A palace maid brought over prayer cushions. Xie Jingyin and Shen Ying knelt down first to offer tea to the Empress Dowager, followed by Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan. Because Xie Jingyan had difficulty walking, the Empress Dowager did not make him kneel.

After drinking the tea, the Empress Dowager bestowed a set of headdresses upon Shen Wan and Shen Ying, saying, "I hope you can produce offspring for the royal family as soon as possible."

Shen Ying's face turned bright red, and Shen Wan felt she should blush too. She went through the embarrassment of last night in her mind, and her face immediately turned even redder than Shen Ying's.

After paying respects to the Empress Dowager, Xie Jingyan then paid respects to the Emperor and Empress. Similarly, Xie Jingyan did not kneel.

The emperor didn't say anything else, but rewarded each person with a jade ruyi.

Empress Song rewarded Shen Ying with a blood jade bracelet and Shen Wan with a jade pendant.

After the tea ceremony, the Emperor left because he still had memorials to review. Xie Jingyan and Shen Wan also took their leave.

After leaving Shou Kang Palace, Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan and said, "If you want to go shopping, I can't go with you. But if you want to stroll in the Imperial Garden, I can go with you."

Shen Wan had no intention of visiting the Imperial Garden. Having lived in the palace for several years in her previous life, she was already tired of strolling through the Imperial Garden.

Shen Wan shook her head.

Xie Jingyan then said, "Then let's go back to the manor."

Shen Wan pushed the wheelchair towards the exit of the palace. With no one around, Xie Jingyan asked, "How did you realize yesterday that you got into the wrong bridal sedan chair?"

Shen Wan said, "The bridal sedan chair parked to the right of the Pingyang Marquis's residence must belong to the Prince of Jin's residence. I might have gone to the wrong place, but the bridal sedan chair wouldn't have stopped at the wrong place."

Xie Jingyan turned his head to look at Shen Wan, a smile playing on his lips.

Shen Wan asked, puzzled, "What are you laughing at?"

"Quite clever at a crucial moment."

So many people, even Chen Yu whom he sent, didn't notice that she and Shen Ying had been switched. Xie Jingyan realized that he had really underestimated her before, since she was the one who noticed it.

Shen Wan blushed slightly at the praise, but remembering what he said about her being stupid that morning, she couldn't help but glare at Xie Jingyan. Before she knew it, Xie Jingyan turned around and saw her.

Shen Wan quickly turned her face away, pretending nothing had happened.

Xie Jingyan didn't expose her. He sat in his wheelchair, feeling better than ever before.

Chen Feng drove the carriage out of the palace. When they reached the bustling street, Xie Jingyan said, "Stop."

Chen Feng quickly tightened the reins.

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan and asked, "Why did you stop?"

Xie Jingyan felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. "I'll go shopping with you."

Shen Wan, “…???”

Didn't I say I couldn't go shopping with her?

Why do I have to go shopping with her again?

How can someone change so quickly?

Sitting on the carriage shaft, Chen Feng couldn't believe what he was hearing. What he hated most was being surrounded by people while sitting in a wheelchair; it was more unbearable than being killed. He would avoid banquets in the palace and at ministers' residences if he could, but now he was actually willing to go shopping with the princess...

He had always thought that the reason the prince agreed to marry the princess was because he knew that the Prince of Jin was not a good person, and that he couldn't bear to let the princess jump into a fire pit and drag the Pingyang Marquis's family into the vortex of the struggle for the throne, out of consideration for the heir of the Pingyang Marquis. But now, it seems that the prince clearly likes the princess.

He liked her so much that even if the princess rubbed salt into his wounds, he would lower his standards after getting angry for a while.

This isn't just liking, it's absolutely madly in love.

The princess must be very touched, right?

Chen Feng thought to himself, and then he heard Shen Wan say, "Your leg is not in good condition, so you shouldn't go shopping."

Chen Feng, "..."

One stab wasn't enough, they kept stabbing him.

Is the princess really determined to drive the prince to his death?

