Qiu Ji followed Eunuch Changshun toward the exit. Only when they were about to step through the doors of Wuyang Hall did he hurriedly take a step forward.
"Sorry for the trouble," Qiu Ji said, keeping his voice very low. "But the young lady in the hall just now was...?"
Eunuch Changshun snorted inwardly. He had no intention of answering, but then he recalled everything the little girl had been doing in the city lately, and suddenly broke into a smile. "That young lady..."
"She is our sovereign's most beloved Little Princess-"
Qiu Ji's breath caught.
An innocent, easily fooled princess who was Emperor Mingze's darling?!
Oh!!
Inside Wuyang Hall.
Jiang Yanchuan called the little girl over and gently wiped the dust from her temple. "Is everything taken care of?"
Jiang Yingcheng waited with narrowed eyes for her imperial father to scoop her into his arms, nodding haphazardly. "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm! All done!"
"I've given all the little pastries to Grandpa Guan Xi. He'll hand them out to people in the city who are having a hard time!"
"Those new pastry shops Auntie Yu Ke opened have been doing really, really well lately, too!"
[Chengcheng's merit points have gone up lots and lots, too! Now I can buy lots and lots more pills for Father!!]
First, she had asked Grandpa Guan Xi to keep a close eye on those envoys as they spread the word. Then she had led them to Auntie Yu Ke's shops for a wild shopping spree. Once all those pastries had been delivered to the palace, she passed them on to Grandpa Guan Xi and the others waiting at the palace gates-
What a perfect closed loop!
Those envoys had single-handedly supported three groups of people. They were simply too kind!
"Chengcheng likes the New Year's