Xiao Jingtai rode back to the capital alone with a few followers. When he was halfway there, he met the Ninth Prince and others coming towards him. He hurriedly dismounted and paid his respects to the Ninth Prince.

"Your humble servant greets the Ninth Prince, the Crown Prince, and Young Master Mu."

"Sir Xiao, there's no need to be so polite. Please get up quickly." The ninth prince Yun Yifan pulled the reins and nodded to Xiao Jingtai with a gentle smile.

Yun Yichen stood aside expressionlessly, and only nodded slightly to greet him. Mu Fengwu stopped waving his folding fan and clasped his hands in return. He was very self-aware, and the other party was saluting for the Ninth Prince, for the Yun Prince, not for a nameless boy like him.

"Where did Lord Xiao go?" Mu Fengwu made small talk.

"I am escorting my parents to the villa and dare not delay the Ninth Prince's journey. Please go first." Xiao Jingtai bowed again, ready to make way for the Ninth Prince and his entourage so that he could return to Kyoto.

"Should we go pay a visit to the old man and the old lady?" Mu Fengwu fanned himself again and said leisurely.

Xiao Jingtai didn't understand Mu Fengwu's restless personality, so he thought they were really planning to go to his villa and hurriedly stopped them, saying, "The villa is in such a mess that it's not suitable for entertaining guests. Please forgive me."

There are also people who reject him. Mu Fengwu looked at Xiao Jingtai with wide eyes. There is nothing special about him! This courage is really inherited from General Xiao. When it comes to rejecting people, it is straightforward and not subtle at all.

"Let's set off." Yun Yifan gave the order. He saw that Xiao Jingtai was a little perfunctory, but he didn't delve into it. Now was not the time to talk about this. It would not be too late to mention the visit to the old lady after everything was arranged.

Their iron triangle had an extra tail today. Yuncan, the youngest son of Prince Qi, was unwilling to miss the opportunity to stay in the royal villa when he heard about it, so he followed along shamelessly.

Because they just arrived at the villa today, the Kung Fu learning had to be postponed for one day. Both the Ninth Prince and General Xiao enjoyed a rare half-day of relaxing time, and then had a good sleep to recharge their energy for the arrival of a new day.

Xiao Yao was shaken awake from her sleep. When she saw the person in front of her clearly, she rubbed her eyes subconsciously. Was she dreaming again? Or was she hallucinating?

"Sister, get up, the sun has risen. You can't sleep in anymore, okay?" Miss Xiao Er, who got up early for the first time in a century, skillfully used the attitude and tone that others used towards her every morning, and shamelessly asked Xiao Yao to get up.

"Ruyi, you were not used to sleeping in the new bed last night, so you got up so early today!" If there was no reason, Xiao Yao would never believe that her sister who liked to sleep in would get up early.

"No, I wanted to get up early to enjoy the scenery and take a walk to exercise, so I woke up very automatically, right, Qianyu?" Xiao Yuan winked at her personal maid. She would never tell her sister that she got up early just to eat flower cakes and drink flower tea!

"Stop squeezing your eyes. Be careful or you might get hurt and then you won't be able to enjoy the scenery or take a walk." Xiao Yao replied to her using Xiao Yuan's own words.

"Oh! Get up quickly. After breakfast we'll go see the flowers and the lake."

"You can't go out today." Those royal relatives live in the royal villa opposite. They are all important figures in Tianyu. If you go out to play and bump into them, it will be a serious sin.

After the very unpleasant encounter with Prince Yun, Xiao Yao was afraid to deal with nobles from the bottom of her heart, because their thoughts could not be guessed by common sense, and they could cause trouble if they were not careful. To this day, Xiao Yao still didn't understand how she had offended Yun Yichen, so that he treated her with ridicule and contempt. The more she thought about it, the more confused she felt.

The two sisters had a quick meal and went to the flower garden as their first stop. There were crape myrtles, hibiscus, peonies, roses... Xiao Yao also saw her favorite jasmine, which was swaying in the wind and exuding fragrance.

"It smells so good." Xiao Yuan closed his eyes and sniffed the flowers hard.

"This is peony, right?" With his eyes closed, Xiao Yuan was led by Xiao Yao's hand to a flower field. He took a few deep breaths and then began to guess.

"No." What was reflected in Xiao Yao's eyes was clearly the purple-red hibiscus.

"It's sister's turn to guess." So the two of them switched positions and roles.

After playing for a while, Xiao Yao had a much higher chance of guessing correctly than Xiao Yuan, who would guess wrong seven or eight times out of ten.

"How about picking some flower petals and cooking porridge at home?" Xiao Yuan has a talent. No matter what the topic is, she can always turn it around to food.

"Some flowers cannot be eaten without being processed." Xiao Yao kindly reminded, and then she thought of writing down the ingredients that are incompatible with each other in her memory after returning home, so that her family would not eat them by mistake in the future.

"Ladies, please tell someone to pick whatever flowers you like. There's no need for you to come in person!" a housekeeper-like woman flattered.

