I made the villain right.

The next day

In Xiyuan.

The bright sunshine shines through the sycamore tree in the courtyard, casting mottled shadows on the ground, and the melodious and clear sound of birds is hidden among the trees.

Shi Jin got up from the bed and stretched. Zhilu opened the window for her to ventilate the room.

Shi Jin was wearing a long white gauze dress today, which extended to her ankles. There were floral patterns embroidered on the neckline and a bell chain hung around her waist, which jingled when she walked. She was also carrying a small black backpack embroidered with blue and white patterns, with some gold dots in the middle, like stars falling into the sea. The appearance exuded elegance and nobility, and the bag contained a Liuyun Whip.

She sat at the dressing table, and Zhilu gave her a hairpin that matched her clothes.

After Zhilu was done, Shi Jin looked in the mirror and was satisfied with the outfit.

She still has to go to Fanhua today, so she has to pay attention to her image at all times.

Zhilu asked, "Miss, are you still going to Master Fan's place today?"

"Yes." Shi Jin thought of Du Xuan's face and said, "Zhilu, you come with me this time. I need your help with something."

"it is good"

After Shi Jin packed up, he took Zhilu and Xu Ruogu out. When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, they happened to see Xu Wushuang and Mu Yunzhi getting off the carriage together. Shi Jin frowned, and his eyes were full of impatience.

Why did these two people suddenly visit? Based on her past experience, it must be something bad, and she didn't want to waste her precious time accompanying them.

Xu Wuyou saw Shi Jin coming out, so she was too lazy to go in. She walked up to Shi Jin with a princess attitude and said kindly, "I have nothing to do today, so I want to invite Miss Shi to visit the market with me. What do you think, Miss Shi?"

Xu Wuyou always came to see Shi Jin with a mission. This time, it was Xu Wuchen who asked her to ask Shi Jin to come out together.

Shi Jin's face was calm, and he said bluntly: "I'm sorry, I have an appointment today, so I can't go with the princess."

There was only dislike between her and Xu Wuyou, and they had no friendship at all. This time, he came to her for no apparent reason.

Mu Yunzhi, who was standing aside, saw that Shi Jin had a blank expression on his face and seemed to be indifferent, so she was very unhappy and said, "Hey, the princess has invited you personally, don't be tactful," with a tone full of contempt.

When Xu Ruogu saw Mu Yunzhi scolding Shi Jin, he frowned and felt displeased. He glared at Mu Yunzhi fiercely. Mu Yunzhi's eyes were on Shi Jin and she did not notice his actions.

Xu Wuyou glanced at Mu Yunzhi, signaling her to shut up, and then hypocritically dissuaded her: "Miss Mu, don't say that. Maybe Miss Shi really has an appointment."

Mu Yunzhi had no choice but to shut up. She rolled her eyes at Shi Jin and looked at him with dissatisfaction, her eyes filled with disgust.

When Shi Jin saw Mu Yunzhi's eyes, he snorted in his heart, glared at Mu Yunzhi, then pretended to smile, and turned to Xu Wuyou politely: "Thank you, Princess, for your understanding."

Xu Wuyou smiled gently and said softly: "Then I will make an appointment with Miss Shi tomorrow."

Shi Jin thought about it, feeling a little embarrassed, and said with a star-like aura: "Unfortunately, my schedule for this week is full. If the princess wants to ask me out, I'm afraid she will have to wait until next week."

The emperor brother specifically told her to build a good relationship with Shi Jin, and she had to endure it.

Xu Wuyou clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves, a hint of anger flashed in his eyes, and he reluctantly said, "Okay."

Seeing that she was wasting some time, she quickly said, "Oh, the agreed time is almost here, I'll go ahead."

After saying that, she got into the carriage, followed closely by Zhilu and Xu Ruogu. The carriage drove away from Xu Wuyou.

Xu Wuyou looked at the carriage going away, his eyes gradually becoming dim.

At this time, a carriage in the distance was originally going to the general's mansion, but after seeing Shi Jin's carriage, it turned around and followed her carriage, while Shi Jin was completely unaware.

