Su Lixia rubbed her head, feeling a real headache coming on: "I really don't know what to do now."

"I think the princess is quite safe, even though she only has Xiaolian by herself. Perhaps it's because the princess doesn't go out much, and not many people know her, so she's safe."

Su Lixia smiled awkwardly; everyone knew she was lazy.

"How's the packing going? Didn't you say you were going to stay at my place for a while?"

Su Lixia nodded: "Let's not worry about this for now. She's such a respected person, it's not right to cause trouble for her now. Let's wait and see. If we can find someone better, we will. If not, the two of us will just have to rely on each other."

Xiao Lian nodded and said, "Then Xiao Lian will go and have someone pack the luggage first. By the way, Princess, are we still bringing the cook?"

Upon hearing this, Su Lixia looked at Lin Ziwen, who knew what she wanted to say.

"Take it with you. I don't have a chef who can cook your dishes, so I'll have something to eat from now on."

“Then we’ll definitely have to eat different things every day.” He then turned to Xiaolian and gestured.

The latter understood and turned to go out to pack his things.

"However, when she came to me about this today, the reason was truly surprising."

Upon hearing this, Su Lixia blushed, wondering what Xiao Lian had said. Could it be something forbidden or adult-themed...?

“It’s mainly Your Highness…” Su Lixia frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, “There are some unspeakable reasons for this, and it’s really inconvenient to tell you more.”

Lin Ziwen raised an eyebrow. The fact that he couldn't speak directly meant that he was still wary, so he said, "This is quite normal. Princess, you don't need to feel sorry. However, Yi Zexuan has absolutely no intention of harming you, so you can rest assured."

Su Lixia's lips twitched, and she thought to herself, "Yeah, what bad intentions could he possibly have? He just wants to get rid of me."

Seeing that Su Lixia remained silent, he then asked, "What does the princess think?"

"Ah? Oh right, it's not mainly to hide from the prince, it's just to relax. It's so uncomfortable to stay in one place all day."

"That makes sense. How about I take the princess out to play when I have some free time?"

Su Lixia clapped her hands and said, "That would be great, absolutely the best!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Xiaolian entered and said, "Princess, everything outside is ready. Shall we depart now?"

Su Lixia turned to Lin Ziwen and asked, "Does Young Master have other matters to attend to?"

Lin Ziwen shook his head and said, "There's nothing else going on. We can leave anytime."

"Why don't you wait until you have lunch before you leave?"

"Let's not go to your residence for dinner. We have enough time. I had someone catch some crabs yesterday and asked them to steam them for lunch."

Upon hearing this, Su Lixia's eyes lit up: "Crabs?"

Lin Ziwen hummed in agreement: "The princess knows about this too? I only discovered it recently. I didn't know it was edible before. But the yield here isn't high, and it's a big, plump one. Since nobody knows, it's all ours."

Su Lixia shook her head. It seemed the reason it wasn't recorded in the book was that Yi Zexuan simply didn't eat this newly discovered creature.

"I just find the name unusual; I've never seen it before or heard of it."

Lin Ziwen raised an eyebrow: "This is a name a friend of mine came up with, and I think it's pretty good."

Su Lixia raised an eyebrow, a question lingering in her mind: "I never imagined that the name 'crab' originated from here???"

"Let's get up and set off. I'm very curious about what this thing looks like and whether it really tastes good."

"Okay." Lin Ziwen said, getting up.

Then the three of them left, one after the other.

Then Su Lixia and Xiao Lian got into the carriage, with Lin Ziwen riding a horse in front.

Uncle Li looked at the procession ahead and couldn't help but shake his head: "They really aren't going to stay quiet." After saying that, he went back to report to Yi Zexuan.

"Go check on the progress of the Princess's residence renovation and tell them to speed it up. It's making it seem like we're being harsh and neglectful. What will people think if word gets out?"

Uncle Li nodded and said, "Then I'll prepare the horses and head over there now."

"Don't ride a horse. With your physique, can you even ride a horse? Take a carriage instead."

Uncle Li smiled shyly: "Yes, thank you for your consideration, Your Highness."

"Um."

The other party remained indifferent, so Uncle Li smiled helplessly, turned around and went out, prepared a carriage and set off.

Meanwhile, on the way to Lin Ziwen's place...

A woman suddenly ran into the middle of the road, startling Lin Ziwen, who quickly grabbed the reins. The carriage behind was a little slow to react, but fortunately it was moving slowly, otherwise it would have hit Lin Ziwen's horse.

However, the sudden braking almost caused the master and servant in the carriage to fall.

Su Lixia rubbed her forehead and asked, "What happened?"

Xiaolian shook her head.

Lin Ziwen frowned as he looked at the person in front of him, who stood arrogantly with his hands on his hips and a smile on his lips.

"What are you doing?" Lin Ziwen shouted impatiently.

The girl, who had been quite smug, was startled by the shout and pouted, looking aggrieved: "Why are you yelling at me? It's just that I haven't seen you in so long, and you didn't hear me when I called you, that's why I'm like this."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziwen rubbed his forehead and sighed, "If you're sick, just stay in your own residence. I have other things to attend to, so get out of here and don't get in the way."

"Princess, this person looks familiar. Isn't he the one who knelt all night?" While Lin Ziwen was reprimanding Zhang Meier, Xiao Lian peeked out to see what was going on.

Su Lixia sensed the gossip and peeked out, seeing Zhang Meier's pitiful expression.

"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder people don't like you. You dare to do something like this, it's really speechless," Su Lixia sighed.

Zhang Meier looked at Su Lixia and sighed, then pointed at the carriage and said, "She could have just left everything to the prince, why did it have to be you? Could it be that she's bewitched you? What a vixen."

Lin Ziwen frowned, angrily getting off the carriage and grabbing her collar, warning, "You really dare to slander anyone. If you want to die, don't drag Lord Zhang and the others into it. I'm warning you one last time, hide wherever you can. If I see you again, I will not let you off easily!"

Zhang Meier shuddered, realizing that she had indeed gone too far.

"I...I didn't mean it, I just said it casually."

Lin Ziwen snorted: "It's fortunate that the princess didn't hear that. If she had, and she had held it against you, you would have been guilty of a heinous crime punishable by death." With that, Lin Ziwen pushed her away.

Zhang Meier staggered a couple of steps and almost fell. Lin Ziwen signaled to the servants to drag her away.

"Hey hey hey! I can walk by myself!" Zhang Meier struggled.