My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

When she saw Zhuang Xiang, Mei Xueer felt a little dazed, as if she had returned to Prince Jing's Mansion.

Zhuang Xiang lowered his head, hesitating for a moment, not knowing how to start.

Mei Xueer: "Did your prince send you here?"

"Yes." Zhuang Xiang nodded, then immediately shook his head: "No, it's not."

Mei Xueer saw that he was uncomfortable and said, "I just happened to have something ready for Prince Jing. I'll have Wen Jia deliver it to the mansion later."

Zhuang Xiang was stunned: "What is it?"

Mei Xueer: "He will know it by then."

Zhuang Xiang said "Oh" and then he remembered what he was here for. "I came here because the prince ordered me to pass on a message. Prince Qi, I want to see you!"

Mei Xueer was surprised: "King Qi? Why does he want to see me?"

Zhuang Xiang: "He said this was his only wish before he died. He also said that he wondered if you could wear the lake green dress when you went to see him. It was the dress he wore when he met you in Merlin on the New Year's Eve."

Mei Xueer couldn't remember what kind of clothes she was wearing that day.

Zhuang Xiang continued, "Prince Qi has mentioned this request to my prince many times, but my prince always said that he can't make the decision for you. It's up to you, Miss Mei, to decide whether to see him or not. When he learned today that Miss Mei had entered the palace, the prince sent me to ask. He wanted to come by himself, but..."

He didn't say anything else, but Mei Xueer understood what Cui Hongjing was thinking.

She was relieved that he could let go completely.

"Please reply to King Qi for me. I don't want to see him!" Mei Xueer said this and walked out of the palace without saying anything else.

That night, Cui Hongjing received something from Mei Xueer in his mansion - a medicinal herb!

Wen Jia told Cui Hongjing: "The young lady asked me to tell the prince that what she said before, using the three herbs of 琓花, 风烛, and 火枯子, to remove the scar on the prince's forehead, is a lie. If these three herbs are used at the same time, the prince will become stupid. In fact, the best scar removal medicine in the world is only 风烛 and 火苦子. 风烛 is relatively easy to obtain, but some people will never see any trace of 火苦子 in their entire lives."

Cui Hongjing: …

Zhuang Xiang presented the herb in his hand: "This is the fire-dried seed. Miss also found one from the old senior Wangli. Miss thought that the prince would not be able to find it, so she asked me to bring it to you. Miss also said that she was just keeping her promise because she promised the prince to completely remove the scar for him."

Cui Hongjing's heart was in turmoil again. He mechanically took the herb with a mocking smile on his face.

He was laughing at himself.

Zhuang Xiang also gave him a piece of paper with detailed instructions on how to use the two herbs, and repeatedly emphasized: "Remember not to use that 琓花! Otherwise you will become a fool."

……

On the sixth day of the winter month, everything is good, especially traveling.

This day was also the day when Mei Xueer was preparing to leave the capital of Zhenguo.

At the city gate, there were not many people coming to see him off, but a lot of gifts were received.

Some were from Minister An’s mansion, some were from Concubine Shu’s mansion, some were from Prince Yan’s mansion, some were from Prince Xiaoqin’s mansion, and there were even eggs and other things sent by many common people.

It was enough to hold four horse-drawn carriages.

Shen's eyes were red as she held Mei Xueer's hand, refusing to let go. She looked at Li Mo eagerly: "You have to treat her well!"

Li Mo immediately patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, mother-in-law, I will never let Xue'er down in this life."

Prime Minister Mei snorted at the side: "After you settle down, don't forget to take the children with you and go to Yuezhou every year so that we can see our grandson."

Li Mo was overjoyed when he heard this, "I will obey my father-in-law's orders."

"Go to Changguo without any worries. As for Meng Nan, he won't go with you. If he wants to stay here to take care of the children, just let him. It's also a good deed." Shen still held Mei Xueer's hand and said, "Your father and I will go to Yuezhou after Meng Nan's matter is settled."

Mei Xueer nodded. "The reason why I left without any worries is that I knew he would meet me again. He will be fine."

An Ran had been crying with her eyes red, and kept shouting that she wanted to go with her master, but Mei Jiayun had been reinstated and she could not leave the capital.

After careful consideration, she chose the man over her master.

Mei Xueer looked at the tearful person in front of her and felt guilty.

She hugged An Ran into her arms and patted her back gently, "Don't call me Master from now on, because I have never taught you anything, and I am not worthy of you calling me 'Master'."

"Don't blame the master, blame the disciple for being dull and unable to learn the master's skills." An Ran said as he took out a wrinkled book from his arms with the three big characters "Dream of Red Mansions" written on it. "For example, this book my master gave me, everyone says it's good, but I just can't understand it. It just talks about the trivial things in the Jia family. I really can't see any literary value. It's far from "The Foolish Girl of the Zhao Family and the Bandit". I thought about it for a long time. Maybe it's really because I'm not good enough. Maybe I'm really not cut out for literature. Maybe Thunderbolt Palm is more suitable for me."

Mei Xueer: "An Ran, you finally understood. Your teacher is very pleased."

Mei Qianyue also came. Mei Xueer told her to treat Cui Hongxiao according to her instructions. "If there is no progress after a year, write to me and I will find a way."

Mei Qianyue didn't care about being shy and nodded with red eyes.

Mei Xueer turned her gaze to Gu Jia, "You, really don't want to go with me?"

Gu Jia smiled slightly, "I'll stay here for a while to help you keep those businesses. I wouldn't feel comfortable handing over the businesses you and I did together to someone else. So I'll stay here to help you make money. If Li Mo lets you down in the future, you'll have money to make a living and a way out."

When Li Mo heard this, he immediately glared at him.

Mei Xueer said "thank you" with red eyes.

Gu Jia ignored Li Mo's glare and took out another box and opened it.

The box was filled with banknotes. "These are your dividends for the past year. Consider them the dowry that Princess Anping is preparing for her daughter. You take them first. I will save all the future dividends for you and give them to you when I have the chance."

The two thick stacks of banknotes made Mei Xueer's eyes light up, and she didn't hear clearly what Gu Jia said.

All good things must come to an end. No matter how reluctant you are, you will eventually have to leave.

Mei Xueer's eyes were red, and with the help of Li Mo, she finally got into the carriage.

Prime Minister Mei's voice came from outside the car again, "When the wedding date is set, be sure to inform us in advance."

"Of course we will!" The two of them leaned their heads out of the window and answered at the same time.

Wen Bing was about to swing the small whip in his hand when he heard the dull sound of horse hooves behind him.

"Miss Mei, please stay—"

Zhuang Xiang jumped off the horse breathlessly, "Miss Mei, this is a gift from my prince in advance. I wish Miss Mei and Master Li a happy marriage and a son soon!"