Su Muyao was supporting Su Ruojin. At this moment, Su Ruojin sensed Muyao's nervousness and gently patted her hand to indicate that it was alright.
Yao Lan noticed Su Muyao's nervousness and smiled, "What's wrong, Miss Su? You seem a little nervous. Are you afraid that I will harm the Princess?"
"Your Highness is too kind. Since I became pregnant, not only Mu Yao, but even the Prince and the people of the Su family have been nervous about every step I take. I wonder where this hair duster is?" Su Ruojin deflected the question with ease.
Yao Lan didn't say anything more. She took half a step forward and led the way for Su Ruojin, and they started chatting. "The princess is pregnant. I imagine the regent is very happy. I've heard that the princess has excellent medical skills. I wonder if the princess is carrying a boy or a girl?"
"Your Highness is naturally happy. Boys and girls are the same, as long as the child is healthy." Su Ruojin gently stroked her lower abdomen, her face tender.
Looking at Su Ruojin's satisfied expression as a mother, Yao Lan felt even more choked up.
Su Ruojin, let's see how you'll still be laughing in a moment.
Upon approaching the hair-dusting Buddha whisk, one sees a flower that is white with a hint of green. Its delicate petals are either upright or scattered, quite dense. Some of the shorter ones stand upright, while the longer ones hang down casually, making it look somewhat like a hanging Buddha whisk.
Even though Su Ruojin didn't know much about flowers, she could tell that this chrysanthemum was a rare and precious specimen.
"Your Highness, what do you think of this flower?" Yao Lan asked.
"Chrysanthemums in the palace are naturally precious."
"Since the Princess Consort likes them, I will have a few pots sent to the Prince's residence." Yao Lan waved her hand, about to call for people to carry them.
Given Xiao Chenyi's affection for her, it was merely a matter of sending a few pots of chrysanthemums to the Regent's Palace; Yao Lan certainly had that much power.
Su Ruojin spoke up to stop her, "No need, thank you for your kindness, Consort Chun. Loving flowers doesn't necessarily mean possessing them. Just being able to see them is enough. I really have no interest in taking care of these flowers, so I can only disappoint Consort Chunji's good intentions."
"It's alright. I'll send the gardener who takes care of these chrysanthemums to the palace as well. The princess can just enjoy them and doesn't need to worry about anything else." Yao Lan insisted on sending them.
Su Ruojin was about to refuse when she heard a voice say, "Your Highness, since it is Her Majesty's good intention, it would be best not to disappoint her."
Looking up, I saw a young woman in a pale yellow ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) walking towards me.
Su Ruojin couldn't immediately recall who the woman in front of her was.
Huanzhi whispered a reminder, "Your Highness, this is Dong Menglou, the legitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue."
With Yanluo absent, the two maids Xiao Yanchu assigned to Su Ruojin, Huanzhi and Huanqing, were both literate and skilled in martial arts, and were well-versed in palace affairs.
Dong Menglou walked over and bowed to Su Ruojin and Yaolan. "My daughter has always loved chrysanthemums. She just heard that the chrysanthemums were in bloom and wanted to come and see them. She didn't mean to offend Your Highness and the Princess. Please forgive her."
"It's alright, it's just a chrysanthemum appreciation banquet, everyone is free to admire the chrysanthemums in the chrysanthemum pond." Yao Lan didn't mind at all.
Dong Menglou looked at Su Ruojin and said softly, "Your Highness, Menglou has loved tending to all kinds of flowers and plants since childhood and has a lot of experience in cultivating them. This hair duster is a bit delicate and not easy to care for. If you're not careful, it might not survive."
But if the Empress gives the gardener to the Princess, then the palace dusters and Buddhist whisks will be left unattended.
These flowers don't need constant care, twelve hours a day. How about this: Menglou can go to the Prince's residence every day to tend to the Princess's hair and whisks. That way, Your Highness won't need to send the gardener to the Prince's residence, killing two birds with one stone. What do you think?"
Dong Menglou's abacus beads are practically flying off her face. If Su Ruojin still doesn't know what she's up to, then she must have lost her mind.
Not to mention her, even Su Muyao could tell that Dong Menglou had ulterior motives, and her face also turned ugly.
She knew that many women in the capital secretly admired the prince, but Dong Menglou was the first to openly fawn over him after the prince and her elder sister got married.
Su Ruojin smiled gently, "Miss Dong, if you really want to come to the Prince's mansion to serve the flowers and plants, that's not impossible." Su Ruojin paused after saying this.
Upon hearing this, Dong Menglou was overjoyed. Everyone said that the Regent's Consort was a very capable woman, but now that he had seen her, she was nothing special.
As long as she can enter the Prince's mansion, she will have the opportunity to meet the Prince. With her looks and background, it's only a matter of time before she wins over the Prince.
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