Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard

"I heard that Jiangnan is a very beautiful place. If Jiangzhuo-jiejie doesn't have the time to come back, we could go visit her and go on a tour at the same time."

"A tour? What's that?" Ji Liuxia asked.

"It's where you'd go to various regions and explore their mountains and play in their waters, experiencing the different sceneries, and appreciating all the different social customs," Du Xiaoli explained.

"Ha, this sounds pretty good. It's just that if we're really all married in the future, when would we have so much time to go on a fun trip like that?" Ji Liuxia said.

"There will always be a chance." Du Xiaoli grinned. "Oh, right. Later, we should call Yalan-jiejie and Princess. Let's go have a short two-day stay in the village. After all, everyone's not going to the academy anymore. Jiangzhuo-jiejie could come too if she has time."

"Great idea!" Ji Liuxia said. "Today, I heard my brother say that Prime Minister Du contributed a method of making persimmon pastry. I know that there are persimmon trees in your village. Let's go have a try at making the pastry!"

"Sure! Also, Jiangzhuo-jie jie still has a few days before she reaches marriageable age. Why don't we go pick out gifts for her together once the rain stops?"

"Sounds good. If this afternoon rain doesn't stop, I'll just have to freeload a meal here."

"You're not worried Liufeng-gege and the others will go searching for you?"

"Before coming here, I already told my brother I was going to come over to your place and stay here until my father's not angry anymore."

"Pu——"

Wasn't this the same as those primary school students of her previous world, who played truant and didn't go home until they achieved their goal of being able to drop out of school?!

"So, it turns out that you had actually planned this out in advance!"

"'Cause I knew you'd definitely let me stay."

"......"

In the end, that day's rain continued to fall even until the evening without any pauses, and Ji Liufeng didn't send anyone over to fetch Ji Liuxia either. Consequently, that night, a certain someone with the surname of Ji openly occupied Du Xiaoli's little place, ignoring the guest room Du Xiaoli had prepared for her.

The rain finally stopped on the second day, and Ji Liufeng hurriedly ran over early in the morning to look for her. His appearance was as if an unresolvable matter had occurred. Du Xiaoli guessed that Ji Lun had found out about Ji Liuxia's matter, and Ji Liufeng was unable to handle his father.

When Ji Liufeng saw her brother's appearance, she became even more afraid of going home. What a joke. Wasn't she just asking to be hit if she went home like this?!

However, it was evident from Ji Liufeng's appearance that Ji Liuxia had to go home. Thus, Du Xiaoli supported Ji Liuxia with a move that helped her get through this crisis safely.

On the afternoon of the third day, they were having lunch in Blizzard Pavilion, and Ji Liuxia told Du Xiaoli and the others of the alarming danger she experienced when she went home the day before.

"...You don't know, but once my old man gets angry, it's extremely frightening! When he found out I played truant, he actually wanted to discipline me with the rod! It's a ruler that's as wide as my little arm, you know. He swung his arm and wanted to hit me with the ruler straightaway!"

Fu Yalan got a fright and patted her chest. She said, "Oh, heavens! Wouldn't it be extremely painful with such a wide rod? Where did you get injured?"

Han Mingxiang and Du Xiaoli both laughed.

Then Han Mingxiang glanced at Fu Yalan and said, "Yalan, you believe what she says? If she truly got injured, how could she be as lively as she is right now? Even able to step on the stool and slap the table?"

"Who says I'm talking drivel?! At the time, my father was truly using the rod!" Ji Liuxia retorted.

"Then why is it that there are no injuries on your body?" Han Mingxiang questioned.

"That is because I used Xiaoli's method!" Ji Liuxia said complacently. "Speaking of which, I'm truly very grateful to Xiaoli. If it wasn't for you, I reckon I'd be sleeping in bed for a month. And after that, I would still need to continue attending the academy."

"Oh? What did Xiaoli teach you?" Fu Yalan asked.

Everyone knew about the great General Ji. A soldier's temperament was one where they said one thing and meant just that. Moreover, a soldier who, in a fit of anger, actually decided to use the rod to discipline his child. How could Ji Liuxia possibly still be so healthy and active?

"Right when there was just a little bit of distance left between the rod and me, I used the method Xiaoli gave me. I cried out loudly and called out for my mother. Just like that, my father immediately couldn't bring himself to deal the blow."

"You called out for your mother?"

"That's right. I cried and said things like, 'Mother, I really miss you', 'Without you here, Father keeps bothering about what I like and don't like', 'After you left, no one's been good to me'. At the start, I was just following what Xiaoli said I should do. But later on, the more I said, the sadder I got. So I ended up crying for real. I cried so hard that I couldn't breathe. Ai, after that, my father threw out the rod and just let me cry there. Later on, my brother came back and said we'd go make the arrangements for me to finish school. So, I finally won't need to go to the academy again in the future! I can finally be free of that wretched place!"

Du Xiaoli and the others all expressed that they could understand Ji Liuxia's excitement. After all, attending the academy had been too difficult for her to bear.

Inwardly, Du Xiaoli was actually somewhat disgusted by that idea of hers. This was because it made use of Ji Liuxia's dead mother and the deep love Ji Lun felt toward her. If he had long moved on from his wife, Ji Liuxia wouldn't have been able to dig into such a loophole.

However, this was also a method that came from Ji Liuxia's heart. Her longing for her mother was real. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to cry to that extent.

After everyone went on their way, Du Xiaoli went to pick out two gifts. She planned to give Meng Jiangzhuo one of the gifts when the latter reached marriageable age, while the other gift would be given when she got married.

Just when Du Xiaoli was carrying the gifts back to the Prime Minister's Manor, she bumped into Eunuch Dan.

Upon seeing Du Xiaoli, Eunuch Dan smiled and waved his horsetail whisk. He said, "Miss Du, His Majesty the Emperor has requested to see you!"

Why was Han Mingze looking for her? Didn't the competition just finish? Could it be that he still wants to give her more work to do?

Du Xiaoli couldn't figure it out, so she could only pass the gifts to Xia Yuan. Then Du Xiaoli followed Eunuch Dan and headed off to enter the palace.

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