After Sheng Jingyu finished settling the accounts, he called Ye Shan over and was about to leave when Su Wenyuan suddenly remembered something else.
"Your Highness, you've confined me to my quarters, is it so I can see Lu Wanying?" Su Wenyuan questioned. "If that's the case, you don't need to worry about me."
Sheng Jingyu smiled again and said unhurriedly, "The confinement period will be changed to ten days."
Su Wenyuan's eyes widened, and she was about to protest when Yuexiu pulled her back.
Stop being so talkative. If you keep going, it won't just be a matter of a few days.
After returning to his study, Sheng Jingyu muttered, "They really don't know what's good for them!"
He did so much, and he didn't even hear a thank you. Su Wenyuan was still studying how to divorce his wife.
"Is this Prince Chen's residence really that scary?" Sheng Jingyu asked, puzzled. "We've already kept her here, and she's the one who calls the shots in the residence. I haven't bullied her, so why can't she be tamed?"
Ye Shan blinked and said, "Now everyone outside is saying that what's scary isn't the Prince Chen's mansion, but the Princess Chen."
"Something that just happened in the palace today, how did it get out so quickly?" Sheng Jingyu asked in surprise.
Ye Shan nodded and said, "Yes, after all, there were many people, everyone saw it, and the princess suddenly made a move, which frightened them all. Such a lively event naturally spread very quickly."
"What else is being spread?" Sheng Jingyu had a vague feeling that something was not right.
Ye Shan stammered, "They also spread the word about the Prince... saying that the Prince is different from before."
Sheng Jingyu looked at her with a puzzled expression, wondering what was different that made her so hesitant to speak.
"They say the prince rescued the damsel in distress, urgently investigated a corruption case, and to win a smile from his beloved, he even managed to bewitch her..." Ye Shan counted on her fingers.
Sheng Jingyu quickly interrupted, saying, "Alright, alright, what nonsense are you spouting? According to them, I've always been someone who stood by and watched someone die?"
"Yes," Ye Shan answered without hesitation.
Sheng Jingyu was speechless upon hearing that decisive and crisp voice.
Actually, you don't necessarily have to tell the truth, and he doesn't particularly like hearing the truth anyway.
At this moment, Meng Qi came over to report on Su Wenyuan's movements. She had her eye on Lu Wanying and secretly sent Yuexiu out to gather information.
Sheng Jingyu asked, looking completely bewildered, "And what's the deal with this Lu Wanying? What past relationship do I have with her? And we haven't seen each other for so many years?"
Ye Shan and Meng Qi looked at each other, they hadn't heard about it either, they had only heard Yi Pingxiang mention it once today.
“Miss Lu returned to the capital quietly, and not many people in the capital care about her. No one cares about what Yi Pingxiang said today either; everyone is focused on the Princess.” Ye Shan wanted to reassure Sheng Jingyu not to worry too much.
Sheng Jingyu said irritably, "Isn't there someone who cares? Go check it out."
Ye Shan went to investigate, and Meng Qi was about to follow when Sheng Jingyu stopped him.
"Meng Qi, go and inform the kitchen that from today onwards, the Princess and I will be eating vegetarian food. As for how vegetarian, we can follow the old recipes."
Meng Qi asked cautiously, "Where are the others in the manor?"
"Everyone else can do whatever they want. Just tell the kitchen what you'd like to eat." Sheng Jingyu only addressed Su Wenyuan.
Meng Qi breathed a sigh of relief and left with a smile.
During lunch, Su Wenyuan looked at the familiar dishes and wanted to flip the table.
After all that effort to get rid of those old women, we still have to eat this stuff in the end.
"How long will this take to eat?" Su Wenyuan looked at Meng Qi with a sense of despair.
Meng Qi lowered his voice and said, "Let's see how long it takes the princess to appease the prince."
This is a very crucial question.
Su Wenyuan's eyes lit up as she asked, "Where is the prince now? Shall I go and offer him my favor?"
Meng Qi said, "The prince has entered the palace again. The matter is not over yet, and the princess is under house arrest and cannot leave Zhuyue Pavilion."
"Not being allowed to eat meat and being confined to my room, I can't live like this!" Su Wenyuan put down her chopsticks and went back to her room to lie down.
When Sheng Jingyu returned in the afternoon, Su Wenyuan tried her best to curry favor with him.
The result was that it was of no use.
Sheng Jingyu's heart is made of iron; even at night, she still eats only vegetable leaves.
Su Wenyuan's patience was limited; she knew it was better to rely on herself than on others, and more importantly, she needed to ask Yuexiu for help.
Yuexiu has been gone all afternoon and hasn't come back yet.
Finally, she returned, looking excited. Su Wenyuan thought she had obtained some useful information, but it turned out to be nothing but her story with Sheng Jingyu...
"Your Highness, you don't know how envious all the girls outside are of you now!" Yuexiu wanted to shout it out to everyone.
Su Wenyuan looked at her with exasperation and gritted her teeth, asking, "What did I tell you to inquire about? Who told you to inquire about these fabricated stories! What are they envious of? They envy me eating vegetable leaves!"
Yuexiu hid to the side, feeling rather annoyed, but she was still very excited inside.
What's there to ask about Lu Wanying? Asking too much will only cause trouble.
Su Wenyuan sighed deeply. Today had truly been a day of bad luck, and she was so angry she felt like she was about to burst.
"Go and inquire again tomorrow. You go find Meng Qi and put the bathtub in the room. I can't expect everything to go against my wishes."
When Sheng Jingyu returned to her room, the bathtub was already placed behind the screen.
He hesitated several times before speaking, but Su Wenyuan had a gloomy face and didn't seem like she would listen to him.
The screen blocked out the shadows, but not completely; every movement left a trace, imprinted on the screen.
Sheng Jingyu lay down, the sound of flowing water still filling her ears, and various images flashing through her mind...
calm.
There are some things that are inconvenient to pretend not to know, as they are easy to expose.
When Su Wenyuan lay down on the bed, Sheng Jingyu's heart started pounding again. He had recently found that he couldn't control his emotions, so he urgently summoned a doctor named Hua Ling.
This is Sheng Jingyu's good friend. Years ago, he was poisoned and went blind, and it was Hua Ling who saved him.
Over the years, the manor has never hired imperial physicians or doctors; they have always relied on Hua Ling.
Hua Ling rushed as fast as she could and finally returned on this day, just before dawn.
The first thing I did after returning was to go to Zhuyue Pavilion to find Sheng Jingyu.
He thought something had happened to Sheng Jingyu, so he started shouting as soon as he entered the mansion. He finally managed to wake Sheng Jingyu up, and Su Wenyuan also woke up.
When the two met in the study, Sheng Jingyu yawned and asked, "Are you crazy?"
Hua Ling asked in confusion, "You called me back in such a hurry, I thought you had been poisoned again, the horse must be exhausted from running like that!"
"I'm not poisoned, I'm just not feeling well." Sheng Jingyu offered his arm.
While taking her pulse, Hua Ling asked, "What's wrong?"
"I'm a bit annoyed, irritable, and emotionally unstable. My heart is pounding so hard it feels like it's going to jump out of my chest," Sheng Jingyu recalled carefully.
As he was talking, he noticed that Hua Ling was suppressing a laugh, and her face was turning red.
"???" Sheng Jingyu was completely confused.
Hua Ling finally couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing, her whole body shaking with laughter.
Sheng Jingyu withdrew his arm, feeling that bringing him back was a huge mistake.
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