After class in the evening, Shen Ningning left the Chinese Academy of Chinese Studies and was about to get on the carriage and go home.

Unexpectedly, Ye Changyi stuck his head out of his carriage and called out to her.

"Hey, Shen Ningning!"

The little guy turned his eyes and saw a small face, as red as two clouds.

"What's the matter?" Shen Ningning blinked her eyes.

Ye Changyi actually threw out a bag of silver.

Seeing that it was about to fall into Shen Ningning's arms, Wuchun hurriedly stepped forward and took it.

Ye Changyi snorted coldly: "The last time I went home, my grandfather said that you have done good deeds."

"A fur coat has been sold for 800 taels outside. I don't want to take advantage of you. The silver here is the difference in price that I will replenish for you!"

After saying that, before Shen Ningning could react, Ye Changyi had already ordered the carriage to leave.

The little guy came back to his senses and took two steps after him: "But they sell thick ones, so they only charge so much. Mine are thinner."

However, the Ye family's carriage has gone far.

Shen Ningning looked at a whole package of banknotes, a little confused.

Even Late Spring asked: "Princess, did the Ye family realize that you sold them things cheaply?"

Shen Ningning's voice was full of innocence: "I'm not cheap at all."

I really don’t know what this Ye Changyi is thinking about.

Two days passed.

Every five days, Ye Changyi would go to the palace to accompany the Ninth Prince studying in the Imperial Academy and serve him with pen and ink.

Today is no exception.

All the princes were relatively easy to get along with, and Ye Changyi had almost no chance to communicate directly with them.

On the contrary, the Ninth Prince was very considerate and caring.

Occasionally during study breaks, he would ask Ye Changyi to go outside for some fresh air.

Just like that, the day's study is over.

Ye Changyi was about to leave the palace, but the Ninth Prince smiled gently at her and said, "My mother-in-law said that I want to keep you at the palace banquet tonight. Is it convenient?"

"Your Majesty's invitation? That's naturally convenient." Ye Changyi was very happy.

It was hard for her to win the title of female officer.

Concubine Rong and the Ninth Prince were both gentle and approachable, and she liked this position even more.

After dinner at night, the Ninth Prince left first to review his lessons.

Concubine Rong left Ye Changyi to talk.

"Last time you were worried about Princess Funing. When I see you today, you feel radiant. Has the trouble in your heart been solved?"

Concubine Rong has a quiet and gentle appearance, holding a book in her hand and sitting on the edge of the couch.

The way she talked to Ye Changyi was like her elders, very cordial.

Ye Changyi naturally said what was in her heart.

"Your Majesty, my daughter's affairs, now that I think about it, are really unreasonable."

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

"Shen Ningning certainly has supplies, but since the cold disaster started, she should have given everything she could."

Ye Changyi held hot tea in her hand and did not hide her thoughts.

She said: "I have inquired about it, and she does support many people in the city."

"She refused to help her classmates before, probably because most of the students in the Chinese Academy of Sciences are from prominent families and it was not her turn to help."

"She knows that the poor people in the city are the ones she needs help, so I'm not angry with her anymore."

"Besides, she doesn't have much herself. I'm afraid the thirty pieces of fur clothes she sold to us were all her best efforts."

Concubine Rong's eyes changed, and the candle on the table burned and exploded.

A slight breeze came from nowhere, and the shadow of Concubine Rong on the cold blue marble gradually lengthened.

Her gentle face was plump and moist, as if she were a mud fetus that could not feel emotions or anger.

After Ye Changyi finished speaking, she didn't get a response from Concubine Rong for a long time.

When she looked up, she saw Concubine Rong's eyes looking at one place, as if she was distracted.

"Empress?" Ye Changyi was a little worried: "Did I say the wrong thing?"

Concubine Rong then seemed to be "alive" and smiled gently: "No, I am just thinking that it is rare to see such a kind-hearted child like you in the world."

Ye Changyi smiled implicitly with some joy.

The eldest maid next to Concubine Rong came up to add more tea, but said, "I feel that Miss Ye must have been deceived by Princess Funing."

