The jade pendant connects the past and present; the exiled crown prince's wife takes her entire

Song Tianci is Song Yanxi's younger brother, born of the same mother. He is quite chubby, and he needs to eat six cornbreads a day to feel half full. Before, his grandmother, parents, and sister would give him some cornbreads, but he still wasn't full. These past few days, even his grandmother and the others haven't had enough cornbreads, so he is even more hungry.

But the eldest son's family is different; they get to eat their fill every day, and they even have dried meat!

He hadn't eaten meat in a long time and his mouth was watering.

Upon hearing Liao call him to the eldest son's house, he eagerly went there, heading towards the dried meat.

When Song Tianci arrived, Zhao was carefully putting away the remaining dried meat when she noticed that Song Tianci had come over at some point and was staring at her.

To be precise, stare at the dried meat.

Jiang Jinning's mind went blank with alarm bells, and she instinctively tried to protect Zhao Shi, but an even taller figure stood in front of her, his pretty face stern.

"Song Tianci, what are you doing here? Hasn't your second branch always kept a distant relationship with us, wishing we could stay as far away as possible!"

Song Tianci was very indignant that his view of the dried meat was blocked, and he snorted like a bull in displeasure.

"Grandmother asked my eldest aunt to come over and pay her respects."

He spoke with his nostrils flared and his eyes filled with disdain, showing no regard for Zhao Shi whatsoever.

"I'm not going," Song Wanzhen refused outright.

Song Tianci was surprised that Song Wanzhen refused.

If my aunt doesn't go, how can my grandmother ask her to bring out the dried meat?

"No, you have to go if Grandmother tells you to. Not going is unfilial. My father said unfilial women will be divorced! If you don't go, I'll have Grandmother divorce you! If you are divorced, I'll tell the guards that you're an unwanted, abandoned woman! Do you know what happens to women who are divorced on the road to exile?"

Seeing that Zhao's face had turned pale, Song Tianci was smug, his eyes filled with undisguised malice.

There was an unwritten rule on the road to exile: women who were expelled or divorced could be disposed of at will.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression turned grim.

Song Wanzhen picked up a tree branch from the ground and glared at Song Tianci, her face turning red with anger.

"Are you going to get out of here or not? If you don't, I'll hit you! Do you think I don't know what you're up to? You dare threaten us with divorce!"

"Zhen'er," Zhao Shi said, seeing the guards frowning and looking over from not far away, she quickly pulled her back, "Don't make a scene, I'll go take care of it."

"Mother, they just want to steal the dried meat. It's money we earned through hard work... why should we give it to them!"

"Mother knows that even if the second branch of the family has this idea, your grandmother will not agree. After all, we are family, so let's not go too far."

Song Wanzhen secretly thought that Song Tianci's arrival was probably at the old lady's behest, because she herself wanted to eat there!

"mother!"

Seeing that Zhao was really about to leave, Song Wanzhen grabbed her and wouldn't let her go. Just then, Jiang Jinning spoke up.

"daughter."

"Aren't you feeling unwell today? I'll go in your place."

Jiang Jinning and Song Qingyan were kept behind, so no one noticed the sharp exchange between them.

She winked at Song Wanzhen, who was about to speak, and then, in front of Song Tianci, she stuffed the strip of cloth wrapped around the dried meat into her sleeve, but secretly slipped the dried meat into Song Wanzhen's hand.

In Song Tianci's view, it was Jiang Jinning who took the dried meat and left with him.

He didn't necessarily want Zhao to go; just Rougan would suffice. Besides, he'd heard that his mother and sister had been punished because of this jinx, so having her kowtow and apologize would be perfect.

Song Tianci, still arrogant and disdainful of others, walked ahead, ordering Jiang Jinning to follow as if she were a cat or dog.

Song Wanzhen was furious and wished she could poke a few holes in this fat pig with a tree branch. She threw the branch away and turned to Song Qingyan, puzzled.

"Brother, are you really going to let her go like this? With her soft-hearted nature, she'll definitely suffer later!"

Song Qingyan had been watching the petite figure not far away, a smile spreading across his face. Before he could even say a word, a deafening explosion came from nearby.

