Xie Jingyan only noticed that Shen Wan was holding a candied hawthorn and recalled how he had coerced Shen Wan into giving him the candied hawthorn years ago when he was learning martial arts from Shen Jing at the Pingyang Marquis's residence. He suddenly felt like teasing her, but he didn't expect the candied hawthorn to be so sweet and sour and quite delicious.
Shen Wan shoved it at him, and he took it, saying, "Give it all to me, aren't you going to eat it?"
Judging from the question, someone who didn't know better would think that candied hawthorns were something rare, something that was gone after you finished eating, something that was everywhere, and that you could eat as many as you wanted.
Besides, it's so sour, she can't eat it.
Shen Wan nodded, "I won't eat."
All she wanted to do right now was eat. She sat down, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat heartily. Xie Jingyan sat opposite her, watching Shen Wan eat rice while eating candied hawthorn.
This scene made the two maids, Yinshuang and Haitang, furrow their brows repeatedly.
Something about this scene feels off.
It's not very harmonious.
If we switch them, then there's no problem.
Shen Wan ate a bowl of rice without realizing it, and Xie Jingyan also finished the candied hawthorn in his hand without realizing it. He put down the little stick, picked up the bowl, and for the first time ever, ate the whole bowl of rice. Yin Shuang and Hai Tang were moved to tears. The prince finished eating a whole bowl of rice and couldn't even remember what day it was. It had been too long.
This is definitely thanks to the candied hawthorn.
Hawthorn is good for stimulating the appetite.
Yinshuang quickly asked Chen Feng to buy candied hawthorns.
Shen Wan ate two bowls of rice and a lot of vegetables. Xie Jingyan was worried that she would have indigestion, so he told her to go for a walk in the garden.
As the two stepped outside, they saw Chen Feng carrying a candied hawthorn stick, with at least fifty or sixty candied hawthorns stuck on it, looking bright red and tempting in the sunlight.
While Shen Wan was still wondering why Chen Feng would buy so many candied hawthorns, Xie Jingyan had already given Chen Feng a praising look.
As expected of his trusted confidant, he ate Shen Wan's candied hawthorns and was about to ask Chen Feng to buy a few more when, before he could even give the order, the candied hawthorns were already bought.
Thinking of this, Chen Feng walked over, and Yin Shuang asked, "Why did you buy so many?"
Chen Feng said, "Didn't you tell me to buy more?"
Silver Frost, "..."
She told him to buy more, but there was no need to buy so much; they couldn't possibly finish it all.
Xie Jingyan silently swallowed his praise for Chen Feng, realizing that his own guards were not as capable as the princess's maids.
Shen Wan smiled and said, "If we really can't finish it, we'll share some with the maids in the courtyard later."
After saying that, Shen Wan stepped down the steps and took Yinshuang and Haitang to the garden for a walk and some grazing.
Xie Jingyan went to the study to handle some matters, and Chen Feng followed closely behind, carrying the candied hawthorn stick. After entering the study, Chen Feng looked around and looked for a place to put the candied hawthorn.
Xie Jingyan asked, "What are you doing bringing the study here?"
Chen Feng looked bewildered. "If it's for the master, where should we put it if not in the study?"
It was bought for him...
Xie Jingyan shook his head and chuckled.
He opened the ledger and flipped through it, not taking the matter to heart. But after reading half of the ledger, he felt nauseous and his mouth tasted dry. He shifted his gaze from the ledger to the candied hawthorn sticks, and Chen Feng quickly grabbed a skewer for him.
Xie Jingyan ate half a skewer and suppressed the nausea, and didn't vomit until dinner.
Then--
One man began his bittersweet life, eating half a candied hawthorn before meals to whet his appetite and the other half after meals to suppress his nausea.
As a result, in the near future, a young prince was given a unique nickname.
Candied hawthorn berries.
...
After two hearty meals, the gentleman's complexion returned to normal, and Shen Wan's long-held anxiety was greatly relieved, and life returned to normal.
The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and Shen Wan, having nothing else to do, was making a brocade robe for Xie Jingyan.
Just as she was busy, Dong'er came in and stood outside the beaded curtain to announce, "Your Highness, Prince An and Princess An have arrived."
Upon hearing the words "Princess Consort of An," Shen Wan's mind flashed back to her past life. She went to the Prince An's mansion to speak well of her elder brother, only to be turned away three times. On the fourth visit, the Princess Consort of An finally saw her, and her words were as sharp as knives. If it weren't for the fact that Princess Huai'an was genuinely good, and that her elder brother in her past life insisted on marrying no one but Princess Huai'an, Shen Wan would have been unwilling to deal with the Prince An's mansion.
Shen Wan couldn't understand how Princess Huai'an, who was so kind, could have such a mean and cruel mother...
If Princess Huai'an had been adopted, that would have been one thing, but she turned out to be the biological daughter of Princess An.
For the sake of her elder brother's lifelong happiness, Shen Wan suppressed the slight disgust in her heart, got up and went to greet him with her maid.
Before they even reached the second gate, they saw Steward Zhou leading Prince An and Princess An over.
Just like in her previous life, Shen Wan glanced at Prince An and then looked at Princess An, her brows furrowing.
Princess An was dressed in luxurious clothes and had a graceful demeanor. The sunlight shone on her, giving her a serene and gentle beauty, making her completely different from the sharp and harsh Princess An of her previous life.
In her previous life, Princess An was angry because her elder brother had beaten the Crown Prince of An, and refused to agree to the marriage. It was normal for her to be unfriendly to Princess An, who had come to propose marriage. In this life, without those unpleasant incidents, her attitude would definitely be more gentle. But no matter how gentle she was, a person's temperament could not change so much. Moreover, the gentleness of Princess Huai'an was exactly the same as that of Princess An now.
Shen Wan was momentarily stunned, and stopped in her tracks. Yin Shuang, finding it strange, called out, "Your Highness?"
By the time Shen Wan came to her senses, Prince An and Princess An had already arrived in front of her.
Shen Wan curtsied to them and said, "I was so engrossed in looking at her just now. Not only does Princess Huai'an look very much like Princess An, but her temperament is also very similar."
Princess An smiled and said, "Yesterday, Huai'an bumped into Princess Ling and Prince Ling on the street. Princess Ling didn't seem angry. After Huai'an returned, he praised you highly. Today, I have met you. Princess Ling is not only beautiful, but also has a first-rate temperament."
Her tone was so gentle it was almost sweet.
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