His tall and slender figure was enough to make people unable to look away. In just a few steps, he had already arrived in front of Su Wanyan. He gently tugged at Su Wanyan's sleeve and spoke as if he had suffered a great injustice: "Yan'er, I can't find anyone else to accompany me to the lakeside boat."
This was also the reason why he was so bored the whole way; after asking around, not a single minister was willing to come with him.
Fortunately, it seemed the banquet was over. He smiled at Su Wanyan and asked, "Wanyan, are you going back now?"
His arrival is just in time; he can take Su Wanyan back to the manor.
Despite her gentle and pleasant voice, Su Wanyan frowned. In public, couldn't she be a little more composed? Couldn't she stop speaking in such a... affected tone?
Is this still the same Yu Nanqing who was pure and untainted by worldly affairs?
When Yu Nanqing appeared, Feng Yao's eyes lit up almost imperceptibly. Naturally, the most excited person was Yun Yi, who was standing next to her.
Before Su Wanyan could speak, Feng Yao had already clasped his hands and bowed respectfully: "I greet Prince Gong."
Yunyi opened her big eyes and curtsied with restraint and joy: "This commoner, Yunyi, greets Your Highness."
Yu Nanqing frowned: "Who is it?"
He looked at Su Wanyan: "Does Yan'er know her?"
Su Wanyan opened her mouth, about to speak, but was interrupted by Feng Yao with a smile: "Your Highness, don't you recognize this Miss Yunyi? You once saved her life."
Yu Nanqing's brows furrowed even deeper. Without even glancing at Yun Yi, he stared directly at Feng Yao, who was speaking: "I don't recognize him."
After speaking, Yu Nanqing looked at Su Wanyan again, and the impatience in his eyes instantly eased: "Yan'er is leaving?"
Su Wanyan nodded: "Mm."
Yu Nanqing took Su Wanyan's hand and walked out of the boat: "Are we going back to the manor, or are we going to have lunch?"
He paused, then added, "Together?"
He wasn't sure if Su Wanyan wanted to have lunch with him, or if she wanted to have lunch with Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan.
"Your Highness!" Yunyi mustered her courage and called out to Yu Nanqing.
She knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Five years ago, when the Great Jin Dynasty was at war with the East Sea, Wengcheng fell. It was Your Highness who led the army to support us in time, saving Wengcheng from dire straits. Your Highness, have you forgotten? My father and mother died in that war. It was Your Highness who took me in and allowed me to work in the General's Mansion. I will never forget Your Highness's life-saving grace."
Five years ago?
This little girl looks to be thirteen or fourteen years old. Five years ago, she would have been eight or nine.
Speaking of which, Yu Nanqing saved Xiao Chensheng seven or eight years ago?
It was less than two or three years apart.
Thinking of this, Su Wanyan suddenly smiled, her expression full of relief. Her big boy was indeed a kind-hearted person, going everywhere to save people.
However, compared to Su Wanyan's relief, Yu Nanqing frowned and looked back at Yun Yi kneeling on the ground, as if he did indeed have a slight impression of her.
but……
There was more than one person left in the general's mansion at that time, so how could he know which one Yunyi was?
"Hmm." Yu Nanqing finally responded, but his voice was indifferent, and his expression was three parts doubt and four parts melancholy. He nodded: "I understand."
After saying this, he took Su Wanyan's hand and continued walking out of the cabin.
Feng Yao called out, "Miss Yunyi has traveled all the way to the capital, is it alright for the Prince to just leave her hanging like this?"
Yu Nanqing turned around coldly, but before she could speak, Su Wanyan's voice rang out first: "Miss Feng Yao, Miss Yun Yi."
Su Wanyan smiled innocently, but her words were cold and distant: "I really dislike it when others interrupt me, and I don't like being interrupted when I'm about to speak. Miss Feng Yao and Miss Yun Yi have done this more than once. I don't care who you are or where you come from, but this is the capital city. You don't want to make a trip to the government office, do you?"
"..." Feng Yao frowned immediately.
Yunyi was startled and quickly kowtowed: "This commoner knows her sins. This commoner did not mean to offend the Prince and the Empress. I beg the Empress to forgive me."
Feng Yao's expression brightened instantly, and he bowed respectfully in accordance with Yun Yi's words: "It was my fault for being so rude, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Su Wanyan rolled her eyes at the two of them, then grabbed Yu Nanqing's arm and said, "Let's go."
Yu Nanqing's eyes were full of tenderness as she obediently followed.
Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan, of course, were not so blind; they said goodbye to Su Wanyan as soon as they got off the boat in the middle of the lake.
Su Wanyan didn't want to stop them, so she just said that the three of them could meet up again next time.
It was lunchtime, and Su Wanyan and Yu Nanqing did not return to the mansion. Instead, they went to Fubaolou. When Chen Wanfu saw his boss arrive, he called a waiter to take charge of the counter and then strode briskly to the kitchen.
As soon as she entered the top-tier room, Su Wanyan went around the screen and plopped down on the bed with a sigh.
Seeing this, Yu Nanqing turned around and closed the door, while Qiu Ye and the others tactfully stood guard at the door.
Beyond the screen, Yu Nanqing saw Su Wanyan's face buried in the pillow, her body lying motionless. He stepped forward, lifted her shoulders, and frowned: "Yan'er, get up quickly. How can you breathe with your face buried so tightly?"
"..." Su Wanyan was grabbed by the shoulder and forcibly turned around by him.
She looked at Yu Nanqing speechlessly: "It was only for a short while. I can't hold my breath. You turned me over, and the hairpin on my head hit the back of my head and made me feel uncomfortable."
It wasn't that I was using a hairpin to prop up my head; it was just that my hair was resting on my head, which raised my entire head and made it very awkward to lie down.
"Get up, I'll help Yan'er untie it."
Su Wanyan turned her face away: "I don't want to get up."
Yu Nanqing's brows twitched slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly half-reclined next to Su Wanyan: "Wanyan, are you in a bad mood?"
Su Wanyan is not someone who complains of being tired easily. Although she occasionally takes a nap, she is usually busy in the afternoon after finishing her morning work, and it is rare for her to lie down and not want to get up.
Yu Nanqing guessed it was related to what happened at the lakeside pavilion earlier: "Were you harassed by someone? Was it that Feng Yao and Yun Yi?"
When Yu Nanqing arrived, Qin Shushen's matter had already been resolved. He wanted to stick close to Su Wanyan as soon as they met, so he didn't have time to find out everything about Su Wanyan at the lakeside pavilion.
Su Wanyan was indeed in a bad mood, but it had little to do with Feng Yao and Yun Yi. She sighed and said, "Yu Nanqing, aren't we wielding a bit too much power?"
"Hmm?" Yu Nanqing didn't quite understand what Su Wanyan meant. "Doesn't Yan'er think it's good?"
"Of course not." Su Wanyan rolled over, rested her face on Yu Nanqing's chest, and said listlessly, "The headdress is uncomfortable."
Yu Nanqing smiled and gently stroked her hair with his slender fingers, carefully removing the hairpins one by one.
"I ran into Qin Shushen today."
Yu Nanqing frowned slightly because Qin Shushen and Yan'er were in a bad mood.
The thought had barely formed in his mind when Su Wanyan's voice rang out: "Don't guess wildly, it's not true."
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