The next day, when Su Xuening woke up, Xuan Yuanzhan was no longer in the room.
Su Xuening was wondering when she heard a "swish swish swish" sound coming from the yard.
She got up, put on her clothes, and went to open the window. There she saw Xuan Yuanzhan practicing his swordplay under the crabapple tree.
Her figure, as graceful as a dragon, is both upright and light, sometimes leaping and sometimes soaring. Her silver sword, gleaming with a cold light, constantly twirls in various sword flowers, displaying her posture and swordsmanship in a flowing and graceful manner.
Su Xuening had never known that sword dancing could be so beautiful. She didn't know whether it was the sword or the person who was beautiful that was beautiful.
Xuanyuan Zhan seemed to have seen her too, but he didn't stop his sword dance; however, the person was getting closer and closer as he danced.
In the blink of an eye, Su Xuening felt Xuan Yuanzhan was already in front of her, and the tip of his sword was even piercing her heart. However, she was not afraid or flinched, perhaps because she knew he would not hurt her.
Sure enough, Xuan Yuanzhan's sword stopped in front of her, and a small ball had appeared on the tip of the sword. The ball was oval-shaped, resembling a silkworm cocoon, but it was actually made of gathered begonia petals.
Su Xuening was a little stunned. How did the begonia petal turn into a silkworm cocoon? How did he do that?
She hadn't seen the begonia cocoon when he was practicing his sword dance. How did he conjure it out of thin air? Did he create it through his sword dance?
"Here you go." Xuan Yuanzhan handed the begonia cocoon on the tip of the sword to Su Xuening.
Give it to her?
What kind of gift is this?
Small ball?
Crabapple petals?
Or a silkworm cocoon?
Su Xuening truly didn't understand why Xuan Yuanzhan would give her something like this, but she still reached out to take it. She took it very carefully, afraid of scattering the delicate begonia petals.
Even though she was very careful, when her hand touched the crabapple petals, the cocoon formed by the crabapple petals still broke apart, and in the instant the crabapple petals dispersed, a beautiful seven-colored butterfly flew out of the cocoon.
Su Xuening was instantly stunned by the beautiful scene. She stared blankly at the butterflies that kept fluttering outwards. The butterflies seemed to be radiating seven-colored light. They flew towards the light, towards freedom, towards all that was beautiful. They were so beautiful that she would never forget this scene in her life.
Looking into her longing gaze, Xuan Yuanzhan smiled and said, "I hope that one day you can be like it, breaking free from your cocoon and living freely."
Su Xuening looked at Xuan Yuanzhan in disbelief.
At this moment, shock, emotion, and sorrow filled her chest, making her nose sting and her eyes hurt.
Why does he understand her so well?
She hadn't said anything to him, she hadn't shown any reaction, she had never let her guard down in front of him, yet he understood her so well!
This feeling is like having walked through countless days and nights in an endless desert, finally encountering a spring, but daring not to touch it, daring not to drink it, afraid that this spring will leave her forever trapped in this endless desert.
Su Xuening composed herself and looked at Xuan Yuanzhan: "Thank you, Your Highness. I like it very much."
Xuanyuan Zhan felt somewhat disappointed when he saw that she had locked herself away again.
When will she be able to be like this butterfly?
Ye Yun, who was standing not far away, had seen everything that had just happened and couldn't help but say to Ye Feng beside him, "Who said our prince is indifferent to women? Look at this fancy trick he's pulled, he even conjured up butterflies. He's so good at charming women. He doesn't seem like the aloof prince who is indifferent to women at all. He's more like a playboy who frequents brothels."
Ye Yun clicked his tongue as he spoke, his face full of disdain.
Ye Feng glanced at him coolly: "If the prince hears this, do you think you'll get whipped? Or stabbed?"
These words sent a chill down Ye Yun's spine. He immediately shouted, his survival instinct kicking in, "Look how well the Prince and Princess match! Our Prince is not interested in women, he only wants to be near the Princess, and he only smiles at her. I think the Prince and Princess are a match made in heaven, a perfect couple!"
Ye Yun seemed to be speaking to Ye Feng, but his words were loud enough for Xuan Yuanzhan and Su Xuening, who were not far away, to hear.
Xuan Yuanzhan felt a little embarrassed after hearing Ye Yun's words, and coughed lightly, saying to Su Xuening, "Don't listen to Ye Yun's nonsense."
"Nonsense?" Seeing Xuan Yuanzhan's uncomfortable look, Su Xuening deliberately teased, "Am I not a match made in heaven with Your Highness? That shouldn't be the case. I've already successfully brought good luck to Your Highness through a marriage ceremony. We should be a match made in heaven!"
Her birth chart had already been given to the Dowager Consort, who must have checked her and Xuan Yuanzhan's birth charts together. She thought their birth charts were compatible, since the Dowager Consort hadn't mentioned it to her. But if they weren't compatible, she probably wouldn't have been able to successfully use the marriage alliance to bring good luck.
Xuanyuan Zhan also thought of what Bai Fuya had told him, that they were a match made in heaven, and felt even more awkward, wanting to explain: "What I mean is..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Xuan Yuanzhan suddenly felt that whatever he said would be wrong!
He originally wanted to explain that he only wanted to get close to her and only smiled at her, but then he thought that he shouldn't explain it, and Ye Yun didn't seem to be wrong either.
"Well, Mother just sent someone to tell us to come over." Not knowing how to explain, Xuan Yuanzhan cleverly changed the subject.
Su Xuening looked surprised: "When did this happen?"
Xuanyuan Zhan immediately said, "Before you woke up."
He wasn't lying; Granny Shang really did come to call them to have breakfast with Bai Fuya. He saw that she was still asleep, so he didn't have the heart to wake her.
"Then I'll go change my clothes." Su Xuening lowered the window and went to change.
A short while later, the two changed their clothes and went to Ningxiang Garden together.
As he passed by Ye Yun, Xuan Yuanzhan didn't say a word, but secretly tossed him a gold ingot.
When Ye Yun received the gold ingot, he was dumbfounded once again.
The prince still throws gold around whenever he's in a good mood!
So the reason the prince tossed him the gold ingot last time was because of the princess. But he didn't praise them last time either. Why did the prince reward him with silver for what he said?
But now he knew, it must be because he had just praised him and the princess.
Ye Yun instantly felt as if he had discovered the secret to wealth, and began to indulge in daydreams while holding the gold ingot, completely lost in the moment.
If he praised the prince and princess every day, wouldn't he soon have a mountain of gold?
The two arrived at Ningxiang Garden.
Madam Bai was having Granny Shang and the others set out the meal when she saw them arrive. She quickly greeted them with a smile, "Mother Consort thought you weren't coming. You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?"
While inviting the two to sit down, Madam Bai also asked Granny Shang to add more bowls and chopsticks.
Today's breakfast was seafood porridge. Xuan Yuanzhan took a sip, but frowned: "This seafood porridge..."
"What's wrong?" Bai looked at the seafood porridge with a puzzled expression.
Su Xuening also looked at Xuan Yuanzhan with curiosity.
"It tastes a bit awful." Xuan Yuanzhan curled his lip in disgust and glanced at Su Xuening.
Su Xuening seemed to understand something instantly, and her face flushed red.
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