Chapter 231: Inappropriate
"It's not appropriate for you to be at the banquet at the same time."
The Empress Dowager looked at her quietly and said.
Yuan Siyin didn't speak, but simply lowered her head and remained silent.
"Good child, I will not harm you."
Seeing this, the Empress Dowager sighed slightly and gently stroked the slightly disheveled hair by her ear: "I... just don't want to see you get hurt."
Why does my aunt think I would get hurt?
Upon hearing this, a hint of hesitation flashed in the Empress Dowager's eyes.
Yuan Siyin did not miss the subtle change in her eyes and immediately became suspicious.
It's not that I don't trust my aunt, it's just that my aunt was exceptionally close to Yu Shiyan before, so why is she suddenly like this now...?
Yuan Siyin couldn't understand it at all, her mind was in turmoil, so she had no choice but to get up and take her leave in a hurry.
The Empress Dowager watched her almost fleeing figure, sighed almost imperceptibly, sat up straight, and began counting prayer beads from the beginning.
"Greetings, Princess."
Two palace maids carrying clothes bumped into her and hurriedly knelt down to greet her.
Yuan Siyin walked straight past them as if she hadn't seen them at all.
"What's wrong?"
Another palace maid quickly nudged her with her elbow and whispered a reminder: "Keep your voice down, or the princess will be unhappy. If you walk right into her trap, you'll end up worse off than Su Qing in Consort Wan's palace."
Upon hearing the name Consort Wan, Yuan Siyin stopped and turned to look at the two of them: "What's going on?"
The two palace maids were surprised that she had heard them clearly, and they immediately knelt down to beg for forgiveness: "We were gossiping and made the princess's ears ring."
"Stand up and speak."
Yuan Siyin frowned slightly, not liking it when people knelt before her so readily.
"When Suqing's affair with the guard was exposed, Consort Wan was so angry that she had her dragged to the Yeting Palace and beaten to death."
After making sure no one was around, the palace maid whispered.
"knew."
Yuan Siyin waved her hand, signaling the two to go their own way. She wandered aimlessly outside, subconsciously finding a secluded spot, and sat down against the bushes, trying to curl up into a ball, as if that would make her feel much more at ease.
She knows her own personality; whenever she feels insecure, she instinctively tries to escape.
Her feelings for Yu Shiyan were perhaps similar; they only vaguely took shape, and before she could fully define them, she spinelessly ran away.
Before Yuan Siyin could think any further, a pair of smoky blue embroidered shoes gracefully appeared in front of her.
"Why does the princess look so disheveled? She seems to have something on her mind."
Shen Ruolan looked down at her, a faint sneer on her lips.
Yuan Siyin stood up calmly, brushing the dust off her clothes: "I have nothing on my mind. The spring scenery is just right, so I've come to admire the flowers."
"What a coincidence, Ruolan is also here to admire the flowers, why don't we go together?"
"She didn't even bring her personal maid; it's as if the concubine deliberately sought her out."
Shen Ruolan's pupils contracted, suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, and she quickly regained her composure, "Your Highness is wronging Ruolan with those words."
Yuan Siyin was too lazy to argue with her. In any case, the other woman was unarmed and posed no threat to her personal safety, so she let her be.
"Time flies so fast. I've almost forgotten how I spent every single day before I married the Crown Prince."
"Speak your mind."
"The princess is still so outspoken."
Shen Ruolan smiled and said, "The assassin is Prince Mu, isn't he? The princess has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Yuan Siyin turned around, her narrow phoenix eyes slightly upturned, carrying an unspoken chill: "It seems the concubine is living quite comfortably, having time to meddle in other people's affairs."
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