The palace maids and eunuchs who were still haphazardly waving bird droppings around their bodies heard their master's clearly angry voice.

Without daring to delay any longer, and without even wiping the bird droppings off his body, he pounced on Helian Si.

Helian Si's grape-like eyes widened. No, no, these people reeked of bird droppings.

She, she, she's so scared!!!

The little body struggled even more fiercely, "Sister Yue'er, quick, quick, don't kneel! Help Sisi a little, Sisi doesn't want to get bird poop on him!!"

The little one's soft voice was already tinged with tears from anxiety, and hearing it made Yue'er's heart ache terribly.

Looking at the fierce-looking Hui Meiren, and then at the little princess struggling with her tiny body, tears welling up in her eyes...

The image of Consort Yun holding her hand and weeping before she left flashed through Yue'er's mind, and a surge of strength rose within her.

With a determined effort, she got up and snatched Helian Si from Hui Meiren's hands. Helian Si's small arms quickly wrapped around Yue'er's neck, and his little body struggled and twisted as he leaned against Yue'er.

"Snap!"

The sound of Hui Meiren's nails, adorned with cardamom, breaking.

"thump!!"

The sound of palace maids and eunuchs rushing towards Consort Hui, unable to stop themselves.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!" The beautiful Hui's shrill scream echoed throughout the entire palace.

The scene became chaotic at one point.

Yue'er stood to the side, holding Helian Si, staring blankly at the scene before her—a chaotic mess of Hui Meiren, palace maids, and eunuchs.

"Little, little princess, we, we've made a terrible mistake..."

Perhaps the scene before her was too shocking, for Yue'er was so frightened that she could only utter this one sentence in a daze.

"Oh? No~ It was clearly those bad women who made them pounce on them, it has nothing to do with Sisi and Sister Yue'er~"

Helian Si wrapped his short arms around Yue'er's neck, his rosy little face blinking his grape-like eyes, and said something utterly innocent.

"But..." Yue'er still felt flustered and scared. She wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a voice from behind her.

"What are you doing?" The voice was cold, and it wasn't hard to hear the hidden anger within it.

Yue'er stiffened, turned around, and saw Helian Yi standing with his hands behind his back in a dark white robe, his expression undisturbed.

Behind Helian Yi was a middle-aged man dressed as a guard with a serious and meticulous expression.

"Slave, slave..."

Yue'er's legs went weak, and she wanted to kneel down and pay her respects to Helian Yi, but Helian Si's short arms were still tightly holding Yue'er's neck. For a moment, Yue'er was caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to kneel or not.

"Hey, it's my brother, my brother!"

Helian Si's grape-like, moist eyes suddenly lit up—saviors had arrived!

The man, acting extremely obsequious and servile, reached out his short, thin hand to Helian Yi.

"Brother, hug me~"

The little girl flashed two sharp little tiger teeth, giving Helian Yi a smile even brighter than the summer sun.

Helian Yi's gentle, jade-like face, his previously cold, dark eyes softened completely. But now, with everyone watching, unlike last night when it was just the two of them,

His expression remained cold and unchanged. He stepped forward with feigned composure, reached out and took the smiling little girl from Yue'er's arms.

The little girl was so delicate and soft, it was unbelievable. If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, Helian Yi would have loved to hold her in his arms and give her a good squeeze.