Jiutian also began to perform divination in a seemingly serious manner, and to ensure accuracy, she even dripped a drop of blood.
Her expression faltered slightly, but she quickly regained her composure and said, "Second Uncle, I can't do it anymore, I can't cast a divination."
"You really think so?" Yin Jin'an laughed heartily. "I have no interest in women, and I hate settling for less. I feel pretty good as things are now."
Jiutian collected the copper coins.
She greeted the noble ladies and also made a special trip to greet Wang Can's wife, Madam Hu.
Madam Hu was very excited and said, "Time flies. I still remember when the princess and His Majesty were humiliated by the Cui family. The princess got to know our royal family through divination..."
Immediately, other family members asked with smiles, "Does the princess know about the future?"
Madam Hu said, "Yes, the princess's calculations are incredibly accurate, and she can even change the feng shui! My father and husband offered her 30,000 taels of silver for the divination, which the princess then distributed to the people."
Jiutian's smile faded slightly.
Wang Can's son is already eight years old. He is gentle and refined, and at less than eight years old, he is very knowledgeable and reasonable.
"Xingjian, quickly pay your respects to the princess!" As the wife of the prime minister, Madam Hu is no longer the same as before; she is now a true noblewoman.
She truly believed in Jiutian; Jiutian's divination was incredibly accurate. If Jiutian hadn't defied fate to change the Wang family's destiny, Wang Can wouldn't be where he is today, and it's uncertain whether he would even have lived to thirty.
Wang Xingjian greeted Jiutian respectfully, and Jiutian generously granted him permission to rise, offered words of encouragement, and presented him with a set of writing implements.
Madam Hu smiled and said, "Princess, in all these years I have never met a fortune teller more skilled than you. Your Highness, look, Little Tiger is eight years old this year and will also be taking the county examination..."
She didn't say what she was going to say next, but anyone with a brain would understand what she meant.
She wanted to ask Jiutian to predict Wang Xingjian's future.
Wang Can and Gu Bahuang were Yin Jin'an's right-hand men, one a scholar and the other a warrior, both of whom had made great contributions. Unconsciously, Madam Hu became arrogant and complacent about their achievements.
In her heart, Jiutian was just a Taoist priest of humble origin who was granted the title of princess because he was able to predict the future by accompanying Yin Jin'an in the beginning.
Jiutian looked at her with a faint smile, neither confirming nor denying, only offering a vague statement: "Not bad."
Madam Hu didn't know what the word "not bad" meant, and wanted to ask Jiutian if he could tell her whether the baby in her belly was a boy or a girl. Just then, Jiutian smiled and turned to Madam Gu.
"Greetings, Princess Longxiang, may the princess live a thousand years." Madam Gu, Fang Ruoyun, knelt and bowed to Jiutian.
Fang Ruoyun, Gu Bahuang's wife.
Clean and crisp, beautiful and cool.
The heavens granted her permission to rise, and after some questioning, she learned that Madam Gu, Fang Yunruo, and Gu Bahuang were betrothed since childhood. When the Gu family suffered a disaster, the government issued a warrant for their arrest, and the Fang family took the initiative to cancel the marriage with the Gu family in order to protect themselves.
Fang Yunruo stole the engagement tokens and marriage certificate, and ran away to the deep mountains to find Gu Bahuang.
It wasn't until a few years ago, when I went down the mountain to inquire, that I learned that Gu Bahuang had long since become General Gu.
She found Gu Bahuang and returned the tokens and marriage certificate to him to avoid affecting his life.
Gu Bahuang was unwilling to break off the engagement, so the two got married, and they were almost thirty years old.
After Fang Ruoyun finished her respectful report, Jiutian asked, "Has Madam Gu heard of the Jade Dragon Gazette?"
Fang Ruoyun nodded: "The general told me about it, and I have had the privilege of seeing it a few times. I admire it very much."
"If the State of Qi were to establish the 'Great Qi Gazette,' would Madam Gu be willing to join?"
"Qi State publishes the Great Qi Newspaper?" Fang Ruoyun's eyes lit up with surprise. "I will report to my husband and then to the princess. Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will do it very quickly. Please do not entrust it to anyone else for the time being."
"Very well, I await your news."
Jiutian efficiently discussed the matter of starting a newspaper with Fang Ruoyun, and many literate women were eager to try after hearing their words.
Madam Hu really wanted to join, and even felt that with her status as "the Prime Minister's wife," the position of curator, like Zhang Yanyan's, was rightfully hers.
“Princess, I wish to participate,” Madam Hu said eagerly. “I can confirm it now.”
Jiutian looked at her calmly and said with a smile, "Madam Wang is six months pregnant, so she should focus on her pregnancy first and we can talk about other things later."
Hu was still trying to persuade him, but Jiutian said, "Madam Wang, please ask the Prime Minister first?"
Mrs. Hu shut her mouth.
After everyone left, Jiutian said to Yin Jin'an with a grin, "I want to see Landlord Wang."
"Why do you suddenly want to see him?" Yin Jin'an said. "If you want to see him, then summon him to the palace. There's no reason for a princess to visit her subject."
Jiutian smiled and said, "Second Uncle, it's a combination of kindness and severity."
She found Wang Can and said she wanted to visit Landlord Wang.
"When I and His Majesty the Emperor were in dire straits in Longmen Town, we were fortunate to receive 30,000 taels of silver from Lord Wang and his son. I will never forget such kindness."
Upon hearing this, alarm bells went off in Wang Can's mind.
He immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness and I thank you for defying fate. We could never repay your kindness, even if we were to serve you as a cow or a horse for countless lifetimes. I will immediately bring my father here to speak with the princess."
He immediately rode back to the mansion, entered the courtyard of Landlord Wang, dismissed the servants, and summoned Madam Hu and Wang Xingjian.
"What did you say and do in the palace?" Wang Can asked sternly.
Madam Hu was taken aback, but when she heard that the princess wanted to pay her respects to her father-in-law, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Prime Minister has devoted himself to the court, and my father and the Prime Minister were also very kind to His Majesty and the princess. It is only natural that the princess wants to come to the mansion."
Landlord Wang cursed loudly, "Bullshit! I think you've been living too comfortably and don't know your place anymore!"
Upon hearing Hu's words, Wang Can knew that there was big trouble and hurriedly asked Wang Xingjian what had happened in the palace.
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