After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 347 An Encounter at the Princess's Mansion

"You're just hiding something!" Cen Mingzhu couldn't argue with Zhu Yixuan, so she kept repeating the same sentence, which even Cen Li thought was just being unreasonable.

He could maintain his composure in front of Zhu Yixuan, but after Cen Mingzhu's antics, he felt inferior and quickly ordered the maids and servants to take Cen Mingzhu back to rest.

He apologized to Zhu Yixuan, saying, "That girl has been spoiled by my older brother since she was a child. She's stubborn and inflexible. Don't take her seriously. Once we get to the border, with my older brother keeping an eye on her, she won't be able to cause any trouble."

Zhu Yixuan shook his head modestly, "Uncle, you don't need to explain. I understand. I really didn't know she cared so much about the Ke family. If I knew where the Ke family was, I definitely wouldn't have hidden it. She's just an insignificant woman. Why would I bother to pay attention to her? I really can't untangle her knot in my heart now."

Cen Li understood, but then pressed on, "Is there really no one who knows the whereabouts of that mistress?"

Facing Cen Li's suspicious and probing gaze, Zhu Yixuan remained calm. "Yes! The Shen family should know, otherwise Mingzhu wouldn't have come to interrogate me personally. But as you saw, the Shen family is not to be trifled with. Because of Mingzhu's outburst, Shen Yi broke off relations with me. He wouldn't even let me into the door, let alone tell me the whereabouts of the Ke family. What could I do?"

Cen Li immediately deflated. "You're right. Don't worry, I'll talk to that girl and make sure she doesn't continue to misbehave."

With Zhu Yixuan's words, Cen Mingzhu's actions seemed more like childish nonsense, not only indecent but also infuriating. Cen Li decided to have a serious talk with Cen Yingfan and not let Cen Mingzhu continue like this.

Upon receiving the message from the county government, Shen Yi immediately sent someone to inform Su Tai and Huang Xinghua's family.

Huang Xinghua felt extremely relieved and repeatedly instructed Shen Dagou, who was about to go to the capital, "Be sure to tell your sister that that wicked woman has been exiled, so that your sister can be happy."

Shen Dagou nodded repeatedly.

After finishing the spring planting season, they followed the caravan.

Once the caravan left, Shen Yi began gathering manpower to prepare for the construction of a pontoon bridge.

After a winter of saving, they have made more than 10,000 leather bags. These bags have been reprocessed and are even stronger and more durable than the original ones.

The next step was to tie these leather bags to the raft.

The damaged hull will need to be replaced, and the raft needs to be made with a hinged opening so that it can be easily replaced from the top.

These are all particular.

Shen Yi gathered all the skilled craftsmen from the surrounding villages and towns. They brainstormed and came up with many ideas, and finally came up with a segmented design that could not only flexibly replace the outer shell, but even replace the damaged wood of the bridge surface.

These all require welded iron chains.

Su Tai can find a way to protect the nets, but for such thick iron chains, it is necessary to go through the official channels, otherwise it will easily arouse suspicion from others.

The bridge construction was in full swing, and Shen Dagou and his group finally arrived in the capital.

There are many activities in the capital during spring, such as outings, flower viewing, and boating on the lake. Everywhere you look is a beautiful scene.

Infected by the joyful atmosphere, Su Chuan and his companions arrived at Xiji Shijin Shop amidst laughter and banter.

Xiao Xi had just seen off a group of girls who had come to buy snacks when she saw them, their eyes lighting up. She quickly came out to greet them, "Brother, what good stuff is it this time? Do you have any jewelry?"

Su Chuan chuckled and teased, "What? You don't like anything except jewelry?"

"No, no. It's just that the last batch of goods was so exquisite that even the princess was impressed and came to see them in person. By then, almost everything had been sold out, so where could I show them to the princess? I could only promise her again and again that I would inform her when the new batch of goods arrived so that she could choose first."

Do you think we can afford to offend those important people? Especially since we made a promise, we can't keep worrying about it! I just want to get this done quickly, so I don't lose sleep over it.

Xiao Xi spoke with a worried expression, making the other merchants envious. Upon hearing this, Su Chuan didn't dare to delay and first had Su Zhan and the others unload the valuable goods.

Xiao Xi took one look and was overjoyed. She asked Shen Dagou and the others for help to carry the things to the princess's mansion.

After learning the purpose of their visit, the gatekeeper let them enter through the side door.

Shen Dagou had been to the Marquis's residence before, so he didn't feel much about the Princess's residence. He just wanted to finish his business quickly and then go to the Yong'an Marquis's residence.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they carried the things to the backyard, they saw Shen Tian. "Second Sister! What are you doing here?"

Shen Tian happily stepped forward to greet him, "Big brother! You've arrived in the capital!"

"What is this?" Shen Dagou was happy but more confused.

Shen Tian led them to the pavilion and introduced, "Brother, this is Princess Qingfeng."

"This humble subject pays respects to the Princess." Shen Dagou and the other two bowed awkwardly.

Princess Qingfeng smiled gently, "Get up, all of you!"

Xiao Xi hurriedly said, "Princess, a batch of jewelry just arrived at the shop today, so I brought it to you first."

"It's rare that you still remember. Open it and let me see!" Princess Qingfeng slowly fanned herself with a round fan. She didn't have much expectation for the so-called beautiful jewelry. She had seen many good things since she was a child, and ordinary items were hard to catch her eye.

Shen Dagou and Song Yongnian quickly opened the box.

Xiao Xi took out the exquisite boxes one by one. The first one she opened was a set of twelve flower goddess hairpins. Whether it was plum blossom in January, apricot blossom in February, peach blossom in March, or peony in April, they were all exquisite and elegant, so beautiful that one could not take their eyes off them.

Princess Qingfeng's interest was piqued, and she said, "Bring out the others for me to see as well."

Xiao Xi dared not be negligent and opened the brocade boxes one by one. She found that there was not only one set of twelve flower goddesses, but several different designs. In addition, there were dreamy butterfly hairpins, exquisite fish tail hairpins, pretty ginkgo hairpins, elegant bamboo hairpins, and cool and noble peacock feather hairpins.

With so many beautiful things in front of her, Princess Qingfeng was in a great mood and asked Shen Tiantian to help her choose.

Shen Tian immediately took a liking to the red sparrow tail feather jade hairpin. "This one is beautiful, simple yet elegant, and inlaid with jade. It's a perfect match for the princess."

Princess Qingfeng covered her face and chuckled, "If you say it's good, then it must be good. Is there anything else?"

Following her suggestion, Shen Tian selected a butterfly jade hairpin, a jade bamboo hairpin, and a set of twelve flower goddesses.

Princess Qingfeng didn't even blink before instructing Xiaoxi to leave all those items behind, and also selected several hairpins.

Xiao Xi diligently left the items behind and put away what Princess Qingfeng had chosen.

The manager took her downstairs to settle the bill.

Seeing this, Shen Tian stood up and said, "Princess, it's getting late, I should go back and take my medicine. I'll come and bother you again another day."

"You! Come whenever you want. The gates of my Princess's residence are always open for you. Let Hongqin see you off," Princess Qingfeng said in a good mood.

Shen Tian, ​​accompanied by her maid Liu Su, bowed to Princess Qingfeng before leading Shen Da Gou and the others away.