Chapter 16 is dedicated to criticizing others.
Early in the morning, Qin Jinzhi carried the seriously injured Pei Jinnian to the palace gate.
He has regained consciousness, and the imperial physicians in the palace have already treated him and administered medicine.
The person just can't move yet.
Pei Jinnian looked at Qin Jinzhi, puzzled, and frowned, saying, "What are you going to do now?"
Feiyan asked someone to bring over a soft chair and also had some pastries laid out.
Qin Jinzhi lay leisurely on the soft chair with her eyes closed and said, "What else can we do but wait for your father to come and redeem you?"
Pei Jinnian frowned even more deeply. "What exactly are you talking about? And why am I here?"
Qin Jinzhi looked at Feiyan with some doubt, "You didn't tell him?"
Feiyan scratched her head, "I was too busy yesterday and forgot about him."
Pei Jinnian was speechless. He woke up in the middle of the night yesterday.
The eunuch who served him simply called the imperial physician to examine him, gave him medicine, told him to rest, and then left.
He wanted to know why he was in the palace, but no one answered him.
His injuries prevented him from moving, so he decided to wait until dawn to figure out what had happened.
As a result, he was carried to the palace gate at daybreak.
At this moment, a guard led a woman in from outside the palace gate.
Upon seeing Qin Jinzhi, he jogged over and said, "This humble servant greets the Princess."
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow. "Li Jin? He's on duty so early."
Li Jin said with a grin, "If I hadn't been on duty early, I was afraid I would have delayed the princess's affairs. Someone was holding your jade token, saying that you ordered her to enter the palace, so I brought the person here."
The woman behind her looked at Qin Jinzhi, who seemed to be on vacation, and her face twitched. "Princess, are you treating the palace gate as your own doorstep?"
Qin Jinzhi looked up at the woman and grinned, "Almost. Did you bring everything I asked you to bring?"
The woman pulled over the medicine box hanging behind her and said, "Here, all my tools for making a living are here. But you really managed to get your hands on a hundred-year-old fire spirit mushroom!"
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow. "Of course."
The woman exclaimed excitedly, "Let me see! I never thought I'd actually see such a miraculous medicine!"
Qin Jinzhi spread her hands, "It's not with me."
The woman was immediately speechless. "Are you kidding me?"
At this time, a large number of officials began to enter the palace to attend court.
A figure looking hurried stood out.
Qin Jinzhi smiled brightly, "Look, the person who delivered the Fire Spirit Mushroom has arrived."
Pei Jinnian was completely confused by Qin Jinzhi's words, but following her gaze, he saw Pei Hong hurrying by.
Good morning, Vice Minister Pei.
Qin Jinzhi did not stand up; she remained seated in the soft chair, smiling as she looked at him.
Pei Hong couldn't help but feel annoyed whenever he saw her face.
After leaving Pei Qing's study last night, his mother and wife bombarded him with questions.
The noise kept him awake all night.
Her own son is still being held in the palace, and she doesn't know how badly he is injured. It's all that damned Qin Jinzhi's fault!
The moment Pei Jinnian saw his father, a flash of white light went through his mind.
Fire Ganoderma? Fire Ganoderma!
Could it be the Pei family's prized Fire Spirit Mushroom?
Pei Hong, with a sour face and holding a brocade box in his hand, reluctantly stepped forward.
"Princess, here are the things you wanted. Please let my son go home."
Pei Jinnian was shocked; it really was the Fire Spirit Mushroom from his Pei family!
"Father! No!"
As he spoke, he struggled to stand up.
The wound on his back was torn open again, drawing blood.
The woman glanced at it and clicked her tongue, then whispered to Qin Jinzhi, "You're still as insidious as ever."
The man wasn't seriously injured. Although his skin was torn and bleeding on the outside, there was no internal injury at all.
The reason it looks like this now is simply because the skin is being torn and hurting.
However, his injury will likely take at least three months to heal.
It wasn't for any other reason than that his wound had been treated with a drug that had no side effects and could even relieve pain, but it made the wound heal slowly, which looked quite creepy at first glance.
Don't ask her how she knows, but she knows Qin Jinzhi has it.
Only then did Vice Minister Pei realize that the person lying to the side was actually Pei Jinnian.
"Jin Nian!"
He then went up to check on Pei Jinnian's injuries.
Li Jin, who was standing nearby, immediately stopped the man.
Pei Hong glared angrily at Qin Jinzhi, "Princess, what does this mean!"
Qin Jinzhi then said to the woman beside her, "The Fire Spirit Mushroom you requested."
The woman's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward and snatched the brocade box from Pei Hong's hand.
Upon opening, the unique aroma of Ganoderma lucidum wafts out.
The woman's eyes brightened even more. She took the fire lingzhi mushroom and examined it carefully in the sunlight, then held it under her nose and smelled it.
She exclaimed with delight, "Princess, this is a three-hundred-year-old Fire Spirit Mushroom, a top-grade one!"
Pei Hong was startled; someone around Qin Jinzhi actually knew about the Fire Spirit Mushroom.
The thought that he had tried to fool Qin Jinzhi with a fake yesterday still lingered in his mind.
If this gets discovered, who knows what kind of trouble it might cause.
Thank goodness I listened to my father!
Pei Jinnian was helped up by a palace servant, his face pale, and said, "Father, why did you give her the Fire Spirit Mushroom of my Pei family!"
Fei Yan was also annoyed by Pei Jin Nian. If it weren't for him, the princess wouldn't have gone to find Miss Cui. If she hadn't gone to find Miss Cui, she wouldn't have gone to Bai Que Temple and wouldn't have suffered so many injuries. It was all Pei Jin Nian's fault.
Her principle was that the princess was always right, and she never criticized the princess, but only others.
Feiyan said irritably, "Of course it's because you were so disrespectful and offended our princess. This fire spirit mushroom is to apologize to our princess and calm her nerves. What kind of noble family is this? If you can't even part with a single spirit mushroom, you might as well be called a stingy family."
He looked like a very wicked little servant, but he suited Qin Jinzhi's taste perfectly.
Upon hearing this, Pei Hong was so angry that his forehead was congested with blood. What did he mean by a mere Ganoderma lucidum? That was a three-hundred-year-old fire Ganoderma lucidum, a priceless treasure!
Having received the gifts, Qin Jinzhi didn't press the matter further. "I was afraid that Vice Minister Pei would be anxious about his son, so I brought Pei Jinnian here early this morning to wait for you. Now that the apology has been delivered, hurry home. Feiyan, let's go."
With that, he led his entourage away in a grand procession.
Qin Jinzhi wore normal palace attire today.
Her hair was tied up, and the hair ornaments on her head swayed rhythmically.
Her pink dress shimmered in the water, making her even more beautiful than the flowers.
The skirt swaying in the wind looked like lotus blossoms with every step.
Pei Jinnian looked at that beautiful figure from behind but felt only confusion.
He couldn't see through Qin Jinzhi.
The movement of standing up was too forceful, and the wound reopened.
A sharp pain shot through him, and Pei Jinnian fainted.
Upon hearing this, Fei Yan exclaimed in surprise and turned around to see Pei Jinnian's fallen figure. She clenched her little fist in satisfaction.
The woman holding the fire lingzhi mushroom paid no attention to the commotion around her.
She was overjoyed, touching the brocade box with her hands and rubbing her face against it repeatedly!
Qin Jinzhi looked at the woman who seemed to want to polish the brocade box with great care and said with some disdain, "Liu Yiyi, you're really being lewd!"
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