On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 96 - : Looking for the Flower Goddess Dress

Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Looking for the Flower Goddess Dress

At the pavilion, someone was guarding the gate.

The two of them went around to the back courtyard and leaped one after another into the yard wall.

Once inside the pavilion, Leng Yu Yan asked, “There are guards outside, but why are there none inside?”

“It’s not a place of importance, having someone at the door is sufficient,” Ji Qingyu pointed at a room with a closed door, “Right here, this is where the costume changes usually happen.”

Leng Yu Yan quickened her pace and pushed the door open.

The two entered the room.

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Inside, there were numerous dressing tables and a screen at the back.

Walking around the screen, Leng Yu Yan saw several trays on the table, which held the costumes used for the Flower Festival.

“They’re really here.” She walked over and immediately frowned. “There are only five Flower Fairy Costumes; where is the Flower Goddess Dress?”

Hearing this, Ji Qingyu quickly walked over and looked at the costumes on the table, “Is there a difference between the Flower Goddess Dress and the Flower Fairy Costume?”

“Yes,” Leng Yu Yan shook her head.

If Lai Manting’s team were to win, Lai Manting would play the Flower Goddess.

At this moment, the absence of the Flower Goddess Dress could it be that Lai Manting had taken it away in advance?

If Lai Manting had taken it beforehand, she would currently be at her seat, and she definitely wouldn’t be carrying the dress with her, the only possibility was that she had hidden it in a horse carriage.

Thinking of this, she needed to locate the Flower Goddess Dress quickly.

There was still an hour before the start of the Flower Festival activities; there was enough time.

“Qingyu, our team is practicing the final positions behind the rockery; would you mind helping me deliver these five Flower Fairy Costumes to them?”

“Not a problem at all!” Ji Qingyu tapped his fan against his palm, “What about you?”

“I’ll go and look elsewhere for the Flower Goddess Dress.”

“Alright, let’s split up.”

With that, Ji Qingyu casually picked up a cloth bag from the side and stuffed all five Flower Fairy Costumes into it.

Leng Yu Yan watched his straightforward actions, smiled, shook her head, and then quietly exited the pavilion.

Men and women are indeed different; it doesn’t matter if the costumes are wrinkled as long as it does not affect the wearing.

The carriages of the ladies from various households participating in the Flower Festival at Duanli Manor were lined up neatly on an open space outside the manor.

Leng Yu Yan was all too familiar with the Leng Family’s carriage.

Thus, she could easily locate it.

However, standing beside the carriage was Lai Manting’s maid, Jinju.

Leng Yu Yan picked up a small pebble from the ground and tossed it not too far away.

At the sound, Jinju walked over to see and spotted the pebble, pursing her lips.

Seeing this, Leng Yu Yan took out a piece of broken silver from her waist and threw it again.

With a crisp “pop” sound.

Rubbing her eyes, Jinju saw something shining with silver light—could it be silver?

She looked around and saw that besides the servants guarding the carriages of other households, no one noticed the ground.

She pretended to be nonchalant, walked over, and gently nudged the stone with the tip of her foot, indeed discovering a piece of broken silver.

Seeing this, Leng Yu Yan quickly slipped inside the carriage.

The Leng Family’s carriage was simply furnished, there were two cabinet doors under the main seat, upon opening them she found a hand warmer used in winter and a thin blanket, but nothing else.

Not finding the Flower Goddess Dress on the carriage, Leng Yu Yan had to leave quickly.

Where could the Flower Goddess Dress be?

Could it have been hidden by Lai Manting?

When Leng Yu Yan returned to the rehearsal location, Ji Qingyu was leisurely sitting on a stone bench, watching Lai Jiajia and the others discuss.

Lai Jiajia glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw Leng Yu Yan return, she turned her head and spoke, “Sister, let’s mend the broken waistlines on these five costumes with a few stitches and then swap them, we’ll keep the good ones.”

