Shen Baozhu said firmly, "There are real immortals. There really are!"
[What about the gift?]
The immortal on the other end of the system had also seen Lin Yu's subtitles. He didn't care about it. He was just teasing Shen Baozhu.
But Shen Baozhu didn't know that. She trotted up to Bai Zhi and said, "Aunt Bai Zhi, Baozhu wants another plate of rice cakes!"
Bai Zhi was startled and exclaimed, "The little princess has finished a whole plate of rice cakes?"
"Yes. Baozhu wants another plate," Shen Baozhu replied obediently, tugging at Bai Zhi's sleeve.
Little did she know that her words made Shen Heqing, who was sitting nearby, tremble with his pen in hand. A drop of ink fell on a crucial part of the drawing, ruining the part he had already drawn.
Shen Heqing stared straight at Shen Baozhu and asked, "Baozhu, do you know how much you've eaten today?"
"First, two plates of shrimp dumplings for breakfast... Then you ate lotus cakes at grandmother's place. Now you've finished a whole plate of rice cakes. Baozhu, is your stomach a bottomless pit?"
Shen Baozhu blinked her eyes and admitted this "ability".
She asked Bai Zhi to prepare another plate of rabbit-shaped rice cakes. "Baozhu's stomach is a bottomless pit. It's super powerful! I can even eat another plate of rabbit-shaped pastries!"
Shen Heqing didn't believe it and didn't let Bai Zhi go get the rabbit-shaped rice cakes. "If you eat so much, you'll probably get a stomachache. Then some little girl will be crying."
"I won't!" Shen Baozhu turned around and threw herself into the arms of the Princess of Jingning. She whispered an explanation, "Mother, it's not for Baozhu to eat. Baozhu wants to give the rabbit-shaped rice cakes to the immortal."
"Mother said not to let big brother know, so let's do it quietly."
The Princess of Jingning nodded with a smile, told Bai Zhi to go get the rabbit-shaped rice cakes, and placed a new piece of paper in front of Shen Heqing. "Don't just stare at Baozhu. Finish your drawing first."
Shen Heqing had no choice but to look away and lower his head to copy the complicated drawing.
With her mother's help, Shen Baozhu successfully gave the second plate of rabbit-shaped rice cakes to the True Immortal Qingyun.
She said expectantly, "How about it? Are they delicious!"
The True Immortal Qingyun, who had been fasting for many years and didn't eat grains, paused for a moment before the subtitles appeared again.
[Delicious. A bit sweet.]
Shen Baozhu nodded seriously. "Okay, Baozhu remembers! The true immortal doesn't like sweet food."
The drawing in the booklet was so complicated that Shen Heqing ruined another piece of paper in a short while.
He frowned and put the ruined paper aside. When he looked up, he saw that there was nothing in front of Shen Baozhu.
A unbelievable thought popped into Shen Heqing's mind. "Baozhu, have you finished the second plate of rice cakes, too?"
Shen Baozhu subconsciously looked at her mother. With her mother's permission, she blinked her eyes and threw herself into her big brother's arms. "Yes, Baozhu has finished the rabbit-shaped rice cakes again!"
As she said this, Shen Baozhu couldn't help but giggle.
Shen Heqing was shocked. He subconsciously reached out to touch Shen Baozhu's little belly. "Won't your stomach burst then?"
Shen Baozhu shrank back and didn't want her big brother to touch her stomach.
The siblings were having a great time when there came a soft cough from outside the door. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw Shen Yunfeng.
His ink-purple long robe set off his handsome face. Holding a bamboo fan in his hand, he looked like a carefree immortal from the ninth heaven. This was the way he was dressed when he first met the Princess of Jingning.
He had finally taken the steward's advice and listened to the old lady Shen. He had come to apologize to the Princess of Jingning.
The lively main courtyard suddenly fell silent. Everyone looked at Shen Yunfeng.
Shen Yunfeng walked in as if nothing had happened. Seeing Shen Baozhu and Shen Heqing having fun, he waved his folding fan and said with a smile, "Big brother has been working hard at the academy. Now that he's back to rest, Baozhu, come to daddy quickly and let big brother take a break."
