Chapter 2: Cheap Sincerity

Xiao Jinyan glanced at the little palace maid and found her to be very loyal.

He looked at Shen Chuwei again, "Deduct another month's salary."

“……”What a knock.

When Shen Chuwei saw Xiao Jinyan walking out, she stood up and planned to eat some melon seeds to calm her nerves.

Xiao Jinyan just walked to the door and stopped. He turned around and saw Shen Chuwei sitting on the couch with her legs crossed...

Shen Chuwei was about to eat some melon seeds when she saw Xiao Jinyan step over the threshold and look back at her.

She followed the cold gaze and looked down, her eyes fell on the full cup of melon seeds in her hand. She silently put down the melon seeds in her hand, and silently put down her crossed legs.

It's too late to kneel down now~

"Your Highness, do you have anything else to tell me?" she asked cautiously.

Xiao Jinyan glanced at the melon seeds on the low table and said, "You are not allowed to send melon seeds to Xiyun Pavilion."

He left after saying this.

"Yes." Eunuch Liu responded and hurried after him.

Shen Chuwei didn't care. There were plenty of melon seeds of various flavors in the space, and she ate them secretly.

In the study

After examination by the imperial physician, Xuetuan was found to be just feeling sleepy after eating and drinking too much, and there was nothing serious.

Lu Zhaoyan walked in and bowed: "Your Highness, what is the matter that you want me to come here for?"

Lu Zhaoyan is the current chief of Qintianjian. He is good at observing the stars at night, calculating fortunes, and divining hexagrams.

Xiao Jinyan said with a serious face: "My mind-reading skills have failed."

Lu Zhaoyan asked in confusion: "Why does Your Highness say that?"

"I could clearly hear Shen Fengyi's inner thoughts before, but when I went to Xiyun Pavilion this afternoon, I couldn't hear them anymore."

Lu Zhaoyan thought for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, besides Shen Fengyi, can anyone else hear it?"

"I haven't tried this before. A bunch of women are either vying for favor or coveting the position of Crown Princess. This makes me upset."

Every time Xiao Jinyan saw that group of women either fighting openly or flattering each other, he naturally disliked it.

But as the crown prince, he had to appease people's hearts and had to interact with them.

Lu Zhaoyan grew up with Xiao Jinyan and knew his temper too well. He had no interest in women.

Although there are many women around him, he has always been chaste and has probably never even touched a woman's hand.

The above are all his guesses. If they are false, it must be because Xiao Jinyan is too good at pretending, and it has nothing to do with him.

Eunuch Liu came in and bowed to report: "Your Highness, Shen Liangdi made lotus cakes by herself and wants you to try them."

Xiao Jinyan and Lu Zhaoyan looked at each other. They were just worried that no one would try the job, but now it came right to them.

"Let her in."

"Yes." Not long after Eunuch Liu left, Shen Mingzhu came in with an exquisite food box and bowed, "May your highness be blessed with good health."

Xiao Jinyan: "No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Shen Mingzhu stepped forward with a smile, placed the food box on the table, opened the food box with her delicate hands painted with red kohl, took out the small white porcelain plate inside and placed it on the prince's right hand.

"Your Highness, this is the lotus cake I made myself. Your Highness, please try it. Is it to your liking?"

"Shen Liangdi has put a lot of effort into it." Xiao Jinyan just took a look and picked up the memorial to look through it without any intention of eating.

When Shen Mingzhu saw this, she couldn't help but complain in her heart, "I specially asked Qiuju to make the lotus cake and sent it to the prince, but he didn't even taste it. My sincerity was wasted."

Xiao Jinyan raised his eyes and glanced at Shen Liangdi. He asked the palace maids to make the cakes and said that they were made by himself. Could this be called sincerity?

This is really too cheap!

"Qin Tianjian observed the stars at night and found that things have not been going well for me recently. It was caused by something unclean. You will bathe and change clothes for me and go to the Buddhist temple to fast for a month."

Lu Zhaoyan lowered his head and frowned. He was just a tool.

Shen Liang Di was stunned when she heard this. Fasting for a month means not being able to see the Crown Prince for a month. How can she compete for favor and become the Crown Prince's consort?

Xiao Jinyan said quietly, "Why? You don't want to go?"

