Chapter 201: Are the Princess’s People Amazing?

However, after a busy life, he was already over forty years old, and his son had grown up. If his wife and daughter were unwilling to return with him, he would retire early, stay here incognito, and accompany them!

Until they were willing to return with him to acknowledge their ancestry.

“That’s a good idea. But instead of you staying, I’ll stay. However, let’s buy a house closest to them first.”

Living in the city is too far, and building a new house would take too long. The fastest way is to buy an existing one.

We can slowly find a good location to build a house later.

Shen Hanyu: “Your son will stay with Father Emperor and serve by your and Mother Empress’s side.”

The Jin Kingdom Emperor ignored him: “Get the house sorted out first!”

He would temporarily keep him by his side. Once his daughter and wife were on good terms with him, he would send him back to assist the Crown Prince in handling state affairs. After all, he was more familiar with his daughter now, the Jin Kingdom Emperor thought to himself.

“Yes!” Shen Hanyu also knew that this matter was urgent.

For the matter of buying a house, Shen Hanyu asked Shen Dong to seek Shen Nan’s help.

Shen Nan was by Xingnong’s side, so he should be familiar with the villagers of Peach Blossom Village.

Shen Dong quickly found Shen Nan.

Shen Nan was returning from another village after collecting pork.

He looked at Shen Nan, who was pulling a cart full of pork, in shock: “What are you doing? Selling pork?”

“Xingnong needs pork to make pork jerky. When did Big Brother arrive?”

Shen Dong remembered the important matter and immediately said, “Did you know Xingnong’s identity all along? Why didn’t you tell me sooner!”

It made him actually suspect the Princess was a fraud?!

He had completely offended the Princess, right?

He felt the darkest hour of his life was approaching!

Shen Nan shook his head expressionlessly: “I didn’t know before. I just thought Xingnong’s dishes were delicious. Later, when Xingnong disguised herself as a man, I thought she was the son of Master. Considering the age didn’t match, I realized she might be the Emperor’s illegitimate daughter!”

Shen Dong quickly covered his mouth: “What illegitimate daughter! The Emperor and Madam Shen have taken Heaven and Earth as their witness, used the birth jade pendant as betrothal gifts, and gone through the wedding ceremony. The Emperor is preparing for the Empress’s investiture ceremony! The Princess is the only legitimate princess of Jin Kingdom!”

In other words, all other princes were illegitimate sons and couldn’t compare to the Princess! He dared to call the Princess an illegitimate daughter!

Shen Nan pulled his hand down, his lips twitching: “Big Brother even said the Princess was a fraud before.”

Hmph, how could Xingnong, who cooks so well, be a fraud!

Shen Nan rubbed his belly. Since returning to Peach Blossom Village, he had been eating Xingnong’s cooking every day. He had gained ten jin in over a month, forcing him to desperately practice martial arts to lose weight.

Fortunately, Songbai had gained twenty jin, so his ten jin was nothing.

Shen Dong was surprised: His younger brother actually had an expression?!!!

But that wasn’t the point. The point was that he had probably left a bad impression on the Princess!

Thinking about how he was blind and had doubted the Princess was a fraud, he wanted to turn back the gears of time!

Back then, he would have worshipped the Princess like a god!

The only princess of Jin Kingdom!

The princess the Emperor had been looking forward to for half his life!

The princess all the princes had been looking forward to for over ten or twenty years!

He actually dared to offend the Princess!

It’s never too late to mend the situation. He hurriedly got down to business: “Whose house is closest to Xingnong’s? The Emperor wants to buy it.”

Shen Nan knew this. Now, he was so familiar with Peach Blossom Village that he could casually enter any house for a meal: “Li Yong’s. But Li Yong won’t sell it.”

Li Yong seemed to like Xingnong’s mother, so how could he possibly sell it?

That house was only recently bought by Li Yong. He didn’t live there before.

Shen Nan quite admired Li Yong. When hunting in the mountains, Li Yong would tell him where the prey was abundant. Two days ago, they even hunted a wild boar together, which Xingnong said she would use to make pork jerky.

That pork jerky was delicious!

At the end of the year, every household began slaughtering their pigs for the New Year. Recently, he had been going to various villages with Li Yong every day to purchase New Year pigs.

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So now the snack shop was busy making pork jerky every day.

He and Li Yong had agreed that once they finished purchasing the New Year pigs in the village, they would go up the mountain to hunt wild boars!

Pork jerky made from wild boar meat was even more delicious than that made from domestic pigs!

Before going to bed at night, he couldn’t help but eat half a jin.

Sigh, life in Peach Blossom Village with the Princess was so promising!

Shen Dong, however, felt that not selling was just a matter of not enough silver. He said, “The Emperor wants to live next door to the Princess. Give him one hundred taels. I don’t believe he won’t sell!”

Shen Nan shook his head expressionlessly, stating with certainty: “He won’t sell.”

Li Yong had been alone for so many years. As soon as Xingnong moved in, he sold the dilapidated house next door, renovated it, and moved in.

Every morning, he would go over and fill the water tank, hunt in the mountains, and give some of the processed game to Xingnong’s mother.

This clearly showed he had liked Xingnong’s mother for many years and had been waiting for her.

Moreover, Li Yong was a skilled hunter. He had even seen fox fur in his house. Being a solitary man all these years, he didn’t need to spend much silver and must have saved quite a bit. He shouldn’t be short of this one hundred taels.

Shen Dong once again felt that his younger brother’s expressionless face had a hint of unwavering determination!

What had happened these days?

However, now didn’t seem to be the time to focus on this. Getting the house the Emperor wanted was the most important thing: “I’ll give him two hundred taels. I don’t believe he won’t sell!”

Shen Nan: “You can try.”

Shen Dong: “You’ve been protecting Xingnong in Peach Blossom Village for so long, you should know him, right? Go and ask!”

Shen Nan looked at his older brother and refused expressionlessly: “This is the duty Master entrusted to Big Brother. Now I am the Princess’s person, it’s not convenient for me to intervene!”

The Princess didn’t want to return to Jin Kingdom. Well, he also felt that life in Peach Blossom Village was simply too carefree, so he only listened to the Princess!

He was a loyal subordinate!

Shen Dong: “…”

Are the Princess’s people amazing?!!!

However, the next day, Shen Dong knew that they were indeed amazing!

Because Shen Nan didn’t help buy the house, the Emperor praised him for his loyalty!

He couldn’t buy the house, and the Emperor’s face darkened, ordering him to buy the house and move in before tomorrow!

He had to go fetch water tomorrow morning!

Shen Dong chased after Li Yong: “Brother Li, three hundred taels! Three hundred taels is enough for you to buy a small courtyard in the city! With a small courtyard in the city, why worry about not finding a wife?”

“Not selling!”

“Four hundred taels! That’s the most I can offer!”

“Not selling!”

At this time, Matchmaker Zhang happened to be returning from her shift at the workshop. Hearing their conversation, she curiously asked, “Li Yong, what are you not selling? Shen Nan, what do you want to buy from Li Yong?”

Shen Nan and Shen Dong were identical twins, and they looked very much alike. Matchmaker Zhang mistook them.

Shen Dong’s eyes lit up: “I want to buy…”

The closest house to Xingnong’s was Li Yong’s, and then Matchmaker Zhang’s.