He favored his concubine and I cut off my wealth. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

Chu Nanchen treated Jiang Lingyi very well, and he was always close to her in every detail, so the whole Prince's Mansion knew that Jiang Lingyi was Chu Nanchen's favorite, so if you want to gain Chu Nanchen's trust, you must first please Jiang Lingyi.

As a result, Jiang Lingyi easily gained the respect of the whole family.

At this moment, Jiang Lingyi also understood more and more that if she wanted to be loved by everyone, the attitude of a man towards her was the best means of deterrence and bribery, and this was exactly what Luo Shi had never been able to ask for in her life.

On the seventh day of May, the night before Jiang Lingyi returned home on the third day.

Chu Nanchen spent half a day in the warehouse to select, and finally found all the gifts he wanted to bring to the Jiang Guogong Mansion.

In order to show his importance to Jiang Lingyi, Chu Nanchen prepared a five-page gift list.

Chu Nanchen knew that Duke Jiang sent Jiang Lingyi to Ningcheng to suffer in order to protect his son, so he wanted to take this opportunity to declare to Duke Jiang that Jiang Lingyi was the one he was protecting, and no one could bully or humiliate her in the future.

Jiang Lingyi saw everything, but she was not moved at all.

She didn't need to show off to anyone whether she lived well or not, and in her heart, those people in Duke Jiang's mansion were not worthy of these good things.

The next day, Chu Nanchen asked for leave from Emperor Yonghe and prepared to go back to Duke Jiang's mansion with Jiang Lingyi. However, just as he packed up and prepared to go to Jiang Lingyi's yard, he heard the servants report that Jiang Lingyi was sick and had a fever since the second half of the night, and the fever had not completely subsided yet.

Chu Nanchen hurried over and saw Jiang Lingyi leaning against the head of the bed with a weak face, her face pale and almost bloodless.

He reached out his hand to touch Jiang Lingyi's forehead, only to find that it was still a little hot, "Jiang'er, how are you?"

Jiang Lingyi shook her head weakly, "Your Highness, don't worry, I'm fine, maybe I got caught in the rain yesterday and caught a cold, I'll be fine after a day of rest."

Jiang Lingyi said it easily, but Chu Nanchen was not relieved at all. He immediately asked the court doctor to come and treat Jiang Lingyi. Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with her, but when she left, he told her to rest well in the next few days and not to walk around.

And this means that the return home in three days can only be postponed.

After a little breakfast, Jiang Lingyi fell asleep again. Chu Nanchen had nothing to do, so he simply asked someone to move the things in the study over, and he took care of government affairs while watching Jiang Lingyi.

Under the guidance of Emperor Yonghe and Empress Yuan, Chu Nanchen has been diligent and studious since he was young. Nine out of ten days off a month are just for show. Getting up early and attending court in the morning has long become a habit engraved in Chu Nanchen's bones.

And today is the first time in four years since Chu Nanchen was named the crown prince that he asked for leave from Emperor Yonghe in the name of personal affairs. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to Jiang Lingyi's return home, but the plan failed to keep up with the changes.

On the other hand, Duke Jiang unexpectedly discovered during the morning court that Chu Nanchen, who had never missed a day, actually asked for leave. In addition, today is Jiang Lingyi's three-day return home ceremony, so Duke Jiang immediately understood everything. His back, which was originally straight because his daughter became the crown princess, subconsciously straightened a little more.

His Royal Highness, who is diligent and loves the people, specially asked for leave to personally accompany Jiang Lingyi to return home. What an honor!

Duke Jiang has a premonition that tomorrow... No! This afternoon, those who are interested will receive the news. By then, they will know that the entire Jiang Guogong Mansion is highly valued by Chu Nanchen.

Jiang Guogong is really tired of being a flowery duke with a title but no real power, and Jiang Lingyi is the first big chess piece on his way to becoming worthy of the name.

