Tang Ze and his group knew everything about the matter between the Crown Prince of Yanping and Cheng Yao, the eldest daughter of the Right Prime Minister's family.

Although the Prince of Yanping's mansion has not yet formally proposed marriage, the Right Chancellor has already verbally agreed to the marriage. The Prince of Yanping's heir is already the Right Chancellor's prospective son-in-law and the prospective brother-in-law of the eldest son of the Prince of Cheng. The Right Chancellor is concerned that although Du Chengxu is not the biological son of Princess Huyang or the Empress Dowager's grandson, he has genuinely loved him for more than ten years. The Emperor ordered the Ministry of Justice to retry the case of the Prince of Yanping's heir and gave him justice. As a subject, he also needs to consider the Emperor's feelings. It is not too late to formally arrange the engagement after Princess Huyang's biological son and the Empress Dowager's grandson are found. It won't make a difference if they wait ten days or half a month.

If the engagement is delayed a little, the betrothal gifts can be sent more frequently, so that the wedding date is not delayed either.

In front of Cheng Yi, Tang Ze told the Crown Prince of Yanping to learn from a certain gentleman how to pamper his wife, and the Crown Prince of Yanping felt an overwhelming pressure.

Meanwhile, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan strolled over to Deyue Tower. Tang Ze greeted Xie Jingyan, "Brother Jingyan, would you like to come up for a drink?"

Xie Jingyan looked back upstairs and saw that the Prince of Yanping and Cheng Yi were both there.

Upon seeing this, Shen Wan said, "You can go. I'll be fine with the maid and Chen Feng following me."

Xie Jingyan had already spent half a day shopping with her. She knew that Xie Jingyan didn't like being stared at, but his face was so striking that it overshadowed everything he went around. She herself had received countless envious and jealous glances. Spending half a day with him was enough, so how could Shen Wan not let Xie Jingyan go and drink with Tang Ze and the others?

Xie Jingyan said, "There will be plenty of opportunities to drink with them. Today I'll just accompany you shopping."

Shen Wan blinked and looked at Xie Jingyan, saying, "You're only planning to go shopping with me this once?"

"Where did you get this idea?" Xie Jingyan asked earnestly. "I wouldn't dare say I accompany you every time you go shopping, but I do accompany you whenever I have free time."

"There will be plenty of opportunities to go shopping with her in the future," Shen Wan said, pushing him away. "I'll just wander around this street; I won't go far."

Xie Jingyan couldn't persuade Shen Wan, and thinking that it was broad daylight, with Chen Feng protecting him and hidden guards in the shadows, he felt safe and entered Deyue Tower.

After Xie Jingyan left, Shen Wan bought a few wooden carvings from a small stall, and then went into a silk shop, but didn't buy any silk she liked. Shen Wan's storeroom had so much silk that she couldn't count it all. The dowry from the Marquis's mansion, the dowry from the Yun family, and the imperial gifts from the past few months were enough for Shen Wan to wear for a lifetime.

If it weren't extremely beautiful, so beautiful that you'd fall in love at first sight, even Shen Wan wouldn't have bought it.

Emerging from the silk shop, Shen Wan walked forward, followed by Yin Shuang and Hai Tang, with Chen Feng lagging behind a few steps. Behind Chen Feng were two servants responsible for carrying things. Even without the flamboyant young master present, this shopping spree was still quite ostentatious.

Walking up to a stall selling candied fruit, Shen Wan picked out a few kinds of candied fruit. Yin Shuang paid for them, and Chen Feng took the packaged candied fruit. No one noticed that a few steps away, a stall selling wild game had a few troublemakers. The leader kicked away the bamboo cage that the hunter had placed in front of him. Inside the cage was a rabbit.

The bamboo cage was kicked away and landed in the middle of the road. The rabbit fell out and hopped forward, landing right on Wan's feet.

Caught off guard, a rather fat rabbit stepped on her foot, startling Shen Wan who cried out "Ah!" Looking down, she saw it was a rabbit, but her heart was still pounding wildly with fear.

The troublemakers kicked the hunter's game all over the place. The hunter clenched his fists in anger, and the leader of the servants said, "Beat it up!"

Several servants rushed forward.

The hunter was about eighteen or nineteen years old. When the servant came over, the hunter punched him and knocked him to the ground.

