Consort Jia was indignant. She stepped forward and protested softly to Shang Xiye, "Your Highness, I am a lady of the inner chambers. How can I live next to a man? If word gets out, won't people gossip about me?"

"Then how do you want to live?" Shang Xiye looked coldly at Consort Jia.

"How about we have Consort Jin stay here with me, and let Physician Xiao go stay with the Princess?"

"You mean, you're afraid of being gossiped about if you live next to a man from another family, but the Princess Consort isn't?" Before Consort Jia could finish speaking, Shang Xiye's voice grew even colder: "The Princess Consort's reputation is already somewhat weak since she came to the capital. Are you trying to put her to death by making such a request now?"

Consort Jia: "!"

She's a bandit, what reputation does she have left!

Are we really going to sacrifice someone else's reputation just to salvage her tarnished image as a bandit?

"Your Highness, that's not what I meant, I..." I felt incredibly wronged, but how do you want me to say it?

"My injuries are at a critical stage. It is only right and proper for Physician Xiao to stay here. If you feel that being near a man outside the family is detrimental to your reputation, then you may return to the capital. I will send someone to escort you," Shang Xiye said without room for argument.

Consort Jin, fearing that Consort Jia would drag her into the mess and want to switch places with her, gave Zhuoya and Zhuola a wink, and the mistress and servants quickly left with their luggage.

Consort Jia couldn't ask Ji Fengyao to change her residence, and was just thinking of trying to work on Consort Jin, but when she looked up, she only saw the backs of Consort Jin and her servants' heads. At this time, Hei Xiao and Ji Fengyao also went to their respective residences.

If she continued to argue, she would only be able to wait for Shang Xiye to send her back to the capital. She was so angry that she felt dizzy.

Most of the houses in Qingwanli were also built on the water.

The two-story wooden buildings, with their carved beams and painted rafters, and covered with golden glazed tiles, are exquisitely and uniquely constructed.

According to the rules, Xique, Bailu, and Linshuang should have stayed on the first floor, but Ji Fengyao made an excuse that the prince was not able to walk properly and it was inconvenient for him to go upstairs, so she insisted that the three of them stay on the second floor, and the three of them had no choice but to comply.

Pushing open the bedroom window overlooking the water, a wave of heavy humidity hits you, but the view of lotus leaves and flowers complementing each other is quite nice.

Ji Fengyao smiled with a good mood, remembering that the Empress Dowager seemed to have a leg ailment.

Because they had come from afar, the maids in the house were all people who had been staying in the courtyard before, and they were all people arranged by the palace, so Shang Xiye could not conduct a large-scale screening.

That evening, when the dishes were served.

Two maids who were serving food placed a plate of stir-fried lotus root tips and a bowl of lotus root soup in front of Ji Fengyao. Just as they were about to leave, Shang Xiye and Hei Xiao happened to come over, and the two maids' expressions changed.

Ji Fengyao secretly stared at Hei Xiao and gestured towards the two dishes in front of her.

Hei Xiao understood, frowned before even entering the room, waved his hand in the air twice, and laughed, "Your Highness, didn't you also receive some guidance from your master? What, are you really prepared to eat this kind of food?"

Master?

Ji Fengyao was slightly taken aback. She looked at Shang Xiye, then at him: that "Master" was called so beautifully.

If one day he sees that her master looks exactly like Shang Xiye, and then thinks back to today, I wonder what he will think.

"It's nothing, just some abortion pills. It won't kill you. Besides, you still have your senior brother to save you, right?" Ji Fengyao stood up with a grin and fawned over Shang Xiye: "Your Highness, you didn't even tell me you were coming. I didn't even ask anyone to add more dishes for you."

"Didn't I say that I would dine with you every day from now on?" Shang Xiye's voice was gentle and doting, but when he turned to look at the two palace maids, it turned as cold as if it were mixed with ice shards.