General, you should rest now; the lady is even more ruthless.

Despite the laughter, Chen Zhizhi didn't let Shen Luo off the hook.

She vividly recounted how she had acted chivalrously and risked her life to steal medicinal herbs from the palace for Shen Luo over the past few days;

And how did he personally sit with Gong Yuan and the others in the pile of medicinal herbs, picking and choosing to find a prescription?

She recounted how she was betrayed and how Shen Luo turned his back on her and hurled insults at her.

Of course, some details are slightly exaggerated.

Finally, they added a sentence:

"Qiqi, what I did is nothing. I only helped Shen Luo because of you, so please don't feel sorry for me."

That was a display of humiliation and compromise, and a display of righteous indignation.

Lu Shuyi lowered her head and covered her smile with a handkerchief. If she had met this princess on the first day, she would have really believed it.

Jiang Qiqi believed it.

"Princess, rest assured, I, Jiang Qiqi, will remember your hard work and efforts. Shen Luo will personally thank you and apologize to you!"

"Okay." Chen Zhizhi secretly gave Lü Shuyi a smug look, meaning:

You still don't understand Qiqi as well as I do.

The three girls had nothing to do, so they chatted about the gossip that had happened recently.

Chen Zhizhi was in the palace, which was a natural gossip field, with countless pieces of gossip every day.

Most of the time, she was the one talking, while Jiang Qiqi and Lü Shuyi were listening.

"You know that the first general Father Emperor sent to fight against Beiming was one of the Second Prince's men, right? I heard that that good-for-nothing trained under Shen Luo for two years and thought he had a lot of experience. When selecting generals this time, he boasted that he was the best in the world."

Lü Shuyi smiled and exclaimed "Wow!" in perfect unison: "And then?"

"And then, he died as soon as he entered the arena! His head was chopped off!"

Chen Zhizhi made an exaggerated beheading gesture before realizing what was happening.

"No, your father is the prime minister, so you must have known all along. Are you kidding me?"

“No,” Lü Shuyi said with a smile. “I only know the result. There are many twists and turns in between, and I would appreciate it if the princess could explain them in detail.”

"You're so good with words," Chen Zhizhi snorted proudly and continued speaking.

"By the time this matter reached the palace, several days had already passed. My father must have been furious, and he took his anger out on the Second Prince and a group of people as well."

“That makes sense.” Jiang Qiqi nodded.

Chen Zhizhi gave them a mysterious look, and then guess what happened?

"Shall we guess?" Lu Shuyi asked.

"Yes, guess."

“Alright.” Lü Shuyi touched the rim of the teacup and thought for a moment. “The Empress will definitely not let this opportunity pass. Should we join forces with the Third Prince and the others to do something? Besides… the General failed to seize it the first time, so this time we should be able to, right?”

"Wow!" Chen Zhizhi exclaimed in amazement. "Shuyi, you're so smart! You hit the nail on the head!"

"Have it?"

“Of course there are.” She said with starry eyes, “I couldn’t think of these things; they were all things my mother told me when she was complaining to me.”

"I was just speculating based on common sense." Lü Shuyi pouted slightly, not really thinking it was anything special.

Chen Zhizhi insisted on pulling Jiang Qiqi along: "Qiqi, tell me, isn't Shuyi amazing!"

Lü Shuyi also looked over.

"Yes, it's very impressive," Jiang Qiqi said.

“Right?” Chen Zhizhi said with a proud look on her face, as if saying, “My eyes are my ruler.”

"It's a pity that you, Shuyi, are a woman. If you were a man and the son of the Prime Minister, you would probably have achieved great things," she said with a sigh.

A big undertaking...

If I accomplish something great, will he finally notice me?

"Hey Shuyi, what are you thinking about? Let's continue."

"Oh, yes, Princess, you speak, I'm listening."

......

Time flies and another day has passed.

The army returned to the capital in triumph.