Chapter 366: Zhao Lingmeng witnessed Huaishu’s intelligence up close for the first time
After Zhao Lingmeng exchanged a smile with the old Princess Kang Qi, she turned around and told the three Zhao Houjing brothers, "Pack up and we're leaving."
When Chunshui and the others next to them heard what Zhao Lingmeng said, they also quickly tidied up Zhao Lingmeng's clothes.
When Zhao Houjing and the other two heard that they could return home, they immediately recovered from their dispirited state. They got themselves ready without the help of anyone around them.
Then the three brothers looked at Zhao Lingmeng with expectant eyes, and the meaning was very clear, "Mom, we are ready, when are we leaving?"
Zhao Lingmeng looked at the three children with amusement, who were so excited to come and were also looking forward to returning home. She glanced at the prince and his companions and saw that they had already left the palace, so she stopped teasing Zhao Houjing and the others.
He calmly ordered, "Let's go, we're going back home too."
Zhao Houjing and the other three happily followed. They never wanted to come to this kind of palace banquet again. It was so boring, and it was inconvenient to go to the toilet.
When Zhao Lingmeng walked to the door of the hall, Princess Huaishu, who was walking side by side with her, suddenly fell towards her.
Zhao Lingmeng instinctively reached out to help. It wasn't that she was a saint, but her hand reacted faster than her brain. Once she had regained her balance, she was about to unleash her anger on Princess Huaishu.
Zhao Lingmeng noticed that there was a ball of paper in her hand. She was stunned for a moment and did not say anything in time.
Princess Huaishu, after she regained her footing, angrily lashed out, "Don't think you can please me just by supporting me."
Princess Huaishu's husband, the fifth prince of Nangan Kingdom, immediately stepped forward to support Princess Huaishu, acting like a loving couple.
In the past, the fifth prince of Nangan Kingdom was interested in Zhao Lingmeng. Now he is addicted to drugs, has to investigate the task assigned by his father, and has to deal with Huaishu, the troublemaker, at any time. He has no extra energy to take care of other people.
Zhao Houjing and his two brothers immediately came to Zhao Lingmeng's side. Zhao Houming looked Zhao Lingmeng up anxiously, "Mom, are you okay?"
Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houyang also reached out to support Zhao Lingmeng at the first moment, and stared at Princess Huaishu's back with fierce eyes as she left.
Zhao Houyang also looked at Zhao Lingmeng with concern: "Mother..."
"Your Highness..." Chunshui and the others also looked at Zhao Lingmeng worriedly.
Zhao Lingmeng came back to her senses, calmly put the paper ball into her sleeve, and gently comforted Zhao Houjing and his three brothers, "It's okay, it's just a good deed. Let's leave the palace first."
Upon hearing this, Chunshui and the others immediately surrounded Zhao Lingmeng in an orderly manner, and the group quickly walked towards the carriage.
Nothing happened on the rest of the journey, and we arrived at the mansion smoothly.
"You three should go and rest! I'm tired, so I'll go back to Menglinyuan to rest."
After Zhao Lingmeng finished giving the order, she was about to take her people away when she suddenly remembered something. "If you three are hungry, just ask the kitchen to bring you something to eat. Eat and then go to sleep."
Zhao Houjing and the other three nodded hurriedly. Zhao Houming looked at Zhao Lingmeng worriedly, "Mom, go get some rest! Don't worry about the three of us."
"Second brother is right, Mom, please don't worry about us." Zhao Houyang also hurriedly urged his mother to rest. He was afraid that his mother was hurt somewhere when she supported him just now and was embarrassed to tell them.
Seeing that his mother was about to say something, Zhao Houjing quickly interrupted, "Don't worry, mother. I will take good care of my two younger brothers. You go and rest first."
"Okay, then I'll leave first!" Zhao Lingmeng said and left with Chunshui and the others.
Zhao Houjing and the other three saluted immediately and said, "Goodbye, mother!"
Qiuyue listened to the sound of Zhao Houjing and the others saluting behind her and praised Zhao Lingmeng: "The three young masters are still filial!"
Zhao Lingmeng was also very happy when she heard Qiuyue's words: "After all, I have raised her for so many years."
Chunshui and the others also followed suit with a few compliments, and the atmosphere was pretty good for a while.
When Zhao Lingmeng arrived at Menglinyuan, Chunshui Qiuyue and the others first helped Zhao Lingmeng change clothes and wash up, and then they knelt on the ground to apologize.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at the kneeling people, but she didn't call out immediately. They were indeed negligent this time. If anyone could get close to her, it would be a big problem.
Zhao Lingmeng waited for Qiuyue and the others to kneel for a cup of tea before she said softly, "Stand up! We'll let it go this time, but each of you will be fined one month's salary. If it happens again, you know what will happen."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Chunshui and the others were grateful from the bottom of their hearts for Zhao Lingmeng's gentle treatment this time.
Chunshui and the others thought that the peaceful days they had led with His Highness over the past few years had made them lose their vigilance. They all made up their minds to correct their mistakes, determined not to let it happen again.
Zhao Lingmeng was quite satisfied with Qiuyue this time. The moment Zhao Lingmeng helped her, Qiuyue immediately used her body to support Zhao Lingmeng. Otherwise, she might fall again.
"Qiuyue did a great job this time." Zhao Lingmeng was a person who clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments. Since she had done something well, she had to praise her. After she finished praising him, she pulled out a deed from her makeup box. It belonged to a small farm outside Yuanjing. She had bought it originally as a reward.
So after Zhao Lingmeng took it out, he put it directly in Qiuyue's hand.
Qiuyue opened it and took a look, then immediately placed it on the table, "Your Highness, this is too valuable, I cannot accept it."
"Here! You performed well this time, you deserve this."
Seeing that His Highness was giving it seriously, Qiuyue reached out and took it again, putting it in her sleeve.
But Qiuyue still knelt down and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Qiuyue quite likes this. After all, who doesn't like farmland? In this era, owning good farmland is the dream of many ordinary people.
"Okay, this matter is over."
Zhao Lingmeng took out the paper ball that Princess Huaishu had just stuffed into her sleeve. She quickly unfolded it and saw a few big words written on it: "There are people from my husband's family in the mansion."
After reading it, Zhao Lingmeng didn't say anything and gave the paper ball to Qiuyue and the others.
"Your Highness, where did you get this?" After reading it, Qiuyue handed the note back to Chunshui and the others. Her first reaction was to ask about the source.
"Oh, when I was helping Princess Huaishu, she stuffed it into my hand."
Qiuyue’s first reaction was that the note must be fake!
When Qiuyue heard the origin of this, she was even more puzzled: "Haven't you two always been at odds?"
"Who knows? There are so many smart people in Yuanjing anyway!" Ever since Zhao Lingmeng read the note, all she could think of was what Funing had said to her before: 'The little white rabbits in the palace never grow up, and those who do grow up can't be naive.'
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