Sure enough, the Crown Prince arrived shortly afterward.
"Greetings, Your Highness." Yan Nangui stood up and said.
The Crown Prince held the umbrella himself, followed by Yun Ji. He wore a long black robe and a black cloak embroidered with gold thread. He stepped onto the pavilion in a few steps and then tossed the umbrella to Yun Ji.
"Sit down." He waved his hand and sat down first.
Yan Nangui smiled, thinking to himself that the Crown Prince wasn't in a very good mood.
There's no nonsense to say today.
Pour him a cup of hot tea and hand it to him.
Shu Chengfeng took the drink and said, "It's cold, and you're still recovering. Why did you come here?"
"Coming out of the main courtyard, I suddenly saw snow like this and wanted to take a look," Yan Nangui said with a smile.
"You should also take care of your health," Shu Chengfeng said.
Whether these words were polite or out of concern is not important.
The wild geese returning south are merely a response to a single sentence.
"Is Your Highness cold?" Yan Nangui reached out and touched Shu Chengfeng's hand, and sure enough, it was cold.
"What? If you're cold, go back to your place and enjoy the snow." Shu Chengfeng took her hand.
“Alright. Then I’ll have someone prepare a meal, and at noon we’ll drink wine while enjoying the snow.” Yan Nangui stood up.
Shu Chengfeng didn't nod, but simply led her to Jiyue Pavilion.
Inside Jiyue Pavilion, Chanyi, who had run back earlier, had someone prepare things.
When the time was almost right, the banquet was indeed set out.
The door was open to enjoy the snow, and a brazier was burning beside me. It wasn't very warm, but it wasn't too cold either.
Not to mention nowadays, the doors to the main hall of the courtyard are never closed when people pay their respects in the morning.
The same applies to banquets in the palace; the doors are never closed.
So, people are used to it.
Shu Chengfeng didn't feel like talking much today, but he did appear easygoing and refined.
The geese returning south are not noisy; they simply do what they are supposed to do.
After lunch, the two sat facing each other, drinking tea and admiring the snow. It was quite a comfortable scene.
At this moment, Shu Chengfeng was indeed quite content staying by himself; in the past, when he was in a bad mood, he would stay by himself.
Because no woman could be so quiet.
Although Su was intelligent, she knew not to speak when she shouldn't.
But her ease and quietness were feigned. He knew it perfectly well.
He didn't mind, as long as it was quiet enough.
But only today did he realize the difference...
So this is what true peace and quiet is: another person immersed in their own thoughts.
Instead of someone who seems to be doing their own thing but is constantly watching you.
It's hard to say which one is definitely good or bad, but when you need quiet but don't want to be alone, Yan Nan Gui is just right.
"What is Tang'er thinking about?" The more she thought about it, the less upset she felt gradually disappeared, and she became curious instead.
"I was thinking, is today the day my third sister returns home? It must be hard on her in this heavy snow. And then I remembered that the eldest princess dislikes snowy days the most."
I often heard her complain when she was at home.
They even mocked those who enjoyed the snow, finding them pretentious and utterly boring.
Shu Chengfeng laughed: "Is Tang'er so vengeful?"
"Your Highness," Yan Nangui called out to him, her smile fading, "My birth mother, Lady Lan, died under suspicious circumstances."
Shu Chengfeng stopped laughing and pulled her into his arms: "I know what Tang'er wants."
"The Lan family, like the Ye and Ning families, was originally a first-rank duke. However, because my maternal grandfather only had two daughters and no close brothers, he did not adopt any sons. Thus, the dukedom was lost. My mother was the second daughter of the Duke of Lan. She should have been of noble birth. Marrying into the Yan family would have been a good match. Unfortunately, my maternal grandfather passed away early."
"His Majesty gave my younger sister to my father as a concubine. However, my birth mother passed away a few years later. I was three years old that year. Two years later, my wet nurse died of poisoning. On her deathbed, she tried almost every means to see me one last time. She only had time to tell me that my mother was murdered. Before she could finish, she was interrupted by the people who arrived."
At that time, the original owner was still young, only five years old. She was terrified and fell ill, and then forgot everything after recovering.
Ke Yan Nan Gui will never forget; she knows everything about the original owner of this body.
Regardless of how Lan died, isn't it suspicious that her own wet nurse was poisoned?
"After that, the people my mother left behind either died or left. The people around my second brother and me have also changed several times." Yan Nangui shook her head: "I've forgotten some things from my childhood. However, when the Meng family faced life and death in an instant, I came to my senses. As a daughter, I should at least know how my birth mother died."
Shu Chengfeng thought of his elder brother, Shu Changfeng.
He sighed inwardly, understanding the messy state of the Yan family's affairs.
So he pulled her closer: "In the Dayan Dynasty, there are no equal wives. Only concubines."
This is his definition, and naturally... it is also his promise.
“Those who have been wronged should naturally be exonerated.” Yan Nangui laughed again at this moment.
Shu Chengfeng released one hand and lifted her chin: "It's time to go on the inspection in a few days. How about I take you?"
"Your Highness! I am not well and cannot bear the cold. Please, Your Highness, spare me. If Your Highness still remembers me next year, I will go with you next year." Yan Nangui shook his hand.
Shu Chengfeng smiled and didn't insist.
He knew this woman all too well; she didn't want to go.
But my reluctance to go is definitely not due to any health issues.
She simply didn't want to be the target. She knew very well that as long as she didn't make a mistake, she would always be favored.
There was no need to go out for a few days, yet the people in the backyard were worried about it.
Too smart, so smart it's... a bit annoying.
So, Shu Chengfeng lowered his head and bit her ear...
Yan Nangui struggled to get up and argued with him for quite a while.
Shu Chengfeng had other matters to attend to and could not stay overnight, so after arguing for a while, he got up and said, "I'll go first and come to see you another day. You need to rest for a few days, so take good care of yourself. Don't go to the garden in this kind of weather."
"Yes. See Your Highness off." Yan Nangui said with a smile.
Not long after Shu Chengfeng left, people from the front yard came again.
This time, a reward has been delivered.
A huge wooden crate was carried in, followed by two inner chambers carrying wooden boxes.
The head eunuch was surnamed Liu, and he was the second-in-command among the eunuchs in the front courtyard. He was addressed as Steward Liu.
The top leader is, of course, Yun Ji.
He said with a smile, "This is a potted plant; it can't get cold. Shall we carry it inside?"
Yan Nangui nodded and called someone into the hall.
Upon opening the large wooden box, there indeed was a large pot of flowers in excellent bloom.
It's a potted rose. The buds aren't very big, but there are seven or eight blooms, all in full bloom, and the color is silvery-red.
"This flower is called 'Pink Makeup Pavilion,' and it was cultivated in the mansion's flower room. There are only four pots of it in total! One pot was sent to the Crown Princess. One pot was sent to Consort Su. And one pot is with you."
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