"That damned dog of a servant! I'll tear her to pieces!" The Third Princess was furious and turned to go back to settle scores with the old nanny.
For more than a month, she and Jiayin were summoned to Shou Kang Palace every few days.
From initial worry and fear to now using it more and more in the face of adversity, it has truly undergone too many tests.
Most of these were done by older women, but at most they were asked to copy Buddhist scriptures or put gas-relieving medicine in their tea.
These are all despicable tactics used to embarrass or implicate them.
This is the first time I've ever directly attacked and injured someone like this!
Jiayin quickly pulled her along, walking towards Zhilan Palace while advising, "Don't worry, I didn't suffer any loss, did I? On the contrary, the old hag reaped what she sowed! We won't see her for the next half month, which is a good thing."
"That's right!" The Third Princess finally realized what was going on and asked in a low voice, "How did you know there were needles on the cushion, and how did you manage not to get pricked? And how did you end up pricking the old hag?"
Jiayin smiled with sparkling eyes. Of course, it couldn't be said that she used her skirt to cover herself while kneeling down and temporarily put the brocade cushion into her spatial storage.
So she vaguely replied, "Of course I have ways to protect myself; the old hag can't hurt me. But when the old hag turned around, I stepped on her skirt."
"She was afraid of falling, so she instinctively put a mat on it, but she forgot that there was a needle on the mat, and the needle had medicine on it, which would cause red bumps all over her body that would take at least half a month to subside!"
"Haha, you're amazing! That old hag deserved it!" The Third Princess almost jumped for joy, then took Jiayin's arm and begged, "Good sister, what method did you use? Teach me!"
"I won't teach it. This is my specialty." Jiayin raised her chin proudly and joked, "Teaching a disciple is like starving the master. I'm not going to be foolish."
"Oh dear, no, absolutely not!" The Third Princess persisted, spreading good news all the way back to Zhilan Palace, chatting and laughing.
The next day was the day Jiayin went home for a short stay, and the Third Princess specially informed the Emperor that she would go out of the palace with him for a day of fun.
Jiayin didn't stop her and took her to inspect the business first.
As soon as the two sat down in the backyard of Baiyun Pavilion, Manager Peng and Chen Xi quickly came over to pay their respects.
Chen Xi asked his masters what kind of snacks they wanted to eat, and then quickly went to bake some fresh ones.
Jiayin took the account book and then instructed Pengchuan to take two boxes of pastries to the Jia family and pick up Baozhu to play along the way.
After the account books were reviewed and the new pastries were brought to the table, Baozhu rushed in like a whirlwind.
The chubby girl has finally started to grow taller and is starting to look more like a young woman.
She threw herself into Jiayin's arms and began to complain, "Sister Jiayin, you haven't come to play with me in so long! I thought you'd forgotten about me!"
"I'll never forget you, no matter who else I forget. Look, I had Chef Chen bake your favorite pastries." Jiayin was happy to see her friend and handed her an egg tart.
Sure enough, Baozhu was immediately coaxed into a beaming smile.
The third princess sat opposite her, also eating non-stop.
Seeing Jiayin and Baozhu so close, like conjoined twins, she couldn't help but speak up with a hint of jealousy.
"Baozhu, can't you see I'm here? Aren't you going to bow?"
Jiayin left the palace three times, and twice she took the Third Princess with her. Baozhu was already familiar enough with the Third Princess, so she naturally knew that she was just a paper tiger.
Moreover, the palace maids and nannies who came with the palace were serving outside, so there was nothing to worry about.
So Baozhu boldly rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Are you jealous because Jiayin dotes on me? Humph, she eats and lives with you every day, while I only see her once every two weeks, and you still want to cause me trouble? That's too much!"
The Third Princess wasn't angry at all; instead, she proudly boasted, "Yes, Jiayin eats and lives with me every day. Yesterday, we even called each other old hags!"
"Old hag?!" Baozhu immediately became interested and leaned closer to urge, "Tell me quickly, how did you fight!"
The two got together and started talking right then and there.
They chatted and laughed, ate some snacks, and sat for a while before leaving Baiyunjian and going to Tiantian Fruits and Vegetables.
Although the weather is getting warmer, some resourceful farmers have already started growing early vegetables and sending them to the city to sell.
But Tian Tian Fruits and Vegetables' business is still booming.
Because the main attraction in the shop is all kinds of fruits, vegetables are just a side dish, so whether you sell more or less doesn't matter.
Gu Li arrived almost before the fruit platter was even served.
After Jiayin entered the palace, she handed over the hot pot restaurant, the fruit and vegetable shop, and Baiyunjian to Guli, making him the head manager.
If there were any problems in the shop that they couldn't handle, the shopkeepers would go to Gu Li.
Gu Li couldn't solve the problem either, so he told the Li family.
But so far, in the past two months, there hasn't been anything that Gu Li couldn't handle.
As usual, Jiayin left the Third Princess and Baozhu to eat fruit, while she talked with Guli for a long time about business, arranging all the trivial matters. Jiaren, Lige'er, Lu Zong, Jia Xu, Guo Wenhao and others also came after hearing the news.
It turned out that the big exam was just around the corner, and they had arranged to get together at the Lu family's house to each give each other a few questions, break them down, and find inspiration from each other's thinking.
Jiaren sent someone to the shop to get some lychees as a lucky charm. He had heard that his sister had left the palace, so he wanted to come and see her.
Lu Zong and the others naturally followed, so they walked in a row, and no one was left behind.
Although they didn't see the Third Princess often and weren't very familiar with her, Jiayin was now the Third Princess's study companion. In order to make Jiayin's life in the palace easier, everyone couldn't help but say a few more words of flattery, and soon the Third Princess was all smiles.
Jiayin also wanted to play with her brothers a little longer, so she asked the hot pot restaurant to prepare some food and send it over.
The palace maids and nannies, accompanied by Shui Ling and Shui Yun, sat at a separate table in another room.
The Third Princess was overjoyed to no longer have the nanny nagging in her ears, and without any hesitation, she sat down between Jiayin and Baozhu.
Jiayin is next to Jiaren, and Baozhu is next to Jiaxu.
In this way, although there was no separate seating, sitting next to his elder brother was a way to avoid suspicion.
Hot pot is a lively and festive dish to eat.
It was a rare occasion for everyone to gather together, and the laughter and chatter were so lively that they almost lifted the roof off.
It wasn't until the sun was setting that everyone dispersed, clutching their round bellies.
The Third Princess reluctantly boarded the carriage, repeatedly urging Jiayin to return to the palace as soon as possible, which made Jiayin both amused and exasperated.
After finally getting her, Baozhu was taken back to the Jia family by Jia Xu.
Jiayin had just returned to Suijintan with her brothers. Without the elders at home, the road home seemed much quieter.
Jiayin couldn't help but worry about her grandmother and the others, and asked, "Big brother, shouldn't the southbound fleet be arriving in Quanzhou soon?"
"The date is almost here!" Jiaren sighed. "It's your third brother's wedding, so none of us can join in the fun."
Li Ge'er, however, took it in stride and advised, "Don't worry, when Third Brother comes back, we'll have his father pay for our wedding feast."
The three siblings chatted as they walked home, completely unaware that before the fleet of boats that would bring them home arrived in Quanzhou, they were greeted with an unexpected and wonderful surprise!
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