The next morning, Ning Zhao woke up with a splitting headache. After hearing Yan An recount what happened the night before, she got up with a face full of shame and knelt down at Jiang Yuwei's door to admit her mistake.

When Jiang Yuwei opened her bedroom door early in the morning, she was startled to see Ning Zhao kneeling outside.

"Zhao'er, why are you kneeling here?"

Ning Zhao simply kept her head down, suppressing her emotions as she spoke:

“Mother, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have gone to a place like Wangchun Tower. I made you worry about me.”

Jiang Yuwei looked at Ning Zhao, who had a guilty expression on his face, but didn't rush to help him up. Instead, she stared at him for a while and asked in a deep voice:

"Why did you agree to go to Wangchun Tower with them? You know you're too old to do these things."

Upon hearing this, Ning Zhao lowered his head and frowned, saying:

"I... I was blinded by their praise at the time, and since I had just finished my exams, I thought I should spend more time with my classmates so I could have friends at the academy in the future, so..."

Jiang Yuwei thought of what Yan An had said last night: Ning Zhao had devoted himself to his studies since going to the academy, and hadn't made any friends since coming to the capital. This made her feel uneasy.

So Jiang Yuwei stepped forward to help Ning Zhao up and looked at him earnestly, saying:

"Even if you don't have friends right now, you can't make friends indiscriminately. If you want to go further in the future, you must learn to distinguish between bad friends and good friends. Only in this way can you avoid making the wrong friends and harming yourself."

After saying that, Jiang Yuwei looked at Ning Zhao for a while before asking:

"Now tell me, was the person who insisted on dragging you to a place like Wangchunlou last night a bad friend or a good friend?"

Ning Zhao scratched his head, looked at Jiang Yuwei embarrassedly, and whispered:

"Mother, they are all bad friends. I will never befriend them again. I fell for their trick last night. They deliberately wanted to see me make a fool of myself. I will be more careful in choosing my friends in the future."

Jiang Yuwei patted Ning Zhao's head.

"It's not enough to just be good at studying. What's more important in being a good person is having the ability to distinguish right from wrong and not just blindly following others. If something had really happened to you yesterday, it would have been too late to regret it."

Ning Zhao looked up at Jiang Yuwei and nodded heavily.

"Mother, Zhao'er knows she was wrong. From now on, I will think twice before I act and will never be as reckless as I was yesterday."

Seeing that his attitude of repentance was quite good, Jiang Yuwei understood that Ning Zhao was a smart child who didn't need excessive correction; he understood things quickly. Therefore, Jiang Yuwei didn't want to say anything more and simply nodded.

"Well, now that you know you were wrong, just be more careful in the future. Hurry up and go eat, you still have to go to the academy later, don't be late."

Ning Zhao nodded and went inside to eat.

Jiang Yuwei also washed up and prepared to go out. Today she would be helping out at the shop. There weren't many capable people available, so Jiang Yuwei planned to select one or two clever ones from the guards to work as waiters at the shop.

Jiang Yuwei had just finished getting ready, eaten breakfast, and was about to go out when she saw Ning Zixuan come into her yard.

"Your Highness, what brings you here today?"

Upon seeing Jiang Yuwei, Ning Zixuan lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly and stammered:

"Um, I've invited Yu Rou to your shop for lunch today. I noticed she really liked the food there last time. Could you please save a table for us?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei smiled and began to sized up Ning Zixuan.

"Okay, don't worry about that. As long as you and Miss Wang come, there will be a table available. I'll reserve a good spot by the window for you."

As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei turned around and looked Ning Zixuan up and down, examining his attire for the day.

"Your Highness is dressed very formally today. It's true that you're going to see your sweetheart. Your demeanor is different from usual. Not bad, not bad. As long as you treat Miss Wang well, your marriage will be settled soon."

Ning Zixuan felt uncomfortable being scrutinized by Jiang Yuwei, so he simply waved his hand and said:

"Alright, alright, I have to go out now, so I won't talk to you anymore. Just remember to save me a table when you get there."

After saying that, Ning Zixuan left as if he were fleeing.

Jiang Yuwei had never seen Ning Zixuan so shy before, and couldn't help but feel curious. Looking at his retreating figure, she murmured:

"In that case, it would be good if this marriage could come to fruition for you two."

Seeing that Ning Zixuan had walked away, Jiang Yuwei instructed Sixi to take Ning Wan to play in the Princess's courtyard. Now that Jiang Yuwei saw Ning Wan growing up day by day, she could no longer let her stay in the courtyard to play all day. She had to find a tutor to teach her to read and write as soon as possible.

Jiang Yuwei didn't expect Ning Wan to achieve anything great in the future, but in Jiang Yuwei's view, reading and writing were essential things to do.

Otherwise, when she grows up, she won't have much experience, and a few words from others will easily fool her. That won't do.

Jiang Yuwei planned to discuss this matter with the princess when she went to the princess's courtyard to pick up Ning Wan that evening. After all, she didn't really know which tutor in the capital was better, so it would be better to ask the princess about such matters.

Seeing that Sixi and Ning Wan had left, Jiang Yuwei called Yun Qing and Xia Yue and headed to Haochi City.

Now, Tie Zhu has been completely driven back to the General's Mansion by Jiang Yuwei. Jiang Yuwei has also noticed that since Tie Zhu returned to the General's Mansion, Da Ya has been working with much more energy than before.

After all, they had only been married for a short time. Because of her own family matters, she had to make the young couple live apart day after day. After a while, Jiang Yuwei felt bad about it.

When the three arrived at the Food City, it was packed with people buying food. Because the Food City's business model was different from other shops in the capital, many people came to try it out for the first time.

As a result, Jiang Yuwei directly won over all the customers by using a membership system that made them feel like they were getting a good deal. In addition, the food court had a wide variety of snacks, tasted good, and offered even better service.

As a result, many people have developed the habit of coming here frequently to treat themselves.

So, right now, this food court is all the rage, and there are long queues every day. To ease the customers' frustration, Jiang Yuwei arranged for Gou Dan to give the people in line free samples of their homemade drinks.

With the increase in the number of cashiers, the speed of cash collection has also increased, but it still can't keep up with the large number of people, so Jiang Yuwei asked Xia Yue to also come into the counter to help collect the money.

He also asked Yunqing to help with the waiters and specifically instructed Ningqiu to reserve a large table by the window for Ning Zixuan.

After making the arrangements, Jiang Yuwei went to the counter and began explaining the membership system to the customers and helping them register for memberships.