Chapter Ninety-Four Plans

  Mo Bai waved his hand: "I'll go change."

  Chao Sheng hurriedly took a long scarf from beside him and draped it over her - otherwise, her clothes would be stuck to her body, which didn't look very decent.

  Spring ink nodded and hurried away.

  That little palace maid was still holding the water basin and standing stupidly in place. Chao Sheng was really frustrated, wanting to also learn from Chun Mo's example and take action to grab her: "Hurry up and clean this up, look at all this water on the floor."

  "Alright, I'm going."

  She walked out quickly, and Chao Sheng shook his head.

  These little palace maids are getting more and more out of hand. It's lucky she only spilled the spring ink, what if it was the Fourth Prince? What if in the future she spills something on the Crown Princess?

  This water is not hot, what if it were hot?

  It's really hard to cultivate a useful helper.

  This little palace maid came with Coral and the others, her name is Qishu. She usually looks quite clever...

  Well, who hasn't had an off day?

  In the evening, Chao Sheng went to see Chun Mo and was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he specially made ginger soup for her. Chun Mo said: "Why are you being so pampered?"

  "Better safe than sorry."

  Chao Sheng put down the tray, picked up a towel and carefully filtered the ginger soup into the bowl.

  "Be careful." However, Chun Mo still drank a large bowl of ginger soup clean.

  "Hmm, this girl Qishu, needs a good scolding. So stubborn and unreasonable."

  "You're still young, let's teach you slowly."

  Chun Mo Bai glared at her: "Small? What small? Each of their hearts is bigger than a person's. Usually, they're lazy and cunning, but when it comes to doing something, they all hide."

  Chao Sheng accompanied her for a few words and then packed up his things and left.

  The body is the capital, and there should be no illness at all.

  The feeling of being born is too profound.

  In this era, there were no antipyretics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or injections and infusions. When people fell ill, they relied half on the power of medicine and half on themselves. A minor cold could potentially develop into pneumonia and be fatal.

  She didn't dare to be careless.

  I was sick a few days ago and lay in bed unable to do anything. That feeling of helplessness is really frustrating.

  The next day, Yuzuki came to thank Chōshi with gratitude: "Chōshi sister, thank you so much yesterday... If it wasn't for you, Haruie sister would have definitely punished me severely..."

  Chao Sheng said, "Don't say that, I didn't help you with anything. On the contrary, you should be careful, this time it's lucky that Spring Ink sister doesn't mind, but if one day you offend a noble master, what will you do?"

  "I know I know, thank you Tide-born sister..."

  She looked so genuinely frightened that Cao Zhan had nothing more to say.

  I hope she really knows and can be more careful.

  As a result, in less than two days, Gui Shu made another mistake. This time, it was in front of the Fourth Prince, and he knocked over the plate, fortunately without shattering it.

  Chun Mo was furious and couldn't be stopped, dragging her out of the house and making her kneel in punishment.

  Alas, kneeling again as punishment.

  At that time, Han Xun was punished by Song Can to kneel down, and Chao Sheng stood up for her. However, this time Gui Shu was punished to kneel down, but Chao Sheng didn't say anything.

  She sincerely hopes that this little girl can learn a lesson from her mistakes and be more careful in the future.

  It was the fourth prince who saw it and spoke up for her: "You've been kneeling for a while now, let's just forget about it this time."

  Chun Mo barely said: "Alright. Since Your Highness says so, this time it's fine - fortunately, nothing was broken, otherwise I couldn't let her off so easily."

  Others were somewhat skeptical, thinking that Chun Mo was making a big deal out of nothing, and after holding back for not too long, his usual bold and decisive attitude resurfaced.

  This is not a good start.

  Their situation is about to undergo a major change, and if Chunmo takes the lead now, it's hard to say what the outcome will be.

  Just like the second prince's consort dealing with Song Can, quietly promoting and demoting to isolate someone, finding you an opponent to slowly fight. Song Can is now in the palm of the second prince's consort, if there are no accidents, it is impossible for her to turn things around.

  What's the point of coming? Letting the future mistress remember you as a thorn in her heart is not a good thing.

  Chao Sheng once told Chun Mo about it.

  Chunmo doesn't need to beat around the bush when speaking with him, Chaosheng is someone who speaks directly.

  "Spring Ink sister, the day of great joy for Your Highness is approaching, why must you quarrel with them at this time? Let people spread bad rumors about your reputation..."

  "I don't want to rush either, but look at those people doing things, if you can't collect money quickly, others won't be in a hurry."

  Chao Sheng still wanted to say more, but Chun Mo said: "Yes, yes, I know you're doing this for my own good, I understand."

  Another one knows.

  But Chun Mo is just like Qishu, a typical example of someone who knows they're wrong but refuses to change.

  Is this what they mean by "the landscape can be changed but one's nature is hard to alter"?

  Or can't teach an old dog new tricks?

  Chao Sheng didn't have so much energy to worry about others, she herself had her own troubles.

  Having a crew cut doesn't mean you're safe from now on.

  Alright, how does this sentence go?

  All that glitters is not gold.

  This face was born with the tide and can't be changed, no matter how it's covered up, it still stands out in a crowd.

  In the future, the fourth prince's consort will pass through the door. Without asking, her appearance is such that with just one glance, others won't want to meet her.

  Easy thinking, changed the tide of life is a new bride, passed the door and took a glance, oh, the maid beside her own husband looks so unscrupulous? Who can rest assured?

  So Cai Sheng desperately wants to become a technical worker, best to be holed up in the kitchen for twelve hours without coming out.

