Fengluan Palace.
The Queen Mother reclined on the imperial concubine's couch, squinting her eyes to rest. Eunuch Bai stood beside her, massaging her shoulders. He lowered his head and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was here just now."
The corner of the Queen Mother's mouth twitched. "What is he doing here?"
Eunuch Bai smiled, his meaning unclear: "This servant doesn't know either. His Highness lingered at the gate of Fengluan Palace for a while, then left."
The Queen Mother said, "I haven't seen this kid for several days. He doesn't even come to court. I wonder what's wrong with him."
The Queen Mother changed her direction, and Eunuch Bai also changed her shoulder to squeeze, and continued, "You don't have to worry too much. His Highness always knows how to act."
Eunuch Bai's force increased, and the Queen Mother cried out in pain, "Be gentle."
She opened her eyes and sat up. Eunuch Bai also let go of her hand and tidied the Queen Mother's clothes.
"I am finding this brat increasingly difficult to understand. Tomorrow, you must inform Yuan Jing to let him come to court. I have so many things waiting for him to do." The Queen Mother sighed, stood up and walked outside.
Eunuch Bai followed behind and said, "Yes."
——
Shi Qingmiao has been staying in the East Palace since she came to report the news in the afternoon.
If something really happens to Sister Jesus, the person who leaks the information will definitely be caught by the Queen Mother, then she will be finished!
It’s better to hide in the East Palace.
At least there is a brother like Helan Ruizhe to block it.
She had extremely sharp ears. After hearing the sound of horse hooves, Shi Qing ran to the door of the East Palace in small steps and lay behind the door waiting for Helan Ruizhe to come in.
"Brother, brother, brother, what's the matter? Grandma didn't make things difficult for my sister, did she?" Shi Qingmiao asked anxiously, pulling Helan Ruizhe's sleeve.
Helan Ruizhe glanced at her and smiled helplessly, "It's okay, it was just a false alarm."
Shi Qingmiao heaved a sigh of relief, soothing her frightened heart. "You don't know how angry Grandma was today. I was scared to death when I saw her outside the door. When she invited my sister to the palace, I thought she was the kind of wicked grandma who wanted to make things difficult for her grandson's wife!"
Helan Ruizhe stretched out his finger and tapped her forehead. Shi Qingmiao tilted her head and looked at her brother accusingly.
Helan Ruizhe: "How many folk stories have you read? Grandma and Susu seem to get along pretty well, although I can't figure out why. But today, things seem to be going better than I expected."
Shi Qingmiao laughed again and said, "Maybe this is the friendship between women!"
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The next morning.
Jin Suting got up early and was woken up by hunger.
In the yard, Qin'er was watering the forsythia. She hadn't noticed for a long time that the flowers had already bloomed.
Spring is here, why is it still so cold?
She got up earlier than the sun, and so did Cao Cao. When Jin Suting saw Cao Cao sweeping the yard, she walked over and nagged like an old mother: "Caocao, why don't you rest a little longer? Illness comes like a mountain falling, and goes like a thread being pulled out. You must not get tired during this period!"
Cao Cao: "Miss, you are still talking about me? Are you injured? Your injury is more serious than mine, so you need to go back and lie down!"
Jin Suting's voice softened a bit: "This has already scabbed over."
Tan Er watched them talking, put down the kettle in her hand and walked over, "Miss, you still have to take the medicine."
"Mother Ming sent two doses of medicine this morning. In the entire General's Mansion, apart from me, Cao Cao, and Xiao Hei, I'm afraid Mother Ming is the only one who truly cares about the young lady."
Jin Suting smiled slightly, then suddenly remembered that someone seemed to be missing, and asked, "Where is Xiao Hei?"
Tan Er replied: "He went out early in the morning, and I don't know what he was going to do."
Cao Cao said, "Why don't we go to the kitchen and see if we can find something to eat. In case they're not here, we can bring back some ingredients."
Tan Er said, "I thought so too, so I went to the kitchen in the middle of the night last night."
When Jin Suting heard this, she was a little surprised, but she didn't say anything when she thought about the reason.
Tan Er continued, "Guess what?"
Cao Cao: “What’s the matter?”
Tan Er looked as if he had eaten shit. "There are people guarding there. There are two big yellow dogs tied to the front and back doors."
Cao Cao exclaimed: "This is too...that what."
Jin Suting frowned and said, "So Lu Xiaoxiao's strategy is to starve us to death?"
Tan Er: "I think with her brain, she can come up with this."
Jin Suting clenched her fists and encouraged herself: "Are we so easily starved to death? Let's go pawn the hairpin today! Let's do business and make a fortune! I don't believe she can stop me from doing business."
Jin Suting went to the room with a proud and courageous look, took out the most valuable thing in the entire Suxuan Courtyard, and took it to the pawnshop.
It was because she had spent all her pocket money and didn't have any secret stash. After a search by Mrs. Lu, her wallet was empty.
In the end, he argued with the boss and was only paid thirty-five taels of silver.
Even though it was a 90% new hairpin, her favorite one, which she had only worn a few times.
After leaving the pawnshop and getting the heavy money, Jin Suting almost shed tears of excitement.
The unique metallic fragrance of purses and silver filled the air. She had never thought that thirty taels was a lot of money before, but when she was at her poorest, it was a huge sum of money.
When passing by Zuixianlou, Jin Suting held back several times before she impulsively followed the scent and spent the remaining thirty taels.
He only took Qin'er and Caocao to a small bun shop next to Zuixianlou and bought two meat buns each.
When she took the first bite of the bun, Jin Suting's entire mouth was satisfied.
“Smells so good!”
Then they took a few more bites. To passers-by, it looked as if these three people had not eaten for several days, and as if they had never eaten buns before.
But in fact, she just didn't eat enough one night.
Jin Suting returned to Suxuanyuan happily, carrying two meat buns reserved for Xiaohei.
But he found Xiao Hei sitting on a stone bench in the yard with a roast chicken in front of him.
Jin Suting's eyes lit up, and she ran up to Xiao Hei with a righteous tone, threw two meat buns in front of him, and said, "I was kind enough to save the buns for you, but you actually hid from me and ate the chicken! Is this what a human being does?"
Xiao Hei opened his eyes wide and looked innocent: "Sister, I'm waiting for you to come back and eat together!"
Qin'er and Caocao also sat down. They had just eaten two buns, but they were still hungry - following Jin Suting had increased their appetites.
"Then let's eat quickly."
Jin Suting pursed her lips and said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Hei, I know you're not that kind of person, but where did this roast chicken come from?"
Xiao Hei scratched his head and said, "This is the roast chicken from Zuixianlou that some of my friends helped me get."
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