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Xiao Jinghan left with Liu Yuansheng, while Yan Ji stayed behind to clean up the mess.

"It's noon in the blink of an eye, sister-in-law, would you like to have lunch with me?" Xiao Jinhan stood next to Liu Yuansheng and said to Xie Qinghe with a smile.

Xie Qinghe shook her head and declined Xiao Jinghan's offer, "I won't go. I have things to do at my shop. You two rarely get to go out and have fun, so why don't you look around a bit more before you go back?"

"Is Sister-in-law going back to Baiweixiang?" Liu Yuansheng couldn't help but ask.

"We need to get it back," Xie Qinghe said. "We have to catch all the traitors in the shop!"

Liu Yuansheng nodded in understanding, bid farewell to Xie Qinghe, and got into the carriage with Xiao Jinghan.

The carriage moved slowly forward, and the once bustling Donghua Street became eerily quiet, a quietness that was unsettling. Through the window, Liu Yuansheng could vaguely see several guards cleaning up the bloodstains outside Baiweixiang. The guard whose hand had been severed in an instant had vanished, and no one knew where he had been taken.

"What are you looking at?"

Liu Yuansheng was lost in thought when Xiao Jinghan, sitting opposite her, asked, "Sister-in-law wasn't frightened, but you were, weren't you?"

Liu Yuansheng withdrew her gaze from the distance and looked at Xiao Jinghan through the veil.

Just moments ago, the gentle-smiling, noble-looking man in front of her crippled a guard's hand in an instant.

Even if he was relatively polite to her, so what? He was still that cold-faced killing god, the legendary Jade-faced Rakshasa who killed without blinking an eye.

"Why aren't you saying anything? You seem really scared. Should we take you to a clinic?"

Seeing that Liu Yuansheng remained silent, Xiao Jinghan said this.

Liu Yuansheng shook her head. "I'm fine."

Through the veil, Xiao Jinghan couldn't see Liu Yuansheng's expression, but he vaguely sensed a hint of indifference in her lowered eyes. He chuckled, casually resting his hand on his knee, and said, "Since we've come all this way, how about I take you to Yanchun Restaurant for dinner?"

Yan Chun Lou? Liu Yuansheng knew this place. When they were at the Prime Minister's residence, Liu Yunze and Liu Nianxi always insisted on eating at Yan Chun Lou. It must be very delicious.

However, she wasn't interested in Yan Chun Lou. In fact, she wasn't interested in anything and couldn't muster any enthusiasm. But she didn't want to offend Xiao Jinghan, since he had just helped her get rid of Liu Nianxi's entanglement.

She was about to nod in agreement with Xiao Jinghan, but before she could open her mouth, Ying'er's clear voice rang out, "Miss, there are sesame cakes and tofu pudding!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuansheng immediately opened the car window and looked towards the stall selling flatbread and tofu pudding.

She moved so hastily that she didn't even notice the brim of her veil falling into Xiao Jinghan's hand. Without a word, Xiao Jinghan withdrew his hand from under her veil, scratched his itchy hand, and asked, "Want some?"

Liu Yuansheng did not speak.

Xiao Jinghan glanced out the car window. "I think your greedy maid wants some."

Liu Yuansheng looked at Ying'er, who was half-leaning out of the stall and almost hanging there, and asked, "Ying'er, do you want some?"

Ying'er asked excitedly, "May I eat it?"

"Of course," Liu Yuansheng said. "Besides, I want to eat it too."

"Very good!"

Ying'er flew towards the stall like a little bird. Liu Yuansheng closed the car window and asked, "Your Highness, I would like to go downstairs with Ying'er to get something to eat."

"Go," Xiao Jinghan said. "I'll go with you."

Liu Yuansheng got off the carriage, and Xiao Jinghan followed closely behind, and together they arrived at the stall selling sesame cakes.

Ying'er had already ordered sesame cakes and tofu pudding, and also ordered a portion for Xiao Jinghan. Liu Yuansheng then asked Xiao Jinghan, "Would the young master like to have some too?"

Xiao Jinghan sat down on the bench with an air of nonchalance. "I'm not eating. I'll wait for you here. After you finish eating, come with me to Yanchunlou."

Liu Yuansheng asked, puzzled, "Why?"

Xiao Jinghan smiled and said, "I'll eat sesame cakes with you, and you'll eat at Yanchunlou with me. It's fair that way, we can have a give-and-take."

Liu Yuansheng was speechless.

She sat down next to Ying'er and took off her veil.

Xiao Jinghan was already the center of attention. Ever since he sat down in front of the flatbread stall, he had attracted the attention and whispers of many people. When Liu Yuansheng lifted her veil, revealing her flawless white face, the noise of the discussion instantly doubled, and some even stood up and stared at the two of them.

After the scholar at the next table saw Liu Yuansheng's face clearly, he lost his appetite for his flatbread and kept staring at her. Xiao Jinghan gave the scholar a cold glance, and the scholar couldn't help but shudder, quickly lowering his head and not daring to look anymore.

Soon, the flatbread and tofu pudding were ready. The crispy flatbread emitted an enticing aroma. Liu Yuansheng took a small bite, and her heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

Her favorite food used to be sesame flatbread.

Because every time Jiang Zhihuan visited her at Shuiyue Nunnery, he brought her sesame cakes.

The flatbread smelled delicious, but the more she ate, the less she enjoyed it. Those sweet memories turned into sharp knives stabbing straight into her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.

Beside her, Ying'er wolfed down her food, quickly finishing off a bowl of tofu pudding.

