After dinner, Qingyue took the time to visit Father Lu and met Shilin on the road.

"Hello, Sir." She bowed and saluted.

"Hello, Miss Qingyue. There were so many people just now that I couldn't say a few words to you. Please forgive me for the slightness." Shilin looked at her and said.

"No, no, Qingyue is deeply honored to be invited here. Sir Xu, you don't have to be polite."

"Miss Qingyue's craftsmanship is really amazing. She must have put a lot of thought into embroidering such a large picture. I like it very much. Thank you."

"Actually, this picture is not difficult at all. I can embroider whatever comes to my mind. It just takes some effort. As long as adults like it."

"You embroider whatever comes to mind. Did you embroider it out of thin air?" Shilin asked curiously.

"It's not completely out of thin air. Of course, you have to make a rough outline in advance before you can embroider the square and circle."

"That's great. If you don't have a strong hand, how can you add glory out of thin air?" Shilin looked at her with admiration.

"Your Excellency, you are so complimentary. The common girls also know that Your Excellency likes landscapes, so they don't dare to do anything in front of Your Excellency." Qingyue lowered her head modestly.

"Someone once embroidered such a painting, but unfortunately they couldn't finish it in the end." Shilin said softly.

"Why?"

"I left for some reasons." Shilin looked a little lonely.

"That's really a pity, otherwise I could appreciate it and learn from it." Qingyue said without knowing it, and Shilin looked at the beaded flower on her head again.

"Your beaded flower... looks so familiar. It seems like one of my friends has worn it too. You look a lot like her." Shilin said while looking at it.

"Really, that's such a coincidence." Qingyue touched Zhuhua awkwardly and thought, 'No wonder he looks at her like this.'

"Brother, why are you here? Eunuch Wang is waiting for you. Go quickly." Bilian came.

"Okay, let's go then." Shilin looked at her and followed Bilian. Bilian smiled politely at Qingyue.

Everyone accompanied Wang Gonggong to visit the garden, Gu'an and others followed behind, and Qingyue also came among them.

"If you have a chance in the future, please go to the Royal Garden. The scenery is beautiful. The fish in the pond are so big." Yu Yan gestured.

"That's the Royal Garden. Of course the scenery is beautiful. How can it be compared to our home?" Gu'an said.

"Yu Yan, is the place where you live big?" Yun'er asked.

"Big, of course it's big. Now I live in Fengxi Palace, the Queen's house. There are many rooms in the palace, as well as gardens. Sometimes I can't even figure out my room. I often go wrong and have to ask the palace maid to take me.

Go back, and after my Yuquan Palace is renovated, I’ll invite you to live there together, okay?”

"Wow, okay, I have never been to the palace, let alone live in it." Yun'er said excitedly.

"If you are willing, how about you follow me back to the palace to keep me company?" Yu Yan said.

"That's good, but I can't bear to leave Qingyue." Yun'er hugged Qingyue.

"Go, go, take her back quickly. I can't stand this sharp-toothed mouth." Qingyue pushed her away. As she said that, they stopped by the pond. Yuyan and Xiaoshan were teasing the pond.

There were fishes, Xiaorou and Yun'er were picking flowers on the side, Qingyue was leaning against the stone beside the pond, looking at the scenery on the other side. Shilin happened to be looking at the pavilion on the other side, and Qingyue smiled at him.

, Shilin nodded.

"With such nice weather, how about we go out riding?" Gu'an said.

"Is that okay?" Yu Yan got angry.

"Well, don't tell them, let's go out secretly."

"Okay, okay, it's been a long time since I rode a horse." Yuyan cheered.

"How can you ride a horse when the prince is here? It would be terrible if he finds out." Qingyue said.

"It doesn't matter, let's just sneak out and ride for a while, and come back before dark. You see, they are busy, they can't take care of us, let's go quickly." Yuyan pulled Qingyue.

"You go ahead. I'm not going. My parents are over there. They've been out for a while and it's hard to explain." Xiaorou said.

"Then I'll accompany you. I'm not going either. You guys can go." Yun'er said. Gu'an ran to the other side, whispered a few words in Gongfu's ears, and then ran back.

"I told grandpa, you two really don't want to go?" Gu'an asked, Xiaorou shook her head.

"Then let's go."

"You two should be more careful and go back early." Yun'er said.

