Su Huanqing's hopes were dashed, and she straightened up to look towards the shore.

However, Huo Jingxuan had somehow walked up to Jiang Xi's side.

The man in black with gold thread looked incredibly noble, but he did childish things; he was the one who scared away that grass carp just now.

Jiang Xi, standing to the side, angrily turned her head and glared at the extremely irritating man beside her.

"What is Uncle doing? Huanqing was almost catching that grass carp just now!"

"Huanqing?"

Hearing Jiang Xi address Su Huanqing, Huo Jingxuan felt a little uncomfortable and made a sarcastic remark.

"Without my order, no one can give you food. Don't you understand?"

Jiang Xi was taken aback: "Can't we even rely on ourselves?"

Huo Jingxuan coldly uttered two words: "No way!"

Jiang Xi was so angry that she wanted to pounce on him and scratch his face, but she managed to control herself.

"Fine, fine, you want to starve me to death, huh? Fine, I won't eat then. Anyway, I have Yiling Pills, so even if you starve me for ten or eight days, I won't die!"

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the carriage where Chun Tao was.

"Princess!"

"My Lord!"

Yan Zijin and Su Huanqing shouted in unison, and Su Huanqing immediately came out of the stream and chased after them.

Jiang Xi lifted the carriage curtain, and Chun Tao looked at her expectantly.

But Jiang Xi came up empty-handed and looked angry. Chun Tao quickly realized that she had failed to get any food.

"It's okay, Fu'er has already had his milk and is asleep, and I'm not hungry either!"

Chuntao comforted Jiang Xi as she climbed onto the carriage.

Jiang Xi sat down next to Chun Tao, feeling frustrated, and complained, "Huo Jingxuan is really going too far. It's one thing that he doesn't give us food, but he won't even let us fend for ourselves!"

Chuntao laughed; "You deceived him like that back then, it's already merciful that he spared your life!"

Jiang Xi was shocked that Chun Tao would say such a thing, and her eyes widened: "How come you're defending him now!"

Chun Tao sighed, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Jiang Xi.

"Princess, have you forgotten that I've been by your side since you were a child? I know better than you how much you love the Regent!"

Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment, a hint of embarrassment flashing across her face as if her thoughts had been seen through.

"Princess……"

Chuntao took Jiang Xi's hand and spoke gently.

“I think we’re taking the wrong path for revenge. Although the Regent burned the Third Prince to death, the Third Prince was defeated and was going to die anyway. You can’t put all the blame on the Regent. That’s unfair to both of you!”

Jiang Xi was shocked when she heard such remarks for the first time.

Chuntao continued, "I think the Regent isn't entirely heartless towards you. Why don't we find a way to get the Regent to join forces with us? It's better than us fighting alone!"

Jiang Xi stared into Chun Tao's eyes for a long while before slowly speaking.

"If we join forces with Huo Jingxuan, then Fu'er will become the second Jiang Gu, or even worse, because Fu'er is young and Huo Jingxuan will have an easier time controlling him!"

“But Fu’er still has you, doesn’t she?” Chun Tao retorted.

Jiang Xi chuckled self-deprecatingly: "You think too highly of me. My little bit of cleverness is less than a tenth of Huo Jingxuan's. I'm just risking my life!"

Chun Tao was slightly taken aback, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Just then, Su Huanqing's voice came from outside the carriage curtain: "My lord, I've picked some wild fruit. Would you like to try some?"

Upon hearing this, Chun Tao smiled slightly: "Actually, I don't think you necessarily have to be the Regent, Princess. I think Left Envoy Su is quite good. In the past six months, I have personally witnessed how meticulously he has cared for you!"

Jiang Xi quickly covered Chun Tao's mouth, because Su Huanqing was right outside the carriage, and the carriage wasn't soundproof, so he could definitely hear her.

"Please, shut up! Just take good care of Fu'er, why are you trying to match me up with someone else?"

Chun Tao laughed uncontrollably, when Su Huanqing's urging voice came from outside the carriage curtain again: "Master?"

Jiang Xi lifted the carriage curtain and reached out to take the wild fruit Su Huanqing had picked, not even daring to look him in the eye: "Thank you!"

Su Huanqing placed the wild fruit he had picked in Jiang Xi's palm, but before he could even look at Jiang Xi's face, Jiang Xi pulled her head back.

The wild berries Su Huanqing picked were bright red and looked very appetizing, but Chun Tao was currently breastfeeding, so Jiang Xi didn't dare to give them to her casually.

So he took a bite himself first and found the wild fruit to be inexplicably sweet. He waited a while to make sure it wasn't poisonous before giving it to her.

"Try it, it's so sweet!"

Chuntao took one and took a bite; it was indeed quite sweet.

Outside the carriage, in the woods, Han Chuan had somehow caught a pheasant, which was now roasting over a fire, sizzling and oozing with oil.

The aroma wafted through the carriage curtains to Jiang Xi's nose, instantly whetting her appetite.

Actually, you can't blame her. The carriage has been gone since morning, and she hasn't eaten anything all day.

He glanced at Chun Tao beside him, who also had a drooling look on her face.

Chun Tao, who was breastfeeding, was eating much more than usual. If it weren't for comforting Jiang Xi, she would have liked to rub her belly too.

Jiang Xi saw the longing in Chun Tao's eyes, rolled her eyes, and said, "Wait!"

Then he lifted the curtain again and climbed out.

Han Chuan had just finished roasting the pheasant and tore off a chicken leg to hand to Huo Jingxuan.

Jiang Xi suddenly rushed out, holding a packet of white powder, and sprinkled it on the roast chicken.

"What are you doing?" Han Chuan stood up abruptly and angrily questioned Jiang Xi.

"Of course it's been poisoned! Do you still dare to eat it? If you don't, give it to me!"

As he spoke, he snatched the stick from Han Chuan's hand, which was holding the roasted chicken, and turned to run towards the carriage.

"Sigh..." Han Chuan wanted to stop him, but Huo Jingxuan pulled him back.

"Never mind!" Huo Jingxuan took the chicken leg from Han Chuan and started eating it by himself.

Han Chuan was startled: "Your Highness, please stop! There's some medicine powder on this chicken leg too!"

Huo Jingxuan chuckled silently: "If this were medicine powder, would she still dare to eat it?"

Han Chuan was stunned, then suddenly realized that he had been deceived by Jiang Xi!

But since the prince knew it wasn't medicine powder, why did he let Jiang Xi snatch the whole roast chicken away?

Han Chuan didn't get an answer, but Jiang Xi shared half of the roast chicken she had stolen with Chun Tao.

The remaining half was then divided between Lu Ye and Su Huanqing outside the carriage, with only a small piece kept for himself.

"Oh, Princess, you can't be so biased! What about me? I'm one of yours too, and I don't get anything at all?"

Taking advantage of Jiang Xi lowering the curtain, Yan Zijin reached out to block her, trying to defend himself.

Jiang Xi glanced at his gentle, warm face and grinned, "You're an official of the imperial court, figure out a solution yourself!"

"Sigh, you..."

Yan Zijin tried to argue, but Jiang Xi had already lowered the carriage curtain.

Yan Zijin looked at Lu Ye and Su Huanqing, who both ignored him and turned their backs to gnaw on the roast chicken in their hands.

They were afraid he would try to steal it!

He was a Grand Secretary, after all; how could he possibly do something so undignified?

If he's going to steal, he'll steal from Huo Jingxuan.

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