If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

In the capital city, in the Second Prince’s Palace, inside Madam Yan’s courtyard.

"Is there still no news on the matter you are investigating?" Madam Yan asked with sharp eyes and anger in her voice.

The nanny was trembling in her heart. The master's temper was getting worse and worse. The little maids serving in the yard were trying to hide as much as possible and wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

"Why aren't you talking? Are you mute?!"

"Please forgive me, young lady. I was distracted just now." The nanny came back to her senses and apologized quickly. "The shopkeeper has sent someone to Liuzhou Prefecture. The journey is long. Please be patient and wait for a few more days."

"Hmph," Madam Yan couldn't help but snorted coldly, "You all should tighten your skin. You should know that we are on the same boat. Only when my mother and I are doing well can you be well. Otherwise..."

"Don't worry, Miss. We servants won't have to worry about that." The nanny's eyes grew darker and she replied, bowing her body.

Her son grew up gradually, but he was never able to attend the Imperial Jade Butterfly Academy, nor could he go to the upper study room to study. And no matter how much she persuaded him, the Second Prince could not help her solve this problem, so she began to get more and more anxious.

Now that Meixiang and her daughter have returned to the royal family in a grand manner, coupled with her prestige among the people, the threat she poses far exceeds that of the cowardly third brother.

But, humph, how could it be so easy for her to get what she wanted? That position belongs to her son, no one else can even think about it!

"A-choo, A-choo, A-choo," Meixiang, who was sitting next to the beautiful woman in Qifeng Palace, sneezed three times in a row.

The beautiful woman looked at her daughter's pretty nose which was beginning to turn red, and asked anxiously, "Did you catch a cold?"

"No, no, I just had a physical check-up a few days ago, and I'm very healthy. Don't worry. I guess someone doesn't like me and is scolding me." Meixiang playfully comforted her mother.

The habit of regularly checking the health of everyone in the mansion was also brought back to the Princess's Mansion. The whole-mansion examination must not miss Chu Zeming, Feng Yizheng, Situ Yidong and Sun Yu who have now returned to their families.

Since he was visiting their house, he certainly couldn't just check on himself while the others watched, right? So naturally he brought along the direct descendants of their respective families.

In addition, since Old Lady Feng couldn't completely let go of his treatment, Mr. Dou's workload suddenly increased. After a day of doing it himself, before Meixiang could take action, the old man came up with a solution himself.

With the help of Doctor Chen, who was already familiar with the doctors, and three skilled imperial physicians were borrowed from the Imperial Medical Bureau, together with the doctors employed by the four prefectures, this round of physical examinations was completed in just two or three days.

"Hahaha, this old man also instructed the Imperial Hospital and the doctors in their respective homes to create medical records for each person. Oh, Miss Xiang'er, you didn't see their shocked expressions, oh oh oh..."

I still remember Mr. Dou's excited and beaming expression that night. If he had been a teacher, he would understand that what really excited him was the sense of superiority brought about by the inequality in status between wife and student.

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Xiang'er is so cute, everyone likes her, how could anyone scold you?"

The beautiful woman said with a smile, interrupting her recollection. Meixiang smiled and said, "That's not necessarily the case. There are some people who are blocking her way. They wish she would never see the sun tomorrow again."

In order not to worry her mother, she did not say a word of these words to the beautiful woman. She just smiled and talked about another topic.

"Mom, how have you been getting along with my stepfather these past two days?" He asked this very naturally.

Look, how can a teenage girl say this? The beautiful woman blushed and glared at her daughter.

"Hey," Mei Xiang sneered softly, and then said, "I'm your dear daughter, why are you being shy with me?"

At this time, the beautiful woman's face had turned red as if blood would drip out in the next second. After glaring at Meixiang, she turned her face away.

Meixiang chuckled twice, then calmed down and began to explain the precautions seriously: "Mother, I know your physical condition best. Now you live and eat with your cheap father. I have a few words for you, you must remember them firmly, otherwise..."

