"What if I insist that you stay?"

Ah Ci hooked his lower lip and looked at her meaningfully, "Honey, I won't stay."

Xuan Zhaoran held back his tears and raised his chin high, "Then you should leave immediately. You are right. My Ranle Palace does not need a close attendant like you."

She had never been rejected like this before.

A Ci nodded, handed the token to Jing'er, turned around and left the palace.

The palace door was closed, and A Ci's figure disappeared at the door. Xuan Zhaoran pouted and tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Uncle, don't cry." Jing'er picked up a handkerchief and wiped her tears.

"Jing'er, grandpa...you're not crying because...of him." Xuan Zhaoran sobbed.

"Yes, Gongqi is just... just crying because he wants to cry." Jing'er comforted.

Xuan Zhaoran sniffed. He would leave the palace tomorrow, and she wanted to see where he was going.

…

When Yan Shiyao learned that Yan Yuning was fine, she hired a carriage to look for Nan Chu's parents. She thought of sending a letter and then returning to the Qianxian Inn to wait for her.

She was lucky and quickly found Nan Chu's parents. She gave the envelope to Nan Chu's father and took Nan Chu's parents and elder brother to see Nan Chu.

Seeing Father Nan supporting Mother Nan who was having a breakdown, Yan Shiyao felt a little sad.

"If it weren't for you, how could something have happened to my sister?" Nanhua said gritting his teeth.

Yan Shiyao hurriedly explained, "No, it was Ah Chu himself..."

Nanhua looked unhappy, "It wasn't you? My sister was staying well in the mountains, how could something happen to her?"

If something happens to Nan Chu, who will give him money again?

In the past, Xie Yan would have people send him money regularly. As he had no job, he had long been accustomed to Xie Yan's support. When he thought that Xie Yan would no longer send him money in the future, he wanted to strangle Yan Shiyao, the idiot, to death!

"I..." Yan Shiyao opened her mouth, feeling a little aggrieved, "I don't know Wen Jing, he..."

"Yan Shiyao, give me your sister as compensation." Nanhua interrupted her impatiently and looked at Yan Shiyao.

She's pretty good, so she should be able to get quite a bit of betrothal gifts.

"Brother Nanhua, aren't you being unreasonable?" Yan Shiyao was a little angry.

"Girl, I was just joking, don't be angry." Nanhua suddenly grinned, and a spot of fat on his face was squeezed.

Yan Shiyao's expression was slightly relieved, "Brother Nanhua, I'm not angry."

She just felt a little aggrieved.

She felt sorry for Achu at the time and wanted Achu and Wenjing to reunite, but she didn't know that Wenjing originally wanted Achu to be a concubine of a rich man.

When something went wrong, she blamed herself, and the boss also blamed her. If it weren't for Brother Yu protecting her, she would have been...

"Sister Ayao, please stay in Pingshi Town for the next few days. You see, mother is in a bad mood when she learned that Achu was in trouble. She is already a dozen years old, and I am really afraid..." Nanhua hung his head, his voice choked with sobs.

Yan Shiyao bit her lip, looking reluctant, "Okay."

In the distance, Aci frowned and watched Nanhua and Yan Shiyao enter the house.

"Didn't King Xuan recognize the wrong person?" A Ci murmured.

It shouldn’t happen. Since King Xuan can let Xuan Yanyu stay by Miss Yan’s side, he will definitely not admit his mistake.

When he and the young master were on their way to find the young lady, they encountered bandits and the young man was seriously injured. The two have been separated since then.

The young master often said, "Ah Ci, whoever Xuan Yanyu marries as the Crown Princess in the future will be your younger sister.

We must not let him marry my sister, no matter if he poisons her or hires a killer, he must not succeed.

As soon as my little sister was born, King Xuan designated her to be the Crown Princess of Xuan Yanyu. There must be a conspiracy. We must protect her well."

He also asked the young master at that time, what if he had already married?

The young master said, "Then charge into the Xuanwang Palace and bring my sister out."