A short night is hard to please! A stunningly handsome prince dotes on her exclusively.

"Why?"

"There's no reason why. Don't think you're so great just because you're the prime minister. Even the prime minister has to respect the wishes of us ordinary people."

Like poop? Like a pretty girl?

Xin Moyan felt something was off as she listened, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

Lou Shenghan was indeed quite helpless. He felt that he, as the prime minister, was quite approachable and chivalrous, so how could this title be considered disrespectful to her wishes? Truly, women and petty men are the most difficult to deal with!

Seeing Xin Moyan standing to the side with a thoughtful expression, he quickly stepped forward and asked with concern, "Princess, I heard that you were kidnapped by thieves the other day. Are you injured anywhere?"

Xin Moyan raised her eyebrows at him. Her brother had told her to stay away from the prime minister earlier!

"Thank you for your concern, Prime Minister. I am not injured."

"That……"

"Alright, Lou Shenghan, why are you talking so much? Besides, Yan'er has never had anything to do with you before, so why have you been so friendly to her lately? What are you up to?"

"Tsk~ General Ling, it's only natural for me, as an official of the court, to show concern after the princess of the current dynasty has been kidnapped. You don't need to be so nervous, do you?"

"Exactly! You're always suspecting others of plotting and scheming. You might as well quit being a military general and become a scheming and treacherous civil official."

"..."

"..."

The lips of the civil and military officials present twitched in unison. It sounded like none of these officials were good people.

As the situation remained tense, Xin Moyan suddenly remembered Lou Xiaobao and quickly asked, "By the way, Prime Minister Lou, I haven't seen Xiaobao for several days. I wonder how he's been?"

Lou Shenghan's face instantly fell, and he said dejectedly, "Princess, please don't mention it. That boy... except for the first day or two when I had someone build a swing set in the manor, he didn't cause any trouble. But these past two days, he's been constantly asking to play with his mother and sister. Princess, have you two cast a spell on my Lou Xiaobao?"

"Hey! You're really being unreasonable, Prime Minister. Little Lou is willing to play with us, which means that Yan Yan and I are popular with children. How can you call that poisoning? Your conspiracy theories are on par with Xin Moling's."

The two men were speechless again. It turned out that they had spent most of the day here just suspecting and distrusting each other and speculating about conspiracy theories.

"Alright! Buyu, brother, let's go find Auntie!"

Xin Moyan tugged at Hua Buyu's sleeve, signaling her to say less. She had just entered the palace and had already made the princess cry. She wondered if the Empress Dowager would be angry later!

Lou Shenghan looked up and saw that Liufang Pavilion was bustling with activity. He grinned at Xin Moyan and said, "Just now I saw Princess Jia'en running over crying from afar. Could it be that you two siblings made her cry?"

"Yan'er, don't pay attention to him, let's go find your aunt."

Xin Moling glanced at him, then took her sister's hand and turned to leave, with Hua Buyu quickly following behind the siblings.

"Tsk~ What an impolite guy."

In Liufang Pavilion—

"Mother Empress~ Waaaaah~ Mother Empress must stand up for Xue'er!"

Xin Mingwan was chatting happily with the two when Yuan Huaixue suddenly burst into tears and ran into the pavilion, throwing herself into her arms, momentarily forgetting to look at the man beside her.

"Xue'er, what's wrong?"

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager and the two princes!"

A large group of people followed behind Yuan Huaixue and instantly knelt down in a flurry, while Yuan Huaixue continued to cry with tears streaming down her face, which was quite exaggerated.

Seeing his younger sister crying like this, Yuan Huaiyu became furious and stood up, shouting, "Xue'er, who bullied you? Tell your sixth brother, and your sixth brother will avenge you!"

"Waaaaah~ Sixth Brother~~ Waaaaah~~"

Yuan Huaixue was so busy crying that her words came out in broken sentences, which only added to the annoyance and worry of those listening to her.

Yuan Huaixuan simply stared at Yuan Huaixue expressionlessly, as if none of this concerned him.

Seeing that his sister was unable to speak for a long time, he casually pointed to a young lady from a prominent family kneeling on the ground.

"You! Tell me, who did Xue'er just meet? Who bullied her? Why is she crying so heartbreakingly?"

The person being pointed at was none other than the woman who had changed drastically. She had always disliked Xin Moyan for being arrogant because of the favor she received and for being engaged to the Prince Lie. Of course, she had also spoken ill of Xin Moyan to Yuan Huaixue. When Yuan Huaiyu called on her to answer this time, she thought to herself that these princes were all outstanding. If she was fortunate enough to gain the favor of the Sixth Prince, she would surely rise to prominence in the future. So she quickly answered shyly and timidly, "Your Highness, it was... it was Princess Danhua who displeased the princess."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people in the room changed. If this had been said in the past, it might have been somewhat true, but Xin Moyan's current change really didn't seem like someone who would cause trouble.

"Sixth...Sixth Imperial Brother, why didn't you scold Xin Moyan with me?"

Although she was provoked by the intimate behavior of the two, it all stemmed from Xin Moyan. If she hadn't brought that woman into the palace, Brother Ling wouldn't have been so cold to her. Brother Ling…

As Yuan Huaixue thought of that cold-mouthed man, her tears, which she had stopped flowing, began to fall silently again.

"Xue'er, are you sure you're not mistaken? Cousin Mo Yan doesn't seem like the type to bully you!"

"Wh...what? Sixth Brother, what did you call her?"

She couldn't believe her ears, and stared blankly at Yuan Huaiyu, two lines of tears still streaming down her face.

"Xue'er, Cousin Mo Yan is not the same as before. She is quite lovely and gentle. Besides, she is your cousin. Why would she bully you for no reason? It must be these ill-mannered women gossiping in your ear!"

As Yuan Huaiyu continued to persuade her, her expression gradually darkened, and she coldly demanded, "Speak! Were you the ones who spoke ill of Princess Danhua to the princess?"

"Injustice... I'm innocent! Sixth Prince, I knew nothing about what happened just now."

"Your Highness, please forgive me, I didn't!"

Yuan Huaixue stopped crying and just stared blankly at her sixth brother. She had clearly seen him clapping and cheering when she scolded Xin Moyan earlier, but now he was calling her cousin Moyan. He hadn't even figured things out yet, but he was speaking up for Xin Moyan so decisively.

"Your Majesty...Brother, what's wrong? Why are you calling Xin Moyan so affectionately?"

Seeing this, Xin Mingwan nodded in satisfaction. With Xiao Liu's change in attitude towards Yan'er, it seemed that no one would dare to bully Yan'er in the future.

"Isn't it endearing? Actually, Princess Danhua is our cousin, your older cousin, Mother, what do you say?"

Yuan Huaiyu grinned at the Empress Dowager sitting in the room, as if trying to curry favor, which made the old lady beam with joy.

"Hehehe~ Yu'er is absolutely right. Xue'er, you are sixteen now. You shouldn't be so out of control. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by your Xuanhuang brother?"

Yuan Huaixue was clearly taken aback, then suddenly realized what was happening and quickly looked around.

"Brother Xuan Huang?"

"Yes, Xue'er."