"Well... it was a bit chaotic at the time, and I didn't see it clearly. One arrow after another shot out in a flash, and I didn't even have time to react. And that bowstring, I really tried so hard but couldn't pull it, but you pulled it all the way through as soon as you picked it up. That was so cool!"

“…” Yu Nanqing’s face turned even redder.

She couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her face, which she had already turned away from.

Su Wanyan truly had no idea how damaging these words were to him.

"Ahem..." Yu Nanqing cleared his throat, not daring to look at her expression, and asked softly, "Then... would you like to do it again?"

"No, no, no," Su Wanyan shook her head repeatedly. "This kind of thing isn't suitable for me."

"You don't like it?" Yu Nanqing looked up.

"It's not that I don't like it, but everyone has different strengths. For example, I can't even lift that bow, so there's no need to force myself to try."

Upon hearing this, Yu Nanqing did not insist any further.

Suddenly, he lowered his eyes, his face flushed, and asked, "So... what did you feel just now?"

"What...what feeling?"

“It’s just…” Yu Nanqing lowered her head even further, her face flushed, and lightly patted her thigh: “You were sitting on me… didn’t you feel anything?”

"This... " Su Wanyan scratched her head, "It feels really strange."

It feels different from sitting on a stool.

I don't know how to describe it.

She had never been this close to a man before. It felt so strange, like touching something she had never touched before. She just couldn't describe the feeling.

"……"Strange?

Just one weirdo?

Don't you feel anything else?

Yu Nanqing was unwilling to give up. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was interrupted by Su Wanyan: "Ah? Su He?"

"..." Yu Nanqing pursed his lips, looked up, and saw Su He standing not far away in the woods, with her back to them, seemingly looking at something.

"The Princess brought Su He here?" Su Wanyan asked in surprise.

The spring hunt is a grand banquet. For the princess to bring Su He along is like a minister bringing his concubine to the banquet.

Su Wanyan was surprised. She looked around and saw that there were not many people, but not few either. Since Su He dared to come out, it must be because the Princess had given her permission.

She pushed Yu Nanqing forward and called out, "Young Master Su?"

Su He slowly turned around and saw that it was Su Wanyan. She lowered her eyes and bowed, saying, "I, Su, greet Your Highness and Your Highness the Princess."

What remained unchanged was the melancholy in his eyes, as if shrouded in a layer of lingering clouds that could not be dispelled.

"Why are you here too? Did the Princess bring you?" Su Wanyan asked.

"Yes." Su He's voice was both respectful and indifferent: "She went to the front of the imperial tent and asked me to walk around."

Su Wanyan nodded: "I saw you looking at something just now. What were you looking at?"

Su He stepped aside and looked at the tree trunk behind her: "It's just an insect."

It's a ground beetle, climbing up the tree trunk.

I just happened to see it when I came out, and I stopped to take a look because I was bored.

Su He's expression showed neither happiness nor unhappiness. Su Wanyan had seen him at his earliest form, so she couldn't help but worry about his mental state now.

"Would you like to walk around together? Since the princess brought you here, she must have known you would run into me. It shouldn't be a problem to just walk around."

Su He bowed respectfully: "Yes."

Su Wanyan pushed Yu Nanqing, and Su He followed half a step behind her. Su Wanyan turned around and said, "You can walk side by side with me, so we can chat more easily."

Su He remained silent for a moment after hearing this before replying, "Yes."

"I haven't even asked you where you're from." Su Wanyan didn't really want to know where he was from, since she wouldn't know him anyway.

It's just chatting, rambling on and on, that's normal.

"Lincheng".

"Lincheng?" She had seen maps of the Great Jin Dynasty, but she really had no recollection of this Lincheng.

Sensing the unfamiliarity in Su Wanyan's voice, Yu Nanqing smiled slightly and said gently, "Lincheng is famous for its gourds. I have had the pleasure of eating them once, and they are sweeter than those from other places."

Su He's eyes flickered slightly: "Does Your Highness know about Lincheng?"

"Passed by when I was young and on a military campaign."

Su He felt a surge of relief and smiled, "My mother also grows gourds. When I was little, I thought her gourds tasted better than others'."

Since Su Wanyan transmigrated, she has developed a habit when chatting with others: she doesn't easily ask about other people's families.

When she was chatting with the servants in the mansion, many of them had lost their relatives, such as their mothers, fathers, brothers, or sisters.

Especially Su He now, when she talks about her mother, she only talks about things from when she was a child.

So Su Wanyan avoided the topic of his mother: "Do you know how to plant?"

Su Wanyan thought that if Su He's mother were still alive, why would he abandon her and come to the capital to seek his fortune?

"I, Su, am unworthy; all I know is..." All I know is playing the zither and practicing music...

But now, even the zither...

At this point, the glimmer of light that had just appeared dimmed again.

He had no idea how long it had been since he last played the zither.

He had loved these things since he was a child. His mother sold countless gourds to hire a tutor to teach him music. Now that he had completed his studies, he had become a male concubine living in someone else's harem.

Su He cleared her mind of distractions and suddenly spoke, "Your Highness and the Prince should be careful."

Su Wanyan was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Su He looked at the ground as she walked, and said seemingly casually, "Recently, the Princess has been frequently visiting the palace. Such a grand spring hunting banquet is perfect for tampering with things."

The hunting grounds are vast, with hills, forests, and cloud-shrouded cliffs and streams. It wouldn't be strange if one or two people went missing in these hunting grounds.

He felt that Emperor Yuanhe and the eldest princess were secretly plotting something, but he had no idea.

Su Wanyan smiled and said, "Thank you."

"Oh, right," Su Wanyan said, as if remembering something, "During the opening ceremony, the Princess said the Prince Consort's legs hurt. Do you know what happened?"

Su He nodded lightly: "I also inquired with the servants in the Princess's residence. Originally, the Prince Consort was not injured. It was because he did not comply with the Princess's wishes that she imprisoned him in the water dungeon. After this happened repeatedly, the Prince Consort's legs began to feel uncomfortable."

"..."

"Speaking of which, after I entered the manor, I heard that the last time the Prince Consort was imprisoned in the water dungeon was a few months ago, and then winter came, so the Prince Consort's leg pain seems to have worsened."

The last time he tried to drug the princess, he encountered the prince consort while he was sitting in the corridor rubbing his legs.

He became curious and inquired about it.

He is now the princess's most favored male lover, so it's not difficult for him to find out about these things in the mansion.

"Would the Princess really imprison her husband in a water dungeon just because she was angry with him?" Su Wanyan asked, somewhat incredulous.