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Xu Zhen ignored him and walked straight out of the house. An Chen hurried forward and held her back, "No need to leave the house, come, I'll take you a shortcut."

Xu Zhen looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Is there a shortcut between the two prefectures separated by a wall?"

An Chen nodded and said, "Just follow me."

He took her hand and turned to a remote courtyard on the right. This courtyard also looked like it had just been renovated. Xu Zhen looked up and saw the plaque on the courtyard. It turned out to be Huishenyuan! "What do you mean?"

An Chen: "This courtyard is closest to the main courtyard of your Goddess Mansion, so I built a door on the wall of this courtyard. When the door is opened, the two courtyards are connected. I can meet my goddess here, so this courtyard is naturally the meeting courtyard for the goddess."

Xu Zhen: "Prince Chen is truly talented. I admire you!"

The door was unlocked, so An Chen opened it and led Xu Zhen into the Goddess's Palace. The courtyard was brightly lit, and looking up, they were all solar-powered lights. Xu Zhen asked curiously, "Did you put all the solar lights in the Chen Palace in this courtyard?"

An Chen: "We are not often in the house. Even if we come back, you can always take it out again, and it won't delay our use. Let the housekeeper install all the lights here, and see if the effect is really good."

Xu Zhen: "This yard is not very habitable, why do you have so many lights?"

An Chen: "Leave it to my daughter in the future, it won't be wasted."

Xu Zhen was speechless: "You really think long-term. I wish your dream will come true! Your efforts will not be in vain."

An Chen: "As long as you are here, everything will be there. Don't worry, we will wait slowly."

Xu Zhen was speechless. She looked around the courtyard: the corridors, the pavilions, the small bridges and the flowing water, it had a unique Jiangnan style. One could tell at a glance that a lot of thought had gone into it. After passing a plum garden, she turned a corner and saw a large courtyard. It was written: "Shenqiyuan"

Xu Zhen: "Why not call it a mental hospital?"

An Chen: "What is the mental hospital? This is the courtyard where the gods rest, so it is called the Shenqiyuan."

Xu Zhen curled his lips and said, "Let's come back later. Let's go find the Princess and An Ling'er first. If we come any later, we will disturb their rest."

An Chen: "Okay, they live in the side yard on the right. My eldest sister's daughter Wei Qing is probably here too. She's a noisy child. If you don't like her, send her back home first."

Xu Zhen: "Is there any uncle like you? It's just a child, how can I not like her? A noisy child is smart and independent. As long as she is not unreasonable or overbearing, she is a good child. Why didn't you tell me earlier so that I could prepare a gift? I can't meet a child empty-handed. How old is she?"

An Chen: "She is only 7 years old, but she loves to wield swords and guns."

Xu Zhen: "General Wei's grandson Wei likes to wield swords and guns. Isn't that normal? It's a family inheritance! I don't know what kind of weapon he likes, but what do you think of Sun Wukong's golden hoop? Look, it's like this."

An Chen looked at the golden hoop that Xu Zhen took out and weighed it in his hand. It was not light for a child. "This child is very strong. Let her try it later."

Xu Zhen: "I don't want it anymore. There are plenty of other toys to exchange for it. There are also many dolls that girls like. I'll take out some more and let her choose whatever she wants later."

As the two of them were talking, they had already reached the gate of the side yard. The yard was full of laughter and laughter. An Chen knocked hard on the door, but no one answered. He shouted loudly, and after a long time he heard footsteps coming towards the door.

A maid opened the door and saw that it was Prince Chen and a girl. She immediately knelt down to greet Prince Chen and his wife. Prince Chen asked her to go in first to report, and he followed with Xu Zhen.

The old woman trotted along the way, and soon saw two adults and one child coming out of the room. The courtyard was also bright as day. The three people saw King Chen and a little girl, guessing that she must be the goddess Xu Zhen. The two adults and the little girl came over to pay their respects, and Xu Zhen hurried over to stop them. The few people looked at each other, and the moment they looked at each other, they couldn't help laughing out loud.

The eldest princess said: "I am older, so please call me sister. This is Zai Ling'er from the emperor's uncle's family, and this little one is my daughter Wei Qing."

An Linger bowed and saluted: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Xu Zhen was not shy and said frankly, I went over and held her hand: "I told you not to be polite, we are of similar age, you can just call each other sisters, sister-in-law always feels that I look older than she does."

There was another round of laughter. The eldest princess and An Ling'er both liked Xu Zhen, who was humble and capable. Wei Qing stared at the thing in her uncle's hand, which was also the stick with gold at one end and silver at the other. She was very impressed. There was also a little girl wearing strange but beautiful clothes, and what was that furry thing? So cute! She wanted to think about all of them. She ran over and hugged An Chen's legs, calling sweetly: "Uncle".

The women turned around and looked over. An Chen squatted down and placed all the toys in front of them. "Which one do you like? Choose one!"

Seeing the little girl looking at this and that in a dilemma, Xu Zhen shook his head helplessly and smiled, then walked over to Wei Qing and said, "You can choose all of them. These are for you. Your uncle is just joking with you! Do you like them all?"

Wei Qing nodded, looked at Xu Zhen, and then looked at her mother with a questioning look. The eldest princess said: "This is a gift from your aunt. If you like it, go and take it."

Wei Qing turned to Xu Zhen and bowed straight, "Thank you, auntie, thank you, uncle! Qing'er likes them all."

An Chen asked the maid beside her to help her bring the things into the house. He gently touched her head and said, "Go and play with it. That stick is called the Golden Cudgel. It's a bit heavy. Be careful when you play with it."

Wei Qing thanked his uncle again and followed the old woman into the house to play.

Xu Zhen gave the Princess a copy of Journey to the West and gave An Ling'er a butterfly-shaped hairpin. He also gave her two sets of makeup and a dressing mirror, and the two women stared at him.

An Ling'er: "Is this a mirror? It's so clear, elder sister, take a look."

The eldest princess: "I have never seen anything so clear. There are so many colors in this box. What is this?"

Xu Zhen: “Makeup.”

An Ling'er: "Won't it look like a clown if you paint your face with so many colors?"

Several people were amused, and Xu Zhen said, "Try it tomorrow morning, and let us see a beautiful woman with a painted face."

An Ling'er blushed, lowered her head and said nothing more.

The princess asked her maid to bring a carved rosewood jewelry box, handed it to Xu Zhen and said, "I don't know what you like, so I'll give you this pink jade bracelet for you to wear for fun."

An Ling'er also handed Xu Zhen a similar box, "What a coincidence, this is a pink jade hairpin."

Xu Zhen looked at the gift and said, "Thank you, but yours is too expensive. I can't accept it."

An Chen collected the money directly on his behalf. He said, "They have a lot of good things. You don't have to be polite."

Xu Zhen was speechless: "Seeing elder sister and Ling'er at this time, did it bother you? You should take a rest first, we will talk tomorrow."

The eldest princess said: "The housekeeper has come over and said that we were waiting for you to come over. The two girls were making a lot of noise and were a little loud, so we didn't hear you knocking on the door for a while."

An Chen: "Except for this courtyard, are there no people in other courtyards? We have walked all the way and have not seen anyone."