socalfunplaces Chapter 38 is already an adult
Chapter 38 is already an adult
Although some problems arose during their hot spring bath, they still ate hot pot.
In any case, good food is something we should never miss.
Pei Rujing and the others sat around the pot, while the maids serving them prepared the ingredients.
Steam rises upwards, filling the air with the aroma of the ingredients.
Zuo Mingxuan ate a slice of mutton: "Delicious!"
Princess Changning followed closely behind: "A delicacy!"
Pei Rujing suppressed what she wanted to say, not wanting to collude with these two guys.
As darkness fell outside, the eldest princess said, "We'll stay at Plum Garden tonight and return to the city tomorrow."
With the eldest princess present, there was no problem at all for the group to stay overnight at the Plum Garden.
Princess Changning raised her little hand: "I want to sleep with my cousin."
Pei Rujing refused: "I don't want to."
Princess Changning was a restless sleeper; if you slept with her, she would always steal your blanket.
Princess Changning said dejectedly, "Cousin~"
Pei Rujing didn't look at her.
Zuo Mingxuan didn't join in the fun, focusing instead on finishing the food in front of her to avoid being caught in the crossfire with Princess Changning.
Princess Changning lowered her head, looking very disappointed.
The eldest princess said gently, "If Changning is afraid to be alone, would you like your aunt to stay with you?"
Princess Changning first looked at Pei Rujing, and seeing that she did not waver in the slightest, she could only approach the eldest princess: "Aunt is the best."
Pei Rujing reminded her, "Mother, remember to cover yourself well with the blankets so you don't catch a cold."
The eldest princess was completely bewildered.
Princess Changning looked embarrassed and annoyed: "Cousin, I'm all grown up now. The nanny said I sleep very well and won't steal the blanket anymore."
Pei Rujing chuckled: "We slept together just last year at the palace banquet."
Princess Changning, however, said confidently, "I was only seven years old at the palace banquet, and now I am eight."
Pei Rujing: "...So?"
"I've grown up."
People can actually laugh when they're speechless.
Pei Rujing laughed and said, "Let's just say you've grown up."
Anyway, she's not the victim tonight.
Princess Changning looked stubbornly at the eldest princess: "Aunt, take a good look tonight and you must prove it to me."
The eldest princess nodded: "Okay."
I thought to myself, how many blankets can a little kid possibly take?
Zuo Mingxuan quietly approached Pei Rujing: "I sleep peacefully and won't steal the blanket."
Pei Rujing's expression immediately turned irritated: "Get out!"
Don't think she doesn't know what Zuo Mingxuan is planning to do.
If Zhen sleeps with Zuo Mingxuan, she'll probably expose everything about her affair with Wen Zongji.
If it weren't for the need for Zuo Mingxuan to deal with An Qingyan, Pei Rujing would have simply had Zuo Mingxuan thrown out.
Do you really think the county princess is such a good-tempered person?
Zuo Mingxuan immediately sat up straight: "I'll sleep by myself."
She dared not really provoke Pei Rujing.
the other side
Wen Zongji has already received news that Pei Rujing will not be returning to the mansion tonight.
Late at night, Granny Feng personally brought Wen Zongji ginseng soup: "Young master, it's late, you should rest."
Granny Feng did not go to Plum Garden with Pei Rujing. Older people generally don't like to make a fuss.
Wen Zongji drank the ginseng soup: "Did my mother-in-law also go to the Plum Garden?"
Granny Feng nodded: "Princess Changning wants to go to the Plum Garden to play, but Her Majesty the Empress is worried about letting her go alone."
"Miss Zuo is also Princess Changning's cousin. Is she on good terms with the county princess?"
Granny Feng said, "Miss Zuo and the County Princess are about the same age and grew up together since childhood. They naturally have a bond, but they've been bickering since they were little, so you really can't tell how good their relationship is."
Wen Zongji understood.
Bad friends, huh!
"Granny, go and rest first. I'll go to sleep after I finish reading these."
Granny Feng didn't move, and whispered, "The messenger just now said that the county princess hopes that her husband will go to Plum Garden tomorrow to pick her up."
Wen Zongji was taken aback: "The carriage broke down?"
That doesn't make sense either. Even if the Marquis's carriage breaks down, there's still the Princess's carriage.
Granny Feng shook her head: "This old servant doesn't know what happened either."
Wen Zongji nodded: "Alright, I'll go pick up the county princess tomorrow."
He had grown accustomed to his young wife's sometimes irrational behavior.
Bringing his wife home—which married man in later generations hasn't experienced this?
Granny Feng breathed a sigh of relief and left.
Wen Zongji is currently preparing for the imperial examination, and his time should be extremely precious, but Pei Rujing is not the type of person who considers the bigger picture at all.
She'll do whatever she wants!
Even if Wen Zongji is in the right, Pei Rujing will not listen to him if he does not agree.
Wen Zongji agreed to pick up Pei Rujing, which at least avoided another potential conflict.
……
The next morning, at Plum Garden
When Princess Changning woke up, she found herself alone in bed. She immediately had her maid help her change and wash up before going to find Pei Rujing.
But then they saw that the Eldest Princess and Zuo Mingxuan were also there.
Princess Changning ran to the eldest princess's side, her little face slightly raised, and said proudly, "Aunt, tell my cousin quickly, did I steal the blanket last night?"
Achoo—
The princess sneezed, silencing the crowd for a moment.
Princess Changning, who had been sitting upright, slumped down, as if the sky had fallen and she couldn't believe it: "How is this possible? The nannies and the others always said that I sleep very soundly, and that my blankets are always perfectly intact when I wake up every day."
Zuo Mingxuan shattered the poor child's fantasy: "Is it possible that someone has been covering you with a blanket all night?"
Princess Changning was so devastated that her eyes went blank. The next moment, she burst into tears: "My cousin will definitely not sleep with me anymore."
She cried so hard.
The eldest princess, feeling sorry for Princess Changning, quickly hugged her and comforted her, "It's alright, it's alright, it's just a matter of fighting over the blanket. Children are all like that, they'll grow out of it."
Princess Changning cried even harder: "But I'm all grown up now."
The eldest princess said, "Changning is only eight years old and still young. She will only be considered grown up after she reaches the age of marriage."
Princess Changning paused in her sobs: "Really?"
The eldest princess nodded: "Of course."
Princess Changning looked at Pei Rujing, sobbing, "Cousin, once I stop fighting over the blankets, can you let me sleep with you?"
The eldest princess immediately gave Pei Rujing a meaningful look.
Pei Rujing replied dismissively, "We'll talk about it later."
Princess Changning took Pei Rujing's agreement as fact and finally stopped crying.
Zuo Mingxuan couldn't help but feel jealous: "They're both your cousins, so why does the princess like the county princess so much?"
Princess Changning raised her small face and said matter-of-factly, "Because my cousin is beautiful. She's the most beautiful person I've ever seen."
Zuo Mingxuan turned her head and glanced at Pei Rujing's exquisitely beautiful face, which seemed to have been carefully sculpted by God, and had nothing to say.
There is no dispute that Pei Rujing is a beauty.
She just sat there, and even without saying a word, she could attract everyone's attention.
wrong!
It should be said that Pei Rujing is more attractive when she doesn't speak than when she does.
After all, the county princess really couldn't say anything nice.