Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan had lunch at the Yun family's house before taking their leave.
Yun Qi and Yun Rui saw them off from the mansion.
Shen Wan lifted the carriage curtain and looked at Yun Rui, saying, "Cousin, come visit me often when you have time."
Yunrui nodded repeatedly, "I will definitely go and keep my cousin company often to talk and relieve her boredom."
Shen Wan lowered the carriage curtain, and the servant drove the carriage away.
Almost as soon as the carriage left, Xie Jingyan reached out and pulled Shen Wan into his arms. Shen Wan wrapped her arms around his neck, but her thoughts were wandering. Seeing this, Xie Jingyan gritted his teeth and said, "You were already a little absent-minded when we were eating at the Yun family's house. Now you're still daydreaming while sitting in my lap. What are you thinking about?"
Shen Wan said, "Just now at the Yun family, I saw the longevity lock that my aunt made. It vaguely reminded me that in my previous life, after the death of Princess Huyang's son, the Grand Consort was looking for a longevity lock inlaid with gold and jade..."
Xie Jingyan's face darkened. "You've been thinking about this all this time?"
She thought about it for a long time and then gave up, but the problem was that she still couldn't quite remember what the words were engraved on the longevity lock.
Shen Wan said, "I'm just wondering why the Imperial Son-in-Law went to so much trouble to find a longevity lock..."
In her previous life, she saw the pattern of the longevity lock on Xie Jingyin's desk. However, at that time, the emperor was seriously ill and Xie Jingyin was about to ascend the throne. Neither of them took the matter of the long-lived consort looking for a longevity lock to heart. Half a year later, she heard Empress Song mention it again, which means that the long-lived consort had been looking for that longevity lock for at least half a year.
It's just a longevity lock. As the prince consort, if it's lost, it's lost. Why is it so important to find it?
Shen Wan's intuition told her that this was not a simple matter, so she forced herself to recall the pattern of the longevity lock.
Shen Wan found it strange, and Xie Jingyan felt the same way. However, seeing how hard Shen Wan was trying to recall, he said, "Don't make things difficult for yourself if you can't remember."
Shen Wan said, "I'm sure I'll remember."
Xie Jingyan chuckled, "You yourself said that the Prince Consort has been searching for at least half a year without finding it. What's the use of you remembering it now? The longevity lock isn't going to come to you."
Shen Wan, "..."
It has to be admitted that Xie Jingyan is right. If she could find something that even the eldest son-in-law couldn't find, he would be furious if he knew.
But Shen Wan couldn't suppress her curiosity and wanted to know why the Prince Consort was so determined to find that longevity lock.
Back at Moyuxuan, Shen Wan drank half a cup of tea and then fell asleep. Perhaps it was because she had been thinking about it during the day that she dreamed about it at night. No, it was broad daylight when Shen Wan dreamed about the longevity lock.
Upon waking, Shen Wan threw off the covers and got out of bed, instructing Yin Shuang, "Bring me a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone."
Silver Frost was a little confused.
Why does the princess need writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone as soon as she wakes up? What is she going to do?
Yinshuang didn't dare to ask and quickly brought over paper and pen.
Shen Wan took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, then sat down on the small couch and drew the pattern of the longevity lock.
Yinshuang stood to the side and said, "This longevity lock is really beautiful."
Haitang brought in the pastries, put down the tray, and came over to look. The more she looked, the more familiar they seemed. Haitang said, "Doctor Tao has a longevity lock that looks exactly like the one the princess painted."
Shen Wan looked at the blueprints. Longevity locks are common, but the pattern and engraved words on the longevity lock that the Prince Consort found were very special. It was supposed to be hard to find one like it.
Shen Wan looked at Haitang, "Are you sure Doctor Tao's longevity lock is exactly the same as the one I drew?"
Haitang nodded, "That day at the Yun family's wedding banquet, Yinshuang sprained her ankle and came back. Doctor Tao came to treat her sprain. When he got the ointment, he dropped the longevity lock on the ground. I helped pick it up because I was afraid it would break. I looked at it carefully and I'm sure it's exactly the same."
Not many days after this incident, Haitang reminded Shen Wan of it.
However, she didn't pay attention at the time, and didn't even know that Dr. Tao had broken a longevity lock.
Shen Wan then said, "Go find Doctor Tao and tell him I want to see his longevity lock."
Haitang agreed and went to find Doctor Tao to get the longevity lock.
Soon, Haitang brought back the longevity lock, wrapped in an embroidered handkerchief, and presented it to Shenwan for inspection.
Shen Wan picked up the longevity lock and carefully compared it with the pattern she had drawn; they were indeed exactly the same.
Shen Wan asked, "May I ask Doctor Tao where he got this longevity lock?"
Haitang then said, "Doctor Tao is here to check the princess's pulse; he's outside."
"Please invite Dr. Tao in."
Haitang went out to invite Doctor Tao.
No sooner had Doctor Tao entered the room than Xie Jingyan followed, asking Shen Wan, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Haitang invited Doctor Tao over, and Chen Feng reported this to Xie Jingyan. Xie Jingyan thought that Shen Wan had gone through a miscarriage and went back to the room to check on her.
Shen Wan shook her head. "I'm fine. I went to see Doctor Tao to ask about the longevity lock."
As she spoke, Shen Wan looked at Doctor Tao and asked, "Doctor Tao, where did you obtain this longevity lock?"
Doctor Tao said, “A few days ago, on my way back to the capital, I met a father and son hunter. The father had been bitten by a snake and was on the verge of death. I happened to be there and helped him detoxify. The father and son didn’t have any money on them, so I said I wouldn’t charge them for the consultation. The son was quite stubborn and refused to pay me. So he took off the longevity lock he was wearing around his neck and gave it to me as payment. He said he would send the consultation fee to the capital within three months to exchange it for the longevity lock.”
Doctor Tao told Shen Wan about the origin of the longevity lock, and wondered why Shen Wan was inquiring about it.
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan and said, "You might not believe it, but this is the longevity lock that the Imperial Son-in-Law is looking for."
Xie Jingyan, "..."
Xie Jingyan's lips twitched. "You're not lying to me?"
Inside the carriage, he told Shen Wan to give up, saying the longevity lock wouldn't come to her. But less than two hours later, the longevity lock that the Prince Consort had been searching for for at least half a year was in Shen Wan's hands...
Even if someone is proven wrong, it shouldn't happen this quickly, right?
Shen Wan said, "Why would I lie to you? This longevity lock is exactly the same as the one that the Prince Consort is looking for."
"If you don't believe me, you can take it and ask the eldest son-in-law."
Xie Jingyan didn't disbelieve Shen Wan; he just couldn't believe that Shen Wan was so lucky.
He took the longevity lock from Shen Wan's hand and examined it carefully. The longevity lock was finely crafted and the jade was translucent, as if it were made by a craftsman in the palace.
Xie Jingyan glanced at the sky outside the window and said, "It's too late today. Let Chen Feng ask tomorrow."
On the tree outside the window, Chen Feng was already silently preparing himself to be chased away with brooms when he went to Princess Huyang's residence.
No.
Being chased with a broom is the least of your worries.
The master has thoroughly offended both Princess Huyang and the eldest son-in-law, and now he's being sent to find the eldest son-in-law...
I'm not worried at all that the eldest son-in-law might slap him to death in a fit of anger.
It's no wonder the prince and princess were so curious. Even he, as a guard, found it very strange. It's just a longevity lock, why did the prince consort have to search for it again and again?
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