The guards outside the study were eager to stretch their ears to listen to the reason behind the regent's shocking words.

Bai Ju touched his head. He had just come back and had no idea what had happened.

"This... is the Miss Yun Nian that the king is talking about?"

Qian Hui's eyes flashed, and he suddenly remembered that their king's recent strange behavior was related to the Prime Minister's daughter.

Wei Qingjue did not answer, as if he did not care about their answers.

"She threw herself into my arms on purpose in Qizhen Pavilion, and happened to walk into the Tianzi Room when I was there... Humph, this woman really did it on purpose, she was just waiting for the right opportunity to get close to me."

God bless you, if Yun Nian knew about this, she would definitely cry out that she was wronged, and would want to hug the regent's thigh and say that everything was a misunderstanding.

However, she was no longer in the mood to think about Wei Qingjue. Xiyu half-knelt in front of her with a sullen look on her face, holding a plum blossom in full bloom in her hand.

"Master, why did you sneak out without me? And you went to see that stupid big guy."

here we go again……

Yun Nian felt a little tired. She had just comforted one person, so why did something go wrong with Xiyu again?

When she returned home, she did not avoid other people, so he probably saw her getting off Zuo Mingyuan's carriage.

She looked at Xiyu's face carefully. He was only three years older than her and had not yet come of age. The secret guards did not seem to have any such thing as coming of age. She originally thought that Xiyu was hers.

But when did Xiyu change? When did he start to be dissatisfied with her and then turn to Yunjiao?

"Xiyu, raise your head."

She lifted his chin with her fingertips. There was no doubt that he was a little wronged to be a secret guard. His appearance was like the stars in the Luo River, and his martial arts were superb, not much inferior to Zuo Mingyuan.

But Zuo Mingyuan was a General of the Central Army. He was just a servant in the Prime Minister's Mansion, a little-known servant.

No wonder he targeted Zuo Mingyuan like this. Yun Nian felt like he seemed to have discovered something.

Xiyu's eyes were somewhat dissatisfied, and her brows were slightly furrowed, but she couldn't tell what deeper emotions were hidden inside.

"Do you hate Mingyuan?"

When she said this somewhat intimate name, the secret guard's expression became even colder.

"Of course, he is just a brainless warrior. Why would the master want to befriend him? Zhonglang is a man who is uneducated and unrestrained. If the master continues to associate with him, it may not be good."

He spoke a long string of words, which was totally different from his usual taciturn self.

Did he hate Zuo Mingyuan, or did he hate her? It was she who bought Xiyu to be a secret guard, and also made him a person who could not see the light of day.

Maybe he already had complaints, but he just used this as an excuse to express them.

Yun Nian suddenly calmed down. When she thought back to her past life, she did not feel much resentment.

They all had reasons to hate her. Maybe they had doted on her before just because she was the only daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. But after Yun Jiao appeared, they had better choices, so naturally they found her even more annoying.

So be it, she thought, let Xiyu go free.

"I understand, Xiyu, I will try my best not to go out with Zuo Mingyuan, you can leave."

The half-kneeling boy's eyes flashed with joy, and he inserted the plum blossom on the bedside with a smile, and then disappeared suddenly.

Zuo Mingyuan and Ning Sinian were both easy to stay away from, but Xiyu was someone close to her, and she could seldom hide anything from him. Moreover, he was so skilled that she wouldn't know even if he watched her in the dark.

How about trying to let him meet Yun Jiao? Maybe after they meet, he will naturally want to leave me.

Yun Nian was lost in thought, and then she heard Qiu Lan's voice.

"Miss, the young master is back, and the master and mistress want you to have dinner with them."

"understood."

My brother is back? The last time I saw him, he was a little unhappy. I wonder if he is in a better mood today.

She was attached to Yun Shuo but also afraid of him.

Compared to his father's apparent seriousness, his brother is the one who does not allow others to disobey him. He knows too well what Yun Nian cares about, and he also knows what to do to make her suffer.

Today we had our meal in the pavilion in the middle of the lake. There was only a thin layer of snow left on the ground. Hibiscus flowers were blooming vigorously. Under the ice, golden-red carps were swimming with their tails wagging.

The windproof curtain had been lowered, and servants and maids were coming and going to place dishes on the middle table. Silver charcoal had been added to the middle furnace. When Yun Nian approached, he could feel a gust of hot air blowing towards him.

"Here? Sit down."

Yun Fang glanced at her and pointed to the spot beside him. That was her original spot, but...

"Uncle and aunt, I am not late, am I? The weather is better today, and it is really elegant to dine here."

Yun Jiao came over with a smile, holding a small box in her hand.

"When I went out today, I saw Rongbaozhai had released new cakes. I thought my sister must have never tried them, so I brought them here specially."

She sat down next to the Prime Minister, then looked up at Yun Nian who was still standing there.

"Sister, please sit down and try this."

Yun Fang, who had originally looked gloomy because of where she sat, smiled.

"Every time Rongbaozhai releases a new product, your sister is always the first to go. You don't have to waste all this money on her. If she wants to eat it, can't she just buy it herself?"

Liu Shulan also smiled and nodded.

"Jiaojiao is so thoughtful. Sisi, why don't you thank your sister?"

Rongbaozhai's cakes? When Yun Nian and Yun Jiao came back together, she didn't see this thing in her hand.

"Thank you, sister. I don't know what you like. Tell me later and I'll give it to you."

After thinking for a while, she added,

"By the way, I haven't seen you wearing the jewelry I gave you, but don't you like it?"

It stands to reason that Yun Jiao should be very happy to wear it. After all, she likes Yun Nian's thing so much that she would do anything to snatch it away.

Yun Nian rarely liked anything afterwards. Those shiny gems, round pearls, and gorgeous hairpins would be thrown in front of her by Yun Jiao, and then destroyed proudly.

Her family and friends, who she cares about, will also fall in love with Yun Jiao one by one.

Therefore, Yun Nian no longer has any obsession with these external things and the opinions of the people around him.

"what……"

Yun Jiao's face froze for a moment, and she glanced at Yun Shuo's face secretly, her fingers grasping her dress under the table.

"This one……"

"I put it away."

Yun Shuo said with a chuckle. He was sitting next to Liu Shulan, which was opposite Yun Nian, so when she looked up, she could see her brother's gentle yet slightly gloomy eyes.

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