The prince disliked her, and the legitimate daughter was reborn and married to the regent

Yun Nian woke up in the midst of the hustle and bustle. She rubbed her eyes and walked to the window. A red silk cloth had been hung on the tower.

"Hmm? Is the assassin organization also celebrating the New Year?"

She opened her eyes wide, looking at the red lanterns hanging on the hook-like eaves. Although the disciples were still dressed in white, they had red ribbons tied around their swords.

There was a knock on the door, and Xiyu pushed the door open and walked in.

"Master, have you gotten up yet? Today is New Year's Day. Do you want to go out and play in the streets again?"

He seemed to have woken up a long time ago, with a clear and expectant look on his face, unlike Yun Nian, who still looked a little sleepy.

"what……"

She yawned with her hands covering her mouth, and a few tears came out of the corners of her eyes.

Xiyu probably didn't know what the New Year customs were. He just made arrangements based on what Yunnian had done on the first day of the New Year.

At that time, she always liked to go out to play in the streets, look at the beautiful lanterns, and watch interesting plays with the common people.

Unfortunately, what he didn't understand was that for Yun Nian, what was important was not the festival, but the people he spent it with.

She is now far away in Nanyan, and her joy for the New Year is no longer as obvious as when she was a child.

"I don't want to go. I'm a little tired today."

Hearing this, the young man at the door inevitably felt a little disappointed, but he showed a relieved expression when he heard the next sentence.

"But, can you help me find out what fun things there are on the street? When I'm well rested, I'll go with you. It'd be best if you record all the fun things for me, otherwise I won't agree."

It's not because I don't want to go, it's because I'm too tired that I stay in the room, Yun Nian expressed his feelings like this,

The expression on his face seemed to relax a little, and he took a few steps forward.

"Then, please accept this, Master."

He took out a thin whip from somewhere. It looked quite old, and even the tail of the whip had become frizzy, like a rope that had been gnawed by a wild beast.

"what is this?"

Yun Nian reached out and took it. It was very light in his hand.

"It's the whip I used for training when I was young. It has been with me for a long time. I have been thinking about what gift to give to the master today. I thought that maybe you would like this."

Yun Nian gave it a light shake, and the sound was lighter and sharper than the one on Xiyu's waist.

"Just use it as a weapon for self-defense. If you like, I can teach you how to use it."

He took another step forward, getting closer than the polite limit, and a slightly bitter taste came over.

Yun Nian suddenly remembered what Xi Yuanen had said. Xi Yu was the most outstanding disciple and an indispensable person in the tea picking test.

The smell on him turned out to be the lingering fragrance of Nanyan Spring Tea.

She quickly gathered her thoughts.

"I see. I will keep it well. Thank you, but I came in a hurry and didn't bring anything valuable. I can't give you a gift."

She bit her teeth gently, then stretched out her hand and signaled him to squat down with her eyes.

Xiyu lowered her body and half-knelt on the ground devoutly, with her head deeply buried.

The pair of soft, boneless hands gently touched his head. He raised his head and saw the master's eyebrows curved, with gentle joy in his eyes.

It just so happened that one of the disciples lit the firecrackers, and his heart was beating wildly.

"That is enough, Master."

Yun Nian looked at her secret guard with satisfaction as he spoke in a deep tone and then left her room.

It looked like he wouldn't be back until at least dusk, so she could start her plan.

Yun Nian's expression changed instantly. He quickly washed and dressed, and ordered the mute slave to stand aside. He leaned back in a chair, silently waiting for the fish to take the bait.

The celadon tea set in her hands made her icy figure stand out. There were brisk footsteps at the door, and she immediately changed her position. The mute slave knelt on the ground, and she looked furious.

"Really? Feiyu Tower is a relatively well-known organization, but even the servants who clean and serve are so stupid. If I had known this, I would have gone back to my Prime Minister's Mansion."

This is the scene Xi Lingshuang saw when she came in.

"I'd better wait until Xiyu comes back and let him leave with me. He simply can't stay here any longer."

Her steps paused the moment she crossed the threshold, and she could hardly control the expression on her face.

This was her home, the territory she had loved to protect since she was a child, but Yun Nian actually despised it so much and insulted the servants in her building wantonly.

Does Xiyu know about her mean side, or has she seen it countless times?

The purple-robed girl held the sword in her hand. The red knot on the sword was something she had snatched from Xiyu when she was young. She only wore it on important days out of fear of damaging it.

She suppressed her anger and didn't forget why she came here. If she failed now, all her efforts would be in vain.

"Ms. Yun, I am here today to invite you to appreciate...what is that?"

Xi Lingshuang's pretended gentle expression suddenly broke, and she spoke to her in a voice so sharp that it seemed to pierce the sky.

Yun Nian followed her line of sight and saw the whip that he had casually placed aside, which was the one Xiyu had used when she was a child.

She raised her eyebrows and thought, it looks like someone is about to take the bait.

"You mean this?"

She took the long whip in her hand and casually swung it, wiping the woman's face and dropping it to the ground.

"He gave it to me. It's not a valuable thing and I didn't like it at first, but who knows how he treasured it so much?"

She seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, and her attitude towards the whip could be described as disrespectful.

"How dare you? You are so shameless! How could Brother Yu fall in love with a shameless woman like you!"

She rushed forward in anger and tried to snatch the whip from Yun Nian's hand.

"Hey, this is a gift from Xiyu. He wouldn't say anything even if I threw it away. Who do you think you are? How dare you accuse me so casually?"

She winked and the mute slave knelt on the ground. Her fingers moved slightly, and the next moment, Xi Lingshuang stepped on something and lost her balance. She staggered and fell in front of Yun Nian.

"Hmm? Do you want to give such a big gift on the first day of the new year? But I don't have any money to give you. I'm really sorry."

Yun Nian sat upright on the chair, looking elegant and dignified, while he himself lay on the ground in a mess, like a dog.

Xi Lingshuang has lost her mind, and she is going to teach this bitch a lesson right now!