Saying a few nice words would bring benefits, and Yu Zizhen felt no less happy than the King of Zhenbei.
Considering her nominal father was so generous, Yu Zizhen tactfully did not stay any longer.
As soon as he got the silver note, Yu Zizhen left with the box of jade seeds.
She stood up to take her leave, and the Prince of Zhenbei also stood up. "After leaving the palace, you must listen more to Mr. Jiang. Whether on the way or in the capital, you must be as cautious as possible in your words and actions. Remember?"
Yu Zizhen nodded repeatedly, saying, "I'll remember it, I'll remember it," but whether he'll listen or not depends on the actual situation.
The father and daughter walked to the backyard of the palace while talking. Perhaps because Yu Zizhen, his legitimate daughter, was following him, the Prince of Zhenbei was too embarrassed to go directly to the concubine's courtyard. He said goodbye to Yu Zizhen in the corridor, and then, with Yu Zizhen watching him go, he strode to the princess' courtyard.
Yu Zizhen was in a good mood as she had received another large sum of money. She staggered back to her yard and happily ate the nourishing meal that had just been delivered by the kitchen.
After she had sent all the maids out of the house, she took out the silver notes and jade seeds she had obtained from the King of Zhenbei, and put them into the system warehouse with a thought.
"Host," the Ear Reporting System suddenly spoke, sharing a little gossip with her, "The jade seed material that the King of Zhenbei just gave to the host was given to the King of Zhenbei by Concubine Liu about a month ago."
Yu Zizhen: ??? So, she finally extended her evil hands to the Zhenbei King's concubine? It's... this feeling is hard to describe.
Yu Zizhen continued to slowly walk around the room to digest his food while asking the system with his mind, "Did someone mention this? Please tell me in detail."
"It was Concubine Liu who scolded you and Princess Zhenbei, saying that you were a shameless pair of mother and daughter. The older one was trying to snatch the prince from her, and the younger one was trying to steal the good things she had worked so hard to find from the prince."
Yu Zizhen: ...Let’s just say that you could actually be a little less detailed.
She cleared her throat and said, "How can you blame me for this? I asked the King of Zhenbei for it openly and honestly. I didn't rob or steal it. So the owner of the things she gave away was not the King of Zhenbei who received the gift, but Concubine Liu herself? How can this be possible in this world?"
The system wasn't interested in human reasoning. It asked Yu Zizhen, "Host, do you really want to give up the mission regarding the apricot blossoms?"
Yu Zizhen was stunned, and soon she thought of the compromise she had made with Princess Zhenbei.
She smiled slightly, "How is that possible!"
Is Yu Zizhen someone who gives up so easily? Not to mention Xinghua, one of the cannon fodders in the original plot, and a key figure marked as four stars in importance by the system.
She would be stupid to give up on such an important person just because of the obstruction of Princess Zhenbei.
Xinghua, who is the same age as the little original owner, was picked up by the little original owner last year. Because she had no parents and no home, the little original owner let her be a little maid in his yard, whose only responsibility was to eat and play.
She was young and thin, not as smart as other children of her age, but she had a lot of strength.
The most important thing is that she is the only person in Yu Zizhen's yard who completely obeys Yu Zizhen.
"I will take her away secretly. After all, she is just being kept in the courtyard by the young master as a maid, and she has not signed a personal contract with the palace."
***
The next day, Princess Zhenbei, in a good mood, sent two large boxes of rare medicinal herbs and precious supplements to Yu Zizhen.
With the system as his teller, Yu Zizhen knew exactly why she suddenly became so generous.
As she changed her clothes, she quietly complained to the system with her mind, "It's just that the playboy King Zhenbei stayed in her yard for one night. I don't know what she is so happy about."
For a man like this who has three wives and four concubines, even if you have to marry him, there is no need to be sincere to him, right?
The system does not understand the complex emotions of humans. It simply thinks that perhaps its host can also incorporate this into her plan to make money.
"Forget it, I don't want to get involved in their affairs." Yu Zizhen rejected it immediately. She would rather go and trick, cough, would rather persuade (hu) and talk (you) her good brother to be grateful, than help Princess Zhenbei and other women in the mansion to be jealous.
After changing her clothes, Yu Zizhen strode towards the front yard. She had already informed the King of Zhenbei yesterday that she would be going out to do some shopping in the next few days. The King of Zhenbei readily agreed and even arranged for her to have a reliable attendant, guards, and a carriage.
Prince Zhenbei did not tell Princess Zhenbei about this yesterday, so when she heard the servant report that Yu Zizhen had left the house, her face changed immediately.
"Who let her out? She..."
"I gave in." The Prince of Zhenbei, who had just finished breakfast, suddenly remembered that he seemed to have something he had not told the princess.
He picked out the important parts of his conversation with Yu Zizhen yesterday and told them to Princess Zhenbei.
Princess Zhenbei didn't dare lose her temper at the King of Zhenbei who had ruined her plan. She could only suppress her anger and tactfully put forward her opinion in the most gentle tone, "But Your Majesty, Zizhen is a girl after all. How can a girl have no maids and only servants around her?"
The Prince of Zhenbei gave the Princess of Zhenbei a meaningful look. "But Zizhen is not an ordinary girl. No, to be exact, from the moment the imperial edict came down, you and I should no longer treat her as a girl. She is now the Crown Prince of Zhenbei, the eldest son of you and me."
Princess Zhenbei widened her eyes, "Then Zicheng..."
"It has nothing to do with inheritance." King Zhenbei patted his wife's hand. "What we are talking about now is not the right to inherit the throne, but how to perfectly deceive those we want to deceive."
"We can't declare Zizhen to be our eldest son while raising her as if she were our daughter, right?"
Those smart people in the capital are not blind!
Princess Zhenbei was still unwilling to accept this. She asked, "Then Zizhen will have no one to take care of him?"
"How come there's no one? Didn't I tell you that you could send Matron Hong?"
When Prince Zhenbei said this, Nanny Hong's face turned pale.
She was one of the trusted servants of Princess Zhenbei. Because the benefits given by Princess Zhenbei were sufficient, she was also very happy to go to the capital to take care of Yu Zizhen for Princess Zhenbei.
But the premise for her willingness is that she can still be a housekeeper with power and dignity, instead of being demoted and returning to the bottom to serve others.
She looked towards Princess Zhenbei for help.
Princess Zhenbei didn't mind whether Nanny Hong had to serve Yu Zizhen's daily life. What she cared about was that if she could only place Nanny Hong as her trusted servant by Yu Zizhen's side, she was afraid that she would soon lose control of Yu Zizhen.
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