Unlike the Dragon King, Qingyun Zhenren and Lin Yu actually thought that the way the Princess Jingning handled things was good.
Lin Yu: [Baozhu really needs to control herself. Most pastries are quite high in sugar. Consuming too much sugar may cause tooth decay...]
[It can also affect brain development and make a child stupid...]
[It can also disrupt hormone secretion and prevent a child from growing tall...]
Lin Yu's series of subtitles left Shen Baozhu stunned. She even forgot to cry. Could there really be so many drawbacks to eating sugar?
Qingyun Zhenren also said: [She has indeed been eating too much. She has at least two plates of pastries every day. Such gluttony is not good.]
Shen Baozhu looked at each subtitle seriously. She never thought there could be so many problems with eating pastries!
Although Shen Baozhu loved pastries, she had one good quality: she listened to advice.
Seeing that Brother Lin Yu and the Zhenren both approved of Mother's actions, Shen Baozhu sniffled and held back her tears.
Mother was right! From today on, she would only eat two pastries a day!
Shen Baozhu carried her small stool and sat back in her original spot. She blinked at Shen Heqing and said, "Big brother is wrong. Baozhu didn't cry."
Shen Haiyan was amused. He couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at? You seem so happy," the Princess Jingning said as she entered the room with Qingdai. Her eyes were smiling, and she was clearly in a great mood.
Shen Baozhu threw herself at the Princess Jingning. "Mother!"
The Princess Jingning caught her steadily and sat on the edge of the bed with her in her arms. "Heqing, Haiyan, I've divorced Shen Yunfeng."
"When I went to the palace this afternoon to thank the Emperor, he even gave me the blueprints and told me to finish the production as soon as possible and send them to the front line."
"Baozhu, grandfather will be home soon!"
The Princess Jingning could hardly hide her joy. Divorcing Shen Yunfeng was already a great blessing, but to think that the Emperor would give her the blueprints and entrust her with the production and delivery to the front line!
Normally, the blueprints would be handed over to the Ministry of Works. It would take at least three months to start mass production, and even after that, the weapons couldn't be sent to the front line immediately. They would first go to the Ministry of War, and after discussions between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue, they would be sent along with the provisions.
For most people, this would be a thankless task, as it would cost a great deal of money. Although they could get reimbursed from the Ministry of Revenue, there would surely be a lot of haggling.
But for the Princess Jingning, this was a huge opportunity.
Spending a bit more money meant she could get the weapons to her father as quickly as possible, so that he would get injured less and return to the capital sooner. The Princess Jingning truly thought it was wonderful.
The Princess Jingning explained the pros and cons, and Shen Heqing and Shen Haiyan were also delighted. They had already forgotten about the insignificant Shen Yunfeng.
Shen Haiyan was the closest to his grandfather. He said excitedly, "Mother, I have money! If there's not enough, I can contribute!"
Shen Baozhu didn't fully understand, but she echoed her third brother. "Mother, Baozhu also has money. If there's not enough, Baozhu can help!"
Shen Heqing, a bit slower on the uptake, was also about to offer his savings when two huge golden stones suddenly appeared in the room. They were half the size of a person.
Shen Baozhu slipped out of the Princess Jingning's arms and stood beside the larger one. "Mother, this is from the Dragon King. He told me to use this gold ingot to help grandfather!"
Then she walked to the other one. "The Dragon King said this is a small gift for grandfather."
Shen Heqing realized that they weren't golden stones but gold ingots.
Wait, gold ingots!
Such huge gold ingots!
And there were two of them!
The Princess Jingning and Shen Heqing were fine. They had the experience from last time and could accept it quickly, but Shen Haiyan was a bit overwhelmed.
He asked, "A small gift? Two huge gold ingots?"
Shen Baozhu nodded. She was already used to the Dragon King's generosity. The Dragon King had even given Qiuqiu a gold ingot today!