Shen Wan spoke casually because, in her subconscious, Xie Jingyan's wheelchair was only temporary. She never considered him to have crippled legs, so she spoke with less restraint.

After she finished speaking, she noticed that the atmosphere in the carriage had suddenly turned cold, even colder than when she entered the palace. Shen Wan belatedly realized what she had done to offend Xie Jingyan.

Shen Wan quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "I meant, we can go shopping together after your leg is better..."

But before she could finish speaking, Xie Jingyan interrupted her with his voice, "Get down!"

Shen Wan had never seen Xie Jingyan look so pale before. She was a little frightened and obediently got off the carriage.

Chen Feng felt that Shen Wan deserved it, but still advised, "Master..."

"Return to the Prince's Palace."

Chen Feng dared not disobey.

He sat on the carriage shaft and drove away.

Shen Wan watched the carriage drive away, stomping her feet in anger. How could there be such a jerk in the world who would throw a tantrum at the slightest thing? He got angry just because she wouldn't let him sit in his wheelchair and accompany her shopping. He likes to be seen, so why did she stop him? She was just asking for trouble.

Shen Wan walked forward angrily.

shop?

She's lucky she can walk back to the Ling Prince's mansion, let alone have the leisure to go shopping.

Shen Wan grew angrier the more she thought about it, and couldn't help but curse Xie Jingyan in her heart. As she walked, a familiar voice came from behind her, "Cousin?"

Shen Wan turned her head and saw her older cousin. Shen Wan looked surprised and delighted, "Cousin."

Yun Qi frowned, dismounted from his horse, and said, "I just saw your back and it looked like you. I didn't expect it to really be you, cousin. Why are you alone on the street without even a maid?"

She and Xie Jingyan went to the palace to serve tea, but because Chen Feng was with them, they didn't bring Yinshuang with them.

She definitely couldn't let her older cousin know about her argument with Xie Jingyan, so Shen Wan said, "I sent the maid to buy some things."

Yun Qi had no doubts whatsoever, and simply said, "In the future, when you go out, you should bring two more maids with you. Even under the emperor's nose, it's not necessarily safe. It's better to be cautious."

Shen Wan nodded repeatedly and asked, "Has Grandfather's worries subsided?"

Yun Qi chuckled, "It's not just gone, Grandfather is overjoyed. After returning home from the wedding banquet yesterday, he praised Prince Ling highly."

The thought of Xie Jingyan having Old Master Yun bring his close friends to the Ling Prince's Mansion for a wedding banquet made Shen Wan's resentment towards Xie Jingyan vanish.

The two cousins ​​were talking on the street. Not far away, a carriage was parked there. Xie Jingyan saw the two chatting and laughing, and his face turned extremely ugly.

He was worried that she might be scared or encounter danger while shopping alone, so he hurriedly asked Chen Feng to drive the carriage back to pick her up. But what happened? She hadn't even walked half a street before she ran into her cousin!

Xie Jingyan angrily lowered the carriage curtain, "Go back!"

Chen Feng sat back in the carriage, and just as he was about to drive away, Yun Qi left, leaving Shen Wan alone again.

Chen Feng, "..."

The time for testing Grandpa has come again.

The carriage hadn't moved for a while, and Xie Jingyan said unhappily, "Why aren't we leaving yet?"

Chen Feng smirked and said, "The princess is alone again..."

Xie Jingyan lifted the car curtain, and Shen Wan noticed someone was watching her. She turned around and saw Xie Jingyan.

The two locked eyes.

Shen Wan was delighted.

They actually came back.

Not daring to keep Xie Jingyan waiting any longer, Shen Wan was about to run over when, just then, a runaway horse charged wildly towards them from afar, and the rider shouted urgently, "Make way! Make way!"

Hearing the sound of hooves, Shen Wan turned her head and saw the horse charging towards her, which immediately made her pale with fright.

Just when she thought she was going to die, a figure pounced on her, rolling her twice on the ground. Shen Wan opened her eyes and saw a pair of eyes full of worry and anxiety, a voice trembling slightly, "Are you hurt?"