"Don't worry about them."

No need to guess, the person sitting in the carriage must be Mu Gu.

Thinking about how I almost pierced his shoulder that day, I felt complicated.

Mu Gu's carriage followed Xiao Ruge all the way back to the city. When it was one street away from Xiao's house, it turned around and left.

Xiao Ruge did not look back. After the carriage stopped, she held Bai Zhi's hand, got off the carriage, and returned to the Xiao Mansion.

At the entrance of an alley not far away, Mu Gu looked at Xiao Ruge with a pale face, and did not move at all until the pretty figure disappeared into the door.

"Master, shall we go back?"

Mo Yi said softly.

Mu Gu coughed twice, took another deep look at the Xiao family's gate, then turned around and left with Mo Yi.

In the afternoon, Xiao Ruge received an invitation from the Third Prince's Mansion. It was the Third Prince's wife inviting her to appreciate the flowers the next day.

When Old Madam Xiao found out, she called her to Ronghui Hall and said with a smile, "Going to the Prince's Mansion to appreciate the flowers is a great honor. It would be lonely for you to go alone. Why not let Mingyue go with you?"

Xiao Ruge smiled, "Okay, I just happen to feel uncomfortable going alone, so of course I'm happy to have my fourth sister accompany me."

Mrs. Xiao thought Xiao Ruge would not agree, and she was prepared to talk to her for a while, but who knew that she nodded as soon as she said it, which surprised Mrs. Xiao.

Seeing Mrs. Xiao's surprised expression, Xiao Ruge asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Does Grandmother think there's something wrong?"

Old Madam Xiao came back to her senses immediately, "No, I just think Ruge has grown up and knows how to take care of her sister!"

"We are all daughters of the Xiao family. We all prosper together and suffer together. We should naturally take care of each other!"

Xiao Ruge knew very well what Old Madam Xiao was planning. She simply felt that the Third Prince valued her, and wanted Xiao Mingyue to become familiar to Mu Huan.

If she is favored, it would be best to take her as a wife, but if she is not favored, it will not be a loss to the Xiao family.

Although her plan was good, it also depended on whether Xiao Mingyue was willing to cooperate.

After dealing with Old Lady Xiao, Xiao Ruge took Bai Zhi to Ruyi Garden. When passing by the pond, she happened to meet Xiao Mingyue feeding the fishes. She couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw him.

"Fourth sister is in such a good mood. She actually comes to feed the fish in such a hot day."

Xiao Ruge walked into the pavilion and sat not far from Xiao Mingyue, fanning herself with a round fan.

Xiao Mingyue just glanced at her and continued to throw fish food into the pond.

"I heard that my second sister is going to the Third Prince's Mansion to appreciate the flowers tomorrow. If she doesn't hurry back to prepare, how can she have time to come out and visit the garden?"

"It was my great-aunt who asked me to come over and talk to her. She asked me to bring my sister with me when we go to appreciate the flowers tomorrow. She wanted us to go together as sisters!"

Xiao Ruge looked at Xiao Mingyue with a smile.

After hearing this, Xiao Mingyue frowned, and it was obvious that she was unhappy.

"The Third Prince's wife invited you, why did Grandmother ask me to follow her?"

Xiao Ruge spread her hands and said, "I don't know about that, but my great-aunt praised the Third Prince to me for a long time and asked me to introduce my sister to the Third Prince when the time comes!"

Xiao Mingyue was not too stupid. As soon as she heard this, she knew what Old Lady Xiao was planning.

It seems that Old Lady Xiao wants to use me to climb onto the Third Prince's boat!

But Xiao Mingyue is obsessed with Lu Yu, so how could she possibly try to get close to Mu Huan?

Seeing Xiao Mingyue fall into deep thought, Xiao Ruge added fuel to the fire.

"Come to think of it, General Lu saved you last time, but our family hasn't expressed gratitude yet! I just mentioned it to my great-aunt, and she didn't seem happy to hear about it. I don't know what's wrong."

She looked very confused, which made Xiao Mingyue look even uglier.

She sat there and thought for a while, then threw all the fish food in her hand into the lake, stood up and said to Xiao Ruge with a stern face, "I have something else to do, so I won't stay here to talk with my second sister."

After saying that, he turned around and left quickly with Chunzhi.

Judging from her angry look, she should go back and think of a way to avoid going to the Third Prince's Palace.

Xiao Ruge chuckled, stood up while fanning herself, and took Bai Zhi gracefully back to Ruyi Garden.

That night, when they heard that Xiao Mingyue was ill, they made a big fuss and even invited Pei Yun over in the middle of the night.

By the time the chaos in Mingyue Garden calmed down, it was almost dawn.

Xiao Ruge didn't care about all this. She slept well that night. She only found out about this when Xiaoshuang mentioned it at breakfast the next day.

Bai Zhi served her food with a serving chopstick, and raised her lips slightly, "Miss, do you think the fourth young lady is really sick or faking it?"

Xiao Ruge sneered, "Whether it's true or not, it won't do us any harm!"

After breakfast, Xiao Ruge packed up and set off for the Third Prince’s Mansion.

Nanny Yun had been waiting at the door since early morning. When she saw a plain carriage slowly approaching this side, her eyes lit up, but she did not move.

Only after seeing Xiao Ruge getting off the carriage with the help of Bai Zhi did she walk forward with a smile on her face.

"I guess this must be Miss Xiao Er? I pay my respects to Miss Xiao Er."

Xiao Ruge walked over and quickly extended her hand to help Nanny Yun up, being very polite.

"Madam, please get up quickly. I'm sorry to bother you to wait for me here so early in the morning."

She was so polite that Nanny Yun liked her. This at least proved that Xiao Ruge valued her, and it also indirectly showed her respect for the prince's wife.

"My princess has long wanted to meet the Second Miss, but she was too busy with trivial matters and had no time. She just came back from Huijue Temple a few days ago. When she heard the Third Prince mention the Second Miss, she hurriedly sent a message!"

As they were talking, Nanny Yun gave a good explanation as to why it took the Third Prince's wife so long to establish a relationship with Xiao Ruge.

Although her words sounded nice, Xiao Ruge only listened to half of them and kept the other half.

Ao Rong has been married to Mu Huan for so many years, and she has kept his backyard in order and handled interpersonal relationships appropriately.

How could such a shrewd person not know that Mu Huan wanted to win him over?

The reason why she sent me the message now was that she wanted to take advantage of this period of time to observe me and see if I could pose a threat to her and become Mu Huan's woman.

Secondly, it was because she was not in Beijing recently, so even if she wanted to get close to Xiao Ruge, she was too busy to do so.

Xiao Ruge also knew this Nanny Yun. She was Ao Rong's wet nurse and she was very trusted. The fact that Ao Rong asked Nanny Yun to come and pick her up today showed that he thought highly of her.

Nanny Yun brought Xiao Ruge into the mansion and headed towards the backyard.

When passing by a small flower hall, she actually saw Mu Gu, who was talking to Mu Huan. His face was a little pale. Feeling someone was looking at him, he immediately raised his eyes and met Xiao Ruge's dark eyes.

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