Taking advantage of the pause in Dai Zhiwan's speech, Su Wanyan glanced back at the people who had just been discussing Zhen Yuhuai and Su Muqing, who were also two women who had come out to look at jewelry together.
She looked only thirteen or fourteen years old.
By this time, the two had already walked far away.
Xu Yixuan seemed to see through Su Wanyan's thoughts and asked, "Is Your Highness concerned about the Yuanning Marquis's residence?"
Ultimately, Su Wanyan is also a member of the Marquis of Yuanning's household, so it's impossible for her not to care.
Su Wanyan smiled and said, "It was just a bit of a surprise."
Dai Zhiwan covered her lips and lowered her voice: "I know about this. After Marquis Yuanning talked with the Emperor in the Imperial Study in the morning, the Grand Secretary went to the Dali Temple prison in the afternoon. A few days after that, Marquis Yuanning's wife committed suicide."
The Grand Chancellor refers to Su Shiyan.
These things are all done openly, not in secret. You can find out by asking around.
"Did Su Muqing really die from illness?" Su Wanyan also lowered her voice in a low voice.
“Who knows? It’s easy to kill someone in prison, and the reason doesn’t matter,” Dai Zhiwan said.
Su Wanyan nodded upon hearing this, seemingly having guessed what was going on.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of this red jade earlobe?" Xu Yixuan changed the subject.
Su Wanyan and Dai Zhiwan quickly and tactfully changed the subject. Dai Zhiwan spoke first, "That's right, Your Highness, do you want it? If not, I'll take it."
Su Wanyan chuckled: "Then you take it."
Dai Zhiwan readily agreed and told the shopkeeper, "Wrap it up."
Dai Zhiwan appears to be a gentle and generous type, but once you get to know her, you'll find that she's as lively as a child, and she's completely different in public and in private.
Xu Yixuan is like a caring older sister, speaking in a gentle and delicate voice. When encountering inappropriate topics, she will allow for a few words of discussion, and when she feels that it's about time, she will naturally change the subject without making people feel awkward.
Su Wanyan felt very comfortable being with the two of them.
"Why isn't Your Highness buying anything?" Dai Zhiwan asked curiously. "Is there no style you like?"
After shopping for so long, she and Xu Yixuan bought a few things, but Su Wanyan just picked them up and looked at them without any intention of buying them.
Su Wanyan pursed her lips: "Hmm, there isn't anyone I like at first sight."
The styles seem similar, and it's not that they're not exquisite, but I just feel... they should be more luxurious and gorgeous.
Could it be because Yu Nanqing gave her such a nice gift that it raised her standards?
Upon hearing this, Xu Yixuan smiled and said, "There is a Linglong Pavilion in the capital. All the items produced by Linglong Pavilion are treasures. Perhaps the gold hairpins and jade ornaments inside can catch Your Majesty's eye."
“But the things inside are very expensive.” Dai Zhiwan looked embarrassed. “Yixuan and I have been there twice, but I can’t bear to part with my money.”
Upon hearing this, Su Wanyan couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile: "If you can't bear to part with it, then I certainly can't bear to part with it either."
Xu Yixuan smiled slightly. It wasn't that she was reluctant to part with her money, but now that both families had lost power, they couldn't afford to spend recklessly.
Knowing Dai Zhiwan's temperament, the Changguo Duke's Mansion deliberately tightened her monthly allowance so that she wouldn't attract attention outside.
"I heard from my grandmother that there will be foreign dancers performing at the Lakeside Pavilion on the tenth day of the sixth lunar month. Would Your Highness be interested in going to see them?" After leaving the jewelry store, the three of them walked slowly down the street, and Dai Zhiwan asked this question.
Xu Yixuan: "..."
"Foreign tribes?"
"Yes, I've heard she has blonde hair and blue eyes, and is as beautiful as a fairy. Many young men in the capital go to see her. Does Your Highness want to go? If so, I'll have someone reserve a private seat for you."
"See, it's you who wanted to see this," Xu Yixuan said reproachfully.
"You don't want to watch?" Dai Zhiwan asked her back.
Xu Yixuan shook her head: "I don't want to watch."
"Good sister." Dai Zhiwan immediately took her hand and began to act coquettishly: "Go ahead, I'll go with you and the Empress, the three of us will go together."
Xu Yixuan smiled helplessly: "The Empress hasn't even spoken yet, and you're already making decisions for us."
Dai Zhiwan turned back to Su Wanyan and asked, "Does Your Highness wish to go?"
His expression conveyed a cautious intimacy, yet he dared not be too unrestrained.
It seemed to be a test of Su Wanyan's tolerance level.
Su Wanyan understood, since she wasn't very familiar with the two of them yet, and smiled, "It wouldn't hurt to go and take a look."
"Okay, I'll go back and have someone make a reservation."
"It's still early until the tenth of June, there's no need to rush," Xu Yixuan reminded her.
"If we book the table early, we won't have to worry about it anymore."
After leaving the jewelry store, the three went to a silk shop, where two of them bought several bolts of brocade in this year's popular styles.
After leaving the silk shop, the two accompanied Su Wanyan to a ceramics shop, but it wasn't a famous one; it was the one she usually went to, and they went to the workshop in the backyard to choose.
Because unusually defective products are generally not sold.
Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan then realized that Su Wanyan had such a hobby.
The three of them not only had a great time, but also made a promise to visit the lakeside boat again next time. Thinking about this, Dai Zhiwan was still a little reluctant to leave.
Having already boarded the carriage, she suddenly leaned out of the window and called out, "Your Majesty!"
Su Wanyan had already boarded the carriage. Hearing Dai Zhiwan's voice, she lifted the curtain of the carriage window and saw her happily calling out, "Why don't you come to my residence next time, Your Highness? It's been so long since anyone has come to visit, I'm really bored."
Su Wanyan returned a smile: "Okay, if I have time, definitely."
This is not something she can decide.
The Prince Gong's Mansion and the Duke of Changguo's Mansion had barely made contact before they reached the point of a formal visit; the progress was far too fast.
This behavior was as if telling Emperor Yuanhe that, yes, the Prince Gong's Mansion and the Duke of Changguo's Mansion were having an affair, and that he was absolutely right and should be on guard against them.
They made almost no attempt to cover it up.
The connection with Prince Gong's Mansion was kept secret from Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan by both dukes. Dai Zhiwan was slow to react and hadn't thought about it yet, but Xu Yixuan had already vaguely sensed something was amiss.
The matter of the lakeside boat that Dai Zhiwan mentioned today was actually something her family had mentioned to her before, but she hadn't taken it to heart.
Firstly, because they never appear in crowded places, and secondly, because they didn't say anything else.
But when Dai Zhiwan mentioned this matter just now, she felt that it was too coincidental, as if she was deliberately leading them to invite Princess Gong.
Otherwise, why bring up the lakeside boat out of the blue? They don't usually go there.
And last Dragon Boat Festival, her second brother and Jin'an's eldest brother even made a special trip to come out for such a small matter, just to thank Prince Gong.
What's on the lakeside boat?
Or is it just about letting them continue to befriend Su Wanyan?
Xu Yixuan hesitated, feeling a heavy weight in her heart.
Is what they're doing no different from using Su Wanyan?
Without this benefit, they wouldn't be able to befriend Su Wanyan.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Dai Zhiwan's voice came from beside me in the silence.
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