When asked by the shopkeeper, he was startled and Xie Qian quickly explained.
"Anyway, I'm staying in the inn rented by her. I haven't spent a penny this month, and I still have good food and drink..."
"So I thought, should I go say thank you to her or something."
"What the Number One Scholar said makes sense," the shopkeeper nodded, "However, I think there is no need for the Number One Scholar to go to Princess Nianyun."
"Why is this?" Xie Qian was puzzled.
"Master Zhuangyuan, think about it, what did Princess Nianyun mean when she booked our inn?"
The shopkeeper said, "The purpose of booking our place is the same as booking tea and snacks at Jinminglou. It's for her husband who cheated in the examination room..."
"In the past, when there was no case of fraud in the examination room, her husband was the number one scholar. As a genuine number one scholar, if you go to the princess to express your gratitude, I'm afraid she will feel bad, right?"
"You...what you said makes sense..."
The eyes that were full of expectation just now suddenly dimmed.
But just for a moment, Xie Qian raised his eyes again and said, "Well, since I can't go to her, will Princess Nianyun come here?"
"Come here?" The shopkeeper pointed to his inn, "Does Zhuangyuanlang mean to come to Gaosheng Inn?"
"Yes," Xie Qian nodded, "Wasn't it the princess who booked the inn in the first place? Wouldn't she come to check and pay the bill?"
"It's good that the princess booked the inn, but from the beginning, it was just one of her girls who came forward."
"How can a princess, a daughter of a noble family, show up at our little inn so easily? Master Zhuangyuan, you are overthinking it!"
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Xie Qian knew that he had just become hot-headed and that he was indeed overthinking.
The original purpose of Princess Nianyun was to eliminate the resentment of the students against Chen Shaoan.
Now that so many people have enjoyed the benefits, and the second imperial examination has ended, it is even more impossible for her to show up at will!
Thinking of these, Xie Qian felt inexplicably lost.
Originally, he wanted to stay at Gaosheng Inn for a few more days, because he had a vague expectation in his heart that he might see Su Nianyun.
After being awakened by the shopkeeper, he stopped thinking and started packing his things.
Knowing that more and more people were staying at Gaosheng Inn, he couldn't bear to be disturbed. In addition, he also had a lot of silver rewards on his hands, so it was time to find a real place to stay.
Just as Xie Qian was packing his things and leaving the inn, Xia Yue also received the news from the inn.
"Princess, do we really not want to congratulate the champion?" Xia Yue asked Su Nianyun.
Su Nianyun shook his head, "There was no intention to save him. If I suddenly go to congratulate him, it will definitely make people think that the purpose is not pure."
"There must be a lot of people who are icing on the cake for him, so I won't join in the fun."
"But princess, didn't you always say that there is no one in our court? Wouldn't it be nice to take this opportunity to cultivate a relationship with the promising number one scholar?"
Chunhua's question finally got to the point.
Most of Su Nianyun's grasp of the court information came from Fu Ming.
Now that Fu Ming is not in the capital, her own channel for obtaining information from the court is gone.
Although she has memories of her past life, her memories are not always accurate.
She needs to always pay attention to the changes in the court in order to remind herself of some major events that have happened in the past.
Only when Ping An has experienced those major events, will she become stronger and stronger, so strong that she can easily defeat her opponents and always protect her son from harm.
And Chunhua can always easily detect her worries.
Xie Qian is not only a rookie in the current court, but also the arm of the new emperor in the future. In the future, he will be the only one who can compete with the treacherous minister Xiao Changfeng.
Such a person must have extraordinary wisdom.
As long as Su Nianyun appears in front of him now, he will definitely be able to see through her thoughts immediately.
Therefore, instead of being discovered by others in advance and staying away, it is better to let nature take its course and plant good karma first.
However, Su Nianyun really went out under the persuasion of the two girls, but instead of going to congratulate some new champion, she went to Tianen Water Pavilion to see Chuxue.
During the dinner, Chuxue asked Su Nianyun aggrievedly, "Nianyun, do you dislike me, so you don't want me to come to your door?"
"How is that possible?" Su Nianyun was stunned by her question, "Why do you think so?"
