silk and hung it at the highest point, so I am the favorite person of the flower god." Fu Yi put her hands on her waist and said proudly: "I just want to be closer to the flower god, what's wrong with that?"

"You are worthy of it." Lin Xiaowu clapped his thigh and laughed, almost falling into the pool next to him, but was pulled back by Fu Yi.

On the bridge, the queen saw this scene and said to the ladies with a smile: "Miss Lin and Miss Yun have a very deep relationship."

Princess Anping, who was following behind, had an embarrassed look on her face. Everyone in the capital knew that her daughter and the girl from the Yun family were of similar character and were both notoriously dissolute playboys.

“When I see these young ladies, my heart is filled with joy,” the Queen said to the maids beside her, “Please ask the two young ladies to come over and talk to us older aunts and uncles.”

The ladies were puzzled. There were so many well-educated and well-mannered young ladies in the capital. Could it be that the Empress was interested in these two playboys?
That's impossible, absolutely impossible.

"Your humble servant greets the Empress." Fu Yi walked to the Empress, and by chance a butterfly flew by and landed on the peony beside the Empress's temple. She was filled with amazement and respect, "You are worthy of being the Empress. I heard that on the Flower Festival, butterflies are the envoys of the Goddess of Flowers. Now butterflies are attracted to your phoenix appearance, which shows that the Goddess of Flowers favors you."

The ladies turned their heads to look at the silent Liu Qiongzhi, and then looked at Fu Yi who was looking at the Empress with a face full of admiration, wonder and respect, and gritted their teeth.

What a flattering mouth, what a fawning face!

(End of this chapter)