After a short rest, the concubines walked out of their tents one after another, and the sounds of their laughter reached Mengzhu's tent.

Wan Ning listened to the noise outside, quickened her packing pace, and hurriedly said, "Be careful on the road, don't trust people you don't know, and especially don't eat food given by strangers. This is a long and arduous journey, please be careful, Concubine Xia."

"Hmph," Concubine Xia beside her laughed innocently after hearing the instructions. Wang Wan Ning turned her head and looked at her in confusion. She explained naively: "Princess, you are like my mother. When I was a child, my mother also gave me many instructions when I was about to go out. She said these words thousands of times, but she would say them again every time she went out."

Wan Ning straightened her back, put her hands on her hips, tilted her head and complained to others, and said jokingly: "Listen, I talk too much and you think I'm annoying. Okay, I won't say any more."

Concubine Xia was a little flustered and immediately stepped forward to hug Wan Ning's arm, saying coquettishly: "No, I didn't. I can't thank you enough, and I can't miss you enough!"

In fact, she is in a daze now. She was still young when she entered the palace and lived in the nameless palace without knowing the world. Her memory of the outside world is still the happy scene when the servants took her out to play when she was a child. She did it as others arranged it. As for why, she never asked and didn't feel scared, as if it was the same as Concubine Yi asking her to eat, drink water and sleep.

As soon as the house became quiet, the fight outside began and the sound of quarreling could be heard inside.

"After all, you come from a small family, so it's normal that you can't tell them apart. Some things look similar from a distance, but when you get closer, you can see that they are worlds apart."

"That's right, Sister An's skirt is the work of the most powerful embroiderer team in Nanye City who worked hard for a month. There is only one of its kind in the world. This person is a fake, and the clothes he wears are fake too. It's really funny."

"Oh, forgive my poor eyesight. If it weren't for Miss Sun showing off just now, I really wouldn't have been able to tell. On Miss Zhang, it looks just like an ordinary dress. Since it's so rare, it still needs to be worn by the right person to shine, right?"

Everyone in Mengzhu's tent pricked up their ears and ate the melon. Concubine Xia had a smoky and irritated expression and complained, "It starts again!"

"You are very spiritual, why does this kind of thing happen so often?" Wan Ning asked.

Meng Zhu smiled and took over the conversation: "Not much, not much, just a small quarrel every two days and a big quarrel every three days."

"So do you think this is a small quarrel or a big quarrel?"

Mengzhu pricked up his ears and paused for a moment, then said, "It's a medium quarrel, but it will turn into a big quarrel if it's not mediated."

"Is it that serious? Then let's go out and take a look." Wan Ning narrowed her eyes and stared at Meng Zhu's serious expression. Meng Zhu picked up the bow and arrow on the table and explained in shock: "Meng Zhu, we are just going to stop the fight, not to fight. We can't use bows and arrows now, right?"

Meng Zhu was stunned at first, but then she reacted and picked up the quiver and shook it. The bow and arrow inside collided and made a metallic sound. She explained, "Sister, you are worrying too much. I just haven't practiced horseback archery for a long time. Today I have the opportunity to practice it to my heart's content."

"It's not the end of it all, that's good."

The moment the curtain was opened, the people who were arguing suddenly became quiet. They just disliked each other and took advantage of the princess' absence to "fight", but now they kept silent when they saw the princess. But the moment Wan Ning saw them, she understood what happened. It turned out that Liu Qingyu was wearing a precious dress that was hard to buy and specially selected by Zhang Yu'an. It happened that Zhang Yu'an's original dress was more exquisitely made and the embroidery was more vivid. Although the dress Liu Qingyu was wearing looked good on her and ordinary people couldn't see it, it was particularly obvious in front of the original dress. Zhang Yu'an and Sun Qianjie would definitely seize the opportunity to squeeze her out.

As for why Wan Ning could tell, there was another reason, which was that this dress was a private custom-made product from Pan’s Cloth Shop and was made by the embroiderer from Wan Ning’s workshop.

"Good luck to Princess Le Yan, and good luck to Princess Meng Zhu."

"Please stand up, ladies. There is no need to be restrained. I heard a commotion just now. What happened?" Wan Ning's eyes wandered between Liu Qingyu and Sun Qianjie.

Although the two were in a state of tension, they both tacitly felt that less trouble was better than more. It was already a confusing matter and might leave room for trouble, so they both tacitly lowered their heads and kept silent.

Wan Ning waited for a moment, then said with a slightly annoyed look, "Why, is it something I shouldn't know?"

"No."

"No," they both refused in unison.

Wan Ning smiled and joked, "Just now no one wanted to talk, but now everyone is eager to talk. Miss Liu, can you tell me what happened?"

Liu Qingyu stepped forward and saluted, then said after thinking for a moment, "Princess, there's nothing you can't say, it's just that Miss Zhang and I were wearing the same dress just now..."

As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Yu'an, then added with a smile, "The sisters said we have a tacit understanding and are competing to see who wears it better."

"Ms. Zhang, is that so?" Wan Ning turned to look at Zhang Yu'an.

"Back Princess, yes."

Wan Ning looked between the two of them and said, "It's good to get along harmoniously. In my opinion, although the clothes are similar, they look different on different people. They both look good in their own ways. Since there is no conflict and it's rare for us to come out together, why don't we start worshipping the flower god and appreciating the flowers?"

"Yes!"

"The princess has asked people to build a stage with flowers in the southeast corner. Ladies can perform on the stage in the evening. Princess Mengzhu will also show us the traditional dance of Tumo. If you ladies have any programs, you can also come to me to register." Wan Tao, who was standing aside, saw that the time was almost right, and began to perform the parts that she had rehearsed in advance.

"Thank you, Princess. Thank you, Princess Mengzhu."

"Princess Mengzhu, is everything ready?"

Concubine Xia, who was standing nearby, suddenly knelt on the ground, lowered her head, and begged with a terrified expression, "Princess, please forgive me, please forgive me."

"What crime do you want to forgive?" Meng Zhu asked sternly.

"I forgot the whip you needed for your performance tonight in the palace. Please forgive me, Princess!" Concubine Xia begged for mercy.

Gao Rulan, who had been silent, could not bear it any longer and pleaded, "Beautiful sister, this little girl beside Princess Mengzhu has always been irritable and not very good at serving, but she has no bad intentions. Why not forgive her this time."

A few people wanted to continue, but seeing that someone had already pleaded for mercy, they stopped. Meng Zhu coughed and said, "Since someone has pleaded for you, I will spare you today. But you have to go to the market to buy a whip before dark. Otherwise, you don't have to come back!"

Mengzhu was extremely angry when he spoke, and it was inconvenient for others to plead for mercy. Poor Concubine Xia knelt on the ground, bowed her head and said nothing.

"What are you looking at? Whips won't fall from the sky! Why don't you go quickly? Do you want to delay tonight's performance?"

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