Shengjing Noble

Chapter 497 Coldness and Alienation

Nanny Wang consoled her, "Princess, don't be impatient. Everything should be done step by step. As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. One day, the prince will see that you are better than Su Lanyin."

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Qiurong Pavilion.

As soon as Su Lanyin came back, she took off her makeup and changed into simple clothes. Cuizhu walked in with spices.

"Miss, you said you wanted to make perfume. I found a few of the ones you wanted in the storeroom. The rest is out of stock. You need to go to the perfume shop to get them."

As she spoke, she put down the box filled with ingredients.

Su Lanyin walked over, opened it and took a look, then instructed: "Go get it after dinner, and try to get as much as possible."

"Yes."

"By the way, I have been checking the account books for the West Street shop. I will bring them back this afternoon. I happen to be free recently, so I have to take good care of the shop."

"Well, what would you like to eat for lunch, young lady? I will tell the kitchen."

Su Lanyin thought about it, and then said, "Let's vacate the side room and turn it into a small kitchen. Bring a cook over from home, and we'll cook our own food in the future."

"That's fine. Miss is used to the dishes of the Lu family, and the dishes of the palace may not suit her taste."

"Hmm." Su Lanyin lowered her eyes and fiddled with the spices.

She just didn't want to get used to this place because one day she would have to leave.

When Fu Wuyang came in, he saw Su Lanyin grinding perfume powder, looking nonchalant and calm.

He was a little angry, so after entering the room, he ordered: "Everyone go down, I have something to say to the concubine."

Several maids who were cleaning stood there in a daze, looking left and right, and finally looked at Su Lanyin.

They were maids who came with the Lu family as dowry. Even if the other party was a prince, they were only loyal to Su Lanyin.

This scene made Fu Wuyang even more furious, and he raised his voice and shouted, "Are you deaf when I speak?"

The little maids shrank their necks in fear, and when they saw Su Lanyin nod slightly, they quickly fled out of the room.

Only Cuizhu was still standing there, not even looking at Fu Wuyang. The little girl raised her chin arrogantly, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.

"Why don't you go out?"

Fu Wuyang saw her, but because Su Lanyin had a different attitude towards Cuizhu, he suppressed his anger.

"My Lord, the young lady said that she wanted me to help her divide the materials, and she can't go out."

Cuizhu looked at him expressionlessly, not behaving like a servant at all.

She was undoubtedly challenging Fu Wuyang's authority, but she felt hatred in her heart.

Why would a good girl end up becoming someone's concubine?

When I first fell in love with the girl, he was very attentive to her and I thought she was sincere, but the result was really laughable!

The more she thought about it, the more she felt sorry for her own girl, and there was a hint of hostility in her eyes as she looked at Fu Wuyang.

Su Lanyin knew that Cuizhu was angry with her, but she shouldn't have failed to recognize the other person's identity.

Even she had to be a little considerate of Fu Wuyang at this moment, let alone Cuizhu.

Thinking of this, before Fu Wuyang could get angry, she quickly spoke to smooth things over: "We won't separate for now, Cuizhu, you go down. By the way, help me make a bowl of bird's nest."

Cuizhu curled her lips, bowed reluctantly, and then went out.

The door was closed, and Su Lanyin and Fu Wuyang were the only ones left in the room.

She lowered her head and continued to fiddle with the things in her hands, not even looking at Fu Wuyang, which made him at a loss for words.

He opened his mouth, wanting to blame, but swallowed the words back.

Anyway, there was nothing serious going on with Shen Ruchu, so there was no need for him to make Su Lanyin unhappy.

He felt guilty for not being able to make her his principal wife, so he endured it.

"Yinyin, what are you doing?"

He pretended to be curious, sat down on the round stool next to her, and leaned forward slightly, wanting to be closer to her.

But Su Lanyin suddenly stood up and walked towards the dressing table.

"I am mixing the perfume, can't your Highness see it?"

She smiled, seemingly dodging lightly, but in fact she did it on purpose.

But she looked so kind that it was hard to find fault with her.

Fu Wuyang suddenly realized that Su Lanyin seemed to have changed a lot overnight.

He stood up and chased after her, pretending to follow her casually, carefully trying to find topics to talk about.

"I heard today that a new rouge shop has opened in the East Market. I'll take you there someday."

"No need. The Lu family owns a rouge shop. They will deliver what I need to me regularly."

"Then...should I make you a few more sets of clothes? The North Territory is cold..."

"No need for that. I have no shortage of clothes, especially winter clothes."

Su Lanyin took out the rouge and powder from the box with a cold attitude, then walked back to the table, scooped out everything and poured it into the jar for grinding spices.

"What do you do with these at home?"

"I'm too lazy to mix the colors and seasonings, so I just put the ready-made ones in to save effort. What, Your Majesty, do you want to learn too?"

"No, why would a man like me learn these things?"

"Oh."

Su Lanyin lowered her head and continued to do her own thing seriously.

Fu Wuyang felt a little embarrassed and secretly cursed himself for killing the topic.

So he took the initiative to speak again: "Actually... I'm quite curious, why don't you tell me what you are researching."

"spices."

Her answer was neither salty nor bland, extremely concise, as if she was too lazy to say another word to him.

Fu Wuyang was annoyed and couldn't bear it any longer, so he grabbed her hand and pulled her in front of him forcefully.

"Yinyin, what did I do wrong that you treat me like this?"

Su Lanyin frowned: "Where did you get this from, Your Majesty?"

He doesn't even know what he did wrong. This person is really hopeless.

Fu Wuyang said anxiously: "I... I know you are angry. If you are angry, just be like before and scold me, even if it's me, please don't torture me like this."

"I don't think... I said anything? Your Majesty, are you wrongly accusing me?" Su Lanyin refused to admit it.

"You didn't treat me like this before. I like you better than you are now."

"Really?" Su Lanyin frowned, "But I have always been me. Does Your Majesty dislike me now that you have me? How about you give me a letter of divorce and kick me out?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Fu Wuyang was angry and hurriedly hugged her in his arms, as if he was afraid that she would slip away at any time.

Leaning in his arms, Su Lanyin felt no other waves in her heart, only a sense of irritability.

She hated Fu Wuyang for trapping her here.

But she had no ability to change the status quo, so she could only endure it as much as possible and then look for opportunities.

"Yinyin, treating me like this is like cutting my heart with a blunt knife..."

There was a flash of sarcasm in Su Lanyin's eyes.

She thought in her heart: But by doing this to me, isn't it like stabbing me with the back of a sharp knife?

You know clearly my ambition and that I don't want to be a concubine, but you still selfishly tie me to your side like a dog!