Li Xiaochen shot a glance at Yanran.
shut your mouth!
"Okay, by the way, when are you going back?"
Seeing that he had taken her words to heart, Lin Yuxin felt relieved and then asked another question.
"We've only just arrived, and you're already trying to kick us out!"
Lin Shaoyang frowned and glared at Lin Yuxin.
"I'm just concerned about you all!"
Seeing her second brother glaring at her, Lin Yuxin touched her nose and said aggrievedly.
"We'll be staying for a few days before going back, so don't worry about us. Just take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."
Zhao Yinglan stepped in to defuse the situation, expressing her concern.
"Yes, I know."
Lin Yuxin nodded in agreement, but only she knew how much she had actually heard.
After chatting for a while, Lin Yuxin told the two of them to go back to their rooms to rest.
After they left, Lin Yuxin looked at Li Xiaochen and said:
"You should lead the people to fetch water tomorrow. You'll be busy from now on. I'm starting to distribute seeds tomorrow, beginning with the villages near the north city. For the outlying areas, we'll distribute grain first."
"Alright, I will lead my men there tomorrow."
Li Xiaochen nodded. He came not only to protect Lin Yuxin, but also to do everything he could to help her.
"Thanks for your hard work!"
Seeing that he agreed without hesitation, Lin Yuxin felt a sweet warmth in her heart and gave him a bright smile.
Li Xiaochen's heart skipped a beat when he saw Lin Yuxin's smile. It was as if she had stolen his soul, and he could only see her in his eyes and heart.
"Cough cough!"
At this moment, Young Master Yanran, who hadn't left yet, coughed, and the two of them came back to their senses and looked at him at the same time.
"You two should be careful, there are still people here!"
"Young Master Yanran said jokingly."
[Why is this sissy here? He seems to be holding in a fart.]
Lin Yuxin raised an eyebrow at him but didn't say anything.
Li Xiaochen was also full of impatience. This person should really be sent to the frontier, so he wouldn't be an eyesore here.
"Ahem, well, I'm a friend of the Regent. I'm delivering silver and grain to him!"
As Yanran Gongzi listened to Lin Yuxin's inner thoughts, he thought, "Calling him effeminate? That's definitely not a compliment." Just as he was about to retort, he saw that the two of them were looking at him coldly.
Yanran felt uncomfortable under their gazes and quickly spoke up to break the awkward atmosphere.
"Oh? You're friends with the prince?"
Lin Yuxin looked at Li Xiaochen in surprise.
"I don't know him!"
Li Xiaochen explained expressionlessly. He dared not admit it. He had heard Lin Yuxin curse Young Master Yanran more than once in her mind. If he admitted it, wouldn't he be implicated?
"Your Highness, how can you be so heartless? I've worked so hard for you, managing the household affairs, and now you're turning your back on me like this? How am I supposed to live now!"
When Young Master Yanran heard that Li Xiaochen denied it, her expression immediately changed, and she cried as she spoke.
Wang Yu turned his face to the side, unable to bear watching. Yanran always tried to push the boundaries of the prince's limits and never learned her lesson. She deserved it!
Dan Dao, Xue Ying, and the others stood there dumbfounded, staring at the scene. Was this a man or a woman? How could they be so shameless? And was the prince truly gay? Was he having an affair with this young master Yanran?
What about the princess? After so long, they've realized that the prince is interested in her and is trying to curry favor with her.
Now that this matter has reached the princess, does the prince still have a chance?
Everyone's thoughts drifted further and further away, and they all felt sorry and heartbroken for the princess.
Lin Yuxin raised an eyebrow at Li Xiaochen and said calmly:
"I never imagined that the Prince actually had such homosexual tendencies! Is he keeping a mistress in a gilded cage?"
"No, how could I possibly have an affair with this androgynous person? He's talking nonsense, Yuxin, you mustn't believe his slander."
Seeing that Lin Yuxin's expression had faded and that he couldn't hear what she was thinking, Li Xiaochen assumed she was really angry and quickly explained in a low voice.
"Oh? But they spoke so convincingly, how could they possibly wrong you?"
Lin Yuxin spoke calmly, as if she didn't care about the matter, or as if she was too angry to care.
Her attitude made Li Xiaochen uneasy, but this time he didn't say anything. Instead, he turned to look at Young Master Yanran with a sharp gaze, like a sword aimed directly at her face.
Yanran froze, realizing she had gone too far and the prince was angry. She then heard the prince speak in an icy tone:
"Shui Mei, you don't need to return to the capital. Go directly to the northern border and bring back Lie Yan."
Yanran Gongzi's original name was Shui Mei. She took a nominal name because she was to help the prince manage the Zhaixing Tower.
Upon hearing this, Shui Mei turned pale and immediately knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.
"Your Highness, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said the wrong thing. Please forgive me. If I go to the northern frontier, will I ever be able to come back? Please have mercy!"
This time, Shui Mei was truly scared. He had spoken so rudely, and now the prince was genuinely angry.
Before Li Xiaochen could speak, Lin Yuxin couldn't hold back any longer.
[Hahaha! Shui Mei? That name is even more girly than Yan Ran! This Shui Mei is something else! She's actually one of Li Xiaochen's people. I wonder where such a cold-blooded person like him found this clown? Isn't he afraid of being driven crazy?]
Lin Yuxin kept her head down, her shoulders shrugging, clearly struggling to suppress her laughter.
Although Xueying and the others couldn't hear Lin Yuxin's inner thoughts, they lowered their heads and suppressed their laughter as soon as his name was mentioned.
The atmosphere around them suddenly became strange.
Li Xiaochen then realized that Lin Yuxin wasn't really angry, but it taught him a lesson: Shui Mei was indeed a menace, and he needed to keep her at a distance.
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