TFWYH – Chapter 524 Seeing Su Qing Again

“Where are you looking?” Ji Wushuang followed her gaze, and his face immediately darkened.

Tang Wan snapped back to her senses and rolled her eyes at him. “What’s it to you?”

Ji Wushuang laughed, grinding his teeth. “It’s none of my business, sure—but I’m just curious. If your husband finds out you were staring there at eunuchs, do you think he’d divorce you?”

Tang Wan replied with a straight face, “I wasn’t looking!”

“I saw you looking!”

“Do you have proof?”

“…” I need proof now?

“No proof, no accusations!”

“…” This woman—always infuriating, always shameless!

As Ji Wushuang fumed, he suddenly thought of the days back in Xiangxi Town and ended up laughing again. “You really haven’t changed at all.”

“Listen to you, acting like we’re so close. You still owe me twenty taels for food—pay up.”

“…” Get lost!

…

Bickering all the way, the two soon arrived at Chonghua Palace—

the residence of the Imperial Consort, Su Qing.

As soon as Tang Wan stepped inside, a woman in her forties approached, her face full of warmth. “You must be the young mistress? The Imperial Consort has been waiting for you for quite some time!”

“Hello, auntie!” Tang Wan said, handing her a box of soybean cakes. “I came in a hurry and only brought some snacks—please have a taste!”

“…How rare. I’ve seen people give me gold leaves, silver leaves, jewelry—but never food.”

The woman cheerfully accepted the cakes. “Thank you, young mistress. Please follow this servant!”

“Much obliged!” Tang Wan replied politely, following behind her.

As an outsider, Ji Wushuang couldn’t enter, so he had to wait outside the hall.

Stepping into the main hall, there was a row of young palace maids at the entrance—each more beautiful than the last.

They had clearly been instructed beforehand. As soon as they saw the woman bring Tang Wan in, they all bowed in unison: “Greetings, young mistress!”

This kind of scene—

Watching it on TV was one thing, but experiencing it in person was completely different.

Tang Wan’s first thought was… oh no, she hadn’t bought enough soybean cakes—there wasn’t enough to go around!

While she stood there in a daze, looking at the palace maids, Su Qing hurried out. “Wan’er, you’re finally here! If His Majesty hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have even known you came to the capital.”

“Mother!” Tang Wan called sweetly, handing her the cakes. “I came in a hurry and didn’t bring a proper gift. I heard this shop’s soybean cakes are good, so I bought some for you.”

“Good, good!” Su Qing beamed happily, taking her hand and leading her inside.

The attendant woman tactfully took the cakes and had a maid bring them away to be plated.

Su Qing hadn’t seen Tang Wan for a long time and had missed her dearly, often mentioning her in front of the emperor.

So as soon as the emperor learned Tang Wan had arrived in the capital, he immediately told her.

“You, honestly—coming here and not even entering the palace to see me.”

“I’ve been busy, and besides, it’s not easy to enter the palace.”

“Not easy? Didn’t His Majesty give you a jade token?”

“…I forgot!”

“You’re just like a child!” Su Qing laughed again at Tang Wan’s slightly dazed expression.

She truly cared about this daughter. Ever since returning to the palace, whenever she received something good, she would always set aside a share for Tang Wan.

Su Qing immediately instructed the attendant, “Go and bring out the things I prepared for Wan’er!”