I'll tell you the secret and let's laugh together!

[That's not the case. The Seventh Princess's 'stupidity' means that she doesn't understand the evil of human hearts. With her perspective, she can only see who treats her well and who treats her badly on the surface. She has a reckless spirit, which we call 'being protected too well'.]

The system gave Ning Zhiyi some time to digest these words, and after a moment of silence, he said:

[In fact, in my opinion, this is not a sign of being protected too well, but a sign of not being protected well enough, and having to figure out everything on her own. People who are truly well protected should be like the Second Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Fifth Prince. Although they look silly, their hearts are like mirrors, and they understand everything.]

Ning Zhiyi thought for a long time, and finally understood what the system meant. He nodded in agreement, "That makes sense. From this point of view, the Seventh Princess' life is not easy. If you think about it carefully, she has not caused any substantial harm to me. It's just that she said she wanted to kill me that time, which made me feel that she was so young and I was afraid that her hands would be stained with blood, so I didn't want to get close to her."

[The host didn't. She has never killed anyone. She just used to scare others with harsh words to protect herself. Otherwise, what she took out was not paint but a knife. The imperial concubine didn't care about her. If it weren't for that maid's loyalty to her master, I'm afraid the Seventh Princess would have lived a worse life.]

[I misunderstood her. If the Seventh Princess comes to me again in the future, I will take her to play with me.]

Just at this moment, Concubine Jing had also finished applying the facial cream to Ning Zhiyi, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Don't be polite to me. I just got a batch of pearl flowers, which I think are more suitable for girls like you."

The palace maid brought a box. The box had five layers in total, and different pearl flowers were placed on each layer. The first layer was pure gold, the second layer was pearls, the third layer was red agate, the fourth layer was inlaid with jadeite, and the fifth layer was filled with several precious jade pendants.

"My lady, these are too valuable. I cannot accept them."

"Please accept it. This is something my mother specially gave to me..."

"Ahem!" Concubine Jing coughed twice and said, "They are not expensive. They are just some small pearl flowers. How can they be so valuable? Put them away and send them to Ning Mansion immediately."

"Isn't this expensive?"

"Yes, it's not expensive!" The fifth prince and the second prince said in unison.

The fourth prince was detached from the situation, his mouth spoke before his brain, "No, these are not expensive... woo!"

The second prince covered his mouth with his hand and gave him a look that said 'figure it out yourself'.

The fourth prince's brain regained control of his mouth and he nodded and stopped talking.

Fearing that Ning Zhiyi would refuse again, Concubine Jing directly asked the palace maid to send the box to Ning Mansion, and then took Ning Zhiyi to see the koi she raised.

Apparently Concubine Jing was good at raising fish. The koi fish she raised were fat and strong, and their backs were extremely thick.

"This fish was sent to the palace by my brother, who said it had a very good meaning."

Ning Zhiyi nodded. This is a koi fish, so it must have a good meaning. "Wow, these are small fish boats. Look at that fat one, it can't even swim."

"This fish is too big. I don't know if it can fit in one pot." The fourth prince loves fish, and he thinks of eating it as soon as he sees fish.

Concubine Jing, who was smiling faintly, immediately restrained her smile. It seemed that she had to be on guard against the Fourth Prince, who was a big fish eater. If he set his eyes on her koi, she would be finished.

"My lady,...I am here."

Concubine Jing had a solemn look on her face and frowned slightly. She asked the Fifth Prince to entertain Ning Zhiyi well while she went out to entertain the guest.

"Hey, why did my aunt come to the palace again?" The fifth prince felt strange. He was closest to Concubine Jing and heard the palace servants say that it was his aunt Ji Youran who wanted to see him.

She is Concubine Jing's cousin and got married half a year ago. Since then, she has often written letters to her mother. She also went to the palace to cry some time ago. I don't know why she came to the palace again today. Is there some hidden secret? The Fifth Prince was in a restless mood and was in no mood to feed the fish.

Several people fed the fish with fish food. After a while, Ning Zhiyi felt bored. The system detected a new melon. [Host, I found a new melon. It is the melon of Ji Youran who came to ask to see Concubine Jing. ]

The fifth prince paused in feeding the fish, while the second and fourth princes perked up. Their hands were still feeding the fish, but their eyes were stealing glances at Ning Zhiyi.

[Ji Youran? I remember she got married not long ago, and her boyfriend is Xiao Yu, who is well-known in Beijing. What happened? Did Xiao Yu bully her? ]

System: [That’s not the case. Xiao Yu’s bad reputation was spread by his uncle and aunt to discredit him. There’s nothing wrong with him. He is also nice to Ji Youran. It’s the demons and monsters in the uncle’s house who are causing trouble.]

[Xiao Yu's father, Suyang Bo, passed away. His mother couldn't bear the blow and moved to a temple to practice asceticism. The old lady of Suyang Bo's mansion doted on her youngest son and was coaxed around by her youngest son and his wife. Now she wanted her youngest son to inherit the position of Suyang Bo.]

Ning Zhiyi put down the fish food in her hand, [No wonder until today, Xiao Yu has not inherited his father Suyang Earl's position, it turns out that someone is playing tricks, but what is this old lady thinking, the eldest son is gone, and there is only this one child left, she doesn't protect him, and even helps the younger son bully him! ]

[Host, I don't understand your human emotions either, but my predecessor said that in your eyes, the flesh on the palm and the flesh on the back of the hand are also different, so maybe in the eyes of the old lady, her son is more important than her grandson.]

"My aunt came here crying a few days ago. I'm worried that she might have been wronged in the Xiao Mansion. Why don't we go and eavesdrop on the news?"

The Second Prince understood that the Fifth Prince wanted to reveal the news to Ji Youran, and agreed, "Okay, don't be afraid. If anyone dares to bully her, your nephew will overturn the Xiao Mansion."

The fourth prince nodded: "That's right, we are princes, we must be a little arrogant and domineering!"

Ning Zhiyi gave a thumbs up to several people, especially the Fourth Prince. Just at that moment, he was full of the shadow of the "arrogant concubine" Shufei.

The three knew that no matter how they hid, as soon as Ning Zhiyi's inner voice appeared, their whereabouts would be exposed, so they hid very perfunctorily, basically standing at the door of the room and eavesdropping.

Ning Zhiyi glanced at the three of them. They were indeed princes and grandchildren of the emperor. They had probably never eavesdropped before. Poor them, they didn't even know the correct posture for eavesdropping. So let her teach them.