"Miss Xia, do you know how much food these millions of disaster victims consume every day?"

"This...this disaster relief grain is not enough. We can request more from the court."

"Ting'er, please don't be so rude. Hurry and apologize to Princess Su."

"Mother, I'm not wrong. Besides, with the capabilities of Prince Su's Mansion, is it difficult to quickly raise 10,000 dan of rice?"

Chen Jingxi looked at Miss Xia: What an innocent child.

She could donate 10,000 dan of rice, but by the time it reached the disaster area and was eaten by the victims, no one knew how much would be left.

Of course, she could use Chu Jinghuai's power and use her own people to escort them all the way to the disaster area, but she didn't know how much manpower and material resources would be wasted along the way.

More importantly, by doing so, they will break the rules and harm the interests of others, and it is inevitable that some people will do bad things.

Heshen was right. To save the people, we must first save the officials. Only when the upper echelons are well fed can the lower echelons have food to eat.

She has sympathy, but not much.

She must first protect her own interests.

The atmosphere became tense. Everyone present was a smart person and of course they knew whether what Mrs. Song said was true or false.

Lu Ruoyao walked over to Chen Jingxi and said with a smile, "Third sister-in-law, the lotus flowers in this courtyard are in full bloom. Why don't we go on a boat trip?"

As soon as Lu Ruoyao finished speaking, people around her immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, the lotus flowers here are the best in the whole capital. We have just toured them, but we haven't seen enough. This is a good opportunity to take advantage of Princess Su's kindness and enjoy them again."

Hearing these words, Lu Ruoyao felt relieved. "What do you think, Third Sister-in-law?"

Chen Jingxi responded: "Okay."

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The male guests were drinking and chatting. From time to time, someone would come to toast Chu Jinghuai with two glasses, which he would drink in one gulp.

A young servant in blue and coarse cloth came up to him and reported, bowing low, "Prince Su, Princess Tuoba asks you to go to the backyard to discuss something important."

Chen Jingxi swam around the lake twice and felt a little uncomfortable in the head, so he rested in the pavilion.

A little maid came to add tea and handed Chen Jingxi a note.

He unfolded the note in his palm and it said: Prince Su and Princess Tuoba are in the west wing.

Chen Jingxi looked up, but the maid had disappeared.

She frowned, seemingly unconvinced.

"What's wrong with the princess?" Han Yu asked.

Chen Jingxi handed her the note.

Han Yu paused after reading it, "Princess, this must be fake. The prince is not that kind of person. What is the identity of Princess Tuoba? How could the prince go to see her alone?"

Chen Jingxi also had her doubts. What was the person who handed her this note trying to do? Why did he want to lead her to the west wing? She believed that Chu Jinghuai was not the kind of person who had no sense of propriety.

But since someone has lured her into the trap, wouldn't it be a shame not to go and betray the other person's good conscience?

"Hanyu, let's go take a look."

"Princess, this..."

"It doesn't matter. If we don't go, how can we know what the other party's intentions are? We just need to be careful."

"Yes, Princess."

The back garden was separated from the west wing by a long corridor. Han Yu asked a maid and they went straight across.

The two walked into the west wing and saw that there was no one around.

"Princess, is someone trying to trick us?"

Chen Jingxi shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's go."

When they were about to turn around and leave, they heard waves of ambiguous moans and gasps from the room.

Chen Jingxi was stunned. What was this? What was happening in that room?

Han Yu quickly reminded: "Princess, it is definitely not the prince inside."

Chen Jingxi nodded and said, "Go to the front yard and see if the prince is there."

Han Yu glanced at the door, then at Chen Jingxi, and said with some concern: "Princess, it's not appropriate for you to be here alone."

"It's okay, go ahead."

After Han Yu left, Chen Jingxi still stood there, his hands clenched tightly, feeling mixed emotions.

She told herself over and over again, no, Chu Jinghuai is not that kind of person.

But every time the moaning sound was heard, her heart was shaken.

Finally, Han Yu ran back panting and shook his head at Chen Jingxi.

Chen Jingxi's heart sank to the bottom in an instant, and a chill rose from the soles of his feet and rushed to his head.

She walked to the door angrily and raised her hand to push it open, but the moment she touched the door, she stopped.

She scoffed, thinking to herself: What the hell is this? Catching an adulterer? Catching a mistress? It's ridiculous that something like this could happen to me.

She took a deep breath and calmed her inner turmoil.

Whatever, since it's already like this, what will going in change? Why make things awkward for everyone?

From now on, everyone can go their own way and bridges can be bridges.

So she turned and left, leaving Han Yu standing there in a daze.

"Princess, why don't you go in?" Han Yu asked.

Chen Jingxi said calmly: "It doesn't matter anymore."

"But the prince is inside..." Han Yu wanted to say something.

"It doesn't matter." Chen Jingxi interrupted her, "Don't follow me, I want to be alone."

Han Yu looked around and said worriedly, "Princess, it's not safe here. I'd better follow you."

"Stay here and don't let that bastard Chu Jinghuai get away. I'll go get some people."

Han Yu: “…” After all, they are husband and wife, or the princess is thinking about the prince.

Chen Jingxi walked aimlessly.

Why should she care about the dead man's face?

How could she have become so timid? This is totally unlike herself.

I should have kicked the door open and given them each a kick.

That’s right, I’ll go back and kick him a few more times.

Chen Jingxi ran back at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, but unexpectedly, a sudden figure bumped into her.

"Ouch!" Chen Jingxi instinctively wanted to curse.

When she looked up and saw the other person's face clearly, all her anger burst out.

After standing up, he raised his foot and kicked hard.

Chu Jinghuai was caught off guard by this sudden attack and instinctively wanted to dodge.

However, Chen Jingxi's attack was too fierce, and he was soon forced into a corner and could no longer retreat.

After being kicked several times in a row, Chu Jinghuai finally couldn't help but roared: "Chen Jingxi, you are crazy!"

"Damn it, I'll kick you to death, you damn scumbag."

Chu Jinghuai pressed her acupoints and asked, "Why are you crazy?"

"You damn scumbag, if you have the guts, untie my acupuncture points."

Chu Jinghuai's stern face almost broke, "Are you possessed?"

"You bastard, you did such a shameless thing and you pretended nothing happened."

"What did I do?"

"You're still pretending. I didn't expect you to be so quick. You even changed your clothes."

Chu Jinghuai glanced down at his clothes. "The servant accidentally spilled tea on me. I changed into clean clothes. What's wrong?"

Chen Jingxi's foxy gaze swept over him, "Didn't you change clothes because you had sex with Tuoba Yan?"