After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

It is late autumn, and the tender yellow chrysanthemums in the Lu Garden are in full bloom.

An autumn breeze blew, and the fallen leaves in the yard fluttered in the wind. Shen Yuyao and Xu Yunxuan were standing in the corridor, looking at the three siblings in the garden from afar.

On the day when she was expelled from Prince Ning's Mansion, Shen Yuyao originally wanted to go back to her parents' home, but as soon as she walked out of the palace, she was blocked by Xu Yunxuan.

Xu Yunxuan even asked the subordinates of the Eastern Depot to drive away the driver of Shen Yuyao's carriage, and drove the carriage directly to take Shen Yuyao and the nine children to Luyuan.

When they arrived at Lu Garden, Shen Yuyao discovered that Xu Yunxuan had actually bought several courtyards next to Lu Garden in order to provide enough space for their family to live in.

After it was connected, it was not much smaller than Prince Ning's Mansion.

Shen Yuyao could only smile and stay with tears in her eyes.

During the day, Xu Yunxuan would spend some time with Shen Yuyao, watching fish and flowers, and enjoying family time.

At night, she would chat with Shen Yuyao under the lamp, and manage the big and small businesses in Kyoto together. Including various letters and reports about the East Factory, Xu Yunxuan would also give them to Shen Yuyao for review.

Although she no longer had the glory of being a princess, Shen Yuyao could still get all the information from all walks of life in Kyoto in Lu Garden.

"The old emperor is so cruel! For the sake of his beloved son, he actually demoted Prince Ning to the ground!"

Xu Yunxuan patted the railing of the corridor, her face full of resentment, "It turns out that the problem of partiality has always existed since ancient times. Even such a wise founding emperor could not avoid it."

Xu Yunxuan often muttered to herself things that Shen Yuyao seemed to understand but not quite.

She was dressed very casually today, wearing only a green Taoist robe with wide sleeves and her long hair tied on top of her head, which gave her a unique sense of elegance and grace.

Shen Yuyao, who was standing next to her, was wearing a crescent-white cross-collared Pipa short shirt on the upper body and a moon-white horse-faced skirt on the lower body.

Her long black hair was tied into a loose bun at the back of her head.

The slightly thin face is very clean and elegant.

Compared with her previous gorgeous outfits, this simple outfit is more suitable for Shen Yuyao's cold temperament.

"No flower lasts forever."

Although Shen Yuyao knew early on that things would develop into what they are now, she couldn't help but feel a little sad when she thought of Xia Yu who was still trapped in Shoukei-ji Temple in Kyoto.

"Yuyao, you don't have to be too sentimental."

"Prince Ning is a man with the destiny of the Son of Heaven."

"It's just a small setback right now. Everything will turn around after a bad time. I believe he will get through it."

Xu Yunxuan comforted Shen Yuyao, "For now, we still have to find a way to ease King Ning's mood to avoid complications."

"Although the prince knew that he would fall into a trough, when he really reached the bottom, he still needed someone to give him advice."

Shen Yuyao nodded, "I have sent a letter to Yanjing, inviting Monk Daoyan to return to Kyoto to accompany the prince."

In fact, both of them knew in their hearts that ever since Xia Yu was arranged by the emperor to reflect on his mistakes at the Keishou-ji Temple outside Kyoto, his letters home always showed that he was in a very decadent and depressed mood.

Firstly, he felt frustrated because he was disliked by both his most respected father and brother; secondly, he was trapped in the temple. He was also worried that Shen Yuyao's life would become unstable after being expelled from the Ning Palace with nine children.

"That's great. It seems like the old monk is destined to come to this world to help Prince Ning." Xu Yunxuan has often marveled at the ingenuity of fate recently.

"Being demoted may seem like a bad thing, but if used well, it can also become a good thing. Perhaps, Your Majesty can use this opportunity to make more plans and play a bigger game."

Shen Yuyao seemed to be speaking to Xu Yunxuan, but also to herself.

......

The next day, Heron Garden.

Before daybreak, Xia Linan came to pay his respects to Shen Yuyao.

Although his family had been demoted to commoners, he still insisted on upholding the etiquette of the palace.

Xia Linan knelt with his round body at the door of Shen Yuyao's bedroom, performing the solemn ceremony of kneeling and bowing.

Among the nine children in Prince Ning's Mansion, Xia Linan has always been the most thorough and particular about etiquette.

"Lin'an, come in."

When Shen Yuyao heard Lin'an's voice, a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

At this moment, she was sitting in front of a diamond-shaped mirror and putting on makeup. Zi Su, who was combing her hair behind her, looked at the few strands of hair left on the comb in her hand, and was a little absent-minded.

The lady is losing her hair.

"My dear mother, I am going to the academy today to ask the teacher for help." Xia Linan stood up slowly, walked into the hall, bowed and said to Shen Yuyao.

Shen Yuyao gently tidied up her hair, turned around and said to Xia Linan, "Linan, wait until you have breakfast before leaving."

Seeing Xia Linan nodded, Shen Yuyao paused and said, "Take your second and third brothers with you. They like to play a lot, so you, as their elder brother, need to give them some advice."

"I understand, son." Xia Linan replied respectfully.

Shen Yuyao had breakfast with Xia Linan.

She was surprised to find that Xia Xiaoxian, who was always sleepy and didn't like to eat breakfast, actually came to have breakfast with everyone today.

"Huh? Little Immortal is coming to have breakfast too?"

Whenever Shen Yuyao sees Xia Xiaoxian early in the morning, she feels refreshed for the whole day.

She had also thought secretly that it was probably related to the fairies that Xia Xiaoxian mentioned.

Xu Yunxuan said this is called magnetic field.

"Mother, I also want to go to the academy with Lin'an today." Xia Xiaoxian said with two big dark circles under her eyes.

Last night, she felt like she had several dreams.

It didn’t seem like a dream.

When she woke up early in the morning, the only thing she remembered was that Siming kept shouting in her ear, asking her to follow Xia Linan to the academy.

Because the whole family was demoted, Xia Linan, Xia Pingan and Xia Yongan are now studying at Lushan Academy.

The students in this academy are all children from ordinary merchant families.

Xia Xiaoxian ate a few mouthfuls in a hurry, then she urged Xia Linan, "Linan, eat less. Let's go and call Xiaoyan. She said she wanted to go too."

Zi Su couldn't help but laugh and said, "These three kids are getting closer and closer now. When they were little, they had a lot of fights."

"Uh, elder sister, I only ate two steamed buns."

Xia Linan was telling the truth. Now he even resisted eating his favorite meat buns.

"One is enough, two are not enough?" Xia Xiaoxian grabbed Xia Linan's arm and dragged him out the door.

"Then I'll take one for Xiaoyan, that's fine, right..." Before Xia Linan got up, she was thinking about taking a steamed bun away, but unfortunately Xia Xiaoxian didn't give her a chance, so he could only hurriedly follow Xia Xiaoxian.

"Remember to bring your second and third brothers..." Shen Yuyao reminded.

"I know, mother!"