The cruel little princess

Prince Jin took the hairpin and twisted one of the petals of the peony right in front of her. The entire peony separated from the hairpin, which was hollow. Behind the peony was a small dagger made of black iron! Although this small dagger was very small, it could cut through iron like mud and sever hair with a whirlwind! It was an unexpected self-defense tool!

Shen Youyou happily took the hairpin and began to play with it. After playing with it for a while and understanding the internal structure of the hairpin, she put it away. "Thank you, Huaijin! I like this gift very much!" Shen Youyou hugged Prince Jin's face and kissed him again before letting him go. She ran to the bed and pulled the quilt over her. "It's late. I'm going to sleep. Good night!"

His Royal Highness Prince Jin pulled her with amusement, "Youyou, you moved my quilt from the Arhat couch to here, are you hinting at something?!"

"Ah?" Shen Youyou pulled back the quilt and took a closer look. The quilt she had just pulled over was indeed the quilt from the outer Luohan couch. "Chu Huaijin, listen to my excuse!... No, listen to my explanation..." Shen Youyou recalled anxiously, wondering what was going on. Oh, right! I remember now! "Just now, Chuntao told me not to take a nap on the Luohan couch in the future. To avoid catching a cold, so she brought the quilt over..." Shen Youyou lowered her head and said, "You can just take it back. Tomorrow I'll tell Chuntao that this quilt should stay on the Luohan couch!"

His Royal Highness Prince Jin chuckled, "What are you afraid of? I won't do anything to you before the wedding! Youyou, you don't have to be afraid of me, never be afraid of me!" After that, he carried the brocade quilt and went to the Luohan couch in the outer room.

Shen Youyou slept well all night. When Chuntao came to help the young lady wash up in the morning, she saw that the brocade quilt that had been put away inside last night appeared on the Luohan couch again, and it was still neatly folded. Chuntao rubbed her eyes. Didn’t she put it in the inner room last night? Shen Youyou saw Chuntao’s puzzled expression and didn’t have the heart to tease her, so she said directly, "Last night I felt that the two quilts were too hot, so I took them back outside. Let’s put them here. I occasionally take a nap here at noon." Chuntao didn’t ask any more questions and replied directly, "Okay, young lady!"

After packing up, Shen Youyou put on the white jade hairpin that His Royal Highness Prince Jin had given her yesterday. Chun Tao looked at the hairpin with a strange look in her eyes, "Miss, when did you buy this hairpin? How come I have never seen it before?"

"This hairpin! It was specially made and sent to me by someone! It has a secret!" Shen Youyou took off the hairpin and showed it to Chuntao. Chuntao stared at it with her eyes wide open and exclaimed, "It's amazing! The workmanship is so exquisite! But Miss, you can't accept gifts from others casually, especially things like hairpins and bracelets, especially if they are given by men! If people find out, you will be criticized for giving and receiving gifts privately!" Chuntao told her mistress with a serious face.

"I understand, my dear Chuntao! This is a weapon for self-defense, mainly for catching the enemy by surprise! I won't accept other people's things casually. Yesterday, Mrs. Zuo wanted to give me a bracelet, but I declined it politely!" Shen Youyou said to Chuntao in a coquettish manner, begging for mercy.

Chun Tao laughed out loud, "Alright Miss, come and have your meal! You still have to go out and give acupuncture to Miss Zuo later!"

"Oh, yes, yes, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it! Miss Zuo still needs acupuncture for a month! Just in time for the end of the year!" Shen Youyou said as she moved to the table and saw a basket of vegetarian three-fresh steamed dumplings made by Chuntao herself, a bowl of pumpkin porridge, and a plate of small radish vegetables to go with the rice. It was neither extravagant nor wasteful, and it just met her appetite! Shen Youyou couldn't help but praise Chuntao, "Whoever marries you in the future will be blessed!"

After the master and servant finished their joke, Shen Youyou packed up and prepared to go out. Chuntao stayed at home to make cotton clothes for the young lady. Today, Uncle Zeng once again let the young lady travel by carriage, and Uncle Li was the driver again.

They soon arrived at the Rejuvenating Medicinal Diet. Coincidentally, Mrs. Zuo, her son Zuo Lingzhi, and daughter Zuo Qingqing were already enjoying a meal in a private room. At the shopkeeper's suggestion, she ordered Prunella Vulgaris and Eucommia Tea, which soothes the liver and regulates qi. Zuo Lingzhi ordered Schisandra Chinensis Tea, which nourishes the heart and soothes the mind. Zuo Qingqing didn't need to order anything, but went straight for the special ginseng, lotus, and lotus seed chicken soup Shen Youyou had instructed the shopkeeper to make for her yesterday.

