After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Many maids were inside serving their masters meals. Jinqiu passed by with a stack of freshly fumigated hot towels and a maid carrying water.

As she passed by, she saw Wanli sitting in a corner of the yard.

...This beautiful girl has always been strange, a little impatient and willful.

But the princess likes her very much, and Jinqiu can't figure out what is worth liking about her.

Miss Wanli seemed normal a few days ago, but today, no one knows who offended her and she hid in a corner and cried silently.

What's wrong with such a weird person?

The masters inside were having a meal and would need to use a handkerchief later, so Jinqiu didn't stop at all and went in quickly.

Wanli wiped her tears and her thoughts went back to a few days ago.

She sat happily on the roof, playing with the flute in her hands.

There are not many people living here, and there are no eunuchs or guards guarding it. It is very empty all around, and now that the sun has set, it seems even more desolate.

Wanli always felt regretful. She wished she had known the princess many years ago. When she was very young, without parents or elders around her, it would have been great if a gentle older sister like the princess had suddenly appeared, talked to her, and taught her many things.

It doesn’t seem too late now.

It doesn’t seem like a bad thing to stay in the capital in the future.

Freedom is something that so many people don't have.

It seems nice to live a comfortable and leisurely life with the person you love, visit the palace in the future and talk to the princess.

Wanli held her face in her hands and began to imagine everything about the future.

Until someone sat next to her and said to her with a smile: "Have you eaten? I brought you some lotus seed paste cake."

Wanli looked at him, then at the pastry in his hand.

After a while, Wanli took a piece of cake from him and asked, "Is there anyone at home?"

Xiao Qirui was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Who? I moved out a few years ago and no longer live with my parents."

Wanli asked: "Have you ever..."

——Are you married?

But before she finished speaking, Xiao Qirui looked at her with a smile: "Right now, I really want to bring someone home."

Wanli understood what he meant and her ears turned red instantly.

She gave Xiao Qirui a vicious look: "Humph."

Xiao Qirui knew that Wanli had a bad temper, so he personally took a piece of cake and fed it to her lips: "Is it delicious?"

It is very delicious. The lotus paste is soft, glutinous and sweet, which suits Wanli's taste very well.

Xiao Qirui smiled as he watched her finish her meal: "When are you going home today? You always say you are busy, and every time I see you it's only for a moment."

"It doesn't matter how late it is." Wanli said, "The princess is not here today, so I can stay outside longer."

Xiao Qirui's eyes changed slightly: "Oh? Your princess is not here, where did she go? Back to the capital?"

"No." Wanli and he had met so many times that they were already very familiar with each other and there was nothing they couldn't talk about. "The princess and the prince went out to play alone without us."

Xiao Qirui smiled and said, "Really?"

This time it was Xiao Qirui who left early. The moon hadn't risen yet, and Wanli hadn't finished eating the lotus seed paste cake in her hand, but Xiao Qirui stood up and said, "I'm leaving now. It's my turn to be on duty tonight. If I'm late, the emperor will blame me."

Wanli felt lost. She didn't expect him to say goodbye early.

Since he was on duty before the Emperor, it was natural for him to be more careful.

Wanli lowered her head and continued to eat his cake, and finally nodded: "Okay, you can go."

Xiao Qirui jumped off the roof and left without looking back.

The cold moonlight sprinkled on Wanli's body. She covered her eyes with her hands, but tears kept flowing out from between her fingers.

I don’t know how long it was before a hand gently pushed her wrist away and wiped the tears from her face.

Wanli looked up and saw the princess standing in front of her wearing a plain white cloak.

Wanli's voice was choked with sobs: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I..."

She remembered what the princess had said to her that day: "In this world, I only admire your Highness. If he dies, I will accompany him."

Wanli didn't know how much damage this assassination had caused to the prince, nor did she know how dangerous the battle situation would be.

All she felt was a deep sense of guilt and relief. She was relieved that the prince had not lost his life and that the princess was still alive and well in front of her.

Wanli has always been very lonely. She only has a brother, no mother, and no good friends. Other girls either look down on her for having no elders to take care of her and no education, or look down on her for not being dignified enough.

Now she has come to her aunt's house. Her aunt and cousin's wife are very kind to her, but there is still a gap between them and Wanli.

Cousin Yuying is a well-educated and well-mannered lady, but her replacement Wanli likes to wield swords and sticks.

The only princess who truly recognized and loved her was almost caused to lose her husband by her.

Wanli didn't dare say all this out loud. She felt that she was a disaster star, but she was unwilling to admit it.

Yan Yu wiped the tears from Wanli's face and sighed: "I was browsing the files of the Ministry of Justice a few days ago and saw an interesting case. Do you want to hear about it?"

Wanli didn't like reading, but she liked listening to Yan Yu talk about things in books, because what Yan Yu said was more interesting than what those teachers said.

She nodded, choking with sobs.

Yan Yu said: "A cake seller was carrying a load of cakes on his shoulders and selling cakes. A man asked him how to get to the blacksmith's shop, and he pointed the way. Later, the man found the blacksmith and killed him. After the government arrested the man, the blacksmith's son went to sue the cake seller, saying that he was the one who pointed the way and caused the blacksmith to be killed."

Wanli's face was extremely pale, her lips trembled and she dared not speak.

Yan Yu patted her shoulder and said, "The prince was in charge of this case. He ruled that the cake seller was not guilty. Because the fault lies with the murderer, and the cake seller knew nothing. Ignorance is not a crime."

Wanli felt even more guilty and tears welled up in her eyes: "I was too willful and didn't follow the rules when talking to people outside."

Yan Yu shook her head and placed the handkerchief in her palm.

All kinds of scenes from the past flashed through Wanli's mind: her brother's joy when the marriage was arranged, her brother's grief when the terrible news of her cousin's death came, the desolation when her brother passed away, and the mean faces of her uncle and aunt when they were fighting for the family property... In the end, all of them turned into the man's gentle face many days ago.

Wanli knelt on the ground, thinking about the unpredictable life and how God would play such a joke on her.