However, when Jiang Guogong finished listening to the morning court after a long time and returned to the Jiang Guogong Mansion with great expectation, he saw that the main hall was empty.

Jiang Guogong was full of doubts. Chu Nanchen and Jiang Lingyi had left? But it was not too late for him to leave the morning court today?

Moreover, shouldn’t the two stay for lunch before leaving?

After thinking for a long time, he couldn’t figure it out, so Jiang Guogong simply asked someone to call Yang Butler over, but the result was that the two had never come back.

Didn’t come back?

Jiang Guogong was dumbfounded. What does it mean to not come back? Didn't Chu Nanchen already ask for leave from Emperor Yonghe? If he didn't go back to Duke Jiang's mansion with Jiang Lingyi, where did he go?

In addition, Chu Nanchen is understandably busy with government affairs as the crown prince, but why didn't Jiang Lingyi come back? Could it be that she didn't want to recognize her mother's family?

Seeing Duke Jiang's face changing again and again, Housekeeper Yang quickly comforted him: "Duke, it's still early now. His Royal Highness and the Second Miss... No, it's the Crown Princess. It's estimated that they haven't left the mansion yet. After all, everyone knows that His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess are very affectionate. Even entering the palace to pay respects, they have to go together. Returning home in three days is a big deal, so we must prepare well."

Duke Jiang felt that what Housekeeper Yang said made sense, and his uneasy heart calmed down instantly. He waved his hand to signal Housekeeper Yang to go down and continue to do his work. He went back to the yard and changed into the cloud brocade robe that he usually didn't wear. The circle of exquisite cloud patterns on the hem made Duke Jiang look noble and elegant.

But Duke Jiang waited until almost noon, but he still didn't see Chu Nanchen and Jiang Lingyi. Instead, he received a message from Chu Nanchen: Jiang Lingyi couldn't go out due to illness, so the three-day return ceremony would be postponed for a few days.

After hearing this, Duke Jiang was stunned, and the anger in his heart grew wildly like weeds.

Sick?

Jiang Lingyi had been doing evil things in the Duke Jiang's mansion for three months but had never been sick. How come she got sick as soon as she married into the Prince's mansion? He saw that Jiang Lingyi wanted to make him unhappy and found such an excuse!

However, although he was angry, he could not get angry at all, because Chu Nanchen's people were still there, so Duke Jiang could not only not get angry, but also had to be calm and considerate to express his understanding, and asked the man to greet Chu Nanchen on his behalf, and also stuffed him with a hundred taels of silver notes.

However, the man did not accept it. He was Chu Nanchen's confidant, so he knew what to do and what not to do.

After sending the man away with a smile, Duke Jiang felt that the depression in his heart became more intense, and there were still people who were blind and bumped into his anger.

Seeing that Jiang Lingyi didn't come back until noon, Luo, who had been busy all morning, couldn't sit still anymore, so she thought of asking. Seeing that Duke Jiang was there, she asked casually: "Duke, has Yi'er said when she will be back? The food in the kitchen is almost ready. This time, I have prepared a lot of good things. Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes in person, it won't be impolite."

Every word she said hit the pain point of Duke Jiang accurately. After glancing at Luo coldly, Duke Jiang snorted heavily and left directly. The angry back made people who didn't know think that someone had given him a big fuss.

Although Luo had seen this kind of scene many times, she was still subconsciously flustered and hurriedly asked the servant beside her what happened.

After learning that it was because Jiang Lingyi would not come back, Luo felt a little disappointed. After all, she had gotten up before dawn to prepare, but now it was all in vain. In addition to being disappointed, Luo couldn't help but complain that Jiang Lingyi's illness was not at the right time, and it happened to be on the big day of her return in three days.

However, it was useless to say anything now. Luo could only ask the kitchen to put back the precious things that had been prepared and use them when Jiang Lingyi came back.

Seeing Luo turned around and went back to the yard, Jiang Huan came out from the corner with a thoughtful look on his face. Jiang Lingyi, is she really sick?

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