Xiao Yunchen's gentle voice rang out from outside the room: "Your humble servant greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."
The princess's voice was neither cold nor warm, but with a hint of curiosity: "Since Lord Xiao has returned to the capital, why doesn't he go into the city? Instead, why does he come to my fourth brother's farm?"
Xiao Yunchen explained, "I have just arrived at the villa. I originally planned to rest for a while before going into the city to handle official business at the Dali Temple."
Li Nian listened to the noise outside the house and thought that Xiao Yunchen's stay in the villa must have something to do with Sisi. Given the current situation, it would be better not to let the princess see Sisi for the time being.
She asked Li Sisi to hide in the room, and then she took Yun Er Niang with her, opened the door and walked out.
When the princess heard them open the door, she immediately looked over here.
When he saw Yun Erniang beside her, he frowned and said, "The maidservant beside Nian Nian... do you know her?"
Li Nian looked at Yun Er Niang in surprise. Seeing that she was wearing simple clothes, could it be that the princess mistook her for a servant?
Just about to explain.
But Yun Erniang knelt on the ground with a thud and replied respectfully with a panicked look, "Princess, please forgive me. I will go to take up my post right away."
Li Nian subconsciously grabbed Yun Erniang and asked with a puzzled look in his eyes, "How did you become a servant here?"
Even if Yun Erniang was not very good, she was still the minister's concubine. How could she have fallen to the point of being a slave in this villa?
The princess was also puzzled.
Yun Erniang's face was filled with panic, her forehead resting against the cold, rough stone floor. She explained in a terrified tone, "Princess, forgive me! I... I just heard that the young lady the Crown Prince brought back to the capital would also be attending. My status is low, so I can't legitimately enter today's banquet. But I truly miss my daughter, who passed away nine months and twelve days ago, so I thought of coming here disguised as a servant. I want to see with my own eyes the girl who's been rumored to look 80% like my own Wu'er."
Li Nian didn't expect this to be the reason, and she didn't expect Yun Er Niang to remember the time of her death, even for several days.
On the other hand, she is really selfish.
Li Nian suppressed the bitterness in her heart and explained to the princess's puzzled gaze.
"Princess, she is Yun Qiuwu's mother. Just now in the front yard, a few girls were verbally abusing me, and this lady stood up for me. To prevent her from being further harassed by those girls because of me, I brought her here."
She then asked cautiously, "Princess, could you please let her stay here for a while? I'll take her back to the palace on my way back."
When the princess heard her words, she smiled considerately and said, "In that case, I will arrange a carriage to take her back home, which will save you the trouble."
Li Nian waved his hands quickly: "Don't bother me. I can just drop it off on my way back."
"It's not a big deal. Fortunately, there are plenty of idle people in the manor." The princess said with a natural and relaxed smile, "Niannian, you and I are already close friends. It would be awkward to be polite any more."
Seeing her sincere and persistent attitude, Li Nian could only nod and say, "Thank you very much, Princess."
The princess chuckled and said jokingly, "Why are you calling me princess again? Didn't you always call me 'Tongtong' before?"
Li Nian was slightly embarrassed. This was in private before! Now, in front of so many outsiders, calling him by his nickname directly was really rude.
If someone with ulterior motives saw this, they would definitely accuse her of committing a crime.
Seeing that she was silent, the princess said "Hmm?" again, as if asking, "Why don't you shout?"
Li Nian was almost embarrassed by her and saw that she insisted on looking at him.
He could only say helplessly: "Thank you Tongtong for helping me send Yun Erniang back home."
The princess finally chuckled with satisfaction, walked over, put her arm around Li Nian, and said in a very happy mood, "Let's go pick strawberries."
Xiao Yunchen looked at the backs of the two people leaving together, and a look of novelty and interest flashed in his eyes.
He really wanted to put this scene in front of his eldest brother, so that his arrogant and wanton brother could take a look.
Let him also experience the feeling of anger and jealousy.
Li Sisi listened to the noise outside and it seemed that everyone had left, so she walked out from the corner behind the wardrobe.
Seeing Xiao Yunchen walk into the house, she said, "Since you have returned to Beijing safely, I will leave first."
"Wait!" Xiao Yunchen hurriedly grabbed her and said in a serious voice, "You can't leave now. You suddenly appeared in front of everyone today. If you leave rashly, you will definitely be targeted by many people."
Li Sisi said in surprise: "No way? Why are you targeting me?" She planned to leave with Nian Nian in the next two days!
Xiao Yunchen explained carefully, "The incident with Wei Jiangyi has already made them bear a grudge. Now that you're coming back to the capital with me, they won't let you go easily. Furthermore, my sister-in-law returned early, and there must be a lot of rumors circulating in the capital. If you were discovered now, and the truth about last year's incident were revealed, you and my sister-in-law would definitely be in big trouble."
Li Sisi was stunned: "So troublesome? What should we do?"
"Come back with me first. Even if they have any suspicions, they won't dare to search the mansion easily. I'll hand Zheng Hongye over to the Dali Temple, and then find a chance to send you away."
When Li Sisi heard what he said, she felt that something was wrong and that he was fooling her.
She didn't want to stay in that shabby place, the Xiao Mansion, for even a minute.
"Don't bother you. I'll go talk to Nian Nian."
Xiao Yunchen's eyes dimmed for a moment: "Sister, don't you believe me?"
Li Sisi replied casually: "It's not that I don't believe you, I just don't want to go to your house." I don't want to see your mother even more.
As if knowing what she was thinking, Xiao Yunchen said, "You don't need to stay in the mansion for long. And when you return to Jinxiu Residence, I will arrange for guards to stop you. You won't be able to see anyone you don't want to see."
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