When Su Yao returned to the other palace, it was already very late. When Mother Shen saw her, she came out anxiously to greet her: "Why did you come back so late today? Have you eaten yet? There is warm red chicken soup in the kitchen. I'll serve you a bowl."
After a busy whole day, Su Yao was indeed a little tired. He nodded and went to wash up first.
When she came out after washing up, hot chicken soup was already on the table, with a bowl of chicken noodle soup next to it. It was steaming and smelled very tempting.
Mother Shen brought back a few side dishes that Su Yao liked to eat, feeling a little distressed: "It was like this when we were in Yunnan before? Running around outside all day without even having time to sit down, it was really exhausting."
Everyone says that Su Yao is lucky. She didn't do anything and got the position of Crown Prince's Consort. But no one looks at how much Su Yao has paid. How many girls can have such courage to follow Xiao Heng to Yunnan and lose a lot of weight
Su Yao was really hungry, so he drank a bowl of chicken soup first, and then asked, "Is His Highness not back yet?"
When she left, the man's party was still going on. Su Yao already knew that they still had a lot to discuss, so she went to meet Su Rong first. But it was already mid-moon, so why wasn't Xiao Heng done with his work yet
Mother Shen also hummed: “Not yet, I thought you and His Highness were coming back together.”
Su Yao didn't think much about it: "I'm afraid that His Highness has gone back to the Governor's Office with Master Pang. Is the fire still on in the kitchen?"
The food on the table must not be tasty, and Xiao Heng was afraid that he would not have the appetite to eat.
Mother Shen nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, the fire is on, and you can have a hot drink when Your Highness comes back."
Su Yao finished her noodles and waited until she took off her makeup, but Xiao Heng still hadn't come back.
The trip to Lingyin Temple was equivalent to a whole day's ride in a carriage. Su Yao was so tired that he fell asleep on the table.
Mother Shen looked distressed and came over to help her put on clothes quietly, but Su Yao woke up immediately.
She couldn't help but persuade him: "Go and have a rest first. Look how tired you are. When His Highness comes back later, he will feel bad to see you look so haggard."
The cold wind outside the window made the trees sway left and right. Su Yao didn't know why she felt a little uneasy. She waved her hand, stood up, walked to the window and opened it. A gust of cold wind suddenly blew in, which made her sober immediately.
"What time is it?" she asked.
"It's already midnight." Mother Shen sighed, "I don't know if His Highness will have to discuss matters all night like the past few days. It's not a good idea for you to wait like this."
Su Yao was silent for a moment, then asked Jinping to come in: "Go find Sanxing and ask him to ask who followed His Highness out today and whether he brought back any news."
Jinping came back a short while later, bowed to Su Yao and whispered, "Prince's Consort, Sansheng said that Liujie and Sanjiu accompanied His Highness out today, and no one has come back to report the news until now."
Su Yao said, then turned around and looked at Mother Shen and smiled, "Well, it seems that we won't be able to wait for His Highness to come back for a while, so let's all rest first."
Mother Shen helped Su Yao lie down, and then she carried the bedding to keep watch for Su Yao.
Su Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom is so old, how can she bear to be on night duty? There is really no need to do this, just let Jinping come."
Mother Shen was very stubborn, “It’s old bones, it’s better to move around, and besides, I haven’t talked to the girl for a long time.”
She always unconsciously called Su Yao "girl", so Su Yao no longer forced her and lay on the bed chatting with Mother Shen.
Mother Shen suddenly said, “Girl, I heard something today.”
Su Yao turned her head to look at her, and Mother Shen hesitated, but still said directly: “I heard that the officials in Jiangnan are busy trying to send someone to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”
Su Yao didn't expect that Mother Shen would say this, so she laughed a little: "Mom, are you worried that Your Highness can't resist the temptation?"
She finally knew why Mother Shen had been so anxious tonight. It turned out that she was afraid that Xiao Heng had been bribed by local officials.
Mother Shen didn’t know what to say: “That’s not the case, it’s just that men… ..Men always seek novelty, you, you should have an idea in your mind.”
Su Yao saw that Mother Shen was speaking very seriously, and fearing that she would worry, she immediately agreed: "Don't worry, I know everything, and nothing will go wrong."
After talking for a while, Su Yao felt a little sleepy and didn't remember when she fell asleep. When she woke up again, it was already noon. When Mother Shen saw that she was awake, she immediately came up to help her roll up the curtains and said, "Miss, the prince came back this morning. As soon as he came back, he came here to ask about you. I said you were still asleep, and he said there was no need to disturb you, and went back to the study. Cui Daru and several chief secretaries are also here. I asked the kitchen to prepare breakfast and send it over."
After not coming back all night, Su Yao said "oh" and asked Jinping to come in to comb her hair. She then had breakfast by herself. After she finished her breakfast, Xiao Heng finally arrived.
As soon as he entered the room, Xiao Heng breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Su Yao sitting by the window reading a book, he sat next to Su Yao, naturally held Su Yao in his arms, and asked softly, "I didn't come back all night. Are you worried?"
Su Yao didn't say anything.
She didn't say anything, Xiao Heng was a little surprised, looked at her seriously and asked: "Are you angry?"
Su Yao put down the book in his hand and stood up calmly: "How dare I? Your Highness is very busy with all kinds of affairs. Even if you didn't come back all night, there is nothing to be angry about."
That being said, how could Xiao Heng not see that she was really angry? He hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, sighing and saying, "Last night was really..."
He pulled Su Yao to sit down, rubbed his brows, and told him what happened yesterday in an irritable manner: "After the discussion in the backyard yesterday, you raised more than one million taels of silver. The atmosphere in front of us was also very good. Everything was going well. However, after the banquet, Master Pang said that he had something to tell me. I was about to go to Master Pang, but who knew that I would bump into a girl..."
Su Yao looked up at him.
Xiao Heng's tone faded: "It's really inexplicable. He said he had something to give me, but he undressed in front of me... And a few adults just happened to come back..."
Mother Shen looked at Su Yao with some worry.
Whatever you fear will come true.
She was just worried that Xiao Heng would get into some romantic trouble, but who knew that after only being in Zhejiang for a few days, such a thing would really happen.