Faced with Sheng Jingyu's doubts, Su Wenyuan praised it in a serious tone, saying, "It's beautiful, absolutely gorgeous, trust me! Just wear it! They'll all envy you. I'll pick out another outfit for you the day after tomorrow that can match."
Taking advantage of the fact that Sheng Jingyu can't see it, Su Wenyuan really dares to speak her mind.
Yuexiu lowered her voice and asked, "Your Highness, what are you embroidering?"
She looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. She thought it was a half-finished product, so she didn't ask. But it turned out to be embroidered.
"Phoenix!" Su Wenyuan said with absolute certainty. It was a phoenix, and whoever came would be a phoenix.
"...The phoenix cannot be used casually," Sheng Jingyu reminded.
Even the emperor and empress must use dragons and phoenixes according to rules and etiquette, let alone other people.
Su Wenyuan hadn't thought about this at all. Now that the embroidery was finished, what should she do?
Just as I was hesitating, I heard Sheng Jingyu say quietly, "Never mind, use it as you like."
Few people could recognize that the embroidery she made was of a phoenix.
Sheng Jingyu added a reminder: "Just don't talk nonsense, or the Empress Dowager will have something to say again."
Even if she didn't recognize her, if the Empress discovered that she wanted to use the phoenix, she would have another excuse to make trouble.
Su Wenyuan's eyes lit up and she said, "Don't worry, just tell everyone I embroidered a pheasant! Even if they recognize it, I won't admit it."
She was overthinking it. Even if these people worked themselves to death, they wouldn't recognize it. No one would think it was a phoenix; it didn't even look like a pheasant.
Yuexiu couldn't bear to tell the truth, after all, Su Wenyuan had been embroidering for a long time.
Suddenly Ye Shan came over, saying she had something to say to Sheng Jingyu. Su Wenyuan automatically stepped aside, and Ye Shan helped Sheng Jingyu leave, exchanging a few words with her outside the courtyard.
After finishing the story, Sheng Jingyu returned and overheard the conversation between the two women.
"Why would the princess think of embroidering a phoenix? We wouldn't even consider such a pattern."
"Rebirth from the ashes, what a wonderful meaning!" Su Wenyuan admired the sachet. Who would have thought that there were taboos associated with using certain patterns here? For a moment, she was careless and only focused on the concept of rebirth from the ashes.
Sheng Jingyu must have experienced a huge psychological shock, going from being the future crown prince to a blind prince.
Although Su Wenyuan couldn't imagine what his future would hold, she still hoped that he could pull himself together and make good plans for himself.
Yuexiu nodded as if she understood, and said, "If Your Highness wants to embroider anything else next time, just tell me. You don't need to do it yourself."
After all, she worked so hard on the embroidery, and if it didn't turn out well in the end, it would give people the feeling that all her efforts were in vain.
Su Wenyuan shook her head vigorously, explaining, "There won't be a next time. One is enough. It's not good to entrust this kind of thing to others. I'll only give you one blessing."
I didn't initially intend to give it to Sheng Jingyu; I just learned it for fun when I had nothing else to do.
Later, she felt sorry for Sheng Jingyu, and since she couldn't help her, she could only send her blessings.
As she spoke, Ye Shan and Sheng Jingyu stood not far behind them.
Sheng Jingyu's expression shifted from relaxed and casual to solemn and serious, and finally to an barely concealed excitement.
Ye Shan knew at a glance that it was all over!
Her prince has fallen for her again.
This time, even if you ask him to take the sachet off, he won't; he'll stick it all to his body.
Sheng Jingyu composed herself and quickly stepped forward to ask, "Qikong Kingdom also escorted several merchant caravans this time. They brought some novelties. Would you like to take a look?"
Her voice was gentle and soft, as if she were coaxing a child.
Su Wenyuan asked in confusion, "What's wrong with your throat?"
What's with that noise? He wasn't talking like that before.
With just one sentence, Sheng Jingyu's problem was cured. He wasn't angry and asked in a normal tone, "It's okay, do you want to go? Ye Shan can go with you."
His temper is incredibly good these days.
Su Wenyuan said, "I'm not going. Those merchant caravans are connected to the royal family, and I don't want to spend a single penny on them."
What's the difference between spending money on them and just giving it to Prince Kim?
After thinking for a moment, Sheng Jingyu said, "Then why don't we go and pick out some gold and silver jewelry? If we need silver, we can get it from Ye Shan."
Su Wenyuan also refused, saying, "Forget it, let's just rest for a couple of days. I have to pretend I'm taking care of you at the manor, and you're still faking illness! It's troublesome to wander around at this time."
Although Sheng Jingyu had promised the Emperor he would go, he still had to pretend to be sick.
It's better to avoid trouble than to cause it, especially since there's already so much trouble.
He didn't say anything more, but a thought arose in his mind: there are ways to stay home even if you don't go out.
The next morning, Ye Shan came over and told Su Wenyuan that several shopkeepers had come to the manor.
She brought her own ready-made clothes, as well as gold and silver jewelry, for Su Wenyuan to choose from.
"The prince said that since it is inconvenient for the princess to go out, then let them come to the manor. They can keep whatever they like. It is not possible for the princess to wear her own dowry all the time. People who do not know the situation may think that the prince is mistreating the princess. As for the money, it will come from the manor."
Ye Shan reluctantly repeated Sheng Jingyu's original words.
She knew it!
Sheng Jingyu suddenly stopped talking yesterday; he must be thinking about something.
He definitely won't give up easily!
Su Wenyuan looked bewildered and asked, "What's wrong with him? Didn't he used to not care about these things? I don't understand why he's suddenly so nice to me."
Ye Shan reminded him, "Didn't you give the prince a sachet?"
"Huh?" It took Su Wenyuan a while to understand what Ye Shan meant.
Sheng Jingyu just because of a broken sachet? Her embroidery wasn't even that good.
Sheng Jingyu wouldn't believe her nonsense and actually think that sachet was pretty, would he? Su Wenyuan felt guilty; she really deserved to die for fooling Sheng Jingyu into thinking she couldn't see it.
Just because of an ugly sachet, you want to buy her jewelry? She'd be too embarrassed to accept it.
Ye Shan was asked to escort the person out of the mansion, but Ye Shan refused and insisted that Su Wenyuan choose two items, saying it was Sheng Jingyu's idea.
Su Wenyuan could only symbolically pick two cheap ones, thinking that it would be enough to just go through the motions.
The shopkeepers exchanged glances, their expressions all showing disappointment, and then sighed and left.
I thought I'd make a lot of money coming to Prince Chen's mansion this time.
When the guards went to them, they told them to bring over the best items for Su Wenyuan to choose from.
They took it, but Su Wenyuan didn't want it! She has to take it back exactly as it was.
In the study, Sheng Jingyu examined the sachet from side to side, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't tell that it was a phoenix.
The shoddy stitching and bizarre color combination would make you a laughingstock if you wore it.
I held it up to my waist a couple of times, and it really... didn't look good.
But this is a token of affection, a sentiment unlike that of ordinary sachets.
Su Wenyuan's hands were covered in needle marks from embroidering this.
"Meng Qi, do you think this outfit looks good on you?" Sheng Jingyu stood up, trying to get his approval.
This time, Meng Qi didn't make a foolish mistake. He nodded heavily and said, "Beautiful! Everything the Princess makes is beautiful."
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