The whole family, including the dog, is a villain.

Jun Huanzhi stroked the pearls on his robe, his eyes gentle and affectionate, as if he was looking at his lover.

At this moment, Si Xi suddenly ran over and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, it's not good. Shi Jin is back."

"Why is he here again?"

Jun Huanzhi quickly closed the box, locked it, and then pushed the box under the bed.

"Stop hiding."

A voice sounded from behind Jun Huanzhi: "I saw it all."

next second.

The box was pulled out by him, and the baby-faced boy unlocked it in a few moves. Pearls, jades, and agates sparkled with glittering light. He was shocked for a long time, and said with a smile: "Master, it seems that your beating was not in vain."

"so rude!"

Jun Huanzhi tapped the baby-faced boy on the head, and then said helplessly: "At least leave some for me."

"Definitely next time."

The baby-faced boy took the entire box away.

"Ten pounds!"

Jun Huanzhi reached out to grab it, and reluctantly said, "I haven't warmed it up yet!"

"Master, can you please have a clear understanding of yourself?"

Shi Jin didn't give Jun Huanzhi any face at all and rolled his eyes: "You and I are master and servant in name, but in reality we are the relationship between debtor and creditor."

Jun Huanzhi took a deep breath and said, "Get out of here right now before I regret it."

"Got it!"

Shi Jin ran away with the box in his arms, smiling.

Jun Huanzhi sighed, building up power really costs money.

Before he could feel sad for long, he heard a voice coming from outside the door: "The Queen Mother has arrived!"

Jun Huanzhi quickly collected his thoughts and bowed: "I pay my respects to the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be well."

"No need to be polite."

The Queen Mother helped Jun Huanzhi up and looked at him carefully for a long time. A faint smile hung on her slightly old face: "It seems that my son is living well in the Princess's Mansion."

"The princess... has treated the child quite well."

Jun Huanzhi helped the Queen Mother sit down, and the mother and son chatted about family matters.

With the mentality of only reporting good news and not bad news, Jun Huanzhi skipped over the fact that he was injured and emphasized how well he was living in the princess's mansion. He had four meals a day, drank cloud mist tea, and had exquisite fruits and pastries. He lived in the princess's courtyard, and the princess even made him new clothes.

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother nodded repeatedly: "You and the Princess sleep in the same room?"

"how is this possible?"

Except for the first night when he slept in Jiang Chutang's room, after Si Xi came back from the palace to take care of him, he moved directly to the wing room and returned the room to Jiang Chutang.

"Why is it impossible?"

The Queen Mother looked gossipy: "Mother heard that the princess dismissed those concubines for my son."

Jun Huanzhi did not expect that the rumor would spread to Shoukang Palace.

What’s even more outrageous is that the Queen Mother seemed to believe it.

"Mother, you think too much."

Jun Huanzhi said calmly, "It's obvious that the princess is tired of those concubines, so she drove them out of the house. It has nothing to do with the child."

"Why is it irrelevant?"

The Queen Mother said angrily, "The Princess's Mansion is now without those corrupt lovers. The Princess has no one around her now. This is a great opportunity for you to take advantage of the situation. As long as you lower yourself and coax her into marrying you, and then you become the son-in-law of the Duke of Zhenguo, won't the Duke of Zhenguo help you?"

"Mother!"

Jun Huanzhi was somewhat helpless: "You are so naive."

"How do you talk to the Queen Mother?"

The Queen Mother glared at Jun Huanzhi and said, "My son is good-looking and young, there is no reason for the princess not to like him."

At this point, she said unhappily: "As a man, can't you take the initiative?"

"You know how much Jiang Chutang hates children!"

Jun Huanzhi didn't know why, but every time he talked to his mother about family matters, she would bring up the topic of his marriage to Jiang Chutang.

Obviously Jiang Chutang is such a bad person that an ordinary family might not accept such a daughter-in-law, but she caught the queen mother's eye.

What Jun Huan didn't know was that this is one of the common plot tropes in novels - the fiancée that the male protagonist doesn't like is perfect in every way in the eyes of her biological mother, who presses for marriage every day and wishes the male protagonist would marry her immediately.

"That was before, not now."

The Queen Mother said confidently: "If the princess didn't like you, would you have four meals a day and wear new clothes? As for the cloud tea, eight taels are produced annually, and now it has all gone to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. When the Queen Mother was the most favored, she didn't even drink a sip!"

"She feels guilty towards me."

Who knew that the Queen Mother said: "Why don't you strike while the iron is hot and get married as soon as possible while she feels guilty about you!"

"Mother, I don't like Jiang Chutang."

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother said earnestly, "My Queen Mother asks you, which is more important, love or the throne? Do you still want this position?"

Jun Huanzhi was unusually silent.

"The princess is a good child. Although she did have many lovers in the past, she has now turned over a new leaf. No one is perfect. Can't you give her a chance?"

The Queen Mother continued, "I believe that as long as you marry the princess, you will be able to live a good life."

"Mother, I will tell you one last time. If I have to choose between death and marrying Jiang Chutang, I would rather die than marry Jiang Chutang!"

Jun Huanzhi's words were so powerful.

"If my son really doesn't like the princess, your mother won't force you, but you are already nineteen years old this year, and you will be an adult in a few months. You haven't started a family, you haven't established a career, and you have accomplished nothing. What on earth are you thinking?"

The Queen Mother had no idea what her son was thinking. She sighed and said, "If you don't marry the princess, the Duke of Zhenguo will not let you rule the country."

"The kid knows what's going on."

"You always say the same thing. What do you think?"

The Queen Mother was so angry at Jun Huanzhi that she just left in anger.

After returning to Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager sent someone to deliver the autumn clothes she had made for Jiang Chutang to the Princess's Mansion.

Her son is a blockhead, so if he wants a daughter-in-law, she, as the mother-in-law, has to step in person.

****

Tuk-tuk-tuk.

Jun Huanzhi lifted the floorboards and a baby face popped out.

He was a little surprised: "It's all spent so quickly?"

Shi Jin did not answer, but took out a chicken leg and said, "Your Majesty, you have been eating bran and vegetables every day in the palace these days. You must not be used to it, right?"

Jun Huanzhi took the chicken leg and started to eat it without any rebuttal.

From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.

These days he missed the meals at the Princess's Mansion every day.

He had a poor appetite, even his food intake had decreased, and his face looked pale.

Now that I have finally tasted the meat, I naturally cherish it even more.

When Jun Huanzhi had gnawed a chicken leg until only the bones were left, he heard Shi Jin gloatingly say, "Your Majesty, you should go to work."