About half a month ago, Yu Zizhen received a letter that was sent to the Zhenbei Palace. The letter looked like just an ordinary greeting letter to an old friend, but some obscure expressions in the letter made Yu Zizhen realize that it must be a letter sent by Lu Huaiyi and his son to report their safety.
She gave the letter to Lu Huaiyi's wife Pang Shi, who quickly recognized the handwriting on the letter as belonging to Lu An, one of the Lu family guards who had gone with them.
Lu An injured his right hand on the battlefield, and since then he has been practicing using his left hand to hold a knife and a pen under the supervision of Lu Huaiyi.
Lu Huaiyi often took his handwriting back to the main courtyard to check whether he was practicing seriously, so Lu Huaiyi's wife Pang witnessed with her own eyes that Lu An's left-hand handwriting changed from unformed to crawling, and then from crawling to clear and neat.
She also understood Lu An's implicit expression and knew that Lu Huaiyi, his father and son, and Lu Ping and Lu An were all safe at the moment.
She kept the letter as a treasure, and her two daughters-in-law also learned from her that their husbands were safe for the time being.
The mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and their two children were much more encouraged by this and became more grateful to Yu Zizhen.
At this time, Yu Zizhen suggested that the Lu family change their appearance and leave Beijing around the Wanshou Festival to do something for her that should not be exposed to other people. Pang Shi agreed on behalf of everyone in the Lu family without even thinking about it.
She didn't ask Yu Zizhen what he was going to do specifically, nor did she ask how he planned to send them out of the capital or how he planned to ensure the safety of their family.
It's not that she doesn't dare, but during the time she has been with Yu Zizhen, she has established absolute trust in Yu Zizhen.
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A few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mr. Jiang found Yu Zizhen and reminded her that it was time to prepare Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for the people in the Zhenbei Palace in the northern border.
Yu Zizhen nodded, "I understand. I'll go shopping tomorrow."
Anyway, she doesn't have to spend money, so she doesn't mind buying more for King Zhenbei and the others.
Well, by the way, she might be able to make a little money and buy some things she and her subordinates need.
When Mr. Jiang heard her say this, he knew that she was planning to use public funds again. Thinking of the letters that Princess Zhenbei had sent to him before, which reprimanded Yu Zizhen, Mr. Jiang couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Maybe it was because Yu Zizhen had grown cold towards her parents, but ever since she came to the capital, Mr. Jiang had discovered that she had developed a stingy habit.
Not only did she always use the public account to send gifts to the Zhenbei Palace in the northern border, but she also kept a tight grip on her own small treasury, and refused to take out any of the money, whether it was salary or rewards from the three people in the palace.
Not to mention paying for the palace's servants, guards, and him, the palace's staff, she even refused to support herself, _(:3」∠)_
The things she ate, wore and used on a daily basis were either shipped directly from the palace's farms and shops, or bought with the income from the palace's assets.
This is a stingy person who is almost unwilling to spend a penny.
Of course, although Yu Zizhen's habit was strange and did not match his noble status as the prince of Zhenbei, Mr. Jiang had the same ambitions as the Zhenbei king he was loyal to. He did not actually care about the little money Yu Zizhen spent.
Precisely because he didn't think it was a big deal, he acquiesced to Yu Zizhen taking advantage of the palace openly.
But the Princess of Zhenbei, who was far away in the northern border, obviously had different opinions from Mr. Jiang and the King of Zhenbei behind him. She was angry at Yu Zizhen's stinginess and at Yu Zizhen's hiding of private money while taking advantage of the public servants in the palace. So after failing to persuade the King of Zhenbei, she began to write letters to Yu Zizhen one by one.
In every letter she wrote, there was not a single word of concern for her health or daily life. When Princess Zhenbei spoke to Yu Zizhen, it seemed that she could only say those words full of aggression.
Unlike when she was facing Yu Zicheng, her tone and wording could make people hear her deep maternal love for Yu Zicheng.
Fortunately, Yu Zizhen was not her biological daughter. After she opened the first letter written to her by Princess Zhenbei out of curiosity and found it full of accusations, Yu Zizhen never read Princess Zhenbei's letter again.
After that, she asked Yu Heng to open every letter on her behalf, "I'll read it if there's something important to do."
After a period of unremitting efforts, Yuheng has been able to recognize many common characters. Although she does not know every character in the letter written by Princess Zhenbei, the few unfamiliar characters do not prevent her from guessing what Princess Zhenbei is trying to express.
Every time she helped Yu Zizhen read a letter, the contents of the letter would make her feel wronged and angry on his behalf. She was also a real child, so when she was unhappy, it was inevitable that her emotions would show.
Mr. Jiang also realized that Princess Zhenbei must not have said anything pleasant in the letter. Well, she probably said something very unpleasant.
It's like this every time, Mr. Jiang thought. No wonder Yu Zizhen has completely lost his heart to Princess Zhenbei. He doesn't even want to read or reply to the letters she wrote.
Mr. Jiang knew that this was wrong. If he allowed their mother-daughter relationship to continue to deteriorate, the discord between them would likely become a major hidden danger to the Zhenbei Palace's success.
He wanted to persuade Yu Zizhen, but Yu Zizhen was very stubborn and treated him as a monk chanting scriptures and refused to listen to anything he said.
He tactfully reminded the prince to restrain the princess, but the princess was also a stubborn person. She agreed on the surface, but secretly she continued to do her own thing and was extremely stubborn.
This mother and daughter have an unprecedented tacit understanding in this regard. Neither of them is willing to give in, so naturally their relationship cannot get good.
Mr. Jiang was full of worries, but Yu Zizhen didn't take it seriously at all.
She was very happy because the eldest prince finally agreed to go out of the palace with her to play.
She has completely cured the eldest prince's legs. In order to avoid the ubiquitous spies in the palace, she secretly teaches the eldest prince, who has recovered his health, martial arts to strengthen his body. Recently, she has been lobbying the eldest prince to go out of the palace with her to play.
The eldest prince was very tempted, but he also had some concerns. In the end, it was his father, the Emperor, who had a deep private talk with him. Only then did he follow his heart and nodded in agreement when Yu Zizhen brought up the matter again.
It was his first time out of the palace, and Yu Zizhen had originally planned to take him to see the hustle and bustle of the capital. Mr. Jiang happened to remind her to buy something, so she simply combined the two things together.
"I will bring the eldest prince to have lunch. Aunt Zhang, please pay more attention to the dishes." After saying this, he gave Madam Zhang another 100 taels of silver and asked her to buy ingredients from the kitchen. Then Yu Zizhen took a carriage to the palace to pick up the eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin.
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