Inside the carriage, Jiang Lingqi's chest heaved. At that moment, she felt a tightness in her chest. If she hadn't become a concubine, she would have really wanted to dig Old Madam Lu out of her coffin and give her a good beating!

She sat in the carriage, stamping her feet incessantly, inwardly yelling, "I'm so angry! So angry! What kind of bastards are these! A bunch of ungrateful wretches!"

Jiang Shan, who was driving the carriage, could not have been unaware that Jiang Ling was furious. However, after thinking for a moment, he stopped the carriage and said to Jiang Ling inside, "Princess An, don't get too angry with these ignorant people!"

"Jiang Shan! How can I not be angry! These people broke my head without saying a word! They almost caused Cong Xin's death! If anything had happened to Cong Xin, how could I explain it to Shen Qianhe!" Jiang Ling patted her chest with lingering fear as she said this.

Jiang Shan could tell that his master had nowhere to vent his anger, so he sat outside and continued to comfort her, "Your Majesty, you are blessed with good fortune, and Miss Shen is also very lucky. It's all in the past, so don't think about it anymore!"

Hearing this, Jiang Ling calmed down a bit, but she was still somewhat angry. After thinking for a moment, she said to Jiang Shan, "Let's go to Pingxi County!"

Jiang Shan understood what his master was going to do, so he didn't ask any questions. He turned the carriage around and sped off towards the Pingxi County government office.

"My lady, we've arrived at the yamen. I'll be waiting for you here!" Jiang Shan said to the carriage after parking it.

Jiang Ling took out a silver ingot from her bosom and placed it in Jiang Shan's hand. "Jiang Shan, take this money and buy something you like!"

With that, Jiang Ling turned and walked towards the yamen.

"Oh my, sister-in-law, it's been so long since you've come! You're a rare guest today!" Zhao Liu, who had sharp eyes, saw Jiang Ling and quickly came out to greet her.

Jiang Ling was really angry just now, and said in a low voice with a cold face, "Where are your parents?"

"Old... Magistrate Duan! He... he's still in Qingzhou and hasn't returned yet! Sister-in-law, just tell me what's wrong! I'll definitely do what I can for you!" Zhao Liu said solicitously.

Jiang Ling turned to look at Zhao Liu, who was suddenly startled by her tense expression.

His previously attentive expression now hung awkwardly on his face, unsure of what to say.

“Alright! Get me a pen and ink, I’ll write a letter to your master, asking him to open it as soon as he gets back!” Jiang Ling said.

After listening, Zhao Liu quickly went to the study, grabbed a brush and some scraps of paper, and came to Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling sat on a stone bench in the garden and wrote down the fertilizer matter concisely, as well as her experience with Shen Congxin during the conflict.

After finishing writing, Jiang Ling waited for the ink to dry, then folded it and handed it to Zhao Liu: "Thank you for your trouble, Sixth Master!"

Zhao Liu snapped out of his daze and waved his hand, "No trouble at all! It's getting late, why don't you have a bite to eat here, sister-in-law?"

After shaking her head in refusal, Jiang Ling left the yamen gate without looking back.

Although Zhao Liu was curious about the contents of Jiang Ling's letter, he was more afraid of Jiang Ling's icy face just now. After thinking about it, he finally put Jiang Ling's letter in Magistrate Duan's study.

Stepping out of the government office, Jiang Ling glanced at the carriage. There was no one beside it. She looked at the bustling street and her shopping desires gradually grew, slowly consuming all her reason.

Jiang Ling first went to a jewelry store. The owner of the jewelry store was a very good businessman and recognized her at a glance.

She stepped out from behind the counter and asked Jiang Ling solicitously, "It is truly an honor for my humble shop to have such a distinguished guest as Your Excellency. May I ask what Your Excellency would like to purchase?"

Jiang Ling grinned. Hearing her boss's words, it seemed that Jiang Ling couldn't keep a low profile even if she wanted to.

"I'd like to buy my granddaughter a longevity lock or a necklace. Do you have any recommendations, boss?" Jiang Ling said.

The jewelry store owner became even more serious when she heard that Jiang Ling was buying it for her child. She looked at Jiang Ling and said, "Please come upstairs with me!"

Jiang Ling followed the jewelry store owner up to the second floor. The owner took out a set of keys, opened a locked cabinet, and then took out a seemingly exquisite red wooden box.

The jewelry shop owner carefully presented the wooden box to Jiang Ling, opening it as he said, "My lady, what do you think of this pure gold cloisonné necklace?"

Jiang Ling looked at the pure gold necklace in the box and nodded in satisfaction. She then turned to the shopkeeper and asked, "Do you have any hairpins that women around seventeen or eighteen years old wear?"

"Yes! Most of them are downstairs!" the jewelry store owner said.

Jiang Ling shook her head and explained, "No, I'm not talking about the ordinary things downstairs! I'm talking about the rare things up here!"

The jewelry shop owner, a woman of many experience, immediately understood Jiang Ling's thoughts. She nodded, opened the cabinet next to her, took out another box, and said to Jiang Ling, "My lady, what do you think of this gold hairpin?"

Jiang Ling looked at the lifelike butterfly on the gold hairpin and was very satisfied!

But Jiang Ling felt that giving away just a hairpin made her seem too stingy, so she glanced at the shopkeeper and asked, "Do you have any bracelets?"

"Yes, yes! Please wait a moment, sir!" The shopkeeper quickly took out another seemingly exquisite box from inside.

Inside, there was a pair of bracelets inlaid with many gemstones.

Although the craftsmanship is not as refined as modern ones, the overall design looks very luxurious.

Jiang Ling nodded in satisfaction and said to the shopkeeper, "Okay, I'll take all three! How much?"

"Oh my, it's an honor for you to come to my humble shop, how could I possibly ask you for money?" With that, the jewelry shop owner stuffed all three boxes into Jiang Ling's hands.

Jiang Ling shook her head and put the money back in the shopkeeper's hand, saying, "You still have to pay. I'm no different from you. If you insist on not taking it, then I won't take it!"

As Jiang Ling was saying this, she prepared to walk downstairs. Seeing this, the shopkeeper felt a little embarrassed and quickly chased after her, saying, "Don't go, Anren, I'll take the money, okay?"

Jiang Ling stopped and turned to the shopkeeper, saying, "Don't call me 'Anren' (a term of endearment for a woman), it's too formal. They all call me Yaojie's mother, or you look a few years younger than me, so it wouldn't be a loss for you to call me 'Sister Jiang'!"

"Hey, Sister Jiang, you can see these three items. I usually keep them locked in the cabinet and treasure them like the back of my hand, so regarding the price..." The shopkeeper glanced at Jiang Ling from time to time as he spoke.

After confirming that Jiang Ling's expression did not change, he continued, "These three cost a total of ninety taels!"

Jiang Ling nodded, took out a one-hundred-tael silver note from her pocket, and said, "No problem, here is one hundred taels, please take a look."

While getting change for Jiang Ling, Jiang Ling asked, "Boss, which clothing store around here has the best clothes?"

The shopkeeper's eyes darted around, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "The clothes from Ni Chang Ge are the best in our county! Coincidentally, a new batch of clothes just arrived yesterday. Sister An... would you be interested in taking a look?"

Jiang Ling took the silver, turned around to thank him, and went out the door towards the Rainbow Pavilion.