Su Wenyuan asked, utterly dejected, "Is there a drunken soup that can make me sleep for a year or two after I drink it, but I still can't act crazy while drunk?"
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Yuexiu asked anxiously.
Su Wenyuan said, "It's nothing, I just feel like dying. Go... get some bathwater."
Yuexiu quickly called someone in to change the water and help Su Wenyuan wash up.
While she was taking a shower, the room had already been cleaned and the bed made.
But Su Wenyuan was still too embarrassed to go out, and she ate her meals in Zhuyue Pavilion.
Sheng Jingyu was quite composed, but Hua Ling, who was sitting opposite him, kept smiling at him, making him feel very uncomfortable.
"Is there something you need?" Sheng Jingyu asked.
Hua Ling stretched out her hand and said, "Come here, let me take your pulse."
"No need, you quack, I'm perfectly fine now." Sheng Jingyu glanced at him with disdain.
Hua Ling said with a disdainful look, "Getting married really makes a difference. I forgot who rushed me back, and now that I'm no longer needed, they're calling me a quack."
Sheng Jingyu didn't reply, feeling guilty.
Not long after, the corners of his mouth turned up again as he remembered what had happened the night before.
Hua Ling looked at him speechlessly, thinking he was finished. Was it really necessary to be so infatuated with someone in just one night?
"By the way, Ye Shan asked me to tell you that Su Lin'er went to the palace to see Consort Wan. The Empress invited two ladies into the palace, probably to resolve the matter of the two girls being frightened."
Sheng Jingyu asked in confusion, "Why is Su Lin'er looking for Consort Wan?"
"You should apologize on behalf of your princess, after all, Su Lin'er played a crucial role in your marriage to Su Wenyuan," Hua Ling said.
Sheng Jingyu took a moment to react, then laughed and said, "She's afraid that the Princess's actions will implicate her. This is yet another one who wants to become the Crown Princess."
Who couldn't see through Su Lin'er's little scheme?
Consort Wan originally did not want to see her and made up one excuse after another, but Su Lin'er insisted on seeing her.
Just then, a palace maid brought Su Wenyuan's bill, wanting to ask her what to do.
Consort Wan took a look and realized that Su Wenyuan was really asking for an exorbitant amount. Even if the Crown Prince went to search the mansion, his men would have to be careful when they saw that it was Prince Chen's mansion. How could they possibly damage so many things?
Moreover, each of these items was marked with a high price, clearly an attempt to rip people off.
There's no use being sentimental now. We can't exactly go to Prince Chen's mansion and investigate everything, can we?
Consort Wan, having conceded defeat, was hesitating about how to send the money when she thought of Su Lin'er.
"Let her in."
Since Su Lin'er is Su Wenyuan's sister, let's leave this matter to her.
Su Lin'er finally got to see Consort Wan as she wished, and excitedly bowed.
Consort Wan glanced at him and said, "Get up. Why did you insist on seeing me today? Is there something you need?"
“Princess Consort Chen has angered Her Majesty, and I thought I’d come and apologize on her behalf.” Su Lin’er looked troubled.
Consort Wan said impatiently, "Alright, this is also the Crown Prince's fault. He searched Prince Chen's residence before he even understood the situation, which disturbed Prince Chen."
Su Lin'er quickly took sides and said, "No, no, no, it was Princess Consort Chen who was too cunning. It was clearly her fault, but she not only refused to admit it, but also used clever words to frame the Crown Prince, which led to the Crown Prince being confined to his quarters."
Upon hearing this, Consort Wan gritted her teeth in hatred.
The matter is exactly as Su Lin'er said. What did the Crown Prince do wrong?
The two noble ladies were terrified, and it was only right for the Crown Prince to intervene on their behalf.
"What's the use of saying all this now? You, my sister, have truly impressed me." Consort Wan mocked.
Su Wenyuan showed no favoritism towards the Empress or her, and indiscriminately sought to infuriate everyone.
Su Lin'er said with disdain, "If I could, I would rather not have this older sister."
Her disdain wasn't an act; she now hated Su Wenyuan to the core.
Consort Wan smiled, thinking to herself that there were really a lot of people who disliked Su Wenyuan.
She also figured out Su Lin'er's purpose in coming.
"I know you and she don't get along. From now on, you are you and she is she. I won't hold a grudge against innocent people. I was wrong to blame you for what happened at the flower viewing banquet last time. Please take these silver notes to Prince Chen's residence for me."
When the topic of the last flower-viewing banquet came up, Su Lin'er looked embarrassed, but fortunately, Consort Wan no longer blamed her.
"What is this silver?" Su Lin'er asked, taking the money with a puzzled look.
Consort Wan sneered, "The Crown Prince searched the Prince Chen's residence and damaged things. This is the Princess Chen's bill. Send it over as well. I don't owe her anything. Whatever it is, that's what it is!"
Su Lin'er clutched the thick wad of silver notes in her hand, glanced at the bill again, and said in shock, "This account is not right, is it? No matter how rude the soldiers are, they could not have damaged so many things. The Imperial Concubine's temper is too good! She just gives it to them like that."
Consort Wan said helplessly, "What can I do? In the past, I had the help of the Crown Prince, but now that the Crown Prince is under house arrest, I can't interfere with things outside the palace. So naturally, I'll give her whatever she wants."
Upon hearing this, Su Lin'er knew her chance to shine had come, and she quickly returned the silver note to the palace maid.
"If Your Highness doesn't mind, I'll go and speak with Princess Consort Chen!"
Consort Wan said unhappily, "What do you need to say? Do you think I'm short of a little money?"
Su Lin'er realized she had misspoke and quickly explained, "Of course not. Money is a small matter, but suffering a loss is a big deal. Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine, cannot suffer such injustice without cause."
Consort Wan's expression softened considerably, and she let out a long sigh.
In the end, the matter was left to Su Lin'er, and all the silver notes were returned to Consort Wan without missing a single one.
After Su Lin'er left, the palace maid Hongdie stepped forward and asked, "Didn't Your Highness dislike this Miss Su?"
"Yes, her mother was a concubine. Even if she is close to the Crown Prince, I don't want her to have any connection with him. But she is Su Yuan's daughter after all, and Su Wenyuan is also Su Yuan's daughter." Consort Wan smiled smugly.
She just wanted to use Su Lin'er to cause trouble for Su Wenyuan.
Su Lin'er was unaware of this and left smugly, thinking she had won over Consort Wan.
The Empress's situation hasn't been resolved yet, and she's already driven to her death by He Meiqiu's mother.
He Meiqiu's mother said that He Meiqiu's reputation was ruined and she had to marry Sheng Jingyu, otherwise she would never be able to get married in the future.
The Empress directly assigned a family to her. The family was not of high social standing, but the people were kind and would never wrong He Meiqiu in the future.
Even the Empress could make this decision because of her poor family background.
But her mother refused and made a scene in the palace. The Empress then arranged for her to be placed in another family, but He Meiqiu's mother still refused.
In the end, it all came down to He Meiqiu's mother having her eye on the Empress's nephew...
"If Your Highness finds this difficult, then I have no choice but to send Meiqiu to Prince Chen's residence! Even if Prince Chen doesn't accept her, I will not raise her again."
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