My stepsister tried to steal the prince's hand in marriage, but little did she know I had been

"This old servant sensed something was wrong with her yesterday and specifically instructed Si Qing to have someone keep a close eye on her!"

"Si Qing!"

"Have you discovered anything?"

Qi Mama's words made Si Qing feel as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

He thought about it carefully, and shook his head under Qi Mama's gaze: "She is very honest. She has never come out since she entered the Chen family's villa."

Hearing this, Wen Shuyao did not dispel her doubts.

Although Wen Yitong is stupid, the people around her are not ordinary maids like Xique, but masters of martial arts.

Si Qing was unaware of Wen Yitong's background, so it was inevitable that he lowered his guard.

So she said, "Now that I've met my second sister, I naturally have to go and visit her."

With a smile in her eyes, she suddenly reached out and took Xie Jinghan's arm: "Your Highness, could you accompany me?"

Wen Shuyao's sudden action made everyone present widen their eyes.

Xie Jinghan, whose arm was held by her and whose nose was filled with the woman's fragrance, stiffened.

Xie Jinghan had never had such a wonderful experience in his life.

The faint fragrance emanating from Wen Shuyao filled his nostrils, and his arm felt as if it were sinking into a soft ball of cotton, causing him to unconsciously slow his breathing.

"it is good."

Xie Jinghan could hardly think straight. He met Wen Shuyao's smiling phoenix eyes and, as if possessed, agreed.

Si Qing stood aside, dumbfounded.

Others might not know, but as Xie Jinghan's confidant, didn't he know?

Even those so-called confidantes could not get close to Xie Jinghan.

Those women who tried to get close to Xie Jinghan are now buried under two-meter-high weeds.

But Wen Shuyao just hugged Xie Jinghan's arm like that, and Xie Jinghan didn't get angry at such an intimate gesture.

He gained a higher understanding of Wen Shuyao's status in his heart.

“Granny, you’re the best judge of me,” he said in a low voice. “I almost misjudged you.”

Upon hearing this, Granny Qi said with obvious pride, "Of course."

"Who am I?" Granny Qi said proudly. "These eyes of mine have seen countless people. Their little tricks can't escape my discerning eyes!"

"Besides!" Granny Qi lowered her voice, "Our princess is so beautiful, any man would naturally be tempted."

Si Qing shook his head at this: "That's not necessarily true. Aren't all the courtesans of Qianjin Pavilion as beautiful as celestial beings? But the prince has never given them a second glance."

"How can the princess be compared to those vulgar beauties?" Granny Qi rolled her eyes. "The princess is a celestial being, she is not someone they can compare to."

Having said that, she ignored Si Qing's disapproving look and muttered, "I need to find more prescriptions to properly nourish the prince."

Upon hearing this, Si Qing felt a chill run down her spine: "Granny, please don't do anything rash! The Prince dislikes this the most..."

"You can't hide your illness from medical treatment," Granny Qi snapped at him. "Besides, I found a dietary supplement recipe; I won't let the Prince know it's medicine!"

"As long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, how will the Prince know about this?" Granny Qi said, giving Si Qing a warning look.

Si Qing's eyes were filled with shock: "Granny, I am the prince's confidante, these things..."

"I'm not trying to harm the Prince," Granny Qi declared firmly. "I'm helping the Prince!"

"Your Highness is getting on in years," she said earnestly. "People a few years younger than you already have children, yet Your Highness is still all alone. Now that you finally have a princess, can you bear to let him remain a lonely man?"

Si Qing was completely speechless. He scratched his head, closed his eyes, and said, "Do whatever you want. I don't know anything about it anyway."

Granny Qi snorted coldly: "Cowardly as a mouse."

Ahead, Wen Shuyao, with Xie Jinghan in her arms, had already reached the gate of Chen Family Manor.

The Chen family's villa is far inferior to Quanshui Villa.

But the Chen family was once a prominent family. As the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. The gate of the Chen family villa still looks quite impressive.

The gatekeeper spotted Wen Shuyao and Xie Jinghan and immediately became alert.

The young mistress who came yesterday was exuding nobility from head to toe, but the two people in front of her looked even more impressive than the young mistress, their clothes gleaming in the sunlight.

These two are not to be trifled with!

The thought popped into his head, and he immediately shouted, "Quickly go and tell the young master and madam that there are guests outside!"

……

"A guest?" Wen Yitong looked at her youthful and beautiful face in the bronze mirror, feeling quite pleased.

She even had the leisure to put a flower in her hair.

Ruyi nodded: "It was a servant who came to announce that they were your guests."

Wen Yitong frowned: "My guest?"

Ever since she had that dream and chose to get engaged to Chen Che, she has drifted apart from her childhood friends and has almost lost contact with them. So why would she have guests?

Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat.

"Have you cleaned up all the traces on the mountain?"

Could it be Wen Shuyao?

Ruyi frowned, but said with certainty, "Don't worry, no one will discover my whereabouts."

Serving Wen Yitong, her lightness skill was the best, and last night's heavy rain had already washed away all traces of her going up the mountain.

Hearing this, Wen Yitong breathed a sigh of relief: "In that case, come with me to meet the guests."

Ruyi nodded and followed Wen Yitong.

However, as soon as Wen Yitong stepped out of the courtyard, she saw Chen Che walking towards her from not far away.

There was still a smell of alcohol on Chen Che.

Upon seeing this, Wen Yitong's forehead vein throbbed violently.

But remembering what Ruyi had said, she held back her temper: "Why did you come out, husband? Why don't you rest a little longer?"

When she said the word "rest," Wen Yitong clenched her fingers tightly.

With Chen Che looking like this, she really didn't know how he managed to become the third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination!

Fortunately, she had the memories from her dream, and she was certain that Chen Che would be able to pass the imperial examination with top honors. Otherwise, she would have argued with Chen Che fiercely right now and forced him to do his homework.

Chen Che snorted coldly: "Isn't it your sister and brother-in-law who are visiting? After all, they are Prince Jing and Princess Jing. How can I, a commoner, not come to pay my respects?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Yitong's mind went blank: "Who? Who's here?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Che's face showed a mocking expression: "Don't you know? It's Prince Jing and Princess Jing!"

Seeing Wen Yitong's pale face, he felt extremely pleased and immediately continued to provoke her, saying, "You should be very familiar with Prince Jing, after all, he was your former fiancé."

"It's quite a coincidence," Chen Che said sinisterly, "your ex-fiancé and my ex-fiancée are both here."