"I am willing to share the worries and relieve the work for Your Highness." But in her heart she was cursing, saying that Qin Tianjian had nothing to do every day and just kept talking nonsense. Whoever is willing can go. I don't want to suffer.

Xiao Jinyan drank his tea calmly and snorted secretly, "It's not up to you whether you go or not."

"I have something to discuss with Lord Lu. Please get ready and go to the temple."

"I'll take my leave." Shen Mingzhu left the study room with dissatisfaction.

After Shen Liangdi left, Xiao Jinyan said, "My mind-reading skill didn't fail. I could hear Shen Liangdi's thoughts. Why can't I hear Shen Fengyi's inner thoughts now?"

Lu Zhaoyan said: "I would like to meet Shen Fengyi."

How could Xiao Jinyan, who is so smart, not understand what Lu Zhaoyan meant?

"Tomorrow, you will go to Xiyun Pavilion with me."

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"Following a master who offends the crown prince at every turn is really a curse for the rest of your life."

"Finally I can leave here and never come back."

In the eyes of Chuntao and Xiaofuzi, Shen Fengyi has no chance of making a comeback, so they are naturally not afraid of offending her.

Chun Tao looked at Chun Xi proudly, "Chun Xi, I have to go to Shen Liang Di's place now. We won't have a chance to meet each other in the future. Xiao Xiang Pavilion is haunted by ghosts. You and Shen Feng Yi must be careful."

Chunxi said angrily, "The master has always treated you well. Now that he is leaving, why are you saying such frivolous words?"

Chun Tao snorted coldly, "We are not as stupid as you. You will cry when the time comes."

Xiao Fuzi snorted and said, "Let's go. I want to work for Xu Liangyuan, too. It's much better than staying in Xiyun Pavilion."

The two of them walked out of Xiyun Pavilion while laughing.

Shen Chuwei was cracking melon seeds, his eyes passing through the windowsill, taking in the entire scene. It would not be a good thing for such a snobbish person to stay.

Chunxi walked in and saw Shen Chuwei eating melon seeds again. She couldn't help but start to worry: "My lady, you still have the time to eat melon seeds? Don't you want to think of a solution? Xiaoxiang Pavilion is haunted."

"No hurry." Shen Chuwei continued to eat melon seeds.

"How can I not be anxious? Although Xiyun Pavilion is far away, it is much better than Xiaoxiang Pavilion. My young master is not afraid of ghosts, right?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of about ghosts. What's scary is the human heart."

Chunxi wanted to say, she was so scared!

Chunxi looked at Shen Chuwei eating melon seeds one by one, "That's not right, young lady, where did these melon seeds come from? Didn't the prince forbid giving them to the emperor?"

"Well!"

“…Forget about the melon seeds. Let’s go see if the strawberries are ripe.”

Shen Chuwei packed up the melon seed shells and went to the backyard.

Xiyun Pavilion was originally an abandoned courtyard. Its only advantage was that it had a lot of open space and good soil.

She used it all to grow vegetables.

Peach trees, cherries, etc. are also planted.

These are seeds that have been scientifically cultivated for many years and have a high survival rate. If you use spiritual spring water, you can eat seasonal fruits next year.

Although I am not spoiled, it is still fun.

Shen Chuwei came to the wooden shelf, where there were dozens of flower pots, including five pots of strawberries and five pots of tomatoes.

There are quite a few tomatoes on the tomato vines, and half of the fruits are red. In two days, they can be picked and made into tomato egg soup and scrambled eggs and tomatoes.

Her eyes moved to the strawberries, each one was plump and bright red.

"Ripe." She smiled, took the scissors, carefully cut the strawberries and put them into the flower basket.

After picking the strawberries, Chunxi took them to wash.

Shen Chuwei was lying on the soft couch in the corridor. She took a strawberry with her slender fingers, put it into her mouth and bit half of it. She was happy that she finally ate the strawberry she had been longing for.

"My lady, please embroider a sachet and give it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Maybe His Royal Highness will be happy and we won't have to go to Xiaoxiang Pavilion anymore."

"There are so many women who want to embroider sachets for the prince, and I am not the only one. Besides, he wouldn't like what I embroider, so I'd better not waste my time."

Every word of the conversation between the master and servant reached Xiao Jinyan's ears. He snorted in his heart and thought, "You are self-aware."

But when he heard the last sentence, his eyes changed.