Yuwen Ming was happy to be able to go out and have fun.
Since the inn was located on the bustling main street of Huaixi County, stepping out the door, there were many shops selling goods for the Dragon Boat Festival.
For instance, there were various threads as well as fragrant sachets for rice dumplings. Although the materials and threads used weren’t of the highest quality, they were exquisitely made, and the sachets even contained some herbs to ward off insects.
Yun Jinnian bought quite a few in one go.
He also purchased some small trinkets.
Hemei and Henuan, who both had a little money to spend, were not timid about buying things either.
Thinking of Hongxiu, Hongdou, and Hongye, he also bought some things for them.
Nanny Song also picked out a few items.
After eating some snacks at the shops and buying a few things for the Princess, Yun Jinnian, feeling impulsive, made a round at the pharmacy. Seeing that there were no precious or rare herbs, he then returned to the inn.
With too many followers behind, Yun Jinnian didn’t enjoy himself as much as he could’ve, but he was still very happy.
After washing up, he went to take the pulse and pay respects to the Princess.
"How is it?" asked the Princess of Zhen Guo.
"The Princess is recovering very well!"
The Princess of Zhen Guo nodded her head, "Then can we set off back to the Capital City tomorrow?"
After thinking for a while, Yun Jinnian said, "If the carriage travels slowly, it is possible!"
"Then let’s head back to the Capital City early tomorrow morning!"
Since it was Chu Yu’s birthday today, dinner was very rich. Yun Jinnian and Yuwen Ming also drank a little fruit wine, and after just a small cup, both girls became tipsy and their eyes looked blurred.
So after dinner, when Yun Jinnian took the Princess’s pulse, her head bobbed slowly, clueless about what she was doing. The Princess laughed at this and asked Nanny Song to take Yun Jinnian back to her room to rest. Yun Jinnian was completely unaware that Chu Yu had secretly slipped into her room and stood by her bed for a while before he left.
The Princess of Zhen Guo knew about Chu Yu’s night visit to Yun Jinnian’s room and disapproved, saying, "This child, he is still behaving somewhat frivolously!"
"Don’t worry, Princess, the fourth miss is someone with her own mind!" said Nanny Song, sighing.
"What’s wrong?" the Princess of Zhen Guo asked.
"This fourth miss looks slender in her clothes, but when I covered her with a quilt earlier, looking at her wrists, they were so thin, just skin and bones. Who knows how much hardship she has suffered!" Nanny Song thought of the young ladies of the Yuwen Family.
Even if born to a concubine, they were pampered and cherished, never treated so harshly.
The Princess scoffed in mockery, "The ways of the Yun Family have long been twisted. Otherwise, do you see any of them accomplishing much nowadays? With such a foolish old lady, the Emperor dare not employ people from the Yun Family. Yet that old lady still thinks she’s so great, not realizing that the Yun Family is already a rotten structure showing a façade of prosperity, about to collapse at any moment!"
"Indeed, that Yun elder seems clever but is actually not!" Nanny Song agreed.
"Foolishly filial! In other words, weak. To make him an Imperial Censor, they really overestimated him. It seems the Emperor wants him to burn fiercely until the end, his former merits wiped clean because of that foolish old lady. It would be easier to deal with him then!"
In a few words, the Princess of Zhen Guo pierced through everything.
Nanny Song fell silent and said no more.
After a while, the Princess of Zhen Guo said, "Let it be. I’m getting old. Let the children handle their own affairs, just as long as they don’t cause trouble."
As for Chu Yu’s feelings for Yun Jinnian, the Princess of Zhen Guo knew she couldn’t meddle too much.
As the saying goes, "Every man knows his own business best." Whether Yun Jinnian was good or not, Chu Yu knew best.
Even if Yun Jinnian were arsenic, Chu Yu would think her honey. If anyone said Yun Jinnian was not good, Chu Yu would be hostile towards them, which would not be worth the trouble.
"The Princess should relax and focus on recuperating properly. His Highness is no longer a child. Let him make his own decisions. Furthermore..."
The Princess of Zhen Guo, fearing that Nanny Song would reveal secrets, hastily said, "Enough, let’s stop discussing this matter and never bring it up again!"