Chapter 177 Today, a green hat; tomorrow, a green hat.
Ji Yingying sighed helplessly, rolled her eyes at him, and couldn't help but scold, "[You call yourself Imperial Uncle? You're acting like a child. Where's your shame?]"
[Host, you're the same way, always doing things haphazardly. You and the Prince of Qi shouldn't be looking after each other like older brothers.]
【hehe……】
"King Qi, you lead your men to attack this place. Tell me, in such a prosperous place as Jiangnan, they have raised an army right under your nose, and you didn't even know?"
"Hehe, I didn't manage things before, but now I will. I'll take my men right now..."
"Wait a minute, let me tell you..." Ji Yingying continued to offer him suggestions, and King Qi was very satisfied after listening to them.
"Okay, then I'll do it your way. Wait for me, I'll get it done in less than two days."
After the King of Qi left, Ji Jiayu came over and said, "Sister, all those wealthy merchants have arrived and are waiting in the front hall. Would you like to go and see them?"
"Huh? I won't see them, but you will. You should have them donate money and food." Ji Yingying told him her idea.
After everyone left, Xiangxiang said, "Why did you let your second brother meet those merchants?"
[This is too exhausting, I don't want to see them. Besides, my second brother can handle it. I'll only step in if things get really bad. Now, let's go out and see what's going on.]
After leaving the government office, the streets looked much more comfortable.
Hmm, this street looks pretty good. With a little more tidying up, it'll probably look even better.
"Then we'll just have to wait until next spring."
[Host, there's some melon over there, want to go get some?]
Just as Ji Yingying was about to go over, a fragrance wafted through the air, and the scent was truly rich.
[What's that smell? It smells so good!] Ji Yingying sniffed it and realized it was the smell of chestnuts.
"Someone's selling chestnuts at this hour?" Ji Yingying wondered, following the aroma.
Before long, I saw several children squatting in a corner, roasting a few grasshoppers over a fire.
"Little brothers, what are you grilling?"
The children were stunned. They couldn't eat what he had baked; if their parents found out, they would be scolded to death.
"No, we have nothing, nothing that we haven't roasted." The two children hid the grasshoppers.
The fear in their eyes was impossible to hide.
"Okay, you didn't grill anything, but I saw it all, let me see."
After saying that, she immediately reached out and grabbed it. Rong Yi, who was standing next to her, said: "Princess, do you still remember your identity?"
When Ji Yingying snatched the grasshopper away, she was dumbfounded. She thought it was a chestnut, but it turned out to be a grasshopper.
"Do you have any more of this delicious food? I'd like to try some too."
[Host, those are insects!]
【I know, it's nutritious, especially when grilled or fried, it's incredibly delicious, something you can't get.】
[I told you, stop focusing on eating! Are you going to eat that melon over there or not?]
【eat! 】
"Here's a tael of silver. Give me these two or three grasshoppers." Ji Yingying even roasted them again to make sure they were cooked before preparing to eat them.
Before they could even enter the mouth, Rong Yi stopped them.
"Young master, you can't eat this, it's poisonous."
"It's not poisonous, it's delicious, would you like one?" Ji Yingying was about to give him one, but Rong Yi refused and wouldn't let her eat it.
He even threatened, "If Your Highness eats it, I will go back and tell Madam Ji."
"Oh...you're using my mother to pressure me, how cruel of you!" Ji Yingying was furious. Did everyone think she was afraid of Fang Yulan?
“I’m telling you, it’s no use. I’m not afraid of my mother. I’m just respecting her. You can’t control me.”
I'm so angry!
"Your Highness, you can't eat this." Rong Yi kept stopping her, and even snatched the food away when Ji Yingying softened her stance, saying that she couldn't eat it and that was it.
【Ugh... I'm so angry, Xiangxiang, I'm so mad! I ate that and nothing happened to me.】
[Host, don't be angry. Let's go eat some melon seeds (gossip/gossip), it'll cheer us up.]
No, I want to eat some melon seeds (gossip/gossip).
Just as Ji Yingying was about to go back, a candied hawthorn appeared in front of her the next second.
"Your Highness, this is an apology!" Rong Yi was also afraid, mainly because this little darling knew too much, and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to appease him properly.
"Okay, I'll forgive you for the sake of the candied hawthorns." Thank goodness, she's still easy to coax.
[Can we go eat some melon seeds now?]
"Okay, let's go."
Forgetting about not having eaten grasshoppers earlier, he ate a candied hawthorn and sat down at a table in a street vendor's shop: "Come on, tell me what's going on."
Did you see that girl over there?
[I saw her, what happened to her?]
She is the current city lord's mistress, his beloved, and the one he cherishes most. He hasn't married her yet because of his shrewish wife. The woman the city lord is currently married to was forced upon him by his mother.
In truth, the city lord doesn't love his current wife at all; he only loves that other woman.
Oh, that's interesting. Tell me what happened!
There are no more sunflower seeds left in the store, and the supermarket has been closed. It probably won't reopen anytime soon.
Eating watermelon without sunflower seeds is really unpleasant!
[It was when the city lord was out and about, before he became the top scholar in the imperial examinations, that he encountered danger. This young woman saved him, but what he didn't know was that the accident was orchestrated by the young woman before him.]
[She also had her eye on the city lord, believing he was destined for great success. She thought that by hooking up with him now, she might be able to enjoy wealth and status in the future.]
[And then?] The two were studying the person opposite them, unaware that a group of people were already waiting behind them to hear the gossip!
Everyone remained silent, simply following behind Ji Yingying and listening to the woman's story.
This is exactly like what's described in the storybooks!
[Then she used her own money to hire someone to rob the city lord, and then she stepped in to shield him from harm. From then on, the city lord fell in love with the woman who shielded him. Not only that, he originally wanted to marry her, but unexpectedly, his family arranged a marriage for him, catching him completely off guard.]
He wanted to back out, but his own parents locked him up. He tried to starve himself, but ended up eating his fill. He considered suicide, but was afraid of the pain. So he tricked the woman into becoming his mistress. The woman was clever; she knew she wouldn't get anything good from him, and after much hardship, she agreed.
She also did something truly outrageous.
What's the matter?
[They gave the city lord a drug that would prevent him from having children.]
[What? Does the city lord have a child?] They dare to administer this kind of medicine? Are they so afraid of running out of money?
Yes, she got pregnant, gave birth to one child, and then the second one wasn't the city lord's; the city lord had another child with her, a boy.
[Have any of the city lord's wives and concubines given birth?] Ji Yingying found it amusing. If they have, wouldn't there be many cuckolds?
One green hat today, one green hat tomorrow, and every single one will be green!
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