Chen Weiwan looked at Xiao Yu in surprise, but he spread his hands innocently and said, "I made this for my nephew, but who would have thought it would be stolen by a thief."
"You, you!" The Queen pointed at Xiao Yu and laughed until she couldn't breathe. "You must have put it in a conspicuous place on purpose, waiting for her to steal it, right?"
Coming out of Changchun Palace, Shen Weiwan couldn't help but ask Xiao Yu: "How did your toy happen to be stolen by her?"
Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow and leaned close to her ear, lowering his voice. "Of course, I anticipated her greed. On that shelf in the warehouse, the pigskin raft is the most ostentatious, even tied with a gold ribbon."
"The eyes on the raft..."
"Why do you think," Xiao Yu said with a sly smile, "that the painting is so silly, and somewhat similar to Lin Wanrou's silly look?"
Shen Weiwan laughed out loud and punched him: "Your Highness is so bad!"
The two walked through the path lined with albizzia trees, the setting sun stretching their shadows long. Shen Weiwan suddenly remembered that at this moment in her past life, she was still deeply moved by her cousin's false concern. Now, she was able to play Green Tea around, and there was a black-bellied prince by her side. Her heart was suddenly filled with warmth.
"Your Highness," she suddenly stopped, "Do you think Lin Wanrou will give up after this?"
Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow, a hint of mischief flashing in his eyes: "Don't worry, I have someone send a 'big gift' to her mansion. I guarantee that after seeing it, she will never dare to step into the palace again."
"What kind of gift?"
"The secret cannot be revealed." Xiao Yu kept it a secret. "You will know tomorrow."
Sure enough, the next morning, Chuntao ran into the yard breathlessly, laughing so hard that she couldn't straighten her back: "Miss! Listen! Something happened in Minister Lin's mansion—"
Lin Wanrou had gotten up that morning, dressing, and had just opened the door when she screamed. She saw the entire yard filled with inflatable pigskin rafts, some as large as millstones, some as small as porcelain bowls. Each raft had a mournful face painted in red ink, its features bearing a striking resemblance to Lin Wanrou's. Even more outrageous, each had a wooden sign proclaiming "Miss Lin's Exclusive Life Raft." She was so enraged she collapsed on the spot. A doctor diagnosed her with heart palpitations and sent her back to her country home that night. She never appeared in the capital again.
After hearing this, Shen Weiwan laughed so hard that she fell onto the couch, pointing out the window and unable to straighten her back. "Your Highness's move 'Ten Thousand Rafts Returning to the Origin' is truly amazing! I'm afraid it will make Lin Wanrou have nightmares about pigskin rafts for the rest of her life!"
As he was speaking, Xiao Yu walked in with a food box. Inside was a candied haws with osmanthus honey, newly released from the West Market. The sugar coating was crystal clear in the sunlight. "To deal with Green Tea, you have to use her own stupid tricks to hit her in the face." He handed the candied haws to Shen Weiwan, and his fingertips brushed the back of her hand. "Try it, it's coated with three layers of osmanthus honey."
Shen Weiwan bit down a hawthorn, and the sweet and sour taste of hawthorn mixed with the fragrance of osmanthus melted on her tongue. She looked at the undisguised doting in Xiao Yu's eyes, and suddenly felt that the sweet and sour taste of this life was far more worth cherishing than the bitterness of her previous life.
"Your Highness," she suddenly said, her voice soft and sticky, "If there's any more poisonous tea or bad words from me, will you still help me?"
Xiao Yu reached out and rubbed the top of her head, his movements as gentle as brushing a feather. "Of course." A deep smile flashed in his eyes. "I may not have any other skills, but I'm more than capable of clearing out the green tea and supporting you."
Sunlight streamed in through the window lattice, landing on their clasped hands. Shen Weiwan looked at Xiao Yu and suddenly felt that no matter how many difficulties and dangers lay ahead, as long as he was by her side, those green tea and white lotus who tried to make trouble would ultimately be nothing more than a joke in their lives. After all, she was the most skilled daughter-in-law in the capital at digging holes, and he was the most skilled prince at filling them. Together, this pair was a formidable force no one could afford to offend.
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