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Su Wanrou's head injury was neither big nor small. It was easy for children to hit and hit her, but it was also quick for them to heal.

After four or five days, Su Wanrou's injuries were mostly healed.

After Su Xiuting and her daughter were locked up, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion became a lot quieter.

The birthday of the crown prince was coming. There would be a banquet in the palace to celebrate for the crown prince, so there would be a banquet. Officials of fifth rank and above and their families were included in the list.

Aunt Ji had originally wanted to rely on the sisterhood relationship between Su Xiuting and Su Wanrou to bring Su Xiuting along, even though this was just a pipe dream. Aunt Ji took advantage of Su Wanrou's head injury to tell Su Qiu that she was grateful for Su Wanrou's injury, so that Su Xiuting could attend the palace banquet in her place. This time, even Su Qiu scolded her for messing around.

In the previous life, Aunt Ji's trick had worked on Su Wanrou. It was because of Madam Ning's forceful attitude, that the Ji Clan failed to succeed.

Su Wanrou had despised herself a million times over the past few days since she was reborn.

In his previous life, Su Wanrou had been imprisoned for a long time. After her rebirth, she had only stayed in the small courtyard because she was injured, and it had been a long time since she had gone out.

It was Su Wanrou's first time going out to a palace banquet, but she was not happy at all.

In his previous life, Zhou Yu's face was still fresh in his mind. In this life, Su Wanrou was going to carefully prepare to attend his birthday banquet. Su Wanrou didn't know how to react to this.

Su Wanrou didn't have to worry about the birthday celebration. She didn't even have to worry about dressing up on her birthday. Madam Ning had already arranged everything for her.

On this day, Su Wanrou wore a peach-colored dress with two brocades tied to her head. She wore all kinds of pearl and jades, both happy and not noisy.

After the ceremony, they took their seats. The banquet was held in the Upper Forest Garden, and the seats were arranged by title and rank. Su Qiu, as the Prime Minister and with a rank of one official, was placed behind the royal families. The banquet was divided into two rows, the middle row could be filled with music and dancing performances.

Talking casually with the empress dowager was a matter of the imperial family. It had nothing to do with them, the officials, or their families. All they needed to do was act as background and quietly eat their food and wine until the palace banquet was over.

At least, that was what Su Wanrou thought.

Su Wanrou was enjoying her meal. Having eaten too much meat, she picked up her cup and took two sips of scented tea to ease the boredom.

Suddenly, she heard the empress dowager's dignified voice. "Where's Prime Minister Su's eldest daughter?"

Su Wanrou was so shocked that she spat out a mouthful of hot tea. Luckily, she was well-bred and swallowed it down.

Su Wanrou hurried forward and greeted the emperor, empress dowager, and empress.

The emperor acknowledged and called Su Wanrou to get up.

The empress laughed. "At such a young age, the etiquette isn't bad either."

Su Wanrou quickly said, "Empress Dowager, you flatter me."

The Emperor asked, "Is your maiden name Wanrou?"

Su Wanrou said, "Yes."

"It's really strange. Last month, the crown prince had a high fever and was in a daze. He kept on calling 'Wanrou' and 'Wanrou'. I've searched the entire palace but I couldn't find a woman named 'Wanrou'. Today, I've run into one." Her Majesty looked at Su Wanrou critically.

The emperor said, "Imperial Mother, she is still a silly little girl. How can she be considered a woman?"

"Isn't the Crown Prince still a kid?" Her Majesty smiled.

"Speaking of which, the two of them are about the same age." The Queen said.

"Does the empress want to say Heaven's blessing?"

"Mother, you are making fun of me again."

"..."

The three of them chatted for some time, as if they had just remembered Su Wanrou standing at the foot of the stairs. Seeing that Su Wanrou had been standing there with her head down, looking straight ahead, without moving, and with some admiration, she asked Su Wanrou to return to her seat. After Su Wanrou expressed her gratitude, she left.

Actually, Su Wanrou had been stunned.

