The female supporting role is really here to mess things up

Although the two were anxious to find the beauty, they could not run around in the temple, so they had to walk quickly. Everyone in the temple saw that the usually calm and steady prince was walking quickly, and his expression was anxious. Walking side by side was the usually casual King Qi, who was also walking quickly with an anxious look on his face. But when the two arrived at the gate, the beauty was no longer there.

Lu Qingxi, who was being thought of by the two men, had calmed down and was thinking about who the two figures she had just seen from the corner of her eye were. Because she was in a hurry, she pulled Xiaohuan away without seeing their faces clearly. Her sixth sense was always very accurate, and she could only pray that she had not affected the plot today.

If System Xiaoliu were here, he would probably admire his host's luck. What you fear will come true.

The King of Qi and the Crown Prince asked everyone in the White Horse Temple, but they could not find out where the beauty came from. They were completely clueless. How could such a stunning beauty appear in the capital and remain unknown?

The two were worried and wanted to find out the woman's identity as soon as possible so that they could meet her in the future. They completely forgot that the reason they did not return to the palace with the convoy was to meet Lu Shiyao.

At this moment, it was clear that the clues in the temple were gone, so they didn't plan to stay any longer. In the temple, they again told the monks who had seen the woman to ask her identity if they saw her. In half a cup of tea, the two of them left the White Horse Temple one after another, busy looking for more clues about the beauty.

Lu Shiyao, who was forgotten, was dressing up in her yard at the moment. Xiao Cui told her that her second sister had gone to the White Horse Temple in advance. She felt a little uneasy, as if she was about to lose something. She didn't want to have breakfast, so she asked Xiao Cui to take a few boxes of snacks and went out.

Lu Shiyao entered the temple and knelt in front of the Buddha statue with the other ladies to shake the fortune sticks. The stick that fell out of Lu Shiyao's bamboo tube was the one that her second sister secretly stuffed back. The front of the stick was printed with "Best Fortune Stick" and the back was printed with the four characters "Mother of the World".

Just like the original plot, Lu Shiyao's fate was first spread among the ladies at the scene. In half a day, the news that the eldest daughter of the Shangshu Mansion was the next queen spread throughout the capital.

Lu Qingxi also heard the news after returning home. Knowing that the plot developed as she imagined, she felt much more relieved. In the next few days, she started living a life like a modern stay-at-home girl, not leaving the house, and living her life comfortably in the yard.

Little did they know that the Prince's Mansion and the Prince of Qi's Mansion were really busy these days. Because the sedan chair that Lu Qingxi took that day: firstly, it did not have the Shangshu Mansion's logo; secondly, the sedan chair that was arranged that day was found temporarily and had never been seen by anyone; even if the two of them had supernatural powers, they could not find the owner of the sedan chair.

In the Prince's Mansion, Xiao Ruixuan was concentrating on painting the scroll in his hand. Snowy skin and beautiful appearance were indeed what the painter had in mind.

Ah Xu, who was standing by, saw the stunning beauty in the painting and understood why his master had not eaten or drunk for the past few days and started painting as soon as he returned to the mansion. He even sent out half of the people in the mansion to look for the trace of a woman.

Although the number of staff in the Prince's Mansion has been reduced by half, the mansion is still functioning normally because the Prince has no wives or concubines and is the only master in the mansion.

On the other side, in Prince Qi's Mansion, everyone was in danger.

With the sound of porcelain breaking again, Ah Jin's brows furrowed even deeper. Looking down at the mess on the ground, he couldn't count how many cups and plates his prince had broken in the past few days.

In her heart, she secretly hated who this evildoer was that could make the prince, who had always been devoted to studying the affairs of the court, so concerned. She had only been away from the prince for two hours, and such a vixen had appeared!

The man sitting at the head with a gloomy face was Qi Wang Xiao Duanyue. He looked coldly at the group of secret guards kneeling in front of him.

"If I can't find a woman, what's the point of me keeping you? It's been several days!"

The guards kneeling on the ground naturally did not dare to move, and even their breathing was cautious, for fear that they would be found to have made other mistakes by their bad-tempered master.

After a while, the man's voice was heard again.

"What a bunch of rubbish! Each of them will be punished with thirty lashes."

The secret guards all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Fortunately, it was just a beating. They retreated one by one in a well-trained manner and went to the dungeon to be punished.

Xiao Duanyue looked up and saw the moon outside the window. He couldn't help but think of the woman who was as charming as the moonlight. His rising anger subsided a little. His mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts. It took him a while before he spoke to his attendant.

"Send more people to the Crown Prince's Mansion to keep an eye on her. If my good fourth brother finds her first, I will be grateful to him."

After hearing what his master said, Ah Jin became even more displeased with the woman he had never met. Although his master and the prince had always been at odds, the prince had never taken the risk of sending someone to keep an eye on the prince's mansion. The difficulty and risk of being discovered were too great. That vixen was really hateful!

