After leaving the Lingxiao Palace, they did not immediately leave the palace but rather went to the Zhaohua Palace where Princess Su Ya of Nanzhao resided.

Once they left, Su Yan sat back down in her place, reaching up to massage her aching forehead.

"Empress, try to calm down, careful not to let anger harm your health," a palace maid nearby approached, quietly comforting her while cleaning up the fragments on the ground.

Su Yan lowered her hand, glanced at her, and instructed, "Go and summon Eunuch Wang for me."

"Yes."

When Wang Cai arrived, Su Yan did not mention what had just happened, but instead directly instructed:

"Eunuch Wang, I would like to ask you for a favor. Please investigate the places Princess Su Ya of Nanzhao visited when she left the palace during last year’s Qingming. I want the answers by tomorrow."

"Yes." Wang Cai did not ask further questions and sent someone to investigate quietly.

By the evening, the information was uncovered.

"Reporting to the Empress. Last year during Qingming, the Princess left the palace, first visiting Pufo Temple, then calling upon Marquis Anle in the city, and returned to the palace at dusk during the hour of You. At Pufo Temple, the Princess encountered a frivolous man, who was chased off by the guards." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Marquis Anle was a title conferred to someone by Chu Yuxiao for Nan Zhaojian.

In fact, this title also bore a hint of irony.

"A frivolous man?" Su Yan frowned. With so many guards escorting, someone dared to flirt; it really had a touch of Cang Mo in it.

Su Yan pondered slightly and asked again, "When the Princess went to see Marquis Anle, do you know what was said?"

Eunuch Wang shook his head, "The two palace maids with the Princess said that at the time, the Princess dismissed them and spoke with Marquis Anle in the study for nearly two hours. No one knows what they discussed."

Su Yan’s lips curled into a faint smile.

The words exchanged in that study may well be related to what they came to discuss with her today.

They found the opportunity to approach her only after a year had passed, suggesting they were holding back quite the burden, which is why they were so bold during the day.

Were they trying to win her favor while Chu Yuxiao was away from the palace?

Su Yan still felt a deep sense of disappointment in her heart.

Princess Su Ya of Nanzhao appeared gentle and naive, yet she had always harbored many thoughts.