Jiang Yuwei smiled and nodded:
"Alright, I'll make you a few more sets of clothes to change into later. It's getting late, let's hurry up and go!"
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei took Ning Wan's hand and walked to the carriage. Just as she was about to lift her skirt and jump into the carriage, she heard Li Mama cough a few times behind her.
Ning Huaizhi then turned to Jiang Yuwei with a slight smile, helped her into the carriage, then carried Ning Wan into the carriage before getting into the carriage with Ning Zhao.
Jiang Yuwei sat inside the carriage, peeking out through the gap in the curtain.
"Oh, that scared me to death. Although Granny Li is a bit strict, she's not a bad person."
Ning Wan, mimicking Jiang Yuwei, patted her chest and echoed:
"Yes, yes, this person isn't a bad person."
Ning Huaizhi and Jiang Yuwei exchanged a glance, both of them unable to suppress their laughter at Ning Wan's adorable appearance.
Soon, the family arrived at the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion, chatting and laughing.
Ning Huaizhi got off the carriage first, and then helped Jiang Yuwei down.
Jiang Yuwei thought it would be difficult to get in this time, but to her surprise, the servant at the door saw that it was Jiang Yuwei and hurriedly came forward to greet her.
“Madam, you’ve arrived. Last time, I was blind and didn’t recognize your greatness, and I offended you. Our young master has already taught me a lesson. I hope you will be magnanimous and not hold a grudge against someone like me.”
Jiang Yuwei raised an eyebrow and looked at the person who had just arrived.
"Can I enter the mansion without paying you money this time?"
Upon seeing this, the servant hurriedly slapped himself several times in the face and said nervously:
"Please forgive me, Madam. I was blind. Yesterday, the Prince had a portrait of you painted and circulated throughout the entire manor. He also specifically instructed the servants not to be disrespectful to you."
As he spoke, the servant knelt down straight and began slapping himself repeatedly.
"It was my fault, please calm down."
Before Jiang Yuwei could speak, she heard a familiar female voice from behind her.
"Oh, sister-in-law, what are you doing? Who are you to dare lecture a servant of the Prince's mansion? Do you really want to kill Brother Huaizhi?"
Jiang Yuwei turned her head and saw that Princess Qinglan was wearing a pink dress, which made her already fair skin look even more delicate.
The woman standing next to Qinglan was dressed in emerald green and looked quite playful and cute, but her first words were irritating.
"Sister Qinglan, is this the country bumpkin you mentioned? She's so ill-mannered, lecturing the servants right in front of the Prince's mansion?"
With a smug expression, Qinglan turned to the woman in green beside her and slowly spoke:
“Sister Hua Rong, my sister-in-law is someone who can’t tell what’s important. She only cares about her own pleasure and doesn’t think about my brother Huai Zhi at all.”
As soon as Qinglan finished speaking, Li Huarong, the young lady of the Minister's mansion, stepped forward, pointed at Jiang Yuwei, and scolded:
"You're such a shrew! I think Sister Qinglan is right. Even if Sister Qinglan went to the trouble of hiring ten more tutors to teach you, it would be useless!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei understood. Qinglan couldn't beat her, so she started forming cliques and talking badly about her behind her back. Today, she even called her girlfriends to question her.
Jiang Yuwei glanced at the two of them with a half-smile before speaking:
"You keep calling her a shrew and ill-mannered. I don't think you're any better. Do you think all the young ladies in the capital enjoy gossiping behind people's backs like you?"
Li Huarong was speechless when she heard Jiang Yuwei's words. After all, they had indeed said a lot of bad things about Jiang Yuwei behind her back. Now that she had been caught red-handed, Huarong felt a little ashamed.
But she still forced herself to stand with her hands on her hips and look at Jiang Yuwei.
"No matter what, you can't discipline the servants of the Prince's mansion like that. I'm going to tell my brother, the Crown Prince, and have him kick you out!"
Before Jiang Yuwei could speak, Ning Zixuan emerged from the palace gate. Upon hearing Li Huarong's words, his face immediately turned cold, and he said:
"Li Huarong, if you want to leave, you can leave now. This lady is a distinguished guest of my Prince Jing's residence, and you will not tolerate her being humiliated!"
Li Huarong, who had been acting arrogantly, blushed when she saw Ning Zixuan come out. She had been thinking that she must come and see Ning Zixuan today since she hadn't seen him for many days.
Unexpectedly, Ning Zixuan's first words were to tell him to leave, and it was even because of this country woman that he was being asked to leave. He immediately frowned and explained:
"Young Master, it's not what you think. I didn't bully her. It was her. She bullied the servants in your household first, and I couldn't stand it, so I..."
Ning Zixuan interrupted Hua Rong sharply.
"Enough!"
Then he looked down at the trembling servant kneeling before Jiang Yuwei and said coldly:
Has this lady ever wronged you?
The servant didn't dare to raise his head, only shaking his head anxiously as he explained.
"No, no, this lady didn't bully me. It's... it's Miss Hua Rong who misunderstood..."
Upon hearing this, Li Huarong angrily pointed at the servant on the ground and cursed:
"You, you, you despicable woman, how can you twist the truth like this? I'm just bored and have nothing better to do than stand up for you!"
As she spoke, Li Huarong angrily flicked her sleeve and glared at the servant.
Princess Qinglan, standing to the side, quickly smiled and smoothed things over.
"Sister Hua Rong, don't be angry. Since it's a misunderstanding, let's go inside quickly so as not to keep the princess waiting."
Li Huarong glared at Jiang Yuwei reluctantly, then took Qinglan's hand and entered the palace.
Ning Zixuan looked at Jiang Yuwei for a long time before speaking:
"You've arrived."
Ning Huaizhi, frowning, spoke first:
"I'm here too."
Ning Zhao ran up to Ning Zixuan with great joy and said:
"Master! I've almost mastered all the techniques you taught me. Come back and see how much I've improved."
Ning Zixuan smiled and patted Ning Zhao's head gently, saying softly:
"Alright, let's go inside."
Ning Wan then grabbed Ning Zixuan's leg and climbed into his arms, shouting happily:
"Oh my, silly uncle, your house is so big! It's so beautiful!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei immediately broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly explained to Ning Wan in a low voice.
"Wan'er, don't talk nonsense. This is the heir of the Prince Jing's mansion. You can call him Uncle Heir."
Ning Wan stuck out her tongue shyly after hearing this, and said with a smile:
"Uncle, have you missed me?"
Ning Zixuan could only smile helplessly.
"I've thought about it. I've asked the kitchen to prepare lots of delicious food for you. How about Uncle takes you to eat?"
Ning Wan swallowed hard, clapped her hands happily, and laughed:
"Yay, yay, we can eat something delicious now!"
Ning Zixuan led Jiang Yuwei and the others into the Prince's mansion and headed straight for the inner courtyard. Just as they reached the entrance, he turned back to Ning Huaizhi and spoke calmly:
"General Ning, please go and sit in the front hall."
Ning Huaizhi also thought of the inner courtyard of the Prince's Mansion. As an outsider, he could not easily enter. So he gave Jiang Yuwei a few instructions and then had a servant lead him to the front hall.
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