"Your Highness, I didn't expect that the concubine of Prime Minister Shang would be so capable."
He Lingsheng snorted coldly: "I'm afraid Shangnian doesn't even know that his daughter has such abilities, otherwise, how could he let her marry that loser He Jingheng?"
"That's good news." The eunuch beside him whispered, "It seems that He Jingheng is really fascinated by Shang Ruoyi. Not only are his eyes glued to her, but according to the two informants, he even makes moves on her from time to time."
He Lingsheng frowned, "Are those two bastards talking nonsense? When did He Jingheng become the kind of person who is sentimental? Shang Yufu, who was engaged to him before, is a famous beauty in the capital, but he didn't even look at her."
The eunuch suddenly remembered the cakes that Shang Yufu had sent in the afternoon, and brought them over: "Your Highness, this was sent by Miss Shang this afternoon. Miss Shang left while you were discussing matters with Lord Zhao."
He Lingsheng didn't even look at it: "Throw it away."
"But······"
"Do you think I would look down upon a woman that He Jingheng doesn't even look at? And would I marry her into the Eastern Palace?"
"Yes, I will take care of the cake right away."
He looked at the two identical silver needles on the table, his eyes dim.
The beautiful and innocent face of my childhood came into my mind again.
Shang Ruoyi, how nice it would be if you were not a concubine's daughter?
That day, he was standing on the city wall, looking at the thin woman in the exile team, and for the first time he doubted whether he had made the right decision to put her in the trap.
After a while, he picked up the silver needle and put it in a box.
My mother was right. As long as he sat in the highest position, he could get everything he wanted, power, money, women, and the whole world was in his pocket.
Ever since everyone knew about He Jingheng and Shang Ruoyi's skills, they dared not to set their sights on them.
Zhang also began to behave herself, not even daring to look at them.
Every now and then she heard the laughter coming from the other side, and she wanted to slap herself twice. What was she thinking at that time, to actually break up with them? Yesterday, Lin changed into a new pair of shoes. The previous pair only had a hole on the instep, and her soles were worn out. She looked at the pair of shoes that could still be worn and felt itchy, so she walked to Lin and whispered, "Wanru, are you still wearing these shoes?"
Lin saw through her intention at a glance, smiled and said, "Of course I will wear them, but the uppers are torn. When we get to the place of exile, we can mend them and wear them again." After saying that, she sighed and said, "It's just that Ruoyi insisted on giving me new shoes to wear."
Zhang's face darkened when she heard this. She knew that Lin said this on purpose to irritate her, but the soles of her shoes were leaking, and it was really painful to walk. She didn't want to spend money to buy new shoes, so she said shamelessly, "Wanru, we had a good relationship before. Look at my shoes, they are all worn out. You have already bought new ones, so give me this pair!"
"Oh, sister-in-law, I'm not angry. I only have two pairs of shoes. If I give you one pair, what will I do? I can't always rely on Jingheng's wife!" She smiled and said, "Why don't you go and talk to Ruoyi directly? She is a child who is hard on the outside but soft on the inside. Maybe she will reward you. Ah, look at my mouth. What reward or not? I'll give you a pair."
Lin's face was smiling brightly, but Zhang couldn't smile at all.
"If you don't want to give it, then don't give it. Why are you making excuses here?" Zhang said coldly, "Don't think you can rest easy by relying on the big tree of 廗尚若依. That bitch 廘 is not someone you can easily deal with. Sooner or later, you will regret it. Don't forget, our He family fell to this point because of 廗尚若依."
Lin rolled her eyes. Why should Shang Ruoyi be blamed for Shang Nian's fault?
They all come from big families, so who doesn't they know about the dirty things going on there?
Shang Ruoyi was nothing more than Shang Nian's despised daughter. He wouldn't feel the slightest bit of pain even if he pushed her into the fire pit, let alone using her to overthrow the Dingguo Palace?
Perhaps Shangnian himself did not expect that Shang Ruoyi actually had so many abilities.
"Second sister-in-law, if you are jealous, just say it. Why are you trying to sow discord and confuse right and wrong?"
Zhang snorted coldly and turned away.
The next mountain road was more difficult to walk on than before, and the temperature was also much lower than before, especially in the morning and evening, it was exceptionally cold.
Shang Ruoyi took out thicker clothes from the package. The He family was stunned. They didn't expect that she had made such thoughtful arrangements.
He Jingxi carried this big package all the way, and he didn't even know that there were thick clothes inside.
After Shang Ruoyi sorted the cotton clothes, he tied the package again. When he put the package on his back again, he couldn't help but frowned. How come this package didn't feel lighter at all?
He Yunyi was wearing a cotton coat and looked at Shang Ruoyi with sparkling eyes: "Sister-in-law, you are a fairy, right? You made all these things happen!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shang Ruoyi's heart skipped a beat. He Yunyi was half right. These were also conjured up by her.
"I thought I was frozen to death." She touched the fabric of her cotton coat: "It's much more comfortable than the prison uniform!"
Shang Ruoyi handed over a few cotton-padded jackets to the official: "Sir Zhang, the weather is getting colder, please wear these cotton-padded jackets!"
"No, no, no, no, we all carry them with us." Zhang Hu waved his hand hurriedly: "The winter in the exile place is extremely cold, you should keep these winter clothes for yourselves!"
The other officials had the same attitude.
Shang Ruoyi smiled. It turned out that in front of reality, even class differences could be overcome.
Zhang looked at the cotton-padded jacket in her hand, thought for a moment, and then set her eyes on Qiao Yanxin: "Go and get the cotton-padded jacket from Shang Ruoyi."
"Mom, I'm not familiar with my sister-in-law, how could she give me the cotton-padded jacket?"
Zhang said bitterly, "Are you stupid? It's because they are not familiar with each other that she can't refuse you."
Qiao Yan looked at Zhang with some embarrassment: "Mom, I think we should just forget it!"
Zhang heard this and twisted her arm fiercely: "Are you going or not?"
Qiao Yanxin cried out in pain, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Mom, I'll go now, please don't hit me." Her voice was soft and the people around could hear it clearly. He Ning'an felt very embarrassed and said in a deep voice: "With so many people watching, what are you doing?"
Zhang glanced at Qiao Yanxin and said, "I don't know what I was thinking when I welcomed her into the family. She is such a jinx."
With tears in her eyes, Qiao Yanxin rubbed her arms and walked to Shang Ruoyi.
Shang Ruoyi heard Zhang's loud voice just now, so she knew exactly why Qiao came here.
"Sister-in-law, I..."
Shang Ruoyi took out a cotton coat and said, "According to the rules, after I entered the family, I should give you and Fang Zhi a gift. Since you called me sister-in-law, I will give you this cotton coat. However, if you want anything else in the future, you will need to exchange it with silver."
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