"Obviously it's more convenient for me to go to Chen's Mansion to find you, but why do you not let me come to your door every time, and then ask me to meet you outside?"
"Tian'en Waterside Pavilion, Wangyue Tower, Qianjiang Pavilion, Huibin Tower... We almost ate at all the restaurants in the capital, but you didn't let me in once?"
"Ah, this..." Su Nianyun hurriedly explained, "I have my reasons, you believe me..."
Chuxue interrupted her, "Other times, it's okay if you don't let me enter the house. The most important thing is when you give birth to a child. I can't visit you. I can only ask someone to deliver the gifts."
"Outsiders think our relationship is very good, but at that moment, you don't want to see me. I..."
"It's not what outsiders think, it's just that our relationship is inherently good!"
"You..." After Su Nianyun confirmed the relationship, Chuxue couldn't say anything else.
Su Nianyun said, "Not only have you never entered, but no one else has gone to my place."
This was the old lady's plan, to gradually cut off contact with the palace and the outside world, and then control her more easily.
However, even though she was reborn, she did not want to correct this aspect of her interpersonal relationships.
A few close friends were enough. She didn't want to get involved with those famous ladies.
If she wants to know what happened in the backyard, she has Jade Faced Agar to collect information.
Su Nianyun said seriously to Chuxue, "Chen Mansion is not a good place."
Chen Shaokang is still in the mansion.
Although she broke up the marriage between Chen Shaokang and Chu Xue in this life, she didn't know if their fate would change again if they really met.
Although Chuxue was now married and it was almost impossible for Chen Shaokang to care about her again, for the sake of safety, she did not dare to take any risks.
She didn't want to give Chen Shaokang any chance to meet Chuxue.
After hearing Su Nianyun say that the Chen family was not good, Chu Xue immediately thought of Chen Shaoan's examination fraud.
She suddenly regretted that she shouldn't have said what she just said.
Nianyun doesn't want her to enter Chen's house, it must be because of her husband's affairs, right?
She even made trouble here unreasonably because she couldn't enter the Chen Mansion!
"Nianyun, I'm sorry, I just made a mistake. I don't have to go to the Chen Mansion. It would be nice for us to meet outside..."
"Yes." Su Nianyun nodded, "Now is not the time. When I buy a new mansion in the future, you can come as you please."
"Buy... a new house?" Chuxue was stunned, "You want to live separately from Uncle Chen?"
She immediately thought that maybe because Chen Shaoan had done such a wrong thing, the Chen family wanted to drive Chen Shaoan out of the house, so the couple had to build a new house.
In this way, it became even more apparent that her previous reproach was a bit excessive.
"I'm sorry Nianyun, I didn't know..." Chuxue felt extremely guilty.
"It's okay." Su Nianyun didn't care what Chuxue thought, as long as she didn't come to the Chen Mansion. "The Chen Mansion is a mess now. You can come back after I've settled it."
"Okay," Chuxue nodded desperately, "I understand... If you need help, just speak."
"After you buy a new house, I will prepare a big gift for you!"
"Okay!" Su Nianyun took a sip of the hot soup and then asked, "By the way, you and Yang Ming have been married for so long, how are you doing?"
Su Nianyun was asking about Chu Xue's physical recovery after she gave the medicine to Yang Ming.
Chuxue mistakenly thought she was asking if she was pregnant and blushed to the root of her neck.
"The doctor said that we are still young, so we should take care of our health first and not rush into this moment."
Su Nianyun laughed dumbly, "It seems that you are quite looking forward to having a child!"
However, since she had left the matter of taking care of Chuxue to Yang Ming, she believed that Yang Ming would be able to handle it well, so she wasn't that worried anymore.
Chuxue's face became increasingly red, but she said sincerely, "Of course, I want to give Yang Ming a child."
Then he ignored Su Nianyun's smile and opened the small baggage beside him, "I embroidered this for Jing'er..."
Su Nianyun looked at it and saw that the whole set of clothes, shoes and hats looked much better than the ones she had embroidered.
Especially the pair of tiger-head shoes are lifelike.