I'm in trouble again! My best friend, the princess in the group, please save me!

After a simple cleaning by a few maids and servants, the old lady finally looked a little more human.

An Huanyan just pretended nothing had happened and sat on the chair with her legs crossed.

"You don't know how to sit properly! You don't know how to stand properly..."

Hai Yanqing quickly pushed the cursing old lady out.

"I'm sorry! I treat people the way I treat them!"

An Huanyan grinned and stood up to see her out.

Lady Hai, who wanted to curse but hesitated, had a stern face, but Hai Yanqing kept pushing her onto the carriage.

After seeing her off, Hai Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief. However, when he turned around and saw An Huanyan's playful expression, he was still overwhelmed, so he had no choice but to apologize.

"…Mother…I am sorry for disturbing you and offending you…"

Seeing him like this for the first time, An Huanyan leaned against the door frame with her arms crossed, and said, "Your mother... is really different from those noble ladies."

I don't know whether she said this as a mockery or an exclamation.

He has always shown a noble and indifferent face to others. After all, his status is so noble that even the crown prince and the prince had to give him some respect.

Now, An Huanyan suddenly discovered that she had such a mother. She felt as if the veil had been lifted and felt extremely ashamed.

"In fact, my mother is the only legitimate daughter of the King of Yunzhou. She has been spoiled since she was a child. Later, when she married, she was much younger than my father. The whole family gave in to her, so..."

"Oh. It's okay. She didn't look well today either."

She shrugged and continued:

"Compared to the Smiling Tiger, I still prefer...what is that?"

An Huanyan scratched her head, forgetting the antonym of a smiling tiger for a moment, and could only make up a random answer: "...It should be a cold-faced bear."

"Ah? Cold...faced bear?" Hai Yanqing was completely stunned.

"Nothing, I'll go in and clean up first."

"..."

An Huanyan quickly turned around and looked up at the sky, muttering, "Did the stars crawl over here? So slowly!"

When Hai Yanqing, who had sharp ears, heard these words, he stopped walking down the stairs.

"Don't wait. She won't come." He couldn't help but blurt it out.

"Hmm?" An Huanyan tilted her head and turned around. "What are you talking about?"

"She can't come. Your royal brother has taken a fancy to her and doesn't want her to come out." He suddenly felt a little gloating.

You can see her jumping up and down again.

"Huh?" An Huanyan looked incredulous.

"Really. The news your people brought should be on the way, and you will know it later." He said seriously to show the credibility of his words.

"He... wants to make Xingxing his concubine?" An indescribable complex emotion emerged on her face.

Hai Yanqing was a little surprised that he was not in a hurry.

"You can't be given a title. The ministers are against it. Your origin is unknown and your identity is not prominent. Even the maid who takes care of you is a girl born in a proper official family and trained by the palace maids for many years. Even if she is favored, she will not have a title."

"Bah! Why do you want to be a concubine?" An Huanyan curled her lips in disdain and became irritated again.

"You won't confer the title of Consort, and you won't let me go, what on earth does my brother want to do?"

"Well, it's hard to say." Hai Yanqing raised his eyebrows, pretending to be serious with a sly smile hidden in his eyebrows, "Maybe your majesty needs someone to share his worries. After all, there are floods in the south, bandits are causing chaos, the treasury is empty, disaster relief is blocked, and the people are living in poverty... I'm raising funds for disaster relief recently, do you want to donate a little?"

"Ah?" An Huanyan didn't expect him to change the subject so quickly, but she still quickly replied:

"I have heard about the flood. How about this? I will tidy up my warehouse in a couple of days and you can come and get the money. I will donate all my antique vases, paintings, jewellery and jewelry to you."

"Huh? Are you serious? Donating so much?" After hearing this, he felt embarrassed. For a moment he couldn't believe his ears.

"Nonsense." An Huanyan rolled her eyes at him and walked away on her own.

Only Hai Yanqing was left watching her leaving back, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The An Huanyan of today is completely different from the An Huanyan who only pestered him a long time ago.

He returned home, passed by the side door, squatted down, and asked the doorman's dog: "Is there anyone who looks like one person but is actually two people?"

But the puppy just barked at him, then raised its hind legs and started peeing on him.

"Hey!" He jumped up in shock and was about to curse, "Qing'er!"

An old and deep voice came, and he couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

"Dad." Hai Yanqing turned around and immediately regained the same serious expression as his old father.

"Come to the study."

"Yes."

In the bedroom next door, Hai Lao Taijun, who had just taken a shower and changed her clothes, sat in front of the dressing mirror, carefully looking at the few white hairs that had sprouted on her head.

"Why did the old lady make such a fuss? I've heard that the eldest princess is someone not to be trifled with."

The old woman next to her was combing her hair slowly.

"If she was still as barbaric and rude as before, she would be nothing more than a fool with an empty head. But look at her now. She is eloquent. Although she still doesn't look like a lady from a noble family, she is already very scheming."

"Old lady, what do you mean?" The old maid stopped holding the comb.

"The first time we met, I deliberately made things difficult for her, but she refused to swallow her anger and directly quarreled with me. This shows that she doesn't plan to live with us anymore. She also forgoes the daily greetings from now on. She is happy and at ease!"

"Even if the princess has no respect for her elders, she is so frank that she has to make a scene until everyone knows about it before fulfilling her wish! If this is the case, will the old lady continue to make trouble for her?"

The old woman's comb started moving again, and in a few strokes her white hair was hidden.

Hai Lao Taijun stood up with satisfaction, patted his head, and said nonchalantly: "It depends on the situation."

The old maid suddenly whispered, "Since she likes to do it openly, why not do it secretly..."

"Don't dirty my hands!" Hai Lao Taijun scolded, but her face showed no anger. She looked outside the house and it was already quiet.

The eldest son went to Yunnan, and the youngest son had just taken office and was busy attending court every day. No gatherings could be held during the national mourning period, and she felt extremely bored for a while.

Jiang Xingkuo stayed in Piyue Palace for a few days, and only a few servants who were there to guard the house were there to keep her company.

During this time, while listening to the servants' gossip, she suddenly asked, "Has the talent show not started yet?"

"Miss, there will be no beauty contest during the period of national mourning. Your Majesty did not marry when he was in hiding, so this time he will only directly confer titles on the Empress and four concubines." A palace maid replied.

"Then... who is the queen? Why is there no ceremony to join in the fun?"

She pretended to be calm, but her eyes were wandering.

"Miss, you forgot again that during the national mourning period, the ceremony of crowning the queen was simply held. What a pity! I have never even seen it!"

She blinked, her eyes sore, "Yeah, what a pity."

She thought about it for a long time and felt that she couldn't just sit here and grow old, so she gritted her teeth and decided to give it a try.