Chapter 509

Prince Lanhuai deliberately led Shangguan Yun toward sparsely populated areas."Are you sure that going this way will lead me to my brother?" Shangguan Yun couldn't help but ask, having already passed the third shop.

"Of course, my beauty, rest assured, I will help you find your brother," Prince Lanhuai said to Shangguan Yun with a solemn oath.

"We have already been here three times!" Shangguan Yun said coldly.

"Ah, is that so? Well, well, no wonder it feels so familiar," Prince Lanhuai laughed in a perfunctory manner.

"My brother is definitely not here. Let's go elsewhere," Shangguan Yun reminded him coolly.

"Alright, we'll change places, change places, and we'll surely find your brother," said Prince Lanhuai, his eyes shifting slightly, paying no heed to Shangguan Yun's displeasure in his heart.

After all, since he had set his sights on this woman, there was no chance she would escape.

However, just as Prince Lanhuai and Shangguan Yun turned a corner, they ran into A Nan, who had been out searching for them.

"Princess, where have you been?" A Nan asked joyfully as she rushed up to Shangguan Yun.

"Mm, let's go back," Shangguan Yun said, also relieved to see A Nan.

In truth, over these past days, with the Third Prince away, A Nan had gone looking for the princess several times but had never found her.

In the unfamiliar land of the Lannuo Kingdom, she had no other choice.

All she could do was search from place to place; her greatest fear was that something had happened to the princess.

"Beauty, are you leaving?" Just as Shangguan Yun was about to leave, Prince Lanhuai quickly grabbed her arm.

This was the woman he had his eye on.

He hadn't yet had his taste; how could he let her go.

"Who are you? Why are you grabbing our princess?" A Nan rushed forward without a second thought and shoved Prince Lanhuai's hand away.

As Shangguan Yun's personal maid, A Nan was not just a servant—she was also tasked with protecting the princess's safety.

Now, seeing this wretched old man who had come out of nowhere,

A Nan wished she could cut off Prince Lanhuai's hand.

This time, Prince Lanhuai clearly heard A Nan address Shangguan Yun as "Princess."

Princess?

His face turned unpleasant.

If there was any princess in the capital right now, it could only be the one from the Qinling Kingdom, sent for a political marriage.

Annoyed, Prince Lanhuai realized that if this woman truly was the princess of Qinling, he currently had no way to make a move on her.

How was this different from a boiled duck flying away?

"A Nan, let's go!" Shangguan Yun had no intention of dealing with Prince Lanhuai for now; she had more important things to do.

She had been missing for several days, so why hadn't Shangguan Mu come looking for her?

Once she found Shangguan Mu, this Prince Lanhuai would have to answer to him.

Shangguan Yun had no intention of personally getting her hands dirty with scum like Prince Lanhuai—wouldn't that be beneath her?

"Beauty, ​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‍I promised I would help you find your brother. And we haven't found him yet," Prince Lanhuai called out unwillingly.

"Prince Lanhuai, this princess is not someone you can claim," Shangguan Yun said, and without paying him any further attention, she left directly with A Nan.

Meanwhile, at the Prince An Manor.

Li Tianyou had been fully prepared today to take his daughter back home.

Now, of all things, here he was—

He wanted to take her back but lacked a proper reason.

Thinking of this, Li Tianyou glared angrily at Xu Heming, thinking to himself, What a useless man!

"Weiwei, since this matter was a misunderstanding, we'll take our leave now," Li Tianyou said, clearing his throat, then addressed Li Zhiwei.

"Father, Mother, brother, I am doing very well at the Prince An Manor," Li Zhiwei said, her face slightly flushed.

She had no idea how Xu Heming and The Old Princess would view her after this incident.

"Tomorrow, come back to the house with Heming a little early," Lady Yao said, patting Li Zhiwei's hand.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, rest assured. Tomorrow, Weiwei and I will return early," Xu Heming responded with a smile.

"This time, we misunderstood you. But in the future, if you ever truly do anything to hurt Weiwei, I will take her back without a second thought," Li Tianyou warned Xu Heming solemnly.

"Father-in-law, rest assured, I will never give you that opportunity to take Weiwei away," Xu Heming promised with a smile, draping his arm over Li Zhiwei's shoulder.

"Dear in-laws, rest assured, I, this old woman, will also treat Weiwei as my own daughter," The Old Princess quickly added.

After sending off the Li family, The Old Princess kept Xu Heming and Li Zhiwei in the Hall of Compassionate Peace.

Only the three of them remained in the room, with even Old Madam Luo sent out by The Old Princess.

"Weiwei, I'm sorry you had to suffer this grievance," The Old Princess said, still angry when she thought of Zhou Yuxin.

But they couldn't make this matter public just yet.

"Mother-in-law, I don't feel wronged," Li Zhiwei shook her head. Truth be told, she truly didn't feel wronged—compared to her past life, she felt this was already much better.

Besides, if anyone should feel most wronged, wasn't it Xu Heming?

At this thought, Li Zhiwei raised her head to look at Xu Heming.

Their eyes met just as he turned to look at her.

Li Zhiwei quickly lowered her head, afraid Xu Heming might read the sympathy in her eyes.

"Alas, this is the Prince An Manor's fault with you. We never expected that Zhou Yuxin was still alive," The Old Princess said, feeling aggrieved.

"Rest assured, no matter what happens in the future, you are the true Princess of this manor. Heming, later on, have that wanton woman's name struck from the family register. A woman so indecent is not worthy of being your wife," The Old Princess stated in displeasure.

"Mother-in-law, if we do that, what explanation will we give when people ask? Perhaps it's better to let this go?" Li Zhiwei thought that if they actually struck Zhou Yuxin's name from the registry, outsiders might think she had bewitched the Prince An.

That wouldn't be good for Xu Qingshi's reputation, either.

She didn't want to be the villain.

"Don't worry, this won't harm your reputation," The Old Princess said, not wanting that woman to gain any advantage from the household. She even planned to remove Zhou Yuxin's ancestral tablet later.

As for Xu Qingshi—

For the moment, The Old Princess had no good ideas. After all, she had raised the boy herself.

Even if there was no blood relation, there was still affection between them.

She had spent no small effort on him over the years.

"Mother, I will handle this matter myself," Xu Heming knew Li Zhiwei had been wronged, but now was not the best time to do such things.

At the very least, they should wait a few years.

Otherwise, it wouldn't help Li Zhiwei reclaim justice—it would only give others a reason to slander her.

"You should have a child as soon as possible. The title of heir should belong to your own child," The Old Princess mused. No matter whether Xu Qingshi was Xu Heming's blood son or not, he would still be raised in the manor.

But the position of heir could not belong to Zhou Yuxin's son.

What if the child truly was the lover's? Wouldn't that only benefit an outsider?

Xu Qingshi, hiding outside the door, overheard these words and turned deathly pale.