She had used a lot of force when she pinched Liu Nianxi, and she was starving. A bowl of tofu pudding wasn't enough for her, so she glanced at Xiao Jinghan's bowl and asked, "Young Master, are you really not going to eat?"

Xiao Jinghan smiled: "I won't eat it, but I won't give it to you either!"

Ying'er felt extremely wronged, thinking, "How could the young master be like this? I ordered that bowl of tofu pudding for him, and he didn't even eat it! Why can't I have some? Where is the justice?!" She poked Liu Yuansheng's leg under the table, looking pitiful. "Miss, Miss, I need your help!"

Still lost in painful memories of the past, Liu Yuansheng heard the voice and asked Ying'er, "What's wrong?"

Ying'er winked at her, then gestured towards the bowl of tofu pudding in front of Xiao Jinghan.

Liu Yuansheng, puzzled, turned to look at Xiao Jinghan, who smiled slightly at her and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Before Liu Yuansheng could answer, Xiao Jinghan stared intently into her eyes and said, "You cried? Did you cry because the food was bad, or because it was good?"

Liu Yuansheng blinked and quickly lowered her head. "No." She avoided Xiao Jinghan's gaze. "It's because the sesame seeds were too spicy."

Xiao Jinghan smiled without saying a word, then looked away.

Liu Yuansheng felt slightly embarrassed, staring at the flatbread in her hand, unable to eat it at all. Ying'er, however, had a big appetite. "Miss, Miss, I'd like to have a bowl of tofu pudding too!"

With her stomach growling loudly, Ying'er held up one finger. "Just one bowl, okay?"

Liu Yuansheng affectionately took Ying'er's hand. "Of course." She said to the waiter, "Another bowl of tofu pudding, no, two bowls."

After eating three bowls of tofu pudding, Ying'er was finally full.

As agreed, Liu Yuansheng accompanied Xiao Jinghan to Yanchun Tower.

Yan Chun Lou is the best restaurant in the capital, luxuriously decorated and serving exquisite and delicious dishes. At this moment, Xiao Jinghan's three close friends are sitting in a private room on the top floor of Yan Chun Lou, drinking and chatting and enjoying the delicacies.

Having removed his official robes, Yan Ji raised his wine cup and said, "You two didn't see it! When Jing Han was backing up his wife, he acted all high and mighty! But Prime Minister Liu's children are truly useless; in broad daylight, they dared to cause trouble on Donghua Street!"

Holding the tooth in his hand, Liang Yuheng asked, "Is it true that blood was drawn?"

"Really!" Yan Ji gestured on his wrist. "In a flash, the guard's hand was gone, blood splattered everywhere!"

Liang Yuheng shrank back. "Who did this? That was ruthless!"

Yan Ji shook his head: "I didn't see clearly. The other party moved too fast; there was no time to react. After all, it was a master from Jing Han's side!"

"That's too cruel." Liang Yuheng took a sip of wine. "But it's something Jing Han would do!"

"Didn't they say Jinghan didn't want to marry her? Why is he defending her in the street?" Feng Liangcai, sitting opposite Liang Yuheng, said.

Yan Ji snorted, "Even if he doesn't want to marry Liu Yuansheng, she's still his wife. If someone bullies his wife, isn't that the same as bullying him? Jing Han can't bear it!"

"That's true! But what does Liu Yuansheng actually look like?" Liang Yuheng blinked. "If she's an ugly monster, that would be too unfair to Jinghan."

"No way, her mother, Bai Yinzhu, is a renowned beauty, so she won't be any less beautiful." Feng Liangcai lowered his voice. "More than that, I'm curious whether those rumors about her are true."

Liang Yuheng leaned closer. "What rumors?"

"Don't you know?" Feng Liangcai stood up and said to the two men, enunciating each word clearly, "That Liu Yuansheng is no innocent. First, she seduced her adoptive father and sworn brother, then she seduced the worshippers at Shuiyue Nunnery, and she's had illicit affairs with many men!"

"Really?" Yan Ji said seriously. "No wonder you were capable of climbing into someone's bed! You're a repeat offender!"

"Yes, yes, Jinghan really picked up a pair of worn-out shoes this time. Alas, what a waste!" Feng Liangcai said with a sigh.

Liang Yuheng: "Did you tell Jinghan about these things?"

"Of course I told him! I talked to him all night on his wedding day!" Feng Liangcai said. "I believe Jinghan has his own plans, and he'll definitely divorce that harlot once he gets the chance!"

Liang Yuheng: "That's right! Good riddance! I'll introduce my cousin to him then!"

Yan Ji: "I'll introduce my sister-in-law to her!"

Feng Liangcai: "My aunt has had a crush on Jinghan for a long time. I'll try to set them up!"

The three of them stood up, clinked glasses, tilted their heads back, and drank it all in one gulp, making a promise to remarry Xiao Jinghan. Little did they know that Xiao Jinghan had been standing behind them for quite some time.

He also listened to those offensive words.

Ying'er gritted her teeth in anger and couldn't help but whisper in Liu Yuansheng's ear, "Miss, these people are going too far! What do they know? They're just parroting others and talking nonsense."

Liu Yuansheng's face was pale, and her hands holding the veil trembled slightly, with red marks on her fingertips from pinching herself.

She thought she was immune to all poisons and completely numb, but when she heard strangers describe her past in such a terrible way in the crowded restaurant, her already broken heart still bled profusely.

Xiao Jinghan, standing in front of Liu Yuansheng, also had a very unpleasant expression.

Seeing that the three were engrossed in their conversation, he coughed lightly and said, "What are you saying? Can I listen too?"