"What else? Tell it out loud and let father hear it, and see if our Xiaoxiang'er has any good suggestions." A hearty male voice suddenly came from outside the house, interrupting Meixiang's words that were about to come out.

Then, a figure flashed in the doorway, and the emperor walked in with great speed. He waved his hand, stopping the beautiful woman from standing up.

He took a few steps into the house, sat on the low couch where the beautiful woman was, and took the beautiful woman into his arms.

Meixiang looked at his smooth and skillful movements and curled her lips. It seemed that he had practiced a lot in the past few days.

The beautiful woman blushed and struggled, but failed to break free, so she just let him do it. She looked up at the time and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, why are you here at this time?"

As it was the end of the year, not only were the harems busy with palace affairs, but even the princes and ministers of the previous dynasty were extremely busy. The emperor was even busier and often did not return to his bedroom until late at night.

That's why the beautiful woman was surprised to ask this question when meeting the emperor at this hour.

"No matter how busy you are, you should have time to have lunch with your wife and daughter. Besides, I haven't seen Xiang'er for several days. After hearing Xiao Wang's report today, of course I have to come and see her."

"Oh, I didn't expect that I was so honored that the emperor, who is so busy with affairs of state, would take time out to have lunch with me. I'm flattered, really flattered." Meixiang joked playfully.

The relationship between their parents is still in the stage of mutual testing and adjustment, and is far from the point where they can talk about everything and open up to each other completely.

Therefore, when Meixiang spoke, it was a bit difficult to strike the right balance. She couldn't be too intimate to seem deliberate, nor too stiff to seem unfamiliar. Fortunately, she didn't live in the palace, so they didn't meet very often.

Indirectly avoided a lot of embarrassment.

"Kid, look at what you are saying." The beautiful woman smiled and tried to smooth things over.

The emperor laughed and said, "Of course, my precious daughter doesn't have much face. Who has more face? Do you think it's Xiao Xiang'er?"

"Yes, yes, yes, the emperor has the final say in everything." Meixiang also responded with a smile, and seemed to casually put her hand on her father's pulse.

The emperor seemed not to see it and continued chatting and laughing with the beautiful woman, but his eyes flickered slightly.

After lunch, Meixiang politely declined the beautiful woman's invitation to take a nap together, and followed the emperor to the imperial study under the pretext of visiting her father's office.

After sitting down, the father and daughter picked up their tea bowls at the same time.

This was the first time the two of them had been alone together face to face. For a moment, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, with only the occasional sound of clothes rubbing against each other made by the eunuch Xiao Wang.

Meixiang has never met an opponent in terms of patience and determination. The emperor just didn't know how to communicate with his daughter.

The sweat on the eunuch Xiao Wang's forehead was getting thicker and thicker. He raised his eyes to look at this person quietly, then turned his head to look at that person. For a moment, he didn't know how to break the silence in the room.

Only when the bowl of tea was finished did the eunuch Wang secretly breathe a sigh of relief and hurried forward to refill the two people's tea bowls with tea.

At this time, the emperor finally found a topic to talk about. He slowly turned his gaze to Meixiang and said in a gentle voice, "I heard that you have been busy with the second boy of the Situ family recently on his family's farm?"

"Yeah," Meixiang nodded and replied softly, "To be precise, he is helping me. Fat Tiger and the other little ones are wild beasts after all. It is not a good idea for them to stay in the Princess's Mansion for a long time. Besides, I can't restrain them, so I borrowed Grandpa Situ's farm for them to stay temporarily."

Hearing this, the emperor showed a hurt expression, like a little animal abandoned by his daughter: "We have many farms at home, why should we use his?"

The eunuch Wang was so shocked that his face was filled with question marks and exclamation marks. Is this really the wise and powerful emperor he knew, who was always happy and calm?

What's with this depressed look, as if someone has failed in his bid for favor?