  On the twenty-fourth, the weather was fine, and the ten princesses also came together as guests - it was considered an early farewell.

  Several princesses presented gifts, and the tenth princess's book was also well-received.

  Fortunately, the fourth prince does not play mahjong.

  The eleventh princess sent a painting, and the fourth prince accepted it and hung it in his new mansion. Even the youngest two princesses, thirteen and fourteen, each had gifts: one sent a pot of flowers with auspicious meaning, and the other sent a pair of fish-shaped pouches, symbolizing continuous good news. Of course, these were not prepared by the princesses themselves, but by their respective mothers who helped prepare them.

  The fourth prince thanked him.

  The tenth princess pulled the fourth prince aside and whispered: "Fourth brother, when you get married I also want to go see the excitement."

  This was no longer something the Fourth Prince could decide on his own, and he naturally couldn't easily agree.

  "I'll report back to the Emperor and speak on your behalf. Whether it will work or not, I dare not guarantee."

  The tenth princess smiled and said: "Well, fourth brother, you'd better tell Father Emperor. You want to be the groom, Father Emperor will definitely not disagree with you."

  Others also heard it, and the thirteenth princess shouted: "I want to go too, I want to go too."

  The tenth princess patted her, and the thirteenth princess sulked silently.

  "Has the moving date been set?"

  "It's settled then, on the 28th, a good day."

  "Alas, one by one, you've all left..." The tenth princess felt rather disheartened.

  Once a brother has a sister-in-law, he is no longer just his own brother; first and foremost, he is someone else's husband. He shares joys and sorrows with his wife, weal and woe together - sisters are outsiders, and once married, the relationship becomes even more distant.

  "Now that you're gone, I think it won't be easy for me to eat braised pork belly anymore."

  The tide is born in the heart, and you are a little different from this mouthful of food.

  The fourth prince smiled and said: "If you want to eat, I'll send someone to deliver it to you."

  "Whatever... it's not worth the trouble, from outside the palace to inside just for a mouthful of food... if others find out they'll think I'm gluttonous."

  "Are you not hungry?" The Fourth Prince teased her: "Then all that meat before went into whose belly?"

  The tenth princess pouted and refused to give in, and the laughter inside the house was about to overflow.

  Chunmo didn't dare to let Qishu come forward to serve, and Chaosheng took charge for a while in the front, instructing Shanhu and the others to be careful. Then he went to the back to busy himself. As he passed by the two miscellaneous rooms behind the kitchen, Chaosheng heard someone talking inside the house.

  The first few sentences were vague, but then I heard a familiar voice.

  "I'm not stupid. In the future, when that person comes in, can't they find someone familiar on this side? The more Spring Ink dislikes me, the more she's helping me. At first, I also thought about trying to get along with her, but she's too aloof, and doesn't trust anyone except herself. She looks at everyone as if they're thieves. How long does she think she can keep up this act? My godmother told me..."

  The voice below was too low to be heard clearly again.

  Chao Sheng stood at the corner of the wall and listened.

  "What about Chao Sheng's sister..."

  "What kind of sister is she? Don't look at the fact that she arrived a few days earlier than us, but in the end, it's just the same as us, who knows what will happen in the future..."

  Chao Sheng didn't listen anymore and quickly walked two steps ahead.

  Never thought of it.

  Looking at someone with a careless and sloppy appearance, who would have thought they had so many calculations in mind.

  With a smile all over her face, she called out to her sister with one mouthful after another.

  Auntie Li noticed her complexion wasn't right and asked while taking the plate: "Are you tired?"

  "I'll tell you later."

  Auntie Li didn't ask more questions either.

  The tenth princess and the others bid farewell, Chun Mo led people to clean up, Chao Sheng counted and collected tea bowls and other things. Li Auntie filled a bowl of soup for her: "Drink it."

  Chao Sheng pushed open the cabinet door, picked up the soup and took a sip: "Mmm, thank you, Auntie."

  "What happened to you at noon?"

  "It's nothing, just suddenly realized that everyone is not simple. Qi Shu looks at Mao's rough and careless appearance, but actually has a well-thought-out plan, already thinking about how to surrender and get close to the prince."

  Aunt Li was surprised: "Really? I didn't expect it."

  Chao Sheng held a bowl: "Everyone will make plans for the future, and that's not wrong. But they always want to step on others to get ahead..."

  "Hey, don't be too bothered about this," said Li Auntie. "Those self-proclaimed smart alecks are a dime a dozen. Her little tricks are nothing in the eyes of an expert. If someone wants to find a helper, they need to find one who's useful. What can she do? At most, she can leak some information, but even if she gets the information, will the master look up to her? Who would dare to reuse someone as unreliable as her?"

  "Uh-huh, I know..."

  Knowing is knowing, but still feeling unwell.

  Qiu Shu still kept calling her sister, but Chao Sheng naturally wouldn't think she was naive and clumsy anymore, nor would he let her into his room. Whatever she wanted to say or ask, Chao Sheng didn't bother to respond much.

  She had already planned to take credit for herself and Chun Mo's work, but Chao Sheng didn't even bother to humor her.

  "Tide-born sister, did I...do something wrong? Did I make you angry? Don't despise me for being stupid..."

  Are you stupid? You're not stupid at all.

  Chao Sheng just smiled and said: "Go to bed early, tomorrow is a big day, these days are too tiring."

  "Oh, well, I'll be off then, you rest."

  She left, and Chao Sheng hurriedly closed the door.

  Finally peaceful.

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