In the carriage, Xu Ruogu looked at Shi Jin who was silent, and asked, "Who was that bad woman Sister Jin just mentioned?"

Shi Jin was confused for a moment and didn't react to who the bad woman he was talking about was. After a moment he realized that he might be talking about Mu Yunzhi and the others.

She smiled and said, "You've only met them once, how do you know they are bad women?"

Xu Ruogu replied: "According to my intuition, she started by scolding Sister Jin, and the look in your eyes was very unfriendly. I don't like her."

Shi Jin saw that his analysis was very convincing, so she nodded and then said thoughtfully: "Is that so? Then if you see her in the future, you should avoid her."

"Okay," Xu Ruogu said obediently.

Zhilu asked in confusion: "The Sixth Princess is obviously not familiar with the young lady, why would she personally invite the young lady to go to the market?"

Shi Jin said calmly: "Who knows? People with different ideals cannot work together."

But Zhilu was worried. She asked, "Miss, you have offended her like this. Aren't you afraid that she will retaliate against you?"

To retaliate against her? Probably not. Just now, she saw Xu Wuyou was obviously very angry but did not lose her temper, so she held it back. It seemed that Xu Wuchen wanted to use her to fight for the throne, and she was still useful. No matter what Xu Wuyou did, he would not touch her for his sake.

Shi Jin looked calm and said, "Relax, I have offended so many people over the years, I am not afraid of one more."

Shi Jin lifted the curtain and looked at the situation outside. After a moment, she looked away and asked, "We'll be arriving at Fan's residence soon. Zhilu, have you remembered what I told you?"

"I remember it very clearly, don't worry, miss," Zhilu said with a confident look.

The young lady said that Du Xuan was a stumbling block on her way to conquer Master Fan, and asked her to use any means to hold Du Xuan back after arriving at the Fan Mansion, and prevent him from appearing in front of Master Fan.

For the sake of the young lady's grand plan, she dared not slack off.

A few minutes later, Shi Jin's carriage arrived at Fan Mansion.

Shi Jin stepped lightly down from the carriage. Xiao Qi was stunned for a few seconds when he saw Shi Jin bringing Zhilu and Xu Ruogu, one big and one small, to visit him, as if they were bringing their entire family.

After a moment, Xiao Qi came forward with a smile to greet her, and said in a tone like meeting an old acquaintance: "Miss Shi, you are here again."

Since Shi Jin often came to the Fan Mansion, everyone in the mansion knew her. Some people in their mansion even thought that she might become the hostess of this mansion in the future, so they had to receive her politely.

"Yes, please help me pass it on."

"Okay, please wait a moment," Xiao Qi ran in quickly.

Shi Jinjian was walking leisurely back and forth at the gate of the mansion, with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

That’s great. She finally became familiar with the people here and it became much easier for her to get things done.

A moment.

A figure walked out of the house. It was Du Xuan who came to greet them. Shi Jin saw Du Xuan approaching her. She cleared her throat and glanced in the direction of Zhilu. Zhilu saw what she meant.

Shi Jin smiled and said politely, "Thank you for your help."

Du Xuan said expressionlessly, "Of course, Miss Shi, please follow me."

Du Xuan led them in, Xu Ruogu followed closely beside Shi Jin, and Zhilu walked very close to Du Xuan.

When passing through a corridor, Zhilu let out a cry and fell towards Du Xuan. When Du Xuan noticed it, he moved to the side.

Zhilu fell to the ground with a look of shock on her face. She obviously didn't expect Du Xuan to be so indifferent and watch her fall without helping her. Fortunately, she was faking a fall and controlled the strength, otherwise she would have fallen badly.

Zhilu looked at Du Xuan with resentment and said aggrievedly: "Am I that scary? Not only did you not help me, you even avoided me. Now I have sprained my ankle and can't walk. What do you think I should do?"

Seeing this, Xu Ruogu wanted to check on Zhilu, but Shi Jin pulled the corner of his clothes and blinked at him, wanting to tell him that Zhilu was fine and that he shouldn't worry about it.