Shen Baozhu obediently got ready to get up, but was held down by Shen Heqing.
Just having learned the true nature of Shen Yunfeng, Shen Heqing couldn't adapt to it for a while. Especially when Shen Yunfeng acted as if nothing had happened, Shen Heqing almost doubted himself.
"Heqing, why are you holding Baozhu down? I'm not going to eat her," Shen Yunfeng said lightly, making a joke.
Shen Heqing just silently held Shen Baozhu in his arms without saying a word.
Seeing that Shen Yunfeng was about to walk to the table, the Princess of Jingning pretended to get up. Her sleeve swept across the table, bringing a few pieces of waste paper onto the table and covering the booklet tightly.
The Princess of Jingning took a few steps forward and skillfully blocked the table behind her. She also said with a smile, "These siblings have a good relationship. Heqing always misses Baozhu at the academy. These days when Heqing is at home, they've been inseparable."
"You come here and want to take Baozhu away. Heqing is jealous."
Shen Yunfeng's purpose this time was to rekindle the old feelings of the Princess of Jingning for him, so he didn't care about this.
He just laughed it off and stepped forward to hold the Princess of Jingning's hand. "Princess, I'm here to explain."
The Princess of Jingning gave a soft laugh, pulled her hand out, and silently waited for Shen Yunfeng's "explanation".
"I met Bai Xinrou in the suburbs. She said she was an orphan and her family property had been seized by others. She had no choice but to wander in the suburbs... I couldn't bear it, so I brought her back."
In this string of words, he shifted all the blame to Bai Xinrou. Shen Yunfeng just said lightly, "I was afraid the princess would misunderstand, so I lied that she was my distant relative. It's all my fault. Please forgive me, princess."
This kind of words that reversed the truth made Shen Heqing scoff.
Then, he covered Shen Baozhu's ears and questioned Shen Yunfeng, "Why don't you explain why you two tried to harm Baozhu and why you put drugs in my tea leaves?"
Shen Yunfeng pretended to be shocked. "What? She even tried to harm you?"
"Humph! That maid has already confessed. It was Bai Xinrou who asked her to sprinkle the drug on the tea leaves and then shake them evenly," Shen Heqing said. He didn't expect Shen Yunfeng to be so good at pretending. He didn't believe that Shen Yunfeng could still quibble in the face of the evidence.
Facts proved that Shen Yunfeng was even better at pretending than Shen Heqing had imagined.
He covered his chest and staggered as if he was extremely sad. "Heqing, it was all Bai Xinrou's idea. If it was me who wanted to harm you, why would I go to the trouble of finding a little maid?"
"I just treated Bai Xinrou too well. She mistook my kindness for a life-saving straw. In order to possess me, she even tried to harm you and Baozhu. It's all my fault."
When he said this emotionally, Shen Yunfeng's voice choked with sobs.
Seeing that Shen Heqing was a little moved, Bai Zhi deliberately pushed the plate beside her to the ground.
The plate fell to the ground with a crisp sound, successfully attracting the attention of the others. Shen Baozhu also pushed away her big brother's hand and looked over curiously.
Bai Zhi bent down to pick up the broken pieces on the ground and said meaningfully, "Oh, this plate is really bad. It fell to the ground by itself."
"Aunt Bai Zhi, you're wrong! Baozhu saw it just now. It was you who pushed the plate down. How can you blame the plate?" Shen Baozhu pointed out Bai Zhi's mistake.
She also said seriously, "Mother said it's not scary to make mistakes, but you can't deny them."
Bai Zhi was wrapping the broken pieces with a handkerchief. She winked at Shen Heqing. "Really? The little princess is right. It's my fault. Because I pushed the plate, it broke. I can't just blame the plate for not being strong enough."
Shen Heqing was stunned for a moment and then realized that no matter how eloquently Shen Yunfeng spoke, he couldn't change his mistakes.
Realizing this, Shen Heqing directly said sarcastically, "There are so many poor people in the world, but father doesn't help any of them. He only helps a charming girl. Father is not ashamed but proud of it. It really opens my eyes."
These words were so straightforward that even the Princess of Jingning was shocked.