Wang Zhang stepped forward and handed over a stack of visiting cards: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, these are the visiting cards we received today from various prominent families in the capital. This old servant should not be disturbing you at this time, but among them are cards from Miss Dai and Miss Xu."
Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan.
Su Wanyan hurriedly called out, "Bring it over quickly."
Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan had not been in contact for a long time because she had left the capital under the pretense of disappearance.
She was planning to rest today and then visit the Duke's mansion tomorrow, but they sent her a visiting card first.
Qiu Ye took the stack of visiting cards and presented them to Su Wanyan. She noticed that the top two were the cards from Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan.
Su Wanyan flipped through the pages excitedly.
Yu Nanqing didn't disturb her, but quietly served her the dishes.
"Zhiwan and Yixuan invited me to admire the plum blossoms at Qinxue Garden tomorrow." As she spoke, she suddenly looked at Yu Nanqing: "Oh dear, but I didn't bring them any gifts back."
On the way back to Beijing, I bought some small items in the towns I passed through, but they were all ordinary things.
Su Wanyan didn't buy those gold ornaments and jade bracelets because she felt they would be too much trouble to carry around. Besides, if they were to request a fiefdom as Yu Nanqing suggested, they would have to move around a lot afterward.
Su Wanyan said with annoyance, "I didn't think of it for a moment. I should have brought them some local specialties."
specialty?
Yu Nanqing thought for a moment and said, "Fuzhou water bracelets are extremely famous. If Yan'er wants to send some, she can find some good ones to send to the capital after she goes to Fuzhou."
"Sigh, it's good, but it takes too long to get here."
Su Wanyan accepted the two invitations: "The remaining invitations are yours."
“Okay.” Yu Nanqing replied readily, “Leave it to me.”
Prince Gong's Mansion is currently enjoying great influence, and people will surely come to make connections in droves. The visiting cards sent by Wang Zhang must have been carefully selected.
Even so, there was still a huge stack of them. Not only that, but before Yu Nanqing left the capital, the threshold of Prince Gong's mansion would probably be worn down by all the footsteps.
"Oh, right." Su Wanyan had just taken a bite of quail meat when she seemed to remember something and said, "I didn't see Prime Minister Liu in the hall just now. Instead, Su Shiyan was sitting in his seat. Do you know what happened?"
Yu Nanqing ladled soup for Su Wanyan: "The Noble Consort Xian has ambitions to seize the throne, so Prime Minister Liu will naturally be suppressed by the Empress Dowager."
"Was Prime Minister Liu dismissed from his post?"
"Since the Empress Dowager has just taken office and it is not yet legitimate, she will not impulsively take action against Prime Minister Liu. Otherwise, all the officials would write letters to condemn her, and the Empress Dowager would suffer more losses than gains. It should be that Prime Minister Liu retreated in order to advance and kept his official hat."
If Prime Minister Liu were to confront the Empress Dowager head-on, he would gain nothing. However, if he were to request to resign, the Empress Dowager would still consider Prime Minister Liu's merits and the opinions of the ministers, and would only allow him to go home to rest, without actually dismissing him from his post.
But how long they need to rest, nobody knows.
"That Noble Consort Naxian..."
"The Virtuous Consort naturally wanted to keep the peace in the inner palace."
Su Wanyan nodded, indicating that she understood: "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Back when I first entered the palace, Consort Xian was so arrogant. She even looked down on you."
So she deserved it.
Su Wanyan secretly chirped.
Yu Nanqing smiled and casually fed Su Wanyan a spoonful of stewed soup.
Su Wanyan took a sip and continued, "If Su Shiyan becomes the prime minister, won't the Marquis of Yuanning's mansion rise to prominence? I didn't see the Marquis of Yuanning at today's welcome-home banquet, only Su Shiyan."
Yu Nanqing's brows twitched slightly: "Does Yan'er not want the Marquis of Yuanning's mansion to prosper?"
“Hmm—” Su Wanyan thought for a moment: “Actually, I don’t care about them now. At first, it was because Su Muqing and Zhen Yuhuai kept bothering me that I disliked the Yuanning Marquis’s Mansion.”
After thinking about it, she felt it wasn't quite right: "Actually, I felt from the beginning that I had already cut ties with them. I'm very gentle, and if they don't bother me, I don't have any hatred towards them."
Su Wanyan was a transmigrator. Perhaps she did harbor hatred towards the Marquis of Yuanning's mansion at first, but after her journey to the frontier, witnessing so many deaths and so many people shedding blood and tears to win the war, she could no longer clearly remember her initial hatred for the Marquis of Yuanning's mansion.
After distancing myself from trouble, I think more about the future.
Rather than dwelling on this trivial matter, she felt that what she would do in the future would make her life more meaningful and fulfilling.
"Mmm." Yu Nanqing agreed with this; his Yan'er was indeed very gentle.
"Oh, there's something else. Xiao Chensheng has disappeared. Have you seen him?" Su Wanyan asked.
Yu Nanqing frowned, a hint of jealousy rising in her heart: "No."
Why would they want to see him? He is the master of Hundred Nether Valley, and his abilities are greater than they imagined.
Yu Nanqing was unhappy and put a large piece of meat on Su Wanyan's plate: "Yan'er, eat more."
Su Wanyan looked at the small bowl full, hesitated for a moment, then picked it up and stuffed it directly into her mouth.
Yu Nanqing felt a sudden urgency: "Yan'er, slow down."
Honestly, why is he getting angry with Yan'er? He should have broken it open before putting it in her bowl. What if she chokes?
"Then why are you throwing a tantrum?" Su Wanyan glanced at him irritably.
Yu Nanqing felt a tightness in his chest, unaware that she had noticed. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything for a moment.
Su Wanyan patiently explained, "Whether in Wengcheng or Chengdao, Xiao Chensheng has helped me a lot. Perhaps he is not a good person outside, but after spending so much time with him, he has taught me a lot. When General Lü invaded Chengdao, Xiao Chensheng disappeared afterwards, so it is normal for me to ask about it."
It's normal for Xiao Chensheng to disappear for ten days or half a month at a time, but to be out of sight for so long, even though I know nothing bad will happen to him, I'm still a little worried.
She's not a stone; how could we have spent so much time together and not have any feelings for each other?
Yu Nanqing pursed her lips, suppressing the jealousy in her heart, and gave a deep "hmm".
After a long pause, he added, "I will send someone to inquire about it."
If only Yan'er wanted to know.
Su Wanyan smiled and said, "I was just asking casually. I didn't mean for you to inquire about it. It's not our place to interfere in other people's business, is it?"
Moreover, she had a gut feeling that Xiao Chensheng would reappear.
The two ate in the room and chatted casually, with Su Wanyan doing most of the talking and Yu Nanqing listening.
November 5th, Qinxue Garden.
Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan have already booked the entire Qinxue Garden.
When Su Wanyan arrived, she saw Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan sitting opposite each other under the eaves of the corridor. There was light tea and liquor on the table, and a charcoal stove was burning next to them for warmth.
The garden is a plum grove garden, where plum blossoms have already bloomed, adorned with ice crystals that had formed overnight, reflecting the warm winter sun, making it feel like stepping into a fairyland.
Upon seeing Su Wanyan arrive, Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan couldn't help but stand up.
"Wanyan!" Dai Zhiwan arrived before Su Wanyan first. Perhaps she was too excited, for she belatedly remembered to bow. She stopped in her tracks and curtsied, "This humble woman, Dai Zhiwan, greets Your Majesty..."
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