Chapter 80 Dogs Bite Dogs
"This osmanthus cake tastes pretty good."
Having resolved the troublesome Ye Wanyi, Ye Wanning felt exceptionally comfortable, except… Ye Wanning glanced at Butler Li kneeling directly in front of her and yawned softly, “Butler Li, what are you doing?”
Steward Li felt a cold sweat break out all over his body. How had he offended this young lady? They rarely met, yet today she suddenly summoned him for questioning? Steward Li trembled and asked cautiously, "Your...Your...Your Highness...This old servant...What have I done wrong?"
Ye Wanning was taken aback, looking at Butler Li with some confusion, "I didn't say you did anything wrong?" Then, she looked at Cui'er, "Did I say he did anything wrong?"
Cui'er shook her head.
"See?" Ye Wanning turned her head and looked at Butler Li. She said with a smile, "We didn't say you did anything wrong."
Seeing Ye Wanning's appearance, Steward Li felt extremely frightened and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please don't say that. If this old servant has done anything wrong, please tell me! If you want to punish or beat me, Your Highness, please tell me. This old servant will not say a word against it!"
"Hey, hey, hey!" Ye Wanning interrupted him immediately, noticing something amiss in Butler Li's words. She frowned and said, "I've already told you you didn't do anything wrong, so why do you insist that you did something wrong?"
Butler Li trembled, "If I haven't done anything wrong, why is the Princess summoning me for questioning out of the blue..."
Ye Wanning felt a wave of exasperation wash over her. She rolled her eyes and looked at Butler Li with amusement, saying, "You've got it wrong. I called you here not because you did something wrong... it's because..."
Butler Li was taken aback. It wasn't because of him, it was because... Seeing that Ye Wanning remained silent, Butler Li asked with some confusion, "Then what is the Princess Consort thinking?"
"For..." Ye Wanning blushed, unsure how to begin.
Seeing Ye Wanning's expression, Cui'er understood what was going on. She chuckled and asked, "Didn't you just say that the Prince went out? Where did the Prince go?"
"The Prince only told me he was going out for a while, and that he would be back in a few days if the Princess asked, so she shouldn't worry." The steward shook his head. "He didn't say where the Prince went." Then, the steward looked at Ye Wanning, full of doubt, and asked, "If the Princess wanted to ask about the Prince, she could have just said so. Why did she..."
Before he could finish speaking, Butler Li felt the air pressure around Ye Wanning suddenly drop, so frightening that he didn't dare to breathe.
Hearing Cui'er's low laughter behind her, Ye Wanning felt extremely embarrassed. Her face darkened, and she glared fiercely at Cui'er, "What are you laughing at! Have you done everything I asked you to do?!"
Cui'er was taken aback, somewhat confused. "Sister, what do you want me to do..."
"It's just..." After thinking for a while, Ye Wanning couldn't come up with anything. She felt a headache coming on and waved her hand angrily, "Get out of here, all of you! I'm annoyed just looking at you!"
Seeing that the two of them had left, Ye Wanning punched the recliner in annoyance. Damn it, now they don't even need to tell her when they go out!
Filled with displeasure and struggling for a long time, Ye Wanning finally drifted off to sleep in the warm sunlight.
She didn't know how much time had passed when Ye Wanning woke up to find a eunuch standing before her. Cui'er was standing quietly to the side. Seeing someone from the palace arrive, Ye Wanning was startled and quickly got off the recliner. She looked at Cui'er in confusion, "What's going on?"
"Your Highness," the eunuch replied, "the Crown Princess summoned me here."
Ye Wanning was taken aback, and frowned in confusion. "What is it?"
"The Crown Princess said that the Princess Consort fell into the lake a few days ago and caught a cold, so she was unable to come to see you. Today, she asked me to bring you some tonics." As she spoke, the eunuch took out a package and handed it to Ye Wanning. "Your Highness, these are all carefully selected by the Crown Princess before she asked me to send them over."
Was she trying to curry favor? Ye Wanning raised an eyebrow, paused, and then slightly parted her lips to ask, "What kinds of things are inside?"
"These are all top-quality ginseng and deer antler..."
