The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

In the dining hall of Duke Meng's mansion, the Meng family thoughtfully prepared two meals as usual. They always kept Ye Xiaohan's obsessive-compulsive personality in mind without making a sound.

At the dining table, Yun Mujiu saw several glass vases in the corner, filled with fresh lotus flowers and lotus leaves.

She turned around and asked Ning Lang with a smile who he had given the bouquet she designed that day. Meng Ning Lang blurted out, "To Bai Yanshuang."

Yun Mujiu suddenly smiled and said "Oh" meaningfully to the Meng family.

Meng Ninglang looked up, "What's wrong?"

Yun Mujiu blinked. "Nothing. I just lamented that you've made it big. It's not a waste of the lotus flowers your grandfather planted. And it hasn't let me down by designing a bouquet for you to give away."

Meng Ninglang seemed to not understand Yun Mujiu's words. After taking a sip of soup, he sighed, "What a pity. That beautiful bouquet of flowers was wasted."

Yun Mujiu asked: "Why do you say that?"

Meng Ninglang pouted and said, "Bai Yanshuang has a carefree personality and is even more heroic than a martial artist. Wouldn't it be a waste to give her such beautiful flowers?"

Yun Mujiu and his group were so shocked that they almost held their foreheads in their hands. They didn't expect that Meng Ninglang, a young boy, had such a heart of steel and straight man.

Yun Mujiu said earnestly, "You can't say that. Men and women are independent individuals. We can't dictate how they should behave as people of a certain gender. Bai Yanshuang is great. She's cheerful and lively, and chivalrous. I think she has a distinct personality. She's a rare, interesting, and outstanding woman."

Duke Meng leaned over, patted Meng Ninglang on the shoulder, and said patiently, "I think General Bai's daughter is a good girl. You should not bully her. She is a child with a strong personality, but unfortunately, because of this outstanding personality, she can't make many friends among the noble ladies in the capital. She is a pitiful child."

Yun Mujiu thought of Gao Yang's actions that she and Ye Xiaohan had discovered, and casually said, "Ning Lang, do you still remember the birthday banquet? At the banquet, the guards of the Ye Palace produced evidence of Gao Yang's crimes. Gao Yang wanted to attack you several times, but due to the strength of the Ye Palace and the Meng Guogong Mansion, and because she never found a suitable opportunity, she was imprisoned in the mansion, so she didn't attack you."

Meng Ninglang felt the hairs on his back stand on end. He had no interest in Princess Gao Yang. They had only met a few times before. Once, he, Bai Yan Shuang, and Princess Ji Ling had run into Gao Yang on the street, but he had no intention of getting to know her closely. Furthermore, the men who had come into contact with Gao Yang had generally met with bad fates. Three of her consorts had died, countless male favorites had been abused, and the fourth, Cao Hanmo, though still immortal, was now suffering.

His mind raced, and he thought of Bai Yanshuang again. To be honest, that damn girl Yanshuang was still the cutest, even though she always bickered with him and even challenged him to a duel...

Yun Mujiu and Duke Meng's earnest words of advice also enlightened Meng Ninglang. He realized that he sometimes thought too one-sidedly about things and people, and his mind occasionally gave rise to reckless thoughts. Regarding Bai Yanshuang, he seemed to have always treated her like a man. Was this also unfair to her?

Meng Ninglang lowered his head in thought. Yun Mujiu chatted with Duke Meng while they ate, occasionally asking about Ye Xiaohan's recent situation. As a representative of a qualified grandson-in-law, His Royal Highness the Night King naturally responded to Old Man Meng with a neutral and somewhat calm attitude.

After lunch, the family strolled around the back garden and talked about their recent situation.

Ye Xiaohan accompanied Yun Mujiu to send Duke Meng back to his room to rest. Duke Meng thought about the things in the palace and asked about the emperor's health. Yun Mujiu also told him the truth. The emperor had a congenital heart disease and probably would not die of old age, but under normal circumstances, he could still live for many years.

Duke Meng paused and then asked about the Queen Mother's coronary heart disease. Yun Mujiu said that if the Queen Mother continued to follow her regimen and take care of herself, she would not have any major problems in her life.

When mentioning the Queen Mother, Yun Mu Jiuye, Xiao Han, and Meng Ninglang did not mention any obscure information they already knew.

They had previously discovered that the reason He and the Queen Mother had fallen out over their long-standing relationship was because the Queen Mother had also fallen in love with Duke Meng at the time. However, they had no intention of revealing these matters to Duke Meng, lest it might cause him to experience emotional upheavals and affect his health. The old man was too old to handle the pressure.

After drinking a bowl of daily nourishing medicinal soup, Duke Meng prepared to take a nap.

At this time, Yun Mujiu left behind a batch of medicines she had made herself. These medicines were made by extracting the first batch of herbs she had cultivated herself, some of which were sent by Duke Meng from the southern border.

Then there are some medicines that are colorful Ganoderma lucidum cultivated by tissue culture technology. Although its effect is not as good as that grown in the deep mountains of southern Xinjiang for hundreds of years, it is enough to maintain people's daily beauty and skin care and is beneficial to the need of maintaining youth.

Duke Meng's dry hands touched the ointments made from the colorful Ganoderma lucidum. His gray eyebrows drooped and his eye sockets moved slightly.

Yun Mujiu and the other two also noticed that Duke Meng remembered that when he was young, his wife He and his friend Xuan Nianci had always wanted to get a colorful Ganoderma lucidum.

Now he has not only found the place where the colorful Ganoderma lucidum grows, but his granddaughter can also cultivate colorful Ganoderma lucidum on a large scale.

But his lost youth, lost love, and farewell daughter, none of these can be brought back...

After Duke Meng fell asleep, Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu left in the imperial carriage.

Yun Mujiu thought about it and decided to pull Ye Xiaohan off the carriage at a street corner.

In order to keep a low profile and not cause a stir among the onlookers because of their appearance, the two of them simply made some superficial arrangements.

Yun Mujiu was wearing a white veil, and Ye Xiaohan was wearing a black veil hat with cloud patterns.

The two of them walked and stopped along the way, strolling along the entire central street of the capital.

Then, they arrived near the Grand Princess's residence. However, this house was no longer a princess's residence. It was about to be repossessed by the imperial court and auctioned off. The money raised would be used to compensate the innocent people who had been oppressed and harmed by Gao Yang. As for this amount of silver, it was probably not enough. Even if all the belongings in the Grand Princess's residence were sold, it would certainly not be enough to fill the huge hole in the interests of countless people and merchants who had been exploited by Gao Yang for years in order to make money.

If Gao Yang couldn't pay the huge compensation, her brother, Haolian Emperor, would have to pay it out of his own pocket. Even if Haolian Emperor didn't want to pay attention to Gao Yang, he couldn't. Firstly, he was always the best person to cover for Gao Yang, and secondly, he had to continue to play the role of a benevolent monarch in the eyes of the world. After all, Gao Yang's father had risked his life to save him.

Yun Mu looked at the entrance of the mansion he was heading towards and saw that the plaque of "Grand Princess's Mansion" had been taken down long ago, and the front of the door was deserted.

Cao Hanmo and his family were dressed simply. They brought a few servants with them and loaded their few pieces of luggage onto a few simple horse-drawn carriages.

Next to the carriage, there was a woman in a blue skirt standing.

Yun Mujiu asked Ye Xiaohan in surprise, "Isn't that Ji Ling? How did she appear here?"