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Prince Xian's Mansion

Ever since Ming Yuchen returned to the residence, everyone in the main house was extremely upset. Not to mention the fact that the Madame Jiang was worried that he had overdone his illness and gave it to the child in his womb, even Mu Mu was not very happy with Meier because of it.

And the person who the entire Duke Palace disliked the most was Meier.

West Court

"Xiao Li, did Ming Yuchen find out anything?" Meier sat in front of the dressing table and combed his long hair. He turned his head and looked at Xiao Li who was standing at the side.

"In reply to the aunt, the people in the Second Young Master's courtyard all keep their mouths shut, unable to ask anything." Xiao Li lowered his head and replied respectfully.

"Humph!" This Ming Yuchen is actually more capable than that snotty mother of his! "

Meier slammed the wooden comb in his hand onto the table, looking at the delicate and handsome face of the copper mirror twisted into a ball.

Ever since Ming Yuchen had returned to the Duke Palace, not only did the Duke and the Royal Concubine set up a courtyard for him, even the people attending to him were carefully selected by the Royal Concubine. The news was extremely strict, and even if Meier wanted to know more, it would be extremely difficult.

"Imperial Concubine, calm down. This servant will send someone to the Second Young Master's courtyard later to investigate." Xiao Li immediately said.

"Prepare some silver coins and give them some silver coins. I don't believe that I can't pry open the mouths of those maidservants." Meier said with unwillingness.

"Yes, Aunt." Xiao Li lowered his head and replied.

Although Ming Yuchen had been raised in a manor for the past few years, he had always been intelligent since young. Now that he had returned to the manor, he was deeply favored by the duke and he had forcefully suppressed her son.

Ming Yuning was not someone that the prince and his wife liked at home. Now that Ming Yuchen had returned, compared to the others, Ming Yuning had even less of a place in the prince's heart.

The west yard could not be quiet, but Ming Yuchen's courtyard was very quiet.

When he was at Clear Water Town, Zi Yi would often come to his courtyard to study together with him. In the few days that he was back at the Duke Palaces, Ming Yuchen would spend entire days reading books and miss Zi Yi especially when he was alone.

Today, he could no longer sit still. After visiting the main courtyard to pay his respects to the Madame Ye, he explained his thoughts. The Madame Ye did not stop him and felt that his relationship with Minister Mansion was not bad, so he let him do as he pleased.

Su residence.

"Yi'er." Ming Yuchen followed the servant and arrived at the World An Courtyard. Just as he entered the courtyard, he saw Zi Yi sitting next to a stone and looking at Jingshu. Jingshu was squatting not far away, holding onto a tree branch and gesturing on the ground with his hands.

"Big Brother Yuchun." Zi Yi heard the voice and immediately turned his head. After seeing Ming Yuchen, a smile appeared on his serious face like a little adult, and he called out to him.

"Big Brother Yuchun."

Jingshu also turned her head and shouted, but she did not know what exactly was so fun about in the courtyard, but this time she did not pounce excitedly, but instead she squatted down and poked around, playing extremely happily.

"Yes."

When Ming Yuchen heard Zi Yi's voice, his face curved into a gentle smile.

Zi Yi's crisp Big Brother Yuchun was very nice to listen to, and immediately crashed into Ming Yuchen's heart, touching onto the softest part of it.

Looking at Zi Yi's handsome face, a thought quickly appeared in his mind — he wanted to hug Zi Yi in his arms.

It was originally just an idea, but when Ming Yuchen finally reacted, he did it.

"Big Brother Yuchun …" Zi Yi, who was caught off guard, was pressed into someone's embrace, his normally emotionless face had a light smile, he smelt the unique scent in Ming Yuchen's embrace softly, and did not move at all, quietly allowing himself to be carried.

Ming Yuchen had been taking medicine all year round, so he always carried the smell of medicine.

"Don't move." Ming Yuchen warned him in a low voice, and Zi Yi obediently laid his head in's embrace, not moving at all.

At that moment, Ming Yuchen held Zi Yi like he owned the whole world, and wanted to lock him up by her side for even a moment. Thinking about it like that, the strength under his hands increased, as though he was afraid that if he let go, Zi Yi would disappear.

