"Can I eat now?" Yin Qingyi was not surprised at all; she had a deep impression of Li Shi's habit of kidnapping people.
"Princess!" Chunlan stamped her foot.
"Chunlan, your princess is starving, can you please let her eat properly?" Yin Qingyi said and started eating right away.
Yin Qingyi was not affected at all. She ate and drank as usual and slept until dawn. Fortunately, she did not need to pay her respects today, otherwise she would have been ridiculed by Li Shi.
"Su Peisheng, go to the storeroom and find a set of jewelry to send to Luoxuexuan." Yinzhen instructed Su Peisheng as soon as he left Li's courtyard early in the morning.
"Yes." Su Peisheng was surprised. He had stayed with Li Gege, but was rewarded with Yin Gege's place? This was truly...
"Also, didn't the imperial physician say that Lady Yin is in poor health? Send some more bird's nest over there." It's amazing that after all this time, Yinzhen still remembered the imperial physician's words about Lady Yin being in poor health.
"Yes, this servant will send them over together." Su Peisheng was genuinely surprised at this moment. He had elevated the status of Madam Yin in his mind. How could he underestimate a woman who hadn't even served the emperor yet, yet the master was so concerned about her?
Yinzhen's thoughts were simple. He had agreed to go to Luoxuexuan yesterday but hadn't gone. He figured that Madam Yin must be heartbroken. She wasn't in good health, and if she fell ill because of this, wouldn't that be his fault? So it was only right to send her some things to comfort her, wasn't it?
Fortunately, Su Peisheng didn't know about Yinzhen's idea, otherwise he would have complained a lot. When you went to the other concubines' rooms, there were times when Concubine Li tried to steal the emperor's favor. For example, there was one such incident with Concubine Geng a few days ago. I didn't see you send anything over to comfort Concubine Geng.
So when Yin Qingyi received a set of jewelry and a box of bird's nest, she was completely bewildered. She remembered not having served the emperor last night, right? So what were these gifts for?
"Eunuch Su, what is this?" Yin Qingyi was somewhat puzzled.
"Princess, please accept this. This is what Master ordered." This Eunuch Su is not the same as the other Eunuch Su. This is Su Peisheng's apprentice and godson, who takes Su Peisheng's surname and is named Su Xiaobao. Yin Qingyi is not yet qualified to have Su Peisheng personally deliver things to her.
"Alright, thank you so much, Eunuch Su. Here's a little something for you to play with." Yin Qingyi reluctantly stuffed a purse containing five taels of silver into Su Xiaobao's hand. Normally, she would give one tael to the other eunuchs, but this Eunuch Su was different, so of course she had to give him more.
"This servant thanks Your Highness for the reward." Su Xiaobao accepted the purse with a pleasing smile.
"Princess, it seems that the Prince has your heart, otherwise he wouldn't have sent these things so early in the morning. And this bird's nest, that's a good thing, usually the princesses can't afford it." Chunlan was worried that the princess would be laughed at for not coming yesterday, but now it's all good. The Prince sent these things without hiding them from anyone, and I guess everyone in the backyard will know soon.
"Put them all away." Yin Qingyi was in a bad mood. For her, giving money was more practical than giving these things. She really didn't have enough money. She had been saving as much as she could, and she had already spent fifty taels of her two hundred taels of silver. Most of it had been spent on tips, and she would only occasionally spend a few taels to have an extra meal at the kitchen when she was really craving something. She had spent fifty taels in a month, leaving her with one hundred and fifty taels, which would only last for three months. It was August now, and by the time she ran out of money, it would be the dead of winter. How was she going to survive?
Qiuju tugged at Chunlan, who was about to say something. The princess was clearly in a bad mood, so it was best not to say anything more. Although she didn't understand why the princess was unhappy even though the prince had sent her something, it was probably because the prince hadn't come yesterday.
Yin Qingyi became depressed. After Chunlan and Qiuju brought the things inside, she locked herself in her room—counting money...
After counting it for what felt like the umpteenth time and finding it to be 148 taels, Yin Qingyi finally let go of the silver, which she had almost polished from handling it.
"Qiuju, what's wrong with the princess? It's almost lunchtime, should we call her?" Chunlan stood at the door, listening intently but unable to hear anything inside, and became worried.
"Let's wait a little longer. The kitchen wouldn't dare refuse to serve the princess her meal." Qiuju was also worried, but she really didn't understand whether the princess wanted to be disturbed at this moment. There was really no need to worry about the food. The news of the princess's injury this morning had already spread throughout the manor, and the kitchen wouldn't make things difficult for them now.
"Mm." Chunlan nodded. She knew she wasn't as clever as Qiuju, so listening to Qiuju was the right thing to do.
The two didn't expect that instead of their princess coming out, they would see someone who shouldn't have appeared at this time.
"Greetings, Your Highness." Chunlan and Qiuju both doubted their eyes when they saw Yinzhen, and only hurriedly bowed when he got closer.
"Where is your princess?" Yinzhen frowned. These two little girls didn't seem very bright.
"Your Highness, the princess is resting inside. This servant will go and call her right away," Qiuju replied immediately, and was about to push the door open to go in.
"No need." Yinzhen stopped Qiuju's actions and pushed open the door to go inside himself.
Su Peisheng did not follow them inside. He stood guard at the door with Qiuju and Chunlan, ignoring their anxiety.
How could Chunlan and Qiuju not be anxious right now? They didn't know what the princess was doing inside, or if she would do anything improper, but all they could do was worry and couldn't do anything.
Upon entering, Yinzhen glanced at the room's furnishings; they were simple yet comfortable. He looked around but couldn't find Yin Qingyi. He glanced at the inner room, then stepped inside. After walking around the screen, he indeed saw Yin Qingyi, but...
Yinzhen frowned as he looked at the person sleeping sprawled out on her back. He wasn't angry, but he felt that Yin's sleeping posture and appearance were two extremes. He went over to straighten Yin Qingyi's posture, but as soon as he reached out his hand, Yin Qingyi hugged him tightly.
"..." Yinzhen pursed his lips and carefully tried to pull it out, but he couldn't. Instead, because of his movement, Yin Qingyi hugged his arm even tighter.
"Don't let the money run away," Yin Qingyi muttered softly.
Although Yin Qingyi spoke very softly, Yinzhen still heard her, mainly because he was so close to her at that moment; it was impossible for him not to hear. Yinzhen was somewhat amused and exasperated. His little princess was actually quite the little miser. Had he been neglecting her food or clothing?
However, after glancing at Yin Qingyi's figure, he felt that this little princess was a bit too thin; her waist was so slender that it seemed he could snap it in two with the slightest force. That was what he thought, but Yinzhen's eyes couldn't leave her delicate waist.
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