In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"Okay, I understand." Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin seriously and agreed.

After saying that, Su Zhizhi thought for a while. Today happened to be the rent collection day for the store, so it was time for her to go collect the rent.

Thinking of this, Su Zhizhi said to Xie Chengjin, "The shop should collect rent today. I'm going to collect the rent."

Xie Chengjin nodded and agreed, "Okay."

Seeing Xie Chengjin nod, Su Zhizhi turned and left.

Su Zhizhi came to a hairpin shop and said to the waiter, "Go call your boss over and tell her I'm here to collect the rent."

The waiter nodded and agreed immediately, "Please wait for a moment, young lady. I will call the waiter right away."

After saying that, he trotted in.

After a while, the owner of the hairpin shop came out.

When she saw Su Zhizhi, she quickly handed over a bag of silver. Su Zhizhi took it and counted it, realizing that the amount was still short, so she looked up at the boss lady and asked, "Boss lady, is the rent still short?"

After saying this, the proprietress explained to Su Zhizhi with a guilty look on her face, "My dear, our store has recently received a lot of goods, and the funds are temporarily tight, so this is all we have. How about this? A few days ago when I went to purchase goods, I got a fine jade hairpin made of Hetian jade. If you don't mind, I'll give it to you for some money. Is this okay with you?"

After saying that, the proprietress took out the jade hairpin from her pocket and handed it to Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi took it and looked at it. The jade was delicate and silky, and it was indeed a rare jade hairpin. So Su Zhizhi nodded and agreed without hesitation, "Okay, then I'll do as you say, but this is just this time, and it won't happen again."

Seeing that Su Zhizhi agreed, the proprietress immediately smiled happily, "Okay, okay, thank you for your consideration, young lady."

After Su Zhizhi took the money and the hairpin, she left the street and headed straight for the princess's mansion.

Yes, Su Zhizhi planned to give this hairpin to Xu Wanqing as a gift.

Princess House.

Xu Wanqing was lying on the princess chair, fanning herself leisurely.

Seeing this, the servant cautiously reported to Xu Wanqing, "Your Highness, Miss Su is here. She said she wants to see you outside the door. Do you want to let her in?"

Xu Wanqing was slightly stunned after hearing this. Su Zhizhi is here? What is she doing here?

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Wanqing was finally curious about what Su Zhizhi wanted to talk to her about, so she nodded and agreed, "Okay, let her in."

"As ordered, Your Highness."

After a while, Su Zhizhi was brought up by the maid.

"Greetings, Your Highness the Princess." As Su Zhizhi entered the hall, she hurriedly bowed respectfully to Xu Wanqing.

"Get up. I wonder why Miss Su wants to see my highness the princess?" Xu Wanqing looked at Su Zhizhi indifferently and said.

Su Zhizhi noticed Xu Wanqing's lukewarm attitude towards her, presumably because she was still preoccupied with the previous incident. So, Su Zhizhi quickly placed the box containing the jade hairpin respectfully in front of Xu Wanqing and said, "Your Highness, I have obtained a top-quality Hetian jade hairpin. I feel that its aura is a perfect match for you, so I came here specially to give it to you."

Xu Wanqing was slightly stunned when she heard the voice. Su Zhizhi's words were flawless, and it was obvious that she was trying to use the Hetian jade hairpin to show her her favor. As for whether she would agree or not, that was her business.

Thinking of this, Xu Wanqing thought for a short while. What happened between her and Su Zhizhi before was at most a trivial matter that could not be brought to the table. So Xu Wanqing followed the excuse given by Su Zhizhi and decided not to pursue the matter further.

"Oh? Is that so? Then I'd like to take a good look at your jade hairpin." After saying that, Xu Wanqing asked her personal maid to take it.

After taking the jade hairpin, Xu Wanqing examined it carefully, then nodded with great satisfaction and said, "It is indeed a good jade hairpin, and it is indeed rare to find one. Not bad, not bad. I appreciate your kindness."

After saying this, Xu Wanqing waved to the maid beside her and said, "Please keep the jade hairpin that Miss Su gave me."

"Yes, Your Highness," the maid replied respectfully.

Seeing this, Xu Wanqing started chatting with Su Zhizhi again.

"I wonder how Miss Su feels after entering the palace?" Xu Wanqing took the initiative to ask Su Zhizhi.

Upon hearing this, Su Zhizhi quickly replied, "Your Highness, I am fine."

Seeing this, Xu Wanqing nodded with satisfaction, "That's fine, that's fine."

Su Zhizhi saw that Xu Wanqing's face was filled with fatigue, so she took the initiative to speak with great tact, "Is it almost time for your afternoon nap, Princess? In that case, I will not disturb you and will take my leave now."

Xu Wanqing didn't stop him when she heard the voice. She was indeed a little sleepy, so she nodded and agreed, "Okay, then you can go down."

"Yes, Your Highness." After saying that, Su Zhizhi stood up and left the princess's mansion and returned to her own home.

Xie Mansion.

Seeing that Her Royal Highness the Princess was not angry with her, Su Zhizhi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was better to have one more friend than one more enemy these days, not to mention that the person was Her Royal Highness the Princess, who had an extremely noble status.

Before Su Zhizhi could even sit down, Uncle Zhao rushed in and reported, "Miss, there's a man outside claiming to be Eunuch Sun, the head eunuch under Concubine Wan."

Su Zhizhi frowned upon hearing this and asked doubtfully, "Looking for me? Do you know why?"

Uncle Zhao thought for a moment and finally said, "I heard that Concubine Wan is furious in the palace now, saying that she will only eat the food you cook and won't eat food made by anyone else."

"Is that so? Then I'll pack up my things and go to the palace right away." Su Zhizhi agreed quickly upon seeing this.

After saying that, she went into the house, packed her clothes, and then prepared to follow Eunuch Sun into the palace.

The moment Eunuch Sun saw Su Zhizhi, he felt relieved and pulled Su Zhizhi towards the carriage. "Miss Su, you're finally here. The Empress insisted on eating the food you cooked and was throwing a tantrum in the palace."

Upon hearing this, Su Zhizhi immediately comforted him, "Okay, okay, please don't worry, sir. I'm here now, aren't I?"

Su Zhizhi's words were like a reassurance, instantly putting Eunuch Sun's heart at ease. Eunuch Sun quickly agreed, "Okay, okay, with Miss Su's words, I feel relieved."

After comforting Eunuch Sun, Su Zhizhi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Eunuch Sun, I want to ask you something. Have you found the thief who secretly planted the musk?"