"Wanwan! My good niece!" Liu rushed over and tried to hug Shen Weiwan's legs, but she dodged with disgust, "Aunt knows she was wrong! Your second uncle passed away early, and Ruorou...she is ignorant. Please forgive us for the sake of our deceased relatives!"

Shen Weiwan sneered and kicked away Liu's outstretched hand: "Forgive you? When you tricked me into handing over the warehouse key and coaxed me to marry the cripple Li Xiu for Shen Ruorou, did you ever think of forgiving me?"

Liu cried even harder and pulled Shen Ruorou aside: "It's all her fault! It was Ruorou who instigated me! Look at her now, she's so skinny that only a bag of bones is left..." She pushed Shen Ruorou fiercely, "Hurry up and kowtow to your sister and admit your mistake!"

Shen Ruorou gritted her teeth, her knees slamming against the bluestone slabs with a dull thud, but as she looked up, she mouthed the word "bitch." Shen Weiwan saw it all clearly, and with a calculated thought in her mind, she suddenly put on an innocent look, tugging on Xiao Yu's sleeve and shaking it: "Your Highness, look, how pitiful my aunt and cousin are..."

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows in agreement, a smile in his eyes: "What do you want to do with Weiwan?"

"Why not send them..." Shen Weiwan deliberately dragged out her voice and circled around Liu, "to the Salesian Home on the outskirts of the city! I heard that the children there love listening to stories the most. It's a perfect opportunity for my cousin to use her expertise and tell us practical tips like 'how to sew itchy grass scraps into clothes'. She will definitely be a role model for parenting!"

Liu's face turned green: "Wanwan! That's rough work for servants! Ruorou is a lady from a noble family!"

"Aunt, you're wrong." Shen Weiwan tilted her head, a cunning glint in her eyes. "Labor is the most glorious. Besides, the children will definitely prefer listening to cousin's stories about 'pigskin rafting', right, Your Highness?"

Xiao Yu suppressed his laughter and nodded seriously, "Yes, Weiwan is very considerate. I will send someone to inform the orphanage and arrange for Miss Shen Er to be given the pleasant position of 'Story King'."

"No!" Shen Ruorou finally couldn't help but scream, "I won't go! Shen Weiwan, you will die!"

"Oh?" Shen Weiwan squatted down, and raised Shen Ruorou's chin with her fingertips, "Do you think it's up to you now? Housekeeper," she turned to the old housekeeper at the door and said, "Send them to the Salesian Home, remember to tell the director to 'take good care of them' and never let them get tired - that would be strange."

Watching the Liu mother and daughter cry like pigs being slaughtered as the servants carried them away, Shen Weiwan clapped her hands and a happy smile appeared on her face. Xiao Yu pulled out a string of steaming candied haws from his sleeve, the sugar coating gleaming in the sunlight. "I asked the guards to buy it a long time ago. I knew you were thinking about it."

Shen Weiwan's eyes lit up as she took the candied haws and bit into one. The sweet and sour hawthorn mixed with the aroma of sesame exploded on her tongue. She looked at the undisguised doting in Xiao Yu's eyes and suddenly felt that it was great that she had avenged her revenge so thoroughly in this life and that there was someone around her who was willing to go crazy and make trouble with her.

"Your Highness," she licked the frosting from the corner of her mouth, "you just said you would help me cheat people, were you serious?"

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow and wiped the sugar stains from the corners of her lips with his fingertips. "Of course. If you want to trick someone in the future, just draw a circle and I'll let her..."

"Stop!" Shen Weiwan waved her hands quickly, "Don't be too harsh! At most... at most, let her feed the pigs, not throw her into the manure pit!"

Xiao Yu chuckled and rubbed her head: "Okay, I'll do as you say."

The setting sun streamed in through the carved window lattices, stretching their shadows into a long, cuddling shape. Shen Weiwan leaned on Xiao Yu's shoulder, listening to him narrate the latest interesting happenings in the palace. Suddenly, she felt that in this rebirth, she had not only avenged her blood feud and taken back her family fortune, but also kidnapped a scheming prince to be her "exclusive protector." It was like God was feeding her sweet nothings.

The news that the "Seventh Prince was willing to be the legitimate daughter's 'deceitful little henchman'" spread throughout the capital within half a day. In teahouses and taverns, storytellers recounted how the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion outsmarted her evil aunt and how the Seventh Prince protected her. In the streets and alleys, children sang a newly made jingle: "The Seventh Prince, doting on his wife, is always busy digging and filling holes. The legitimate daughter laughs, the green tea girl panics, and the capital is filled with joy from now on!"

Chen Weiwan listened to the laughter coming from outside the window, bit off the last of the candied haws, and turned to look at Xiao Yu beside her. He was looking down at her, the tenderness in his eyes like unmelted honey. She suddenly leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, grinning like a sneaky little fox: "Your Highness, who should we trick next?"

Xiao Yu was startled for a moment, then chuckled softly, pulling her into his arms, his chin resting on the top of her head. "I'll do as you say. But... first, let me collect the interest."

As the sun set, the only sounds in the main hall of the General's Mansion were the quiet laughter of the two men and the constant stream of new rumors about this "guilty couple" from outside the window. After all, in this vast capital, where they were, there was never a shortage of fun and "surprises."