Exiled to Lingnan, the Crown Prince's wife raises children, cultivates the land, and leads the

"Leng Yu and I are completely innocent. Even Song Zhenmei believes me, so what's there to be afraid of? As for Jin Yanzhi..."

Cheng Qiqi's gaze was firm, her eyes fixed on Jin Yanzhi standing to the side.

When his name was called, he subconsciously straightened up, looking at Cheng Qiqi with expectant eyes. His hands, which were pressed against his legs, clenched the fabric tightly, revealing his nervousness.

"He is... Jin Mozhi's younger brother, so he is my younger brother. Tell me, who would have designs on their own brother?"

Cheng Qiqi tilted her head and asked, "Jin Yanzhi, you're right, aren't you?"

Jin Yanzhi: "..."

His heart was broken.

I used to treat him like a child, not a man.

Do you still treat him like a younger brother?

He's not Cheng Qiqi's brother.

"right!"

Lin Huilan slapped her thigh and nodded excitedly: "He and Jin Mozhi are both members of the Jin family. Don't worry, he will definitely treat you as his own sister-in-law from now on. If you need any chores, just ask him to do them."

Lin Huilan was overjoyed. She hadn't slept well for several nights because of Jin Yanzhi's secret love, but now everything was fine!

She worried for a long time, but Cheng Qiqi's clear eyes showed that she had no feelings for Yanzhi whatsoever!

"Aunt Lin is mistaken. Since we are all members of the Jin family, we should all work together. Do you think I would make you do all the work every time?"

Cheng Qiqi looked at Jin Yanzhi and said, "If you're not willing..."

"Yes, I'm willing to work!"

Jin Yanzhi nodded repeatedly. "A younger brother is fine, it's better than being kicked out!"

"Mother, I plan to go to the county to deliver the goods tomorrow, and while I'm at it, I'll also check if those overseas merchants have come over yet."

Cheng Qiqi had heard Heitu say last time that the overseas businessmen would be back in half a month.

However, when she went there six months ago, she heard that there were huge waves at sea, and the overseas merchants who were supposed to come did not show up.

"go."

Liu Suyi's eyes dimmed slightly as she thought about what had happened to Cheng Qiqi at the embroidery workshop. She felt even more strongly that she should go and not let Qiqi bear it alone. She said, "Qiqi, I have to go. Otherwise, what if I encounter a task that I can't embroider?"

Let's go together.

Cheng Qiqi nodded with a smile. It would be wonderful if her mother-in-law was willing to go along.

The only thing that worried her was that her mother-in-law was unwilling to lower herself to a lower status, and still felt that she was the mistress of the Marquis's mansion and couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Can I go?"

Lin Huilan was somewhat tempted.

"What are you going to do?"

Marquis Zhongyong glanced at them coldly.

"I haven't been to the county since I arrived in Lingnan."

Lin Huilan awkwardly tugged at her clothes and said, "I want to go to the county to buy some fabric."

"Jingyao, fourth sister-in-law, do you want to go?"

Liu Suyi asked the question, completely ignoring Lin Huilan.

"I'm not going."

Meng Qingyao shook her head and said, "Second Aunt, I'm doing fine at home, so I won't go and cause any trouble."

That's right, they were exiled prisoners. Even if they went to the county, what could they do?

Meat?

Jin Lizhi can bring things back from the county, and even some things she needs can be brought back by Jin Lizhi.

She didn't want to go to the county; if something happened, wouldn't that be a burden?

"I'm not going either."

Li shook her head as well. She knew very well that although they were living a good life now, it was all thanks to Cheng Qiqi leading the villagers to earn money and Zhongyong Hou and Zhao Hei hunting together that they were able to live a good life in the village.

Upon hearing this, Lin Huilan immediately felt dejected and said, "Then I won't go either."

After the county meeting was scheduled for tomorrow, everyone took out the eight embroidered screens and five fans they had finished, checked them one by one, and found that they were all embroidered perfectly without any flaws.

……

It was late at night, and Jin Yanzhi couldn't sleep at all. He came out of the outhouse and was about to walk in another direction when Jin Lizhi grabbed him: "Yanzhi, where do you think you're going?"

"I……"

Jin Yanzhi's eyes darted around, and just as he was about to speak, Jin Lizhi said, "You want to go beat up that guy surnamed Zhao?"

After being exposed, Jin Yanzhi simply shrugged and said, "That's right, who told him to be ugly? He certainly has high hopes!"

"His wife just died, and he still dares to covet my sister-in-law?"

Jin Yanzhi grew angrier the more he thought about it, regretting that he hadn't beaten the man to death today!

"Don't act impulsively, what if you kill someone?"

Jin Lizhi deliberately waited for him, listened to his words, and pulled him to sit on the tree stump bench by the door. He said earnestly, "You already beat someone half to death today, and you went to beat them again in the middle of the night? Are you afraid others won't know it was you?"

"What will my second uncle do if we find out? What will my sister-in-law do?"

"Besides, you think you can vent your anger by punching him a few times?"

Jin Lizhi looked at Jin Yanzhi. Ever since he learned of Jin Yanzhi's thoughts, he felt that Jin Yanzhi had changed a lot!

Back when I met him at the Marquis's residence, he was arrogant and looked down on everyone.

Now, Jin Yanzhi practices his skills diligently every day, even during the spring planting season when he feels so exhausted he collapses on the ground. But after returning, Jin Yanzhi still tries his best to help Cheng Qiqi with some chores...

"Then what do we do? Just let it go?"

Jin Yanzhi gritted his teeth and said angrily, "No, I'm not convinced."

"Are you stupid? We can just beat you up another time."

Jin Lizhi advised, "Right now, he's in pain all over, so he won't even realize it if we hit him. Let's wait until he's better before we hit him!"

Jin Yanzhi's eyes lit up.

……

The next day, as dawn broke, Jin Yanzhi had already cleaned the cart thoroughly. Upon seeing Cheng Qiqi and Liu Suyi, he said, "Mother, sister-in-law, please sit down. Let's go to the county early so we can sell another batch of pickled vegetables!"

Liu Suyi glanced at Lin Huilan, noticing her dark face, then smiled and sat on the cart, saying, "Yanzhi, you'd better push the cart carefully."

"Mom, don't worry, I'll definitely push it well."

Jin Yanzhi pulled the cart, and together with Jin Lizhi, one pushed and the other pulled. If buying a donkey wasn't so conspicuous, they would have liked to buy a donkey cart!

Cheng Qiqi and Liu Suyi traveled half on foot and half on a cart, and by the time they reached the county, it was already broad daylight.

Hongji Embroidery Building.

When Yue Niang looked at them, she was exceptionally pleased: "You finished embroidering so quickly?"

The appointed day hasn't arrived yet.

"Moon Lady, we prepared it in advance and delivered it ahead of schedule."

As Cheng Qiqi spoke with a smile, she opened eight screens and five double-sided embroidered fans, which Yue Niang examined for a full quarter of an hour.

"Excuse me, please have some snacks."

After Yue Niang finished speaking, she had tea and snacks served, and continued to look at the embroidery, occasionally exclaiming in amazement, "Madam Liu, Qi Qi, your embroidery is truly exquisite."

"I can't embroider; my mother and the others do it all well."

Cheng Qiqi quickly waved her hand, her needlework skills were probably too poor to even sew a bellyband for herself...

"These are the spring clothes we made. What do you think, are they okay?"

After Yue Niang finished praising her, Liu Suyi opened the bundle at just the right moment and presented the four sets of spring clothes that they had specially made.