Seeing Shi Jin so calm, Xu Ruogu seemed to understand something, so he stood still and watched what they were going to do.

Du Xuan was not at a loss after he realized what was happening. He just had a subconscious reaction to the stress, and he did not avoid it intentionally. Seeing Zhilu covering his left foot with a look of pain and wanting to cry, he looked a little unnatural, touched his head, and said, "I didn't mean it."

He walked over to Zhilu, squatted down and asked her, "Are you okay?"

Shi Jin saw the opportunity and immediately helped: "Du Xuan, you are really something, you don't know how to be gentle with women, you will never be able to find a wife in the future, so you can help her to a resting place and find a doctor for her."

Du Xuan glanced at Shi Jin and asked suspiciously, "She is yours, why don't you support her? Instead, you let me, a grown man, support her. This is probably inappropriate."

Shi Jin argued: "I have thin arms and legs, how can I have the strength? Besides, I have something important to discuss with your master."

Zhilu took the opportunity to grab the corner of Du Xuan's clothes tightly and begged, "Please help me."

Du Xuan hesitated and said, "But I...I..."

Shi Jin said: "Where is your master? I will go find him myself. You don't have to take us there. You just stay here and take care of Zhilu."

Du Xuan was stunned for a moment and said, "The master is in the main hall."

"I'll trouble you to take care of Zhilu." After saying that, Shi Jin took Xu Ruogu away. After walking a few steps, she turned around, tilted her head, and secretly gave Zhilu a thumbs up. Zhilu raised an eyebrow at her.

The more Du Xuan thought about it, the more he felt that there was something fishy going on. "Wait here, I'll find a doctor for you."

Zhilu saw Du Xuan getting up to leave, so she quickly hugged his thighs and shook her head, saying, "No, no, I'm scared to stay here alone."

Du Xuan looked confused, "What's there to be afraid of in broad daylight?"

Zhilu thought for a moment, then said, "I have had a disease since I was a child. I cannot be alone, or I will feel dizzy."

Zhilu squinted his eyes, covered his head, and said, "I feel dizzy. I can see double when I see you now."

Zhilu was influenced by Shi Jin and learned his acting skills and ability to deceive people.

Du Xuan was embarrassed when he saw this. He squatted down and looked at Zhilu helplessly and said, "What should we do now?"

A cunning light flashed in Zhilu's eyes, "I don't think there is any need to look for the Madam, you can just help me to the carriage at the door."

"Didn't you just say you wanted to see a doctor? Why don't you need one now?" Du Xuan made her words a little confusing.

Zhilu explained: "Girls' feet cannot be shown to others casually."

"How can you know if the injury is serious if you don't see it?"

"Why do you want to show it to me? Well, I'm still a virgin and haven't been betrothed to anyone yet, so it's not impossible for me to marry you," Zhilu said as she was about to take off her shoes to show him.

Du Xuan immediately stood up and turned his head away from her. His tone of "No need" sounded unnatural and a little flustered.

Like master, like servant, both hate to get married.

"The ground is cold, please help me up." Zhilu stretched out her hand towards Du Xuan, motioning him to help her up.

Seeing this, Du Xuan immediately helped her up. Zhilu grabbed Du Xuan's arm and limped. Du Xuan was stiff, obviously uncomfortable. The two walked towards the gate of the mansion.

Zhilu walked into a courtyard and suddenly stopped. She stared at a patch of blue flowers in the courtyard and asked curiously, "Du Xuan, what kind of flower is that? It's so beautiful."

Du Xuan followed her gaze and frowned. He was responsible for gathering intelligence and fighting, so how would he know these things?

He answered truthfully: “I don’t know either.”

Zhilu just wanted to find a topic to talk about and delay time, but now it seemed that there was nothing to talk about, so she had to keep walking.

Along the way, Zhilu would either complain of being tired after walking a few steps and ask for a rest, or she would ask him all sorts of questions, and you had to answer her, otherwise she would just keep asking one question over and over again, making his head buzz.

Du Xuan felt hopeless and for the first time felt that the journey out of the house was long.