After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Xiao Yuanjin felt that it was an eye-opener. He asked Yu Zizhen, "Can your father, queen, mother and concubine agree?"

Yu Zizhen smiled and gave him a piece of sizzling beef, "My father doesn't care about this little money. As for the princess, she can't control me."

Xiao Yuanjin was silent for a moment before asking: "You and your father, the queen, mother and concubine?"

Yu Zizhen shrugged, "The former has a normal relationship, while the latter has a bad relationship."

Xiao Yuanjin couldn't help frowning when he heard this. He looked at Yu Zizhen with a worried look, "Don't say this to others in the future. Whether the King of Zhenbei values ​​you or not is related to whether you can live a stable and dignified life in the capital."

After saying this, he immediately regretted, "I shouldn't have asked you."

Yu Zizhen curled his lips and smiled, "Don't worry, I am of use to the Zhenbei Palace and the Lu family now, so there is no need to worry about safety issues for the time being."

"As for the future. As the old saying goes, the mountains that support me will fall, and everyone who relies on me will run away. Instead of expecting them to treat me well, I might as well seize the time to arm myself."

Xiao Yuanjin's eyes were sad, "But you are only seven years old."

What can a seven-year-old do? He is eight years old, and he can't just be the same as he was a few years ago, huddled behind his father in fear every day, enjoying his protection and love.

Yu Zizhen held his hand and used this action to calm his anxiety and despair. She whispered: "But my enemies will not go all out to deal with me when I am seven years old."

Xiao Yuanjin was greatly shocked. His eyes widened. He clearly had a lot to say, but for a moment he didn't know which sentence he should start from.

He said "you and me..." for a long time, but could not organize his words.

Yu Zizhen patted him and said, "I will help you and we will become stronger together."

After a pause, she added: "We still have time, a lot of time."

Thinking of his restored health, Xiao Yuanjin's heart surged for a moment. He suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart and said, "But you, why are you..."

Why help him, a crippled prince who can only survive by hiding behind the puppet emperor?
Yu Zizhen answered with a crooked smile, "I told you, I've liked you since the first time I saw you. I want to see you smile, play with you, and eat a lot with you. Good stuff, read a lot of books."

Xiao Yuanjin likes all the books in the library, but doesn’t like reading story books:.
Although this reason sounds ridiculous, Yu Zizhen's expression and tone are so serious that he can't bear to doubt Yu Zizhen.

He didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, as he said himself, he was just a crippled prince who could only hide behind the puppet emperor and linger on. What could he have to be plotted against?

Xiao Yuanjin, who had tasted the warmth and coldness of human relationships but still retained an innocence, secretly made up his mind that since Yu Zizhen said that he liked him and wanted to play with him, eat delicious food and read story books with him, then he would do his best Go satisfy her.

Yu Zizhen didn't know that Xiao Yuanjin had shown signs of being obedient and extremely indulgent to her from this moment on. The two of them met and conspired quickly, and then happily finished the lunch together.

After eating, Yu Zizhen gave one of his bedrooms to Xiao Yuanjin.

She had always lived on the kang, but she had never lived in that bed once. It just so happened that Xiao Yuanjin would come over often in the future, so she simply gave up the small house-like bed to Xiao Yuanjin. "This room will be yours from now on. I haven't used the bed, nor the cabinet."

She didn't have that many things, and the valuable ones were kept in the system warehouse. The ones that were worthless and took up space were all thrown into the west wing.

Now to make a room for Xiao Yuanjin to take a nap occasionally, all she needs to do is add some more daily necessities here.

Xiao Yuanjin was a little embarrassed, "I see that many courtyards in the palace are empty. Otherwise, I'd better live in other courtyards."

Yu Zizhen shook his head, "If you live in the house next to me, I can protect you at any time. If you live far away, it won't be so convenient for me to keep an eye on you at any time."

After all, this was a prince, and he was the prince who occupied the position of the emperor's eldest son and whom the Lu family secretly wanted to get rid of quickly. Yu Zizhen could not rest assured that he would be let out of his guarding range.

The two of them took a nap in the East Room and the East Room for about an hour respectively, and then Yu Zizhen took Xiao Yuanjin out again.

This time they went to buy gifts for the emperor and the queen mother. As early as the morning, Xiao Yuanjin had already listed several alternative gifts for herself. At this time, she only needed to pick the most favorite one and buy it.

After he finished shopping, Yu Zizhen personally took him to the gate of the palace. It was not until he saw him entering the palace that Yu Zizhen turned around and got in the car and returned to Zhenbei Palace.

There was still a pile of things waiting for her to deal with at the palace. She picked out the gifts that she wanted to give to King Zhenbei and others, and gave them to Mr. Jiang to send back to the palace of Zhenbei in the north. As for the gifts she "incidentally" bought for herself and the others She had her subordinates' belongings moved directly to Lu Mingxuan in Sanjinyuan.

As she expected, although Mr. Jiang was speechless about her way of getting some benefits, but because the money she embezzled was less than one-tenth of the total price of the gifts she planned to send back to the north, Mr. Jiang In the end, he didn't bother with her about the whereabouts of the 30 taels of silver.

In order to prevent the Princess of Zhenbei from making a fuss because she once again wrote a letter to reprimand Yu Zizhen for a mere 30 taels of silver, Mr. Jiang simply recorded the 30 taels that she "incidentally" spent in the "Mid-Autumn Festival" when doing the accounting. on this item.

Yu Zizhen, who had received errand fees and work delay wages in disguise, was very satisfied with Mr. Jiang's operation. She took Yao Guang out of Zhenbei Palace again before the sun set.

She went to buy erhu and find a suitable erhu master for Xiao Yuanjin.

According to the alternative list and character introduction provided by the system, after buying the erhu, the first person Yu Zizhen went to was a spice merchant in his 40s.

This spice merchant has taken caravans to and from the Western Regions many times, and his family now has more than a dozen musicians, dancers and singers that he brought back from the Western Regions.

However, after Yu Zizhen explained her intention, the other party refused to give her a fair deal. Instead, she insisted on giving Yu Zizhen all the best musicians, dancers, singers, and a large number of new gadgets he brought back from the Western Regions for free.

A businessman who values ​​profits and gives things away for free is naturally not just for a loss-making business. He is so enthusiastic and generous just to use this matter to get attached to Yu Zizhen, a top powerful person who he usually has no contact with.

However, he is shrewd, but Yu Zizhen is not stupid. Although she loves money, she will not be greedy for any advantage.

With all the calculation and greed in this spice merchant's eyes, Yu Zizhen would not give him any reason to get involved with Zhenbei Palace and herself.