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

Liao returned empty-handed, and the malicious voices in the crowd grew louder.

Perhaps sensing that Yuan Jiecha was deliberately making things difficult for them, they cursed even more bluntly, saying things like "traitorous villain who is a scourge of the nation" and "should be torn apart by five horses."

Even though Song Qingyan always dismissed these words as mere barking, he couldn't help but be affected by them, and his face turned pale and ugly.

Jiang Jinning spoke up for the young general.

Originally, she only wanted to deal with the ill-intentioned Yuan Jiechai again. Since they spoke rudely, she wouldn't blame her for treating them indiscriminately.

"Jin Ning, where are you going? Don't argue with them. They said they'll stop when they're tired," Zhao urged anxiously.

"Just ignore them and stop barking," Song Wanzhen also advised.

Jiang Jinning smiled and said, "It's raining so hard, Mother can't stay in the rain for too long. It's okay, I'll just go say a few words and we'll be able to get out of the rain soon."

After saying that, he looked around, casually plucked a few blades of grass, and walked towards the Yuan Jiechai.

Zhao and Song Wanzhen exchanged a glance, both stamping their feet in frustration, but they couldn't stop the slippery Jiang Jinning, nor could they count on Song Qingyan, who indulged her in everything. They glared at the composed Song Qingyan and could only watch helplessly.

However, the expected beatings and whippings did not occur. They didn't know what Jiang Jinning said, but Yuan Jiechai, who had been watching the show with his head held high, suddenly turned pale. Then, to their astonishment, he raised his whip and lashed it at the gossiping Song family members, making them scream and run around in panic. Song Tianci, in particular, was beaten the hardest even though he hadn't said anything.

When Jiang Jinning returned, the curious Song Wanzhen couldn't wait to ask, "What did you say? Why did he suddenly go crazy?"

"I asked him if he had boils, and I specially gathered some herbs for him. It's never a bad thing to be polite, and maybe he'll agree because of my kindness in gathering the herbs."

Jiang Jinning gave up innocently.

"He asked me how I knew, and I said I heard it from Song Tianci. He said he saw it with his own eyes and told many uncles and elders in the clan. No one dared to deliver the medicine, but I bravely came to deliver it out of kindness. I had no idea she would suddenly go crazy, and it gave me a big fright."

"So what if it's a boil? What's the big deal? Why is he so angry?" Song Wanzhen was clearly suspicious.

Jiang Jinning waved her hand to indicate that she didn't know, then turned to Song Qingyan, winked, and smiled mischievously.

Song Qingyan shook his head helplessly.

What boils? Actually, it was Yuan Jiecha who had hemorrhoids on his buttocks, and it was always extremely painful for him to relieve himself.

They naturally didn't know about this; it was only from the young girl who heard it from Chen Jiechai. Apparently, Yuan Jiechai kept it a secret, feeling ashamed, and told others that he had developed boils.

Yuan Jiecha felt that Song Tianci, who had "stole the toilet paper," had seen his "boil" and was talking about it everywhere, so he must be angry.

He knew that this was something that Officer Chen had deliberately revealed, in order to help the young girl.

When Yuan Jiechai got tired of picking people off, he naturally didn't forget Jiang Jinning. Unfortunately, he was stopped by Chen Jiechai as soon as he had the idea, who said that his boss was looking for him.

The timing was perfect, and it was clearly a calculated move. Didn't you see Chen Jie glance at Jiang Jinning afterward?

Therefore, if these clansmen hadn't insisted on making trouble, they wouldn't have gotten themselves whipped.

The rain came down quickly and went down quickly, clearing up in about fifteen minutes. The procession set off again, but this time Yuan Jiechai was nowhere to be seen. Without his support, the second wife's antics were much less frequent.

In the evening, after having a meal, Jiang Jinning and Zhao Shi continued their work as usual.

Fortunately, the oil paper over there was of good quality, and neither the finished flower pattern nor the thread was damaged.

Because of the heavy rain here, the two decided to finish harvesting the spider lilies tonight and deliver them to the fairy realm as soon as possible to avoid any accidents next time.

The spider lily petals are all wrapped up, and all that's left is to assemble them. Compared to the multi-layered large flowers like peonies, these are relatively easy to assemble. It's just that several flowers are stacked on one hairpin, and each flower has six petals, which is quite tiring for the hands and eyes. These past two days, the two of them have been working so hard that everything looks red to them.

"Take a break. If you don't have time, go another day. Don't hurt your eyes," Song Qingyan advised.

Jiang Jinning smiled sweetly and simply hummed in response, but continued with her work.

Mrs. Zhao watched with satisfaction from the side.

Qingyan looked much more energetic, unlike his previous lifeless state, all thanks to Jinning.

"Yes, you rest. Mom will finish the rest soon."

Jiang Jinning did not reply, her gaze falling on a decaying tree where she saw something familiar.

That thing looks so much like the wild termite mushrooms sold in Wonderland.

"Little General, Mother, that's called chicken-of-the-woods mushroom, right?"

The two looked in the direction she pointed and saw a patch of mushrooms with long stems and small caps.

The two men didn't recognize any mushrooms; they were from the north and had no idea what termite mushrooms were.

Thinking that Jiang Jinning wanted to eat, Zhao Shi advised, "I heard that these things are poisonous and cannot be eaten. If you are hungry, have a bite of the remaining old bread first. When we get there, you can buy that. You carried several large rice buns with you."

The more Jiang Jinning looked at it, the more it resembled a termite mushroom. She crouched down and leaned closer to examine it more closely.

"It really is a termite mushroom."

Judging from her expression, it doesn't seem poisonous; it looks like it's edible.

Compared to the two's confusion, Jiang Jinning was clearly extremely excited, her eyes shining.

"I've seen this termite mushroom in Wonderland, some kind of wild-caught stuff air-freighted, it costs 300 yuan per pound!"

Jiang Jinning couldn't explain how much three hundred yuan was, so she just gestured with her hands.

"So much money!"

Zhao was extremely surprised: "These unassuming mushrooms are so expensive? Then we'll pick some, and you can take them over to sell. Look here, there's almost a pound of them."

The three of them picked mushrooms in the dark, leaving Song Wanzhen fast asleep, oblivious to everything.

After harvesting all the termite mushrooms in this patch, they went to look elsewhere, but couldn't find any more nearby.

Indeed, this kind of fungus is rare and hard to come by; it's not found everywhere.

"Mother, this is enough. I'll take it and sell it first."

If we can sell it for over three hundred yuan, the little general's crossbow will be almost sold, and we won't need to buy it on credit anymore.

After cleaning up the mushrooms for Jiang Jinning, Zhao wrapped up the hairpin and repeatedly told her to be careful. She also instructed, "Now that the Yuan Jiechai has no chance to take our cornbread, you don't need to buy too much food when you go. Just make yourself some clothes and wear them secretly underneath so no one will notice. Don't always think about us; we don't lack anything."

Jiang Jinning couldn't quite describe her feelings, but she felt warm and reassured that someone was talking to her.

With everything prepared, Jiang Jinning went again.

It was the same alleyway again.

As you walk out of the alley, the large clock still comes into view, its long and short hands facing each other.

She seemed to have heard someone mention it before, that this was six o'clock.

Liang Cheng arrived at her stall at seven o'clock. Since it was still early, Jiang Jinning decided to sell the chicken mushrooms first.