Chapter 156: Generosity

Because lunch was not ready yet, Rong Jinchen chatted with Su Zhenzhen about other topics. Suddenly, he remembered that Xie Cijing was in Hejian Prefecture, and it would take only seven or eight days to get there by horse carriage.

Originally, the speed of the Daqin carriage was 50 to 180 miles per day. Su Zhenzhen and Rong Jinchen were not in a hurry to travel, so they only traveled about 100 miles per day.

The man suddenly became unhappy, and his thin lips were pressed into a straight line. It was true that the existence of a love rival was an eyesore.

Because of this, he directly asked Gu Heng to call Gu Cheng and others, and then asked Su Zhenzhen, "Qingqing, does that man's servant like your maid?" Su Zhenzhen's pupils trembled.

Oh shit.

The expression on Su Zhenzhen's beautiful little face was as if she had been struck by lightning. Why couldn't she understand what her dear husband was saying?

She looked at him with her mouth open, tilting her head. "What?" Her eyelashes trembled. Could it be that their generation gap had appeared so early? "That man." Rong Jinchen still didn't want to say the name of her rival.

The young woman held her forehead helplessly, her eyes fixed on the man who was vying with her. "My dear husband! I really don't know." They weren't married yet, so why was she observing so much? Besides, whether the other person liked her or not was none of her business. It was only her business if Bai Zhi and Lu Wu agreed.

At this moment, Baizhi, Luwu, Gu Cheng, and Gu Heng also arrived. They lined up and saluted, saying, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness." Why did Your Highness want to see them about something? And what did the Your Highness's expression mean? Why couldn't I understand?

Rong Jinchen then said directly: "Gu Cheng, the king and Qingqing have chosen good marriages for Baizhi and Luwu, how about you recognize them as your sisters?" Forget it, he forced Gu Cheng and just regarded it as a good deed by him, Rong Jinchen.

Baizhi and Luwu managed to remain calm, after all, the princess hadn't told them about it. But Gu Cheng couldn't. He knew that if he didn't speak up, his wife would fly away. "Your Highness, I like Baizhi, and she likes me too. Please promise me to let me marry my sweetheart!" His voice cracked.

Su Zhenzhen looked at Gu Cheng, a grown man, whose face turned red and neck became thick with anxiety, and when he couldn't help but argue with his most respected prince, she curled her eyes secretly. Lu Wu rolled her eyes and smiled secretly with her head down.

Gu Heng secretly laughed at Gu Cheng's immaturity, then looked at his prince who remained silent, and silently started eating melon.

Bai Zhi was also anxious. Love makes people stupid. Seeing that Rong Jinchen and Su Zhenzhen didn't say anything, she said anxiously: "Your Highness, Princess, I don't want to marry anyone else. I just like Gu Cheng." After she said that, she saw Su Zhenzhen smiling at her very cunningly. She suddenly reacted and her whole face turned red.

Su Zhenzhen said, "Husband, stop teasing them." It was not easy for the two young lovers. Rong Jinchen turned his head and looked at her. He said, "Since you are in love with each other, the king and Qingqing will decide for you to get married." When Gu Cheng heard this, he reached out and held Bai Zhi's hand, "Your Highness and the princess are very grateful to Bai Zhi." It happened much earlier than he expected! The two of them were full of joy.

Lu Wu smiled and said, "Princess, I don't want to get married. You and His Highness should be teasing Sister Baizhi and Lord Gu, right?" Her life is so comfortable.

"Are you so afraid of getting married?" Su Zhenzhen raised her eyebrows slightly, and seeing Lu Wu's flattering smile, she said: "Because I have seen how caring Your Highness is to the Princess, and now Sister Baizhi has Lord Gu, I want to find someone who treats me well and whom I like." She was flattering him so sincerely, did Your Highness the Prince of Yan hear it?

