Luo Lan shook his head and refused without thinking.
"Can't……"
"Why? Isn't Lord Ning's kung fu very powerful? He will be safe with me. Besides, you said that the Daning Kingdom is now peaceful and prosperous, so what danger can there be? I just want to ride on horseback and overlook the capital of Daning Kingdom. Your Majesty, please let me go!"
"You can go if you want, but you can take a carriage. You can't ride a horse."
"I want to ride a horse. I want General Ning to take me with me. Your Majesty, please agree to this!"
Looking at Xingnan's pitiful appearance, Luo Lan smiled helplessly.
"Okay, but you can't run around. You have to listen to Lord Ning. After buying the trough cake, go back to Prince Yu's Mansion. We'll go back and wait for you."
"Thank you, Queen."
Xingnan jumped off the carriage without saying anything. The maid next to her tried to follow her but was stopped by her.
"Don't follow me, go back and wait for me."
Xiao Ningzi glanced at Luo Lan, and after getting her nod of approval, he leaned forward towards the horse. Xingnan tentatively extended his hand.
"Master Ning, please pull me up."
Xiao Ningzi frowned and shook his head.
"Men and women should not touch each other, otherwise you should ride a horse alone."
"I'm not afraid, so why are you? We in Nanping don't have such rules. Besides, you're not a eunuch, what's there to be afraid of?"
Eunuch?
Xiao Ningzi immediately looked at her with a dark face. When did he become a eunuch?
But it's not Xingnan's fault for being suspicious. All the men in the Nanping Kingdom's palace are eunuchs, even the guards who carry swords are eunuchs.
So, she always thought that Xiao Ningzi was also a eunuch.
Luo Lan looked at Xiao Ningzi's innocent look, covered her face and smiled softly,
"Lord Ning, please protect Princess Xingnan. After buying the trough cake, return to Prince Yu's Mansion immediately."
Xiao Ningzi hurriedly clasped his fists and replied:
"Yes, my lady."
Prince Daji, upon seeing this, was also itching to say to Luo Lan:
"Empress, I also want to stroll around the streets of the capital. You go back first, and I'll come find you later."
Luo Lan was about to refuse, but Lele stepped forward and volunteered.
"Mother, I will accompany Prince Daji to tour the capital. I am familiar with this place."
Seeing that Xingnan and Xiao Ningzi had already walked away, she had no reason to forcibly stop Daji.
So, she could only nod.
"Okay, then you should be careful and come back soon."
Daji immediately thanked him repeatedly with joy.
"Thank you, Queen."
Lele also nodded excitedly.
"Don't worry, mother. We will be back soon."
After saying this, he smiled at Dagi, and the two of them rode on horseback, accompanied by two followers, and headed towards the main street of the capital.
After watching them walk away, she lowered the curtain of the sedan chair.
"Ahong, let's go back!"
"good."
Ah Hong responded, raised her whip, and rode away.
As soon as they entered the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, they saw that there was no one guarding the gate. When she was suspicious, she heard a quarrel coming from the yard.
She frowned and looked, only to see some maids and servants gathered in the yard, seemingly arguing about something.
Seeing this, Ah Hong stepped forward and shouted,
"The Queen has arrived, why don't you come and pay your respects?"
When everyone heard this, they stopped arguing, came over, and knelt before Luo Lan.
"Welcome to Her Majesty the Queen, may Her Majesty long live the Queen."
Luo Lan looked at A Gang, who was in the lead, and asked in a deep voice:
"What happened?"
Agang clenched his fists and lowered his head in grievance.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Ah Gang then raised his head and said righteously:
"Please, Queen, make a decision for us. They originally came to Prince Yu's Mansion to stay, but they are acting like tyrants here, not working properly, and even want us to serve them. We are obviously servants, so why should we in Prince Yu's Mansion serve them?"
Hearing this, Luo Lan looked coldly at the steward of Prince Ming's Mansion.
"Is that true?"
The housekeeper shook his head in denial.
"Your Majesty, the truth is not like that. We are new to Prince Yu's Mansion and are unfamiliar with the place. Some maids inevitably make mistakes when doing things. Butler Agang thinks our maids are clumsy and our talents don't do it. It's not our fault."
"Who else should I blame if not you? You guys are staying at Prince Yu's Mansion, so you have to abide by its rules and follow my instructions. But what about you? You go against us in everything. I tell you to go east, but you go west. I've been the housekeeper at Prince Yu's Mansion for over ten years. Do I really have to listen to outsiders like you telling me what to do?"
"I've been the steward of Prince Ming's Mansion for over a decade. Why do you give me orders? You just said we're just staying here temporarily. Why should we listen to you? You already have enough servants in Prince Yu's Mansion. Why do you still want to boss us around?"
"You're living and eating here for free, so what's wrong with asking you to do some work?"
"We didn't eat and live for free. Prince Ming and Princess Ming brought money, and we bought rice, flour, grain and oil. How can we say that we eat and live for free?"
“…”
Listening to the two housekeepers arguing with each other, Luo Lan felt a little overwhelmed.
In fact, they are both right. They are the stewards of two royal palaces and have equal status. How could they be controlled by each other?
The mistake was that two families that did not belong together were forced together. Leng Ming and Luo Xue were very busy and had no time to manage these trivial matters in the mansion, which led to disagreements between the two groups.
Seeing her ugly face, Ah Cai shouted at them loudly:
"Stop arguing. The Queen hasn't been home for a long time. I'm really annoyed to see you guys bickering as soon as I walk in."
Although Ah Cai expressed her true feelings, she could not show her disdain for the people in Prince Ming's Mansion to their faces. After all, it was she who agreed to let Luo Xue and the others move in.
So, she frowned and raised her hand.
"I will discuss this matter with Princess Ming and come up with a foolproof plan. You two should stop arguing and just do what needs to be done!"
After saying this, she looked at Agang again.
"Where are An An and Yi Cheng?"
"They just finished class and seem to be playing with Duoduo."
"I'm going to the backyard to take a look, you guys go and get busy!"
After leaving these words, she raised her foot and walked towards the backyard with Ah Hong and Ah Cai.
Today is the second day that the people from Prince Ming's Mansion have moved in. There are so many people and so much gossip that all people and things have lost their original state and started to become a mess. Only An An and Yi Cheng are the happiest because they like Duoduo. They are very happy that they can play with Duoduo during the breaks.
"An An, Yi Cheng."
She came to the backyard and called out when she saw them. An An was the first to react. She took Duo Duo's hand and came to her.
"Mom, why are you back?"
Luo Lan stepped forward, bent over and pinched Duoduo's little face, looking at her lovingly,
"Mom misses you guys, I came back to see you, do you miss me?"
"Of course I do. I even dream of Mom coming back to see us."
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