Seeing this, Madam Sun quickly stepped forward and said with a smile:
"We heard that a new girl had come to live in your courtyard, so we thought we'd come and see her."
When Ning Chunlin saw that Madam Sun had also arrived, he immediately lost interest, threw the gauze in his hand on the ground, snorted coldly, and turned to go into the house.
Sun and Xu Qianqian exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed them inside.
Lian Yao looked the two of them up and down with interest, then entered the house with a smile on her face.
Just as Lian Yao was about to sit down, she heard Xu Qianqian say in a sarcastic tone:
"Heh, why does this room smell so foul as soon as you came in!"
Upon hearing this, Lian Yao smiled faintly, walked directly to Ning Chunlin's side, and sat on his lap as if she had no bones. She gently hooked her left hand around Ning Chunlin's chin and spoke with a smile in her eyes:
"Brother Chunlin, who is this sister? Why did she wet her pants as soon as she saw me?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Qianqian became furious and immediately pointed at Lian Yao, launching into a tirade of abuse:
"You vixen who's always seducing men's husbands! You think I'd be scared into wetting my pants? That's a joke!"
Lian Yao wasn't annoyed by these words. She simply turned her head, covered her mouth with her handkerchief, and chuckled softly.
"Then why did you say there was a foul smell in this room? I bet you were so scared when you saw me that you peed your pants, hahaha..."
Ning Chunlin was already in a bad mood when he saw Sun Shi and Xu Qianqian, but now that he had such a beauty as Lian Yao in his arms, how could he not be happy? So he smiled along with her.
Xu Qianqian became even angrier when she saw that Ning Chunlin not only didn't defend her, but also joined Lian Yao in mocking her.
"Brother Chunlin, I think you've really been bewitched by this vixen. Now you can't even tell right from wrong. She's humiliating me like this, and you're not even standing up for me!"
As she spoke, Xu Qianqian pointed at Lian Yao and cursed:
"You just wait, I won't let you get away with this! You dare to try and steal Chunlin from me? I'll never let you get away with this!"
After saying that, he flung his sleeves and stormed out the door.
Ning Chunlin glared angrily at Xu Qianqian's retreating figure and roared:
"Xu Qianqian is becoming increasingly unruly. As a concubine, she dares to yell at me. Doesn't she know that I can let her live in the Prince Jing's mansion, and I can also kick her out?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Sun, who was standing to the side, immediately concealed the anger in her eyes and said with a smile:
"Husband, don't be angry. It's not worth getting sick over her. I'll go talk to her in a bit. Now that you have Miss Lianyao taking care of you, I can rest assured. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Ning Chunlin had assumed that Madam Sun would be as persistent as Xu Qianqian, but she hadn't expected her to be so different. He couldn't help but glance at her a few more times before nodding and saying:
“You know when to advance and retreat. Lianyao will be staying in the Prince’s mansion from now on. You should take better care of these sisters and lest Xu Qianqian bully her. Our Lianyao is a gentle woman, not like you noisy country bumpkins.”
As he spoke, Ning Chunlin smiled and reached out to touch Lian Yao's face. Lian Yao lowered her head, blushing, and chuckled shyly:
"Thank you so much, Brother Chunlin, for thinking of me."
Seeing this scene, Madam Sun wanted nothing more than to tear the handkerchief in her hand to shreds. She feared that if she stayed any longer, she would be disgusted to death by this despicable couple. So she quickly bowed to Ning Chunlin and said:
"Don't worry, my husband. I'm a bit older than Lianyao, so I'll take good care of her. It's getting late, so I won't disturb your enjoyment any longer. Xin'er is waiting for me to go back and put her to sleep."
Upon hearing Madam Sun mention Ning Xin, Ning Chunlin realized that he hadn't visited his daughter in many days, and waved his hand, saying:
"Okay, you can go back now. Tell Xin'er that I'll come over to have lunch with her tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Madam Sun was secretly delighted, thinking that her trip had not been in vain. She nodded and left.
The next day,
Jiang Yuwei still got up early to prepare food and changed Ning Wan's dressing. Ning Wan's wounds have basically healed, but there are still some red scars, which will need to be healed slowly.
Ning Wan is naturally a child at heart. After being injured and confined to the house for so long, she was incredibly bored. Today, after her dressing was changed, she no longer felt any pain and stopped staying in bed. Instead, she followed Jiang Yuwei in and out, very lively.
Seeing her so full of energy, Jiang Yuwei smiled and said:
"Wan'er, would you like to go see Grandmother with your mother today?"
Ning Wan nodded without hesitation and smiled:
"Alright, Wan'er has been cooped up for days. Perfect timing, I've been missing my grandmother too, let's go see her today!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled as she helped Ning Wan with her hair and makeup, then took her hand and led her towards Diancui Courtyard.
As soon as the two entered the room, they saw Wang Ma helping the princess with her toilette. Jiang Yuwei instructed Ning Wan:
"Wan'er, you stay in this room and chat with your grandmother for a while. I'm going out to take care of some things and will be back in a bit."
Ning Wan nodded obediently in agreement.
Seeing Ning Wan standing lively and energetic in front of her, the princess was very happy and took Ning Wan's hand, saying to Jiang Yuwei:
"Yuwei, go ahead and do your thing. Aren't you comfortable leaving Wan'er here with me?"
Jiang Yuwei smiled, nodded, and left.
At present, dozens of stewards were still standing in the front hall, waiting to report the affairs of the manor to Jiang Yuwei. Jiang Yuwei sat up and listened for a while. They were all trivial matters, so she told them to do things as usual.
Just as everyone received their orders and prepared to leave, Jiang Yuwei spoke up:
"Who is in charge of the kitchen?"
Hearing this, Granny Li, who had been stirring up trouble the most yesterday, stepped forward impatiently and said:
"I'm just the nanny in charge of the kitchen, so what? Everything in our kitchen is fine, Your Highness doesn't need to worry about it."
Jiang Yuwei sneered and said:
"The rest of you may leave, but Granny Li may stay."
The group looked at each other, unsure of what Jiang Yuwei was up to, but adhering to the principle of minding their own business, none of them dared to linger and hurriedly ran out.
Granny Li looked Jiang Yuwei up and down with a disdainful expression before speaking:
"Please speak quickly, Madam Jiang. The vegetable farmers outside are just delivering vegetables into the manor at this hour, and I need to go and keep an eye on them!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled calmly.
“In that case, I won’t keep you from doing your work. I have nothing to do today, so I’ll go with you to see how the dishes are.”
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