"Xiao Tang, your guard is just as arrogant and domineering as you!"

"What are you saying? Miss Xiao is more deserving of the title 'arrogant and domineering,' after all, I am not worthy of it."

She chuckled softly, too lazy to waste time with Xiao Yiru.

She strode out and said to Di Jingling, "Let's go, Xiao Qi, let's go shopping."

Di Jingling: ?

Xiao Qi...

He disliked the name.

Di Jingling was speechless and could only silently follow in her footsteps.

Only Xiao Yiru stood there angrily, stomping her feet twice.

She just couldn't swallow this insult!

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. This woman is nothing more than a bargaining chip that the Emperor left in the capital. It's not worth getting angry over someone like her."

The maid's gentle words of comfort made Xiao Yiru's mood somewhat complicated.

Xiao Yiru was filled with anticipation, and her mood improved considerably.

She nodded and patted the little maid's head.

"You're absolutely right. Why bother arguing with someone like that? Humph."

"Who are you arguing with now?" Xiao Yichen had just returned home from court when he saw his younger sister standing in the courtyard from afar, seemingly sulking with someone.

Upon hearing her brother's voice, Xiao Yiru immediately felt a surge of grievance.

She turned around, tears instantly welling up in her eyes.

She looked at Xiao Yichen pitifully, "Brother, I just saw that sixth sister, she was so rude!"

“Normally, the women in the household are required to pay their respects to their parents every day. If I hadn’t returned home today, I wouldn’t have known that my sixth sister was so ill-mannered…”