Ye Changyi was startled: "What did she lie to me about?" The eldest maid held the teapot and said, "Everyone knows that Princess Funing opened a granary to store wood."

"This is not just one place. Before the cold disaster came, the Xie family bought firewood from everywhere for Princess Funing."

"Just the firewood, you can imagine how much she has, not to mention the materials, she can feed a village of people, the entire Langshan Mountain, how much more can she have?"

"I feel that I just don't want to give it, so I lied to Miss Ye."

Ye Changyi frowned, doubtful: "How is that possible? I don't think Shen Ningning is such a person..."

But she had no confidence in what she said.

Because Shen Ningning is smart and they are not familiar with each other.

No one can say what kind of personality Shen Ningning has.

Only then did Concubine Rong scold the eldest maid: "Jinzhen, don't talk nonsense. I hate people around me gossiping and making suspicions."

The eldest palace maid hurriedly knelt down and said, "This slave is too talkative. Please forgive me."

But Ye Changyi couldn't sit still anymore, stood up upset and left in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, so I will go home first."

After she left, the eldest palace maid stood at the door, watching Ye Changyi's figure go away.

She returned to Concubine Rong and saw Concubine Rong cutting candles.

"My dear, Miss Ye seems to be full of suspicion."

Concubine Rong raised the corners of her lips with a half-smile.

She looked at the dancing candles: "Sometimes, the top ones are burned out and cut off to make the lights brighter."

Ye Changyi's understanding of Shen Ningning was not what Concubine Rong expected.

It doesn't matter, then forcefully change her mind.

The eldest maid nodded and took out a letter from the cabinet.

"My dear, if you want to be smart, you have to be the fourth young lady of the Xie family."

"You see, last month you sent her a letter to comfort her, and she was so grateful that she wrote so many letters."

Concubine Rong took the letter from Xie Yuanjiu, looked at it briefly, and then put it back.

She looked a little happy: "Yes, Xie Yuanjiu is really smart."

"You can reply to this letter on my behalf and send me another 200 taels."

"Tell her that Prime Minister Xie wants her to endure hardships and exercise, and I can't help her a lot. I hope she can understand."

"Whenever there is a chance, I will definitely help her return to Beijing."

The eldest maid agreed and turned to write a letter.

On this day, Ye Changyi went to the palace as usual to read to the Ninth Prince.

When the time came, Concubine Rong specially sent a palace carriage to take her home.

He also said: "Recently, there have been several incidents in the city where people blocked the carriages of noble families and robbed them. I will still send someone to escort you back."

Ye Changyi thanked her continuously.

But when the carriage passed an alley, she heard a familiar soft voice.

"Wait, stop the car." Ye Changyi ordered the groom.

At her request, the carriage slowly backed up and faced the alley.

Ye Changyi saw Shen Ningning's carriage parked at the door of Guangyang County Magistrate Fu's house.

The little guy was smiling, instructing Chen Ye and the Fu family's servants to help carry things.

Baskets of pork, rice noodles, and a dozen wrapped thick fur robes were delivered to Fu's house.

There were even bundles of rough firewood!
Fu Yuansong came out to greet him personally and kept thanking him: "Ning Ning, I was already embarrassed to talk to you before. I feel really bad that you gave me so much back."

"Grandpa Fu, don't be polite to me, carry it in quickly~" Shen Ningning smiled as delicately as a flower.

Ye Changyi gritted his teeth and saw everything while sitting in the carriage.

The words of the palace maid Jinzhen echoed in her ears——

"Mostly I'm hiding it, I don't want to give it to you."

Shen Ningning... is so generous to a county magistrate!

The county magistrate is neither a poor person nor a disaster victim, so she can give as much as she wants.

Sure enough, as Jinzhen said, Shen Ningning was all pretending in front of them, but she was actually very selfish!

Ye Changyi put down the curtain and said angrily: "Let's go!"

She forgot to care about why Concubine Rong's coachman wanted to take her home via Guangyang County.

She was filled with anger that Shen Ningning was unwilling to help everyone.


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