Thinking that Yu Zizhen had accidentally helped him ruin a secret operation of Beiyan, the King of Zhenbei changed his mind about forcing her to reduce her luggage.
He said to Yu Zizhen, "Don't take anything worthless. If you need anything, just take it short. When you get to the capital, you can have someone buy more. I'll give you another five thousand taels. Have someone reduce the amount of things you need to bring to four carts."
Yu Zizhen's goal was achieved, and a well-behaved smile immediately appeared on his face. "Then I'll just take clothes, accessories, banknotes, cash, and the local gifts I recently bought. Two carriages should be more than enough for these things."
King of Zhenbei: ...I feel like I've been tricked by this girl.
After leaving Prince Zhenbei's place, Yu Zizhen went to visit her nominal brother, Yu Zicheng, the beloved darling of Princess Zhenbei.
Yu Zicheng is a lucky child. Not only does he have the right to inherit the throne of Zhenbei Palace since he was born, but he also has the strong support from the Princess of Zhenbei and her mother's family.
He is like a little sun, and naturally surrounded by many people.
But Yu Zizhen was different from those people, and from the young original owner. She wouldn't foolishly give everything for Yu Zicheng in vain. And don't even bother telling her about investing in Yu Zicheng now. Even if she did, she'd lose everything later.
Although she is not smart, she has read the plot of the original book, and the original owner is a lesson for her.
Therefore, although she had made up her mind to go to Beijing from the moment she accepted the task, this did not prevent her from making up her mind to rob Yu Zicheng's small treasury.
"Brother, I'm going to the capital as a hostage for you, and you don't want to show your appreciation?"
"Poor at home, rich on the road, I'm really short of money now."
"You're so good. Don't worry, since you gave me all your private money, I will definitely perform seriously from tomorrow on."
Yu Zizhen kept his word. On the morning of the day he was scheduled to depart, Yu Zizhen gave a passionate performance. In front of more than a hundred people from the capital who were coming to announce the decree, he bid farewell to everyone in the palace very warmly.
Her sudden enthusiasm made the princess very uncomfortable. The princess was already very cold towards her daughter. In addition, before she went to bed last night, she heard the servants around her son report that Yu Zizhen had planned to take advantage of her son's small treasury and successfully cheated a lot of silver and money from him.
The princess was almost furious at that time. If it were not for her trusted servants who kept advising her to put the overall situation first and not to anger Yu Zizhen for 1,800 taels of silver at this critical juncture, the princess would have rushed to Yu Zizhen's yard, dragged her out of bed and taught her a lesson.
The servants managed to calm her legs, but they couldn't calm her head. She tossed and turned all night, sulking, and didn't get any good sleep.
Although she appeared in front of everyone this morning with dark circles under her eyes and a tired and haggard face due to not sleeping all night, which added a lot of credibility to Yu Zizhen's reluctant farewell scene, Yu Zizhen still didn't dare to stay in front of her for too long.
After all, not only did she embezzle public funds for her own benefit, she also used the public funds of the Zhenbei Palace to buy goods worth nearly 10,000 taels in one go, and she also took away several hundred taels of private money from the Zhenbei Princess's beloved son.
She understood the principle of knowing when to quit. Now that she had gained the advantage, she did not intend to continue teasing the sensitive nerves of Princess Zhenbei.
After speaking with the Prince of Zhenbei, the Princess of Zhenbei, Yu Zicheng, and the Wu family in turn, Yu Zizhen also touched her illegitimate brothers and sisters one by one.
These little kids were really pitiful. They were not even as tall as three pieces of tofu, yet they were carried out by their respective wet nurses and given to her.
After showing off her reluctance to leave her "relatives" in a rather exaggerated manner, Yu Zizhen turned around and got into the spacious and comfortable two-horse carriage prepared for her by the palace.
Nanny Hong, who was assigned by the princess, wanted to get on the carriage soon after, but was blocked by Yu Zizhen at the door of the carriage.
Yu Zizhen smiled and waved at her, "I don't need anyone to serve me here, so there's no need to get in the car."
He actually wanted to take advantage of her carriage. Did he think she didn't know what the princess said to this old man last night, or did he think she didn't know how this old man cursed her in private?
If you dare to have bad intentions towards her, then you should just squeeze into a carriage with other servants.
After making a final bow to King Zhenbei and the others, Yu Zizhen quickly closed the door and bolted it, effectively refusing to let Nanny Hong get in the car.
Nanny Hong gnashed her teeth in hatred, but she did not dare to disobey Yu Zizhen in front of the people from the capital and the King of Zhenbei.
She dejectedly went to the carriage where the other maids and servants who could not ride horses were riding, while the guards, each of whom had a good horse, rode their horses around Yu Zizhen's carriage.
Prince Zhenbei didn't pay attention to such trivial matters. He exchanged a few pleasantries with the officials and eunuchs from the capital, and the huge convoy slowly started moving.
Mr. Jiang, one of the Zhenbei King's trusted aides, bowed deeply to his master and said, "Your Majesty, I will leave now."
Prince Zhenbei helped him up with his own hands and said, "I'll leave all matters in the capital to you, sir."
Mr. Jiang solemnly promised, "I will live up to the prince's trust."
"Finally, we can go." Feeling the carriage slowly moving forward, Yu Zizhen immediately opened one of the boxes she was carrying.
In the box, Xinghua, blinking her black eyes, was curled up and lying obediently between two soft and warm fox furs.
Yu Zizhen put his index finger to his lips and made a "hush" gesture to her.
Xinghua understood, and she nodded her little head to show that she understood, then she climbed out of the red lacquered wooden box where she was hiding without saying a word.
Yu Zizhen touched the little girl's head and motioned her to come over and sit next to him.
Xinghua is very obedient. She will do whatever Yu Zizhen asks her to do, and will never do anything he doesn't let her do.
For example, after the imperial edict of enthronement came down, she never once mistakenly called "Prince" as "Princess", unlike Cui Yu and the others, who still needed a period of adaptation.
For example, right now, because Yu Zizhen had told her last night not to talk while riding in the car, she really just sat there obediently the whole time without saying a word.
Sitting there bored, Yu Zizhen took out some steamed dumplings and purple sweet potato cakes that she had won in a lottery, and told Xinghua to take whatever she wanted to eat.
Xinghua hadn't eaten breakfast in the morning. When she saw there was food, she immediately grabbed a tray of steamed dumplings and a bag of purple sweet potato cakes with her little hands.
Although she is a child, when faced with delicious food, she doesn't want to make a choice and wants to eat it all!
Yu Zizhen smiled and handed her a clean, wet handkerchief, motioning her to wipe the sweat and dust off her hands.
Xinghua wiped her hands obediently, then squinted her eyes and enjoyed the food. Yu Zizhen, who didn't want to eat, closed his eyes and calculated the value of the silver and items he brought out from the Zhenbei Palace and how to spend them.
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