In his previous life, Su Wanrou did not do this when she was at the palace banquet. Could it be because of the incident with Su Xiuting a few days ago, he had changed his attitude, changed the result, and caused things to go off track?

"Just now, I was really scared to death. How could there be such an evil thing? " Madam Ning whispered as she held her chest.

Su Qiu secretly broke out in a cold sweat.

On the other side of the seating area, Su Wanrou's family members had better mental fortitude than other military officers of their generation.

Su Wanrou comforted her, "There are many people with the same name, but they might not be referring to me."

Madam Ning said, "I hope that's the case. Mother doesn't want to marry you into the imperial family."

Su Wanrou: "It would be better to find a couple of mortals for a lifetime."

Madam Ning jokingly scolded, "You ghost spirit. How old are you to know all this stuff?"

Su Wanrou stuck out her tongue. "Isn't this what it says in the book?"

Su Qiu said seriously, "Don't speak nonsense."

Madam Ning rolled her eyes at Su Qiu and muttered, "How boring!"

Although there was a smile on Su Wanrou's face, her heart was filled with worry. She was worried about what would happen next.

The emperor passed a message to the eunuch at his side, asking why the crown prince still hadn't arrived. The eunuch then accepted the order and left. Not long after, a voice could be heard from afar, "The crown prince has arrived!"

Everyone in the audience stood up and greeted, "Long live the Crown Prince."

Su Wanrou secretly raised her eyes to look at Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu who was 15 years old didn't have much of an impression of him in Su Wanrou's memory. Although Zhou Yu was young, his eyes were clear. He was dressed in an apricot-colored robe with a fan in his hand. He was dressed elegantly, as if he was a scholar from Jiangnan!

Su Wanrou would never be able to think of that scheming and heartless man from her previous life.

"Why is Yu so late?"

"Reporting to Royal Father, I was just discussing poetry with Master and forgot about the time."

The emperor was noncommittal. "Take a seat."

The empress dowager smiled. "We were talking just now." "Yu, you were very sick last time, and you were still yelling the name 'Wanrou' in a daze."

Zhou Yu said, "Royal Grandmother, I remember that I saw this girl in my dreams."

The Empress asked in surprise, "Are you serious?"

Zhou Yu said seriously, "Seriously."

The empress interrupted, "Prime Minister Su's eldest daughter is called Wanrou. Would Yu like to meet her?"

Zhou Yu looked around and asked Su Wanrou, "Is she the one that mother is talking about?"

The three emperors were shocked.

Su Wanrou was so scared that her hands nearly slipped out of her teacup. Luckily, Madam Ning was quick and only managed to knock over half a cup of tea.

Where did this come from? Did he run too far?

Su Wanrou and Zhou Yu weren't familiar with each other at the palace banquet in their previous life, and Zhou Yu didn't even know the existence of himself. How come in this life, he suddenly became Zhou Yu's dream lover?

Su Wanrou couldn't help but curse silently. She came to the palace banquet only to be tricked, why did she end up lying down and getting hit by a dart as well …

The empress dowager was interested. "Then Yu, tell me, what did you dream of in your dream?"

Zhou Yu replied, "Replying to Royal Grandmother, Sun'er was sick. This girl took care of my grandson, and also dreamed that I was assassinated. This girl bandaged my grandson's wounds and cried because of the heartache." With that, he looked at Su Wanrou with a burning gaze.

Upon hearing Zhou Yu's words, Su Wanrou spilled the remaining half cup of tea onto Su Qiu's thigh with a shake of her hand.

Su Wanrou was very familiar with these scenes. It was something that she had experienced in her previous life.

Su Wanrou thought for a moment. Could Zhou Yu have been reborn after death? If that was the case, hadn't he doted on Su Xiuting in his previous life and hated him to the core? Why didn't he go and find Su Xiuting after his rebirth and do this to him? Was he trying to get close to her just to get the support of her grandfather's family?

"..."

Su Wanrou's head was buzzing, and the voice beside her gradually turned a deaf ear. The collision wound on her forehead was dull and painful, and Su Wanrou instantly felt the sky and earth spinning, and her vision went black as she fainted.