Chapter 351: Three Women Make a Drama

She walked and stopped along the way and finally arrived at the lotus pond. The Empress had already led some concubines and Shen Ruomei onto the lotus boat. They were now in the center of the lake, and the small boats were gathered together, chattering and making a lot of noise.

Yuan Siyin subconsciously looked around and, not finding Yu Shiyan, breathed a sigh of relief and boarded the small boat moored on the shore.

But as soon as she went up, Nalan Yujie and Shen Ruolan chatted and laughed, and followed her up arm in arm, lifting her skirt.

When did these two become so close?

Yuan Siyin felt puzzled but didn't say anything. She simply leaned against the wooden plank and admired the lotus flowers.

"The princess looks stunning today, no less beautiful than these lotus flowers."

Shen Ruolan immediately noticed the unusual features of her clothes, then raised her voice as if she were deliberately telling others.

Nalan Yujie smoothed her slightly disheveled sideburns, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "Really?"

"Of course, Ruolan didn't mean to deceive the princess. It just looks familiar. I wonder which family's needlework is so exquisite. I'll have a couple made for myself another day."

"As a newcomer to this place, I thought I should do as the locals do. I happened to be invited to this lotus appreciation banquet, so I had Ruyi Workshop tailor-make this for me."

I sent a birthday gift to Prince Mu on his birthday, but he did not accept it and sent it back to me.

I suppose Prince Mu wouldn't be interested in those rare trinkets, so I had Ruyi Workshop make a garment and send it to him as well. I never expected Prince Mu to accept it; it was truly unexpected.

Shen Ruolan raised the corners of her mouth triumphantly, glancing at Yuan Siyin's silent appearance out of the corner of her eye, her pleasure growing stronger.

Yuan Siyin, today it's finally your turn to taste this unpleasant feeling.

"Doesn't Prince Mu's action show that he has truly accepted the princess from the bottom of his heart?"

“Acceptance…it doesn’t seem like it. Prince Mu has never been kind to me.” Nalan Yujie shook her head hesitantly, but the dark look that flashed across her eyes betrayed her true thoughts.

Shen Ruolan didn't notice anything unusual, and continued to cover her face and chuckle, "What man would refuse an item from a woman he admires, especially since this garment is something he wears close to his body? The meaning behind it couldn't be clearer."

Yuan Siyin lowered her eyes and quietly looked at the rippling lake surface, feeling that it was a pity that two flies were buzzing so diligently in her ear when the scenery was so beautiful.

If the lotus boat hadn't already sailed away from the shore, she wouldn't have shared a boat with these two people with ulterior motives.

As the saying goes, three women make a drama, and this one is even more heavyweight, with an action scene.

Seeing that Yuan Siyin remained unmoved despite such provocation, Shen Ruolan felt somewhat unwilling. She lowered her head, bit her lip, and came up with another plan.

She eagerly walked up and took Yuan Siyin's arm, speaking as affectionately as if they were sisters: "Sister Siyin has rarely gone out these days, you probably didn't know that."

"I don't want to know, I'm not interested." Yuan Siyin shook off her hand, not even bothering to glance at her.

"I only had my pulse checked because I was pregnant."

As she spoke, Shen Ruolan covered her flat stomach and took two steps back, a slight smile on her face: "Brother Yuanchao is currently in the Imperial Study helping His Majesty. He will come to admire the lotus flowers in a little while. I think Brother Yuanchao will be very happy to know that."

"She ran out before she could even sit properly; the concubine certainly has a big heart."

Yuan Siyin glanced at her coldly, "It would be best if nothing happened. But if something goes wrong, not to mention whether your so-called brother Yuanchao will feel disgusted, will the Empress agree? And who will bear the blame for murdering the imperial grandson?"