Not long after, Shen Zhu who had received news from the house also dropped what he was doing and walked out. Seeing that, Ming Yuchen immediately let go and called out Big Sister Shen with a smile.

"Chen'er is here." Shen Zhu laughed as he opened his mouth, and seeing the two of them being so intimate, he teased, "You have come at the right time, Yi'er has been talking about you the past few days.

"Don't stand around in the yard, come in and chat." After Shen Zhu finished speaking, he smiled and led her into the house.

"Thank you elder sister Shen for your concern. I am fine at home." Ming Yuchen laughed and responded as he held Zi Yi's hand. As he followed Shen Zhu in, he continued, "The clan has many rules, and naturally can't compare to the manor at ease, but my grandfather and grandmother were especially fond of me, so my life in the clan was not bad, but I have not seen Yi'er for the past few days, so I missed you a lot. Today, I specifically asked my grandmother for permission to come over to see you."

"Then does Big Brother Yuchun miss me?" Jingshu who was squatting in the corner and playing happily, saw that the few of them were about to enter the room, he immediately threw the branch to the side, got up and chased after them.

"We, Shuer are so cute, of course I want to do it too."

Ming Yuchen smiled warmly.

After Jingshu heard this, he was satisfied, bouncing and jumping as he followed the two into the house.

"The Brother Wen is currently busy in his study room, if you have anything you need him for, you can go to his study room. He probably doesn't know that you're at your residence." Shen Zhu brought the group into the house, and immediately ordered some tea and pastries to be prepared.

"There's no need to go through all this trouble. Since Brother Su has something on his mind, then I will not disturb you. I did not come today for any other reason, but because I did not see Yi'er for some time, I missed him a lot."

As Ming Yuchen spoke, he reached out and rubbed Zi Yi's head. When he said "think Zi Yi", his tone also became a lot gentler.

He turned his head to look at Zi Yi with a gentle smile in his deep eyes.

"Big Sister Shen, it's boring for me to be alone at the Duke Palaces. Now that I'm at the Duke Palaces, I especially miss being a teacher for Yi'er in the Villa. Let Yi'er follow me back to the residence and stay there for a few days? " Ming Yuchen naturally let go of the hand that was touching Zi Yi's head, and didn't reveal any unusual expression on his face.

"Yi'er will go back with me. Firstly, if he encounters anything that I don't understand, I can help him explain them to me, and secondly, I also have many companions. In a few days, I will bring back Yi'er safely. Ming Yuchen's words were logical, there was nothing wrong with them.

Shen Zhu thought about it and felt that what he said was reasonable. It was his fortune that Zi Yi was able to get such a teacher to teach him.

"This is not a big deal. I naturally can be at ease with Yi'er by your side, take your people with you."

With that, he seemed to recall something, and waved towards Chun Cao who was seated in a corner.

"Chun Cao, go and wrap those pastries in the kitchen and bring them back to Second Young Master later."

"Yes, ma'am." Chun Cao acknowledged, and immediately went to prepare.

After Shen Zhu finished giving out instructions, he turned to the two of them and explained with a smile: "Today, I just happened to have some free time to make some pastries, after Chun Cao is done wrapping up, you can bring it back with you, and also give the Duke and Princess a taste."

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Ming Yuchen heaved a sigh of relief, but his tone became a lot more relaxed, and smiled as he replied, "Big sister Chen, thanks for your concern. After grandmother returned to the capital, she had always been thinking about big sister's cooking, so today she will definitely be very happy to bring back the pastries."

"It's good as long as you like her, we have a lot of things to do in the capital for the first time, and I haven't had the time to pay respects to her yet. When you go back, you can greet her on my behalf, and when I'm free, I'll personally pay respects to her." Shen Zhu laughed and said.

"I will definitely be able to take Elder Sister Shen with me."

After Ming Yuchen finished speaking, he turned to look at Ming Yuchen, his hand unconsciously stroking his head, and he smiled as he asked: "Yi'er, are you willing to return with me to the Xian Wang Mansion to learn?"

Although Shen Zhu had already agreed to let Ming Yuchen bring him back to the Duke Palace, he didn't want to force him, so he thought it would be better to ask for his opinion.