It happened to be afternoon when Shen Yuhan arrived at the Marquis' Mansion.
When Li Junyi heard the little boy at the door announce that Shen Yuhan was coming, she couldn't help but tighten her grip.
Chen Qiu Nian has been relatively well behaved these past few days. I wonder why Shen Yuhan made this special trip to the Marquis' Mansion?
She personally led people out to greet him, a smile on her face: "Ah, First Master, I didn't know you would come back today. Please don't blame me for not coming to greet you."
Shen Yuhan said calmly, "Sister-in-law, you're joking. I came back just to pay my respects to my mother. The Inspectorate was busy during the New Year holidays, so I couldn't spare the time. I wonder if my mother would blame me if she knew."
Li Junyi hurriedly said, "How could the mother-in-law blame you? I'll order someone to prepare some refreshments right away."
After entering the ancestral hall, Shen Yuhan took a quick look around.
The ancestral hall was often swept and dusted, so naturally there wouldn't be any traces left. He knew this in his heart, so he didn't hold out any hope of finding anything there.
After paying homage to his mother, Shen Yuhan followed Li Junyi back to the courtyard.
When he arrived at the courtyard, he saw a familiar person, Ning Liangcai.
Seeing Shen Yuhan, Ning Liangcai's eyes flashed, and then he bowed to him respectfully: "This humble official has something to discuss with the old marquis today. I didn't know that the prince would come here. Don't blame me."
Shen Yuhan narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.
His good brother was immersed in books all day long. He usually read in teahouses and only returned home occasionally.
Now it seems that Ning Liangcai has the vague suspicion of becoming the male owner of the Marquis' Mansion.
"Apart from occasionally handling matters at the Marquis' Mansion, my brother basically stays in the teahouse. If Lord Ning wants to see my brother, why not go to the teahouse and find him?"
He was not polite at all, and Ning Liangcai almost changed his expression.
At this moment, Chen Qiu Nian and Song Xiaoya also came back from outside.
During these days, Chen Qiu Nian and Song Xiaoya had made love more than once or twice, but Song Xiaoya still had her period and was unable to get pregnant.
He was worried that Song Xiaoya's health was affected after the last miscarriage, so he took Song Xiaoya out for a medical consultation today.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he started pretending with Shen Yuhan.
Thinking of the humiliation he suffered that day at Shen Yuhan's house, a dark cloud flashed in Shen Qiu Nian's eyes, and he said coldly: "Uncle, you are such a rare guest. Why are you interested in coming to our mansion today? Why don't you stay at home to accompany your beauty?"
He spoke with a mixture of sarcasm and ridicule, and Li Junyi suddenly pulled Shen Qiu Nian.
After all, Chen Qiu Nian is now a commoner. If he offends Shen Yuhan, Shen Yuhan can crush him to death with just a rub of his fingertips.
She didn't want to bother running things for Shen Qiu Nian anymore.
"My nephew is living a happy life." Shen Yuhan retorted, "Now that I don't have to be on duty, I have more time to spend time with beautiful women. I wonder when I can have a drink with you at their wedding."
"You..." Shen Qiu Nian was furious for a moment.
Song Xiaoya had also suffered a loss at the hands of Fang Qingyue that day. Furthermore, the secret letter that was supposed to be delivered to the Marquis's residence had never arrived. She felt a little uneasy: "Does the prince want to force the birth? Qiu Nian is staying at the mansion all day and is very depressed. Please don't make fun of him."
Shen Yuhan didn't intend to pay any more attention to the two of them, and just said: "Now that I have already paid my respects to my mother, I will not bother my sister-in-law anymore."
"Lord Ning, you said you wanted to look for my brother. Why don't you come with me to the teahouse? It's on our way."
Since he has said so, how can Ning Liangcai refuse?
He glanced at Li Junyi inconspicuously, then followed Shen Yuhan away.
At the same time, in the Palace of Prince Jian'an.
Liu Yunyun brought Liu Song, her mother, to the palace to visit Shen Yuhan.
Since the drug-forced incident that day, she had come to the palace several times. However, each time, the palace guards found excuses to turn her away, which really made her feel unhappy.
It happened that Liu Song returned home from her parents' home, so she specifically asked her mother to support her.
As a businessman, Liu Song had close ties with the royal family. Although she could not be considered an imperial merchant, she owned two shops and did supply goods to the palace. Her status in the capital was not even much lower than that of her husband.
When they arrived outside the mansion, Liu Song ordered someone to knock on the door.
Seeing Liu Yunyun, the little boy was startled and said, "Miss Liu, please don't make things difficult for me. The prince won't let you into the mansion, and I can't do anything about it. If the prince knew that I let you in, I'm afraid he would blame me."
Although this gatekeeper is just a servant, if Liu Yunyun wants to marry into the palace, she needs to have a good reputation.
So she didn't dare to embarrass the gatekeeper and simply said, "Mother wants to come and see the prince, but she's not feeling well. I'm worried if she doesn't let me in."
"That's right. No matter what, my young lady is the future princess. You must be clear about this matter. You absolutely cannot treat her like the unworldly people in the mansion." As she spoke, Xiao Tao stuffed a silver ingot into the child's hand. "Please, be kind."
Liu Yunyun is beautiful, and Xiaotao is only slightly less beautiful than her.
The little boy felt a little embarrassed when such a beautiful woman said nice things to him in his ear.
He could only say, "Then you go in first. I'll report to the prince when he returns."
In the palace, many maids and servants were still in Fang Qingyue's side courtyard, playing the flipping game with her.
Fang Qingyue was not arrogant. If she was made happy, she would be generous to her servants, so they were all happy to play with her.
When Fang Qingyue heard that Liu Yunyun and Liu Song were coming to visit, she couldn't help but frown.
She raised her head and said to the person who came to report, "We don't know when the prince will return today, so please have someone comfort them. Bring out the best tea and cakes."
When she said this, Fang Chiyue was a little unhappy and said, "Miss, why are you so nice to them? If it were me, I would definitely leave them alone."
Fang Qingyue didn't even raise her head and said in a calm tone: "Now it seems that I get along well with other people in the mansion, but if Liu Yunyun marries into the mansion, she will be the only mistress."
"If the servants offend her, she will definitely find hundreds of ways to torture them in the future. I can't do that." She didn't care about Liu Yunyun and Liu Song's attitude towards her. After all, she didn't rely on this to make a living.
Even without Shen Yuhan's protection, she could still make medicine and open a clinic.
But the servants in the palace were different. Their indentures were all in the palace, and they had no way of leaving the palace without saving enough silver to exchange for their indentures.
If the mistress of the palace had any dissatisfaction with them, they could only bear the consequences.
Fang Qingyue couldn't just watch things go in a bad direction.
Fang Chiyue sighed, feeling that Fang Qingyue was too soft-hearted.
But true.
If Fang Qingyue had not been soft-hearted, she would still be blind and might have died in the cold winter wind. How could she have the heart to blame her?
Hearing that Shen Yuhan was not in the mansion, Liu Song frowned fiercely: "When will he come back?"
"I don't know." The servant said respectfully, "Madam, you and Miss should have some tea and snacks first. Maybe they will be back soon."
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