The Grand Preceptor of Western Chu looked at the King of Western Chu, his eyes gleaming.
...
"Who said you have a special connection with me? Shameless!"
Yun Duoduo sneezed loudly. She wiped the spittle from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, then slammed the storybook in her hand onto the table with disgust and anger.
"Who wrote this?!"
This story made her angry. A shameless man insisted on stopping the female lead and forced her to get married, all because a fortune teller said that they were destined to be together.
"Princess, don't be angry. It's all just fabricated nonsense by the book's author."
Seeing that Yun Duoduo was very angry, A Xiang quickly brought over a plate of dried crabapples and hawthorns, placed it in front of Yun Duoduo, and whispered to comfort her not to be angry.
Just then, a commotion arose outside the bedchamber.
Ah Xiang stopped talking, and Yun Duoduo also perked up her ears to listen to the sounds outside.
"You stepped on my cricket and killed it! You have to give me back a cricket!"
That's Zhuangzhuang's voice.
Zhuangzhuang rarely gets this angry. Could it be that some eunuch or palace maid stepped on her cricket and killed it?
Yun Duoduo had a bad feeling in her heart. This cricket was Jin Zhuangzhuang's beloved pet, and she wished she could hold it in her arms even when she slept.
If anyone were to trample on and kill her beloved pet, they would be walking right into a trap.
In the courtyard outside the Fu Shuang Palace, Jin Zhuangzhuang stood with his hands on his hips, neck stretched, and shouted loudly, his little face flushed with anger.
She glanced with pity at the motionless cricket lying on the ground, its life already extinguished.
"What's so great about a cricket? I have plenty of money. Let alone one cricket, I can catch ten, a hundred, or even a thousand crickets for you!"
Looking at the cricket lying dead at his feet, Yun Yishu said nonchalantly that he didn't understand why Jin Zhuangzhuang was so angry about something as nothing more than an insect.
Moreover, why get so angry at him, a prince?
"Third brother, that cricket is Zhuangzhuang's beloved pet."
Yun Duoduo leaned against the window, watching the two bicker. She loved watching the drama unfold and couldn't resist adding her own comments.
Jin Zhuangzhuang pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.
"Third brother, you're getting on in years. You're old enough to move out and get married."
"What's wrong? Why are you still arguing with Zhuangzhuang?"
"If you accidentally stepped on Zhuangzhuang's beloved pet, shouldn't you compensate him with a few more?"
As Yun Duoduo spoke, she glanced at A Xiang beside her.
Ah Xiang nodded in agreement.
"Pay up, pay up, I, the prince, will pay up." Yun Yishu's expression was rather unpleasant. He had been somewhat at a loss when he saw Jin Zhuangzhuang's angry and furious appearance.
Yun Duoduo did give him a hint: he could pay double the compensation.
After saying that, Yun Yishu waved his hand and left Fushuang Palace.
[Huh, Third Brother just left like that?]
Why didn't you say more than a few words to me?
What was he originally doing at Fu Shuang Gong?
Just then, Yun Duoduo noticed two food boxes placed at the base of the wall.
"Aunt Xiang, there are two food boxes over there."
"It should have been brought by the Third Prince."
"Yes, Princess, it was Stone who brought it."
"That's what the eunuch Xiao Liuzi said from the side."
Yun Yishu is going to open a breakfast stall in the palace. The two food boxes he brought this time are probably for Yun Duoduo to try out the dishes.
Ah Xiang brought in two food boxes, opened the lids, took out the contents, and placed them on the table.
Yun Duoduo looked at the food on the table: "Steamed buns, steamed bread, egg pancakes, they look pretty decent."
"Soy milk, cow's milk, dumpling soup..."
"Let's start by having a small taste of the soy milk!"
Yun Duoduo picked up the bowl of soy milk and took a sip. That one sip almost killed her.
"Ouch, it scratches my throat!"
Ah Xiang quickly handed Yun Duoduo a cup of tea to help soothe her throat.
Yun Duoduo looked helplessly at the food on the table. This soy milk must have been made from soybeans that hadn't been ground properly, and the soybean residue hadn't been filtered out.
[What a waste of food...]
...
In the evening, Shi Tou brought over two jars and a cage covered with a black cloth, saying they were for Jin Zhuangzhuang.
Jin Zhuangzhuang was not at Fushuang Palace at the moment, so Yun Duoduo had someone place the things on a table to the side.
When Jin Zhuangzhuang returned from the back mountain covered in mud and looking sad, Yun Duoduo told her that Yun Yishu had brought something.
"Sister Duo, Zhuangzhuang is feeling unwell and doesn't want to watch."
"Look, maybe after you see this, your mood will improve?"
Yun Duoduo tried to comfort her, and she could tell that she was in a bad mood.
"All right."
Under the watchful eyes of Yun Duoduo and A Xiang, Jin Zhuangzhuang opened the jar.
Yun Duoduo was stunned when she saw what was inside the jar and the cage.
The jar contained crickets, mantises, spiders, and some other strange, unidentified insects...
The sight of those insects crawling around made Yun Duoduo's hair stand on end.
Yun Duoduo rubbed her eyes and saw that there was actually a scorpion inside...
Several insects seemed to be trying to break free of the jar and crawl out, which startled Yun Duoduo, who quickly took two steps back.
In contrast, the creatures inside the cage were much cuter and more interesting, including a lark, a parrot, a bluebird, and two butterflies...
[Butterflies this season?!]
Yun Duoduo thought she was seeing things, but after looking at it more closely, it really was a butterfly.
[These butterflies must have been raised in a greenhouse.]
[My third brother is truly shrewd.]
The sounds of insects, birds, and the incessant chirping of a parrot filled Yun Duoduo's ears, making her dizzy and irritable.
Goodness, Fu Shuang Temple is going to be really lively this time.
Looking at Jin Zhuangzhuang's joyful face, and then at the palace maids and nervous eunuchs around her, Yun Duoduo sighed helplessly.
Zhuangzhuang, why don't you go back to the manor to stay?
[With so many birds, beasts, and insects, Sister Duo can't take it anymore!]
"Sister Duo, it seems that Third Brother is quite capable after all!"
Jin Zhuangzhuang looked at the insects in the jar with great interest; some of them were even ones she had never seen before.
She took out the "Record of Ten Thousand Insects" from under her pillow and carefully compared it to identify the species of insects and how to feed them.
"I originally thought he was always out and about and not doing his job properly."
Jin Zhuangzhuang continued, "But now it seems that he must be an interesting person to be able to find so many insects and birds!"
Jin Zhuangzhuang's opinion of Yun Yishu changed slightly because of these insects and birds.
Yun Duoduo curled the corners of her lips. Interesting?
It's nothing more than these things bought from the gamblers at Duoduo Qianzhuang.
"Yes, yes, you two must get along well in the future." Yun Duoduo nodded, as long as the two of them didn't quarrel.
Jin Zhuangzhuang touched the new cricket in the jar, sighed, and then said loudly, "My dead little cricket has already been buried in the back mountain. I will forgive him for what happened this time!"
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