Gardenia didn't care and spoke in a friendly manner.
"I met your men on the road today. As a cousin, how could I just watch them ruin your reputation, so I stepped in to teach you a lesson. The mistress won't be angry, right?"
The third prince looked gloomy.
He kept talking about his cousin, but no respect could be heard from anywhere. He thought that his powerful rival for the prince could not do anything to this girl, and he couldn't be more aggrieved.
Knowing that the other brothers would be laughing at him, he almost squeezed out the answer through his teeth.
"certainly."
Gardenia nodded with satisfaction, and touched her money bag with her little hand, which was extremely well-behaved.
"Those vendors..."
Without her needing to say anything, the third prince had already casually taken off the jade pendant from his waist and threw it to her while maintaining his expression.
"Take this piece of mutton fat jade"
The little girl caught it with both hands and waved it in front of her eyes, as if she was sizing it up, without caring about the other person's expression. Then she handed it to Suzuran and put it away, saying hello to the others with an innocent expression.
Everyone smiled and nodded. Their eyes paused for a moment on the boxes behind her, and then moved away as if nothing had happened.
Gardenia didn't seem to feel the strange atmosphere around her, she only curled her lips, obviously in a good mood.
Suzuran, who was following behind, calmly saluted several people and asked the palace people to leave.
After returning to the princess's palace and taking care of the palace people, Suzulan asked while watching people clean up their belongings.
"Princess, do you want to keep that piece of jade?"
Gardenia was squatting next to the box picking, and shook her head when she heard this, her tone casual.
"Pawn like before."
Suzuran answered clearly, feeling some sympathy for the third prince in her heart.
If she read it right, he seemed to have bought this piece of jade at a huge price. He always carried it with him and showed it off when he saw people. He must have been angry today and threw it over without thinking. When he came back to his senses, I still don’t know how much I regret it.
After all, princes rarely hung money bags around their waists, and there was nothing else to pay debts at that time.
Then I thought about when the other party saw this piece of jade in the pawn shop, and his expression... tsk tsk.
After gathering her mood, Suzuran continued to take the people to count the items.
I remember that all the maids' hands were shaking at the beginning, for fear that they would accidentally destroy some treasures, but now they are moving neatly, and you can tell at a glance that they have done this.
The items were sorted according to the usual routine, and the weird things were set aside for the princess's room, the cloth was sent to be made into clothes, the various ornaments were collected into the treasure house, and then some were sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The work was considered completed.
After a lot of fussing, it was time to eat.
The attendant has already moved the ice cubes to the room quickly so that the little girl can rest later. There is even a basin specially left here for eating.
Gardenia tightened her shirt tightly, feeling satisfied.
As soon as she picked up the chopsticks, she suddenly remembered something and asked thoughtfully.
"When is the triumphal feast?"
"Princess Princess, in three days."
Gardenia frowned and said nothing.
…
After that day, Gardenia honestly didn't run around, and rarely even went to the palace.
Fortunately, she always acted casually and no one noticed anything unusual.
Originally, she wanted to help her younger brother, but there were many forces involved in this matter, and it was not appropriate for the Princess's Palace to intervene, so she had to give up unfortunately.
He couldn't intervene openly, but when the little girl was relaxing in the princess's mansion, she was watching the broadcast there through the system. After knowing who he wanted to arrest, she took the initiative to tie the person up and send him there.
So much so that people in the General's Mansion became suspicious.
(End of chapter)
