Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

When the capital was once again full of life, news came from the far north that the third princess was returning to the capital to visit her relatives.

Also returning with them were Prince Jing and Master Yi.

Since the death of the Empress Dowager, there has been no lively or festive events in the palace for many years. The return of the third princess has finally made the palace lively again.

Before the third princess got married, the emperor ordered people to renovate a mansion in the capital as the princess's residence, so that the prince Jing could stay in the capital as a consort. But the prince Jing was a well-known filial son. On the day of the wedding, he publicly requested the emperor that the ninth princess was seriously ill and dared not stay in the capital for a long time, and he was fulfilling his filial duty as a son and daughter-in-law at his mother's sickbed. He hoped that the emperor would allow him to complete the wedding ceremony and return to the fiefdom with the third princess as soon as possible.

Beiwei has always governed the country with loyalty and filial piety. As the saying goes, leaders should lead by example, so the emperor naturally could not refuse.

The third princess returned to the north with Crown Prince Jing the next day. Half a year later, news came that the Ninth Princess had passed away. Crown Prince Jing and his brother had to observe mourning for their mother according to the rules. Now that the mourning period had been completed for three years, Crown Prince Jing accompanied the third princess back to Beijing to visit her relatives.

The reason why Master Yi accompanied them this time was because of the agreement between the Ninth Prince and the Emperor three years ago, to come to Beijing to receive instruction.

After not seeing each other for a few years, the third princess has become more beautiful, with the mature charm of a married woman. She is no longer as dull and timid as before, but rather graceful and generous. It seems that Prince Jing treats her well.

The more handsome one is Gongzi Yi, who can be described as exquisite, with the shape and proportion of his facial features just like they were sculpted by a top plastic surgeon, which complements his status and temperament as a nobleman, as well as his height and figure that were nurtured by the northern climate and soil. Ling Qiqi thinks that only this kind of all-round image is qualified to be called a "comic book man".

She swallowed her saliva, finally realizing what it meant to be a feast for the eyes. She was too lazy to see what the fifth and sixth princesses looked like, but she could imagine that they were not much better than her.

Ling Qiqi felt that she had to give Gong Ziyi a mask in the future. She couldn't let him wander around outside casually, as this would easily damage the reputation of her Yuehualou idol boy band.

The person who should be happiest about the third princess's return to visit her parents should be Jiang Guiyi. In the past few days, the mother and daughter have talked a lot behind closed doors.

The emperor was very happy to see that Prince Yi came to him on his own initiative, so he conferred the title of "Marquis of Beiyi" on Prince Yi, granted him a mansion and servants, and ordered people to take good care of him.

Half a month later, the Third Princess and Prince Jing requested permission to return, and the Emperor granted permission, rewarding them and the Ninth Prince with gifts that filled three carts. At the same time, the Emperor also issued an edict to promote Jiang Guiyi to the title of Consort Xian.

Since the death of Concubine Chen, Concubine Shu, and Concubine De, there is only Concubine Xian among the four concubines in the harem. Jiang Guiyi was extremely terrified and grateful for the emperor's great grace.

The days when we are together go by quickly, and the days after we are apart go by quickly too.

In a blink of an eye, Young Marquis Yi has been in the capital for three months.

Ever since his elder brother and his wife left, no one knows whether he started to pretend or stopped pretending, and his face of a dandy boy was revealed. To describe it in modern words, he is "bad boy".

Young Marquis Yi is already fifteen years old this year, and has reached the age where he can choose a marriage partner.

With his looks, girls flock to him, but with his current embarrassing status, I'm afraid they will avoid him.

Young Marquis Yi seemed to be very aware of this, and so he became more and more desperate, spending his days doing nothing, idle away, indulging in cockfighting and dog-playing, and wasting his time on material things.

He didn't know many people in the capital, and he had some friendship with the Sixth Prince three years ago, so he would go to Lu Cheng to play whenever he had nothing to do. However, he had nothing to do too often, and Lu Cheng was busy making a lot of money, so it was not convenient for him to always accompany him.

So he found ways to entertain himself, and the place he often went to was Yuehua Building, where he would stay for an entire afternoon. Over time, he made some like-minded friends and they would often make plans to play around together.

