In the blink of an eye, the Xiao sisters have been living in the palace villa for almost two months. Xiao Yao counts every day how many days are left before she can go home.
The day before the last acupuncture treatment, Xiao Yao gave Lin You a backpack that had the same functions as a medicine box, with layers, small partitions, and even secret compartments, where things could be stored in different categories.
"You have a conscience. You haven't forgotten me." Lin You rubbed Xiao Yao's head. He wanted to laugh when he remembered the scene a few days ago when Xiao Jingyan came to ask his niece for the belt. That guy had been defeated time and time again, but he refused to admit defeat. Although he finally succeeded in getting the belt, he was ridiculed by himself and King Jing. In the end, he was coaxed and deceived by the two sisters into signing countless unequal treaties before he succeeded. I wonder what he is trying to achieve.
"This is a gift from me to my uncle and aunt." A pair of couple purses with twin flowers and two happy, smiling faces on them.
"Ping'an's hands are getting more and more skillful. When you go home this time, let the embroidery master follow you! Just don't forget to give your aunt a gift every year." Yin Qianhua handed over a contract of sale, which was from the embroidery master.
"I can't accept this. The master's skills are very high. You stay in the palace and let her embroider the dresses for you and the princess!"
"You! This is the worst thing about you. If others want something, I won't give it to them! But you make excuses for everything. Do you not plan to have any contact with my aunt and Ruonan in the future?" Yin Qianhua pretended to be angry.
"No, no, I just..." The more favors I owe, the more I owe them. How can I pay them back? Xiao Yao was worried.
"Where's my gift?" Yun Ruonan stretched out her hand to ask for it. After two months of getting along with each other, the three girls have become very familiar with each other. They are not indistinguishable from each other, but they are almost the same.
"This is for you." A handkerchief embroidered with small nanmu saplings and a few clouds floating on it was placed in Yun Ruonan's hand.
“Ahem…”
Xiao Yao didn't know what was going on until she saw Yun Yichen staring at her expressionlessly. What did he mean? Xiao Yao was a little confused.
It was the first time that King Jing saw his son interacting with the little girl from the Xiao family. One was staring at the other without saying a word, while the other was confused and bewildered. It was interesting!
"We all have gifts, what about Achen's?" King Jing asked on behalf of his son.
Yun Yichen nodded slightly. This little girl was too much. She received gifts for everyone else but left herself behind.
"Ugh!" Xiao Yao's eyes widened. Why did the eldest son Yun change his attitude? He was supposed to be aloof! They were supposed to dislike each other!
"Hmph!" Yun Yichen turned his head away in anger and didn't look at Xiao Yao. He just wanted a gift, so was there any need to be so surprised?
"I don't know what to give?" Xiao Yao couldn't figure it out, and couldn't understand what Yun Yichen meant!
"Give the same thing to Achen as you gave to your brothers." Yin Qianhua liked to see Xiao Yao's sunny smile. She didn't want to see Xiao Yao frowning and looking troubled and sad. In her eyes, her son was the older brother of the two children.
"Well, I wonder what color the prince likes. Does he want beads or jade? I don't have either of them. Could you trouble your aunt to prepare some for me?" Xiao Yao felt a little embarrassed. The thin string used to weave the belt was from the royal palace, and now she had to prepare the accessories herself. It seemed a bit unreasonable.
"I will prepare those things myself, and I'll leave the work to you." Yun Yichen said woodenly, with no expression of joy, anger, sorrow or happiness on his face at this moment.
"Oh!" Xiao Yao turned around and went back to her room. She really didn't understand. How could he look down on her so much and still ask for a gift? Was he trying to torture himself or others?
Not long after, there was a knock on Xiao Yao's door.
Xiao Hui hurried to open the door. Xiao Anzi, with a look of arrogance on his face, said with disdain, "This is what our prince sent to your young lady. There's no need to return the extra ones. I'm giving them to your young lady to play with."
"You... who seems to like taking advantage of you? If you dare to speak to our young lady in this tone again, I will go to the princess to report you." Xiaohui's personality is gentle enough, but Xiao Anzi looks down on people time and time again, and makes sarcastic remarks. Xiaohui feels sorry for her young lady, and can't understand why Prince Jing, the princess, and the county master are so nice, but the prince has no smile all day long, and even his followers are shady. Neither the master nor the servant is a good person.
"Xiao Hui, bring your things in!" Xiao Yao didn't want to get involved. She was leaving soon, so she decided to leave without further ado. As for Yun Yichen's attitude towards her, Xiao Yao didn't care at all. She believed that after returning home this time, her family would never let her live in the palace or the villa again. She wouldn't have many opportunities to meet Yun Yichen in the future, so she would just avoid him.
"Miss, this little Anzi is too bullying. I will go to the princess to complain about him." Xiaohui said angrily with a pout.
