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Chapter 190 Outsiders

Zhu Yu suppressed his laughter and took the snack from Lu Qing.

When she lived in Prince Shuo's Mansion, she often ate these things. It's not that she liked them or not, but she just didn't find them disgusting.

At this moment, because I didn’t enjoy the food very much in the past few days, the pastry in my hand seems to have become more delicious.

The snacks were delicious and the tea was fragrant. The five people finally entered Prince Shuo's Mansion smoothly. Now they could sit down in the chairs and rest for a while, which was quite comfortable.

Zhu Yu was a little nervous at first, wondering what Zhu Cheng's reaction would be when he saw him.

Among Zhu Cheng's daughters in the past, not to mention a concubine like herself who was not valued at all, even the most favored and only legitimate daughter Zhu Ning, if she was married off by imperial decree, might not dare to do such a thing as disguising herself and sneaking back home.

Zhu Cheng's only request to his daughters was "don't cause trouble". Zhu Yu believed that they came not to cause trouble this time, but to help Shuo Kingdom avoid a major disaster that has not yet happened.

But she really couldn't guess whether Zhu Cheng held the same opinion.

With this secretly anxious mood, and being under the watchful eyes of the servants in Prince Shuo's mansion, no one knew what to say. Zhu Yu sat there waiting, and after sitting for so long he felt a little drowsy.

Seeing that the tea and snacks were almost finished, the servants had to refill the tea several times. Even Yan Daoxin, a heartless person who didn't care about his image, felt that he couldn't drink any more. If he drank any more, he would have to run to the toilet in Prince Shuo's mansion before seeing Prince Shuo!

The steward settled the people here and left servants to serve them. Thinking about the prince's attitude just now, he estimated that he would come to the guest hall soon, so he went to take care of other things in the mansion.

After a long time, he was instructing the accountant of the palace about the food allowance for next month and other trivial matters, when a servant who should have been serving in the front came running over in a hurry.

"Manager, manager..." He called out in a low voice while running, panting.

The steward frowned and waved his hand at him: "You kid, how many times have I told you not to run around in the mansion and be in a hurry? This is what the prince hates the most.

If the prince catches you and punishes you, don't say I didn't protect you!"

"Steward, if the prince was in the mansion, I wouldn't have to be so anxious!" The servant stood in front of the steward with a bitter face, "We, as you instructed, will entertain the guests in the guest hall and wait for the prince to come.

As a result, we waited and waited, but the prince didn't come, so they asked me to go and see secretly to see if the prince was delayed by something.

I ran over to ask and found out that the palace soldiers had just told the prince about what happened at the Armory. The prince got anxious and followed them to the Armory. He hasn't come back yet!
We really don't know what to do, so we came to ask you.

Steward, has the prince told you how to accommodate these distinguished guests?

You can't just stay in the living room and keep refilling tea for others, right?"

The steward was also a little dumbfounded. He had been a steward in the palace for more than ten years and naturally knew what kind of personality his prince had. Prince Shuo had always been a weapon fanatic. He was only thinking about how to forge the best weapons and didn't care about other things at all.

It's just that he made an exception and asked people to bring those Taoist priests in and treat them well, but he turned around and forgot about them because of forging weapons. This is really unexpected.

Fortunately, the steward was accustomed to dealing with such matters. Glancing at the sky outside, it was already approaching noon. The Shuo Kingdom had long held a two-meal-a-day custom, and now that the previous meal was over and the next was still early, they couldn't just leave him alone in the guest hall drinking tea. The fact that the prince had made an exception and respectfully invited in the Taoist priest he normally disliked because he was a miracle doctor showed that he was quite capable.

People with great abilities often have bad tempers. If they neglected the doctor, the genius doctor would get angry and the prince's plan would fail. At that time, they would not have the courage to blame the prince for forgetting.

So the manager hurriedly weighed the pros and cons again.

In accordance with Zhu Cheng's preferences, the Shuo Palace named the courtyards after the different types of copper smelting craftsmen, namely Zhu, Ye, Fu, Li, Duan and Tao.

Zhuyuan is the main courtyard of the prince and princess, Yeyuan is where the young masters of the family live, Fuyuan is where the young ladies of the family live, and the remaining three are side courtyards for guests to stay for a short time.

After a brief hesitation, the steward decided that since he couldn't figure out the prince's intentions, he should just go for the higher end. Even if he misunderstood, at least he wouldn't offend anyone.

Then he said to the servant, "Place those Taoist priests in the chestnut orchard."

When the servant heard this, he nodded hurriedly and ran back.

Among the three side courtyards used to entertain guests, Liyuan is the closest to the courtyards where the masters live and is the most spacious and beautiful.

The manager arranged those Taoist priests in Liyuan, so they must be from important backgrounds. We can’t just leave them there any longer!
The steward saw him running away in a hurry and wanted to stop him and scold him, but then he remembered that the prince was not at home, and it was more important to appease the guests who had been left out for a long time, so he held back his words.

The servant ran all the way back to the front living room, calmed down, and then politely came in front of them. He bowed to Yan Daoxin, the only one who had spoken to them, and said, "Divine Doctor, my prince had some urgent matters just now and was delayed.

He asked me to take you to the side yard to rest first, and then he would go to see you as soon as he came back."

Yan Daoxin didn't care. Originally, he hadn't intended to come to Prince Zhu's Mansion. However, he still glanced at Lu Qing first. Seeing him nod slightly, he stood up leisurely and nodded to the servant: "Then I'll trouble you to help lead the way."

The servant hurriedly and attentively led the five people towards the chestnut orchard.

Because of Zhu Cheng's personality, there are not many pavilions, rockery and ponds in the Shuo Palace, and there are not even many trees. The courtyards are neat and tidy. If it were not for these considerations, the walls of each courtyard would be built higher so that they can be seen at a glance.

Princess Shuo is not at home today. She went to the home of a prominent family in the capital to have a small gathering with the lady of that family. The garden is quiet now.

The same is true in Yeyuan. All the sons of the Zhu family, whether legitimate or illegitimate, are either out on official business or studying in school, and have not returned yet.

When passing by Fuyuan, I could hear some voices through the courtyard wall, as if there was a woman playing inside the courtyard.

Zhu Yu looked at the high wall not far away. Behind the wall was the yard where she had lived for several years.

She found that she could not feel any feelings of intimacy, longing or attachment. Instead, she felt that at this moment, being an "outsider" was something worth being happy about.

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