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“Did you or didn’t you?”

“Do you really need to ask?”

Jiang Yi took her through two gates, bypassed two long corridors, passed through three rockeries, a small lake, and finally came to an iron door.

Jiang Ning was completely lost.

“Is our house that big?”

“You fool, we’re at Uncle’s house now!”

“Really?” Jiang Ning looked back and couldn’t recall when she had come to the main Family house from the second.

Jiang Yi shook his head and sighed when he saw her lost expression, “You’re exactly like our mother, getting lost everywhere, even in our own yard. What will you do in the future?”

Jiang Ning glanced at Gucheng.

Jiang Yi knew what she was thinking and said, “Gucheng is ultimately Uncle’s man, not to mention a man. Can he follow you for the rest of your life without taking a single step away?”

“I have others.”

“That’s true. In the future, you’ll probably be staying in the palace, so you won’t get lost anyway.”

“Even outside the palace, I won’t get lost. Do you think I’m still a three-year-old child?”

As the siblings argued, they approached the iron door, and Jiang Yi looked at the servant behind him.

The servant immediately stepped forward to knock on the door.

A short and thin woman with a clean and gentle appearance opened the door. Seeing Jiang Yi, she immediately knelt and greeted him.

“The servant wishes Third Young Master peace.”

“Sister Fu, this is our Seventh Miss.” Jiang Yi was very polite to the woman, introduced Jiang Ning to her with a smile, and then said to Jiang Ning, “Seventh Sister, this is Sister Fu, an elder in our family.”

Jiang Ning knew that some of the servants in the family, although nominally subordinates, were often respected for having fought alongside the older generation or made meritorious deeds, even more so than the young masters and misses.

So she quickly smiled and greeted, “Sister Fu.”

Upon seeing Jiang Ning’s face, Sister Fu’s eyes lit up, and she knelt down to kowtow to her, saying, “I’ve heard that Seventh Miss has returned home, but I haven’t had a chance to greet her yet, I hope Seventh Miss won’t blame me.”

Jiang Yi laughed and said, “Sister Fu, please get up. Our parents won’t even let you kowtow. Aren’t you shortening our lives by doing this to me and Seventh Sister?”

“Third Young Master, we cannot break this rule.”

“I brought Seventh Sister here to take a look. Has Mu Jian been cleaned up?”

“Yes, we were just preparing to send him out. Third Young Master and Seventh Miss have come at a good time.” Sister Fu smiled, made room, extended her arm to support Jiang Ning, and said, “Seventh Miss, be careful; the ground is slippery.”

Although Jiang Ning didn’t know Sister Fu’s background, seeing Jiang Yi treat her so courteously, she didn’t want to boss her around, so she smiled and stepped aside, following Jiang Yi in.

The courtyard was clean and quiet, covered in snow.

There was no unpleasant smell.

“Seventh Sister, come here.” Jiang Yi pulled Jiang Ning along and pushed open the door to one of the rooms.

The room had only a bed and a table.

Mu Jian lay on the bed, his clothes neat and clean. Except for his pale lips, he looked no different from before.

Jiang Ning walked to the bedside and asked, “Brother, what’s his condition now?”

“I fed him some medicine to prevent any trouble when we send him out later.” Jiang Yi approached with his arms folded.

Jiang Ning looked at Mu Jian, “He doesn’t look like he’s been punished.”

“Really? Take a closer look.”

Jiang Yi smiled and stretched out his hand, pulling up Mu Jian’s sleeve.