He practiced his swordplay quietly, and Yun Duoduo was still asleep inside the room, not wanting to wake him.
Two hours passed quickly. Seeing that Yun Duoduo was still not awake and unable to talk to her, Jin Jinzhi went to the study.
[If I had known that Duoduo wouldn't be able to keep me company today due to the day's rest, I wouldn't have come so many times last night.]
He was in his study, grinding ink himself and making annotations while looking at books.
Meanwhile, Ah Xiang went to the kitchen and instructed someone to keep the meat porridge warm.
"stop!"
What are you doing?
Ah Xiang saw an unfamiliar maid walk into the inner courtyard.
"This servant thought that His Highness works hard all day long and finally has a day off, so I came in to bring some pastries!"
Ah Xiang looked the maid up and down. She was wearing the clothes of a maid who swept and cleaned the outer courtyard, not the clothes of someone who served the inner courtyard.
"Give me the pastries."
"From now on, no one is allowed to enter the inner courtyard without the Princess's order!"
"Yes, I've got it."
As Ah Xiang carried the plate toward the kitchen, she bumped into Qing Dai.
"Qingdai, have you sent anyone to deliver food to the Prince?"
Qingdai shook her head. "No, the prince is on leave today and is at his residence. I thought it was rare for the prince and princess to be together, so I didn't want to disturb them."
"The pastries in your hand, what are they...?"
“There was a maid who overestimated herself and tried to seduce the prince. I happened to see her when she brought out some snacks.”
Qingdai blinked in surprise, "Is that so?!"
She regretted it a little; she should have stayed in the inner courtyard instead, so that the maids wouldn't have taken advantage of the situation.
"Aunt Xiang, Sister Qingdai! Oh, there are some snacks!"
Qiuju, being greedy, had already picked up a pastry and popped it into her mouth before Axiang could say anything.
"This matter still needs to be decided by the Princess."
"Walk."
Qingdai and Axiang hurried towards the bedroom, intending to tell Yun Duoduo about it. Qiuju carried a plate of pastries in her hand, stuffing them into her mouth as she walked.
When they arrived at the bedroom, Yun Duoduo was lazily getting ready to get out of bed.
"Your Highness, today a maidservant attempted to seduce the Prince."
Qingdai walked to the bedside and wiped Yun Duoduo's face with a warm, damp cloth, while A Xiang recounted what had just happened.
"oh?"
"Judging from her appearance, she's not one of the inner court servants. She's wearing a pearl hairpin and pink rouge, and she's carrying pastries, saying they're for the prince!"
Seeing Ah Xiang's angry expression, Yun Duoduo patted her hand.
"It's alright, don't worry, His Highness won't mind."
"Your Highness, the Prince will naturally not care, but if this kind of thing happens too often, someone might take advantage of it!" Ah Xiang was anxious. She knew that Yun Duoduo had just woken up and might still be a little confused.
"Ugh, it's so hot..."
"Qiuju, what's wrong with you?!" Ah Xiang looked at Qiuju, whose body was flushed red, in horror.
Hearing Ah Xiang's exclamation, Yun Duoduo turned her head to look. The moment she saw Qiu Ju, Yun Duoduo perked up immediately.
Qiu Ju was burning up, and she seemed to have lost consciousness, as she was desperately pulling at her clothes.
The undergarment was already showing through.
"Qiuju, wake up! Luckily, this is the princess's bedroom. If we were outside, you would have been seen naked!"
Ah Xiang grabbed Qiu Ju's hand, but Qiu Ju was very strong. She was feeling uncomfortably hot all over, and suddenly grabbed Ah Xiang's cold hand and hugged her tightly.
"Qiuju, what's wrong with you?"
"princess!"
Yun Duoduo was taking medicine out of the medicine box. She found an antidote powder and gave it to Qiuju, then grabbed her wrist.
"Is this... being entangled in a love spell?"
Yun Duoduo looked at A Xiang and Qing Dai with surprise and confusion, "How could Qiu Ju have eaten Qing Si Rao?"
What did she just eat?
Ah Xiang and Qing Dai's gaze fell on the table, on the empty plate. "Just now, Qiu Ju seemed to have only eaten this. She ate the whole plate of pastries."
"These pastries are the ones you mentioned earlier, the ones a maid was going to send to the prince?"
Ah Xiang nodded, while Yun Duoduo looked at the plate with a complicated expression.
"How dare you drug the prince!"
"Qiuju has already taken the antidote. Take her back, and she'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
"As for that maid, keep an eye on her. If she uses such despicable methods again, just send her away and sell her off to a slave trader."
Yun Duoduo rubbed her temples. How dare that maid drug Jin Jin! She really wanted to kill her on the spot.
"Yes, Your Highness."
"The princess is too kind-hearted. In my opinion, that maid should be beaten and thrown out!"
"What's wrong?"
Jin Jinzhi was just about to check if Yun Duoduo was awake when she came over and overheard their conversation.
"Your Highness."
Qingdai and Axiang told Jin Jinzhi everything that had just happened.
Jin Jinzhi pondered for a moment, then said a few words to the two of them. After he finished speaking, Qingdai and Axiang looked delighted and praised the prince for his brilliant plan.
Jin Jinzhi walked slowly into the bedroom.
The weather was lovely, the window was open, and a gentle breeze was blowing in.
Yun Duoduo wasn't in bed, so he simply took off his shoes and lay down on the bed to wait for her.
Yun Duoduo returned from picking some herbs outside and suddenly noticed that Jin Jinzhi was lying on the bed. She looked at the sleeping Jin Jinzhi.
What beautiful features!
As she watched, Yun Duoduo naturally climbed onto the bed and lay down beside him.
Jin Jinzhi felt something warm and soft pressed against him, along with a familiar scent. Without opening his eyes, he turned and hugged Yun Duoduo.
Good grief, they hugged her without even checking who it was?!
"Don't touch things randomly, especially in the morning."
Jin Jin whispered in Yun Duoduo's ear.
"Huh? Do kisses and hugs have to be at different times of the day?"
"Besides, it's almost noon."
Yun Duoduo asked, puzzled. She had just managed to snatch Jin Jinzhi back from the clutches of the King of Hell, so of course she wanted to hug him more.
Something bad will happen.
"Something happened? Couples and spouses are just being affectionate, what could possibly happen?"
"There will be a reaction."
Yun Duoduo froze, too afraid to move.
Jin Jinzhi turned to look at her, "You still know it's noon?"
"Oh dear, isn't that all your fault? Otherwise, would I have been able to sleep for so long?!"
...
Ah Xiang and Qing Dai quickly gathered all the maids in the mansion together.
Jin Jinzhi's words echoed in Qingdai's ears: "Qingdai, only married maids are allowed to stay in this mansion."
Qingdai froze for a moment, but then she understood and replied, "Yes, Your Highness, Qingdai understands. Qingdai will make the arrangements immediately."
Qingdai, Axiang, and Dongshuang counted the number of people and confirmed that all the maids in the Jibei Prince's Mansion had arrived.
Qingdai spoke up, "Today, someone had ulterior motives and intended to seduce Master."
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