Chapter 370 - 353: First Update
Ju Nanyi continued with his work, not expecting her to come out from the inner courtyard. This was Prince Duan’s Mansion, where the rules were somewhat stricter than the usual aristocratic gentry clans; there was no chance a young lady would appear in the courtyard when an unrelated man was present.
However, Nanny Yun watched Ju Nanyi with a smile, her demeanor not only respectful but also tinged with warmth.
He was by the side of the Crown Prince, after all. Moreover, she had heard that this Lord Ju was of high moral standing and noble character, a rare talent indeed, the kind that even the Prince seldom praised.
Ju Nanyi felt uncomfortable under Nanny Yun’s overly enthusiastic gaze, and although he remained composed, he also felt somewhat...
Ju Nanyi didn’t know quite what to feel at the moment, so he only managed to pull his thoughts back to rational considerations, like what sort of husband she would find if Prince Duan rejected the Duke of Qing’s offer.
Ju Nanyi was not blindly confident in himself. This was the first time he had appeared before Prince Duan several times, yet the Prince had not considered him, focusing instead on a few young scholars newly arrived at the Hanlin Academy. Apart from the factor of age, Ju Nanyi thought, perhaps the Prince also cared about whether he could be easily manipulated.
So, had he appeared too capable?
Ju Nanyi’s hand paused briefly, and Yan Guang, about to bury the Silver Thread Ring, suddenly found himself unable to continue. He turned, puzzled, to look at Ju Nanyi, but by the next moment, Ju Nanyi had already set aside what he was holding, as if Yan Guang’s hesitation had been nothing but a figment of his imagination.
"My lord, have you discovered something?" Yan Guang stepped closer, glancing around mysteriously. Although the sight of flowers filled his vision, more than he’d seen in his entire lifetime, with chrysanthemums of various shapes and colors, his mind was not on the flowers.
Ju Nanyi looked at Yan Guang, making sure the other man was just blindly excited and had not noticed anything specific, and shook his head calmly.
"Oh—" Yan Guang stepped back and continued his task.
"Don’t dig there; those are the flower seeds I just scattered." A pretty voice, anxious, followed by her body stepping in front of Yan Guang, with round, apricot eyes full of urgency.