Mr. Yuan's mansion is adjacent to the Hai family. Although it is an old house, it is still quite comfortable.
Hai Qingyang was recuperating in the palace these days, so Mr. Yuan brought Yi'er and Yu'er to his residence to teach them how to read.
Du Wanchun brought some food from the palace to feed the two children.
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Yuer trotted over and took the food box with a smile, wanting to see what was inside.
Yi'er was much calmer, because he was the eldest son and he really behaved like a prince. He welcomed his mother and sister into the house and poured tea for them personally.
"Mom, Mianmian, come and have tea."
Du Wanchun took the teacup, looked at Chao Yi'er, and found that he had grown taller again, and gradually looked like a teenager.
"How have you been studying with Mr. Yuan these days?" Du Wanchun asked him.
Yi'er replied: "I'm pretty good at studying, but I haven't learned how to ride horses and archery for a long time."
Hai Qingyang used to teach them these things step by step, but now that he was injured, he naturally couldn't teach them for a long time.
Not long after Yi'er finished speaking, she asked in a low voice: "How is Mr. Qingyang's injury getting better?"
Du Wanchun smiled and said: "It's almost time. He will be back in half a month. You can bother him in his house."
Yi'er was overjoyed and quickly turned to look at Yu'er.
Yuer was eating food from the food box, smiling and nodding while chewing.
Xiao Mianmian walked to Du Wanchun and looked around: "Mother, where is Sister Dong'er? I haven't seen her since I entered the door just now."
Du Wanchun looked up and realized that Mr. Yuan was not in the house.
She instantly understood why, and said with a meaningful smile: "Sister Dong'er should have gone to the backyard. Just wait, she should be back soon."
Xiao Mianmian smiled and nodded.
Not long after, Dong'er came back, her cheeks still rosy.
Xiao Mianmian thought she was hot, so she quickly picked up the fruit on the side and handed it to her, "Sister Dong'er, this is cold, you can try it."
Dong'er has been in the palace for several years and has always been the lowest-class palace maid. Later, after being appreciated by Concubine Li, she was arranged to stay with Du Wanchun in the East Palace.
She had suffered a lot in the palace, and she was really grateful to meet the princess who treated her like a sister.
Xiao Mianmian treats her like a real sister, which often makes her feel flattered.
Dong'er took the fruit and saluted, "Thank you princess."
Seeing her accept it, Xiao Mianmian picked up a fruit and ate it.
Dong'er held the fruit in his hand but hesitated to eat it.
Du Wanchun asked Dong'er, "Does Dong'er have a family?"
Dong'er was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I have a brother, but I got separated from you earlier and my whereabouts are unknown now."
Du Wanchun felt pity for her, "From now on, we will be treated as family members. The emperor once said, if you want to leave the palace, if you want to leave the palace, we will let you out."
She said, looking around, "This Yuan Mansion is not bad, it's a good place to go."
Dong'er lowered her head, her eyes were red, and she couldn't believe it, "Madam, this slave and Mr. Yuan are just acquaintances, not what you think..."
Du Wanchun looked puzzled, "Really? But that's not what Mr. Yuan said."
Dong'er's face turned even redder instantly.
Du Wanchun said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as you two are in love, we will grant you a marriage and marry you from the palace to the Yuan Mansion."
Dong'er's face was full of disbelief. She did have some affection for Mr. Yuan, but she never thought she would marry him.
She felt that she was of humble status and was not worthy of Mr. Yuan.
Du Wanchun guessed her thoughts and said slowly: "You are considered my eldest maid in my palace. Don't worry about not being worthy of the Yuan family. I will give you a dowry when the time comes."
Dong'er's eyes were moist, and she knelt down to Du Wanchun and saluted, "Thank you, Madam."
Du Wanchun helped her up.
Dong'er quickly wiped the tears on her face, turned around and added some tea to her cup.
At the same time, outside the Yuan Mansion, the assassin was sitting in an alley with a sword in hand. He wore a bamboo hat and stared at the door.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people around him, he immediately changed into an old woman's clothes and walked towards Yuan Mansion with a vegetable basket.
Several young eunuchs from the palace were guarding the entrance of Yuan Mansion.
The young eunuch stopped him and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
The assassin lowered his head and said tremblingly: "I'm here to deliver food to the Yuan Mansion. Can the two officials go inside to inform me?"
"Give me food, what food?" The little eunuch looked at the vegetable basket in his hand doubtfully.
The assassin took out the big white radish inside and said, "It's the big radish we grew ourselves."
