Even back then, Sun Huohuo took her needlework assignment, the handkerchief embroidered with a little tiger, to wipe her nose, causing her to stay up all night, leaving her hands covered in countless tiny cuts, and she had to redo the assignment.

She wasn't even this angry.

[Jin Jinzhi, you big jerk! If you wanted to see a beautiful woman, just look at me! What's with this painting?]

[It's still in the study, and I opened it myself!]

Is it my fault for not letting you take a concubine?!

[I'm not even married into this family yet. If I were to enter the house, I'm afraid he'd be in my bedroom, but his mind would still be on other women!]

[Who just said that Jin Jinzhi likes to collect calligraphy and paintings by famous people? Is this supposed to be a famous painting?]

"Bring me pen and ink!"

Jin Jinzhi's study was a restricted area, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter. Even the servants who delivered the books could only leave them at the door and were not allowed to go inside.

Yun Duoduo needed pen and ink, and Qingdai was also having a bit of a headache.

However, Jin Jinzhi had instructed that Yun Duoduo would be the mistress of the house in the future, and if Qingdai wanted to continue working in the mansion, she would have to go along with Yun Duoduo.

She reluctantly took the brush and ink and stood aside to grind the ink.

...

After an incense stick had burned, Yun Duoduo stormed out of the study, leaving Qingdai speechless.

"Where's the carriage? Take this princess back to her residence!"

Yun Duoduo strode towards the gate of the mansion.

Qingdai put down the painting in her hand and quickly followed Yun Duoduo: "Your Highness, let's have breakfast first!"

"Who's your princess? Call me Ninth Princess!"

Qingdai didn't have time to go to the kitchen to get food, so she called the coachman and told him to be careful on the way.

The few guards left behind by Jin Jinzhi secretly followed the carriage and escorted Yun Duoduo back to the princess's residence.

Yun Duoduo was a little annoyed by the swaying of the carriage, and she frowned in thought.

Does Jin Jinzhi like mature women?

She recalled the women in the painting; they all seemed very mature, completely different from her.

But if he doesn't like her, why would he marry her?

Are all men always wanting more than they have, and always wanting to have multiple partners?!

Lost in thought, the carriage arrived at the princess's residence.

The carriage stopped in front of the princess's residence, and Ah Xiang, hearing the commotion, quickly came out to greet it.

"The princess is back!"

"Has the princess had breakfast?"

Based on the time, Ah Xiang guessed that Yun Duoduo must have already eaten breakfast.

"What's the point of eating breakfast? I'm already full of anger!"

Seeing Yun Duoduo's furious expression, A Xiang quickly sent someone to the kitchen to find Aunt Wu, asking her to make some of Yun Duoduo's favorite foods and deliver them to her bedroom.

...

That night, under a clear moon and bright stars, Jin Jinzhi returned to the Prince of Jibei's residence.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he asked Uncle Guan Fu, who came to greet him, "Uncle Fu, is the Princess Consort inside?"

He couldn't wait to see Yun Duoduo, and he secretly hoped that Yun Duoduo hadn't gone back yet.

Uncle Fu shook his head. "The princess left early this morning."

Jin Jinzhi sighed, his eyes filled with undisguised disappointment.

It seems we need to get married as soon as possible!

That way, I can see Duoduo every day when I get home.

He slowed his pace, looking somewhat weary. "Uncle Fu, is there something you want to say?"

He noticed that Uncle Fu's expression was not good. Although it was dark in the courtyard, he could sense that Uncle Fu's emotions seemed to be off.

Uncle Fu had served Jin Jinzhi for many years. He had watched Jin Jinzhi grow up, and Jin Jinzhi naturally knew Uncle Fu very well.

Uncle Fu looked at Jin Jinzhi, hesitated for a moment, and said, "When the princess left this morning, she seemed a little angry and left without even having breakfast."

"What?"

"You mean Duoduo is angry?!" Jin Jinzhi realized something was wrong.

Why is Duoduo angry?

[Could it be that Qingdai or another maid woke Duoduo up this morning when she was sleeping in?]

[Sigh, I knew it, Duoduo has a bad temper when she wakes up.]

"Where is Qingdai? Bring Qingdai to me."

Jin Jinzhi walked towards the study, wondering if Yun Duoduo was unhappy because Qingdai and the others hadn't taken good care of her.

He clearly instructed her before he left that she should do everything in accordance with Yun Duoduo and never make her angry.

Is it because of what happened last night?

Judging from Duoduo's expression, she clearly wants it very much. Is it because I haven't been proactive enough?

How could he not want it? But he was doing it for her sake.

Looking at the newly arrived books and paintings on the table, Jin Jinzhi thought to herself, "This wedding date can't be delayed any longer."

Tomorrow, I will go to the palace to inquire with His Majesty whether the Imperial Astronomical Bureau has set a wedding date.

Suddenly, Jin Jinzhi's gaze fell on an open box on the table, and the painting inside seemed to have been tampered with.

He frowned, pointed to the somewhat messy scrolls on the table, and asked loudly, "What's going on with these paintings?"

The guard standing at the door of the study rushed in. He looked at the table in the direction Jin Jin was pointing, and immediately knelt down in fright: "I deserve to die! I failed to guard the study properly!"

Jin Jin was furious.

He rebuked, "Didn't I say that no one is allowed to enter the study, a place of utmost importance?!"

He looked around the study, searching for any signs that it had been disturbed.

Jin Jinzhi's study contains military maps, geomantic maps of various regions, secret edicts given to him by Yun Beiye, and some correspondence from the recent investigation into the mastermind behind the Jiangning rebellion—all of which are crucial and confidential.

He once emphasized at his residence that no one was allowed to enter his study. If someone was moving things, they could leave them at the door of the study. If someone was cleaning, they could only enter to clean while he was in the study.

Seeing Jin Jinzhi's angry expression, the guard trembled all over, almost turning into a leaf: "I deserve to die, I failed to stop Her Highness the Princess!"

"Your Highness, please forgive me!"

Jin Jin's methods of punishing rebels and traitors were already widely known in the capital: some were dragged to mass graves and buried alive, some were torn apart by five horses, some were burned alive in urns, and some were castrated...

The guard kneeling on the ground dared not think any further; he was so frightened that tears were about to stream down his face.

At the time, he originally wanted to stop Yun Duoduo, but Jin Jinzhi had clearly said that the princess should not be stopped from going anywhere.

"Your Highness? Has Your Highness come to the study?"

“Your Highness, there is naturally no need to stop her.”

The guard looked up abruptly and let out a long sigh of relief.

So, Your Highness isn't going to hold it against me?

Jin Jinzhi opened the painting and was stunned to see the reinterpreted version.

He then burst into laughter, "Hahahaha!"

He chuckled as he picked up the painting, only to find that the key parts and faces of the women in it had been manually blurred out.

The little guard kneeling on the ground glanced blankly at Jin Jinzhi.

[Your Highness, what's wrong?]