"Song Tianci, you're asking for it!"

Song Qingyan leaned against the tree, his eyes filled with the same innocent look as Jiang Jinning's, under the watchful eyes of his mother and younger sister.

"I don't know anything about it."

What exactly happened?

However, it was because when Jiang Jinning returned from the escort officer's place, she ran into the two men who usually followed the escort officer. She vaguely remembered that the toilet paper was missing, and the escort officer had an upset stomach and urgently needed it, so he asked the two men to figure out a solution.

As luck would have it, she spotted the toilet paper they had been searching for right next to a haystack not far away.

At that time, Jiang Jinning didn't have any ulterior motives. But now, Song Tianci happened to walk in and said something disrespectful to his mother. So, she shouldn't blame her for retaliating on the spot.

She is petty and holds grudges.

As they approached the haystack, Jiang Jinning called out to Song Tianci, who was ahead of them.

"Oh no, mine... seems to have fallen."

Jiang Jinning suddenly exclaimed in panic.

Although she spoke softly, Song Tianci, who had been thinking about the dried meat, had been paying attention to her and happened to hear what she said.

Song Tianci immediately guessed that the dried meat he had been carrying had fallen.

"How could you be so careless? How could you drop the jerky!"

Jiang Jinning curled the corners of her lips. If Song Tianci could look at her closely, he would see the smile on her face.

"No, no, nothing was lost, you misheard."

"You're a jinx, you can't do anything right, you should have just put the job on me from the start."

Song Tianci cursed and swore incessantly, calling himself a jinx, until he found the target bush.

"Huh, what's this?"

As luck would have it, just as Song Tianci picked up the toilet stick, Yuan Jiecha walked over and saw that it belonged to him.

He marked his toilet paper so he would never mistake it.

"Song Tianci, you're asking for it! How dare you steal my things!"

Jiang Jinning ran back in a flash, grinning like a cat that had just stolen some cream.

"What happened? I asked my older brother, but he wouldn't say anything, just brushed me off with a 'I don't know'."

Jiang Jinning suppressed a laugh and recounted the story, which made Zhao Shi and Song Wanzhen laugh as well. Looking at Song Tianci being chased and beaten by the Yuan Jiecha not far away, they felt completely relieved.

"He deserved it for disrespecting his mother!"

Song Qingyan sat leaning to the side watching, and saw her raising her not-so-sharp claws angrily like a little beast.

He chuckled, but his gaze suddenly darkened as he swept over the location of the second wife's house not far away.

In the middle of the night, after everyone had fallen asleep, Jiang Jinning secretly took out the materials for making flower wrappings.

She couldn't be seen in public while traveling during the day, so she always did it secretly at night. Today, with a fire burning brighter than usual, she worked even harder.

The red spider lily has the gentlest slope of all flower types. She also has a habit of twining, which means wrapping six petals around a long wire at the same time, so that she can save more time. She only needs a moment to grow one flower.

In about a quarter of an hour, several flowers had piled up at my feet.

The materials Liang Cheng provided were enough to make about fifteen spider lilies. Five flowers could be assembled on each hairpin, making about three hairpins in total, which could be sold for over two hundred yuan.

Jiang Jinning calculated in her mind that she had enough medicine for the time being, so she didn't need to spend more money to buy more medicine this time. She could prepare some medicine for typhoid fever, which she had already looked at and found to be inexpensive. With the remaining money, she could buy some paper molds and materials to make some other flowers and earn more money.

We also need to buy some food. This time we have more money, so we can buy other food, like those delicious dried plum and vegetable cakes, and some dried meat. It's just that it's hard to explain to my mother if I take them out.

So how much is left? How much is it still to get that toy crossbow?

Jiang Jinning couldn't figure it out, so she stopped what she was doing and started counting on her fingers, muttering to herself. Little did she know that Song Qingyan, who was fast asleep beside her, was silently keeping her company and helping her sort out the threads when she was lost in thought.

Unfortunately, she was busy counting on her fingers and naturally missed the other person looking at her with a bright, clear smile.