She refused to marry.

Su Wanwan followed Feng Chenjun back to the East Garden.

Despite it being August, her hands and feet were ice-cold.

The scene from that morning flashed before my eyes. Fortunately, there was nothing left in my stomach, only fear of Xiao Xuanjing remained.

She kept thinking about the two pits from that morning, and felt that the pit next to her was prepared just for her.

She buried herself in organizing the account books, and at the end of the night, she handed the completed account books to Feng Chenjun.

Xiao Xuanjing glanced at it, then tossed it aside. "Same as usual tomorrow."

As she left the Princess's residence and descended the last step, Su Wanwan's legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground.

She burst into sobs.

In the distance, a carriage slowly approached and stopped beside her.

Lu Huai'an got off the carriage, carried the woman onto the carriage, and let her sob in his arms.

Not long after, he heard the woman's soft snoring coming from his arms.

Su Wanwan slept for a day and woke up groggily the next day.

The first thing she did after pulling back the covers wasn't ask how she got home last night, but rather, "Chunhua, what time is it?"

"Chen Shi (7-9 AM)." Chunhua walked to the bedside.

Su Wanwan quickly put on her shoes and clothes, rushed to the stable, climbed into the carriage, and said, "Quickly, to the Princess's residence."

She casually tied her hair up in the carriage and entered the East Garden before Feng Chenjun returned.

Just then, the princess's personal maidservant came in to deliver General Xiao's letter and caught a glimpse of the emperor's study from afar.

A woman is tidying up her clothes and headdress.

Outsiders are not allowed to enter Feng Chenjun's study without permission.

But today there is an extra woman.

The old woman looked at the woman curiously a few more times, and after seeing her face clearly, she left with a puzzled expression.

Su Wanwan tidied her clothes and went into the study to start tinkering.

In the afternoon, Su Wanwan finally sorted out the account books for the past two years.

After leaving the Princess's residence, feeling wronged and afraid, she had no one to confide in, so she called for a carriage and went to find Lu Huai'an.

She knocked on the back door of the mansion, and the doorman, seeing that it was her, invited her to sit in the backyard.

"When will Young Master Lu return?" Su Wanwan asked, getting bored while waiting, as she walked down to the corridor.

"I don't know. If you're bored, young lady, you can wander around," the doorman said.

Su Wanwan returned to her seat and took a nap, but eventually got too bored, so she got up and left the courtyard, heading towards the main compound.

However, this mansion is simply too large.

After wandering around for a while, I got lost.

Afraid of alerting Lu Huai'an and causing him trouble, she didn't dare to ask and wandered around aimlessly, head down, relying on her memory.

Suddenly, a woman appeared in the distance, walking hurriedly with a pale face.

Su Wanwan sidestepped behind the artificial hill, and only when everyone approached did she realize that the person who came was Shen Yan.

Su Wanwan scratched her head. Why was Shen Yan here?

What's going on here?

"Hey, over here!" Su Wanwan made a sound from behind the artificial hill.

Shen Yan was already in a hurry to escape, and her face turned pale when she was frightened by this.

After turning around and seeing that it was Miss Su, and seeing that no one was around, he also hid inside the artificial hill.

"Miss Shen, what are you doing here?" Su Wanwan pulled her inside.

When Shen Yan saw her, she said aggrievedly, "My second brother wants to give me to the heir of the Prince of Changxin. The heir is sickly, and I heard he's about to die."

After saying that, she started to sob.

Su Wanwan grabbed her hand. "So you just ran away?"

"Hmm." Shen Yan looked up and asked her, "Miss Su, what are you doing here?"

"The Su family has some business dealings with his people, so I came to sit down today, but I got lost and happened to run into you," Su Wanwan explained.

How could she explain that Crown Prince Jangshin wasn't sickly?

That's Shen Yan's official love interest.

"Perhaps the Crown Prince of Changxin isn't what you think..." Su Wanwan continued.

"I saw with my own eyes when my second brother led me to see him. There was a copper basin next to the bed, which was full of blood. The room was filled with a stench and the smell of medicine. No one could stay there."

Shen Yan nervously took her hand. "Miss Su, you've been here a few times. Please take me away?"

"Me?" Su Wanwan asked anxiously.

"Last time I helped you find the eldest daughter of the Su family in your second brother's courtyard, you won't forget that favor, will you?" Shen Yan pleaded.

"I..." Su Wanwan's tone softened.

In the original story, the person who took Shen Yan away from the Changxin Prince's Mansion was actually herself.

"Fine, I'll take you away." Su Wanwan said dejectedly.

Favors owed to others must be repaid.

The two walked one after the other towards the backyard. The doorman noticed the extra person beside her and asked, "And who is this?"

Su Wanwan said, "This is the person I brought in. I went through the backyard, and she went through the front gate. It's just a coincidence that we met in the yard."

The doorman didn't say anything and let them through directly.

The two boarded the carriage, and Su Wanwan sat inside, explaining in every possible way that the Crown Prince of Changxin was not a sick or weak person.

But Shen Yan only believed that she had seen it.

"By the way, why did the Shen family send you to the eldest son?" Su Wanwan wondered.

Could it be that the plot has progressed to the point where the male and female leads get to know each other?

"I heard that Prince Changxin has an account book in his hands, which holds Father's life in his hands. My second brother came up with a bad idea and sent me to Prince Changxin's son as a concubine." Shen Yan clenched her purse tightly, her eyes full of resentment.

"Hiding like this isn't a solution. Even if you go back, they'll still do the same thing," Su Wanwan said with pity.

"But I don't want to be manipulated and become a puppet of the Shen family." Shen Yan's eyes were red.

"Sigh..." Su Wanwan sighed.

The two remained silent the entire way.

As the carriage slowly moved forward, Su Wanwan suddenly remembered something.

In the original novel, Shen Yan escaped from the Changxin Prince's Mansion and met the male protagonist in the East Market.

He hurriedly called out, "Let's go to the riverbank in the East Market."

The carriage circled twice before stopping at the entrance to the East Market.

"Miss Shen, this is my way of seeing you off for today. If fate allows, we shall meet again in the future."

"Thank you, Miss Su." Shen Yan got off the carriage.

Su Wanwan lifted the curtain and gave her a bright smile, "You're welcome. I hope Miss Shen will meet her ideal husband soon."

Shen Yan bowed to her and disappeared into the crowd.

Su Wanwan lowered the curtain and suddenly remembered that Lu Huai'an always brought her large and small bags whenever he saw her, so she should reciprocate.

So he got off the carriage, strolled around, and picked out a folding fan with Xiangfei bamboo ribs.

She had the scholar in the shop write the four characters "怀远安近" (Huaiyuan Anjin) in large characters, then left them to dry. She followed the shopkeeper to pay the money.

When they turned back, they found that someone was holding it in their hand, and they were quite satisfied.

Su Wanwan said politely through the screen, "Young master, someone wants the fan."

"Wanwan..."

Su Wanwan recognized the name and went around the screen to look; it was Lu Huai'an.

Lu Huai'an toyed with the fan, smiling broadly. "Miss Wanwan, is this fan a gift for me?"

Su Wanwan's face flushed instantly: "Who said it was a gift for you? I'm using it myself."

"Isn't this a gift for our young master..." Yuan Zijin pointed from the side, "My young master's name is on it too."

Su Wanwan glared at him angrily and lowered her blushing face.