Bai Wanyi sneered, "She can't become the Crown Princess, so do you think you can take her back? She doesn't even want to see you anymore. Wake up, Lu Yan!"

Lu Yan's face was distorted with pain. "If she didn't like me, why would she have married me in the first place? If not, if it weren't for the imperial decree that allowed me to leave the capital, she and I would have been in perfect harmony."

Bai Wanyi laughed out loud, "You mean, if I hadn't appeared, you could still be loving with Qin Wanen when you returned to the capital, right? But don't forget! If I hadn't appeared, your manager would have died long ago! You still owe me your life!"

"If it weren't for me, how could you have achieved such success in your career! If it weren't for me, would you still have the chance to pretend to be affectionate here? Men like you are like this. You don't cherish what you get, and when you lose it, you go around looking for people to tell about your deep affection and difficulties. It's really disgusting!"

Lu Yan glared at Bai Wanyi angrily: "I'm disgusting? Weren't you disgusting when you were pestering the Crown Prince? Now you're running to the Fourth Prince's mansion all day long, what are you thinking?!"

Bai Wanyi's eyes flashed with panic for a moment, then he said righteously, "Not only are you thinking about others, but you're also throwing dirty water on me! Who am I working so hard for? It's all for you!"

"I gave up my honor in exchange for marrying you, but you're so good. We were just newlyweds, and you took a concubine. Now you can't forget your old love for Qin Wan, and I've become a burden again? As expected, what you can't get is the white moonlight and the cinnabar mole! What you get is the mosquito blood on the wall, which is an eyesore!"

Lu Yan couldn't argue with Bai Wanyi, and the wound on his neck was painful, so he left in anger.

Bai Wan overturned the table in anger and wanted to go out, but he couldn't help but ask someone to go out and find out where Lu Yan had gone.

Chu Yun went out for a long time before returning: "Madam, the Marquis has not gone anywhere. He is just in the study in the front yard. He called a doctor to see his wounds."

"That's more like it." Bai Wanyi's mood finally calmed down. She stood up, took the box on the dressing table, and rummaged through it, muttering, "I don't know what's wrong with that Fourth Prince. He sent two more women here, saying they'd be used to bear children for him. So what? They're just going to be left hanging."

After finding the thing, Bai Wanyi threw it to Chu Yun: "Go, give it to him."

Chu Yun took the thing and looked at it. It was a top-grade medicine for wounds. She smiled and said, "Yes."

Chu Yun did not go directly to find Lu Yan, but went to the main kitchen, asked for a bowl of white fungus soup, and knocked on the door of the study.

Lu Yan let someone in. Seeing that it was her, his expression softened. "Did she ask you to come?"

Chu Yun smiled softly, "Yes, Madam asked me to bring this medicine to you, Lord Marquis. I also brought you this Tremella Soup. You've been out for most of the day, so you must be hungry, right? Eat this to fill your stomach."

Lu Yan ripped open his clothes, looked up at Chu Yun and said, "Please help me apply the medicine."

Chu Yun put down the Tremella Soup and said with a smile, "Isn't the doctor coming soon? He still needs to clean the wound. My Lord, please wait for a while."

Having said that, Chu Yun still took a handkerchief, dipped it in warm water, and gently wiped the blood stains around his wound.

She had just finished cleaning up when the doctor arrived. The doctor examined her and was about to give her medicine, but Lu Yan let him go.

Chu Yun closed the study door and turned around to apply medicine to him.

Lu Yan looked at Chu Yun, who was so gentle and considerate to him, and sighed, pulling her into his arms: "You are still sensible and obedient."

Chu Yun cried out in surprise, struggled slightly, and said with a look of panic: "My Lord, this is not good, right?"

Lu Yan lifted her chin, lowered his head and kissed her, his words drowned between his lips and teeth: "There's nothing wrong."

Chu Yun sighed softly and hooked her arms around his neck...

Lu Yan was immersed in love, while the fiancée, who should have been immersed in love, was busy with their own affairs.

The construction of the dam was a long process, and Xie Qing was very busy, but at least he could go back to Beijing to see Qin Wan and relieve his longing for her.

Qin Wan went to Xiaoxuezhuang and lived there for a while, selecting hybrid seeds for the new season and preparing for planting.

Various fruits ready for grafting are also being grown in the greenhouse, waiting to be transplanted when the spring comes and the flowers bloom.

As for the larger fruit trees, we can't be impatient. We can only grow seedlings in greenhouses now, and then graft them onto fruit trees that are already able to bear fruit next year, and then see the results.

Time passed faster and faster as I got busier, and the weather got colder.

After the last autumn rain, winter is coming.

Before winter came, the prince's wedding day was approaching.

Two days before the wedding is the day to send the betrothal gifts.

The reason why the betrothal gifts were delivered so late was simply because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to give too many things, so he added one today and one tomorrow.

The list of betrothal gifts was revised again and again. Seeing that the promising days were passing by, and the wedding would be imminent if the betrothal gifts were not sent, the prince finally gave up.

However, the prince stopped, but the emperor added a lot of things to the betrothal gift the night before it was delivered.

Not only did the betrothal gift list have to be copied again, but the ceremonial officer also had to find a way to stuff these new items into the already packed betrothal gifts.

One hundred and twenty loads of betrothal gifts was the maximum number of betrothal gifts, not the limit for the father and son. As a ceremonial officer, he could only find ways to stuff it in again and again, and only then did he barely manage to squeeze the emperor and the prince's intentions into the betrothal gifts before the trigger.

One hundred and twenty loads of betrothal gifts were carried out of the East Palace in a grand procession. The ones in front had already left the palace, while the ones behind had not yet set off.

On Suzaku Street, the people who were waiting to see the betrothal gifts being presented were dumbfounded when they saw the betrothal gifts being carried out one after another.

"Didn't you say that His Majesty is dissatisfied with the Crown Prince and is almost ready to depose him?"

"Where did you get this rumor from? His Majesty is incredibly pleased with the Crown Princess. Look at this betrothal gift. I'm afraid he's placing his hopes on the next generation, isn't he?"

Not only the common people think so, but those who are involved in the battle for the throne think so too.

Bai Wanyi was in the teahouse looking at the lavish betrothal gifts below, her eyes red with jealousy.

Bai Wanyi has been running around for Avril recently, and she bought some pigments at a high price from Tianjin Port to solve her urgent needs. Now the people she sent to the south to purchase pigments have not returned yet, but it is foreseeable that the cost will definitely be much higher than buying from Qin Wan.

Bai Wanyi suffered such a great loss, and now seeing Qin Wan's situation being so glorious just by offering a betrothal gift, he gritted his teeth in hatred.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and looked at the Fourth Prince: "Your Highness, do you still remember the story I told you a few days ago about the Nine Dragons fighting for the throne?"

The Fourth Prince still didn't quite believe it: "You have sons who are still here, and each one is more outstanding than the last. You're actually skipping over your sons and teaching your grandson directly? Are you going to let your grandson choose the emperor?"