The Regent Princess has run away again

"Your Majesty, His Majesty said he has something important to ask you to come over."

The man who was writing at the table hummed without raising his head, but his hand holding the brush did not stop.

The surroundings fell into deathly silence again, and the servant who delivered the message was so frightened that he was shaking all over.

Yao looked at the servant who was still trembling and waiting for a reply, so he walked over and said, "Master, we should go."

The man finished writing the last stroke, then put down the brush and straightened his sleeves, "Let's go."

Several people followed the man to the imperial study.

As soon as he walked to the study, he heard a few angry voices coming from inside. The servants standing outside the door didn't know whether to go in or not, so they had to keep walking back and forth.

One of the servants saw the person coming and hurried forward as if he had seen a savior, "Your Majesty, His Majesty..."

"Okay, I understand," the man said and walked in first.

In the study.

The man sitting on the chair, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, held his chin with one hand, staring blankly at the mountain of memorials piled on the table. He didn't even flip through them, his eyes full of melancholy.

"Your Majesty, these memorials have piled up like a mountain. I won't be able to help you tomorrow."

The one who is called Your Majesty is the current Emperor Xia Yu.

As soon as these words came out, Xia Yu was so angry that he immediately came to his senses, "Stop making sarcastic remarks here, there is no one in the Imperial Hospital who is useless, and they don't have any solution at all, I am so angry!"

Xia Yu was so angry that he sat up, picked up the memorial at hand and wanted to throw it on the ground, but in the end he just slammed the desk.

The man standing opposite was already used to it. He sat on a chair beside him and said slowly, "I have a good candidate. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to listen to it."

"Who?!"

"The third young lady of the Xue family."

After these words were spoken, the expectation in Xia Yu's eyes turned into shock and then disbelief.

"Nangong Ye, you are not crazy, are you?! I might believe you if you told me about other people, but everyone knows that the useless Third Miss of the Xue family is not good at either civil or military affairs, and she is also rude and unreasonable. You, you, you...what has irritated you these past few days?"

As Xia Yu spoke, he walked over, circled around Nangong Ye, and looked him up and down several times, as if to confirm whether he was crazy.

"Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can just bring him into the palace and give it a try."

"Hmph, that's true. If she can't be cured, I'll charge her with deceiving the emperor. This will shock the Xue family and let that old fox know that I am the ruler of a country!"

Nangong Ye glanced at Xia Yu's sinister expression and changed the subject, "Since Your Majesty has decided this, it's okay, I'll leave first," and then turned around and walked towards the door.

"Wait, you should also go to the palace tomorrow."

".....good."

.........

When Xue Zhiyu returned to the Xue Mansion, she thought she would be ignored as usual, but who knew that her kind elder sister was waiting for her at the door.

"Zhiyu, you are finally back. You don't know how dangerous it is outside now. Try to go out less in the future. Do you understand?"

Xue Yumei held her hand and spoke earnestly, her face full of worry.

"Yes, elder sister taught me a lesson, and it was wrong of me to make you worry."

"Let's go. We sisters haven't gotten together for a long time. I've asked the other sisters to wait in the back garden."

Xue Zhiyu really wanted to take off her mask, but she still had to act to the end. Since she wanted to be the protagonist, she would just fulfill her wish.

"Okay, let's go."

Xue Yumei took her to the back garden, and sure enough, she saw several other young ladies from the Xue family there.

As soon as they saw Xue Yumei coming, except Xue Yulou, the other two ladies stood up and greeted her.

Xue Yumei didn't care anymore. She pulled Xue Zhiyu to sit down, and then said happily, "We haven't been together for a long time. Just say whatever you want to say today. There's nothing to be taboo about."

Xue Yulu, who had always been at odds with her, didn't say a word this time, but her face couldn't be darker.

The other two young ladies, who were also born out of wedlock, still kept their heads down and dared not speak.

"Someone, bring the refreshments."

Just as Xue Yumei finished speaking, several maids came in with plates of cakes and placed them on the table. The maids behind her also placed the snacks and then left.

"Try it, this is a rare milk cake made from goat's milk."

After what happened last time, Xue Zhiyu was more cautious this time. She didn't rush to eat, but watched silently.

Xue Yulu glanced at Xue Zhiyu from the corner of her eye. Seeing that she didn't make any move to eat, she thought she was scared. She snorted disdainfully and picked up a piece to eat.

