Shen Wan walked towards the palace gates, with Yin Shuang following behind, her mouth agape and her eyes filled with disbelief.

Outside the Phoenix Palace, in front of Princess Shouchun, the princess slapped her second aunt across the face, claiming it was to swat a mosquito. The second aunt actually accepted it, as if it were a dream. If she told Haitang about it when she got back, she definitely wouldn't believe it.

Upon arriving at the horse parking area, Shen Wan and her servant Yin Shuang boarded a carriage and left the palace.

As they passed through the bustling street, Yinshuang said, "The Princess Consort didn't eat much this morning and went to the palace twice. She must be starving. How about I go down and buy two steamed buns for her to eat first?"

Shen Wan shook her head, "Let's eat when we get back to the manor."

Fortunately, the Ling Prince's residence was not far from the palace, and they arrived quickly.

The carriage stopped, and Yinshuang got off first. When Shenwan got out of the carriage, she saw Xie Jingyan seeing Prince Cheng off.

Upon seeing the Prince of Cheng, Shen Wan paused for a moment before taking Yin Shuang's hand and getting off the carriage.

She stepped up the stairs, curtsied to King Cheng, and said, "Greetings, King Cheng."

Then she looked at Xie Jingyan and called out, "Husband..."

Xie Jingyan remained indifferent, ignoring Shen Wan, and said to Prince Cheng, "I'll see you off here, Uncle. I'll visit Brother Xun again in a few days."

While Xie Jingyan and Prince Cheng were talking, Shen Wan noticed Doctor Tao carrying a medicine box. She then realized why Prince Cheng had come to the Ling Prince's residence: he had come to find Doctor Tao to treat the heir of the Prince's residence.

Prince Cheng is the current emperor's younger brother, born of the same mother. He is deeply favored by the Empress Dowager and trusted by the emperor. He has only two children, a boy and a girl, who are twins. Unfortunately, when Prince Cheng's wife was pregnant, she was summoned to the palace. Due to dizziness, she fell off the bridge in the Imperial Garden and went into premature labor.

Princess Yong'an, the daughter, weighed four jin (approximately 2 catties), which was fine. However, when Prince Cheng was born, he weighed less than three jin (approximately 1.5 kg). It was said at the time that he would be difficult to raise. Prince Cheng's family used countless rare medicinal herbs to raise Prince Cheng to this day.

In her previous life, Shen Wan had only met the Crown Prince of Cheng once. If she hadn't known that the Crown Prince of Cheng was already fifteen years old, and that he was only eleven or twelve, she wouldn't have doubted it.

In her previous life, the Crown Prince of Cheng died two months before the Emperor passed away. Later, the Princess Consort of Cheng could not bear the blow and committed suicide by jumping into a well in the palace. During the mourning period, Princess Yong'an was married off to a distant place by the Empress Dowager.

Anyone who heard about the tragic fate of the Prince Cheng's mansion would have to admit it was terrible. Yet, after Xie Jingyin ascended the throne, Prince Cheng was given important responsibilities and became the first person in the history of the Great Chu Dynasty to be exempt from kneeling when attending court.

Xie Jingyin was inherently suspicious and not someone who would easily trust anyone. The fact that Prince Cheng was able to gain his favor must mean that Prince Cheng had helped Xie Jingyin a great deal. However, in Shen Wan's memory, Prince Cheng had never helped Xie Jingyin in any way...

In her past life, Xie Jingyin only used her and was very wary of her, so much so that she didn't know many things, especially about Prince Cheng.

Shen Wan knew that the Empress Dowager disliked Xie Jingyin, but it was strange that she disliked him to the point of refusing to see Prince Cheng, who was highly regarded by Xie Jingyin.

Shen Wan stared absently in the direction where Prince Cheng had left, until Yin Shuang tugged at her sleeve, "Your Highness, the Prince has gone far away."

When Shen Wan came to her senses, she saw that Xie Jingyan had already entered the mansion, but he was not walking fast.

Shen Wan lightly lifted her skirt and entered the mansion.

