She brought these girls to the pavilion in the garden and ordered her servants to put out fruits and snacks. Su Ningxin started chatting with them, only coughing a few times from time to time to remind others that she was weak.
During the whole process, Chu Jihan reluctantly sat next to Su Ningxin and did not speak. He only sometimes put Su Ningxin's favorite pastries on the plate in front of her.
After a while, Chu Jihan heard Su Ningxin thinking, "Don't always sit here like a piece of wood. Are you infected by Xia Mu?" Shouldn't you feel bored and walk away at this time?]
[Even if you don’t walk away, you should go for a walk. If you don’t give these girls a chance, how can you let the old witch retreat when she is in trouble?]
Chu Jihan hesitated. He didn't want to come into contact with these people, but it was really uncomfortable to sit here and be stared at by them like this.
Thinking that Su Ningxin must have her own arrangements, Chu Jihan stood up and said, "Ning'er, you guys can play here, I'll go back to the yard and read a book."
Chu Jihan gave Su Ningxin a meaningful look, and Su Ningxin immediately sensed the danger, [Reading? Doesn’t this person want to read my travel notes again?]
Everyone knows that Su Ningxin likes to read travel journals, but others don't know that there are a few travel journals that she will never throw away no matter how she changes books, and there are many secrets written in those travel journals.
The books record the secrets of the palace and ministers. Although the travel notes look similar to ordinary travel notes, the hidden information can be seen by using a special password.
After Chu Jihan found out about this, he often studied it with his travel notes, but so far he hadn't come up with anything. Su Ningxin saw that he was having fun, so she didn't tell him the password, just to see if he could find it out on his own.
"Don't worry, go back. It'll be nice if I'm here to entertain you." Su Ningxin said with a smile.
As Chu Jihan left, the few girls who stayed in the pavilion began to become absent-minded. When they went out, their family had told them to get along well with the prince, and they were not asked to please the sick concubine.
Su Ningxin naturally knew what they were thinking, but she didn't say it out loud. She only curled her lips while lowering her head while drinking tea.
Not long after, a nun came over with a few maids, saying that they were sent by the princess, who came to help her out of fear that the princess would not be able to cope with it.
Su Ningxin smiled and asked them to stay and take care of her. She knew in her heart that her mother was worried that she was really not in good health, so she sent someone here and didn't want her to worry about these things.
However, what these girls saw in this scene was not that the princess was good to her daughter-in-law, but that the princess was unwilling to delegate power and had to take everything in her own hands. Su Ningxin, the eldest concubine, had no right to manage the household.
This made them yearn for the Prince's Mansion even more. The sick Crown Princess didn't care about anything. As long as they please the Princess and the Old Princess, they might be able to manage the Prince's Mansion. By then, even though they don't have the title of Crown Princess, they are actually The Crown Princess.
"Cough, cough, cough," Su Ningxin coughed violently. Everyone looked at her pretending to be worried before stopping, and said embarrassedly, "Look at my body, I keep coughing when I catch the wind. At this moment It’s time to go back and drink medicine, why don’t the girls hang out in the garden together, I won’t be with you for a while.”
Although they despised the Crown Princess in their hearts, the girls would not show it on their faces and all said with concern, "Prince Princess, please go back and take the medicine. We can just enjoy the scenery in the garden. Crown Princess, there is no need to worry. "
After a few polite words to each other, Su Ningxin got up and left with Shuanghua, leaving a few maids from the mansion to look after the girls.
After seeing Su Ningxin leave, the girls no longer stayed in the pavilion. They all walked in the garden in twos and threes, hoping to meet Chu Jihan by chance.
Su Ningxin returned to the courtyard, but found that Chu Jihan was not there. After asking Xiao An, she found out that it was the princess who heard about the incident and called Chu Jihan to her courtyard to talk to the prince.
Anyone with a discerning eye can naturally see what the old princess is planning. Not to mention that the people the old princess has found cannot catch her eye at all. Even if she finds the best girls, it will be in vain if she has the imperial edict to suppress her. Therefore, the princess does not want Chu Jihan. Being plotted by the old princess, she immediately called Chu Jihan away.
She asked her grandma to take care of the girls on her behalf, and then called Chu Jihan away. The princess obviously looked down on the old princess's style, and she no longer wanted to accompany her.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Su Ningxin shook her head. Chu Jihan was no longer here, which would affect her plan.
Finally, some little girls came to play with her in the palace, which made her regain the feeling of teasing those beauties and beloved people in the palace. It was a pity to waste such a waste.
Su Ningxin rolled her eyes and silently moved her eyes to Xia Mutou, who stood aside like a piece of wood and said nothing.
In Songshou Courtyard, the old princess had already ordered the small kitchen to prepare meals. She was about to ask the maids around her to call the girls in the garden to come back when she heard the noise outside.
"Go and see what's going on?" the old princess said to the maid next to her, "Dong Ping goes and invites the princess to come over for dinner."
"Eh? Where's Dong Ping? Why do you feel like I haven't seen her all morning?" The old princess suddenly remembered Dong Ping and said doubtfully.
Dongmei, who was about to go out to see what was going on, stopped and said timidly, "In reply to the old princess, Dong Ping went to send a message to the Crown Princess in the morning. Later, she was punished to kneel in the yard for bumping into the Crown Prince. Now He didn’t come back either.”
Hearing Dongmei's words, the old princess slammed her crutch on the floor twice to express her anger, "It's really unreasonable."
When beating a dog, it depends on the owner. Even people of the same generation are not allowed to deal with each other's servants at will. The servants of the elders must be treated with respect and cannot assume the position of master. This Su Ning is so good-hearted that he dares to punish her. Maid, are you not taking her seriously
"Go and call the Crown Princess over. I want to see if she doesn't see me as a grandmother in her eyes?" the old princess said viciously, so frightened that the maid could only respond and go out.
But as soon as she walked to the door, she saw Miss Liu, who was surrounded by girls and was wearing a thin shirt. She was wet entering the yard. The maid hesitated for a moment, but she still lowered her head and waited for everyone to pass by before rushing to Su Ningxin. 's yard.
A group of girls entered the old princess's house. When they saw the old princess, Miss Liu immediately fell to her knees on the ground, crying and begging the old princess to make the decision for her.
It took the old princess a long time to ask what was going on. It turned out that Miss Liu was pushed into the lake by someone behind her while she was admiring the scenery by the lake. Her clothes were messed up while struggling in the lake.
It happened that the prince passed by the shore and saw her body at this time. She had no shame in being a human being. Now she just wanted to go home and go to the nunnery to be a sister-in-law, but she also asked the old princess to make the decision for her and punish those who harmed her.
(End of chapter)