"Don't worry, Aunt Yun'er," Xiaoshan said. So they walked out of the garden and led four horses out.

The four of them rode fast horses to the outskirts. They dismounted and took a stroll, spreading out in pairs with a tacit understanding.

"I……."

"I..." They spoke at the same time, but they both stopped talking shyly.

"Speak first." Xiaoshan said.

"No, you say it first." Yu Yan said.

"You should speak first."

"Okay then. I didn't scare you, did I?"

"It was a bit frightening and made me at a loss."

"Ah?" Yu Yan looked at him in surprise.

"Actually, I want to ask you, why... why is it me? I'm just a commoner, a rough guy. Why?" He said hesitantly.

"There are so many reasons, and I don't know why. You saved me several times, bandaged my wounds, and kept everything you said to me in mind. When my father said that I would be betrothed to Brother Gu'an,

, I was very panicked. I had never experienced this before and I don’t know where I got the courage, so I argued with my father. But I didn’t expect that we would all be teased by them.” Yu Yan smiled shyly.

"It's really good to tease them. I have to thank them. After returning to Qiantang, I was always thinking that after you entered the palace, it would be difficult to meet again in the future. I always loved to quarrel with you, but suddenly I can't

I can't see you anymore, and the thought of it makes me... feel uncomfortable. Especially when I learned that you were going to be betrothed to Gu'an, I... I really wanted to kill myself. But I never expected that it would be like this. I still don't

I dare to believe that I am going to be your husband." Xiaoshan said excitedly.

"You're not allowed to say that." Yuyan stretched out her hand to cover his mouth, then shyly retracted it, and suddenly flicked the tip of his nose hard. Xiaoshan immediately covered his nose with his hand and took a few steps back.

"What's wrong? Did I hurt you? I...I..." Yu Yan was so nervous that she reached out to push his hand away to check, but he grabbed his hands and put them against her chest. Her face turned red and hot.

"Yu Yan..." Xiao Shan called out emotionally. Seeing Yu Yan's shy look, he hugged her and confided in her the pain of missing each other for the past few days. In an instant, the world was spinning.

"Does it hurt?" Yu Yan snuggled into his generous and warm arms and asked softly.

"It hurts, it hurts." Xiaoshan looked at her.

"Do you believe it now?" Yu Yan let go of her arms and looked at him playfully.

"If you don't believe it, I'll have to hold you forever to believe it." Xiaoshan took her into his arms again, picked her up and spun her around, spinning with forgetfulness...

"It would be great if grandma could be by my side." Suddenly, Yu Yan became sad.

"Don't worry, she is fine." Xiaoshan comforted her.

"Really? How do you know?"

"On the day of your float parade, I was also on the street and happened to meet her."

"Then why didn't you keep her? What did she say? Where is she now?" Yu Yan grabbed his arm excitedly.

"Don't worry, listen to me slowly. She has become a monk since she came down the mountain."

"A monk? Where is she a monk?"

"I don't know. She didn't want to say that she came specifically to see you that day. Seeing that you were safe and sound, she left with peace of mind. I want to keep her and hope she can meet you, but she said she has converted to Buddhism.

, regardless of worldly matters, she also said that we would meet each other if we were destined to meet her. I'm sorry, I couldn't keep her."

"Why doesn't grandma want to see me?" Yu Yan couldn't control her tears.

"Perhaps she has her own reasons. I believe you will see each other again in the future. Didn't she also say that we will meet again if we are destined to do so? Don't be sad." Xiao Shan hugged her.

"Grandma..." Yuyan leaned into his arms and sobbed softly.

In the garden.

"Xiaorou, why don't you go with them?" Yun'er asked.

"I don't like riding horses, so what should I do?" Xiaorou looked at the flowers in her hand.

"I don't think it's just for this reason."

"What other reason could that be?" Xiaorou deliberately avoided her and walked forward with the flowers.

"Do you want to avoid Brother Xu?" Yun'er asked closely.

"Why did I avoid him?"

"Ask yourself, don't think I can't tell, you like him, right?" Yun'er is a straightforward person and goes straight to the point.

"Don't talk nonsense. It's dangerous for others to hear you." Xiaorou became nervous when she said this.

"Now there are only you and me, so just tell me the truth, and I will naturally tell you the truth."

"What truth?"

"You tell me your truth first, and then I'll tell you."
To be continued...