Huai Zui got up and patted the dust on his hands, and there was a gravel-paved path at his footing.

The culprit who had just caused him to suddenly flip forward and fall in embarrassment was the sharpened bamboo pole hidden in the half-man-high grass by the wall.

He let out a long cry, and if he hadn't noticed it a moment before he jumped, he would have hung on it now.

Because he didn't know where Maomao was taken and couldn't find anyone to ask, Huai Zui could only look for it in one courtyard after another.

He walks cautiously, prostrate past a group of handmaidens who are hurrying by and onto the short stone bridge, looks back, and then turns to bump into Fluttershy, who is carrying a heavy bucket of water.

Fluttershy screams as they look at each other, dropping the bucket and running away.

Huai drunk sighed and was about to move forward, but he heard the chaotic footsteps approaching here, thinking that the little maid who had just escaped went to call someone, and hurriedly dodged behind the rockery.

"That's it...... Right there. Fluttershy points to the short stone bridge in the distance.

Seeing only a wooden barrel lying alone on the side of the bridge, Rifle frowned and raised his face impatiently, "Fluttershy, didn't you talk nonsense because you knocked over the bucket for fear of being punished?" ”

Fluttershy shook her head and grabbed Rifle's arm, "Father-in-law, the slave vouched for her life, there really is a sneaky person." ”

Laifu thought of the drunkenness he had seen in front of the inner house before, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he let everyone scatter and look for it carefully.

Seeing that he was about to find his hiding place, Huai drunk simply rushed out as fast as he could, opening his arms and trying to stop his blessing.

After running a few steps and listening to the sound of chasing closer and closer, Huai drunk swept around and happened to see the wall of the courtyard, and climbed into it without thinking about it, quite panicked.

Before he could gain a foothold, a powerful rattan whip mixed with a fierce wind howled at him. He instinctively folded his head and did a forward flip, and the raised dirt splashed on him.

Before he could catch his breath, the man shook his whip again and drew it from the front. He rolled on his side again, and at the same time pulled the dagger from his boot, and closed his eyes to the sound of the whip coming in a swing, but failed to cut anything.

The dagger is against the long whip, a very unfair duel, Huai is drunk and difficult to get close to the body of the whip person, so naturally there is no room to fight back, so he can only barely dodge.

"Sequoia, stop!"

Someone stopped the whip man drunk, and Huai was drunk and didn't dare to be careless, so he hid the dagger in his sleeve. He straightened up and gasped for breath quickly, and his vision gradually cleared.

"Maomao, what did you just call him?" Su Nian squatted down and asked while holding Maomao's shoulder.

"Uncle Rogue isn't a bad guy, and he said he wanted to buy me new clothes." Mao Mao said seriously.

Mao Mao still had the leftover fish food in her hand, she lowered her head and pleaded in a low voice: "Su Niangniang, this thing is so fragrant, can Mao Mao bring the rest back." ”

Su Nian touched Maomao's head, didn't say anything, pushed her in front of Huai Zui, and said, "Go talk about it." ”

Sequoia stood by the wall with his arms crossed, expressionless, watching rather than watching.

There was a commotion outside the courtyard, Su Nian walked over and patted Mao Mao's back, pointed to a side room and said, "Mao Mao, take your Uncle Thief into the room over there to rest first, okay?" ”

Mao Mao nodded, and pulled Huai Zui to the side room.

Laifu and his party walked in, and when he saw the mess on the ground, he asked, "Have you ever seen a stranger?" ”

Huai Zui saw Su Nian nodding through the window paper, pinched a sweat in his heart, and the dagger in his hand inadvertently tightened a little.

Su Nian said, "The intruder has been driven away by Sequoia. ”

Laifu was skeptical, but he didn't ask much, but said: "Zhu Yuan wants to invite Sequoia to go." ”

Su Nian frowned: "Crown princess? What did she do with Sequoia? ”

"It was Sequoia who hurt her personal maid for no reason."

"No way, although Sequoia has a bad temper, it will not hurt people for no reason."

Laifu owed a debt, and then said: "Don't embarrass our family, our family is also a messenger." ”

"Sequoia, come with me to the Zhu Yuan." As soon as Su Nian called, Sequoia appeared behind her.

Su Nian thought about it and said loudly: "Maomao, go back and rest after playing." ”

Huai Zui heard that this was actually for himself, and he whispered to Mao Mao: "You have fun here, your third uncle will come to pick you up in a few days." ”

Seeing that Mao Mao didn't look homesick, Huai drunk didn't know whether to be happy or sad. After seeing that everyone in the courtyard was gone, he didn't stay long, and found the fastest way to leave.

Changfeng had been lingering in front of the gate of the Zhu Courtyard for a long time, and when he saw the arrival of Laifu, he stepped forward quickly, raised his hand and patted the apprentice's head, lowered his voice and blamed: "Why did you really bring people here?" ”

Laifu touched his head blankly: "Did you order it, master?" ”

"Stupid." Changfeng said a short sentence, and immediately said to Su Nian with a smile, "I'm sorry, our family is not good at doing things in vain, and I also trouble my mother to go here in person." ”

"Father-in-law Changfeng, but the people have arrived?" The second-class maid Lu'er walked out, and when she saw Su Nian, she was stunned, and saluted, "Concubine Su is also here, please let the slave go and report it." ”

Hearing that Su Nian was coming, Yue Jin hesitated, then looked at the injured Younan, and said ruthlessly: "Let her stand outside, is the courtyard of this palace a place where she can come whenever she wants?" ”

Changfeng heard Lu'er's words in the courtyard, and was about to speak when Su Nian stopped him: "Changfeng, go down." ”

"But you ...... mother"

"This palace is not so weak that it can't cope with this little thing." Su Nian rolled up his sleeves, stood upright in front of the door of the main house, cleared his throat and said, "The prince's side concubine Su, ask to see the princess." ”

Yue Jin stood up suddenly when she heard this in the room, she patted her head, and the anger of the moment had made her forget what she had come for in the first place.

She sighed, walked over and opened the door, and the first thing that caught her eye was the redwood kneeling there.

Sequoia did not bow her head, her empty eyes stared directly at Yuejin, without any repentance.

Yue Jin couldn't help but clench the door frame, she took a deep breath and said to Sequoia, "Do you know what's wrong?" ”

Sequoia didn't say anything, just shook her head.

"You ......"

"Crown Princess, Sequoia has a dumb disease, please forgive me." Su Nian explained.

Yue Jin was stunned and said, "Then you can't hurt people for no reason, this palace will punish her today." ”

"How does the crown princess want to punish her? Is it a grounding, or is it a deduction? ”

"Doesn't Concubine Su think these are too light?" Standing beside Yue Jin, Yu Nan suddenly spoke, and she pointed to her arm that was fixed with a wooden plank, "She hurt the slave like this." ”

Su Nian cast a complicated inquiring look at Younan: "What does that Younan girl mean?" ”