"Your Highness!"

A man in his fifties, dressed in coarse cloth, hurried over and said, "Greetings, Your Highness!"

Xiao Yunze held his elbow and lifted him up, "Butler Mu, there's no need to be so polite."

Mu Zhong burst into tears and knelt on the ground, refusing to get up. "It has been many years since I last saw Your Highness. I thought, I thought Your Highness would never come again."

Song Tingwan didn't know what had happened to Xiao Yunze in the past, but she intuitively felt that Xiao Yunze didn't reject this place. On the contrary, he even missed it a little. Then why hadn't he come here for several years?

Song Tingwan raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Yunze's profile.

Perhaps he was also afraid that seeing this scene would remind him of his deceased mother...

Xiao Yunze held his arm again and helped him up with a little effort, "Butler Mu, this is the goddess. She will stay here for the time being. Please take care of her."

Mu Zhong wiped the tears from his face with his sleeves. "Whatever your Highness says, I will do. This is my duty."

"Now that this mansion can be used by Your Highness, it is worth it that I have guarded it here for so many years!"

"Royal brother!"

"Royal brother!"

Not far away, Miaoyi came running over, shouting, "Royal brother, someone is coming from the palace!"

Xiao Yunze frowned, "Why would someone from the palace come here?"

Song Tingwan was also shocked.

They had only been in the yard for a few minutes, and they had already found me so quickly? Instant?

Miao Yi panted, "I don't know. I saw a group of palace servants coming here from the west gate, so I hurried over."

"But the Emperor is going to blame you for your delay in entering the palace?" Miaoyi's eyes showed worry. "It's all my fault for being willful. I've delayed you for so long. Don't worry, my brother. Miaoyi will never let the Emperor punish you like last time!"

As he was speaking, a group of people in uniform walked in and saluted in unison.

"Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince! And greets the Third Princess!"

The voice is shrill, neither male nor female.

Eunuch?

Song Tingwan was slightly surprised.

It was the first time she saw a real eunuch.

The only difference is that they look no different from ordinary men, except that their voices are a little sharper and they are a little smaller.

Xiao Yunze had no expression on his face. "Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The leading eunuch was wearing a red uniform. He stood up and was about to speak when Miaoyi quickly stood in front of Xiao Yunze.

"Eunuch Taisheng, I wonder what brings you here this time?"

Tai Sheng forced a smile and said respectfully, "Replying to the Third Princess, I came here this time to..."

"Eunuch Taisheng!" Miaoyi frowned and glanced at the imperial edict in Taisheng's hand with a serious expression. "If the edict is to punish my ninth brother, then you can bring it here and don't read it out. I will personally speak to my father if there is anything!"

Xiao Yunze pulled Miaoyi behind him and said, "Stay."

"Eunuch Taisheng, please speak."

"Your Highness," Tai Sheng said respectfully, "I have come here on the orders of the Emperor to bring the Third Princess back to the palace."

When she heard that they were coming for her, Miaoyi instantly wilted and hid her entire body behind Xiao Yunze without anyone noticing.

Tai Sheng sighed softly and handed over the imperial edict, "Your Highness has just returned to the capital. You may not know, but the Third Princess broke Concubine Xi's favorite jade bracelet. Concubine Xi came crying before the Emperor. So, I have sent this servant to look for the Third Princess."

Upon hearing this, Miaoyi immediately jumped out to defend herself, "No! I broke the bracelet because there was something inside. That thing is harmful to the body. If Xibin wears it for too long, her health will collapse!"

Xiao Yunze said in a cold voice, "Eunuch Taisheng, have you verified what is in that bracelet?"

Tai Sheng chuckled twice, "The broken bracelet has been thrown away, there is no way to check it."

Seeing Xiao Yunze's expressionless face, Tai Sheng hurriedly said, "However, two months ago, Concubine Xi had a miscarriage, and her health has indeed deteriorated since then."

Miaoyi pulled Xiao Yunze's sleeve, aggrieved, "Brother Huang, you see, they all blamed me, even my father blamed me, so I had no choice but to run away. I lost my mother when I was young, and I have been following..."

"Stop, or I'll hand you over to Taisheng." Xiao Yunze stopped her in time.

Miaoyi immediately pursed her lips and blinked her big eyes at Taisheng.

It seems to be saying: Humph, you can’t take me away today!

Taisheng swallowed.

Is he some bad person?

The more Song Tingwan listened, the more shocked she felt.

After watching too many TV dramas, my first reaction was that the bracelet might contain musk, right?

It turns out that the dirty tricks used by concubines in the harem to compete for favor in TV dramas are actually realistic?

Xiao Yunze said to Tai Sheng calmly, "I will personally take Miaoyi to see the emperor later. Please go back first, eunuch."

Hearing this, Tai Sheng glanced at Song Tingwan behind him, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

"Any objections?"

Tai Sheng hurriedly said, "I dare not! But there is one more thing."

"Your Highness, may I ask if the woman behind you in strange attire is a goddess?"

Song Tingwan was shocked.

She was eating watermelon, how come the watermelon got on her body...