Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1154 - 1151_1

Chapter 1154: Chapter 1151_1

The Empress, hearing this, also said, "If you don’t have enough manpower, inform me or the Empress Dowager. We can dispatch more people over, don’t overwork yourself."

"Servants are indeed servants. If they are left uncontrolled for a day, they will start to act above their masters! Make sure you establish rules properly – or else, these dog servants could easily grow indomitable!" The Empress Dowager pondered and felt that her granddaughter lacked experience as a housekeeper. Although unsure who the empress had arranged to assist her, she decided to send over one of the nannies from her side to the Fifth Princess.

"I am aware, I currently have enough personnel that Empress Dowager already assigned to me. There’s no need to worry."

"If there’s anything you need help with, you must tell me, understand?"

"I understand."

The group conversed on other matters for a while, played a game of mahjong, and then had lunch.

After lunch, the Fifth Princess remained in the palace for a while before departing.

On the day of the home visit, she needed to return home as early as possible.

Xiao’er left the Imperial Palace along with the Fifth Princess.

While everyone was walking out of the palace, Xiao’er asked the Fifth Princess, "Fifth Princess, did you find the mosquito repellent spices that were delivered last time sufficient?"

"They are more than enough. Your mosquito repellent spices are very effective, Xiao’er. The maid around me told me that as soon as she put a little on, she could see the mosquitoes going crazy and rushing outside, as if they had encountered a flood beast."

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er laughed, "I’m glad it’s useful."

"Mosquitoes can sometimes transmit viruses. I also have some mosquito repellent liquid that could be applied to the skin. I will have someone deliver some to your doorstep so you won’t have to worry about mosquito bites even when you go climbing outside."

"Really? Then, I must thank Sister Xiao’er in advance. I’m making plans to visit Guanyin Temple on the first day of May – I can surely use it then."

Visiting Guanyin Temple on the first day of May? Recalling the times the Empress Dowager brought her and Du Yijin to Guanyin Temple, Xiao’er guessed why the Fifth Princess would be visiting Guanyin Temple on the first day of May.

She must be eager to have a child.

However, considering the Fifth Princess’ age, many people from modern times would have had children by now. Her anxiety was quite reasonable.

Upon hearing Xiao’er give mosquito repellent spices and liquid to the Fifth Princess but not to themselves, Gu Qiqi and Ruan Weizhen said, "Xiao’er, you’re being partial. Why does only the Fifth Princess have mosquito repellent spices and liquid, while we have none?"

"This is because the Fifth Princess asked me for it. But it did slip my mind to send some to you two. I will have someone bring you some later. The mosquito repellent liquid is absolutely safe – you can even apply it to your children. You can use it without worry."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qiqi was quite pleased, "Really? Every evening, my child gets bitten by a mosquito or two. It’s truly heart-breaking. It would be wonderful if applying the liquid could prevent mosquito bites."

"Yes, it’s my oversight from before. I didn’t think to send any to you," Xiao’er thought his oversight was negligent.

"It’s okay. Your child had just been born at that time, and you must have been busy. It’s normal to forget," Ruan Weizhen said.

"Yes, I couldn’t manage it all at the time. But everything is good now."

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The group chatted and laughed. Soon enough, they were all out of the palace gate. Then they each got into their own carriage and headed back to their manors.

Upon returning to the residence, Xiao’er instructed Yang Liu to deliver mosquito repellent spices and liquid to the Fifth Princess.

Then, Xiao’er returned to the room and wrote a letter to be delivered to Marquis Shengping’s Mansion. It asked Mrs. Liu to send someone to the Grand Scholar Mansion to propose marriage as soon as possible.

Afterwards, she entered her pocket dimension with her child. She left him in Bai Tian’s care while she got busy.

Bai Tian looked at Xiao’er plaintively, "Miss, we’ve all become your child’s nannies!"

Xiao’er patted Bai Tian’s goose head, "Good child. Once the child grows up, I’ll make them acknowledge you as godparents. Then you’ll stop being nannies!"

Godparents are essentially half-parents. They naturally need to take on the responsibility of caring for the child, Xiao’er thought to herself.

Bai Tian: Becoming the little master’s godparents? Doesn’t that put us on an equal footing with our owner? This seems like a good deal! Hmm, looking at these adorable little ones, I don’t mind caring for them a bit.

However, the four children in the cradle seemed perplexed: They didn’t want to recognize a goose as their godparent! Can’t their mother be a little more normal? Since when can animals and humans acknowledge kinship!

To avoid having to recognize the goose as their godparents, the children started crying loudly. They were adamant about not needing Bai Tian’s care.

Seeing her children crying nonstop, Xiao’er wondered if they had heard her earlier and didn’t want to acknowledge Bai Tian as their godmother.

That must be it. These children were certainly able to understand what she was saying!

With that said, Xiao’er glared at her children, "If you keep crying, I’ll have you recognize Little Huang as your godfather!"

Little Huang? The snake? No, no... that’s scary! No way!

The children wanted to burst into tears but... they didn’t dare. They could only cry silently, with tears welling up in their eyes, but they refused to let them fall.

Xiao’er felt satisfied seeing this. She gave the children a tender smile, "Those who don’t want to acknowledge godparents, be good. Wait until mommy is done with her work, and you’ll have delicious food to eat."

Delicious food? Isn’t it just milk? It’s always just milk! We’re not interested at all! But when they heard that they didn’t have to acknowledge godparents, they quickly stopped crying.

Xiao’er has planted a lot of mosquito-repellent spices and was planning to sell them at the medicine shop and supermarket. She had been hesitant to do so before because spices were already in short supply. Suddenly providing so many would raise suspicion. However, considering it’s been over a month, it was plausible to have restocked. Besides, Shangguan Xuanyi has just returned from a year-long overseas voyage with a cargo ship loaded with goods. It was the perfect opportunity to put these items up for sale.

The excuse was these spices were imported from overseas.

Xiao’er packed all the spices and, when Shangguan Xuanyi returned, put them all into his spatial ring, and he went to put them on his cargo ship.

Then, Xiao’er found and read a few books on spice production from the study room in her pocket dimension.

Xiao’er planned to build the largest spice production workshop in Nangong Country and open spice and cosmetics chain stores nationwide.

Nangong Country was a major producer of spices, and after conquering it, this advantage must be fully utilized.

Xiao’er read fast. Utilizing the timeline of her pocket dimension, she was able to finish all the available books on spice production within a day.

Spices can be used in food seasoning and skincare products.

Xiao’er was mainly focused on skincare and cosmetics; those were the areas with the most profit, even in modern times where cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries are also very profitable!

As for edible spices, the technology requirement is relatively simple. Anyone who knows the formula can make them. Moreover, the market is quite mature. Even when Xiao’er produces them, it would be primarily for her own restaurants and supermarkets and not intended for bulk production.

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