Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

As we were talking, we heard a commotion and cheers from below.

"What's going on?" the tenth princess asked the palace servant beside her.

The palace servants went down from the pavilion, inquired a few questions, and then returned to report: "It is said that Young Master Huang has obtained a new work, which contains the beautiful lines, 'It is not that I particularly love chrysanthemums among flowers, but that there are no other flowers after this one blooms,' which has been praised by all the young masters."

"I knew it was him," the Fourth Princess said with a hint of smugness. "I'm planning to go down and take a look. Would you like to come along, sister?"

“Of course,” the tenth princess quickly stood up, and many young ladies followed her out.

The once crowded attic suddenly became much emptier.

Some of the slower-walking ladies noticed that Yin Yin wasn't with the Tenth Princess and asked curiously, "Isn't Miss Pan going?"

Yinyin smiled and nodded: "There are too many people over there, I plan to go somewhere else to enjoy the flowers."

The young lady was about to say something more when she was gently tugged at by a familiar young lady next to her. After they left the room, she said, "Have you forgotten what happened to Zhan Shu'er last year? Zhan Shu'er helped her when she first entered our circle. It's only right that she doesn't go there."

"Thank you for reminding me, sister. I had completely forgotten."

The two walked further and further away, and their voices became barely audible, but the reasons they came up with were quite good. They both gave Yin Yin a good reputation and made Yin Yin's absence seem perfectly reasonable.

Yinyin gently shook the round fan in her hand twice and asked the palace servants still guarding the room, "I wonder if there are any other places where we can appreciate flowers?"

A palace maid led the way for her: "Although this place is a bit remote, there are quite a few scenic spots. However, most of them are wild chrysanthemums, which the princess ordered to be planted to add some interest. If you want a place with fewer people, this is the most suitable place."

Compared to cultivated chrysanthemums, wild chrysanthemums are small, but numerous, creating a dazzling golden expanse when viewed from afar. From a high vantage point, one might mistake them for the luxurious golden carpet woven into the Tenth Princess's residence.

As she got closer, Yin Yin smelled a rich floral fragrance. Perhaps it was because she had dealt with medicinal herbs when she was studying medicine, but whenever she smelled this floral fragrance, she always felt that there was a lingering smell of Chinese medicine.

It didn't smell bad at all; in fact, it made her feel quite calm and peaceful.

After the palace servants led her here, they left on their own, leaving Yin Yin and Dong Xin to walk around.

Since there were only the two of them, mistress and servant, in sight, Dongxin became a little bolder.

“Miss, I think the wild chrysanthemums in this courtyard are not as beautiful as those in the mountains. When we used to go to the mountains, wild chrysanthemums covered the hillsides and a thin mist clung to our waists. That was a fairyland.”

Yinyin glanced at her and gently tapped her shoulder with her fan: "The wild chrysanthemums in the mountains have their own beauty, and this courtyard naturally has its own wild charm. You'd better not open your mouth anymore."

“Oh,” Dongxin said, “Actually, the wild chrysanthemums here are quite well grown; at least the flowers in the mountains don’t bloom as robustly as those here.”

Yinyin was both amused and exasperated. Just as she was about to say something more to her, she heard a man's voice coming from the artificial hill next to them.

"Miss Pan once went to the mountains to admire wild chrysanthemums?"

Yinyin stopped in her tracks, and Dongxin quickly took two steps forward, blocking her way, and asked alertly, "Who's here?"

"Oh dear. Did I scare you? I'm so sorry," the man's voice said with a hint of amusement. "Look up."

Yinyin half-covered her face with a fan, looked up, and found that it was an acquaintance.

"This humble woman pays her respects to the Sixth Prince."

"No need for formalities," the Sixth Prince suppressed the amazement in his eyes and quickly descended the stone steps on the side of the artificial hill. "I saw they all went ahead. Miss Pan didn't go?"

