In the carriage, Xiao Jingming held Xu Wanyan's hand tightly, his eyes full of concern.

"They didn't do anything to you, did they?"

Xu Wanyan shook her head and said with a smile: "They can't hurt me like that, don't worry."

"How can I be at ease? Everyone in the Xu family has bad intentions. You are bullied by them on a daily basis. Now, after marrying me, you are still being bullied by them. I cannot swallow this anger."

Xu Wanyan laughed dumbly, took his hand, and gently leaned on his shoulder, "You are a prince and a god of war. It's too easy for you to punish the Zhao brothers."

Hearing this, Xiao Jingming's eyes lit up, and he looked at Xu Wanyan and became excited instantly, "You are right, I can use other methods to torture him."

Xu Wanyan smiled, "No one would have thought that our renowned King Chen would actually get involved with a small fry."

Xiao Jingming remained noncommittal, "That's not a fuss. Who allowed them to bully my princess?"

Xu Wanyan smiled, thinking of the scene when she met Xu Wanqing today.

She was certain that Xu Wanqing had indeed been reborn. Her temperament and the look in her eyes could not deceive anyone.

However, the confusion that appeared in her eyes from time to time also revealed that she had not yet adapted.

"Be sure to be careful, Prince."

Xiao Jingming glanced at her and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Xu Wanyan knew that he must have his own plans, so she said no more.

East Palace

Xu Wanyu watched the night fall, but Xu Wanqing still hadn't returned, and she couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

"Eunuch Yun, this is the soup I made for the Crown Prince. I wonder if he's back yet?"

Xiao Yunzi looked at the soft-spoken girl in front of him and felt a little more favorable towards her.

"Did you prepare this...yourself, or did your master ask for it?"

Xu Wanyu suddenly became shy and whispered, "It's because I feel that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too tired and busy with state affairs every day, so, so..."

Before he could finish his words, his face flushed red.

Xiao Yunzi looked at it and nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, then our family will go and inform them first, Miss Yu'er, please wait."

"Okay, thank you."

Seeing her respectful appearance, Xu Wanyu felt more confident that she could win.

Sure enough, after a while, little Yunzi came out happily.

"Come here, let us take a look first."

As he spoke, Xiao Yunzi took out the silver needle and tried it, then said with a smile: "Go, the prince is waiting."

Xu Wanyu was overjoyed, but also a little nervous. She took a deep breath, bowed to Xiao Yunzi, and then walked into the inner room in small steps.

At this moment, Xiao Muchan was looking at the water conservancy map, at a loss.

Xu Wanyu walked up to her carefully, said nothing, and gently put Wan down.

Xiao Muhan didn't see the person coming. Recently, the flood in Linzhou had made him very anxious, and his father had asked him to deal with it as soon as possible.

However, he did not have much experience after all, and could not find an effective solution for the time being.

"Your Highness, I think we can open a gate in the southwest to divert water to Shenjia Village and Niujia Village below. Then, we can build a reservoir in the northwest corner..."

Before Xu Wanyu finished speaking, Xiao Muchan looked up at her and asked, "Why do you do this?"

"ah......"

When she realized that Xiao Muhan was asking about the reservoir, Xu Wanyu quickly explained: "Your Highness, Shenjia Village and Niujia Village have relatively small populations. Moreover, the area is mainly hilly. If the floodwaters are released from there, fewer people will have to be evacuated, and the losses will be minimized. As for building a reservoir in the northwest corner, it is because most of the water comes from there..."

Xu Wanyu's voice became softer and softer as she spoke, and finally, she looked at Xiao Muchan timidly.

Xiao Muchan looked at her with a smile in his eyes, "What's your name?"

"My maidservant's name is Xu Wanyu."

"Xu Wanyu?"

Xiao Muchan's face darkened instantly, "You and Xu Wanqing..."

Xu Wanyu knelt down instantly, "Your Highness, Xu Wanqing is my cousin. However, before I entered the palace, I didn't know she was also in the East Palace. I only found out about it later."

After she finished speaking, her face was filled with sadness. "I am different from my cousin. She is the eldest daughter of the Xu family, and I am from Linzhou. I am not liked by my parents. In order to make a living, I came to the palace to be a maid..."

"Are you from Linzhou?"

"Yes, Your Highness, I have lived in Linzhou for more than ten years and have only been in the capital for a month."

"Okay, that's great. You know the situation of Shenjia Village and Niujia Village best, right?"

Xu Wanyu nodded happily, "Your Highness, I know what happened. What I just said was the truth."

"good!"

Xiao Jingming didn't ask her to get up, but thought carefully about the plan she proposed.

Afterwards, Xiao Muchan walked directly to Xu Wanyu and helped her up.

"Well, you are a great contributor, I must reward you well."

Xu Wanyu shook her head in fear. "Your Highness, I don't want any reward. I just want to share the worries of His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness is concerned about the country and the people. It is a blessing for me to be able to offer a plan."

Xiao Muchan looked at Xu Wanyu and became more and more satisfied. He admired this kind of woman who did not ask for anything in return.

"What are you doing here?"

Xu Wanyu quickly picked up the bowl and brought it to Xiao Muchan, saying attentively, "Your Highness, I saw that you were working so hard, so I made some soup for you."

Xiao Muchan smiled, took the soup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Yes, you have very skillful hands."

"As long as His Royal Highness likes it."

Xu Wanyu looked very happy, and all the cuteness of a little girl was reflected on her face.

Xiao Muchan looked at her, and then thought of Xu Wanqing's face, and suddenly had a better impression of her.

Watching Xiao Muchan sit down again, Xu Wanyu dropped the Jade Qilin that she had hidden before to the ground.

"Bang!"

"Ah..., Your Highness, I didn't mean it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Muchan saw the Jade Qilin rolling in the distance, and his pupils shrank instantly.

Before Xu Wanyu could pick it up, Xiao Muchan had already strode over and picked it up.

"Where did this come from?"

Xiao Muchan's face was full of frost at this moment. If Xu Wanqing hadn't given him a pair before, he would have been extremely happy.

Xu Wanyu saw that his expression was not right, so she knelt down quickly and said with her head down, "Your Highness, I saw this in Third Uncle's secret room. I saw that my uncle treasured it very much, so I stole it out of curiosity and played with it. I didn't expect that I would forget to return it."

After she finished speaking, she began to cry, "I know I was wrong. When I have my day off, I plan to return it to Third Uncle."

"Are you sure you saw it in Xu Maocai's secret room?"

Xu Wanyu nodded with a pale face, "Yes, that day, Third Uncle took me to the secret room to choose a gift, and I was attracted by the pair of jade unicorns at first sight. But, Third Uncle treasured them too much, so, so..."