Xiao Ningzi pursed her lips nervously, then mumbled back:
"Lord Xingnan said...she was tired and wanted to rest there for a while, so he asked me to buy her some taro cakes. I saw someone performing acrobatics there, so I thought I'd let her watch the fun and go quickly. But who would have thought that when I came back, she'd disappeared. I searched everywhere, and finally, after asking the city gate officer, I learned that she had left the city. So I went outside to look for her...and found her sliding down the hillside. Luckily, a tree blocked her way, otherwise...otherwise, the consequences would be truly disastrous."
Daji nodded in agreement.
"This doesn't look like something Xingnan could have done. Queen, please don't blame Lord Ning. This has nothing to do with him. He saved Xingnan, otherwise, she would have been eaten by that beast."
Luo Lan had long expected that this matter had nothing to do with Xiao Ningzi, but Prince Daji was here, and if she didn't ask him in person, she would not be able to explain to Yongping and Yongning after returning to the palace.
At this moment, Ah Cai came running over.
"Your Majesty, Princess Xingnan has woken up."
Hearing this, Luo Lan hurriedly stood up and quickly walked towards Xingnan's room, followed closely by Daji and Xiao Ningzi.
Xingnan covered his head with his hands, looked around the room, looked at the girl beside him, and asked:
"Where am I?"
"Princess, you were in Prince Yu's mansion. You were injured, and Lord Ning brought you back."
"I'm hurt?"
Xingnan closed his eyes, recalling the scene when she slid down the hillside, and suddenly looked at the girl with some fear.
"Is my leg broken? Is my face bruised? How badly am I hurt?"
The girl couldn't help but smiled and said:
"Princess, you're fine. The Queen just checked you out. You're just unconscious. You're fine."
Hearing this, Xingnan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's okay, I was scared to death."
At this moment, Luo Lan hurried in. The maid hurried forward to greet him. She waved her hand and then quickly came to Xingnan.
"Xingnan, are you okay?"
Xingnan hurriedly shook his head.
"It's okay. Sorry to bother you."
"It's no trouble. We're relieved to see that you're okay."
At this time, Daji took two steps forward and scolded loudly:
"I told you not to run around, but you didn't listen. If Lord Ning hadn't rescued you, you would have lost your life. When will you ever curb your playful nature?"
Seeing Daji scolding her, Xingnan pursed her nose in dissatisfaction.
"I didn't want to get hurt. I just wanted to go out and play for a while. Who would have thought that an accident would happen? Why are you scolding me? Did Ning say something bad about me to you?"
Xiao Ningzi waved his hands repeatedly, feeling quite wronged.
"I didn't say anything bad about you. I told you everything truthfully. I didn't tell you a single lie. Please don't accuse me wrongly."
Daji reminded:
"You should thank Lord Ning. If he hadn't brought you back, you would have been eaten by wild beasts by now. And you still suspect him of saying bad things about you? You really have no conscience."
Xingnan curled his lips and replied,
"What do you care? You went out to play anyway. I bet you don't get lost next time."
"Hmph, I'm not as playful as you. When we return to Nanping Kingdom, I'll definitely ask my father to teach you a lesson."
“…”
Seeing the brother and sister quarreling, Luo Lan hurriedly tried to comfort them.
"Okay, stop arguing. Xingnan, take a break. After dinner, we'll go back to the palace."
"I don't want to go back."
Xingnan immediately shook his head and refused.
"Empress, please let's stay outside the palace for two days! What's the point of staying in the palace? I'm almost suffocating to death. Please, please."
"Tomorrow is the third day of the New Year. We're going hunting on the fifth day. We have to go back and prepare."
"Then I'll go back the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, you can go back first. I'll stay here for two days, and on the fifth day I'll leave directly from here and meet up with you."
"no."
Daji took two steps forward and looked at her with a frown.
"Xingnan, you can't be so willful. If you stay here, everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion will be worried about you. Aren't you just causing trouble for them? Hurry back to the palace. After the hunt, we'll choose a day to return to Nanping."
"The eldest sister-in-law is not anxious yet, why are you anxious? Before she came, she said that we can stay here for a while longer."
Seeing the brother and sister disagreeing again, Luo Lan sighed helplessly.
"Stop arguing. Now we have two options. The first is to return to the palace immediately after dinner. The second is to stay in Prince Yu's mansion for one night and return to the palace before noon tomorrow. Xingnan, you choose."
Xingnan replied without thinking:
"I choose the second one."
Compared to the first option of returning to the palace immediately, the second option is naturally more appropriate.
"Well, let the maid dress you up and get up to eat. Tonight's dinner is going to be very sumptuous."
Leaving these words, she turned and left. Daji nodded at her and left too. Xiao Ningzi glanced at her and warned her coldly,
"If you want to go out in the future, don't ask me to protect you. I don't have time to play with a girl like you, and you will be suspicious of me later."
"you……"
Xingnan was so angry that his face turned blue and he pointed at Xiao Ningzi, but he had already walked away quickly.
She cursed softly in her mouth.
"You damn eunuch..."
Fortunately, Xiao Ningzi didn’t hear it, otherwise, she would be so angry that she would regret saving her.
At dusk, Luo Xue and Leng Ming finally came back. In fact, Luo Xue had known that her sister Luo Lan was coming, but she had just taken over the clinic not long ago, and there was a lot of work to do in the clinic, so she couldn't get away for a while, so she came back a little late.
After she and Leng Ming entered the room, they went straight to the main hall.
"Sister, I've kept you waiting."
Leng Ming was busy reminding her,
"Call her Empress, or Empress-in-law."
Luo Xue curled her lips in dissatisfaction.
"She is my sister. This is not the palace. Why are you being so polite, right, sister?"
Luo Lan smiled softly and nodded.
"Xue is right. Why did you come back just now? Mom has been busy in the kitchen for a while, waiting for you to come back and have dinner together."
"There's a critically ill patient at the clinic. I'm worried about you. If you delay for a while, Leng Ming will go to the clinic every day to wait for me to come back together. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
"Sit down, I have something to say to you."
Seeing Luo Lan's serious face, Luo Xue swallowed and nervously sat down on her right. Leng Ming narrowed his eyes and sat next to her.
Seeing them both sitting down, Luo Lan said:
"Look, when I came here this morning, I saw the people from Prince Ming's Mansion and Prince Yu's Mansion arguing fiercely. It's bound to be difficult for people from two different worlds to merge together. I think, shouldn't we come up with a solution?"
Luo Xue and Leng Ming looked at each other and shook their heads anxiously.
"Sister, we haven't found a suitable yard yet, you can't chase us away!"
"I didn't mean to chase you away."
Luo Lan shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
"You can stay here as long as you want. What I mean is that the servants in the mansion need to be settled. You have a steward in Prince Ming's mansion, and Prince Yu's mansion also has a steward. It's easy for these two stewards to get along, and it's easy for two groups of people to clash."
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