Chapter 4: Deep Love for the Prince
At night, a few oil lamps were lit in the house, but the light was still very dim.
Shen Chuwei lighted the lamp and fought at night, there was nothing she could do, she was still counting on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to order the kitchen to send meat to Xiyun Pavilion.
Xuetuan nestled beside Shen Chuwei in an extremely lazy manner, raising his noble head to stare at Shen Chuwei. His azure eyes looked even more lively and compelling under the candlelight.
Even though Shen Chuwei knew that Xuetuan was Xiao Jinyan's favorite, who would be willing to reject such a cute cat?
Seeing that Xuetuan kept looking up at her, Shen Chuwei took out the sausage from the space, unpacked it, and placed it in front of Xuetuan for it to eat slowly.
Xuetuan has eaten ham sausage many times, and as soon as he smelled it, he knew that this was the delicacy he had been craving for.
It didn't hesitate and lowered its head to start eating elegantly.
Chunxi initially looked forward to Shen Chuwei embroidering the sachet and giving it to the Crown Prince so that she could regain his favor.
When she saw the sachet embroidered by Shen Chuwei, she had a bad feeling in her heart. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw this sachet, would he directly send the master and servant to Xiaoxiang Pavilion?
"My lady, how about I embroider it for you?"
Shen Chuwei refused directly, "No, I must come in person to give something to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so that I can show my sincerity."
Chunxi was overjoyed, as the young lady finally understood and wanted to compete for favor.
She looked at the pattern curiously and asked, "My lady, what are you embroidering?"
Shen Chuwei replied without even looking up: "A smile, it represents my deep love for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
In fact, the Internet is very speechless.
Chunxi always felt that this smile was weird.
Xiao Jinyan came here to look for Xuetuan, and did not expect to hear the conversation between the master and servant.
Compared with Shen Liangdi's hypocrisy, Shen Chuwei is pretty good and did not use anyone else's tricks.
Through the gap in the window, Xiao Jinyan saw Shen Chuwei lying on the couch, embroidering diligently with an embroidery needle in her hand, while Xuetuan was lazily lying beside her.
A hint of doubt flashed across his eyes. Why was Xuetuan, who had never been close to others, close to Shen Chuwei?
Xuetuan, who was lying down peacefully, suddenly stood up, looked out of the window with his deep blue eyes, and jumped out of the window the next second.
Shen Chuwei just looked up and knew that Xuetuan was going back to Xiao Jinyan's bedroom, so she didn't care.
Xiao Jinyan held Xuetuan in his arms and walked away without staying for long.
Chunxi said in a low voice, "My lady, I am not trying to hit you, but His Majesty will definitely not be pleased if you embroider this."
Shen Chu smiled and said, "Isn't that just right? If he doesn't like it, he won't let me embroider it anymore."
Three days later, in the morning
When Shen Chu was half asleep, she heard the sound of rummaging through drawers. She squinted her eyes and saw Chunxi with half of her body sticking into the closet.
"Chunxi, what are you doing?"
Chunxi replied without even looking up: "My lady, aren't you going to see the Crown Prince today? I will find new clothes for you and put on some beautiful makeup so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will fall in love with you at first sight."
"I just went to deliver a sachet." Shen Chuwei continued to sleep with the cat pillow in her arms.
Chunxi said seriously: "My lady, Xiangbao has no hope of winning favor. I can only rely on my beauty to win the favor of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Chunxi took out a lotus pink fairy dress, pulled Shen Chuwei, who was about to go to sleep, and sat her in front of the dressing table to dress her up.
Shen Chuwei looked at the beaded boutonniere that was so heavy that she couldn't lift her head. She reached out to pull it off, but Chunxi stopped her, so she had to give up.
After packing up, Shen Chuwei took the sachet she had embroidered and went to the Crown Prince's bedroom accompanied by Chunxi.
On the way, Shen Chuwei took advantage of Chunxi's inattention, pulled out a pink pearl flower and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket, and then pulled out a golden shawl and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket.
Phew! Much easier.
When she arrived at the prince's bedroom, there were only two or three silk flowers left on her hair.
As soon as Shen Chuwei stepped into the prince's bedroom, he found many beauties inside.
