Seeing the young girl leave the room unscathed, Wei Linlang and Zhang Yingxue both involuntarily heaved a sigh of relief. They stepped forward and each took one of Su Yuanyuan's hands.
"Yuanbao, are you okay?" Wei Linlang checked Su Yuanyuan up and down, asking with concern. "I planned to catch up with you just now, but unexpectedly, I searched for a while but couldn't find you anywhere. It really scared me."
"Auntie, don't worry. This is the Prince Xuan's Mansion. Who would dare to do me harm here? Yuanbao is fine."
Su Yuanyuan said with a beaming smile and returned to the garden with Wei Linlang and Zhang Yingxue.
The young girl had changed into a lotus - pink dress. On the dress, numerous vivid dragonflies and colorful butterflies were sewn with fine stitches, which went even better with the hairpin on her hair bun, making her look even more lively and charming.
After returning to the garden, the newly - dressed young girl once again attracted the amazed looks of everyone. This made Jiang Lanyi and others, who had suffered losses at Su Yuanyuan's hands just now, even more envious.
Su Yuanyuan and Wei Linlang had just taken their seats. A little while later, they saw Prince Xuan, Prince Jin, and a woman in a white dress walking out. The three of them took their seats in the main seats one by one.
Seeing that white figure, Su Yuanyuan involuntarily clenched her fists. Her eye sockets burned, and her throat felt choked. What surged in her heart was a mixture of excitement and timidity at seeing her loved one again.
Master... Master...
Yuan'er finally sees you again.
After so long, are you... okay?
Su Yuanyuan stared blankly at Bai Jun beside Prince Xuan. The burning in her eyes was so obvious that Bai Jun seemed to sense it and looked in her direction.
Bai Jun had never met Su Yuanyuan. From afar, she only saw a charming young girl looking at her. Although it was the first time they met, inexplicably, seeing that strange face, Bai Jun felt a bit of familiarity in her heart.
How strange. Why does she feel secretly happy when seeing this little girl?
Prince Xuan didn't notice the strange atmosphere between Su Yuanyuan and Bai Jun. He raised his wine cup, stood up, and smiled to the people below:
"Today's music appreciation banquet is hosted by this king for Mr. Shanyin. Today, everyone need not be constrained. You can make friends through the zither and enjoy the music with this king and Mr. Shanyin."
After Prince Xuan finished speaking, he raised his wine cup high. "Come, let's toast together!"
Below, both the male and female guests all picked up their wine cups to drink with Prince Xuan.
Just then, an abrupt voice suddenly interrupted:
"Fourth brother, when you hold such a lively banquet in your mansion, why don't you send someone to inform the Eastern Palace? This is your fault."
Along with that abrupt voice, a figure strode into the garden of Prince Xuan's Mansion.
Seeing this person, there were immediately successive sounds of people standing up and saluting in the garden.
"Greetings to the Crown Prince!"
"May the Crown Prince be in good health!"
The person who swaggered into the garden of Prince Xuan's Mansion and interrupted the music appreciation banquet was the current Crown Prince of the Great Chu.
But what shocked Su Yuanyuan even more was that there were several attendants and guards following the Crown Prince, and among them, a woman in a light - green gauze dress who was slightly behind the Crown Prince was Su Qingyu, who had been missing for many days!
Even Xiao Ba exclaimed in Su Yuanyuan's mind: [It's actually Su Qingyu. She's not dead yet, and she's even following the Crown Prince!]
Su Yuanyuan stood up to salute with Wei Linlang and Zhang Yingxue. Then, taking the opportunity to lower her head, she covered the expression on her face.
No wonder Liuyun Pavilion couldn't find any trace of Su Qingyu. It turned out that she had met the Crown Prince's people and was taken back to the Eastern Palace.
Xiao Ba said in Su Yuanyuan's mind: [Little Yuanbao, Su Qingyu's eyes seem to have recovered their sight. She doesn't look like a blind person.]
Su Yuanyuan observed carefully and found that except for her slightly awkward walking posture, Su Qingyu's eyes were no different from those of ordinary people. But she remembered that she had clearly destroyed Su Qingyu's eyes before.
Squinting her eyes slightly, Su Yuanyuan said in her mind: [It should be that the Crown Prince found someone to cure her eyes during this period.]
She didn't expect that there was such a capable person around the Crown Prince who could cure Su Qingyu in such a short time. However, even if her eyes were cured, it might not be useful. Now that Su Qingyu no longer had the system, what could she achieve?
Although she said so, Su Yuanyuan always felt a little uneasy in her heart.
Su Qingyu no longer had the system. The Crown Prince wouldn't save her for no reason and even treat her eyes.
This could only mean that Su Qingyu still held some bargaining chips, and she must have reached some deal with the Crown Prince. Otherwise, the Crown Prince wouldn't have brought her by his side and come to Prince Xuan's Mansion on purpose.
What on earth did the Crown Prince and Su Qingyu want to do?
Among those present, Su Zeqian, the heir of the Marquis of Pingyang, and Prince Jin, Xiao Zisheng, also noticed that Su Qingyu was following the Crown Prince. The two of them showed completely different expressions when they saw Su Qingyu following the Crown Prince.
Su Zeqian was shocked that after being expelled from the Marquis's Mansion, Su Qingyu had actually gone to seek refuge with the Crown Prince.
Although Su Qingyu had been driven out of the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion and her origin was suspected by Lady Tong, before everything was investigated clearly, she was still the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion and still represented the face of the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion outside.
Lady Tong, the wife of the Marquis of Pingyang, came from the Tong family. The Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion and the Prince Jin's Mansion had always been in the same camp.
And Su Qingyu's action was equivalent to telling the Tong family that the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion had another choice.
Did she know what she was doing?!
Su Zeqian clenched his fists tightly. His eyes looking at Su Qingyu seemed to be spitting fire. Su Qingyu seemed to sense it and looked in his direction. She even nodded slightly at him with a smile, which made Su Zeqian even more furious.
And Xiao Zisheng beside Prince Xuan had an extremely gloomy face at this time. His eyes looking at Su Qingyu and the Crown Prince were extremely cold, and the hatred in his eyes seemed to turn into substance.
This bitch, Su Qingyu, had really defected to the Crown Prince!
The "broken iron" poison on his leg must have been administered by Su Qingyu on the Crown Prince's order!
Different from others, Jiang Lanyi was looking at Su Qingyu excitedly. She even lowered her voice and said to the little sisters beside her excitedly: "Did you see? Yu'er is really capable. She has actually defected to the Crown Prince! Among these princes, the most noble one is naturally the Crown Prince! In the future, when the Crown Prince ascends the throne, Yu'er will be a real empress!"
The others also echoed one after another: "Yes, Yu'er is really amazing!"
The expressions of everyone on the scene were all within the Crown Prince's expectation. Especially Xiao Zisheng's reaction made the Crown Prince extremely satisfied with his arrival. His eyes swept lightly over the people kneeling on the ground. When they passed over Su Yuanyuan, they suddenly paused for a moment, then casually moved away and walked towards the main seat in the front.