"We'll be going home the day after tomorrow, so don't bother me. Go get all my things and let's get to work."
"What should we do with these things?" Xiaohui asked, pointing at the box.
Xiao Yao opened the box. The top layer was made of polished jade pieces, enough to make five belts. Below were jade pendants, jade rings, jadeite and mutton-fat jade blanks, and some round beads. Even people like Xiao Yao and Xiao Hui who couldn't tell the quality of jade could see that the things in this box were all excellent.
"We don't need so much, should we give the rest to the prince?"
“Didn’t I tell you that the rest are for us to play with? Keep it!” If you want to refuse it, just consider it as compensation for your mental damage from Prince Yun.
The acupuncture was over and Xiao Yao's belt was completed. Whether Yun Yichen liked it or not was no longer within her consideration. Xiao Yao was now busy packing her things to take home!
Yin Qianhua decided to wait until her sisters left before returning to the palace with her family. Two months later, the Han family's affairs had basically been settled. It would not be accomplished overnight to remove the spies and accomplices related to the Han family. The hidden properties and the intricate network of relationships would also take time to figure out and need to be slowly unraveled.
The three girls slept in the same bed again, and the sounds of their laughter in the room drifted far away in the cool evening breeze and lingered for a long time.
Yun Yichen, who was standing by the wall admiring the moon, could clearly hear the laughter coming from the backyard.
"Sister, can we three share one quilt tonight?"
"I've told you many times that we can sleep in the same bed but not in the same quilt. Ah! Ruyi, what are you doing? It's so itchy, let go."
"I have been waiting for this day for a long time, my little beauty, just obey me!"
"Xiao Yuan, you are a young lady, not a stinky hooligan."
"Cousin, come here, you sleep over here and I'll sleep over there. I will definitely help my sister change her habits today."
"Ah! Stop it, I surrender."
“Hehe, haha…”
Yun Yichen looked up at the sky. The moon was round and bright tonight.
Early the next morning, after Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan prepared everything, they went to Yin Qianhua's house for breakfast.
"Let Achen take you back after breakfast." Yin Qianhua looked at the two little sisters with loving eyes.
"You can just send a few guards to escort us. There's no need to trouble the prince...cousin." Seeing Yin Qianhua's changing expression, Xiao Yao quickly changed her words.
"You must send it, otherwise I will be worried."
"You can send a message to our family, and they will send someone to pick us up, so we don't have to trouble my cousin." Xiao Yao didn't understand why the princess didn't send a message to her family. That way, everyone would save trouble, right?
Yin Qianhua had also had that thought, but Yun Yichen said that he just wanted to go to the Xiao family to check on General Xiao's injuries and send him back on the way. Why should the Xiao family make another trip? Yin Qianhua took it seriously and did not send anyone to notify the Xiao family.
After dinner and saying goodbye to Yin Qianhua and her daughter, Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan got on the carriage at the door. Yun Yichen was wearing a royal blue robe and riding on a horse, looking noble, handsome, and extraordinary. Those who didn't know the details really thought he was a handsome young man. When she saw the belt tied around his waist, Xiao Yao turned her head to the side and pouted quietly. If she had known that he would dress like this today, she would have made a black belt for him to see why he was still showing off.
Xiao Yuan had no idea about the beauty or ugliness of boys. She just glanced at Yun Yichen and focused her attention on the snack in front of her. This was her favorite!
The convoy suddenly stopped shortly after leaving the villa. When Xiao Yao was wondering whether she should open the curtains, she heard a girl sobbing. She slowly lowered her hand on the car window, and at the same time stopped Xiao Yuan's curiosity to find out what was going on.
"Cousin, are you going out? Could you please take me to the palace to meet my great aunt?"
"Miss Han, please respect yourself. What cousins? How come I didn't know when I had a relative like you?" Yun Yichen said coldly.
Oh my god! This guy is so mean! Compared to the little girl in front, Xiao Yao was surprised to find that Yun Yichen was already very polite to her. Shouldn't she thank him? Xiao Yao shook her head and stopped thinking about it.
"Cousin, we are truly relatives! Have you forgotten the time we spent together in the palace?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Yun Yichen glanced at the carriage behind him. He wished he could go up and cover Han Yueyan's mouth. He had never been alone with her, and what he said could easily cause misunderstanding.
"Someone, send Miss Han back home." Yun Yichen's tone became increasingly cold.
It was another drama of a passionate woman and a heartless lover. This Miss Han was too short-sighted. Xiao Yao really couldn't see what else was so good about Yun Yichen besides his status.
"Cousin, cousin..." The voice became farther and farther away.
"Let's go." Yun Yichen pulled the reins and walked parallel to the carriage. He wanted to say something, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't know how to start. Xiao Yao picked up a book and read it with relish. Xiao Yuan didn't know what had just happened.
So a conflicted boy and two girls who were entertaining themselves walked together on the road to Xiao's house.
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