Li Xia replied, "Yes, Miss, I've got it all!"

Jingxue didn't let Lixia come out to see her off. Instead, she went around to the back of the carriage and took out a manual wheelchair. She had seen it while browsing the mall. It was a medical supply and looked like it was made of wood, but it was just a wood-grain finish.

Once on the bus, the children blinked curiously at the folding wheelchair. "This is a wheelchair. When you unfold it, Sanhao can sit in it and walk by herself!"

"Thank you, Miss! I can walk by myself with a stick!" Liu Sanhao felt that her status did not warrant such fine things.

Jingxue waved her hand, "You don't need to think so much, taking good care of your health is the most important thing!"

"Miss is worried about me, afraid that the road to the manor is too long and that I'll get too tired carrying Sister Sanhao!" This little one, Runyue, is quite clever!

“That day, I was bitten on the leg by a wolf. An old woman in the village who was picking mushrooms heard me shouting. She happened to have a tinderbox with her, so she lit a branch and chased the wolf away. I found a stick to lean on and made my way home! Back…” Liu Sanhao couldn’t continue when he thought about that home.

Jingxue sighed, "Sanhao, don't think about it too much. Maybe you just couldn't find a good doctor, otherwise your injury wouldn't have gotten infected!"

Liu Sanhao lowered his head and said in a low voice, "It's not that we didn't find a good doctor, it's that we didn't find a doctor at all. My sister-in-law said that no bones were broken and that it would be fine after some rest. Besides, we don't have the money to find a doctor!"

"But your sister-in-law said that she spent two taels of silver to treat your illness, and she asked me to give her two taels of silver before she agreed to sell you to me!" Jingxue really didn't expect it to be like this.

Liu Sanhao shook her head, tears falling with her movements. "No!"

"Forget it, it's all in the past! Don't think about it too much. Once you're better, you can leave anytime you want if you have somewhere to go!"

Liu Sanhao raised her tear-streaked face and said, "No, Miss, I won't leave. I'll be yours in life and in death!"

Jingxue: Oh my god! It's the same word as that jerk! Only the subject and verb are reversed.

"No, there's really no need for that. What I mean is, if you want to go and seek refuge with your relatives or something, I won't stop you. If you want to stay, of course you're welcome to do so too!"

"This servant will not leave. This servant will serve my master for the rest of my life!" Liu Sanhao said firmly.

"Okay, okay, I won't leave!"

The little myna perched on Runyue's shoulder suddenly became lively, howling like a wolf, "No, no! Awooo~"

It made several children laugh.

This little guy was terrified by the wolf's howl last night and has been listless ever since!

Upon arriving at the entrance of the Prince's Mansion, Jingxue got out of the carriage and opened the wheelchair, and Runyue carried Liu Sanhao up.

Jingxue told her how to turn the wheel to move forward, and to pull the handbrake when she wanted to stop!

Runyue, standing nearby, was also eager to try it out. "Sanhao-jie, when you're better, I'll use this too!"

Xiaoman, annoyed, lightly slapped her forehead. "Pah! Yueyue, don't talk nonsense. Your leg isn't injured, why are you sitting on it?"

"I was just saying!" Runyue pouted, turned around, picked up the big robe, and stormed off.

"Alright, go inside!"

Just then, the butler came running out.

Jingxue: Can't this person walk? I've seen him three times, and two of the three times he was running!

"Your Highness, you're back! Oh dear! I was just about to come and fetch you tomorrow!" the steward said after stopping.

Jingxue: Oh! When did you become so filial?

Why did you pick me up?

"That's right, the Prince sent someone back from court this morning to say that tomorrow is the 70th birthday of the Dowager Lady of the Ningguo Duke's Mansion, and you and the Prince should attend the birthday banquet!"

"I'm not going!" Jingxue said, and walked into the mansion.

"Oh! Your Highness, you can't not go!" The steward followed Jingxue inside.

Jingxue grew increasingly annoyed as she listened, and suddenly stopped. "Why can't I not go?"

The butler didn't expect her to stop so abruptly and continued walking forward. "Because... um?" Realizing he had gone too far, he turned back. "Your Highness, the Duke of Ningguo is the elder brother of your aunt's sister-in-law!"

Jingxue: What the heck?

She raised a hand. "Wait, let me sort this out. My uncle, my aunt, my aunt's sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law's brother?"

Jingxue started counting on her fingers.

The housekeeper kept repeating "Yes, yes, yes" like a hen pecking at rice.

"Then what should I call him?" Jingxue still had a modern mindset.

The butler was a little confused. "Call me what?"

"Oh dear! You are the Princess Consort of the War King. The Prince has a title, and his rank is above his! He must bow to you!"

"Oh! Then I don't have to go. Just say I'm not home!" Jingxue said and continued walking towards Jingning Garden.

"Your Highness..." the butler drawled.

"The Duke of Ningguo has been stationed at Xiku. He said he came back to report on his duties, but he's not actually leaving. Xiku has been handed over to his heir. Do you know how many people want to win over the Duke of Ningguo? Your Highness is in a very difficult situation now!"

Jingxue rolled her eyes. "What Xiku underwear? What's it to me!"

That scoundrel's business has nothing to do with her!

The butler watched Jingxue's retreating figure, sighed, and shook his head.

What did he do to deserve this? He's getting bullied by both sides every day!

They're all our ancestors!

After finishing the morning court session today, Ye Muchen received an invitation from the Duke of Ningguo's residence.

He was in a hurry to get to the main camp, so he told Gao Chi to go back and tell the steward to bring Jingxue back the next day so they could attend the birthday banquet together.

There's a lot of preparation work to be done for Jianjun Village. How many people are in the village? How should they be allocated? We also need to collect information on where everyone lives, who is in each family, and whether they are willing to come and farm together.

When it was time for dinner, he said they would discuss it again the next day, and then rode back to the mansion with Gao Chi.

As soon as he entered the gate, the steward came to report that Jingxue had returned, but refused to go to the Ningguo Duke's Mansion with him.

Ye Muchen got angry as soon as he heard this. This troublesome thing! He told Gao Chi to go back to Lingyun Pavilion to serve the meal, while he went to Jingning Garden himself.

The butler was caught in a dilemma: should he follow them or not? What if these two started fighting again? If so, the trees in the yard would suffer!

As soon as I reached the entrance of Jingning Garden, I heard children inside reciting something like, "One times one equals one, one times two equals two..."

And there was the sound of a little myna bird calling out, "One, two, one, two!"

叩门

The recitation stopped. "Who is it? An'an, go open the door. I write slower than you, I'm going to catch up!"

"Okay! I'll go open it."

The door opened from the inside, and Ye Muchen looked down. It was the little boy. Upon seeing him, the boy bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings to Your Highness!"

"Where's the princess?"

“My sister is getting acupuncture from Sanhao Sister!” An’an said.

"Who? Who is Sanhao?" Ye Muchen had never heard of this name before.

"She's the perfect older sister who came back yesterday!"

Looking at the serious little boy, Ye Muchen sighed. Would his mansion become a large inn in the future?

"Go and call your sister out, and tell her that I, the King, have arrived!"

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