No wonder Shen Wan thought the hairpin looked familiar; it turned out it belonged to Miss Cheng.

The Right Prime Minister had noticed the letter on the small table earlier; it must have been a farewell letter left by his daughter.

The Right Chancellor, unaware that Shen Wan was looking at the hairpin, assumed she was looking at the letter and picked it up.

open.

The letter read:

Please forgive your unfilial daughter, Father and Mother. I have one last wish: please allow me to be buried with the Crown Prince of Yanping.

Upon seeing the words "joint burial," the Right Chancellor was completely stunned.

Generally, only husband and wife are buried together after death.

His daughter and the heir of the Prince of Yanping...

The Right Chancellor looked at Meixiang, "What's going on between Yao'er and the Prince of Yanping?"

Meixiang stammered.

The Right Chancellor said, "Speak!"

Meixiang trembled and said, "This servant doesn't know very well either. Let... let the Prime Minister ask the young lady when she wakes up."

The Prime Minister looked at his daughter lying unconscious on the bed, his brows furrowed into a knot.

Shen Wan said, "I know a little bit."

The Right Chancellor and his wife both looked at Shen Wan. Shen Wan pointed to the hairpin on the small table and said, "On the night of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, a lantern festival was held in the capital. Miss Cheng and her maid were separated by the crowd and ended up in the arms of the Prince of Yanping. When Miss Cheng left, she left this hairpin behind, which was picked up by the Prince of Yanping. The Prince of Yanping searched for her all night..."

“The Prince of Yanping asked me if I knew whose hairpin it was. It looked familiar, but I couldn’t remember it at the time.”

If she had remembered, if she had been a little more curious later and asked the Prince of Yanping one more question, she could have guessed that in her past life, the Prince of Yanping's son had prevented the disaster from happening because of the conflict between Miss Cheng and the son of Princess Huyang. Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world...

This was something Meixiang didn't know, but as she served Chengyao closely, how could she not know her mistress's feelings? She continued, following up on what Chen Wan had said.

At the lantern festival, Cheng Yao wore a veil. The Prince of Yanping did not know what she looked like, but he was particularly impressed by her eyes. During the lantern festival, Mei Xiang accompanied Cheng Yao out of the manor to stroll around. They ran into the Prince of Yanping, who recognized her. Cheng Yao felt embarrassed that she had been squeezed into the Prince of Yanping's arms at the lantern festival and protected by him for so long. Just thinking about it made her cheeks burn. She dared not admit it and denied it repeatedly.

But she denied it too quickly, and the Prince of Yanping became convinced that it was him. He had the peacock hairpin in his pocket, and immediately took it out. Cheng Yao never expected that her most beloved peacock hairpin would be picked up by the Prince of Yanping and lost at the lantern festival. She thought she would never find it again and was heartbroken for several days.

Upon seeing the hairpin, she reached out to snatch it, but the Prince of Yanping laughed and said, "This hairpin belongs to the girl I'm looking for. It's not appropriate for Miss Cheng to snatch it."

She denied that she was not the girl the Prince of Yanping was looking for, but then she turned around and snatched the hairpin. This was a slap in her own face.

Miss Cheng was shy, so she gave up the hairpin and was about to leave when the Prince of Yanping caught up with her and said, "It was just a joke, why are you so angry?"

He handed her the hairpin, which Cheng Yao snatched away quickly. She abandoned her shopping trip and practically fled home.

Inside the carriage, Cheng Yao looked at the hairpin, her ears turning bright red. After returning to the manor, she would look at the hairpin several times a day. Mei Xiang knew that her young lady liked the Prince of Yanping. Later, when she met the Prince of Yanping again, Mei Xiang was certain that the two were in love and affection for each other.

Meixiang looked at the Right Prime Minister and said, "The young lady is in love with the Prince of Yanping's heir. Can the Prime Minister save him?"

Even if he can't save him, he has to find a way to save him. He only provoked the son of Princess Huyang in order to help his daughter. How can he let the Prince of Yanping be killed innocently?

Besides, his daughter had already tried to kill herself for this, so if he couldn't save the Prince of Yanping, his daughter wouldn't have survived on her own.

Saving the Prince of Yanping is saving his own daughter.

When the Empress Dowager proposed marriage, he knew that refusing would displease her. However, compared to the Empress Dowager's momentary pleasure, his daughter's lifelong happiness was more important. So even though it displeased the Empress Dowager, he still refused the marriage. Who would have thought that in order to get him to side with the eldest prince, the son of Princess Huyang would try to force himself on his daughter? This matter had already crossed the Right Chancellor's bottom line.

Now that Miss Cheng's life had been saved and she knew the whole story, Shen Wan prepared to take her leave. She said to the Right Prime Minister and his wife, "When Miss Cheng wakes up, please convey this message to her: the Prince of Yanping is concerned about her reputation. No matter how much the Prince of Ling questioned him, he did not utter a single word. The Prince of Yanping risked his life to protect her. I hope she will also cherish her own life. Furthermore, we will do our best to save the Prince of Yanping."

"I hope that one day she and the Prince of Yanping will be able to become a couple."

The Prime Minister's wife nodded in agreement, her voice choked with emotion, "Today, thanks to Princess Ling's timely arrival, my daughter's life was saved, sparing us the pain of outliving our child. We, the Prime Minister's family, will remember this kindness. In the future, if Princess Ling and Prince Ling need us, the Prime Minister and I will go through fire and water, even at the cost of our lives."

The Right Prime Minister and his wife bowed to Shen Wan, who quickly helped them up, saying, "Right Prime Minister and Right Prime Minister's wife are too kind. Please take good care of Miss Cheng. I'll take my leave now."

The Prime Minister's wife wanted to escort Shen Wan, but Shen Wan refused. She knew that Miss Cheng might wake up at any moment and needed someone to comfort her. If she did something foolish again, all her trip would have been for nothing.

The steward of the Right Prime Minister's residence escorted Shen Wan out of the residence. Just as they reached the main gate, Cheng Yi, the eldest son of the Right Prime Minister's residence, rode back. He was quite surprised to see Shen Wan coming out of the Right Prime Minister's residence. He dismounted and bowed to Shen Wan. Shen Wan simply nodded, smiled faintly, and stepped down the steps. Yin Shuang helped her into the carriage, and they left.

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