As soon as Shen Weiwan sat down on the rosewood chair, Liu sighed as if unintentionally, pressing the handkerchief to the corner of her eyes: "Wanwan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but girls should always be more reserved. Look at you, you're always hanging out with His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince. What kind of talk would that be if it got out?"

Before Shen Weiwan could speak, Xiao Yu, who was holding the teacup beside her, paused, and small ripples appeared on the tea: "Oh? Auntie, what do you think is wrong with the prince being with his fiancée?"

The smile on Liu's face froze like a plaster statue, and the jade armor on her fingertips scraped the edge of the teacup, making a creaking sound. "F-fiancée? Your Highness, don't be ridiculous. The Emperor hasn't issued an order yet!"

"Soon." Xiao Yu put down his teacup, his voice low but commanding. "Aunt, I heard you've been going to the 'Jinxiu Cloth Shop' in the west of the city a lot lately? I heard the owner still owes you three hundred taels of silver?"

Liu's face suddenly changed, and the teacup in her hand banged against the edge of the table with a clang, splashing tea on the hem of Zhijin's skirt: "Your Highness, you are joking. We are old friends..."

Shen Weiwan took the opportunity to cover her mouth and exclaimed, but glanced at Liu's trembling fingers: "Oh! Why are your aunt's hands shaking so badly? Could it be that you were counting money until midnight last night and are tired?"

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow in agreement, his gaze falling on Liu's whitened knuckles: "Oh? Auntie, your family is short of money? I heard that the key to the general's mansion's warehouse is still in Auntie's hands?"

Liu was so frightened that her knees gave way and she almost fell to the ground, muttering, "No, no, no! The key should have been returned to Wanwan long ago! I'm being foolish, I'm getting old!"

Shen Weiwan sneered in her heart, but pretended to be innocent on the surface: "Don't panic, Auntie, Your Highness and I are just asking casually. By the way, where are the flowers you mentioned? Why do I only see cacti all over the yard?"

Liu hurriedly changed the subject, her skirt sweeping across the fallen petals on the ground: "In, in the backyard! I'll take you there right away!"

The three of them walked towards the backyard. When they passed by the exquisite rockery, Shen Weiwan suddenly cried out "Oh!" and pointed at the gilded birdcage on the rockery: "Aunt, this parrot has beautiful feathers! Can it talk?"

Just as Liu was about to show off, the parrot suddenly flapped its wings and uttered a shrill voice like sharpening scissors: "Wife-Watching Rock! Seventh Prince! Squatting there every day! General's Mansion!"

Shen Weiwan burst out laughing, her shoulder bumping into Xiao Yu's arm. He shook his head helplessly, his fingertips quietly hooking her sleeve. Liu's face flushed and paled, and she wanted to hide the birdcage behind the rockery, but Shen Weiwan beat her to the punch: "Auntie, this parrot is so clever! Where did you buy it? I want to buy one for His Highness and have it stand at the palace gate and shout 'Wife-Watching Stone' every day!"

Xiao Yu couldn't help laughing, and reached out to rub her hair, saying indulgently, "Okay, if you like it, buy it, even a whole house."

Liu watched the two of them interacting as if nothing was happening, her nails digging into her palms in anger, but she could only force out a stiff smile. After finally waiting for Shen Weiwan to leave, she threw the parrot cage to the ground as soon as she returned to the room, scattering bird food all over the floor: "Rebellious! This is really rebellious!"

Meanwhile, on the streets, the jingle about the "Wife-Watching Stone" had been upgraded to a fast tempo: "Seventh Prince, Wife-Watching Stone, a fool squatting in the general's mansion, cheating on his aunt and then his cousin, eating the sweets right before his mouth~"

Shen Weiwan sat in the carriage on the way back, listening to Chuntao's imitation, her face flushed red. Xiao Yu, however, smiled like a child who had received a candy bar. Suddenly, he took her hand, his palm warm and dry. "Weiwan, after we deal with the Liu family, I will ask my father for an order."

The sunlight from the car window shone through the gap in the curtains, gilding his eyelashes. Shen Weiwan wanted to pull her hand back, but he held it tighter, and her fingertips touched the thin calluses on his palms - the marks left by years of holding the bow.

Chuntao secretly lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and saw her young lady's reddened ears and the gentle gaze of His Highness. She couldn't help but curl her lips. The carriage passed over the bluestone road, leaving behind a string of crisp horse hooves. The urchins on the street chased the carriage, shouting their newly made-up jingle: "Wife-Watching Stone, Wife-Watching Stone, squatting at the door waiting for my lovely wife..."

Shen Weiwan leaned against the car wall, looking at herself in Xiao Yu's eyes, and suddenly felt that this "Wife-Looking Stone" plot was actually quite good. At least, it was like a heavy piece of warm jade, proving that in this life she was no longer a lonely soul beaten to death in the snow, but had a harbor to rely on.

"Your Highness," she suddenly said, rubbing her fingertips against his palm, "If you ever make me angry again, I'll have all the parrots in the city call you 'Wife-Wanting Stone'!"

Xiao Yu laughed, holding her hand in his palm, his voice full of pampering: "Okay, as long as you are happy."

The carriage slowly pulled into the General's Mansion, the wind chimes tinkling beneath the eaves. Watching Xiao Yu reach out to help her as he exited the carriage, Shen Weiwan suddenly realized that this new meme in the capital was just the beginning. In the days ahead, she would not only crush her enemies one by one, but also, together with her "Wife-Looking Stone," live her life like a candy cake, cloyingly sweet and bursting with laughter. And those blind green tea lovers and scumbags? Get ready for some action! Her "silly maneuvers" have only just begun to gain traction!