Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Chapter 9 Everyone's waiting for Father to return home.

"Miss, this is so delicious!" Su Su picked up a piece of Eight Treasure Duck with her chopsticks and ate it with relish.

Mu Xue shook her head helplessly, but her hands didn't stop moving. What a joke! Not being enthusiastic about eating means there's a problem!

In my past life, I would eat a hearty meal before going on a mission, but I always made sure to have a delicious feast when the mission was over.

"Miss, this glutinous rice is so delicious!" Su Su was still eating the Eight Treasure Duck.

"Susu, if you eat too much glutinous rice, you won't be able to eat anything else," Mu Xue reminded her. "The steamed sea bass and braised pork ribs haven't been served yet."

Su Su quickly stopped eating and said, "Then I won't eat for now." She sat obediently and waited.

Seeing the well-behaved Susu, Muxue felt both amused and heartbroken.

Since the original owner never enjoyed it, those around him suffered even more.

"Susu, if you like it, I'll bring you here again next time," Mu Xue said earnestly, looking at Susu.

Mu Xue thought that she probably couldn't go back; that world was truly far away from her.

Now, Susu and Granny Kang are the people closest to me.

Treat your own people well, of course. But treat your enemies ruthlessly, leaving no one alive.

Granny Kang: So you guys eat, and I'll just watch.

Soon, the fragrant and delicious steamed sea bass and the glistening braised pork ribs were devoured by the master and servant.

The two, having eaten and drunk their fill, slumped in their chairs like bones.

Looking up casually, Mu Xue saw two men coming down from the third floor. She recognized one of them as Shen Ji, the young master of the Dingbei Marquis family. Incidentally, Shen Ji was a close friend of her second brother, Mu Sheng. The other man, dressed in a black and gold brocade robe, was someone Mu Xue hadn't seen before, but the only person who could command such unintentional respect from Shen Ji was probably the legendary Regent, Ye Shangyuan. Interesting.

Although Ye Shangyuan's full appearance cannot be seen, just by looking at his exposed chin and lips, one can tell that he is a handsome man. As the saying goes, true beauty lies in the bone structure, not just the skin. That perfectly describes him.

"Huh?" Mu Xue looked at Ye Shangyuan's ethereal figure again, and a guess formed in her mind.

Seemingly sensing that someone was watching him, Ye Shangyuan looked in that direction, while Mu Xue raised an eyebrow without flinching.

Upon seeing that the woman was completely unrefined, Ye Shangyuan's face showed disgust, and he quickly took two steps forward.

"Why did you suddenly walk so fast?" Shen Ji muttered to himself, then quickly caught up.

"Is this person afraid of being misjudged?" Mu Xue craned her neck to look at Ye Shangyuan after he quickly went downstairs.

"Miss, who is it?" Su Su asked curiously, turning around to look at who Mu Xue was talking about.

"Nobody's here. Are you full? If you're full, we need to go back to the manor to fight monsters." Mu Xue clapped her hands and stood up to speak.

"Fighting monsters? There are monsters in our manor?" Su Su was confused.

"Haha, my silly Susu, she's actually quite cute!" Mu Xue laughed and pinched Susu's cheek.

She's a silly, adorable little girl, that's for sure.

At this moment, the courtyard of Consort An in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was in complete chaos.

"Mother, I want that bitch to die a horrible death, sob sob sob..." Mu Jiaojiao went to find Aunt An as soon as Mo Shijie sent her back to the mansion.

"Alright, Jiaojiao, it's not that I'm scolding you, but I've reminded you so many times not to act rashly. That little slut isn't stupid anymore. We need to be careful." Aunt An looked at her troublesome daughter with a headache.

"You keep saying wait, wait, wait, but I can't wait. That idiot is about to ride roughshod over me," Mu Jiaojiao said with a ferocious expression.

"Jiaojiao, your father is coming back soon. We can't afford to make any mistakes at this crucial time. Do you understand?" Aunt An patiently explained to Mu Jiaojiao.

"Mother, I don't understand. Shouldn't we kill this idiot before Father comes back?"

“Nonsense, Jiaojiao. You need to know that before your father left the manor, he told me to take good care of her. How can she be gone when he’s about to come back? Besides, there are those four older brothers. Although they’re not close, they are still related by blood.” Aunt An patted Mu Jiaojiao’s hand and said softly.

"But Mother, you also said that none of my four older brothers are close to that fool, and Father might not be either," Mu Jiaojiao argued.

"No matter what, we can't let anyone find a pretext to do anything. We'll wait until your father comes back, and then we'll find an opportunity to ruin her reputation. Wouldn't that be even more satisfying?" Aunt An said venomously.

"Mother's thinking is always the best. When the time comes, I will make sure that fool is utterly disgraced and suffers a terrible death." Mu Jiaojiao's sinister expression was exactly the same as Aunt An's.

"Don't worry, Jiaojiao, when has your mother ever let you down?" Aunt An comforted her.

"Mother, Jiaojiao believes that you will not let Jiaojiao down." Mu Jiaojiao smiled through her tears.

"Good boy, as long as you listen to me, I guarantee your wishes will come true." Aunt An smiled smugly.

With the help of that Taoist priest, all your wishes will surely come true.

Inside Yuyue Garden, Muxue listened to Kang Mama's report.

"Miss, Aunt An and her daughter are hateful. They want the General to completely despise you too!" Kang Mama said fiercely.

She never dreamed that this mother and daughter would harbor such malicious intentions.

They've kept it so well hidden all these years.

"Granny, no rush. I was just waiting for Father to return home before dealing with them," Mu Xue comforted her.

"It's all because this old servant is useless. I've been deceived by them for so many years and almost harmed Miss," Kang Mama said remorsefully.

"Granny, don't say things like that again. If it weren't for your protection, I'm afraid Mu Xue wouldn't be alive today." Mu Xue comforted Granny Kang on behalf of the original owner.

Mu Xue knew that the original owner had been protected by Granny Kang all these years, and she would take care of Granny Kang in the future in place of the original owner.

"Granny, have someone keep a close eye on Aunt An. We must find that person before Father returns." Mu Xue firmly believed that Aunt An must be acting under someone's orders; otherwise, she wouldn't have such power on her own.

Mu Xue was unsure whether this person was after the Duke of Zheng's mansion or her, so she had to be cautious.

At the same time, she also wanted to see how her adoptive father treated Aunt An.

If her father wanted to protect Aunt An, then she would have no choice but to destroy everything herself and leave with Granny Kang and Su Su.

"Granny, could you inquire again whether anything important has happened in Yu Nan City?" Mu Xue suddenly thought of Shen Ji and the man who resembled the regent she had seen today.

"Yes, Miss, this old servant will go right away." After saying that, Kang Mama turned around and left.

Mu Xue recalled the man in brocade robes she had seen at Meiweiju at noon that day, and she felt that if her guess was correct, that man was the current regent, Ye Shangyuan.

However, she also noticed that the man's steps were unsteady and his breathing was unstable, clearly indicating that he was injured or had been ill for a long time. After only one glance, Mu Xue was not entirely sure.

"Never mind, this has nothing to do with me." Mu Xue waited patiently for Kang Mama's message to return.

Given the current situation, it's best to mind your own business.

She picked up the book from the small couch and continued reading.

These past few days, she asked Granny Kang to help her find many books.

Mu Xue could read ten lines at a glance and had a photographic memory. In no time, she had finished reading all the books that Granny Kang had found.

Mu Xue gained a deeper understanding of the time and space she was in.