At the beginning, I saved a little mute

Guangzong Yaozu!

This was Ning Xiaoqi’s first reaction.

Seeing that they were too excited, Jiang Zao couldn't help but chuckle and coughed, "Okay, everyone is tired today, let's count the goods again and go to bed early tonight. There is still time tomorrow, don't use up all your energy."

"Okay, miss."

"Okay, boss."

Considering that it was too late for the four girls to go home.

Jiang Zao asked them to leave first.

Jiang Zao's heart warmed a little when he heard cheers outside the door.

She smiled and shook her head, then left with Qiu Shuang and Dong Xue.

Next, she was going to write a letter to the third prince.

She had to think carefully about how to write this letter.

……

"Your Highness, you're back." Yuzhu was waiting happily at the door.

But her Highness, instead of being a little happy as he was when he left, walked in with a gloomy face.

Yuzhu looked over Xie Chengjing's shoulder, back, and met Shizhu's gaze.

Shizhu shook her head slightly at her.

The two fell silent.

I followed Xie Chengjing all the way and watched him enter the study and then lock himself in it.

"How is this going?"

Yuzhu whispered, "Didn't Concubine Shun ask His Highness to come over to celebrate today because it's His Highness' birthday? How come you came back without even having dinner? Isn't it too early to come back at this hour?"

"Shh, keep your voice down. Don't let His Highness hear you."

Shizhu glared at her, and they both walked out, away from the house.

Shi Zhu then whispered, "How can this be a birthday celebration? It's clearly a request for His Highness to go there and suffer."

"What happened? After all, your Highness is the son of Concubine Shun in name only."

"Alas, you don't know that Concubine Shun asked His Highness to come over today not to celebrate his birthday.

It’s because the Seventh Prince recently got a new puppy.”

Having said this, Shizhu's face looked very ugly and he almost couldn't continue.

"Tell me quickly, what's wrong?" Yuzhu urged.

Shizhu looked around, leaned close to Yuzhu's ear, and lowered his voice further and further.

"That dog... The Seventh Prince actually celebrated the dog's birthday and asked our Highness to come over just to humiliate him."

"what?!"

In the entire palace, no one remembered that today was the seventh prince's birthday.

Shizhu still trembles with anger when he thinks of that scene.

His Highness originally had no hope, as he and Concubine Shun had no mother-son relationship at all. But when a person has been lonely for so long, how could he not yearn for some family affection?

Even if it is only temporary, just superficial, or just an illusion.

I thought I would spend this year alone again, but I could just ask the kitchen to make something delicious and have fun together.

But a few days ago, he received a message from Concubine Shun, saying that she wanted to see him when he went to the palace today.

The words were spoken very tactfully.

But the moment His Highness received the message, a few stars appeared in his eyes.

He was also happy for His Highness, and originally thought that this was an olive branch extended by Concubine Shun. He thought that after all, she had raised the child for more than ten years, so there was some affection between them.

So early in the morning, His Highness got up, tidied his clothes, put them on neatly, and went into the palace in a heroic manner.

No one expected that His Highness was stopped at the door by Concubine Shun's palace servants and had to wait for an hour before he could enter.

It was a scorching day and His Highness was basking in the sun. Even he felt distressed for him, but His Highness would not let anyone see what he was thinking on the surface.

He just stood there obediently and waited until the palace maid called him.

After he entered the palace and knelt down to pay his respects to Concubine Shun, no one called him to stand up, so His Highness just kept kneeling.

During this time, the Seventh Prince's puppy jumped out, scaring both His Highness and him, but both of them kept their mouths shut and did not utter a single scream.

The puppy looked smart, but for some reason, it went straight towards Xie Chengjing.

Concubine Shun exclaimed, "Don't hurt it, it's your seventh brother's treasure."

Just because of this sentence, Xie Chengjing endured and did not move.

Who would have thought that the dog looked well-behaved but was actually very ferocious. It came up and bit Xie Chengjing's back of the hand.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness."

Shizhu's voice and the palace maid's voice came at the same time.

But only Shizhu took action. The palace maids just shouted anxiously, "Third Prince, don't hurt Fuzai, he is the Seventh Prince's favorite."

Xie Chengjing felt the pain on the back of his hand. He didn't move at all, but his face was pale and he looked very scared.

Shun Fei seemed to have just reacted, "Oh, why are you biting the Third Prince? Fuzai, come here quickly."

The dog was very smart. When it heard Concubine Shun calling its name, it immediately ran towards Concubine Shun.

As for the wound on the back of Xie Chengjing's hand that was dripping with blood, everyone noticed it, but no one mentioned it.

Shi Zhu wanted to rush over and say something, but was stopped by Xie Chengjing.

Shizhu had no choice but to swallow all the heartache.

His Highness was so miserable that he was actually bullied by a puppy.

Xie Chengjing just looked at the puppy, frowning slightly, "Madam, is this the pet raised by my seventh brother?"

"Yes, this is a new thing that was sent from the southern border some time ago. It's called Lion's Head. It looks snow-white and cute, not fierce at all. Your seventh brother asked for it, and the emperor saw how much he liked it, so he ordered it to be given to your seventh brother. It also has a nickname called Fuzi. Look, isn't it full of blessings?"

Concubine Shun held Fuzai in her arms, her tone full of doting.

As if she didn't notice the wound on the back of his hand, "Today is the one-month anniversary of Fuzai coming to your seventh brother's side. Your seventh brother said he wanted to hold a full moon banquet for him. Since you happen to be in the capital, he said he would invite you to come along so that we can all have fun together."

Xie Chengjing pursed his lips. He no longer felt the pain in his knees. Even the scars on the back of his hands seemed to have no pain.

He just spoke in a low voice, looking at Concubine Shun who was sitting right above him, "So, Your Majesty called me here today just for this matter?"

Shun Fei glanced at him sideways, "Of course."

After a pause, he continued, "Do you think I have something else to ask you? Or do you think your seventh brother's matter is unimportant?"

At the end of her speech, Concubine Shun narrowed her eyes and stared at Xie Chengjing with great dissatisfaction.

"No, I don't think so. My seventh brother is the most important person to the queen, and his affairs are the most important."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Concubine Shun said three "okays" in a row, "It's great that you think so. As long as I treat your seventh brother well, I will treat you well too."

"I heard that you have been doing your job very smoothly recently. Your father is very happy and has assigned you to supervise the construction of cement roads. Your uncle has been relatively free recently and is very capable. Give him the formula for the cement road. Together, you two will definitely be able to perfectly complete the task assigned by your father."

Xie Chengjing's eyebrows moved, it turned out that the real purpose was here.