Xu Liangyuan saw Shen Chuwei, and a hint of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes, "Isn't this Miss Shen? Is Xiyun Pavilion okay?"
Chunxi reminded quietly: "My lady, this is Xu Liangyuan, she is of higher status than you, you must show respect."
Shen Chu bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Sister Xu, for your concern. I am very happy living in Xiyun Pavilion."
Xu Liangyuan snorted in her heart. Are you happy living in a remote yard? You are really good at pretending!
She glanced at Chang Liangdi who was not far away, and suddenly smiled and reminded: "Sister Shen, you pushed Sister Chang into the water, and Sister Chang let bygones be bygones. Shouldn't you apologize to Sister Chang and thank her?"
"Sister Xu is right. Sister Chang is very generous and pleaded for you in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Otherwise, you would have been demoted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and imprisoned in Xiaoxiang Pavilion."
Feng Liangyuan walked out from the peony bushes arm in arm with Chang Liangdi, talking as they did so. They were wearing yellow and pink fairy dresses, and they looked like two butterflies in the bushes, flapping their wings and slowly approaching.
Chang Liangdi covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice. "You can't blame Sister Shen for falling into the water. It's my fault that I was so light that I fell into the water with just one push. Sister Shen was also very ill."
Shen Chu bowed slightly and continued with a smile, "Thank you for your concern, Sister Chang. I am much better now."
Chang Liangdi covered her mouth and coughed lightly. Who cares about her?
Feng Liangyuan couldn't help rolling her eyes. Is this guy a fool?
Xu Liangyuan suppressed her laughter and asked, "Sister Shen, didn't you hear that the Crown Prince asked Qin Tianjian to pray for us, so you came here?"
Shen Chuwei's eyes lit up: "Is there a banquet?"
Chunxi tugged at Shen Chuwei's sleeve and said, "My aunt, what does praying have to do with a banquet?"
Xu Liangyuan covered her mouth and chuckled: "Look at my memory, I forgot that Sister Shen was punished and is not qualified to ask Qin Tianjian to pray for her. It's useless even if she comes."
Shen Chuwei said "Oh" in disappointment.
"Lord Lu of the Qintian Prison is good at observing the stars and calculating fortunes at night. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specially asked Lu Zhaoyan to pray for the sisters for Sister Chang. We are lucky enough to have benefited from Sister Chang." Feng Liangyuan smiled and blew her rainbow butt.
Xu Liangyuan snorted in her heart. Feng Liangyuan is really disgusting. All the good things she gets are thanks to Chang Liangdi. Did the Crown Prince tell you that himself? You just said it out of your mouth?
Chang Liang Di coughed lightly: "How can it be for me? Your Highness the Crown Prince is doing this for the good of the sisters."
Shen Chuwei asked curiously, "Is that Lord Lu very powerful?"
"Of course he is amazing. Lord Lu is the disciple of the Imperial Master. Five years ago, Lord Lu said that Your Highness would return safely, and then he really returned unharmed."
"Even His Majesty the Emperor trusts Lord Lu very much. He will ask Lord Lu to calculate his fortune in advance before making decisions on many things." Tao Chenghui said.
Chang Liangdi looked unhappy, she clutched her handkerchief tightly. If it weren't for Lu Zhaoyan, she would have been the Crown Princess and the future Empress.
Shen Chuwei nodded thoughtfully.
Eunuch Liu called out, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."
Led by Chang Liangdi, a group of ladies paid their respects to the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. May your Highness be blessed with good health."
"No need to be polite." Xiao Jinyan's gaze swept across the crowd and fell on Shen Chuwei in the corner. It was a coincidence.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Shen Chuwei stood up and looked up at Xiao Jinyan in front of him. There was a group of women blocking the way, so it was not easy to deliver the sachet, so he could only wait.
At this time, Eunuch Liu took out a piece of paper and pen and placed it on the table. He then said, "Ladies and gentlemen, write down your birth date and your wishes, then fold them up and put them in the prayer altar to burn."
The ladies came according to their status, starting with Chang Liangdi. She took a pen and wrote down her date of birth, then her wishes, then folded them and came to the prayer altar.
The prayer altar is about 1.65 meters high, and people of short stature need to tiptoe to climb it.
Lu Zhaoyan stood in front of the prayer altar, watching with a sullen expression.