But the prince was obviously unwilling to listen. Knowing that no matter what he said now, he could not change his master's mind, he had no choice but to follow his master's instructions.

"Okay, Your Highness. I'll go down and make the arrangements right away." After saying that, A Jin retreated expressionlessly and informed everyone of the deployment.

A few days later, Lu Qingxi realized that according to the plot development, the original owner should be sent to the Duke's Mansion for discipline. In order to avoid a big impact on the plot, he immediately wrote a letter in the original owner's tone and asked Xiaohuan to send it to her grandmother as soon as possible.

Madam Song from the Duke's Mansion received a letter from her granddaughter in less than an hour. She was happy in her heart but pretended to be disgusted when she spoke.

"This heartless little thing finally remembered an old woman like me. I don't know what he wrote to me."

She tried to hide her happiness with her words, but her eagerness to open the envelope and the smile in the corner of her eyes betrayed her. Others could see at a glance how much Madam Song loved her granddaughter.

In the letter, Lu Qingxi imitated the original owner's habits, first acting like a spoiled child, then expressing her longing for her grandmother. Finally, she stated that she would come to the Duke's Mansion to visit her grandmother and stay there for a few days.

Old Madam Song was so delighted that she immediately gave instructions to Nanny Li beside her.

"Quick, send someone to the Shangshu Mansion to bring my girl Xi to live here. Start cleaning the bamboo garden today. She said before that she feels comfortable living there. The room should be decorated according to her past preferences."

Li Ma also liked the old lady's granddaughter since she was a child. Although the young lady had a bad reputation outside in recent years, she could always make the old lady happy every time she came. After listening to the old lady's instructions, she immediately stood up with a happy look to make arrangements.

Old Madam Song knew that her grandson had been staying overnight at the Ministry of Personnel because of too many cases, and had not returned to the Duke's Mansion for several days. After thinking about it, for the sake of her grandson's health and her precious granddaughter, she decided to call her grandson back.

Although the incident caused by Lu Yatou this year was not a big one, it still spread throughout the capital. In the letter she wrote today, Xi Yatou said that she came to stay for a while because she missed me. The real reason was probably to avoid the limelight and seek some shelter. My only precious daughter passed away early, and she only left Xi Yatou to me. I was really worried.

I hope that after Lu girl comes, Song Yi, the cousin, can guide his little cousin well. If the two can get closer, it will be great. If Xi girl has her own grandson to protect her, her future will be guaranteed.

In the Ministry of Personnel, Song Yi, who was giving instructions to his subordinates, felt his nose itchy. He frowned slightly, looked down at his blue shirt, and wondered if he had not worn enough recently.

The always smart Prince Song never thought that his grandmother wanted him to go home to take care of his little cousin. He also couldn't have predicted that he would be called back to the Duke's Mansion by his grandmother tomorrow; after returning home, he would meet a girl, and then he would have that girl in his heart forever.

The subordinates standing by saw that Prince Song suddenly stopped talking and thought there was something else behind the case, so they started to ask.

"Did the prince find anything else wrong?"

Song Yi was stunned for only a moment, and then his cold eyes returned to their previous seriousness and he continued with his previous instructions.

Considering that it was getting late today and Lu Qingxi couldn't travel at night, the sedan chair of the Duke's Mansion left early the next morning. It was already noon when they arrived at the Shangshu Mansion. Nanny Li got off the sedan chair and greeted the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion. The housekeeper naturally knew Nanny Li and immediately asked the servant to go into the mansion to report to his master.

When Minister Lu heard that someone from the Duke's Mansion had come, his painting hand paused for a few seconds. He understood that the Duke's Mansion must have something to do with the second girl.

He just couldn't finish the painting because he was just one stroke short. He closed his eyes and threw the brush on the table. He had a lot of complaints about his second daughter. She was so troublesome every day. It wasn't long before she made a fool of herself. Now she has calmed down for a few days! She sent someone to the Duke's Mansion to pass on the message. What is she trying to do?

But thinking that his rank was only the second rank, and there was still a long way to go before he could compete with the Duke's Mansion, he resigned himself to his fate and suppressed his temper. He sent someone to call the second girl to the front hall, and he also went to the front hall to receive her.

When Li Ma saw Lu Shangshu, she didn't show any good face, nor did she exchange pleasantries, but spoke directly. "The old lady dreamed of the young lady yesterday. In the dream, the young lady was sick and there was no one to take care of her. After waking up, the old lady was very anxious. If she can't see the young lady today, I'm afraid she won't be able to sleep well tonight."

Seeing Nanny Li's impolite attitude and sarcastic remarks, Lu Xingmu felt embarrassed. But he also knew that Old Lady Song of the Duke's Mansion had some complaints about him marrying her daughter into the mansion as a co-wife.

I made the Duke's only daughter my co-wife and ignored her, causing her to feel depressed and sad about her early death. If I hadn't taken the second girl into consideration, Madam Song would have fallen out with me long ago.

