"How would I know what's wrong with him again? Is he sick?" Ji Fengyao rubbed the swelling on the back of her head and grimaced.

Xi Que hesitated whether to beat up Shang Xiye to avenge her young lady, but then she heard from Lin Shuang, who was on night duty, that the prince was so angry when he left in the morning that his neck turned red.

The young lady is always stubborn and will never admit her mistakes. What if she has already beaten him herself?

At this moment, the maid in charge of guarding the outer courtyard came in, beckoned to Bailu, and said, "There is a servant outside the courtyard requesting to see the Princess. He says he was sent by the Marquis of Anping's residence to deliver a message."

"The Marquis of Anping's residence?" Bai Lu wondered. There were only a few princes and marquises in the capital. When did the Marquis of Anping's residence appear?

But since the messenger claimed to be from the Marquis's residence, Bailu dared not delay and went in to report.

When the servant in blue entered, he saw Ji Fengyao sitting boldly in the hall and knew that this was the person in question. He bowed tremblingly and said, "Reporting to Princess Consort Su, Marquis Anping and his son have sent me to tell you that the Emperor has bestowed upon the Marquis the title of Marquis Anping and granted him a mansion, located on North Second Street. The Emperor has also bestowed six large chests upon him, and the Marquis has asked you to send someone to collect them at midnight. The Marquis said that if you do not send someone tonight, he will have his son deliver them at midnight tomorrow."

As the servant spoke, he dared to glance at Ji Fengyao again.

It wasn't that he was bold, but rather that he was too curious. Since it was a gift from the Emperor, why not bring it into the mansion in a grand manner, instead of having it secretly taken or delivered in the dead of night? These bandits are just too bizarre.

"Yes, I understand." Ji Fengyao thought he had finished speaking, and her mood, which had been depressed all morning, finally brightened up a bit: "Bai Lu, give him some loose silver as a reward."

"Yes," Bai Lu bowed her head and accepted the order, then went to the inner bedroom to get the silver.

The servant quickly knelt down again and said, "The Marquis also asked me to tell the Princess that once the manor is ready, he will send the Heir Apparent to fetch the Princess to the manor for a reunion. He hopes the Princess will..."

"Um?"

"I hope Your Highness will take care of yourself and remember to exercise restraint." The servant, clinging tightly to the floor, suddenly quickened his pace: "The Marquis said that the Ninth Prince was listless in court today!"

"puff!"

Ji Fengyao spat out the mouthful of tea she had just taken a sip of, and stared at the servant on the ground, speechless for a long time.

Holy crap, what does it have to do with her that the Ninth Prince is listless?!

She was working herself to the bone to suppress and control the drugs for him, and this morning he heartlessly threw her away!

Ji Fengyao's mood, which had just cleared up, turned cloudy again. She waved her hand to let Bailu send away the servants who were trembling like leaves. Bored, she got up, stretched, rubbed her slightly aching back of the head, and took Xique out for a stroll.

Bai Lu encountered the two women, mistress and servant, in the outer courtyard. Fearing they might not know their way around since they had just entered the mansion, she followed them along.

The three of them had just passed the ink studio when they ran into Bai Rumei.

Diancui followed behind Bai Rumei, carrying a purple wooden food box in her hand.

Upon seeing Ji Fengyao and her two servants, Bai Rumei quickly stepped forward, quietly and gracefully curtsied, and said, "This humble servant, Bai Rumei, greets Your Highness."

Ji Fengyao hadn't seen her during yesterday's farce, and now that she was behaving docilely and speaking gently, her wariness lessened somewhat, and she softened her expression, saying, "Get up."

Bai Rumei seemed somewhat embarrassed by Ji Fengyao's lukewarm attitude, and her expression became even more cautious: "Yesterday, I was a little drunk and failed to pay my respects to the Princess Consort immediately. It was my fault. So today I made some white hoof cakes to apologize to the Princess Consort, but I didn't expect to meet the Princess Consort here."