Lin Qingwan has been occasionally walking around the courtyard these past two days.
After the heavy rain, the plants grew rapidly. A small flower bed in the yard sprouted many tender seedlings, which were wild vegetables that Lin Qingwan had coaxed the little prince to plant. She never expected that Lin Qingwan would come back, nor did she expect that they would actually grow.
Mu Xue draped a cloak over her and brought over two small stools. "Miss, your dress is getting dirty."
"Hey, don't touch that mud with your bare hands. I brought gloves with me."
Mu Xue spoke slowly and deliberately, while Lin Qingwan's hands were already covered in mud. She didn't feel dirty at all; on the contrary, touching the mud and plants made her feel particularly relaxed.
Qiu Hong sprinkled two packets of dark, murky powder onto the ground. "Miss, is that enough?"
"Almost. Give the rest to those few."
As she spoke, Lin Qingwan used her hands to scoop up soil and loosely cover the soil.
"This servant is here to fill in the soil. Please rest, you're sweating." Mu Xue was so worried, she felt like she was turning into an old maid in just a few days.
But what can you do when the young lady is disobedient?
Lin Qingwan's back was indeed sore. She stood up, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and breathed heavily. "Alright, be careful."
"I'm still waiting to eat this salad in a couple of days."
Mu Xue couldn't help but chuckle, "Everyone else treats money like a treasure, but you're so fond of these things."
Lin Qingwan: "Don't drool while I'm eating."
Mu Xue thought to herself, "How delicious it must be."
The two maids were squatting by the flower bed, busy fertilizing and adding soil. Lin Qingwan went to the kitchen to ask for two bowls of sweet soup. When she came out, she met Uncle Li, who was delivering vegetables.
Li Bo recognized her. Although he did not know that she was Jiang Su's daughter, he knew that this was the Crown Prince's courtyard.
Uncle Li also knew that as long as she lived here, he would have business and could earn enough money to buy rice every day without having to go to the market.
Therefore, he treated Lin Qingwan with great respect, saying, "This humble servant greets Miss!"
"Get up," Lin Qingwan said with a smile. "You've worked hard."
"It's not hard work. The important people like the food of a lowly person. I'm happy about it."
Lin Qingwan nodded and said nothing more.
Li Bo felt a little embarrassed and stepped aside to make way for him, thinking that this nobleman was more approachable than the other ladies and young women.
Other young ladies would find them dirty, and if they accidentally bumped into them, they would fly into a rage, and he might not even get paid for the food.
The nobleman not only told him how hard he had worked, but also sent a maid with money and wine before leaving. Li Bo was overjoyed and started bragging about it when he got back.
"Have you heard? Vice Minister Tang wanted his daughter to go to the palace to meet the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince refused."
"I think the Crown Prince doesn't like Miss Tang at all, but he has no choice but to marry her because he can't go against the Emperor's wishes."
Several guards who had finished their shifts were chatting idly in a tavern on the street.
"Miss Tang's personality only allowed her to get close to the Crown Prince because her father had some military power."
"Being good-natured is useless. That Consort Su was gentle as water, but she was not as good as the dead Lin Qingwan."
"I suspect there's something going on between the Crown Prince and Lin Qingwan..."
"It's a pity, though, the person was burned to ashes."
Li Bo was quite drunk when he heard the words "Crown Prince" and stopped in his tracks.
One of them said mysteriously, "I've been walking around Chaoning Street these past few days, and I heard that someone has moved into the Crown Prince's courtyard again, and the Imperial Guards are personally guarding it."
Fresh meat and vegetables are delivered every day.
"Is it possible that our Crown Prince has taken another woman he likes outside?"
Uncle Li got angry. "Nonsense! It's not 'again,' it's that same noble person from before, thin and very handsome, with a good temper."
Youlan Palace.
"Is this really true?" Su Yunxing's eyes widened, her voice hoarse with surprise.
Cui'er nodded, "Absolutely true!"
“That man delivered vegetables to the courtyard every day, and he personally admitted that the person inside was the woman who moved in before the New Year.”
“Consort, only Lin Qingwan has ever lived in that courtyard, no one else has.”
Cui'er initially couldn't believe it, but the person she sent to keep an eye on the courtyard returned today and said that he had seen Mu Xue.
Su Yun slumped into a chair, unable to recover for a long time. "She...wasn't she burned to death? How could she..."
Cui'er: "You forgot, it was Guard Shen who sent people to put out the fire at the Prime Minister's residence. The Crown Prince was also there at the time. It must have been the Crown Prince who saved Lin Qingwan and, to prevent her from being implicated in Jiang Su's matter, announced to the public that she had been burned to death."
Su Yun's eyes flickered, and she clenched her fists tightly. "How is that possible?"
She didn't believe it, but her eyes were red and swollen. "The Crown Prince wouldn't go to such lengths for her."
Cui'er helped Song Yun to keep her from sliding off the chair. "Your Highness, I know you don't believe me and are saddened, but this matter is absolutely true."
"What should we do if the Crown Prince really likes Lin Qingwan?!"
The Crown Prince is going to marry the daughter of Vice Minister Tang, and the position of his principal wife has already been given away. If Su Yun gives her feelings to Lin Qingwan, then she will have nothing left.
Su Yun rubbed her temples, fighting back tears, "Let me think about it."
She had no way out; she had to earn it!
Tang Yun has a powerful family background and is the Crown Prince's betrothed by His Majesty, so she can't touch her for the time being, but Lin Qingwan absolutely cannot be taken away from her!
Su Yun took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and a cold hatred slowly filled her eyes.
“Miss Tang is arrogant and unruly. The Crown Prince has refused to see her several times, and there are already rumors circulating outside. I suppose she can’t stand it anymore.”
"If she knew that the Crown Prince was marrying her while secretly seeing other women and completely disregarding her, do you think she could tolerate it?"
Cui'er shuddered at the thought of Miss Tang's notoriously fiery temper. "What does the concubine mean...?"
Su Yun pursed her lips, "The Tang family wants to be the emperor's father-in-law, and Miss Tang wants to be the empress."
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