Thinking of the early death of Song Yurou, he still felt somewhat guilty. Lu Xingmu had no intention of confronting Nanny Li. He just told Miss Lu that she could go and stay for a while after she had packed up.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Qingxi appeared. She heard light footsteps and looked up. She was wearing a purple gauze skirt and saw a breathtakingly beautiful face. Although her face was young, it was also a little charming. However, the woman's eyes were indifferent, which suppressed a little of her beauty but made people more fascinated.

Lu Xingmu was stunned by the beauty of his daughter. When did the second girl become so attractive? The prince was actually indifferent to such beauty. It seemed that his future son-in-law was indeed not an ordinary man.

He also thought of his eldest daughter's talent and virtue, and her Phoenix destiny, so they were indeed a perfect match. He couldn't help but imagine his smooth career in the future with the help of his eldest daughter, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened.

Little did he know that the prince, whom he praised as incomparable to ordinary people, was still struggling to find the stunning beauty whom he had only met once, and recalled the scene of their encounter every day by looking at the painting.

It took Nanny Li a long while to come back to her senses. She bowed in the direction of Lu Qingxi and spoke happily.

"My dear, I haven't seen you for a year. You are getting more and more beautiful. The old lady is worried about you. You must go back with me as soon as possible. The old lady will be very happy to see our young lady now."

Lu Qingxi knew that the nanny in front of her was her grandmother's confidante, so she stepped forward and responded immediately.

"You are right, Mammy. I miss my grandmother very much, too. I will leave after I have asked my father."

Turning to look at Lu Xingmu who was still lost in the beautiful dream he had woven, he frowned, and seeing that he had not come back to his senses, he had no choice but to raise his voice to ask.

"Father, can your daughter stay at your grandmother's house for a few days?"

His thoughts were interrupted by the crisp voice, and he glanced at his second daughter unhappily. He thought to himself that this girl wasted her beautiful appearance and had no respect for her biological father. What a pity.

My own Yao'er is still the best. In the future, I can even become the father-in-law of the emperor. I can't help but feel proud again. Putting myself in the role of the father-in-law, I am not so polite to Li Ma.

"Then I'll leave my little girl in the care of the nanny and the Duke's Mansion. Since mother-in-law misses Xier, she can stay in your mansion for a few more days and help me, as a father, to discipline her. This girl has caused me a lot of worry in the past."

Nanny Li looked at the young lady beside her after hearing this. Although she saw that her young lady did not show any displeasure, she still frowned. Father Lu's words clearly meant that his young lady had a bad character, and that the father did not give her proper guidance and wanted to push the blame to the Duke's Mansion. It was really ridiculous. Nanny Li put away her polite smile and spoke coldly.

"I will tell the old lady every word of what Master Lu said today. The young lady will go back with me today." He flicked his sleeves and supported Lu Qingxi, walking towards the courtyard where her young lady was.

About half an incense stick of time later, Lu Qingxi followed Xiaohuan and got on the sedan with a package. Before leaving, Lu's father finally cleared his mind and sent someone to the kitchen to get two boxes of snacks. He also walked to the door and gave a few instructions. But even a fool could hear the hidden meaning of his words asking Lu Qingxi to be restrained and obedient, and everyone present felt uncomfortable.

Lu Qingxi never looked up at the original body's adoptive father again, and understood more and more why the original owner always targeted the heroine.

The original owner's mother was the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion and married into the Shangshu Mansion as a concubine. After entering the mansion, she was inferior to others in every way. When the original owner's mother was alive, Lu's father favored his beloved cousin and didn't want his sweetheart to suffer any grievances. Even when the original owner's mother was pregnant, he only saw her twice a month. The original owner's mother was depressed and died early.

After losing her mother, Father Lu still didn't care about the original owner. The original owner lacked fatherly love since she was a child, so she tried every means to attract her father's attention. However, she didn't use the right method every time, which made Father Lu even more displeased.

Father Lu felt that the original owner had brought shame to him as a father, so he became even more hostile to the original owner. This cycle repeated itself, and the original owner's temper became more and more paranoid. The source of this was Father Lu.

After getting into the sedan, Xiaohuan opened the food box and took a look. She pouted in displeasure but couldn't help but speak.

"Aren't hawthorn cake and plum blossom cake the things that the young lady likes to eat? Water chestnut cake is not a rare food, why didn't the kitchen make it today?"

Lu Qingxi raised her eyebrows, thinking that Father Lu was really hypocritical, not even willing to put in enough effort. He was probably just trying to show his fatherly love by sending these boxes of snacks to the Duke's Mansion.

After all, there was no such action in the original plot. Today, because Nanny Li came to pick him up personally, he played the role of a loving father, but this performance was too clumsy.

Although it was not her favorite food, Lu Qingxi did not intend to let her stomach suffer, so she took a cake and put it into her mouth. The Lu family really cared about Lu Shiyao, and these cakes tasted very good...