He looked at Yu Nanqing: "Why is he unhappy?"
There was no conflict this time, and no sarcastic remarks; it was just a normal exchange.
"I don't know." Yu Nanqing had no idea: "I know even less about him than Yan'er does."
"Strange person." But Xiao Chensheng was strange to begin with, so Su Wanyan didn't think too much about it and pulled Yu Nanqing: "Let's go, let's go back to the manor."
Then he realized what he had just said and looked around: "Nobody heard what I just said, right?"
This is the palace, isn't her reaction a bit slow?
"It's alright," Yu Nanqing said with a smile. "Tanaka and Kobu are watching over things."
Su Wanyan nodded, then seemed to remember something: "By the way, when you discovered the fireflies earlier, did you have something to say? Did I interrupt you?"
“…” Yu Nanqing hesitated for a moment, then chuckled: “No.”
Let's do it later.
Let him spend a little more time with her.
The next day, early morning.
Su Wanyan got up a little late today; Yu Nanqing had already gone to the morning court session.
Before going to the morning court, he prepared breakfast for Su Wanyan and instructed Qiuye and Huangye to keep it warm.
Perhaps because I had a very enjoyable chat with Yu Nanqing in bed last night, I accidentally went to bed a little late, which is why I rarely stayed in bed today.
When she got up, it was already half an hour later than usual.
As she groggily sat up in bed, Su Wanyan suddenly sighed, "It's so nice not having to go to work."
No need to go to work, no need to go to school, no need to rush to class, and you can get up whenever you want every day. What an amazing life!
As far as she knew, the women in other households, whether married or unmarried, were required to pay their respects to the mistress of the house morning and evening. And the mistress of the house was also required to pay her respects to the elders of the older generation.
After Yu Nanqing went to court, she was all alone in the Prince Gong's Mansion. Although it was a bit deserted, she felt really comfortable.
"Your Highness." Qiu Ye and Huang Ye brought in hot water for washing up. "You're awake?"
Su Wanyan threw off the covers and got out of bed: "Has the Prince gone to court?"
Despite attending court for so many days, Emperor Yuanhe never considered giving Yu Nanqing an official position, not even a sinecure.
In fact, Emperor Yuanhe's actions were somewhat intended to humiliate Yu Nanqing.
Fortunately, that wasn't Yu Nanqing's purpose.
Now that the envoy from the East Sea has arrived in the Great Jin, Yu Nanqing cannot simply ignore it.
Su Wanyan thought for a moment and asked, "Is Xiaobu here?"
"He's outside. Would Your Majesty like to call him in?"
Su Wanyan quickly finished washing up and changing her clothes, then waved her hand and said, "Call them in, call them in."
A short while later, Huang Ye was setting out breakfast inside when Qiu Ye came in from outside with small steps.
She stepped forward with small steps and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty."
Su Wanyan asked, "Do you know when and where the envoys from other countries besides the East China Sea arrived?"
"Your Highness will have to ask Uncle Wang about this." Messages sent to the study usually go through Wang Zhang, and since he's currently focused on protecting Su Wanyan, the Prince hasn't contacted him for quite some time.
"Never mind, it's not really that important." If they have ulterior motives, they'll show themselves sooner or later.
She began by asking, "Is there a map of the country?"
"Does Your Highness mean a map of the country's territory? Which country's map does Your Highness want?"
"Bring me all the maps of the territories you know."
Xiao Bu hesitated for a moment, then lowered her eyes and accepted the order: "Yes."
“And…” Su Wanyan added, “If you can find any books about their royal family members, please find them for me as well.”
Xiao Bu hesitated before asking, "Your Majesty...which country do you want?"
"Everything you know."
"..." Xiao Bu hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
How is he supposed to find it?
Let alone all of them, it would be difficult to find even one country.
But he didn't say anything in the end, just said "Yes" and left.
She had previously looked at a map of the Great Jin Dynasty because she planned to leave the capital. She knew very little about the countries outside of the Great Jin Dynasty and planned to learn about them when needed.
Now that their envoys have arrived, she takes the opportunity to investigate and do her homework in advance.
There is a library in the Prince Gong's Mansion. Originally, there were very few books in it. Later, Su Wanyan would buy books and put them in the library after she finished reading them.
To live up to the name of the library, Wang Zhang had people collect books of all kinds, from astronomy and geography to humanities, as well as many publicly available volumes from the Great Jin Dynasty. Wang Zhang would collect them and put them in the library.
The library also had a dedicated manager, with maids and servants assigned to it, and it was cleaned and tidied up every few days.
The library has been completely renovated and is no longer the dilapidated place Su Wanyan once saw.
The library does have maps of the territory, but there are very few books that record the royal families of other countries. After all, these are matters of other countries and involve the royal families, so such books would certainly not easily flow into the Great Jin.
After searching for a long time, Xiao Bu finally found the maps of the territories of various countries.
However, there was no list of members of royal families from other countries, but there was a book about foreign countries, which described the customs and traditions of other countries. Su Wanyan thought it was better than nothing, so she asked Xiaobu to leave the book behind.
The maps of each country's territory were separate and not connected. Su Wanyan had Xiaobu piece all the maps together so that she could see the full picture of the country's territory.
Originally, apart from Xining, the three countries of Donghai, Nanguo, and Beiyue were closely surrounding the Great Jin, while Xining was like an independent entity located to the west of the Great Jin.
Besides these major countries that are well-known, there are actually some smaller countries in the surrounding area. Calling them small countries is not quite accurate; they are more like ethnic groups that do not belong to any country.
Because they are organized by race, they generally do not participate in wars between major powers. However, war inevitably affects them. In Xiaobu's words, these scattered, independent races mostly survive in the cracks.
Of course, there have been instances in history where people were granted amnesty and surrendered, and those who submitted could naturally become allies of powerful nations, but not all races desired this outcome.
Su Wanyan was engrossed in her research when Wang Zhang entered from outside the courtyard: "Your Majesty."
Su Wanyan snapped out of her daze, looked up and saw Wang Zhang. She sensed that something was about to happen again, and asked curiously, "Master Wang?"
Wang Zhanggong said, "Miss Yunyi is requesting an audience outside the mansion. She says she has come to repay the money."
"Oh, right." Su Wanyan remembered the palace banquet last night and said, "It would be fine if we got the money back, but the person just disappeared."
“But…” Wang Zhang hesitated.
Su Wanyan was taken aback when she saw this: "What's wrong?"
“Right now, Miss Yunyi is crying outside the mansion, her face streaked with tears. This old servant… cannot send her away.”
If it had been a strong male servant or a normal maid, it would have been fine, but the girl who came was simply stopped at the gate by the guards, who didn't even say a word to her, and she just cried uncontrollably.
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