During the close contact with the eldest prince, Yu Zizhen first asked the system to help scan the eldest prince's physical condition, and then spent most of his points to exchange for the universal detoxification pills and the long-term skill "Rejuvenation".
The universal detoxification pill can help the eldest prince detoxify, and the "rejuvenation technique" can gradually help the eldest prince improve his physical condition.
After redeeming these two items, the points that Yu Zizhen had worked so hard to accumulate returned to single digits again. While feeling the pain, Yu Zizhen became more and more eager to complete the task.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to being particularly enthusiastic towards the eldest prince, Yu Zizhen was also very friendly to Fang Huaiying, his new classmate.
Fang Huaiying was one of the cannon fodders designated by the system to be rescued, and in the original book, he was the one who took out most of his private property and took great risks to help the eldest prince and the original owner collect the bodies.
Unlike Chen Hushan, this little original owner had calculated and used his sincerity to make friends with him more than once in the original book. He even secretly revealed to the Lu family that the eldest prince had sent the original owner away, in order to gain an opportunity to leave Beijing.
For someone like this who is obsessed with pros and cons, Yu Zizhen will only maintain a friendly attitude on the surface.
Another person who also won Yu Zizhen's favor was Yang Shixian, who was really good to the eldest prince.
As for the eldest prince's other study companion, Fan Zhongming, he was also a smiling tiger like Chen Hushan. Naturally, Yu Zizhen only had face for him.
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On the fifty-sixth day after Yu Zizhen arrived in Beijing, Mr. Jiang approached her and said that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching and the palace was planning to send a team back to the northern border. "Your Highness has been alone in Beijing for so long, I'm sure you must miss the prince, princess, and the second young master very much. When you have written a letter home and prepared a gift, please send someone to let me know."
Yu Zizhen blinked. Okay, I'll write it, but she wouldn't pay for gifts herself.
She said, "Trust me and I'll write it. You can discuss and choose the gift with the chief steward. After all, you two are in charge of the palace, one inside and one outside. What to give is up to you two to discuss and decide. There's no need to ask me."
Mr. Jiang: ...
If Yu Zizhen had never expressed her dissatisfaction with his management of the palace's assets, Mr. Jiang would have suspected that she was trying to compete with him for power.
But judging by her past behavior, Yu Zizhen clearly had no intention of competing with him for power. She simply... simply didn't care about her relatives who remained in the northern border.
Mr. Jiang took a deep breath and was about to kindly give Yu Zizhen some advice when he heard Yu Zizhen say, "I only have one request. Give more, make sure everyone gets a share. I'd rather have a surplus than a shortage. Don't let my dear family find fault with me."
Mr. Jiang: ...Okay, he's worrying too much.
He said, "To show your sincerity, Your Highness, it would be best if you could take some time to personally lead the shopping."
Yu Zizhen's eyebrows flew up, "What? I have to buy it?"
Not knowing what he was thinking about, Yu Zizhen said, "Okay, I'll buy it."
Then she went out to buy things with her attendants and guards.
Mr. Jiang, breathing a sigh of relief, returned to the front yard. Less than half an hour after he had read the intelligence, the gatekeeper came running over and told him that a large group of delivery guys had arrived at the corner gate of the palace.
It is not uncommon for people to deliver goods. After all, Yu Zizhen’s first goal in buying gifts is to give “something to everyone”, so she will definitely buy a lot of things.
In this case, it would be wise to ask the store staff to deliver the goods to your door.
However, what made Mr. Jiang depressed was that although Yu Zizhen bought the goods, she did not pay even a single copper coin to the merchants.
All the people who came to deliver goods were holding long delivery notes. They all had smiles on their faces and said that they had to find a Mr. Jiang to help settle the payment first.
When the gatekeeper heard this, he immediately sent one of his men to run to Mr. Jiang's yard to inform him.
"They said that the prince ordered them to send the things directly to the palace and to settle the bill with you."
Mr. Jiang: ...I understand. This prince of their family has made up his mind to use the public account. He really lives up to his family's reputation for being stingy, ahem, a money-loving prince.
He took a deep breath and ordered his servant, "Go and invite two accountants from the mansion over."
The servant took his orders and left. Mr. Jiang then said to the servant guarding the door, "Let them come over. I will arrange for someone to inspect the goods and make payment."
The gatekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, took his leave, and ran back in big strides.
Mr. Jiang didn't know at this moment that these merchants who came to deliver goods were just the first batch of beneficiaries of Yu Zizhen's crazy purchasing process. Soon, he would have more merchants from Beijing coming to him with goods to ask for money.
Shopping without paying is almost like getting something for free. Yu Zizhen, who is addicted to getting something for free, keeps buying things all the time, focusing on large quantities, affordable prices and a share for everyone.
For the Zhenbei King and his wife, there were local ritual items, silks, jewelry, fine wines, teas, porcelains, small ornaments, writing brushes, inks, paper, and inkstones... In short, they bought whatever they could get their hands on. There was no logic, and the items were all kinds of weird and wonderful.
The things given to her brothers and sisters were quite logical: a batch of various books, a batch of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, a batch of small knives, swords and bows, a batch of Nine-Linked Rings Huarong Road, a batch of representative embroidery of different factions... Yu Zizhen collectively called these "learning materials".
Oh, she is such a good sister who always thinks long-term about her younger siblings~
After feeling moved for a while, Yu Zizhen bought another batch of gifts for the concubines of King Zhenbei. It was easy to buy gifts for them. He picked up those that were novel and cheap and filled a box with them as a token of his appreciation.
Oh, yes, and those people from her adopted grandparents' family. Although they always ignored her, it didn't matter, she was a broad-minded person who could accommodate all kinds of things.
Well, the main thing is, it’s not her money that’s being spent anyway.
Because he didn't know the composition of his cheap maternal grandfather's family, Yu Zizhen simply asked someone to prepare two boxes of silk, two boxes of tea, two boxes of books, two boxes of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and two boxes of novel and cheap gadgets.
As for how they would divide it, Yu Zizhen said that this was not something she could decide.
After buying things as quickly as possible, Yu Zizhen went to Zheng's restaurant for a meal.
Just yesterday, the system gave her the points for the task at Jijiaxiangpu, which meant that the crisis at Jijiaxiangpu had been resolved.
But at the same time, the system also reminded her that Boss Zheng's in-laws had already married their daughter to a family with official relatives.
In other words, this family will soon realize that they have made a losing deal, and then they will pick on the weak and vent their anger on Boss Zheng's family.
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