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"Fu …" "Madam …" Madam Yang suddenly came to Nangong Waner's courtyard. Ju Xiang originally had a guilty conscience, but now that he saw Madam Yang and was afraid that the matter of him not being in Assistant Minister’s Residence was exposed, he couldn't help but stutter.

"En, I am looking for Wan Er, I don't need you to wait on me, you can leave now." Madam Yang said as he looked at Ju Xiang amiably. Then, he walked straight towards Nangong Waner's house.

"Fu …" "Madam!" Ju Xiang called out to Madam Yang anxiously, and his voice was also loud, causing Madam Yang to jump in fright.

"Mama, you scared me to death." Madam Yang was truly shocked by Ju Xiang's loud voice, he looked at Ju Xiang who was usually alone, unable to carry his hands, and could not even lift his hands, his sudden voice's power was actually not small, "What are you doing, Ju Xiang?" Madam Yang asked Ju Xiang as he consoled himself with his chest and breath.

"Fu …" Madam, the young mistress is not in her room … In the room. " Ju Xiang's face was pale as he stammered.

"Not in the room? It's so late, where did you go? " Madam Yang saw that the sky was quickly turning dark, and it really wasn't early in the morning.

Oh …" Oh, Miss went to the Liu Estate to look for … Hehe … "Hehe." Ju Xiang was naturally obedient. When her Elementary Scholar father was still alive, he had taught her to be a good person, so she shouldn't lie. She really needed to learn how to lie to her young mistress.

"Oh." Hearing Ju Xiang's words, Madam Yang looked at him carefully, only to see Madam Yang frowning slightly, slowly walking closer, staring at Ju Xiang's face without blinking, Ju Xiang was obviously feeling guilty, in the next moment, his forehead was covered in perspiration, facing Madam Yang's observation, Ju Xiang really forced himself to pretend to be calm and stand there, looking like a wooden person.

Madam Yang frowned, he glanced at Ju Xiang's face and slowly asked: "Ju Xiang, are you sick? Look at the sweat on your head, did you have a fever? "You have to pay attention to your body."

With that, Madam Yang even patted Ju Xiang's shoulders, "Ju Xiang, I see that you have been working very hard to serve Wan Er. Old master and I are very satisfied with you and it is all thanks to you that Wan Er is able to be so proper now … "Although it's not that proper, the master and I are still very satisfied with you. If you're sick, you don't have to carry the medicine on your back, so you can find butler Uncle Wang to call a doctor for you to take a good look. If you need money to catch the medicine, just tell me and the lord."

Ju Xiang's eyes immediately filled with tears from Madam Yang's words. He was moved and was about to kneel down and thank Madam Yang, "Husband … "Madam …"

"Alright, since Wan Er is not here, I'll be going back. When Wan Er comes back, tell her to look for me there, if you have nothing to do, you should go back and rest." Madam Yang smiled gently at Ju Xiang, and then turned and left.

Seeing Madam Yang walking far away, Ju Xiang hurriedly went to the Prince Zhan's Mansion and found Nangong Waner.

In the evening, the Prince Zhan also received a message from the palace. The empress dowager's palace was in its prime this year, so she wanted to call for the Prince Zhan to accompany them.

Although Prince Zhan had heard the message from Eunuch Hai, he didn't plan to go. "Tell the empress dowager that she's not feeling well and is currently recuperating at home. Lamei will see her another day."

Eunuch Hai wanted to step forward to comfort her, but when he saw how cold and indifferent Prince Zhan was, he stopped himself from doing so.

When Eunuch Hai was about to go back to the palace, he coincidentally bumped into Ju Xiang who was looking for Nangong Waner at the Duke Palaces. Ju Xiang anxiously told Nangong Waner about the matter of Madam Yang coming to find her and told him to quickly follow her back to Assistant Minister’s Residence.

Eunuch Hai looked at the young lady's back from afar and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "This … Isn't this? "

The steward of the manor who sent Eunuch Hai out naturally saw it as well. He smiled and made a gesture of invitation, "Eunuch Hai? This way. "

"Isn't that... Assistant Minister’s Residence's Nangong Waner? " Eunuch Hai suppressed his voice and asked the steward quietly.

"Eunuch Hai might have seen it wrong. How could the Miss Nangong s of the Assistant Minister’s Residence s be in the Duke Palaces? That is our Duke Palaces' maid, manager — Liu Hong." The steward quickened his pace, and in a short while, he sent Eunuch Hai out of the house.

Eunuch Hai was a thoughtful person. After he returned to the palace, he told the empress dowager that the Prince Zhan would not come to the empress dowager's place tomorrow, saying that he was feeling unwell.

He didn't expect the empress dowager to appear indifferent to his words. "It's nothing. Han'er will come tomorrow."

Although Eunuch Hai didn't know why the empress dowager was so sure that the Prince Zhan would come, he suppressed the question he wanted to ask. When he saw that Qin Ruxue had not returned to the Prime Minister's Residence yet and had waited on him considerately, he was suspicious. He was hesitating on whether he should tell the empress dowager about what he saw in the palace …

The empress dowager raised her eyes slightly, just in time to see Eunuch Hai's timid and hesitant expression. She unhappily lowered her voice and said, "Since when did you cower before me? If you have something to say, just say it directly."

Eunuch Hai was unable to do so and looked at Qin Ruxue silently before speaking slowly, "I seem to have seen the First Miss of the Department of Public Affairs, Assistant Minister, Nangong Waner."

As expected, after Qin Ruxue heard Eunuch Hai's words, his face turned ugly. He suddenly stopped beating the empress dowager's hands and forgot about the movements in his hands.

When the empress dowager saw this, she glared at Eunuch Hai even more unhappily. "Xue'er, don't listen to Eunuch Hai's nonsense. Eunuch Hai is already old and has lost his good looks. You're still spouting nonsense when you return. You don't have to take it seriously, Xue'er." The empress dowager immediately comforted Qin Ruxue in a very pampering manner, even bringing down Eunuch Hai.

Eunuch Hai naturally knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly followed along, "Yes, yes, this humble servant's eyes were blurry, Prince Zhan's Mansion's butler also said that the person was the Duke's Palace's maid butler, Liu Hong."

Qin Ruxue understood in his heart, so it was likely that Nangong Waner was still in the Duke's Palace. He called out "Nangong Waner" a little fiercely in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be wronged.

The empress dowager patted Qin Ruxue's hands very gently, as if she was comforting him, and said, "Xue'er, tomorrow Prince Zhan will definitely come to the palace to enjoy the flowers with me. Don't worry, you'll find a chance to talk to her about it, and I definitely won't let Nangong Waner take the position of an imperial concubine. As long as I'm alive, Prince Zhan's Mansion's position of imperial concubine will be yours."

The empress dowager's soft and gentle voice made Qin Ruxue very happy. As soon as the empress dowager finished speaking, Qin Ruxue smiled sweetly.

The empress dowager naturally knew that she couldn't win against the Prince Zhan. Even though she didn't like Nangong Waner and was the side wife of the Duke Palace, the empress dowager could still turn a blind eye to it for the sake of the Prince Zhan.

It was just that the empress dowager had underestimated the personality of the Prince Zhan, and had even underestimated how much the Prince Zhan liked Nangong Waner.