Yinshuang followed behind and saw that her princess had quickened her pace. She felt that her princess had finally gotten a little more to the point. Prince Ling was very good to her. Given the hurtful things she had done and the hurtful things she had said, any other prince would probably have divorced her. Prince Ling had only lost his temper at the time and hadn't done anything to her afterwards. If the princess had just coaxed Prince Ling a little, everything would have been fine.

Couples are bound to quarrel in bed and make up in bed.

Yinshuang prayed in her heart that her queen would be sweet-talking, and then she wished she could tie stones to her queen's feet.

She thought the princess was walking so fast to catch up with Prince Ling, but little did she know that the princess didn't want to walk with Prince Ling and wanted to overtake him to return to Moyuxuan first.

Shen Wan covered her head and left without daring to look at Xie Jingyan. When Yin Shuang passed by, she glanced at him and saw that the prince was trying his best to suppress the urge to throw Shen Wan out of the Ling Prince's mansion.

Silver Frost, "..."

If we really throw it away...

Her princess is not wronged at all.

That's so infuriating.

Yinshuang followed behind Shen Wan with a dejected look on her face.

Upon returning to Moyuxuan, Yinshuang immediately had the small kitchen deliver food into the house.

Shen Wan was starving. After eating a bowl of rice, she couldn't resist the drowsiness and went to bed. As she was undressing, she glanced at the lotus jade pendant on the bed frame and frowned.

Xie Jingyan didn't take the jade pendant with him...

Seeing Shen Wan looking at the jade pendant, Haitang asked, "Should we send the prince's jade pendant to him?"

Shen Wan said, "No need."

Why would she send it to him if he didn't ask for it?

She wants to see.

He could endure not taking the jade pendant for several days.

Shen Wan took off her clothes and went to bed. She slept until sunset before waking up, only to be woken up by Yin Shuang, who was worried that she would have trouble sleeping if she slept too long.

After eating her fill and sleeping, she woke up hungry again. After finishing dinner, Yinshuang suggested going for a walk in the garden, but Shenwan didn't go.

She and Xie Jingyan had a falling out, and Xie Jingyan was already very unhappy with her. She still treated the Lingwang Mansion as her own home, doing whatever made her comfortable, which only made him dislike her more. She should just stay in her room and read books.

There were only two books on the small table. She read them over and over again and could recite them by heart. Chen Wan could only pass the time by doing needlework.

After embroidering for half an hour, her shoulders ached, so the maid brought hot water, and Shen Wan went behind the screen to take a bath.

The bathtub was filled with flower petals, which made me feel happy just looking at it.

Shen Wan soaked comfortably in the bathtub. At this moment, all her worries were left behind. She covered her eyes with two petals and closed them to rest.

Suddenly, the cabinet door opened, startling Shen Wan. A petal fell from her eye, and she opened her eyes to see Xie Jingyan.

Shen Wan quickly covered her chest, "You...who let you in?!"

Xie Jingyan's face darkened considerably. "Do I need your permission to enter my own room?"

Shen Wan was speechless with anger and had nothing to say.

Xie Jingyan came to pick up the brocade robe, but seeing Shen Wan looking at him as if he were a pervert, Xie Jingyan was really annoyed. What he said was even more infuriating: "What's there to cover up? What part of your body haven't I seen?"

"……you!"

Shen Wan was both ashamed and angry, so angry that she was practically fuming.

Xie Jingyan glanced at Shen Wan, then turned and left.

Seeing him leave, Yinshuang and Haitang dared to enter the house. Shen Wan was furious and said, "He came in, and you didn't even stop him?! You didn't even tell me?!"

How could they possibly stop them? The two maids couldn't wait for Xie Jingyan to come in. When Xie Jingyan entered, one maid brought clean clothes for Shen Wan, and the other made the bed for her. Upon seeing Xie Jingyan enter, the two maids curtsied shrewdly and quickly left.

Yinshuang looked at Shen Wan with a pitiful expression, "If I stop the prince from entering my room, I will be beaten to death."

Shen Wan was choked and couldn't catch her breath, so she could only sulk.