Rong Jinchen curled his lips slightly, obviously in a good mood. He held Su Zhenzhen's hand tightly without making a sound. She smiled and said, "My husband is just teasing you." Later, when Rong Jinchen was not around, she secretly asked Bai Zhi and Lu Wu.

"You two, Master Xie's servant didn't like you before, right?" Su Zhenzhen blinked her eyes and looked at them pleadingly. She didn't want to see Rong Jinchen jealous of Xie Cijing again. Being jealous all day long would make her teeth sore.

Baizhi and Luwu were slightly taken aback. "Huh?" What was the princess talking about? It was so abstract. "No." They weren't exactly popular, but His Highness was suddenly testing Baizhi and Gu Cheng today. Could he be thinking that Master Xie's servant had a crush on them?

Did His Highness happen to be passing through Hejian Prefecture this time, so he, driven by his competitive spirit, brought Bai Zhi and Gu Cheng together? Upon reaching this conclusion, Bai Zhi and Lu Wu both gasped in shock. As expected of His Highness the Prince of Yan!

His attitude towards his love rival is as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves! He even wants his subordinates to get the girl!

Looking at Su Zhenzhen, her eyes were filled with admiration. It was not easy for them, the princess, to have such a generous heart!

Yingtian Prefecture.

The motorcade of Prince Yan's Mansion arrived at the gate of the prefectural yamen in a mighty procession. The people around looked at the Jinyiwei who were wearing flying fish and dragon robes and equipped with embroidered spring swords, as well as the personal guards of Prince Yan who were dressed in armor and looked very imposing, and watched the show silently not far away.

Although they were relatively close to the capital, not the suburbs but the capital's capital region, they had never seen such a grand procession of carriages!

Su Zhenzhen sat in the carriage for two or three days and was so bored. If she hadn't been able to chat with Rong Jinchen, ride horses, and listen to him read storybooks, she would have been sick from the boredom.

Today she wore a crane cloak lined with white fox fur and covered in scarlet feather satin, with her hair tied up in a single bun and a single, mutton-fat jade crabapple hairpin hand-carved by Rong Jinchen. After all, she rode in a carriage every day, so why would she wear so much jewelry?

The man in the dark gold-woven brocade uniform couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw the hairpin on her head. Ever since he gave it to Qingqing, she had worn it every day. She really loved him terribly. He said softly, "Qingqing, please go strolling around Yingtian Prefecture for the next two days. I will come to accompany you after I finish my government affairs."

Although Rong Jinchen is a love-brained person, he also knows the priorities.

These one hundred Jinyiwei were specially assigned to him by Rong Yue in order to supervise the land survey in a timely manner. Rong Jinchen was responsible for controlling the overall situation, and it was the Jinyiwei who personally went to the fields to conduct sampling surveys.

The Jinyiwei sent on official business trips naturally weren't treated as well as the personal guards of Prince Yan's palace. After all, His Royal Highness and Princess Yan were wealthy. Furthermore, His Royal Highness didn't want to let Princess Yan suffer any injustice, so he even brought six or seven cooks with him.

But Su Zhenzhen is not a stingy person, nor is Rong Jinchen, and they are not short of money, so the treatment of the Jinyiwei is the same as that of the personal guards of Prince Yan's Mansion, and they just pay the difference.

So the Jinyiwei were moved. They had to follow His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and His Majesty the Princess of Yan for at least one or two years, maybe three years. Even with such a long journey, they could still be treated the same as the personal guards of the Prince of Yan's mansion.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and His Majesty the Princess of Yan are indeed good people!

The Jinyiwei did not all follow them into the city together, but had already split up and acted separately.

Su Zhenzhen smiled and said to Rong Jinchen: "Okay, I will wait for my husband to come back obediently." It is so happy to travel at public expense, even though all the expenses are paid by myself.

Just as Rong Jinchen was about to put his arm around her waist and kiss her, a uniform voice rang out from outside the carriage. "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and Her Majesty the Princess!"