After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

Chapter 242 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey

Even though the matter was settled with Qingyin's departure, the young and pretty girls who stayed in the Dingbei Palace all kept this lesson in mind.

Especially the cousin Lin Wan'er, who was said to have lived in the mansion for quite some time. After hearing the news, she sat alone in front of the dressing table in silence for a long time.

The next day, Su Cheng'an went to the military camp right after his cousin Lin Wan'er came to Princess Du's Hanzhang Courtyard with her personal maid.

She asked for her resignation from Princess Du on the grounds that the old lady at home was not feeling well and as her granddaughter she was worried about her and should go back to take care of her.

Princess Du first praised her filial piety, then tried to persuade her to stay. Finally, when the girl was determined to leave, she warmly and carefully rewarded her with a lot of things, and then politely sent her cousin out the door.

When Jin Chu learned that his cousin had left so easily, he felt like he was dreaming.

She is such a well-behaved and quiet cousin?

Without even a single wave of trouble, he just left so calmly?

This is not common sense!

Mother Wang, who was standing by, saw her confusion clearly.

"Princess, ever since the princess dealt with Qingyin and said on the spot that she didn't want concubines, any girl in this mansion with a bit of sense will no longer have any ideas about our prince! From now on, you will be the mistress of our Shaoguang Courtyard!"

Mother Wang smiled happily. She was now wholeheartedly following Jin Chu, so naturally she hoped that there wouldn't be so many beautiful girls in the mansion to interfere with the relationship between the master and mistress.

"That cousin is not stupid. Since she can't enter our Shaoguang Courtyard, it's better for her to withdraw early while our princess and you still have some kinship with her, so as to gain more benefits in the future."

Seeing Jin Chu slightly taken aback, Mother Wang gave another hint: "There's no hope for her in this palace, but aren't there many talented young people from good families outside the palace? As long as the princess and you maintain goodwill towards her, won't our princess help her find a good family in the future?"

"Mother Wang is so clever! I was the one who got obsessed!"

Jin Chu gave Mother Wang a thumbs-up and shook his head, with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face.

Mother Wang smiled and complimented, "You, Crown Princess, are someone who does great things. You wouldn't care about the trivial matters of the girls in the harem."

In fact, what she wanted to say more was that the Crown Prince's Consort had a pure heart and behaved gracefully, and was not a woman who liked to use shady means.

It is precisely for this reason that she is not sensitive to the private and dirty actions in the backyard.

If the prince's harem is full of beauties competing for beauty, this will be the prince's wife's fatal weakness.

But if the prince only had her, it would be an extremely rare blessing for servants like them to be able to follow such a female master, without having to deal with so many intrigues and only having to serve one master wholeheartedly.

Mother Wang secretly made up her mind that she would take good care of Shaoguangyuan in the future and keep out all people, things and things that were not beneficial to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.

After this incident, the four older girls became more vigilant towards young girls from outside.

Jin Chu knew nothing about the mental journey of the people around her. At this moment, she was busy fighting with a pair of mandarin ducks!

"Girl, your stitches are off again!"

"Girl, this position should use dark silk thread."

"Girl, this mandarin duck needs to lift its tail up a bit, otherwise it will look like a drowned rat!"

After Yu's increasingly direct corrections, Jin Chu angrily threw the embroidery frame away.

"No more embroidery!"

She stood up and rubbed her waist, which had been sitting for a long time, and sighed helplessly, "I am destined to never be able to enter the field of embroidery!"

"The Crown Prince's Consort is of noble status, how can an embroiderer compare to her?"

Yucheng picked up the embroidery frame that Jinchu had thrown away, looked at it carefully, and then laughed.

She comforted Jinchu gently, "After all, this is the first time that the Crown Prince's wife has done needlework. It's already very good that she can embroider like this! I'm sure the Crown Prince won't care about your embroidery skills. What's most precious is your thoughtfulness."

After hearing Yu Cheng's words of comfort, Jin Chu took back the unfinished embroidery and said, "That's all for today. I'll try again another day. Just like you said, no matter what, I will finish it."

The 18th day of the twelfth lunar month is Su Cheng'an's 22nd birthday. This is also the first birthday that Jin Chu has spent with him after they got married, so she wanted to give him a birthday gift personally to express her feelings.

After thinking it over for a while, with the help of her maids, she decided to follow the example of the girls of the time and embroider a gift for her lover.

Jin Chu was also very self-aware. She skipped those large pieces of clothing, screens, belts, etc. without even thinking about it, and only focused on handkerchiefs and sachets.

After referring to many sources, comparing several times and brainstorming, Jinchu decided to embroider a sachet to express her gratitude.

Why the knock? The sachet is tied behind the elbow.

So she chose a pattern, bought needles and thread, and after a busy time, she finally embroidered the sachet in her hand, which is called Mandarin Ducks Playing in the Water, but is actually a duck flapping its wings.

Jin Chu tried to hold it in for a few seconds but still couldn't bear to look at it any longer. So she decided to turn a blind eye and put away the sachet that she had worked so hard on for several days and placed it in the deepest part of her dressing table.

Afterwards, she found some time and went directly to the largest jewelry store in Youyun City to pick out a jade pendant with a dragon and phoenix carved from mutton-fat jade for Su Cheng'an.

Although it was not made by hand, it was expensive after all, and it could barely reflect the Crown Prince's love as his wife.

Jin Chu comforted herself in this way.

A few days later, when Su Cheng'an came back, Ye Jinxuan brought Zhao'er to visit.

Zhao'er's originally chubby little face has become much thinner, no longer having the baby fat. His facial features have begun to have the thinness of a teenager, and he has also grown a little taller.

Ever since he recovered from the last cold, Jinchu, Huanyan and Ye Jinxuan discussed and bought him two more servants to take care of his writing and daily life, so as to avoid the panic situation like last time when he was found to be seriously ill and was unable to deal with it in time.

Holding the young boy whom she had not seen for a long time, Princess Du's face was filled with joy and distress. Knowing that Zhao'er had been ill, she gave him a lot of medicinal herbs.

After finishing their meal at Hanzhang Court that day, Su Cheng'an, Jinchu and his two brothers said goodbye to Princess Du and returned to Shaoguang Court together.

After the host and the guests were seated, Su Cheng'an spoke first: "Third brother has been stationed at the border for many years. You three siblings have rarely been together. It's rare for you to come back this year. You should take good care of yourselves. We may not be able to enjoy such a peaceful time next year!"

Ye Jinxuan and Jinchu looked at each other and understood what Su Chengan meant.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day!

If the old emperor in the capital is unable to wake up after the New Year, no matter how Li Wenyan forms factions and fights for power, he will not be able to stop the capital from establishing a crown prince.

The political situation at that time must have been in chaos, and the opportunity for the north might have arrived.

By then, if the Dingbei Palace succeeds, the dynasty will change; if it fails, there will be no remains. Regardless of the outcome, this time next year will not be so leisurely.