"Miss, miss, wake up! Miss -"
As the soft call fell into her ears, Lin Wanwan's long eyelashes curled like butterfly wings trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her sleepy eyes amid a slight sway.
As soon as she raised her eyes, what came into view was Nuan Yan's pretty and slightly anxious face. For a moment, something seemed to be racing through Lin Wanwan's mind, making her feel a little dazed.
She sat up slowly and glanced around, only to realize that the carriage had stopped at some point. Her sleepy eyes made small ripples in the candlelight. It seemed that she had indeed gotten up today. It was so early that I didn't even realize when I returned to the city.
She didn’t know whether it was because she had slept for too long or for some reason, but the lurking tingling sensation on her temples gradually began to amplify, making it difficult for her to concentrate. She couldn’t help but stretched out her hand and rubbed it for a moment before asking: “What time is it now? "
"It's just past Shenshi." Nuan Yan saw that she was a little embarrassed and couldn't help but frowned. With a hint of urgency in his eyes, he said with a serious look: "Miss, something happened."
Lin Wanwan paused her fingers slightly, and the tiredness in her eyes suddenly dissipated a bit.
"What's the matter?"
"Just before you came back, someone from the palace came to deliver the message, saying that the Queen Mother wanted to summon you." Nuan Yan saw that she was gradually getting rid of her sleepiness, and breathed a sigh of relief, "The person who delivered the message is still in the hall at the moment. Wait, luckily you came back in time, otherwise I wouldn’t know how to deal with it.”
After Lin Wanwan met Luo Huaizhou and Shi Manzi as relatives of Su Jingqian, Su Jingqian bought a house next to Tianshu Pavilion in Lin Wanwan's name, and went to Tianshu with Xuanji Tower Like the house in the pavilion, there is a hidden door inside so that Lin Wanwan can meet guests conveniently in the future. In the past, when Luo Huaizhou and Shi Manzi came to see her, they would meet in this house.
"The Queen Mother?" Lin Wanwan frowned slightly, a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, "Why did you summon me suddenly?"
"Nuan Yan doesn't know. It's just that the Queen Mother has a distinguished status. She always summons some noble ladies of the official family. How could she suddenly summon a commoner woman to the palace?" Nuan Yan also looked puzzled. After thinking about it, she finally came up with this idea. A guess is, "Could it be for Prince Lu?"
A few days ago, Su Jingqian and Luo Huaizhou had a dispute in the street over Lin Wanwan. Nuan Yan knew about it. She was originally worried that her young lady would be implicated in this matter and become a thorn in the side of the Queen Mother, so she specially asked the spies to Pay attention to the movements in the palace. But afterwards, the Queen Mother did not take any action, which gradually made her feel relieved.
Although Prince Lu's words that day were somewhat inappropriate, in the final analysis, he just wanted to stand up for his friend and had no other intentions. Everyone present that day also knew that this was a misunderstanding. Later, Prince Lu specially explained this matter to the Queen Mother. It stands to reason that the Queen Mother knew that Prince Lu and the lady had no relationship between men and women, so naturally she would not take action on the lady. At most, she would send someone to warn the lady and let the lady leave Lu. The prince is just a little further away. With the power of the Queen Mother, there is no need to personally summon a common girl to the palace. Moreover, more than two months have passed since this incident, and the turmoil has long since subsided. At this time, the Queen Mother summoned her own lady to the palace. What kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?
Nuan Yan scratched his head. The Queen Mother's move was really hard to see through. However, Nuan Yan was sure that the Queen Mother's purpose in summoning her own young lady to the palace this time was by no means simple.
Lin Wanwan naturally understood this, but even though she knew that this matter was fishy, there was no trace of panic on her face. Instead, she seemed to know that there were tigers in the mountains, and she preferred to go to the tiger mountains.
She straightened her skirt, stood up leisurely and said, "Since the Queen Mother has issued an edict, there is no way to escape. It seems that the only choice is to go and meet the Queen Mother of Nanling Kingdom."
Nuan Yan was stunned and said in astonishment: "Miss, really want to enter the palace?" The worry in her heart was all written on her face, and her eyebrows frowned even tighter without knowing it, "But..."
"Is there any other choice?" Lin Wanwan knew that she was worried, so she patted her shoulder reassuringly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you don't know how much my young lady is capable of. Even the Queen Mother may not be able to control me easily. Besides, we still have important responsibilities, so we must endure it as long as we can. We must not expose our identity and let the Nanling situation fall short at this juncture."
Lin Wanwan's brows and eyes exuded a calmness and confidence from the inside out, with a shining brilliance, as if there was a special magic power, which gradually calmed down Nuan Yan's originally worried heart.
After the master and servant got off the carriage, Nuan Yan held an umbrella and looked around again through the fine snow, and asked curiously: "Why is the young lady coming back alone? Didn't Mr. Su come back with you? "
A few days ago, Nuan Yan heard Yu Su mention it. Now the relationship between the young lady and Mr. Su seems to have returned to the way it was when they were at Beiluo Division. The relationship is very harmonious, and Nuan Yan is very happy in her heart.
When Lin Wanwan heard this, she couldn't help but picture Su Jingqian's lonely back in her mind. The sky and the earth were as white as snow, and her fur was like ink. How many suns, moons, springs and autumns had been lost in that dark ink world.
Her heart suddenly shrank, as if she had been stabbed hard by countless fine needles, and a dense pain fell. Her eyes dimmed, and then she suppressed the sourness in her heart and spoke calmly: "He has something important to do. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back today.”
Nuan Yan didn't notice anything strange about Lin Wanwan, she just said "oh" and then heard her young lady ask again: "Does Ziyu know about this?"
Lin Wanwan knew that Ziyu had always acted calmly. When Su Jingqian was away, Ziyu was almost always in charge of Xuanji Tower. This trip to Zhuangzi was so secretive that Su Jingqian must have left Ziyu in the city to let him pay attention. There's a lot of noise everywhere.
Regarding this question, Nuan Yan gave the answer directly without thinking at all: "Master Su has set up so many secret sentries in the dark to make this place airtight. The people at Xuanji Tower must already know about it."
At the end, she whispered again: "Yusu and I have moved here for several days. I don't know what Mr. Su is worried about, so he insists on keeping this place so tightly guarded."
Lin Wanwan's eyelashes were half lowered and she was thinking about something. She didn't seem to hear Nuan Yan's muttering. She was silent for a moment and then told Nuan Yan: "Go and send a message to Ziyu and tell him that this is the time." At the critical moment of the Nanling situation, there is no need to bother his master with this matter, I can solve it myself. Also, there is no need to go to Prince Lu’s Mansion to find Luo Huaizhou. Since the Queen Mother summoned me to the palace at this time, she must have already Send him away."
Nuan Yan responded, handed the umbrella to Lin Wanwan, and quickly entered the Tianshu Pavilion's house through the back door.
Lin Wanwan raised her head slightly and looked over the umbrella eaves to the sky above her head. The flying snow fell in her clear eyes, flashing a cold light of determination.
She knew very well that even if she asked Ziyu not to inform Su Jin, Ziyu would not dare to hide it without authorization. The purpose of her words was actually to use Ziyu to tell Su Jin that she was no longer the one who needed him. The little girl came to deal with the aftermath for her. She didn't want to be grateful to him, and she didn't want to owe him anything anymore. Since he wanted her to be able to take charge of herself in the future, she should handle the matter by herself.
It's time for them to clear up their affairs.
