Thinking this, Su Lixia quickly found the steward of the manor.
"Princess," the butler greeted her respectfully, bowing low.
"I would like to go to the Zhang residence. Could you please send someone who knows the way to take me there?"
The steward asked in confusion, "Lord Zhang?"
"It's that Lord Zhang in that manor, named Zhang Meier."
The steward then remembered: "Princess, please wait a moment, the carriage will be here soon."
"Okay, thank you."
The carriage arrived shortly afterward, and Su Lixia had just boarded it when Xiao Lian inside the house realized she was missing.
"Where is the princess?"
"Hey? Don't interrupt me! I'm about to win." Yuan Ruo pulled her back.
Xiaolian shook him off: "Stop messing around. There was some noise just now, but it's stopped now. I'll go check it out."
Then I searched around but found nothing.
"Oh no, the princess has disappeared again."
Xiaolian searched the kitchen and everywhere else, and only then did Yuanruo realize that something was wrong.
"I just heard your princess talking to herself upstairs, where is she now?"
"It's all my fault for being so busy playing with you that I didn't even notice when the princess went out."
Yuan Ruo scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed: "Then why don't we ask the Emperor? He knows this place so well, he can just send two people to look for it."
Xiaolian nodded and said, "That's all we can do for now."
After saying that, the two of them went to find the official together.
The emperor was speechless when he saw the two of them: "I thought the princess deliberately left without anyone with her. She just left not long ago, saying she went to the Zhang residence. I was worried, so I assigned someone to follow her. It's too late for you to catch up now, so just wait patiently."
"That won't do. What if something happens to the princess? She's always protected by special people when she goes out."
"Don't worry, young lady. Although we didn't send many people, they are enough to protect the princess. Besides, the princess didn't bring anyone with her this time and insisted on going, so how could we dare to stop her?"
Xiao Lian nodded: "That's true, thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty."
"It's not hard work, it's all what I should do."
After she finished speaking, Xiaolian and Yuanruo came out.
"Then you'll just wait here in the house?" Yuan Ruo asked.
"Then where are you going?"
"Of course I'm going back to the Prince's mansion. I belong to the Prince, not the Princess."
"That won't do," Xiaolian stopped him.
"Why?" Yuan Ruo asked, somewhat puzzled.
Xiao Lian looked at him and said, "You have to take me to the princess, or I'll accuse you of dereliction of duty."
Yuan Ruo's eyes widened, unable to believe what she was hearing: "What does this have to do with me?"
"If you hadn't been so playful, would I have missed the princess's outing?"
Yuan Ru put her hands on her hips: "Hey? But you said you'd play another game with me."
"I don't care, I don't care!" Xiaolian covered her ears.
Yuan Ruo, feeling helpless, rubbed her head vigorously and said angrily, "Fine, fine, I'll take you there. Don't you listen? I only have one horse. You can sit behind me. Let's make it clear beforehand that my horse runs very fast."
"Okay, okay, it's good that you're fast. Maybe we can catch up with the princess. Let's go!" With that, Xiaolian pulled him outside.
"Hey? Wait a minute, my horse is behind me. I'll go this way. You wait for me at the gate."
"Okay, then hurry up."
Meanwhile, Yi Zexuan had just finished court and was walking back, and Su Lixia was also heading towards the Zhang residence. The garden was still quite a while away from opening, so Su Lixia had arrived much earlier than expected.
Seeing the deserted entrance, Su Lixia couldn't help but frown: "Why is the entrance so deserted?"
Su Lixia, who couldn't tell the time by looking at the weather, had no idea that it was only eight o'clock in the morning, and that the park wouldn't open for another two or three hours.
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