Military Advisor Cao licked his lips, unable to speak.
"You don't trust my judgment, yet you still want me to buy it?"
"Yes, Your Highness, I will take care of it immediately."
He couldn't refute Jin Jinzhi's instructions. Even though he was unwilling, he had to do his best to get things done.
Cao Canjun left the house, withdrew some silver from the accounting office, and prepared to go to the market to buy things, muttering to himself all the way.
"The princess isn't going to stay at the mansion, why buy so many things?"
"It will cost such a large sum of money."
"Furthermore, after buying these items, wouldn't it be inappropriate to place these women's clothes and jewelry in the prince's bedroom?"
"If the future princess were to enter the family and see these things, an argument would be inevitable."
"I really don't understand the prince anymore."
Cao, the military advisor, had no understanding of matters of love and romance, and had never bought anything for a woman before. Now that he thought about it, he was in a bit of a dilemma. He casually pulled a maidservant along to help him choose some things.
"Come with me, let's go buy some women's items. The prince said he wants something more vibrant..."
The maid was originally planning to go back inside to rest for a while while it was raining outside, but now that Cao Canjun had pulled her like this, she had no choice but to hang her head and follow him.
...
Inside the Western Chu imperial palace, Xi Jing listened to the guards report on recent intelligence.
After listening to the guard's account, Xi Jing curled his lips and said with great interest, "Is the Ninth Princess of Nanyang's childhood sweetheart Sun Huohuo?"
"What a strange name. Compared to it, my name sounds much better."
Xi Jing read Sun Huohuo's name again with a look of disdain.
What does he do?
"According to the informant, he drills his troops in the military camp every day, and his father is the Minister of War."
Xi Jing nodded. This was indeed a respectable profession. Then he frowned and asked, "Why? Is he that little thing's childhood sweetheart? They even rode horses, practiced archery, and studied poetry together?"
"If the Emperor of Nanyang were looking for a study companion, shouldn't he have chosen a girl?"
Xi Jing was somewhat confused. Based on his understanding of the Nanyang Emperor, the Nanyang Emperor would not have groomed someone like Sun Huohuo as a future consort.
“Sun Huohuo was forced into the palace by his father, Sun Ren, and that’s how he became one of the study companions.”
Xi Jing nodded: "I see. So you shamelessly went to get close to that little brat's tutor."
"Sigh, they say they're childhood sweethearts, but they're nothing special!" It sounds like Sun Huohuo doesn't hold a very high place in Yun Duoduo's heart, but she once said that her sweetheart was her childhood sweetheart.
She used those words to deliberately provoke him that day, so it probably wasn't true.
"Do you have a portrait of him? Compared to me, who is more handsome?"
The guard was taken aback for a moment: "Of course, His Majesty is the most handsome. His Majesty is the most handsome man in the Nine Provinces!"
At times like this, any young person with a modicum of awareness would praise their boss for being handsome.
"As for Sun Huohuo's portrait, I will send someone to find it in a moment."
"Also, Your Majesty, the Zuo Guitang family has been wiped out."
After the guard finished recounting the information about Yun Duoduo's childhood sweetheart, he remembered another important piece of information.
"What?"
Zuo Guitang held a high position in the martial arts world. Back then, he spent a lot of money to find someone from Zuo Guitang to stop Yun Duoduo.
The fact that Zuoguitang was so easily destroyed is truly sudden and absurd.
"Who did this? How could they be so capable?!"
"I haven't found out which faction it is yet," the guard said, shaking his head.
"All we know is that the other party did this to avenge the princess, and left a message saying that anyone who dares to make things difficult for the Ninth Princess in the future will end up like Zuo Guitang."
Xi Jing curled the corners of her lips: "I didn't expect this little thing to have so many unorthodox methods. It's really interesting."
"Keep an eye on the situation over there. Send me Sun Huohuo's portrait as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
...
Inside the Prince of Jibei's Mansion in Nanyang.
Yun Duoduo walked outside with her umbrella and suddenly saw Jin Jinzhi's horse tied to a tree nearby.
She recognized the horse; many times, it was this fine horse that had saved them from death.
"Huh? Why is this horse tied up here?"
The horse wasn't in the stable; it was tied up here, getting soaked in the rain, looking utterly miserable and pitiful.
“I’ll take you back to the stables; you’ll get sick if you get wet in the rain.”
"I'm not leaving," the horse grunted.
Where did this meddlesome woman come from?
[Woman?]
"You actually called me 'wife'?!"
Yun Duoduo's eyes widened, she pointed to her face and retorted, "Open your eyes wide and take a good look! I'm a fairy, okay?!"
Only then did Yun Duoduo notice that the horse's eyes were indeed very big.
The horse ignored Yun Duoduo and continued grazing: "I'm not leaving because my master allowed me to stay here, because the grass here is the best."
"Huh? Dude, you're getting really good treatment."
"Who are you? Why can you understand me?" The horse suddenly realized something was wrong and looked at Yun Duoduo warily.
Yun Duoduo stroked the horse's head and began to mutter to herself.
"Don't be afraid, I am your master's... your master's..."
Yun Duoduo couldn't think of a suitable word to define the relationship between her and Jin Jinzhi.
"In short, we have a very good relationship!"
"Since my relationship with your master is extraordinary, naturally my relationship with you is also extraordinary!"
"Has your master ever mentioned me to you? My name is Yun Duoduo."
The horse shook its head.
Yun Duoduo could tell that the horse was still somewhat wary of her.
Yun Duoduo noticed that the grass under her feet was alfalfa, which has a sweet taste. It seems that Jinzhi's brother's horse is a sweet tooth.
“You’ve almost finished eating all the grass here, I’ll go and pick some more.”
The horse munched on the grass that Yun Duoduo fed it.
"You ate my grass, so you're not allowed to lie to me."
Ma felt that what the woman in front of him said made perfect sense.
"I have a question for you. If you answer it, I'll bring you some sweet soybean meal next time."
"Sweet soybean meal..." The horse thought for a moment and blinked its big horse eyes.
"really?"
"Of course it's true!"
Seeing that things were looking promising, Yun Duoduo quickly followed up with, "Who is that woman who suddenly appeared at the Prince's mansion recently?"
The horse turned its head and moved its four hooves, signaling Yun Duoduo to come closer to it.
Yun Duoduo smiled, surprised that the horse was so cautious, just like Jin Jinzhi. She approached the horse and listened intently.
Listening to the horse's rambling description, Yun Duoduo managed to guess the gist of it. It turned out that Jinzhi's brother's subordinate had been injured, and Jinzhi's brother had kindly invited him to his residence to recuperate. Unexpectedly, the subordinate had brought his own family.
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