Yan Yusuan pushed Zuier away, and she was extremely angry. She pointed at Zuier and said, "You wicked girl, talking nonsense!"
"Princess, please calm down." The first man who arrived earlier kindly advised, and then explained to the others who arrived later, "We chased all the way to the Hu Xin Pavilion and found that there was no thief, it was actually Wang Zhuo, Prince Wang. It was just a false alarm tonight, a misunderstanding."
Yan Yusuan was very unhappy after hearing this. These words practically confirmed tonight's private meeting between her and Prince Wang Zhuo, leaving her with concerns about how to handle it in the future.
"Prince Wang, why did you hide earlier?" Yan Yusuan glared at the weak prince in anger. "What is the truth? You need to explain!"
Yan Ruoxu's gaze glanced at Wang Zhuo with deep meaning. "Indeed, this matter concerns the dignity of the royal family. You must speak the truth properly. If you talk nonsense, there will be no forgiveness."
Wang Zhuo, being timid, had hidden under the table when he saw someone approaching earlier. In panic, he had accidentally suffered a few kicks in the dark. He was still rubbing his sore bottom and pondering how to resolve the situation. Now, hearing the veiled threat in Yan Ruoxu's words, he suddenly understood that Yan Ruoxu had no feelings for him at all and had set a trap for him to fall into.
Blame it on Yan Yusuan, the troublemaker. If she hadn't sworn that the Grand Princess had privately praised him as a young talent, he wouldn't have done such a stupid thing today.
"What happened tonight was just a misunderstanding, so it caused everyone's distress. It's really my fault, and I apologize to everyone." Wang Zhuo spoke ambiguously, mumbled a few words, and was about to leave after that.
Naturally, Yan Yusuan was unwilling to let him go. If tonight's incident spread, it would have a significant impact on her future marriage prospects and reputation. "Prince Wang, please stay."
As she hurriedly took a step, something fell from her waist.
Under the watchful eyes of the onlookers, everyone clearly saw it. It was a beautiful wooden comb, with a carved pattern on the wooden handle, which was the totem of the Wang family.
In ancient times, when men and women were in love, they would give each other intimate and personal items like scented pouches and wooden combs. At a glance, everyone was convinced that there was indeed a relationship between the princess and Prince Wang Zhuo.
Yan Yusuan stared at the wooden comb on the ground in disbelief. Then, she suddenly realized, and then angrily looked at Yan Ruoxu.
Earlier at the banquet, Zuier had deliberately spilled the wine while pouring for Yan Yusuan, and took the opportunity to secretly hide the comb on Yan Yusuan's body. Now, it had accidentally fallen, just as Yan Ruoxu had anticipated.
Yan Ruoxu lightly exclaimed, covering her mouth, looking surprised. She picked up the fallen item, walked up to Yan Yusuan, and while placing the wooden comb in her hand, said to the people around, "Tonight's incident will remain a secret for everyone. No one is allowed to say a word about it."
This seemed like an older sister comforting her younger sister, and defending Yan Yusuan's innocence, but in fact, it further confirmed that tonight's incident was indeed a private meeting between the two of them, which happened to be discovered and caused a commotion.
Yan Yusuan was extremely angry, shaking off Yan Ruoxu's hand. Both of them looked at each other, and the tension was palpable.
"You’re not the one who loves acting the most? Today's performance was quite wonderful. " Yan Ruoxu forcefully grabbed Yan Yusuan's wrist and thrust the comb into her hand.
Yan Yusuan wanted to argue, but with so many pairs of eyes around, even with her silver tongue, she knew that nobody would believe her. After all, everyone believed only what they saw.
But seeing isn't necessarily the truth. Yan Yusuan was extremely annoyed, feeling resentful but had to accept this slight secretly.
After the recent events, everyone had lost interest and left one by one.
Yan Ruoxu stayed a while longer and said some comforting words to Qiao Shuyuan, telling her not to blame herself for tonight's incident. Qiao Shuyuan still felt uneasy, but she managed to smile faintly, "I understand the princess's good intentions. Please rest assured, I will definitely instruct the staff present today not to speak a word about it."
It's not easy to keep the truth hidden. Yan Ruoxu thought coldly, perhaps in a few days, the entire capital would know about tonight's incident.
She nodded to Qiao Shuyuan, got into the sedan chair, and went back to the palace.
The night was slightly chilly, perhaps because it was about to rain, and the air had a sticky mist.
The Chang'an Avenue was the main thoroughfare within the capital, and most of the residents on both sides were from official or noble families, so they often had sedan chairs or horses passing through. Because of this, Chang'an Avenue was wide and well-lit even at night with lanterns on both sides for people to pass safely.
Yan Ruoxu sat in the carriage, and after exchanging a glance with Zuier, finally couldn't continue the act, and both of them burst into laughter in the carriage, feeling relieved and delighted.
However, as they were about to move forward at a fork in the road, a figure suddenly appeared and stood in front of the princess's sedan chair.
The author has something to say:
Zuier: Haha~Today was so exciting. The princess is amazing.
Yan Ruoxu: o(￣ヘ￣o＃) This is just the appetizer
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The little angels reading can give the lonely author some love, okay? (灬?‿?灬)
In addition, there will be no updates on 11.7-11.8 for organizing thoughts, please don't abandon me~
Also, trying red packets, on 11.6, each angel who leaves a comment on the eighth chapter will get a red packet *^＿^*