"So the Crown Princess is determined and doesn't want to have one more person in the Crown Prince's Mansion?" Situ Wan bit her lips and tried her best to control her emotions and prevent the tears from flowing out. "Is there no room for change?"
"Miss Situ." Yun Zishu said quietly, "A woman's youth is indeed wasted. You should talk to Uncle Situ and ask the queen or your mother to arrange a marriage for you as soon as possible, so as not to waste your good years."
Situ Wan couldn't help but tighten her grip on the handkerchief, and the smile on her lips looked a little pale: "Thank you for your concern, Princess, but I..."
"Um?"
"I don't have the courage of a Crown Princess." Situ Wan lowered her eyebrows and looked a little lonely, "With a status like a minister, you never have the final say in your marriage. Your Highness, the Crown Princess..."
Yun Zishu was about to say something when she saw Situ Wan suddenly kneeling down: "I beg you, the Crown Princess, to have a lot of money and give me a place to live. I promise that I will not compete with the Crown Princess for favor, and I will respect my sister and be considerate in the future."
Serve my sister, and ask my sister——"
"What are you doing, Miss Situ?" Yun Zishu frowned, and her tone was a little indifferent, "It's not good for a lady to make such a gesture. It damages Miss Situ's talent and demeanor, so please get up."
Situ Wan shook his head: "Now all the major families in the Dongyou royal family know that my daughter is the prince's son, and no one will be willing to marry me -"
"What are you doing?" A cold voice suddenly sounded, instantly breaking the deadlock in front of him.
Yun Zishu looked at Sicang walking over and was quite surprised: "Didn't His Highness the Crown Prince go to the Imperial Study Room to discuss matters? Why did you come here so quickly?"
Sicang frowned and looked at her unhappily: "Didn't you always call her by name before? Why are you so unfamiliar all of a sudden?"
Yun Zishu's tone was calm: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a distinguished status and a strong majesty. I can't help but feel awe and submission. I dare not call the Crown Prince by his name."
Sicang twitched the corner of his mouth, turned his head, and glanced at Situ Wan who was still kneeling on the ground without emotion. He happened to meet her eyes that contained weakness and grievance. When their eyes met, Situ Wan hurriedly lowered his head and spoke in a touching voice:
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince."
Sicang's attitude was cold and distant, and he didn't say a word.
"Miss Situ wants to enter the Crown Prince's Mansion." Yun Zishu frowned and briefly stated the whole story, "But the Crown Prince clearly warned me before that if I easily agree to let other women enter the Mansion, I will go on a hunger strike. How can I dare to make the decision on my own? So now
We are in trouble."
Leng Yue pursed her lips to hold back a smile.
"What's there to be embarrassed about?" Sicang said in an indifferent tone, "There is only one mistress in the Prince's Mansion. How can other cats and dogs get in if they want? No matter who they are, just refuse."
A cat or a dog?
Situ Wan's face turned pale, and his body swayed, with a hurt expression on his face.
"If you really bring another woman into the mansion, I will kill her." Si Cang looked at Yun Zishu, his tone was cold and murderous, "You probably don't want to see too much blood in the prince's mansion.
"
Yun Zishu was in a dilemma: "I do think so, and I explained it to Miss Situ in the same way, but -"
"There is no but." Sicang interrupted her forcefully, "Even if she touches the pillar and dies, threatening her with death, what does it have to do with you?"
"I……"
"As long as I don't die in the Prince's Mansion, it has nothing to do with you."
Yun Zishu was silent, lowered her eyes and replied: "Oh."
"I'm back home." Si Cang took Yun Zishu's hand and turned to leave. "We don't have to deal with such things anymore and waste time."
Leng Yue and Leng Shuang followed the two of them quietly, feeling deeply that His Highness the Crown Prince today was really cold and domineering, with a natural pressure, and his magnanimity was no less than that of a real king of a country.
The couple gradually drifted away, leaving Situ Wan alone, kneeling on the ground, staring stiffly at the backs of the two people as they left, suddenly feeling like a joke.
"Miss." The two maids hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, speaking cautiously, "The prince has just met the young lady for the first time, and he still doesn't understand the young lady's personality and talents. In the future, he will definitely-"
"After?" Situ Wan clenched her hands and spoke in a cold and angry tone, "When will it be in the future? Do you know that I will be seventeen in one month? Don't you understand what it means for a woman to be seventeen?"
She said she was seventeen years old in front of Yun Zishu, just to make him feel a little guilty. However, Yun Zishu did not think that she had taken away the identity that belonged to others - the position of Crown Princess should have belonged to her, Situ Wan, Yun Zishu
Just a thief!
But she didn't feel any guilt about being a thief. Instead, she righteously refused to let her enter the prince's palace, not even the concubine.
Situ Wan stood up and stared gloomily in the direction the two of them left, with no trace of weakness on his face.
Although the two figures were no longer visible in her sight, she seemed to be looking at an enemy, with a biting coldness in her eyes.
…
"Miss Situ is very good at disguise, and she is much better than her sister." Yun Zishu and Sicang walked out of the palace, chatting as if no one was around, "His Royal Highness, you don't have any feelings for her?"
Sicang looked at her dissatisfied: "Your Highness, you want to push me to someone else?"
"No." Yun Zishu said calmly, "I made it very clear to her that the prince will go on a hunger strike, but I don't dare to make the decision without permission."
Si Cang frowned: "Hunger strike?"
"Um."
Si Cang was silent, okay, this can be considered a valid reason.
"It is no longer possible to covet the position of Crown Princess. They are now settling for the next best thing and want to occupy the identity of a Crown Princess's concubine." Yun Zishu raised her lips, "This is indeed a good way to temporarily tolerate it, as long as they can successfully enter the Crown Prince's position.
In the mansion, with the Queen and the Situ family here, it won’t be difficult to turn around in the future - at least they think it won’t be difficult.”
The Queen and Situ Wan's thoughts were perfectly normal. From their standpoint, although a princess from a foreign race was noble, she could not compete with a noble daughter from a local Dongyou family.
What's more, this noble lady also has a strong backer.
However, they knew too little about Sicang and Yun Zishu, and they failed to do the most important thing - knowing yourself and the enemy, only then can you win every battle.
If you know yourself well but don’t understand your opponent, you will easily underestimate your opponent.
Underestimating the enemy is a taboo, as it can make them lose completely.
Sicang was not interested in the thoughts of the Queen and Situ Wan. He was silent for a moment and then said: "Let the Fu family girl and Huangfu Lingfeng's sister come into the house to accompany you in the afternoon so that you can get to know each other."
Yun Zishu hummed: "What's their temperament like?"
"We should get along well with you," Sicang said. "The daughters of the Fu family and the Huangfu family both practice martial arts, have good skills, and have a more straightforward temperament than ordinary girls."