This day happened to be the day every month when Ling Qiqi could disguise herself and leave the palace. She wanted to look for Yu'er, but just as she arrived at the back door of the Qi family pawnshop, she happened to run into Bei Yihou.

Ever since Young Marquis Yi came to the capital, the two had not had much chance to talk. Now that they had run into each other, Young Marquis Yi asked:

"Seventh Master... Seventh Miss, long time no see, how are you?"

"Long time no see, how are you?"

"What about the fawn? Is he okay?"

"You mean Mianmian? He's doing fine. He's grown into a big deer and is getting really fat."

"Seventh Miss, are you going to the pawn shop?"

"Ah? Ah. Is this a pawn shop? I'm just passing by. How could a princess like me go to a pawn shop?"

"Where is the seventh girl going?"

Ling Qiqi didn't know how to answer for a moment, so she simply changed the subject:

"Young Marquis, please tell me, how did you recognize me?"

"Seventh Girl's eyes are very...special. I was deeply impressed."

Ling Qiqi thought: Your eyes are special, right? I have modified them like this, and even Lu Cheng and Yu Er would find it difficult to recognize me at a glance. But you are better, more sensitive than the facial recognition of mobile phones. Fortunately, I haven't had time to go to the pawn shop yet, otherwise it would be more troublesome. It's better to stay away from him in the future.

Although Ling Qiqi was complaining in her heart, she could only say:

"The young marquis has a really good memory and good eyesight. I wonder where the young marquis is going?"

"I was originally going to watch a play at Yuehua Building across the street, but since I met Miss Seven, it would be better to meet by chance than to invite her. Miss Seven, do you want to come with us?"

Ling Qiqi didn't want to get involved with him:

"No, no, let's do it another day. Young Marquis, hurry up and go to the theater. Don't be too late and miss the show." After saying that, she stood there and looked at Young Marquis Yi eagerly. Her meaning was very clear: You go in first, I'll see you off.

Ling Qiqi was relieved only after she confirmed that Young Marquis Yi had gone far away. But she was worried that he would return to the pawnshop halfway and block her again, so for safety reasons, she had to change her original plan.

Now she couldn't go to the pawn shop or the theater, so Ling Qiqi thought about it and turned around and ran to the blacksmith shop in East Seventh Lane.

She customized a batch of "flying needles" last month and thought they should be almost finished, so she wanted to go and take a look.

Unexpectedly, the blacksmith had already made the one hundred flying needles she ordered and was waiting for her to take them.

Ling Qiqi gave a large deposit, so the blacksmith was very attentive. The flying needles he cast were not only of high quality, but also carefully polished.

For Ling Qiqi, the flying needle is mainly used to hit a large area with one throw, thus improving the accuracy rate. It is definitely a consumable product, and the pursuit is large quantity and low price, so the production process of mass production must be considered in advance. In order to reduce costs and shorten the construction period, Ling Qiqi first asked the blacksmith to build a mold in advance, and then directly cast it with molten iron.

She also made a foot-operated grinding machine for the blacksmith to grind the cast flying needles smooth and sharp.

The blacksmith had never heard of a pedal grinder before, so Ling Qiqi asked Du Jingshan to help draw a design of the pedal grinder.

It must be said that Du Jianshan is really versatile, he can write and draw. Ling Qiqi just described the working principle of the mill in her imagination, and Du Jianshan actually designed it by combining the pedal spinning wheel and the hand-cranked millstone.

After the carpenter made it according to the drawings, he gave it to the blacksmith for trial. The result was so good that the blacksmith was so amazed that he insisted on buying the foot-operated grinder.

Ling Qiqi didn't hesitate and sold it at a high price. She used the money she earned to pay the deposit for Feizhen, and she actually had quite a bit of profit.

Then she used the remaining money to customize a leather wristband to hold the flying needles. It was not only convenient to carry but also concealed. It was usually covered by the sleeves and was not easily discovered.

Ling Qiqi took the flying needles and wristbands, looked at them left and right, and was very satisfied. The key point was that she didn't spend a penny on these things, they were free.

She paid the balance to the blacksmith, praised his craftsmanship and said she would come back to do business with him next time.

The burly blacksmith was very moved. He had never seen such a talented, wealthy and polite sponsor.