After the divorce, the four big guys became my servants

"Of course that's not what I meant!"

Meng Zhaoge panicked and said quickly, "How could my sister blame you for meddling in other people's business?"

"What I mean is that I am still his nominal princess after all. As long as he doesn't force me... I can't drive him away."

"I'm afraid that if he finds you outside, he might hurt you."

After racking his brains to explain this, Meng Zhaoge felt a little dry in the mouth.

But fortunately, the boy realized in time that he had gotten stuck in a dead end, and hurriedly said, "I understand, sister, I was just overthinking."

Meng Zhaoge finally breathed a sigh of relief. It is really not easy to coax a child.

Therefore, she said helplessly: "Actually, Sister wants to drive him away. Once he comes, I have to sleep on the table."

"He's so inconsiderate?" Yuan Jinglie said indignantly: "How could he let you sleep on the table!"

When the boy stood up for the weak, his hands hanging by his sides were clenched into fists.

Meng Zhaoge couldn't help but touch his head and said with a smile: "Don't let him hear it, he is very stingy."

“I only dare to say this to my sister.” The boy lowered his head slightly and docilely, like a cat being caressed by its owner, his eyes curved into crescents.

My sister said that the prince is stingy and she must not like him.

The boy realized this and was very happy.

"By the way, elder sister..." Suddenly, he thought about meeting Meng Changning today, his expression became serious, and he frowned slightly, "I asked about elder sister before, and now I want to ask again--"

"Before the Meng Mansion, sister, have you really never seen me?"

Meng Zhaoge couldn't help but be stunned, and the movement of his hands suddenly stopped.

Thinking about her past life, she instinctively wanted to deny it, but then she changed her mind and felt that he must have something very important that he wanted to confirm.

Otherwise, why would he ask her a second time if she had seen him?

"What's wrong?" So she asked cautiously, "Alie, have you seen me before?"

"Yes!" Yuan Jinglie nodded heavily, and was about to blurt out a sentence: "At that time--"

"Meng Zhaoge."

At this moment, another voice called her.

Yuan Jinglie's words were interrupted, and Meng Zhaoge looked over with a little displeasure. It was Yuwen Qi.

"Why is the prince here?" What an uninvited guest.

However, Yuwen Qi looked solemn and grabbed her wrist: "Come with me."

"What?" Meng Zhaoge asked vigilantly.

He said in a deep voice: "My mother is here."

Meng Zhaoge was stunned for a moment.

The sudden arrival of Concubine Lan put the entire Prince Jing's Mansion on alert.

In the main hall, Meng Zhaoge and Yuwen Qi arrived in time, bringing Liu Xiner with them and listening to her long lecture.

Concubine Lan is not happy today.

She criticized Liu Xiner many times, and told her to recognize her identity and not to dream that she could rise to a high position by having a child.

He also blamed Meng Zhaoge in a sarcastic tone.

"As a princess, you didn't even notice that there was a seductive woman in your mansion. You are really incompetent."

He lectured her like this, blaming the woman in all his words.

Meng Zhaoge couldn't lose her temper in front of her, after all, she had always maintained the persona of a weak and innocent girl.

So, she gritted her teeth and endured it.

As soon as Concubine Lan left, she immediately said to Liu Xiner, "Don't take what Mother said to heart. She spoke to me the same way. She was always reluctant to say a word against the prince."

Liu Xiner was young and was moved to tears.

She didn't understand. It was clearly the prince who favored her, so why did Concubine Lan think it was all her fault?

Now that I have been comforted by Meng Zhaoge, I finally feel better.

"I understand, my lady."

After listening to the lecture, it was already evening when I returned to Meiyuan.

Meng Zhaoge was so tired today that she fell asleep immediately.

The next day, early in the morning, Yuan Jinglie couldn't wait to come to Meiyuan, wanting to ask her the question that she didn't get an answer to yesterday.

But Meng Zhaoge was too tired and she didn't wake up.

The boy couldn't bear to disturb her, so he had to go and listen to Mr. Guo's class first.

At noon, Mr. Guo said to him, "Alie, come with me to my house and get some fish fried by my wife."

Yuan Jinglie had no choice but to follow the master to Juanyun Lane first.

On the way home with the fried fish, the boy quickened his pace.

However, when they were a few steps away from the door of the palace, a voice came from not far away.

"Yuan Er!"

Hearing this name, Yuan Jinglie's heart trembled and he stopped.

Before he could react, the figure hit him like lightning, and a pair of thin hands hugged him tightly.

"Yuan Er, I finally found you!"

Until that person raised his head, Yuan Jinglie's calm pupils suddenly rippled: "A Sheng? Why are you here?"

The ragged Ah Sheng patted his shoulder and said, "You left me in Pingyang for so long, did you forget to pick me up?"

Yuan Jinglie was rarely panicked for a moment, and quickly explained: "No, it's just that I'm also living under someone else's roof now, and I don't know how to bring you here and settle you down..."

He and Asheng have known each other since childhood, so it is no exaggeration to say that they have shared weal and woe.

Therefore, Yuan Jinglie was very afraid that A Sheng would misunderstand him.

"Okay, okay, I know, I was just kidding you." Seeing that he was panicking, Ah Sheng smiled and put his arm around his neck: "How can I not believe you?"

"Quick, tell me, brother, have you found the girl you've been dreaming about?"

The boy's ears turned red and he lowered his eyes: "Don't talk nonsense, there is no such thing as thinking about it."

"Oh~ It's not that I think about it all the time, it's that I think about it day and night!"

Ah Sheng laughed and teased him: "Why are you still shy in front of me? When you were in Pingyang, you kept talking about that girl. Did you find her?"

Yuan Jinglie no longer concealed it and whispered, "It wasn't that smooth."

He told Ah Sheng about his encounter with the two Meng sisters.

After hearing this, Ah Sheng thought for a moment and asked, "From what you implied, do you think Miss Meng Er is right?"

Yuan Jinglie was stunned: "How did you know?"

"Yuan Er, I am the person who knows you best in this world." Ah Sheng smiled and said, "When you mentioned her, you were very happy and your voice was different."

Mentioning Meng Zhaoge, the boy's eyebrows warmed up a little, and the corners of his lips curled up: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Ah Sheng, I'll take you to the restaurant to welcome you."

"Okay!" Ah Sheng was not polite to him, "I'm going to give you a good meal."

The two walked side by side, just like they had done countless times before in Pingyang, not caring at all about the strange looks from passers-by.

But Yuan Jinglie took A Sheng to a clothing shop first.

"Change your clothes first," he said.

Ah Sheng's heart sank, but he kept smiling and nodded: "I'll listen to you."

Then, they went to the restaurant.

Yuan Jinglie wanted to take Ah Sheng to Qianxianglou, where he often went, but Ah Sheng pointed to the tall building in the middle of the river and said in surprise: "Yuan Er, this place is good, how about we go there to eat?"

This is a teahouse, famous in Chai'an for its elegance.

Although it was not a proper place to eat, Yuan Jinglie still agreed to Asheng's request.

The two of them entered the teahouse one after the other. When Yuan Jinglie was looking for a seat, Ah Sheng was behind him and suddenly exclaimed, "Eh? Is that the second girl you mentioned?"

Yuan Jinglie didn't look back, because he knew that his sister couldn't be in the teahouse at this time.

Therefore, he just said: "You are seeing wrong, come quickly..."

"No!" However, Ah Sheng said stubbornly: "Yuan Er, that was Miss Meng who saved you in Pingyang."