"Get out," Yi Zexuan suddenly said coldly, ruining the atmosphere that had just started to improve.
Su Lixia's lips twitched, and she said, "Get out, I'll get out now. Then please open the door, Your Highness."
"You'll be out with a gentle push. Once you're out, don't tell anyone about what happened in the secret room, or I won't care if you're a princess or anything else."
Su Lixia chuckled and said, "Of course, of course, who would have nothing better to do?" After saying that, Su Lixia went out.
After coming out, Su Lixia took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and then quickly went outside.
Seeing that her face was slightly pale, Xiaolian, who was waiting outside the door, couldn't help but ask with concern, "Why did it take you so long to come out, Princess? You don't look very well either."
Hearing this, Su Lixia nodded in confusion, rubbed her face, and looked at her, asking, "Do I look bad?"
"It's alright, it just looks a bit fairer than before."
Su Lixia raised an eyebrow: "Being fair-skinned is good, as they say, fair skin covers up a hundred flaws."
Xiao Lian's lips twitched: Princess, how else do you want to cover up your ugliness!
As soon as the master and servant left, Xue Yurou came over. Looking at Su Lixia's departing figure, she couldn't help but wonder, "Why did she come here?"
"Is the Prince inside?" Xue Yurou asked Uncle Li as she stepped forward.
"Old Li, Old Li!" Aunt Chun's voice came at this moment, interrupting their conversation.
Hearing the sound, Uncle Li looked over with a smile and asked, "Oh my, what brings you here?"
Aunt Chun sighed and said, "Don't even mention it! I don't know why they wanted a woman like me to oversee the renovations at the new mansion. Just serving them meals every day is exhausting my old back!"
Xue Yurou coughed lightly, wanting them to know she was there.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Li and Aunt Chun both looked at her. Uncle Li then said, "We just finished talking with the princess not long ago, and she's still inside. Miss, you can go in by yourself. There's no need to wait for us to go in and announce your arrival."
Xue Yurou smiled slightly and said, "Okay, you two can chat slowly. I'll go in first."
After she went inside, Uncle Li asked again, "I haven't seen you return to the manor. Have you been staying in that area for a while?"
"What else can we do? One is on this side and the other is on the other side. The two residences are far apart. There's no time for them to come back. So they've prepared a small room in the mansion and are sleeping there for now."
Uncle Li smiled and nodded, saying, "The Prince entrusted this task to you because he values you. But what brings you back today?"
“A few strong men who have come to repair the wall have arrived. They are capable and have a big appetite, so my cooks have a lot more work to do and are struggling to keep up. That’s why I was thinking of coming back and asking the prince to send some more people over.”
Uncle Li nodded and said, "This is easy to handle. We'll just tell the Prince in a bit."
Aunt Chun nodded, glanced at Yi Zexuan's door, and then gossiped, "Hey? That princess from the Central Plains is our future princess consort. How have things been going with the prince these past few days?"
"Don't you know our prince? His interactions with him are just ordinary, the same as with anyone else, nothing special."
Aunt Chun sighed softly and said, "Forget it, I was just asking a pointless question. Let's take it slow. The Prince's Mansion needs a mistress. As long as she's not like Miss Xue, anyone will do."
Uncle Li laughed and said, "You seem to be looking down on them."
Aunt Chun rolled her eyes at him and then said, "Go in and see if they're alright. If they are, let me go in and discuss it with the Prince."
"Okay." With that, Uncle Li turned and went inside.
When Xue Yurou entered, Yi Zexuan had just come out of the secret room. In the original book, the female lead didn't know about the secret room either; only a few people knew about it.
So when Yi Zexuan saw Xue Yurou in the room, he was a little nervous. He didn't know how much Xue Yurou had seen.
"Why are you here?" Yi Zexuan asked.
"It's nothing. I came here because I knew Your Highness was here. I wanted to practice calligraphy with Your Highness."
Yi Zexuan hummed in agreement and said, "We won't go to the palace today. If you want to practice calligraphy, you can wait a little longer."
"Yes, but we just saw Her Highness the Princess. What did the Princess and the Prince talk about?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan looked at her and said coldly, "I've never seen you care about anyone's feelings before, so why are you so concerned about the princess?"
"The princess felt the same way about Rou'er as she would her own sister, so it was no wonder that Rou'er took it to heart."
"Your reasoning is a bit far-fetched, but if you can really get along with the princess, that would be a good thing."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Uncle Li came over.
"Your Highness, Aunt Chun has returned. She said that there are not enough people over there, so she would like to request that Your Highness transfer a few people over there."
Yi Zexuan hummed in agreement: "Call Aunt Chun in."
After Aunt Chun came in, she told Yi Zexuan her purpose again.
Yi Zexuan readily agreed and asked, "How is the renovation of the Princess's residence progressing?"
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