Su Mengyan was grinding ink for Situ Yao with great difficulty.
Situ Yao didn't know what was wrong with him recently. He just wrote and read in the imperial mausoleum every day, and occasionally supervised the restoration work. It seemed that he was not in a hurry about the things in the royal city.
The idea of ​​returning to the royal city, which had been mentioned to Su Mengyan before, was not mentioned again after Su Mengyan's health gradually improved.
Su Mengyan didn't understand what Situ Yao meant, and didn't know what to say. She could only accompany Situ Yao obediently.
Situ Yao was clearly preoccupied today. He was absent-minded while writing, as if he were looking at something. Su Mengyan remained silent beside him, simply grinding ink with her head down, acting as formally as possible.
"You're going to waste this fine Hui ink like this?"
As soon as Situ Yao opened his mouth, Su Mengyan was startled and immediately took a step back, forgetting to let go of the ink in her hand.
Are you kidding? Where had she ever seen any expensive and fine ink before?
Su Mengyan put the ink back properly and quietly admitted her mistake, "I know I was wrong, Your Highness, please forgive me."
"Who told you to put it down?" Situ Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, and when he looked at Su Mengyan, his expression was a little threatening. He said in a calm voice: "Give me another one, and practice slowly until you master it."
After cursing inwardly for a few times, Su Mengyan reluctantly put on a smile and exchanged for a piece that looked less expensive to continue grinding.
"Have you dreamed about that woman recently?"
Su Mengyan was stunned for a moment before she realized that the person being talked about was the queen.
She shook her head, and when she saw Situ Yao looking over, she immediately added, "But I don't know why, when I'm here, it's as if that lady is always by my side."
Situ Yao's expression softened a bit, but he didn't say anything more. He just said, "The assassination and encirclement attempts on Concubine Bai have all failed. Guess what they will do next?"
"Should..." Su Mengyan's brows furrowed. She had no script for what was going to happen next, and she didn't know what would happen. So she hesitated for a long time before looking at Situ Yao tentatively and asking, "Will he continue to attack you?"
Situ Yao shook his head slightly: "No, the time for the marriage is getting closer and closer, it's too late."
The other party obviously already had the answer and was just teasing her. Su Mengyan was no longer so nervous and began to speculate wildly: "Maybe... they will attack the Fifth Princess? Send someone to test the Fifth Princess's authenticity?"
"This thing has already been tried, so no."
"Then..." Su Mengyan frowned in embarrassment, not knowing what her master meant by asking her this. She hesitated for a while before tentatively asking, "Could it be that the Third Princess is also feigning illness and refusing the marriage?"
Situ Yao still shook his head and sighed, "Using the same trick twice is a big taboo. If the two princesses fall ill one after another, even the most idiot people in Beiliang will be able to react, which will be detrimental to the friendly exchanges between the two countries."
"Then I don't know." Su Mengyan lowered her head to show weakness.
Situ Yao glanced at her with a complicated expression, then retracted his gaze and said calmly, "The most anxious person right now isn't Concubine Bai, but Old Three and Bai Cheng. If the two of them become fait accompli, then there's no way we can agree to Beiliang's marriage."
Su Mengyan had never thought of this possibility.
"So, Your Highness, what are you going to do now?"
Situ Yao didn't answer, but looked at Su Mengyan with a smile and asked, "What do you think I should do now?"
Su Mengyan coughed lightly, and even slowed down the movement of grinding ink with her hands, and the interests involved quickly turned in her mind.
Since Situ Yao asked this question, it means that he already has a plan for how to deal with the Third Princess in his mind, and he asked this question just to test her reaction. If her reaction can satisfy Situ Yao, then all his recent suspicions about her will disappear.
The Third Princess wanted to be with Bai Cheng and didn't want to marry, so she must be stopped. But if she was stopped, the Emperor wouldn't trust Situ Yao and would definitely try to stop her.
In that case...
Su Mengyan pondered for a long time before she coughed lightly and looked at Situ Yao and said tentatively, "Your Highness, how about... letting the Third Princess have her wish come true?"
Situ Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, but didn't say much. He just raised his chin slightly, motioning Su Mengyan to continue. He said with interest: "Tell me."
Seeing that he didn't seem angry, Su Mengyan curled her lips slightly and said, "Of course I will help her. However, in the dark, if we mistakenly recognize someone, that's not something we can do."
Anyway, with Situ Yao's means and abilities, he can definitely do it.
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