"There were too many people over there, so I asked a palace servant to lead me to a quiet place to enjoy the flowers. I didn't expect to disturb the Sixth Prince's enjoyment," Yin Yin said with a hint of apology. "I'll head back now."

"How could I be so domineering? Does that mean others can't even look at me when I'm here?" the Sixth Prince laughed. "Since we've run into each other by chance, why don't we take a walk together?"

Seeing Yin Yin hesitate, the Sixth Prince said again, "There are no such large patches of wild chrysanthemums in the mountains near the capital. I would like to ask Miss Pan to tell me more about it. When the time comes, I will also renovate my estate on the outskirts of the city."

Yinyin couldn't refuse, so she agreed, but she was a step behind him.

She didn't know what the Sixth Prince was thinking. Whenever he saw her slow down, he would stop and wait for her. After this happened many times, Yin Yin had no choice but to walk alongside him.

"Miss Pan, are these wild chrysanthemums difficult to grow?"

Yinyin replied, "As long as the soil is suitable, they can grow wild and do not need to be managed."

The Sixth Prince nodded: "That's true. After all, the wild chrysanthemums in the mountains are all naturally grown and no one has ever cared for them. I asked a pointless question."

Yinyin thought to herself, "So you knew that too."

The Sixth Prince had no idea what Yin Yin was like beneath her seemingly calm and gentle exterior. He asked her other questions with great interest until they were almost out of things to say, at which point he became a little embarrassed.

"What a coincidence today, it must be fate. I wonder if I would be so fortunate as to receive a painting from Miss Pan?"

Yinyin subconsciously refused, saying, "There is no ink or brush here, so I'm afraid it cannot fully express the Sixth Prince's intentions."

The Sixth Prince didn't tell me to immediately send someone to fetch it. Instead, he explained, "After Tenth Sister received your painting last time, she showed it off to me for quite some time. I just wanted to ask you to paint one for me so that she wouldn't remember it and come to me to show off again."

Last time was the first time I appeared in front of everyone, and it was the Tenth Princess who spoke up, which was a good opportunity to integrate into the Xun family circle.

this time……

Yinyin looked around. A lone man and a lone woman, if they really painted such a picture, things would get complicated.

Although the Sixth Prince's words seemed reasonable, Yin Yin still did not agree: "Paintings created for young ladies are not worthy of being displayed in a refined setting. Although I was fortunate enough to be liked by the Tenth Princess, it was also because I used some scheming back then."

"If the Sixth Prince wants a fine painting, why not have a painter who specializes in portraits of the royal family paint one for you? That would be a masterpiece by a top-notch painter."

The Sixth Prince looked somewhat disappointed: "My request was too abrupt, Miss Pan, you don't need to take it to heart."

Yinyin smiled but didn't respond to his comment. Instead, she found an excuse to part ways with him.

This time, the Sixth Prince didn't say anything more, but let her leave first, and then sat in the courtyard for a while longer before leaving.

When Yinyin returned to the attic, the other women had almost arrived as well, and they all started talking about the poem that Young Master Huang had just written.

Princess Xunyang, who was sitting to one side, noticed her and called her to her side.

Since everyone had somewhere to go, Yinyin, who was close to her, whispered, "Second Sister Xun."

The Princess of Xunyang's smile seemed much more genuine than before: "Did you go for a stroll in the garden by yourself?"

Yinyin was a little embarrassed: "How did you know, sister?"

Princess Xunyang gently tapped her: "In the past, when we went out or went to literary gatherings, you and Wan'er would always find time to relax and chat elsewhere. Now that we're in the capital, why are you still like this?"

Hearing her mention Xun Wan again, Yin Yin finally seized the opportunity to ask, "I haven't seen Sister Wan for almost a year. How is she doing?"

“It’s not bad that she’s at home, it’s just that you’re not in Yingzhou, so she’s too lazy to go out,” Princess Xunyang said, then laughed. “That’s not right either. It’s not that she doesn’t want to go out, it’s just that her marriage is about to be finalized, so it’s not good for her to go out often these days.”