My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

"Why are you trying to imitate Zhenzhen? Isn't that just forcing yourself to endure hardship? You're out of your mind! You should know that you are the most honorable princess of this dynasty, besides your eldest sister. You should be able to choose any suitable man in the world!"

"You'll be coming of age next month, and it's time for you to meet someone. I used to think you were young, so I didn't tell you these things. But now you're not young anymore, and you have to know about these things between men and women."

"Since you are in the royal family, don't expect any extravagant emotions. As a princess, you have the support of your father, mother, and brother. There is no need to bargain with your marriage. Take advantage of these years to see more of the princes and nobles outside, pick and choose. There is no rush, we can take our time to choose——"

The Fourth Princess had never heard such explosive words before, especially from her own mother.

Suddenly her face turned red with shame, and she covered her face and ran away.

Concubine Xiao looked at the Fourth Princess' back with regret and complained to her confidant, "This girl is too shameless. She's already too shy to listen to anything."

"Your Majesty, the princess is still young, it's normal for her to be shy!" the confidant said speechlessly.

It's just that my own queen is unreliable. How could she say that to the princess? It makes the selection of a prince consort the same as the emperor selecting a concubine. She even has to pick more and keep a few more in the house. It won't sound good if that gets out, right?

Concubine Xiao sighed slowly: "If I had a good fortune like this girl, I would promise to pick out seventeen or eighteen handsome young men for myself, such as gentle scholars, gentle and jade-like noblemen, majestic generals, suave and dashing knights, and young and talented champions. I want them all, all of them——"

The confidant rushed over and covered Concubine Xiao's mouth: "Your Majesty, you can't say such things!"

If this gets to the emperor's ears, everyone in that palace will be dead.

Concubine Xiao took her confidant's hand in a bad mood and looked at the sky dejectedly.

This palace is so boring.

Her job as a royal concubine was not very interesting. She was not as good as that child Lu Zhenzhen, who was thousands of miles away and living such a free and unrestrained life.

After the Prince of Jin and his wife got married, they treated each other with respect. After his wife returned home, the Prince of Jin handed over the household supplies of the mansion to her.

Princess Jin was also a good housekeeper. She quickly got the hang of it and managed the Prince Jin's Mansion in perfect order.

Not only did she handle entertaining guests, accepting invitations, and receiving and returning gifts without any mistakes, but she also managed the concubines in the palace until they were all obedient.

Apart from anything else, Prince Jin's ears are now much quieter.

At least you won't be walking in the garden in the middle of the night and suddenly a concubine in plain white clothes reciting poetry will jump out, or in the middle of winter, you won't see a concubine in thin spring clothes dancing in the snow.

He would not receive five or six servings of tonic soup from the backyard in one day, all claiming to be made by themselves and forcing him to drink it.

Then I tasted it and realized it was all the work of Chef Fang from the kitchen.

The King of Jin was quite satisfied with this and felt that he had finally married his daughter-in-law.

Although there was no such feeling as Fu Zhiyi said, that of a husband and wife being of one mind and in love with each other.

However, Princess Jin took good care of the backyard, which saved him a lot of trouble. Prince Jin felt that this was another kind of unity between husband and wife.

Anyway, he was quite satisfied.

These satisfying days passed very quickly.

Soon it will be the coming-of-age ceremony for the Fourth Princess and Princess Qingning.

Because the time difference between the two was not much, and the emperor had always been quite fond of his niece Princess Qingning, he simply ordered that both of their coming-of-age ceremonies be held in the palace together.

The date naturally follows the fourth princess's date.

This is a rare honor and recognition, so the Prince of Shu's Palace naturally had no objection.

At the coming-of-age ceremony, everyone knew that the Fourth Princess and Princess Qingning were favored, so the coming-of-age gifts they sent were naturally precious items.

There are two copies, and the room is filled with dazzling brilliance.

Although Lu Zhenzhen had the wedding gifts escorted back to the capital a little late, they arrived just in time for her coming-of-age ceremony.

It was delivered by Madam Lan on behalf of Lu Zhenzhen.

The two huge boxes were both filled to the brim.

The Fourth Princess and Princess Qingning immediately lost interest in looking at other gifts.

Just tell someone to open the box.

First, a small box for each person came into view. When it was opened, each person had a pearl hairpin. The pearls inlaid on it were pink and flawless. Such top-quality pearls were rarely seen even in the palace.

And the colors are different, which shows that a lot of thought was put into it.

Especially when I heard that this was a design by Lu Zhenzhen herself and had it made.

The Fourth Princess and Princess Qingning were even more delighted and put them directly on their heads.

One gold and one pink, echoing each other, attracted everyone's attention.

Those who could enter the palace to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony were either women from the royal family or women from the families of ministers in the palace.

Seeing Lu Zhenzhen's generosity, I couldn't help but be amazed.

Especially since we have only opened a small box, and there is still a big box.

Seeing that the Fourth Princess and Princess Qingning were both focused on the two large boxes, Concubine Xiao waved her hand helplessly and asked the two to take the young girl to the side hall to open the gifts.

Entering the side hall, the Fourth Princess and Princess Qingning each occupied one side.

Start taking gifts out of the box.

Lu Zhenzhen truly achieved impartiality. For example, she gave each person a set of ivory-carved ghost-craft balls, but the patterns were different.

For example, there are two sets of Xiangyunsha clothes, and the cuts are different.

For example, two Western perfumes, one is rose and the other is jasmine, and they have completely different scents.

……

In the end, not only were the Fourth Princess and Princess Qingning satisfied, but they were also very happy.

Even the young girls who came to watch were extremely envious.

Who doesn’t want to have a best friend like this who cares about you?

The Shu Prince's Consort, who had come along to watch the fun, pulled Guan along and couldn't help but sigh, "Zhenzhen is truly a sincere person who returns every kindness someone gives her. Look at all these gifts, I'm almost jealous! She's still pregnant, and yet she still has to carefully prepare so many gifts, trying to be both impartial and slightly unique. It's really hard for her."

Guan deeply agreed with this. No wonder Zhenzhen was so likable. Who wouldn’t like someone who treats others with such sincerity?

Princess Jin listened from the side and her eyes flickered a few times.

You know, the belated wedding gift from Nanyue was delivered to the Prince of Jin's Mansion two days ago.

She was shocked when she saw the gift list.

There are all kinds of Western and South Asian things on it, as well as local specialties and precious medicinal materials from South Vietnam, and some Western books.

Most of them are used by female family members in the backyard and are very valuable.

She didn't dare to accept it at that time, and waited until Prince Jin came back to report it and ask him to make a decision.

That was the first time she saw Prince Jin smile so relaxedly and casually: "As long as it's a gift from Brother Nanyue Xingnan and Princess Le'an, just accept it."

He took the gift list, looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction.

Fu Zhiyi had always extorted a lot of money from me before, but this time I got back everything I paid for with interest.