Seeing that Shen Haiyan didn't believe her, Shen Baozhu suddenly got excited. She raised her right hand. "Third brother, look at my little bracelet. Brother Lin Yu gave it to me. It can break through walls. It's super powerful!"
Since they were indoors, Shen Baozhu didn't want to damage anything, so she couldn't demonstrate.
To convince her third brother, Shen Baozhu took out the ball. "The ball that saved third brother was also given by Brother Lin Yu."
Shen Haiyan was taken aback. He asked suspiciously, "That moving big iron block?"
Shen Baozhu nodded again. "Yes."
Shen Haiyan looked at the Princess Jingning and Shen Heqing. Seeing that they didn't refute, he still couldn't quite believe it.
"Oh, and the Zhenren is also super powerful! It was him who gave me the Thunder Summoning Talisman to punish father for speaking ill of mother outside!" Shen Baozhu remembered this and clenched her fists in anger. She was glad they had used the Thunder Summoning Talisman to teach her father a lesson.
Hearing the words "Thunder Summoning Talisman", Shen Haiyan finally understood why Shen Yunfeng had been struck by lightning. He said with a bit of regret, "I thought it was really the will of heaven... Wait, if it was the Thunder Summoning Talisman, can Baozhu use it a few more times?"
Qingyun Zhenren: [Yes.]
After getting a positive answer, Shen Haiyan perked up. "Then the Zhenren is really amazing!"
Shen Baozhu nodded in agreement. "I think so too!"
After showing off to her third brother, Shen Baozhu returned to her mother's arms and complained, "Mother, big brother made me cry just now."
Shen Heqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He briefly explained what had happened and mentioned the mix - up between Chen Ruxia and Chen Miaochun.
The Princess Jingning frowned. "Where did this girl come from? Did the Marquis of Yong'an believe it? Did Ruxia suffer?"
The former Marchioness of Yong'an was a good friend of the Princess Jingning. They had known each other since childhood. Later, when the Princess Jingning returned to the capital, it was she who took the Princess Jingning to banquets and helped her integrate into the circle of noble ladies.
Before she died, she was worried about her children and sent a message to the Princess Jingning, asking her to take care of them.
At that time, the Princess Jingning was pregnant with Shen Haiyan and didn't get to see her friend for the last time. This had become a regret in her heart.
To make up for this regret, the Princess Jingning often visited Chen Linchun and Chen Ruxia. She even regarded Chen Ruxia as her own daughter.
Shen Heqing was a bit surprised. He emphasized that Chen Ruxia and Chen Miaochun had been switched at birth.
But the Princess Jingning asked, "Where's the evidence? Just based on a token?"
Shen Heqing only had a vague understanding of this matter, but Shen Baozhu had heard the whole story from Qiuqiu.
She recalled Qiuqiu's words. "Sister Miaochun looks a lot like grandfather. The jade pendant on her is a family heirloom of the Marquis of Yong'an's Mansion. It was on Sister Miaochun's mother..."
The former Marchioness of Yong'an didn't give birth in the marquis's mansion. When she was about to give birth, she got angry on a whim and went on a spring outing with only one personal maid.
During the spring outing, she gave birth unexpectedly. In a panic, the maid put the jade pendant on the newborn baby girl. But when they returned to the marquis's mansion, no one could find the jade pendant, so they assumed it had been accidentally lost.
The Wang family claimed that Chen Miaochun was an adopted child, but Qiuqiu's mother had found out that Chen Miaochun's adoptive mother in the Wang family had also given birth around the same time as the former Marchioness of Yong'an.
Qiuqiu's mother suspected that the Wang family had deliberately switched the children in order to get a child - bride - in - law with no blood relation. They just didn't expect Wang Baogen to dislike Chen Miaochun for being ugly and even deliberately scar her face.
The Princess Jingning was stunned. "So Chen Miaochun looks like the old Marquis of Yong'an?"
"But Ruxia looked exactly like her mother when she was a child. You can't fake that."