usatvline Chapter 289 (Teasing)
Chapter 289 (Teasing)
Chapter 289 289 Jokes
Ye Pianran glanced at An Shihou, whose face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and quickly got up and ran out with her mother. Even after they had gone quite a distance, they could still hear the sound of things being smashed coming from behind them. Ye Pianran was touched that her mother was willing to argue with her father for her sake, but she was also somewhat worried.
The relationship between my mother and father was already strained; wouldn't this quarrel further damage their bond?
Watching Gongsun Yuan's stubborn back, Ye Pianran hesitated several times before finally speaking after returning to Lanxin Courtyard and following her mother into the main house: "Mother..."
"Kneel down!" Gongsun Yuan shouted sternly.
Seeing her mother get angry, Ye Pianran quickly knelt down and reached out to grab her sleeve: "Mother, Ran'er knows she was wrong."
"What did you do wrong?" Gongsun Yuan asked, her anger turning into a mocking laugh. "Tell your mother, what did you do wrong?"
Ye Pianran paused for a moment, then said, "I shouldn't have disobeyed you, Father. I shouldn't have made you argue with me and hurt your relationship. Because you helped me, I'm afraid you'll be even less willing to come to my room in the future. It's all because of me, Mother. You can punish me however you want, I'll accept it."
Gongsun Yuan's chest heaved for a while before she calmed down. Looking at her daughter kneeling before her with tears in her eyes, she hesitated for a moment, then scolded her:
“Your father is right. It’s because your mother was bedridden for too long and spoiled you too much after she recovered that you developed the personality you have now. You really have your own ideas now, and you’ve grown wings. You talk back to your parents at the slightest dissatisfaction. If your mother agrees with your father today, are you going to run away from home and elope with someone?”
Ye Pianran's nose tingled, and tears instantly streamed down her face: "Even without the Third Prince, I would never agree to marry the Fourth Prince. I would rather marry a farmer or a blacksmith than marry him. Mother, I have unspeakable reasons, and I hope you can understand."
She harbored a secret about being reborn, having personally experienced her life marrying into the Nanping Prince's mansion. She knew Chunyu Jing all too well; even if she died and started over, she would still make the same choice. But the reason for this remained a secret she could keep to herself, something she could never tell anyone.
Seeing her crying so bitterly, Gongsun Yuan, though still angry, couldn't muster any more energy. She sighed deeply and said:
“Since you don’t want to talk about it, I won’t press you. I just hope you can change this temper of yours. You will get married in the future, and you must not be as willful as you are now. Whether it’s the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, or the Sixth Prince, once you become a royal daughter-in-law, you must be careful in your words and actions. You must not disobey your parents-in-law or talk back to your husband. It’s also my fault for setting such a bad example for you. If your father and I hadn’t been arguing so often, you wouldn’t be like this today.”
"Mother, please don't think like that. You and I know Father better than anyone. In all these years you've been bedridden, has Father ever served you medicine? All these years, the power in the inner quarters has been in the hands of Concubine Song. I don't know how many grievances I've suffered. The legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion lives worse than a concubine's daughter. Even my sister Bijun can step on my head. It's not that I haven't tried to fight back, but Grandmother is Concubine Song's aunt, and Father doesn't like to interfere in the inner quarters. Unless he has irrefutable evidence, once he's made up his mind, he won't listen to anyone's explanation. If Mother and I don't fight for ourselves, what other options do we have?"
Gongsun Yuan felt a pang of sadness and pulled Ye Pianran into her arms, holding her tightly.
"Alright, since I've said I'll make the decision for your marriage, I won't let your father have any ulterior motives and marry you into the royal family. That Fourth Prince is too ambitious and doesn't know how to keep a low profile. He's always trying to compete with the Crown Prince, and I don't like that either."
"When Mother told Father that she had high hopes for the Sixth Prince, was she serious?" Ye Pianran asked, lifting her head from her arms.
Gongsun Yuan laughed and tapped her nose: "In my opinion, none of these three are good. You are my precious darling, and I would never want you to marry into the royal family and live a life of bloodshed. But if I really had to choose, I truly believe that the Sixth Prince is the one I can entrust my life to. You must remember what I said: truly wise people don't always try to stand out; they know how to keep a low profile and conceal their talents in order to go far. The Sixth Prince's value lies in the fact that he knows his position and how to ensure his own and his family's safety. If you marry him, you won't have to worry about the new emperor making things difficult for you in the future, and you will definitely get a good fiefdom and live a life of comfort and ease."
Ye Pianran remained silent. In her previous life, because her appearance was ruined, she hid in her boudoir every day and rarely paid attention to the outside world. Only after becoming Chunyu Jing's concubine did she occasionally hear people talk about the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince from the maids of the Nanping Prince's Mansion. She had never even seen their faces and did not know what their final fates were.
Until her death, the Crown Prince still held sway over the Eastern Palace. Although Chunyu Jing was ambitious, he was still merely the Prince of Nanping. Even if he wanted to seize the throne, he probably wouldn't amount to much. And now, there are still two years left until her death in her previous life. According to the trajectory of her previous life, the situation in the world should not have changed much.
"And what about the Third Prince..." she asked hesitantly, "What does Mother think of the Third Prince?"
Inside the space, upon hearing Ye Pianran's question, 666 replied cheekily, "Don't worry, host. A mother-in-law likes her son-in-law more and more the more she looks at him, hehehe~"
Suppressing the urge to jump into the space and beat up 666, Ye Pianran looked at Gongsun Yuan expectantly, waiting for her answer.
Gongsun Yuan saw through her thoughts at a glance and teased, "If Mother says the Third Prince is not good, will you change your mind and fall for someone else?"
"Mother!" Ye Pianran said, embarrassed and annoyed, "Please stop teasing your daughter!"
“The Third Prince is brave and resourceful, loyal and righteous, upright, and grateful. I really can’t find any fault with him. I’m just worried that he’s good to you because he wants to repay your life-saving grace. I’m afraid that in the future, when he meets the love of his heart, he will take a few concubines, which will be unfair to you,” Gongsun Yuan said.
Ye Pianran was slightly taken aback, then laughed.
"Mother, have I not thought about what you worry about? Perhaps he was indeed kind to me at first out of gratitude, but no one can say for sure what causes love in this world to arise and what makes it so deep. I only know that after this experience, he has taken deep root in my heart and can never be pulled out. I can also see his concern for me in his eyes. Mother, that is enough."
Gongsun Yuan listened quietly, gently patting her back again and again. She couldn't help but think of the scene when she first saw Marquis Anshi at the banquet in the palace, and her nose began to sting with tears.
Yes, the emotions in this world are unpredictable and unfathomable. Back then, she never imagined that she and Marquis Anshi would end up like this.
"Your mother will definitely marry you off in a grand and glorious way, to the man you love."
Gongsun Yuan said firmly.