Chapter 102 Mr. Mulan
The proposal to establish a personal guard for His Majesty only came about today during court.
The afternoon debate was scheduled for a later date.
Who would believe that we didn't prepare in advance?
Wei Lin's smile cracked slightly. "So, Princess, you planned this all along? What if I hadn't come to the Prince's residence to see you and hadn't attended the debate? How would you have handled the situation?"
Qin Jinzhi shrugged. "It's not me who will be called a coward if you don't participate in the debate."
The name she left wasn't Qin Jinzhi!
Wei Lin's smile froze; what she said seemed to make perfect sense.
This young princess really doesn't play by the rules. No wonder her father warned him before he left that he should be careful not to fall into her trap!
What's with the caution! What kind of trick is this! It's a trap!
It was sold before it even reached the table!
Qin Jinzhi smiled and asked, "Does Young Master Wei have any further doubts?"
Wei Lin shook his head. "Wei Lin will prepare well."
"Then I'll wait for Young Master Wei's good news."
Several times when Wei Lin left, he wanted to turn back and say a few words to Qin Jinzhi!
This young princess is the first one to make him suffer in silence!
Qin Jinzhi went directly to the Cui residence.
When Cui Ying got into the carriage, she saw Qin Jinzhi reading a storybook again.
She was speechless. "Can we please stop showing me stories about the Peach Blossom Heroine?"
God knows, she was so stupid she almost cried when she found out she had a peach blossom affliction!
She's had this rash for so many years for nothing!
Qin Jinzhi shook her head. "This is the second book, and it's very well written. Don't you want to take a look?"
Cui Ying turned her head away, refusing to look at him. "What do you want with me?"
Qin Jinzhi shook the storybook in her hand, "I'm a little interested in this Mr. Mulan, and I'd like to get to know him."
Cui Ying looked at her with a ghostly expression. "You're very free? Didn't you say you were going to establish the Thousand Bird Guard? Why are you meeting with Mr. Mulan!"
Qin Jinzhi then turned her gaze to the storybook, "Even to establish the Thousand Birds Guard, we need people to use, right? Just you and me?"
Cui Ying stared intently at Qin Jinzhi, "Are you kidding me? You don't even have any subordinates and you want to establish the Thousand Birds Guard! I really don't believe you!"
Qin Jinzhi smiled and said, "What's the rush? We're just going to find someone."
Cui Ying said sarcastically, "Find Mr. Mulan? Should we have her write a storybook for the prisoner while we're arresting him, so he can't put it down and we can catch him? Or should we tell the prisoner, 'Come to our prison? Our prison has a special supply of the most popular storybooks!'"
Qin Jinzhi was overjoyed upon hearing this, and the carriage arrived at the door of a study.
Cui Ying lifted the carriage curtain. "What are we doing here?"
Qin Jinzhi leaned against the car window, "Waiting for someone."
A short while later, a servant boy came out of the study.
Qin Jinzhi said to Yun Que, "Follow her and see whose maid she is."
Cui Ying was not surprised, as the servants and maids in wealthy families in the capital were all carefully selected.
Although the maid was dressed as a servant, her height, build, and the way she walked clearly indicated that she was a woman.
The fabric of her servant's outfit was also more expensive than that of many other families.
Cui Ying was somewhat shocked, "Which powerful family's daughter or mistress is Ms. Mulan?"
Qin Jinzhi chuckled and said, "What's so surprising? She's the most noble lady in the capital, and also the Peach Blossom Heroine of the Night."
Cui Ying was speechless. "If you say that again, I'll strangle myself!"
A short while later, the lark returned.
That maid is the maid of the seventh young lady of Zheng Hongwen, the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy!
Qin Jinzhi looked at Cui Ying, "I heard that, the seventh young lady of the Zheng family."
Cui Ying blinked. "So, are we going to the Zheng residence?"
"Otherwise what?"
The carriage stopped after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and Qin Jinzhi got up and got out.
Cui Ying quickly followed, saying, "We don't know them at all, and it's so impolite of us to come here without even sending a visiting card!"
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you study at the Imperial Academy?"
Yun Que stepped forward and handed Cui Ying an invitation.
"This is an invitation. You are inviting Miss Seven to your flower viewing party tomorrow."
Huh? Huh? Huh?
Cui Ying pointed to herself, "Me? When did I say I was going to hold a flower viewing party? Besides, didn't you steal all my flowers!"
The thought that her painstakingly cultivated Netherworld Flower was stolen by Qin Jinzhi made her furious!
Qin Jinzhi winked at her, "Don't worry, I've prepared everything. You just need to attend tomorrow. Your task now is simply to invite Miss Zheng Qi over."
Cui Ying asked, "You're just inviting her to the flower viewing party by yourself? Wouldn't it be better if I just invited her for tea?"
Yun Que stepped forward again and handed her a list.
"I've invited all the ladies you usually associate with, and the daughters of officials you often visit."
Cui Ying gave her a look that said, "What are you talking about? Why am I the one hosting the flower viewing party?!"
Qin Jinzhi shrugged. "I'm not popular."
She's hosting a flower viewing party, who would dare come?
Cui Ying had a feeling that she had fallen into a trap, she couldn't quite put her finger on it!
Qin Jinzhi nudged her, "Go on, I'll wait for you here."
Cui Ying asked in confusion, "Aren't you going?"
Qin Jinzhi said matter-of-factly, "Does the daughter of a mere libationer deserve a personal invitation from this princess?"
She sat down on the rut and raised an eyebrow. "Deputy Envoy Cui, this is your first task."
"cut!"
Cui Ying rolled her eyes, then transformed into a dignified young lady and walked towards the gate of the Zheng residence.
Yun Que was somewhat puzzled. "Princess, why must Miss Cui invite Miss Zheng Qi?"
Why not just send out an invitation?
Cui Ying must be incredibly embarrassed by this sudden visit.
In the capital, it is extremely impolite not to present a visiting card before making a house visit!
Qin Jinzhi grinned mischievously, "Cui Ying is, after all, a lady from a respectable family, and she's easily embarrassed. Once she joins the Thousand Birds Guard, she'll be more shameless in many situations, and she won't be able to stand that. No matter how smart she is, she won't be able to stay in the Thousand Birds Guard."
She already knew that Mr. Mulan was the seventh young lady of the Zheng family, but she had to wait for the Peach Blossom Heroine to come to her door in person!
Half an hour later, Cui Ying finally emerged, her steps faltering.
The moment she saw Qin Jinzhi, she wanted nothing more than to strangle her.
"Next time something like this happens, can you at least give me a heads-up? I'm so embarrassed in the Zheng family!"
Qin Jinzhi asked, "Has Miss Zheng Qi agreed to attend the flower viewing party?"
Cui Ying looked worried. "I haven't even seen this Miss Zheng!"
Qin Jinzhi frowned. "Didn't you see him?"
"I was received by Madam Zheng, the wife of the Imperial Academy Master. She said that Miss Zheng the Seventh was bedridden for a long time and seriously ill, so she was not fit to receive guests."
The two exchanged a glance. At this point, the idea of someone being seriously ill and bedridden was hardly credible, since there was someone right in front of them who had recently become bedridden.
How could someone bedridden write so many stories?
Qin Jinzhi turned around and got back into the car.
Cui Ying quickly followed, "What should we do?"
Qin Jinzhi flipped through the novel "Peach Blossom Heroine" and pointed to the table of contents on the top page for her to see.
It was written prominently above.
A sneak attack on her boudoir!
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