"Princess!" Xu Miaomiao immediately stepped forward to stop the whip from falling.

The woman glanced at Xu Miaomiao who was standing in front of her with dissatisfaction, frowned and said: "Who do you think you are? How dare you stand in front of me?"

"Miao Miao is just a commoner, and the princess has just arrived in the South Country. It would not be worth it if His Majesty blames the princess for what happened today."

Xu Miaomiao bowed and spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

The woman lifted Xu Miaomiao's chin with a whip and looked at her with interest: "You are a brave man, but no one has ever gone against my will!"

As he spoke, he raised the whip in his hand high up, and was about to hit Xu Miaomiao.

Yu Huaijin took the first step and stopped the whip: "Sister, we just got here so we'd better not cause trouble."

After saying that, the man turned and left without even looking at Song Weiwei in front of him.

Seeing that Yu Huaijin had already walked away, she didn't want to continue. She just stared at Xu Miaomiao fiercely and said, "You'd better not let me catch you doing anything wrong."

He snorted and turned away.

Watching the team moving further and further away, Song Weiwei's tears kept flowing. She looked at Xu Miaomiao aggrievedly: "Why doesn't he recognize me?"

Xu Miaomiao didn't know how to comfort her, so she hugged Song Weiwei in her arms: "Be good, there are so many people here today, if he recognizes you, it will harm you. Now others will at most think that he is attracted by your beauty."

"Yes." Gu Yuan's mother echoed and said, "Maybe in a few days, he will come to your house on his own. Don't cry."

Obviously, Xu Miaomiao and Gu Yuanniang's words did not make Song Weiwei feel better. Instead, she cried even harder.

Xu Miaomiao was coaxing Song Weiwei in the backyard, leaving Gu Yuanniang and Xu Qingshan in the front.

"You, you just now, why, why, did you want to stand in front of me." Xu Qingshan looked at Gu Yuanniang and spoke stutteringly.

Being asked this question suddenly, Gu Yuanniang finally realized her actions and asked Xu Qingshan in return: "What about you? Why did you block the whip for Weiwei?"

Of course I'm afraid that you'd get hurt if you stood nearby.

The words in my mind kept repeating themselves, but I still couldn't say them.

Seeing that Gu Yuanniang was staring at him, Xu Qingshan lowered his head embarrassedly.

As the two of them walked towards the house, Gu Yuanniang discovered the wound on Xu Qingshan's back.

The whip was hit with great force, her clothes were torn a little, and blood oozed out of her body. I didn't expect that the princess, who looked so young, could be so vicious.

"Don't move!"

Gu Yuanniang stopped Xu Qingshan and gently stroked his back with her fingertips. She asked with some distress: "Does it hurt?"

"No, it doesn't hurt."

Xu Qingshan's cheeks flushed at Gu Yuanniang's concern. He felt the woman's fingertips brushing across his back, as if an electric current was passing through, giving him goose bumps.

"Walk!"

Gu Yuanniang pulled Xu Qingshan upstairs.

Looking at the woman's fingertips clasped on his wrist, Xu Qingshan let the woman take her away like a puppet.

"Take off your clothes."

"W-what?"

When Xu Qingshan heard this, he was stunned and looked at Gu Yuanniang with a shy look.

"What are you thinking about?"

Gu Yuan's mother hit him on the head and said, "Let me see. Apply some medicine."

"oh."

Seeing the medicine in Gu Yuanniang's hand, Xu Qingshan nodded, his tone still a little disappointed.

Looking at the whip marks on his back, Gu Yuanniang applied medicine to Xu Qingshan carefully, unlike last time.

Feeling the woman's tenderness, Xu Qingshan felt for a moment that his injury was worth it.

The door frame was suddenly pushed open by someone. Just as Xu Miaomiao was about to find Gu Yuanniang to discuss Yu Huaijin's matter, she saw this scene.

The man had his back bare and the woman was applying medicine gently with a feather.

Xu Miaomiao felt as if there were a string of ellipsis above her head, and said awkwardly: "Am I here at the wrong time?"

After these words were spoken, Gu Yuanniang's cheeks turned red, and she didn't control the strength of her hands. Xu Qingshan cried out in pain.

"Miao Miao, don't get me wrong, I'm just applying medicine to him." Gu Yuanniang immediately explained, looking at Xu Qingshan and said, "It's done, you should put on your clothes quickly."

Xu Qingshan reacted and put on his clothes hurriedly.

"Miao Miao, don't get me wrong, we have nothing."

Gu Yuanniang looked at Xu Miaomiao and spoke again. When Xu Qingshan, who was standing next to her, heard this, there was a noticeable dimness in his eyes.

"I don't have anything yet, what's the misunderstanding?" Xu Miaomiao looked at Gu Yuanniang and said jokingly.

After applying the medicine, Xu Qingshan had no reason to stay any longer. When he was about to leave, he reminded Xu Miaomiao, "The Third Princess of Liang, Yu Yanfei, is not someone you can easily mess with. I heard that she has a perverse and domineering personality. She will definitely get back what she suffered this time. Madam Xu, you two should be careful today."

Xu Miaomiao bowed slightly, looked at Xu Qingshan and said, "Thank you for the reminder. We will be careful."

After Xu Qingshan walked away, Gu Yuanniang looked at Xu Miaomiao and said, "Miaomiao, what did you want to talk to me about just now?"

"The matter between Weiwei and Yu Huaijin must not be leaked. This concerns the life and death of our family and we must not be careless." Xu Miaomiao said solemnly, his tone was rare and serious.

"Yes." Gu Yuanniang also nodded seriously to show her agreement.

Although Yu Huaijin was comforting Song Weiwei verbally, he might have pretended not to know her because he didn't want to cause trouble for her, but seeing his expression today, it didn't seem like he was pretending.

"What are you thinking about?"

A voice came from behind, and the next second Xu Miaomiao was held in his arms.

Hearing Song Wushao's voice, Xu Miaomiao felt a warm feeling in her heart, and told Song Wushao everything about her meeting with Yu Huaijin today.

When Yu Huaijin was at home before, Xu Miaomiao mentioned this matter in the letter she wrote to Song Wushao, so she knew a little about the matter between Song Weiwei and Yu Huaijin.

After listening to Xu Miaomiao's narration, Song Wushao was also a little surprised: "I heard that the Sixth Prince didn't like political games, but today I saw that what he said in the court was different from the rumors, and he seemed a little strange today."

"What's so weird?" Xu Miaomiao suddenly became alert and spoke.

"Today, when he was talking, his eyes suddenly dazed for a moment. It was only then that the woman from Liang Country said something in his ear that he reacted." Song Wu Shao said in a strong and powerful voice.

Xu Miaomiao's heart skipped a beat. She hadn't seen Yu Huaijin for such a long time. Even if something happened, it shouldn't suddenly change a person's character.

Besides, when the princess approached her today, she could always smell a strange fragrance, but she couldn't remember it at all.

"It's getting late, go to bed early."

Song Wushao suddenly picked up Xu Miaomiao by the waist.