Chapter 12 Covering Mouth
The eighth day of April is the day when the Princess Shunyang’s residence holds a peony banquet.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Princess's Mansion.
As soon as Ye Caiwei got out of the carriage, exclamations of surprise rang out from all around.
The title of County Lady, the shimmering brocade dress, the crystal-clear purple jade jewelry, the exquisite makeup...
Ye Caiwei enjoyed those envious and jealous looks very much. Her every move and gesture acted like the most beautiful woman among all.
Shen Wu's back teeth were almost loosened from jealousy.
With her graceful demeanor, she didn't use any tricks to prevent Ye Caiwei from wearing shiny brocade or jewelry, and made herself Ye Caiwei's foil. She must have been beaten before.
Ye Caiwei is the second master's biological daughter. If she can find a good marriage for him, it will be beneficial to the second master in every way.
This also confirms that Ye Caiwei is the second master's illegitimate daughter, and the second wife is kept in the dark.
Chen Wu was unwilling to be just a foil, so she entered the Princess's Mansion. As soon as she arrived at the garden, she separated from Chen Wan and Ye Caiwei and went to greet the ladies she knew. Chen Wan also quickly left Ye Caiwei and found a pavilion with few people, where she sat quietly drinking tea.
Gradually, the young men of the noble families in the front yard also came to the garden. Thinking that the prince of Zhaoping should have arrived as well, Shen Wan got up to look for him.
After searching for a long time, she didn't see the figure of the Prince of Zhaoping, and it was not easy to ask the maids in the Princess's Mansion, so Shen Wan could only continue looking.
As a result, he did not see the Prince of Zhaoping, but saw the Prince of Jingbei, Xie Jingyu first.
There were two other people beside him, namely Prince Xiao Cheng of Yuzhang County and Chu Yang, the son of Marquis Linjiang.
Knowing that she would run into this bastard if she took a different route, she would definitely take another one. Now she would have to go back and make a circle, but Shen Wan was unwilling to do so and could only continue to move forward.
When meeting face to face, one has to greet, "Greetings to the Prince of Yuzhang and the Heir of Linjiang Marquis."
The two nodded and smiled.
Xie Jingyu's eyes fell on Shen Wan's face.
Shen Wandang didn’t see him and just left.
Seeing Xie Jingyu frown, Chu Yang suppressed a laugh and said, "Is the relationship between you cousins so bad that you don't even say hello when you meet..."
He spoke loudly, and his voice drifted into Shen Wan's ears, causing her face to burn with pain.
That was a memory that I couldn't bear to look back on.
When Chen Wan was ten years old and in good health, she went out shopping with her maids and servants. She learned that her aunt who had married far away had brought her cousin to visit relatives in Beijing. She happily returned home, but mistakenly thought Xie Jingyu was her cousin and greeted him, "Cousin..."
Xie Jingyu looked at her, "Who are you?"
"I'm Wan'er, your cousin. I wonder if you're the eldest or second cousin?"
"Well, I'm your third cousin."
It was the first time that Xie Jingyu met a cousin who didn't know her cousin. He thought it was interesting and wanted to tease her, but Chen Wan took it seriously and thought that her aunt had brought some illegitimate son or nephew to the capital.
Later, when she saw Xie Jingyu on the street, she waved from afar and called out enthusiastically, "Third cousin..."
At that time, a bunch of people were around, wondering when the Prince of Jingbei and the second daughter of the Duke of Dingguo became cousins.
Only then did she realize that she had recognized the wrong cousin and was so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl into the ground.
From that day on, she would avoid Xie Jingyu whenever she could, but she was still bullied by him, even to the point of scattering her ashes. Shen Wan was really unwilling to accept this.
The breeze helped to warm her face. She continued to look for someone. Shanhu asked, "Who are you looking for, young lady?"
"Prince Zhaoping Bo."
Shen Wan looked around.
Shanhu said, "How about you wait here, young lady, while I go and look for her?"
"Okay."
Chen Wan stayed where he was, while Shanhu went to look for the Prince of Zhaoping.
However, the garden of the Princess's Mansion was too big. Shanhu had been gone for a long time, and Chen Wanren was tired from standing, but she still hadn't returned.
Chen Wan wanted to find a place to sit down and rest. When he went to the pavilion, he saw Xu Zhiyi, the cousin of Yongqing Bo Shizi, walking towards the northeast corner of the garden. She was not bringing any maids with her and was a little sneaky, afraid of being noticed. Chen Wan did not hesitate and followed her decisively.
Chen Wan followed Xu Zhiyi, but was afraid of being discovered, so she didn't dare to get too close. She hid behind a rockery and saw a man waiting there. She wanted to see clearly if he was the Prince of Yongqing, so she leaned out. As soon as she took a step, her mouth was covered. Before Shen Wan could react, she was pulled back.
This was the first time that Shen Wan had stalked someone in his life. He was already nervous, and when someone covered his mouth, he was even more frightened.
When she saw who was covering her mouth, Shen Wan became even more frightened.
It’s Xie Jingyu!
Seeing him, and the two of them still so close, the memory of being dragged into the rockery and bullied by him in the previous life suddenly hit him, and Shen Wan's face turned pale and he struggled hard.
“Don’t move…”
Xie Jingyu whispered.
Does she dare not move?
In her previous life, he took her into the rockery and bullied her twice.
Once, when he returned to Beijing from the border, Xiao Yun toasted him, saying that he hadn't been able to drink his wedding wine, so they toasted him one more time. She smiled at him at the time, but afterward, he dragged her, who was already six months pregnant, into the rockery, grabbed her neck, and furiously asked, "Who allowed you to smile at me? Do you think I can still smile?!"
That was the first time she experienced what suffocation felt like. She was almost strangled to death by him in that rockery. After that, she didn't dare to smile at him, not even to look at him.
The second time was when the child turned one. The emperor held a grand banquet in the palace. He got drunk at the banquet and knocked her maid unconscious. He dragged her into the rockery and questioned her, "You promised to wait until I finished my mourning and returned from the border before proposing marriage. Why did you go back on your word? Are you so impatient to get married? Do you like him that much?!"
That day he mistook her for the person who had abandoned him and questioned her. He was very strong and she couldn't break free, but she didn't dare to shout for help. He forcefully kissed her and even almost raped her in the rockery.
She bit his lip and slapped him, and he came to his senses and pushed her away.
That was the last time they met in their previous life, and then he scattered her ashes.
Now being pressed against the rockery again, Shen Wan was trembling with fear, but he could only endure it desperately because he heard a delicate gasp, "Cousin, don't mess around..."
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