"I understand." Ye Wanning waved her hand to interrupt him. She turned to look at Cui'er, "Cui'er, put all these things away." Then, Ye Wanning looked at the eunuch, her tone full of meaning, "The Crown Princess only asked you to bring these tonics, she didn't say anything else?"
Upon hearing Ye Wanning's words, the eunuch immediately understood. He glanced at Ye Wanning with a smile on his face, "The Crown Princess did indeed have another message for me to deliver to the Princess."
"Oh?" Ye Wanning stood up, raised an eyebrow, looked at the eunuch, and asked in a low voice, "What did you say?"
The eunuch turned to look at Cui'er beside him, then turned his gaze to Ye Wanning, "Your Highness, this..."
"It's alright." Ye Wanning waved her hand. "We're all on the same side, so go ahead and say it."
"Yes." The eunuch nodded, paused for a moment, and then said, "The Crown Princess asked me to tell you that there are always distinctions of closeness within a family, but she and the Princess will always be sisters..."
“I see…” Ye Wanning nodded with a smile. She said softly, “I would also appreciate it if you could pass on a message to the Crown Princess: I have accepted the gift. As for the Crown Princess’s words, I will keep them in mind.”
"Why……"
"Cui'er, this eunuch must be tired after traveling all the way from the palace. Take him downstairs and give him a good treat."
Upon hearing this, the eunuch was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly before retreating with Cui'er.
After seeing the eunuch off, it was almost dusk. When Cui'er found Ye Wanning in the garden, she found her staring blankly into the distance. "Sister..." Cui'er walked up to her and called softly, "What are you doing? It's time to serve dinner."
Ye Wanning sighed and shook her head helplessly, "No, I don't have an appetite today."
"Why don't you have an appetite?" Cui'er frowned, and after a long while said, "Sister, how can you not eat when you're feeling unwell? You should at least eat something." As she spoke, Cui'er looked at Ye Wanning, her eyes full of expectation. "How about I ask the servants to bring back the things that the eunuch brought earlier..."
"Cui'er." Ye Wanning glanced at Cui'er and interrupted her, "Throw those things away."
"Huh?" Cui'er was taken aback, looking at Ye Wanning with some confusion. "Why is that?"
Ye Wanning pursed her lips. "Ye Wanqing's intentions are too obvious. She wants to curry favor with me. Once Wanyi marries into the family, it means she will no longer have the Ye family as her backer. She wants to win me over."
"What my sister means is..."
"I only accepted this gift today as a formality." Ye Wanning squinted. "Now that Wenzhen has recovered, the Prince Jin's mansion is no longer just a useless piece of trash. Why wouldn't I take advantage of her?" Ye Wanning coughed twice. "This Ye Wanyi is a brainless person. I treated her like that this morning, she must be holding a grudge. She might even be plotting against me!"
As she spoke, Ye Wanning laughed, "I deliberately accepted Ye Wanqing's gift so that she would think I would help her, making it easier for her to target Ye Wanyi!" Ye Wanning narrowed her eyes, "Why not let the dogs fight each other?"
Cui'er nodded and looked at Ye Wanning. "Sister has a good plan, but..." Cui'er frowned and looked at Ye Wanning. "Sister still needs to eat. How can you have the strength to fight those two if you don't eat?"
Ye Wanning choked. After all that, this girl hadn't listened to a word she said! She rolled her eyes helplessly, turned around and walked into the house. "I already told you I'm not hungry and don't want to eat."
"Sister..." Cui'er stamped her foot and hurriedly followed, "Why?"
Ye Wanning stopped in her tracks, looked at Cui'er, her eyes deep, "Cui'er..."
"Huh?" Startled by Ye Wanning's gaze, Cui'er didn't know what had happened. She felt a chill run down her spine and stammered, "Sister...sister...what's wrong?"
Ye Wanning sighed, paused, and after a long while, finally asked, "When do you think the prince will return...?"
Cui'er was taken aback, and after a long silence, she glanced at Ye Wanning and asked, "Sister... is this why you're not eating...?"
Ye Wanning blushed, feeling that Cui'er beside her was a bit of an eyesore. She reached out and pushed Cui'er aside, saying, "Nonsense! I'm not!" With that, Ye Wanning ran into the house as if fleeing.
"Sister!" Cui'er followed behind her and couldn't help but laugh. Her young lady was so shy!
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