Madam Zuo made a special introduction to the Princess of Rui'an County and her son. Originally, if His Royal Highness Prince Jin hadn't been unreasonably jealous last night, Shen Youyou wouldn't have thought otherwise. But yesterday, His Royal Highness Prince Jin said that the bracelet was a symbol of her future mistress of the Zuo family. Shen Youyou looked at Zuo Lingzhi with a hint of scrutiny and perfunctory. If there was no fate, there was no need to start. She dealt with it for a few words and then said directly, "Madam Zuo, I'm going to start acupuncture for Miss Zuo. All unrelated people, please leave! If you are worried in the future, you can accompany Miss Zuo, but there is no need to bring so many people. It will affect my mood for treating Miss Zuo." Madam Zuo apologized and left with her son.

Zuo Qingqing, who stayed in the room, covered her mouth secretly and looked at her with a smile. "What's wrong? Laugh if you want to, don't hold it in. You'll get better sooner if you laugh more!" Shen Youyou saw that she was trying hard to hold back her laughter, so she smiled and told her that she didn't have to hold it in.

"Really? Hahahaha!" Zuo Qingqing laughed, "I've never been so happy! Didn't you see the expression on my second brother's face just now! I really wanted to talk to you, and on the way I thought of a lot of words to thank you for treating me, but when I got here I was kicked out without saying a word! Hahahaha! Unrelated personnel! Hahaha!" Zuo Qingqing laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, and she slowly stopped laughing.

Shen Youyou looked at her and said, "If you've laughed enough, we'll start acupuncture!"

"Yeah! I'm fine!" Zuo Qingqing quickly lay down on the chaise longue. "To be honest, I've never laughed so hard since I can remember. They always told me not to do this or that, not to cry or laugh, and not to have too many emotional fluctuations, otherwise I'd be in trouble. Although I know they're all doing this for my own good, I also want to cry and laugh like everyone else, but I don't dare. I'm afraid of my mother's tears and my father's silence if I faint! It makes me feel like the sinner in this family. Because of my illness, my family has become cautious, so I try to hide myself so that they don't worry about me..." Zuo Qingqing's voice became softer and softer, and she gradually became choked up.

Shen Youyou handed her a handkerchief and said, "Miss Zuo, it's okay to cry or laugh. The important thing is that you still have to live on bravely after crying and laughing!" She didn't expect that in this fictional era, she would not only go back to her old job to treat people, but also feed them poisonous chicken soup!

"County Lady, you are right! No matter what, you must face it bravely! County Lady! You know my name is Zuo Qingqing, right?! I feel that I have a special affinity with you, County Lady. Please call me Qingqing! How dare I call you Youyou? My mother said that you are only 16 and you have grown so tall. I am 17 and I am not as tall as you!" Zuo Qingqing had indeed been cooped up at home for too long. Even if Shen Youyou didn't talk to her, she could still talk happily to herself.

Shen Youyou didn't dislike her at all. Although she was talkative, she was also very good at reading people's expressions and kept silent when she should. She was cute and well-behaved, and her sensibleness made people feel distressed. She said that Shen Youyou was her first friend in her life so far.

Shen Youyou slowly and methodically removed the needle from her. Zuo Qingqing suddenly said, "Youyou, you're so skilled at medicine at such a young age. I'm afraid you must have suffered a lot, right?"

Shen Youyou suddenly paused, "I guess so!" she replied in a low voice.

"Then I'll come over at the same time tomorrow morning!" Zuo Qingqing smiled adorably. She suddenly lowered her voice and said, "I won't let my mother and second brother come with me. Although my second brother is very outstanding, he's not worthy of you!"

Shen Youyou: ...My mother tongue is speechless...

Zuo Qingqing continued, "You are like the sun in the sky, constantly shining and radiating heat, and you can be seen everywhere! But my second brother can only be regarded as a star at best, and his light can only be seen occasionally, so in my opinion, my second brother is not worthy of you!" The years of her illness made her quick-witted and able to see things clearly.

Shen Youyou smiled and replied, "You are also my first friend in the capital!"

The two little girls smiled at each other, and the seeds of friendship began to take root between them and grew rapidly!