Chapter 34 Princess Yongshou

In front of Hongwenguan, Yun Wan sat in the carriage, occasionally lifting the silk curtain to look out, looking for Asui's figure.

She had promised Asui to pick him up and take him home, and she had been counting the days since he left home. When she woke up from her nap today, she calculated the time, and Yun Wan came to wait in a carriage.

At that time, carriages of various princes and nobles were parked around, all of them coming to pick up their children from school.

"Madam, the two young masters are here!" Yueya, who had been paying attention to the situation outside, suddenly said excitedly.

When the time came, Lu Changze took the initiative to find Asui. The two packed their luggage to take home and came to Huichang Gate together.

As soon as Asui saw his own carriage and Yueya standing beside it, his eyes suddenly lit up. He let go of Lu Changze's hand and ran over quickly. He knew that it must be his mother.

"Mother!"

He shouted impatiently, and as soon as he reached the carriage, he climbed up with both hands and feet.

"Young master, be careful!" Yueya hurried to help him and then carried him into the carriage.

His face flushed from running, and Yun Wan hugged him lovingly: "Why are you in such a hurry? Mother won't run away."

Ah Sui exhaled, smiled brightly and said, "I want to see my mother soon!"

Yun Wan touched his little face, looked at him carefully for a moment and said, "You've become thinner and taller. Is studying very hard for you?"

The little bit of meat that I had managed to grow had a chubby face that had become visibly smaller after ten days of school.

But it is true that he has grown taller. Now Asui is sitting next to Yun, and his height is taller than her shoulders, so he has obviously grown taller.

Ah Sui shook his head, his eyes sparkling. "I think it's fine. The professor's lectures are very interesting, and my classmates are very nice. It's not hard at all."

"But..." He frowned and said unhappily, "Mother, the wake-up dew you gave me is gone."

Yun Wan reached out and touched his back, checking if his clothes were wet. Upon hearing that, she said, "Are you done? Go back and get you a few more bottles."

During this period, she tinkered with it whenever she had free time, and she had collected several bottles in total, enough for Asui to use for a long time.

Asui said: "No, it was robbed."

"Were you robbed?" Yun Wan reacted, her face showing anger: "Someone bullied you? Who?"

Before Asui could speak, Lu Changze, who had just boarded the carriage, spoke for him, "It was Pei Qian, the prince of the Cheng'en Mansion. He stole my cousin's things."

Lu Changze had heard a little about Pei Qian's visit to Asui these past few days, so he casually asked about it while the two were walking together.

Asui did not hide anything and briefly told him what happened in the afternoon.

Pei Qian?

With the surname Pei and the ability to enroll in the Hongwen Academy, Yun Wan could only think of the Pei family in the capital.

Lu Changze explained, "Third Aunt may not know this, but Pei Qian is the only son of Princess Yongshou and Duke Cheng'en. He's always been spoiled and has a very overbearing temper."

When Pei Qian was mentioned, he showed a disdainful expression.

Lu Changze has always looked down upon this kind of dandy who relies on his family background and favor, thinking that he is just lucky.

Pei Qian was the eldest son of Duke Cheng'en. His father was Duke Cheng'en and his mother was a princess. Despite having such a unique advantage, he not only did not study diligently, but also became a playboy who was busy with cockfighting and running around. It was simply a case of God being blind.

Yun Wan became more anxious when she heard that the other party was domineering. She grabbed Asui's arm, pushed up his sleeve, and carefully checked if there were any scars on it.

"Did he bully you? Let me see where he hurt you!"

Ah Sui hugged Yun Wan and shook his head, saying, "He didn't hurt me. He just took the awakening dew that my mother gave me and said he would give it to him."

Yun Wan frowned, "That's not right. How can you rob someone without their consent?"

Lu Changze sighed, "Third Aunt, calm down. Pei Qian is always like this. Luckily, he only stole something and didn't hurt my cousin. We shouldn't come here for such a small thing, otherwise others will just laugh at us for being petty."

Yun Wan frowned when she heard this, but it was difficult for her to refute it.

Hugging Ah Sui, she said sullenly, "Mother is incompetent and has wronged Ah Sui."

Ah Sui comforted her: "It's okay, mother. I'm just angry that he took the things that I gave to you."

"Last time I asked Pei Qian to 'pay me back,' I even pissed him off and he ran away."

He did it on purpose that time. Who made Pei Qian want to test him for no apparent reason?

Asui still holds a grudge.

Yun Wan tapped his nose and said, "You're such a mischievous person."

Although Pei Qian's matter was a small matter, Yun Wan still planned to inform Madam Lu.

Apart from anything else, if the old lady starts to protect her own shortcomings, she still has some ability to be unreasonable.

If something like this happens again, the old lady will never bear to see Asui suffer injustice.

However, before Yun Wan could say anything, someone from the Cheng'en Mansion came the next morning.

The person who came was the steward of the Cheng'en Mansion. He was very polite when he saw him and explained his purpose:

"Old Madam, Third Madam, my princess and the master felt bad after learning that the young master had robbed Young Master Lu of his things. They specially asked me to come and apologize. I hope you can forgive me."

He put down the apology gift in his hand and continued, "The young master has been taught a lesson by my two masters. The next time they meet, the young master will apologize to the young master in person. This kind of thing will not happen again in the future."

His good attitude surprised Yun Wan.

In her opinion, if a child is raised to be able to snatch other people's things at will, his parents should be similar and would not apologize easily, especially to a princess.

Yun Wan had heard that among all the princesses who were married out nowadays, only Princess Yongshou was the most favored in front of the emperor, probably because her mother had been kind to Emperor Jingxuan.

The housekeeper smiled and took out a gold-stamped invitation, handed it to Yun Wan, and said, "The princess' birthday banquet will be in a few days. She has invited the most famous opera troupe in Yangzhou to perform at her mansion. She has specially ordered this servant to deliver the invitation to the Third Madam. I hope the Third Madam will do me the honor of attending."

The people from the Lu family looked at each other in confusion.

It was unexpected that someone from the Pei family came to apologize, but it was unexpected that the princess actually sent someone to personally deliver the invitation to Yun Wan.

They knew about Princess Yongshou's birthday banquet. Every year on that day, the princess's mansion was extremely lively. All the prominent ladies from wealthy families in the capital would go there. It was a good opportunity for many unmarried noble ladies to show up.

If you catch the princess's eye, you will be able to make a living in the capital in the future.

In the past, Duke Lu’s Mansion would naturally receive invitations, but they would be delivered to the old lady. As for who would go that day, it was the old lady who had the final say.

In short, Yun Wan has never been there in these years.

Yun Wan accepted the gilded sticker and said politely, "I dare not. Princess, you are too kind."

Mission accomplished, the butler bowed and said, "Then I will return to report."

After the people from Duke Cheng'en's Mansion left, the first person who couldn't hold back was Aunt Zhong.

She said in a strange tone, "Third sister-in-law, Her Royal Highness is just being polite. You won't really go then, will you?"

Yun Wan put away the gilded invitation and said, "Since the princess has invited me, I must go."

Aunt Zhong: "But you are a widow!"

Yun Wan chuckled, glanced at Aunt Zhong, and said mockingly, "What about being a widow? If you can go, why can't I? Is there a law in Da Qi that says widows can't attend banquets?"

Aunt Zhong gritted her teeth and said, "Mother, look at my third sister-in-law, she's so arrogant just because she got a letter!"

Just as the old lady was about to speak, Yun stood up and said, "Mother, Second Sister-in-law, I have something else to do. I'll go back first."

After saying this, she left with a smile.