The noble ladies around watched this scene and could no longer hold back their discussion:

"Oh my god, the Seventh Prince dotes on Miss Shen too much!"

"That's right, that look just now was enough to melt me!"

"It's over, it's over, I'm totally sold on this couple!"

Chuntao was grinning from ear to ear, thinking that her young lady was so lucky to have found a prince who was so protective of her.

Xiao Yu took Shen Weiwan's hand and walked behind the rockery: "I'll take you to a good place."

"Where are you going?" Shen Weiwan asked curiously, letting him lead the way.

"Come and see the 'surprise' I have prepared for you." Xiao Yu smiled mysteriously.

The two walked to the depths of the rockery and saw a plate of freshly baked plum blossom cakes on the stone table. Next to it was a birdcage with a emerald green parrot in it.

"Wow! What a cute parrot!" Shen Weiwan's eyes lit up and she leaned over to take a look.

Xiao Yu handed her a piece of candy cake and said proudly, "This parrot can talk. I taught it for three days."

"Oh? What will it say?" Shen Weiwan bit the candy cake and stared at the parrot curiously.

The parrot tilted its head and suddenly spoke in a shrill but clear voice: "Lin Wanrou, you're pretending to be gentle. Your face is stiff, like wood!"

Shen Weiwan burst out laughing, and the sugar cake crumbs sprayed all over the floor: "Hahaha! Your Highness, you are so mean!"

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of smiles: "I learned it from you."

The two of them burst into laughter, and the parrot kept repeating: "Chen Weiwan, the king of digging holes, the seventh prince, doted on!"

Chun Tao laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back: "Your Highness, your parrot can really talk!"

Xiao Yu looked at Shen Weiwan's red cheeks, and the tenderness in his eyes almost overflowed: "Of course, don't you see who taught you."

Shen Weiwan finally stopped laughing and looked at Xiao Yu: "Your Highness, do you think Lin Wanrou would faint from anger if she heard the parrot say that to her?"

"Probably." Xiao Yu shrugged nonchalantly, "But I'm more concerned about..." He leaned in close to her, his nose almost touching her forehead, "When will you be willing to move to the Seventh Prince's Mansion and let me prepare surprises for you every day?"

Shen Weiwan's heart skipped a beat, and her cheeks flushed instantly. She turned away and pretended to look at the parrot: "Who wants to move to your place..."

"Oh?" Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow. "Then I'll have no choice but to feed all the candies to the parrot."

"Don't!" Shen Weiwan turned back immediately, "I can't move it! But there must be enough sugar cakes!"

Xiao Yu chuckled softly and held her in his arms: "Okay, I'll give you as much candy and cake as you want, for the rest of your life."

The golden light of the setting sun shone through the cracks in the rockery, illuminating the two of them with warmth and sweetness. Chun Tao tactfully stepped aside, thinking that her young lady had truly fallen into the Seventh Prince's sugar cake trap and could never climb out again.

Meanwhile, Lin Wanrou was hiding in her own courtyard, screaming heartbreakingly at the mirror. She couldn't understand why she couldn't compare to Shen Weiwan. In terms of talent, beauty, and family background, she was a leader in every way. Yet, the Seventh Prince fell in love with the vulgar Shen Weiwan!

"Chen Weiwan! I won't let you go!" Lin Wanrou grabbed the mirror on the table and slammed it to the ground. The fragments splashed all over the floor, reflecting her distorted face.

But what she didn't know was that Xiao Yu and Shen Weiwan had already prepared a bigger "surprise" for her. In the days to come, she would have a lot of time to cry.

Shen Weiwan leaned in Xiao Yu's arms, smelling the faint scent of ink on him, her heart sweet. She looked up at his angular profile and suddenly felt that with a prince who was so good at protecting her as a backer, this road of deceiving people seemed to have become more interesting!

"Your Highness," she suddenly said, "next time when we try to trick Lin Wanrou, can we use this parrot as an assist?"

Xiao Yu looked down at her, his eyes full of doting: "Okay, I'll do as you say. As long as you're happy, I'll train all the koi in the Taiye Pond to curse, okay?"

"Okay!" Shen Weiwan smiled with her eyebrows curved, "Then it's settled!"

As the sun sets, the laughter in the Imperial Garden drifts away with the evening breeze. Shen Weiwan and Xiao Yu's sweet and adorable daily life has just begun. And those blind, green-tea ladies, just wait to be treated! After all, the Seventh Prince's divine actions in protecting his wife are nothing short of spectacular!