"Princess, are you okay?" Xiao Caozi came to visit Yunguan with the intention of the prince.

"I... it's okay! It's pretty good~" Yunguan was a little embarrassed. Although she felt wronged, she didn't want others to know about it.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince wants a servant to send you some tonics!" Xiao Caozi placed the wooden box respectfully on the table.

"Thank you for your concern. I don't need it. Please take it back to those who need it." Yunguan was so angry that there was no one to tell.

"Princess, are you still angry?" Xiao Caozi asked carefully.

"When did I get angry?" Yunwan denied.

"You hurriedly left Yumingyuan, and I thought the prince angered you!" Xiao Caozi always felt that Yunguan was very good, and he never hid his words when talking to her.

"What? The prince blamed me for leaving without saying goodbye?" Yunwan tentatively.

"No, I just guess it casually, master, don't be too careful!" Xiao Caozi knew that the Crown Princess bullied the person in front of him, and he couldn't guess what the specific reason was.

"I'm fine, Eunuch Cao doesn't have to worry." Yunguan comforted.

"Master, I see that you are pale. Do you want to find an imperial physician for you to treat me?" Xiao Caozi could not see Yunguan's injuries after careful observation.

"I'm just a little tired, just take a break, don't worry my father-in-law."

Yunguan understood that Xiao Caozi was no longer the simple child he had before. In just one year, he had already become a palace maid who could stand alone in the palace. Now he has a good demeanor of Eunuch Su and is highly valued by the Eastern Palace.

"Master, then I won't disturb you!" Xiao Caozi was very tactful.

"Eunuch Cao, wait a moment!" Yunguan quickly called Xiao Caozi, turned around and took out the empress dowager's guqin.

"Master, is this..." Xiao Caozi was surprised. He knew that this piano was given to Yunguan by the prince.

"Help me return this piano to the crown prince!" Yunguan insisted on the railway line. She didn't want to have any relationship with the crown prince and his wife.

Although she didn't know how much Dugu Xiaomeng hated her was related to the prince and how much was related to the third prince, at the moment, she just wanted to protect herself and was not willing to be bullied again.

"The master cannot use it. If the items given by His Highness the Crown Prince are taken back by a slave, they will be severely punished!" Xiao Caozi was so scared that he knelt at Yunguan's feet and begged.

"The prince will definitely not blame you for being kind-hearted. If he asks, you will say that I have to return it..." Yunguan ordered Xiao Caozi to get up, and then stuffed the piano into his arms.

"Master, if you really don't like it, please send the piano back in person, otherwise I can't explain it." Xiao Caozi was so anxious that he almost cried.

"Forget it, it's not difficult for you. I'll send it back one day. Actually, I don't like it. Who can't like this peerless piano?" Yunguan sighed helplessly, "Oh~"

"Since my master likes it, why don't you accept it? You should try not to let the prince down." Xiao Caozi persuaded.

"I am not qualified to enjoy the guqin that the Queen Mother loves. When I met the prince in a hurry in the ancestral hall that day, I really couldn't help it. In the past few days, in addition to enshrining this guitar, I was mainly afraid that it would bump into it and it would be difficult to explain in the future." Yunguan's face was solemn.

"Master, why do you think so much? Your Highness should accept the rewards with peace of mind. I have never seen any master return the reward!" Xiao Caozi didn't understand Yunguan's doubts. As a servant, he only knew how to obey and accept. Why should he obey and why should he accept it? He never thought about the reason behind it, because Your Highness is the heaven.

"You don't understand some entanglements yet. I hope you won't hear rumors about this in the future." Yunguan said implicitly. She didn't want to complain about the prince and his wife with great fanfare, especially the princess.

"Master may think I am young, but I know a lot about these things in the palace, both openly and secretly. If the master needs them, I can also help me inquire." Xiao Caozi pleased Yunguan only because of his kindness.

When Xiao Caozi just followed Eunuch Su, he also met Yunguan.

The first time we met, Yunguan helped Xiao Caozi relieve the siege in front of Eunuch Su, and he was very moved by this.

Because Xiao Caozi was just an unknown little palace maid at that time, and his masters were arrogant and would not even look at him on weekdays. It was rare to meet a master who was willing to speak for him. Xiao Caozi kept this favor in mind.

"Eunuch Cao is very mature now. You have received a lot of teachings by following Eunuch Su! You are humble and studious, and you will become a great man in the future!" Yunguan encouraged sincerely, and seeing Xiao Caozi reminded her of Youchen.

At the same age, Youchen is still a young man who is carefree and dedicated to studying all day long. The little Caozi in front of him has already developed a lot of skills, and can treat people and things in the harem with ease and help his masters to relieve their worries.

Yunguan thought to himself that the biggest difference between people is due to the environment in which they are located.

If you were staying in Duanmu Mansion in Wuchuan, Youchen might have been playing Cuju all day long to catch crickets. Even if you recite some Four Books and Five Classics, you would just practice your mouth and tongue, and you don’t know what the profound meaning is.

"Princess Thank you for your advice, I am determined and cautious, and live up to your expectations, and I will follow your master's advice!" Xiao Caozi learned compliments with Eunuch Su, but at this moment he said sincerely, and he also hoped that he could have a good master like Yunguan.

"By the way, I have something to ask for. No matter when the crown prince will go to the ancestral hall in the future, can you send someone to notify me first? I just want to hide."

"Da~" Xiao Caozi agreed, but he didn't understand why Yunguan wanted to hide from the prince.

Yunguan naturally didn't explain too much, just because she knew the speed of rumors spreading in the palace. If others knew that she had received the reward from the prince and the punishment of the princess, it would be difficult for outsiders not to associate these two things together.

If a person with intention spreads it freely, it will be a small reputation for defilement, and it will be a great power.

Yunguan knew that her situation was difficult, she had no title and was not married. In the palace, she only had the title of Princess Duanyi, so what's the use?

It’s not that you are still living under someone else’s roof, it depends on the masters’ preferences. Especially when you have to deal with the crown prince, the crown prince’s concubine and the imperial concubine Xuan, Yunguan has a headache.

Even if Shen Yihan protects her for a while, she cannot think about her everywhere. She has to face the human relationships and worldly ways in the palace by herself.

In Tianfu City, not only are the masters intrigue, but even the servants are extremely competitive.

Whose master is favored? Whose master is out of favor?

Who got the reward? Who got the punishment?

...

The center around power is like ripples in water. The closer you get, the denser it becomes, and the more likely it is to ripples, the farther you get, the more alienated you get, and you can be less affected by chaos.

Yunguan just wanted to mourn the late emperor safely, so she agreed to Shen Yishuo's request and naturally had to keep the promise.

But Yunguan didn't know that she was already in the center of the ripple, but she hadn't noticed it yet.

Ripples arise and rumors are irrelevant, who can understand?
Chapter completed!