In the side room, Su Wanyan opened the door from the outside: "Did you hear everything?"
Yu Nanqing sat in a wheelchair, with Tian Zhong standing beside her.
He nodded slightly: "Mm."
Su Wanyan leaned closer to glance at his expression: "Are you unhappy?"
"No." Yu Nanqing turned her face away.
"Then why are you looking so sullen?"
Yu Nanqing remained silent, unwilling to speak.
Su Wanyan didn't indulge him and waved her hand, "Then you can keep it to yourself, I'm going back."
"You...you're not going to push me away?"
"Isn't Guard Tian here?"
"I want you to push."
"..." Su Wanyan looked at him speechlessly.
Yu Nanqing pursed her lips and looked away: "Push me back."
Her voice was weak, as if she were begging, or as if she were coaxing Su Wanyan.
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Su Wanyan sighed helplessly and walked over while muttering, "You don't treat me like a friend, yet you order me around like this every day. I'm destined to be a workaholic in front of you. You're so pretentious! Even more pretentious than me!"
Even though she kept complaining, she still gently pushed Yu Nanqing out of the side room.
Glancing at the sky, Su Wanyan said irritably, "It's still early, where do you want to go?"
Yu Nanqing's eyes brightened slightly: "I wonder if the ginkgo leaves in the Ginkgo Courtyard have fallen yet..."
Su Wanyan frowned: "The Ginkgo Courtyard is very far away..."
"Then... Xiexiang Pavilion."
"..." Su Wanyan was silent for a moment: "Let's go with Ginkgo Villa."
The lotus flowers at Xiexiang Pavilion have long since faded; now only withered lotuses remain. What's there to see?
Go check if the ginkgo trees have shed all their leaves; you might still catch the tail end of the autumn leaves falling.
“Su Wanyan…”
"Hmm?" Su Wanyan pushed him forward.
"Do you really want Su Muqing to enter the manor... or are you just trying to anger Lady Yuanning?"
He should have known.
Even if it meant defying the imperial decree, Su Muqing refused to enter Prince Gong's mansion. Although he didn't care, to others it would be a disgrace to him as a prince.
Su Wanyan is so kind; she has been treating his illness and worrying about his injuries.
How could Su Wanyan bear to reopen his wounds and rub salt into them?
However, he wanted to hear Su Wanyan tell him the answer clearly with his own ears.
Su Wanyan had previously said that if it weren't for Marquis Yuanning asking her to marry in his place, she would never have chosen the Prince Gong's Mansion under normal circumstances.
He was afraid that she might also be regretting it.
She thought how much better it would be for her if she hadn't been sent as a substitute bride and had instead entered the Prince's mansion as Su Muqing.
"Why are you dwelling on this?" Su Wanyan was speechless. "Just think about it, and you'll realize I'm just trying to make her angry!"
"Oh." As if confirmed, Yu Nanqing's lips curled up slightly.
“But Marquis Yuanning wouldn’t go to such lengths for my sake. The one who really wants to put people around you is Emperor Yuanhe. Didn’t he transfer all the guards in the manor back? Now that they’re gone, who will monitor the manor?”
Su Wanyan analyzed, "Just you wait and see, this matter is not over yet. Emperor Yuanhe will definitely use this as an excuse to send someone to you, and the person sent to the Prince's Mansion later will definitely not be a lowly soldier, but possibly a daughter of an official."
Didn't Yu Nanqing kill a maid before?
Yu Nanqing also acknowledged this point.
Adding to Zhen Yuhuai's test this time, these lowly soldiers simply cannot get past her if they want to enter the mansion.
Even if she really lets these people into the manor, don't be fooled by Yu Nanqing's gentle demeanor now. Once he sets his sights on killing, there's no stopping him. They'll all fall into Yu Nanqing's hands.
Therefore, if they wanted to place someone in Yu Nanqing's family later, it had to be a woman from an official family, someone with status and position, someone Yu Nanqing couldn't easily touch.
Upon hearing this, Yu Nanqing frowned slightly: "Aren't you angry?"
Why would I be angry?
"They're stuffing people next to me... Aren't you angry?"
"They're putting them next to you, not me, so why should I be angry?"
“…” Yu Nanqing remained silent.
He knew Su Wanyan meant nothing by it; her intentions were as clear as a spring without any impurities.
Yu Nanqing felt a little uncomfortable, but dared not ask for more.
"Are you angry?" Su Wanyan asked, noticing his unpleasant expression.
"Mmm," Yu Nanqing replied defiantly.
She won't get angry even if I make her angry.
"I just chased those two away for you, why are you so angry?"
"..."
"But if Emperor Yuanhe personally sends you a noblewoman, I won't be able to get rid of her. If you don't like her, you'll have to figure out a way to get rid of her yourself."
"Okay." He'll handle it.
A simple "hmm" was delivered, yet the tone still carried a hint of resentment.
The fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month is the Lower Yuan Festival.
On such important folk festivals, the palace would hold banquets.
Sometimes it happens during the day, sometimes at night.
Just like the last time the palace sent out invitations for the Double Ninth Festival banquet, that banquet was held during the day.
Besides the banquets in the palace, there were also many banquets held by officials and noblewomen in the capital. For example, the eldest princess held a banquet and a farewell banquet for autumn.
The noblewomen of the capital would occasionally host tea parties or flower viewing parties, which were actually just a way for them to sit together, chat, and casually arrange marriages for their children.
Young ladies from wealthy families in the capital also hold banquets, which are usually poetry banquets, song banquets, and music banquets, mainly for eating, drinking and having fun.
As for the sons of officials in the capital, they usually meet up at taverns or horse farms when they have free time.
If someone sends them an invitation to a poetry or song banquet, they generally won't refuse.
Last time, Su Wanyan refused the invitation to the Double Ninth Festival banquet without even looking at it. And this time, she did the same when the palace sent her the invitation to the Lower Yuan Festival banquet.
I made plans with Yu Nanqing today to take him to see the sky lantern parade.
The Lower Yuan Festival is traditionally believed to be the day when the Three Officials relieve people of their calamities.
The Three Officials are the Heavenly Official who bestows blessings, the Earthly Official who pardons sins, and the Water Official who relieves calamities.
On this day, the people of the capital would go to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings during the day, and at night they would carry a pole with a yellow flag and three sky lanterns on top, parading through the streets and alleys of the capital.
It symbolizes the removal of misfortune from the people.
The dragon lanterns at the last Mid-Autumn Festival were particularly spectacular, and Su Wanyan couldn't forget them after seeing them. She had a feeling that this year's sky lantern parade would not disappoint her either.
The sky lantern parade was held at night. To ensure Yu Nanqing had enough energy during the night, Su Wanyan added a suitable amount of sleeping pills to the medicine she prepared for him at noon.
After taking the medicine, Yu Nanqing slept from the afternoon until sunset.
When he woke up, Su Wanyan had already changed into a simple set of clothes, and even her hair was styled in a bun.
The first thing Yu Nanqing saw when he opened his eyes was a lightly made-up face close to his. Su Wanyan smiled at him with her big, bright eyes and asked, "Awake?"
Yu Nanqing's heart skipped a beat, and his ears instantly turned bright red. He quickly turned his face away, covered her face with his large hand, and pushed her away, saying, "You... don't get so close!"
He covered his burning face with the back of his hand, afraid that Su Wanyan would notice something was wrong.
"Ugh!" Yu Nanqing's large hand could cover her entire face, catching Su Wanyan off guard: "My makeup!"
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