Five or six servants were no match for the hunter and soon fell to the ground.

Just then, a man kicked the hunter from behind, causing him to stumble forward and crash into a stall. As the hunter tried to stand up, the man grabbed his hands from behind, rendering him unable to move.

The man pressed down on the hunter, saying, "A mere hunter like you dares to provoke our young master? Let's see if anyone comes to your rescue this time..."

Before the man could finish speaking, he sensed a murderous aura behind him. He turned his head and saw Chen Feng's fist coming at him. In order to dodge Chen Feng's fist, the man had no choice but to release the hunter and fight with Chen Feng.

Deyuelou.

Xie Jingyan was drinking with the Prince of Yanping and his entourage.

Tang Ze poured wine for Xie Jingyan and said, "Yesterday a few of us went hunting and wanted to invite you to come with us, but we didn't dare. We made a promise to go hunting again next time. Brother Jingyan, would you like to come with us?"

Xie Jingyan broke both legs in a fall from his horse while hunting, and they were afraid that he would be traumatized, so they dared not go again.

But deep down, they felt that Xie Jingyan was not the kind of person to give up easily. He believed that the fall from the horse was most likely caused by someone else. Yesterday, while he enjoyed the hunt, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful that Shen Du wasn't there. He was newly married and they hadn't invited him. Yun Qi had left the capital, and even if he hadn't, he probably wouldn't have had the time. Xie Jingyan and the others didn't dare to invite him.

A group of brothers galloping on horseback and hunting in the hunting grounds is one of life's greatest pleasures.

It would be a pity if anyone were missing.

Xie Jingyan said, "Call me next time."

Tang Ze immediately regretted it, saying, "I should have asked you to come with me yesterday. You don't know how many archers we encountered yesterday. Their archery skills were so good, they never missed a shot, hitting the bullseye from a hundred paces away..."

Tang Ze was talking non-stop when there was a knock on the door. A servant pushed the door open and said, "Your Highness, the heir of the Duke of Mao's men are causing trouble in the street, which has startled the Princess..."

Xie Jingyan's face darkened. He put down the wine cup in his hand and, without even going through the main door, jumped out of the window of Deyue Tower.

Tang Ze and the others exchanged glances, regretting that they shouldn't have invited Xie Jingyan upstairs for drinks. Princess Ling was pregnant, and they were worried that she would be frightened to death by the people of the Duke of Mao's son. What should they do?

There's also the heir of the Duke of Maoguo, who, relying on the fact that the Duke of Maoguo's family is the Empress Dowager's maternal family, is always causing trouble.

The group followed them out of the restaurant.

The fight between Chen Feng and the heir of the Duke of Maoguo's men alerted Xie Jingyan, and naturally also alerted the heir of the Duke of Maoguo.

When Xie Jingyan arrived, the heir of the Duke of Maoguo happened to be passing by.

Xie Jingyan's cold gaze swept across the face of the Duke of Mao's heir, and he asked Shen Wan, "Are you alright?"

Shen Wan shook her head slightly.

Suddenly something flew towards her feet, startling her. She knew it was a rabbit, and her initial fright quickly subsided.

The people from the Duke of Mao's mansion caused trouble in the street and even frightened Shen Wan. Xie Jingyan ordered Chen Feng to protect Shen Wan. Chen Feng had already failed in his duty by not protecting the princess properly. If he didn't stand up for the princess, would he still be worthy of being the prince's bodyguard?

There were quite a few onlookers around. Prince Yanping and his entourage squeezed in, saw the hunter, and exclaimed, "It's you!"

Xie Jingyan asked, "Do you know him?"

Tang Ze said, "He is the archer we encountered yesterday while hunting. Yesterday, he and the heir of the Duke of Mao shot geese together. He shot an arrow through the eye of a goose, causing the heir of the Duke of Mao's arrow to miss, which made the heir of the Duke of Mao furious. If it weren't for Brother Zhixun's quick thinking and reflexes, he would have died under the heir of the Duke of Mao's arrow yesterday."

The Prince of Yanping looked at the Prince of Maoguo and said, "If you are not as skilled as others, you will cause trouble for them and even try to take their lives. The Prince of Maoguo is far too narrow-minded."