Some things can only be enjoyed by doing them yourself. What's the point of living a life of having everything provided for you every day? Xiao Yuan didn't like what the woman said, so he simply turned his head and ignored her.

"Do you have any new or rare varieties here?" Xiao Yao walked around for a long time and saw basically only common varieties of flowers, which made her a little disappointed.

"Miss, you have really found the right person to ask this question. There is nothing in this farm that I, Old Woman Huang, don't know." The old woman patted her chest and boasted.

"Who are you to dare to speak to two young ladies like that? You are so brave!" Xiaofu scolded her with the style of a maid.

"How dare I be disrespectful to you ladies? I'm just used to speaking like this on a daily basis, and I can't change it in a short while. Please forgive me, ladies." Mrs. Huang was so scared that she wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but Xiao Yao stopped her.

"Don't do it again. Forget about it today. Answer my question now."

"Yes, young lady." Unexpectedly, this young lady is pretty and kind. May God bless her to find a good husband in the future. Mrs. Huang muttered to herself and then continued, "There is a woman named Xue on the farm. She is a refugee. She can grow small and exquisite lotus flowers. Even Manager Zhao praised her skills."

"What is bowl lotus?" Xiao Yuan asked puzzledly.

"It is a lotus planted in a porcelain or ceramic pot for viewing."

I really didn't expect there would be such a thing. It shows that there are talents everywhere in Tianyu. The two sisters are very interested in the lotus. Of course, they don't want to miss this good opportunity to see the wonders. In the end, each of them got two pots of unique and exquisite lotus from Xue.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan accompanied Qin to the medicine field again. To the sisters' surprise, Qin actually knew many medicinal herbs and could list their uses and habits in detail.

"Grandma, you know so much!" Xiao Yuan's eyes were sparkling with stars and he looked admiring.

"In the future, if we have any medicinal herbs that we don't recognize, we can ask you for help in identifying them." Xiao Yao said with a faint smile.

"You two girls!" How could Qin not know that her little granddaughter was trying to make her happy in different ways!

When General Xiao returned to the villa after completing a day's teaching, he saw his wife playing cribbage with her youngest granddaughter. The eldest granddaughter was standing by a table, seemingly drawing something, with Nanny Ruan occasionally giving some pointers.

Accompanying my old wife and granddaughter is the life I want to live. I have to spend the whole day with a group of bad boys and teach them with great effort. I have to be careful when dealing with them and can't say anything casually. Just like today, the boy surnamed Mu actually wanted to visit my villa. It seems that the Ninth Prince doesn't seem to object. How can I let them succeed! After a lot of negotiations, I finally gave up the idea of several people. It feels much more brain-consuming than fighting a war.

Seeing her grandfather return, Xiao Yao finished her painting and left with Nanny Ruan. They wanted to develop a new scented lotion, and this place was the perfect place, with flowers and herbs readily available. It was truly the perfect time and place. At times like these, Xiao Yuan would take the initiative to separate from her sister. She didn't want to spy on Nanny Ruan's secret recipe, nor could she handle delicate work, so the only option was to wait and enjoy the fruits of her labor.

On the third day after arriving at the villa, Xiao Yao and her sister accompanied Qin to walk around the villa, watching the men working hard, the women busying themselves, and the teenagers going down to the river to fish and climbing trees to catch birds.

After all, Qin was an elderly person, so she persisted for the entire morning. In the afternoon, she refused to go out again no matter what. So the two sisters massaged and fanned their grandmother's legs, acting like filial granddaughters.

"It will take a few more days before we can go out of the villa to play!" They had almost finished touring the villa. In Xiao Yuan's eyes, it no longer had any appeal. She now wanted to see the lake and the woods.

Qin turned her gaze to Xiao Yao. If she had the same idea, then she could help her along. The two of them might have a chance to meet some noble people. The old man happened to be at the farm of an old friend who was also out for leisure. There was no one to hinder his plan.

Qin encouraged her granddaughter to go out with her eyes, but she said nothing because she did not dare to openly oppose the master.

"In three days, we will go to see the lake." Xiao Yao was so focused on comforting her sister that she did not notice the flash of disappointment on her grandmother's face.

"That annoying cousin the prince, why doesn't he come back to Kyoto today!" Xiao Yuan didn't know who else lived in the royal villa, so Yun Yichen, the only one she was familiar with, became the representative, and she kept talking about him for the whole afternoon.

"Hey, Achen, you sneezed several times this afternoon. Is it because your cousin Han is missing you?" Mu Fengwu, who is definitely at the top of the list of talkative people, teased while putting his arm around his friend's shoulders.

Yun Yichen ignored him. There was no need to respond to this guy who couldn't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth.

"Why do you think Mr. Xiao and Lord Xiao refuse to let us go to the villa to see the old lady? Is there something they cannot tell you?" The Ninth Prince was confused by the Xiao father and son.

"Maybe Mr. Xiao has hidden a stunning beauty on the farm." Mu Fengwu began to speculate with endless imagination.

His words successfully received two slaps in response. The Yun brothers wanted to announce to the public that this idiot was not their friend and they were not familiar with him!