When Ling Chen saw his master come out of the Marquis's residence carrying a plate of candied fruit, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"My lord, did you... steal Miss Yun's snacks?"
Xie Xuan remained silent.
He didn't know if it counted as stealing.
He took the things.
But he didn't want to take it; it was Yun Chuwei who didn't give him the chance to put it back.
"Try it!" Xie Xuan stuffed the candied fruit into Ling Chen's hand.
Ling Chen's lips twitched slightly: "My lord, I don't like sweets."
Xie Xuan glanced at him: "I didn't tell you to love it! Try the sweetness and buy some based on that sweetness."
"Send it to Miss Yun?" Ling Chen asked.
"It's not for her! It's for the carriage, and some will be kept at the manor as well!" Xie Xuan said.
Ling Chen looked puzzled: "My lord, don't you dislike sweets? Is the sun rising in the west...?"
Before he could finish speaking, he met Xie Xuan's cold gaze.
He pursed his lips and squeezed out a few words: "I will take care of it immediately!"
He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly heard Xie Xuan continue.
"Let's send some to her too!"
Ling Chen turned around, smiling brightly: "Didn't Your Majesty just say..."
He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, under Xie Xuan's icy gaze.
"Mission accomplished!"
After saying that, he slipped away without a trace.
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The next day, Yun Chuwei went to He Ning's courtyard as instructed and had breakfast with her in the side hall.
Suddenly, Granny Song walked in carrying a box.
"Madam, Miss, His Highness Prince Xuan has sent over a large box of candied fruit!"
As she spoke, Granny Song opened the box in her hand and handed it to the two of them.
Inside the exquisite wooden box was a full box of candied fruits, each one plump and delicate, with a pure color, clearly of top quality.
Yun Chuwei: ...
She thought Xie Xuan might have gone mad.
He Ning smiled with satisfaction.
"His Highness Prince Xuan actually knew you liked candied fruit and even sent it over specially. That's truly rare!" He Ning smiled at Yun Chu.
Yun Chuwei kept her eyes downcast and her mind focused, without saying a word.
It's impossible to like someone.
I'm too lazy to explain.
He Ning thought Yun Chuwei was just shy, and said with a smile, "Let Guiyan take it back and keep it there. Take it out when you need to take your medicine! Weiwei, what do you think?"
Yun Chuwei's voice was calm: "It's fine!"
Upon hearing this, Granny Song immediately handed the box to Guiyan and let her take it away.
As soon as Guiyan left, the butler brought Yun Qianming in a wheelchair.
When Yun Qianming was released from the prison of the Jingzhao Prefecture, he was covered in injuries.
His hands and feet were wrapped in strips of cloth, making him look quite disheveled.
When he saw He Ning and Yun Chuwei having a meal, chatting and laughing, his eyes immediately turned red.
"Mother, I'm so badly injured, and you haven't even glanced at me. Instead, you're here having a meal with Yun Chuwei. Am I even your biological child?" Yun Qianming looked at He Ning with great grievance.
He Ning put down her chopsticks, her smile faded, and she glanced at Yun Qianming.
She countered with a question: "When I was unconscious, did you ever show any concern for me?"
“I…” Yun Qianming wanted to explain.
He Ning interrupted him directly, saying, "You didn't! You couldn't wait to take advantage of my coma to collude with charlatans outside, trying to smear your sister and drive her away! Yun Qianming, do you even consider me your mother?"
Yun Qianming's face turned deathly pale: "I just... I just felt..."
He Ning didn't want to hear his explanation: "I've already made arrangements. The steward will take you to the estate to recover in a little while. If you can't figure out where you went wrong, just stay at the estate. Come back when you've thought it through!"
“Mother…no. How could you send me to the manor for Yun Chuwei’s sake?” Yun Qianming said incredulously.
He Ning stood up, his face filled with anger.
"Yun Qianming, do you still think that I sent you to the manor because of Weiwei? That's utterly absurd!" He Ning said, then turned and went back to his room.
Yun Qianming reached out to pull He Ning up, but fell to the ground with a thud.
The steward helped him up and whispered, "Third Young Master, Madam has made her decision. You should go to the estate to recover. You can come back once Madam's anger has subsided!"
Yun Qianming gritted his teeth, looked at Yun Chuwei, his eyes bloodshot: "Yun Chuwei, why did you come back? If you hadn't come back, none of this would have happened. We would all be living happily."
Yun Chuwei looked at Yun Qianming and said with a smile, "Is it possible that I came back just to stop you from being so happy? Seeing you in pain makes me feel relieved!"
She felt no sympathy for the person who killed her in her previous life.
Yun Qianming choked.
Finally, Yun Qianming could only say, "Yun Chuwei, you will never be as good as Lian'er, never!"
Just as Yun Chuwei was about to say something, she saw Yun Lianhua walk in.
Yun Lianhua seemed somewhat surprised to see Yun Qianming: "Brother Ming, you're back?"
Yun Qianming's expression softened: "Lord Xu has investigated the case thoroughly, so he will naturally release me. Lian'er, Mother wants to send me to the estate. Please go and plead with her for me!"
Yun Lianhua's expression changed slightly.
She hadn't seen He Ning these past two days.
Every time she wanted to see He Ning, she was told that He Ning had fallen asleep.
This also prevented her from knowing the specifics of He Ning's condition.
She had originally planned to use Yun Qianming to meet He Ning after he came out.
Unexpectedly, Yun Qianming was to be sent to the manor.
Does He Ning dislike Yun Qianming that much?
That's understandable, after all, Yun Qianming took advantage of He Ning.
If she gets close to Yun Qianming, she'll probably see He Ning even less.
She looked at Yun Qianming with disappointment: "Brother Ming, Mother is right. You really should go to the manor to reflect on your mistakes! Mother was poisoned and fell into a coma, which was such a dangerous thing. How could you use this to collude with outsiders and frame my sister? You shouldn't have done that!"
Yun Qianming opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but felt as if his throat was blocked by something, and he couldn't make a sound.
Wasn't everything he did for Yun Lianhua?
"I did all this for you, Lian'er!" he finally managed to say in a hoarse voice.
Yun Lianhua frowned: "Brother Ming, what are you saying? You're going to harm my sister for my sake? Why? I don't need you to do this! My sister is our family too! Why are you doing this?"
Yun Qianming opened his mouth, unable to utter another word.
“You do this and you don’t even realize you’re wrong? How heartbroken must Mother be? I’m going to see Mother!” Yun Lianhua said, and quickly walked towards He Ning’s room.
After Yun Lianhua left, the side hall was deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop.
A moment later, Yun Chuwei chuckled and said, "Your Lian'er is such a nice person, I really can't compare to her!"
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