The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

"Speaking of which, Her Majesty, why won't you bring the Princess out for us to see?" The speaker was the Gong family's second wife, Peng. Peng was beautiful, her voice soft and pleasant, but unfortunately, she'd met the wrong man. The Gong family's second master favored his concubine, and Jiao Ying felt a pity for him.

"Speaking of which, my Jinjin overestimated her abilities and sent a letter to the princess, but was rejected by her. I just heard from the servants that she was hiding and crying." Madam Hui smiled, as if she genuinely found it amusing. "Thank goodness, Your Majesty, for your grace, otherwise I would have been with Jinjin."

Jiao Ying frowned slightly. She could tell that Madam Hui seemed to be mocking her daughter, but in reality, she was secretly accusing the Princess of being unkind and overconfident, even more arrogant than the Princess. And wasn't Gong Jinjin crying because of her words? How could Madam Hui make it the Princess' fault?

For a moment, everyone in the hall had different expressions.

Princess Gao lifted her sleeves and said, "Madam, why is it that my cousin is not here to serve you today?"

Why did the Empress suddenly bring up this? Jiao Ying thought about it seriously. The ladies had often spread rumors that the eldest wife wanted the eldest son to marry her niece. Could this be true?

Madam Hui was obviously stunned. "Your Majesty, you are joking. My niece hasn't even married yet, how can she serve you?"

"Oh, you haven't married yet." Princess Gao said meaningfully, "We are both unmarried. It's really too early to talk about this. After the national mourning period is over, there will be plenty of time to slowly get to know each other."

Jiao Ying's lips curled up. The princess hadn't married yet and was still in mourning. As a member of the imperial family, she should have actively avoided banquets. Seriously speaking, the Gong family's flower viewing banquet shouldn't have even been held today.

She replied to the madam with a forced smile, "It was my fault that I was mistaken."

"It's okay." Princess Gao helped Yaochun stand up with her hand, smiling warmly. "It's okay to say the wrong thing for a while, but if you go astray, it will be difficult to turn back."

Jiao Ying almost immediately thought of Gong Jinjin. On the way home, she excitedly held Caidie's hand. She planned to send a letter to the princess as soon as she got home.

A burst of rapid horse hoofbeats sounded from the end of the long street. Dali City had a clear ban on riding horses in busy areas. Jiao Ying lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and saw two men who looked like attendants riding on horseback, following a young man in a cloak. The young man was extremely handsome, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, sword-like eyebrows slanting into his temples, deep starry eyes, a high nose bridge, and a black robe fluttering, revealing a pair of black official boots with golden cloud patterns firmly planted in the stirrups.

Jiao Ying recognized the person and immediately ordered the driver to pull over and make way. She sat in the carriage and looked down at her toes.

Zhou Boli glanced past, leaned forward and looked towards the outside of the city again, and shouted "Go!"

Five days later, while it was still early, Lu Yun took a detour to the nearby market and bought a batch of rice, salt, oil and various snacks, which she put into the backpacks behind them.

We abandoned the carriage and took the mountain road instead. After an hour of winding and twisting, we finally saw the familiar hillside. There were still seven or eight tombs standing on the hillside, not one more.

Smoke was already rising from the small house at the foot of the hill. Fresh bamboo leaves were piled in the barn outside the courtyard gate, and in front of the barn were two lush green vegetable fields.

Lu Yun tiptoed over and saw through the window that the old man was slowly stirring the pot with a wooden spoon. The fragrance of bean rice floated in the air.

"Grandma." Lu Yun called softly.

The old man paused in stirring the rice, turned to look at the door, and smiled widely, "Miss Jiang!"

Lu Yun walked forward and hugged the old woman, taking a deep breath as she smelled the aroma of the food on her body. "Grandma, you smell so good."

The old man laughed.

Cai He smiled and stepped forward to greet her. "Your servant Cai He greets the old lady."

The old woman smiled and waved her hand, "There are no outsiders here, so don't be so particular. Just call me Grandma along with Jiang Nu."

Caihe went to the kitchen to help. After Lu Yun put away the things she brought one by one, she helped the old man.

After taking the bacon down from under the eaves with a bamboo pole, Lu Yun picked up a bamboo basket and went to the vegetable garden to chop vegetables. After chopping the firewood, she washed them clean on the riverbank nearby.

After finishing all this, he went to the firewood pile to carry firewood and filled the area behind the stove, leaving it for later use.

The moon is rising, and the fireworks are soothing.

The small square table in the main hall was laden with four or five dishes. Lu Yun ate without even looking up. Grandma smiled and waited for her to finish before getting up to clear the dishes. Lu Yun followed her around like a little tail growing out of the old woman's back.

"Ms. Jiang, what happened?"

Lu Yun grabbed the small red and yellow apples from the basket and asked, "Grandma, has Cat Bear been here?"

The water in the pool roared, and the dishes made crisp clattering sounds.

"Unfortunately," the old man said regretfully, looking towards the barn. "I was here just five days ago. I'm afraid I won't be able to come anytime soon."

"Ah." Lu Yun washed the apple and put it in her mouth. It was sweet and soft, leaving a lingering fragrance on her teeth and cheeks. After throwing the apple core far out of the yard, Lu Yun carefully washed the remaining juice from her hands.

The old man dried his hands and closed the kitchen door. "Ms. Jiang, go out for a walk with Grandma."

Caihe watched quietly through the window as her master and the old man walked out of the courtyard. The moonlight made their backs appear very long.

Lu Yun held the old woman's arm and said in a calm voice, "Grandma, I have a treasure that many people want. So sometimes I suspect that some people deliberately approach me and try to please me because of this treasure."

"Ginger girl." The old man smiled and said, "The vegetables I grow in this field are all my favorites."

The crops in the fields are growing well, and the leaves of each vegetable are plump and green.

Lu Yun frowned slightly. "Grandma, I can't help but try to guess what he's thinking. The more I think about it, the more I feel like everything is fake."

"Why do you care so much, kid? All you need to do in life is to do your job well." The old woman patted her shoulder. "When I was young, I liked a young man. He was so handsome! But my mother said he was not a good boy and had deceived many girls. I didn't agree when I heard that, but every time he appeared, I couldn't help but secretly look at him. After all these years, I can still remember what he looked like. There's nothing I can do about it. I just like handsome young men."

Lu Yun suppressed her laughter and said, "Grandma, how handsome is this boy?"

"Just like the small pine trees on the mountain and the mountain spring water in spring." The old man smiled, "It's true that I like him, but I didn't marry him. You can't control your thoughts, but you can control your hands and feet. The baby is yours, just do your own thing and don't bother him." At the end he added, "If he still wants to control you, come to me, and you don't have to eat the Zhou family's food." The old man knew everything in his heart.

Lu Yun shook her head and said, "He didn't care about me, but I am a princess who came from the Qin Dynasty to marry into the Zhou family. How can I not eat the Zhou family's food?" It's difficult to advance or retreat!

"Oh, how can you be so honest, kid?" The old man sighed. "I've already run away, why bother with all this? Don't you know that my son-in-law has a sense of dignity? He will definitely cover this up. Don't worry, run away!"

Lu Yun laughed out loud, "Grandma, you make sense."

"Grandma, I want to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms tomorrow."

"No way. Have you forgotten the last time you got lost in the mountains and encountered a snake?"

"Grandma, I know some martial arts, I'm not afraid this time."

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