Before Princess Yi could even speak, the maids from Prince Yi's residence immediately stepped forward, rushed to clean up the floor, and even took the maid who had pricked her finger out to apply medicine.

Hong Xiaoduo noticed that Princess Yuening did not look angry at the maid; on the contrary, she looked worried.

The princess's daughter, equally worried, looked in the direction the maid had left.

"Aunt, I'm so sorry. I remember the Prince Consort has a set of unused teapots. I'll have someone send them over later. Biyu is usually very composed, I don't know what's wrong with her today," Princess Yuening said apologetically to the Princess.

"Yuening, you're being too polite. It's just a teapot; it's broken, so what? Why should I make you pay for it?" Princess Yi said with a smile. Just then, someone came to deliver the prince's message, saying that all the guests had arrived and they should go to the dining hall.

After leaving the hall, the maid followed. In that short distance, Hong Xiaoduo noticed that the maid glanced at Yao Guang several times, each time very briefly before quickly looking away.

Just now in the hall, because the maid accidentally dropped the teapot, the princess and her husband didn't have time to respond to Tian Shu and Yao Guang, and the two children automatically retreated.

Therefore, Hong Xiaoduo did not get to observe the princess and her husband's reaction after seeing Yao Guang.

However, the maid who accidentally dropped the teapot has been behaving very suspiciously so far.

Generally speaking, people of the status of Princess Yi and Princess Yuening have servants who have undergone rigorous training and discipline by experienced old nannies.

If you can take someone out and to such occasions, then naturally you should bring the most trusted and reliable person.

Furthermore, judging from the maid's age and hairstyle, she was already a married woman.

No, the maids serving the princess might also be bed warmers for the prince consort; they don't even seem to count as concubines. Hong Xiaoduo's knowledge of this was limited to what she'd read in ancient romance novels; she hadn't researched or verified anything, so she wasn't sure if it was true or false.

As they approached the dining hall, the maid was so distracted that she didn't hear Princess Yuening calling her. It was only when another maid whispered a reminder that she looked at the princess.

"Go back to your courtyard and rest. You don't need to serve me anymore," Princess Yuening said.

After hearing this, the maid Biyu wanted to say something, but after her lips moved, she finally agreed and withdrew. As she turned to leave, her legs felt weak and unsteady, as if she would fall down if the road were even slightly uneven.

"The princess seems very kind. If you're not feeling well, please tell her and don't follow me out," Hong Xiaoduo whispered to her maid, Chaohua, who was standing beside her.

Upon hearing this, Chaohua moved closer to her and whispered in response, "Miss Hong, Biyu is different from the other maids. She was chosen by the princess's maternal grandparents, so the princess trusts and values ​​her greatly. When Princess Zhaohua was just over one year old, the prince consort was summoned to the impoverished northwest to build a water diversion project. The princess left Princess Zhaohua in the princess's residence in the capital and entrusted her to Biyu to take care of her. She has been taking care of her for three years."

When the princess returned to the capital and saw how well Princess Zhaohua was being treated, she valued Biyu even more, taking her with her wherever she went.

Hong Xiaoduo caught the key words in Chaohua's words: "just turned one year old", "left in the capital", and "Biyu" with her!

At this moment, she wanted to learn more about the maid Biyu and Princess Zhaohua from Chaohua, but when she arrived at the dining hall, Prince Yi led several old friends over to introduce them to her.

In terms of age, he could be her elder, yet Prince Yi acted this way entirely to elevate her status.

Therefore, Hong Xiaoduo also had to take it seriously. The prince was trying to save face for her, so even if she disliked socializing, she had to consider the prince's feelings, especially since he was Yuheng's father.

Fortunately, Prince Yi's old friends were all quite nice, and the topics they discussed were all down-to-earth, so the atmosphere was very pleasant.

When Prince Consort Yu Rui saw that Prince Yi had taken his old friend to chat with Hong Xiaoduo, he told the princess that he would go outside for some fresh air and would be back soon.

He had just stepped out of the dining hall when Yao Guang, who had been watching him, noticed him glancing at Hong Xiaoduo and his master. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he slowly moved towards the door and slipped out of the dining hall.

Yao Guang was unaware that although his mother and master were chatting, they weren't actually ignoring him.

Her actions, which she believed to be completely undetected, had already been noticed by them.

Hong Xiaoduo glanced at Feiyan, who nodded slightly and walked out as well.

Yao Guang slipped out of the dining hall, looked around, and spotted the person she was looking for in front of a bonsai tree not far away. She ran over happily.

"Prince Consort?" Yao Guang called out from behind him.

Yu Rui, who was frowning and thinking about the dam problem, immediately turned around when he heard this and saw that it really was Yao Guang, and that she had come over by herself.

"Little Yaoguang, did you come here specifically to see me?" For some reason, even though he was interrupted from his business again, he wasn't annoyed at all and asked softly.

Yao Guang nodded, then looked down and took something from a brocade pouch at her waist. She held it out in front of him and said, "It's cooked. It's spiced with five-spice and slightly spicy."

Yu Rui stared in surprise at the two bird eggs in the small hand. This little girl had come to find him specifically to give him two boiled bird eggs.

"I only got two, but your family has five people, so I can't share them. I can only sneak them to you. Prince Consort, you should eat them quickly. These bird eggs are small, so they won't affect your main meal later," Xiao Yaoguang said a little embarrassed.

There were only seven eggs in that nest; one of them fell to the ground and broke while being cleaned.

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