One of the two illegitimate girls sitting on the side couldn't help but reached out and took a piece and put it in her mouth and started eating.

Seeing that Xue Yumei was still smiling, the lady next to her also became bolder and picked up a piece to eat.

"Zhiyu, why don't you eat it? If you don't like it, I'll ask the servants to make some other pastries."

"No, I don't really like sweets. Thank you for your concern, big sister."

"Hmph, you will never have the chance to eat this goat milk pastry in your lifetime, so cherish it," Xue Yulu snorted coldly, the mockery in her eyes almost written on her face.

Xue Zhiyu simply ignored her and didn't even bother to refute her. She picked up the teacup and started drinking.

"Hey! You..."

"Gyokuro."

Xue Yulu was so angry that she wanted to slap her, but when she heard her elder sister's voice, she swallowed back what she was about to say.

But she felt uncomfortable holding it in. She glanced at the two people who were busy eating next to her, and a plan came to her mind. She pretended to be casual and said, "Fourth sister, I heard from mother that when you come of age, you will be betrothed to Lord Xu in the government office. It just so happens that his eight concubines are vacant, and you can just fill the position."

The fourth young lady, who was eating, was so frightened by Xue Yulu's words that her face turned pale and she knelt down from the stone bench.

"Miss, please don't let mother marry me to Lord Xu. I will do anything you ask me to do," she said as she tried to pull her skirt, but Xue Yulu dodged her.

"It is your blessing to be betrothed to Lord Xu. You are just the son of a prostitute. What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?"

After Xue Yulu finished speaking, she raised her foot and kicked the Fourth Young Lady as if she had seen some garbage.

"Ouch!!!"

Just when the fourth young lady thought that she might be doomed this time and closed her eyes waiting for the kick, she heard Xue Yulu's cry of pain and could not help but open her eyes a little to look.

Xue Yulu fell down on the stone bench, her face full of pain, and she kept rubbing her ankle.

"Go and get the doctor."

After Xue Yumei finished speaking, she looked at Xue Zhiyu's direction thoughtfully. Seeing that the person opposite didn't even look at her, she looked at the still confused Fourth Miss and said, "Why don't you get up quickly? How can you let outsiders see you later?"

“Ah...ok...” Although the fourth young lady still didn’t understand what was going on, she sat back in her seat obediently.

Xue Zhiyu, who had been silent, bent down and pretended to play with her skirt. When no one was paying attention, she put the "evil tool" in her hand back into her sleeve, then sat back down and continued to drink the tea in her hand.

"There was a small accident today. You must be tired. Go back and rest first."

Xue Yumei tried her best to suppress her emotions, but still spoke with a gentle and considerate expression.

"Okay, then you two sisters should have a good rest. I'll go back first," Xue Zhiyu said, then stood up, turned around and walked out.

Before leaving, he glanced at the two young ladies who were still a little at a loss, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes, but he still walked out quickly.

Xiaoqiu, who was waiting outside the door, saw the person coming and rushed over without caring about anything. She looked left and right, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she was okay.

"Miss, you don't know that I just heard someone screaming outside, and I thought something happened to you. I almost wanted to rush in, but I was afraid that rushing in rashly would cause trouble for you, so I could only wait here."

Seeing that Xiaoqiu was really worried about her, her heart couldn't help but warm up. Since she opened her eyes, this little girl had been taking care of her. She didn't think that she was unfavored and ignored her like the other maids.

"Well, I'm sorry to have made you worry. Let's go back to the bedroom."

the other side.

After everyone left, Xue Yulu was still very angry when she saw the maid applying ointment on her ankle.

"Sister, I really just wanted to kick that guy, but I don't know why my ankle hurts so much. I've never been injured before!"

Xue Yumei, who was sitting on the side, had a thoughtful look on her face and did not rush to speak.

After a long while, he slowly said, "Yulu, you are being reckless. You should control your temper."

".....I got it," Xue Yulu responded with a hint of grievance, but she still felt very aggrieved in her heart.

"Then you should take good care of your injuries. If you need anything, please ask the maid to come to me."

As soon as she went out, Xue Yumei's expression changed, and she whispered to the maid following behind her, "Go check what Xue Zhiyu has been busy with these days, and don't alarm others."

"Yes."

After the maid left, Xue Yumei sneered. Others might not have noticed the bitch's abnormality, but not her.