The smile that had just appeared on Shang Ruoyi's face suddenly froze.

Even He Yunyi could see through He Jinghe's poor acting skills. How could the old princess, who had been shrewd all her life, possibly see through that?

But why did she stop herself?

Just then, He Jingheng came over and asked, "How is Jinghe?"

Before Shang Ruoyi could answer, He Yunyi came out and told her what Shang Ruoyi had just done with exaggeration.

"Brother, my sister-in-law is amazing!"

She thought she could get a compliment from He Jingheng, but he just looked at her indifferently and said, "I didn't ask you."

He Yunyi: “…”

Shang Ruoyi's doubts were finally answered.

She finally understood why He Yunyi was so depressed when she was in the palace. With such a brother, she would be depressed.

Shang Ruoyi touched her head and said, "It's early. You've been busy for a long time today. Go back and rest early."

After sending He Yunyi away, Shang Ruoyi whispered, "What Yunyi said is almost wrong. He Jinghe was indeed pretending to be unconscious. I don't think he has anything to do with the death of my second uncle."

He Jingheng nodded. He Ning'an's death was too sudden and beyond his expectations.

The next morning, when Shang Ruoyi came to give He Jinghe acupuncture, the old princess was already waiting there.

"grandmother."

"Good boy, thank you for your hard work."

He Jinghe looked at the silver needles with despair. After the first injection, his throat recovered.

So for the next half hour, He Jinghe's screams continued to fill everyone's ears.

The old princess sat calmly aside drinking tea.

After the acupuncture, He Jinghe's body was soaked with sweat. He had not eaten anything for a day and a night. He was hungry and in pain. He said to the old princess, "Grandma, my grandson has not eaten yet. Can you let me eat something first?"

The old princess looked at Shang Ruoyi: "Can he eat?"

"Don't worry, grandma. I've asked the kitchen to prepare everything."

After he finished speaking, the servant brought a bowl of white porridge.

"You are sick now, you can drink some porridge."

White porridge······

He Jinghe felt like crying, so he just ate plain porridge! It’s better than going hungry.

At this time, Yingxue came in and said, "Miss, here comes the strawberry seller."

Shang Ruoyi came to the greenhouse and saw a man in purple standing in front of the greenhouse, looking around curiously.

"What's the matter, sir?"

When Xu Zimo heard the voice, he turned around and was shocked. He gritted his teeth secretly: What kind of fate is this He Jingheng? I can actually marry such a beautiful princess. Even Shen Shuyi, who is known as the most beautiful woman in the capital, cannot compare to this beauty. It is really strange, how come I have never seen such a beautiful girl in the capital for so many years? When I saw her profile that day, I knew she was an extremely beautiful girl. Today, when I saw her full face, I was shocked by her beauty.

How could he know that if she was going to marry in place of Shang Yufu, Shang Ruoyi would have known long ago that she had been forgotten by her family to some remote corner of the world.

"I'm here to get some strawberries. Miss, are you selling five baskets of strawberries to Tianxiangju every day?"

Shang Ruoyi looked at his attire. Generally speaking, the shopkeeper would send servants to pick up the goods, but the man in front of her was obviously a servant. Looking at the clothes he wore, she could tell that he was either rich or noble.

"So it's Sister Qian's man." She said to Yingxue behind her, "Give the strawberries to the young master."

"yes."

Xu Zimo smiled and said, "Miss, I would like to ask, where did you get these strawberries?"

"It's in the woods ahead." She pointed to the dense forest to the east. "After the plants were transplanted back, they were slightly improved and became what they are now."

Xu Zimo nodded as if he understood, he really believed that there were such delicious fruits in that forest. He Jingheng's wife was quite good at lying, but the excuse she made was not convincing, it was obvious that she was fooling him, but he had no right to refute it.

While talking, five baskets of strawberries were loaded into the car.

"I see that there are not many things growing in your house. Do you have anything good to sell to me?"

Shang Ruoyi looked at him in surprise and said, "There are indeed a lot of good things in this greenhouse, but they are all very valuable. Can you make the decision on such a business?"

Xu Zimo secretly thought that Shang Ruoyi was too smart, and smiled: "I'm just asking. These things naturally require money and the shopkeeper has the final say."

At this time, a servant came over and whispered, "Sir, the car is ready."

Although the voice was small, Shang Ruoyi could hear every word clearly.

He was indeed an ordinary person, no matter how he dressed or how he looked, he was definitely not an ordinary person. Although he could be compared with He Jingheng, he was far superior to ordinary rich boys. However, judging from his accent, he seemed to be from Beijing.

At this time, Shaoyao came over and said, "Miss, the official has come to the mansion, and Aunt Zhao and her family are also here."

Aunt Zhao?

When they were exiled, Aunt Zhao and her family saw her choose a thatched house, so they chose a first room for themselves. Later, she rarely appeared in front of them. As time went by, Shang Ruoyi forgot about this person.

"Since your family is busy, I'm sorry to bother you. Here are 100 taels." Xu Zimo bowed and said goodbye: "We will see each other again."

After that, he got in the carriage and left.

Shang Ruoyi looked at the back of the carriage leaving and asked in a deep voice: "Shaoyao, do you know who he is?"

"Miss, since I entered the Prime Minister's residence, I have been serving the concubine in the residence. The concubine does not have many opportunities to leave the residence, and I have rarely left the Prime Minister's residence."

Shang Ruoyi nodded. How could she be like that?

She has never stepped out of the house since she was born.

Shang Ruoyi handed the banknote to Shaoyao: "Send it to the account office."

Shaoyao was shocked to see that she was so confident in handing over the 100-liang silver note to her: "Miss, are you worried that I will do something with the silver note?"

Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Don't doubt people when you employ them, and don't employ people you doubt. Since you are serving me, I will trust you. Besides, if you follow me, I will not treat you badly. It's just a few hundred taels of silver. The people around me should still look down on you."

Shaoyao's heart was shocked, her eyes were slightly red, she didn't expect that she would meet a master like Shang Ruoyi, so what if she was in this place of exile? In her opinion, this place is much more comfortable than the capital.

Shang Ruoyi came to the main hall, thinking that she was sent by Magistrate Zhang, but in fact she was an official from the town, led by the man she met in the grain store that day.

He Jingheng was there at this time, and Shang Ruoyi walked behind him: "My lord, why are you here today?"

At this time, two yamen runners brought in a group of people, who were Aunt Zhao, He Qinian and Lin Shuyu.

The old princess asked in confusion: "Sir, why are you holding them?"

"They are from your He family, right?"

"Exactly."

"This man actually tried to escape secretly, but was caught by the officials under the command of the governor."

What?

Escaping from exile is a serious crime that will implicate your family.