Leng Yu Yan nodded, “That’s possible, but do we have needles and thread?”

Luo Meng’er replied shyly, “I have some. I used to be chubby and my clothes would tear easily, so I got into the habit of carrying a needle and thread kit with me everywhere I went.”

During the conversation, she took out the needle and thread kit and placed it on the stone table.

The young maidens started working immediately.

In no time, the broken waistlines on the five Flower Fairy Costumes were neatly stitched back together.

Leng Yu Yan picked up the small scissors and made a few cuts at regular intervals through the newly sewn thread at the waistline.

Mi Xinmei asked, “Yu Yan, what are you doing?”

Leng Yu Yan responded calmly, “I noticed you all sewed quite meticulously, I’m afraid they won’t come off automatically when they wear them, just giving a little help.”

“Sewing and nearly forgetting that it should be a bit loose.” Mi Xinmei laughed awkwardly and started cutting in the manner of Leng Yu Yan.

Lai Jiajia playfully said, “This is the so-called using their own tactics against them!”

Having dealt with the Flower Fairy Costumes, Leng Yu Yan stuffed them into a cloth bag.

Seeing this, Ji Qingyu quickly stood, “Ah Yan, let me take the clothes back.”

Leng Yu Yan did not decline, handing the cloth bag to Ji Qingyu and picking up the brocade box that contained the Flower Goddess Dress, “You probably don’t know how to fold clothes, I’ll go with you.”

While the clothes had been neatly folded on the tray initially, if Ji Qingyu took them back alone, he would most likely just lay them out on the tray but not fold them neatly.

Hence, she had to attend to it personally.

The two left side by side.

Once they were away, Luo Meng’er and Mi Xinmei leaned in to Lai Jiajia and asked softly, “Who was that man just now?”

The other two young girls, You Yuxia and Wan Zhenzhen, also came closer to listen.

Lai Jiajia scratched her head, “I don’t know him well, saw him once before, I think he’s called Prince Qing.”

They all realized it was the recently entitled Prince Qing, the Emperor’s nephew, only son of Princess Heng Yuan and Marquis Jiangyang, Ji Qingyu.

Wan Zhenzhen said smiling, “I think he and Yu Yan have a very good relationship, they seem well-suited.”

You Yuxia agreed, “He called Yu Yan ‘Ah Yan’, their relationship must be close.”

Lai Jiajia glanced at them, “Let’s just talk about this among ourselves, if the Crown Prince hears this, the consequences could be serious.”

Wan Zhenzhen responded nonchalantly, “Yu Yan is such a good person, she naturally deserves someone not so aloof.”

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You Yuxia shrank her neck, “I was wrong, I just think that Prince Qing is much milder than the Crown Prince, he smiles more too.”

Luo Meng’er, not as scheming as the others, commented, “The Crown Prince and Prince Qing are cousins, maybe the Crown Prince asked his cousin to help, who knows.”

Everyone found that reasonable.

Leng Yu Yan and Ji Qingyu quietly took the five altered costumes to the pavilion.

As Leng Yu Yan was neatly folding the Flower Fairy Costumes on the tray, voices came from outside.

“The waist of the Flower Goddess Dress has been expanded, and the chest area reduced, it should now fit you.”

“Thank you, nanny!”

The latter voice belonged to Man Ting.

Listening to their footsteps, they were coming inside.

Leng Yu Yan and Ji Qingyu exchanged glances, both lightly tapped their toes and flew onto a crossbeam.

Just as Leng Yu Yan retracted the scarf in her hand, the door was pushed open.

Nanny followed by Man Ting.

Man Ting watched the nanny place the Flower Goddess Dress on the tray in the middle of the table and thanked her again, “Thank you, nanny!”

The nanny smiled and nodded, “Prince Liang instructed me to do this, it’s my duty.”

Man Ting nervously said, “I hope you won’t tell Prince Liang about the alterations to the dress!”