He never thought that such a thing would happen in Kyoto. He looked at the two people and asked, "Who are you two?"
Yuan Qinqin and Yuan Xiangxiang were both stunned. After all, they both attended the annual banquet and even performed at the banquet, but they were not recognized by the prince. When they thought of this, they felt so humiliated.
It was Yuan Xiangxiang who stepped forward and said, "I am Yuan Xiangxiang from the Yuanhou Mansion, and this is my sister Yuan Qinqin."
The prince raised his eyebrows and said, "People from Marquis Yuan's Mansion, do you think that you can bully others just because you are from the Marquis' Mansion? Apologize for breaking the inkstone that they liked so much."
The prince couldn't do anything to the two girls. What's more, it was just a quarrel between girls. The most he could do was to apologize.
Asking them to apologize was a huge humiliation for them. Looking at Cao Suixin's expression, they were really angry.
It was because she was the princess's apprentice that she could be so close to the prince. If we talk about bullying, who is bullying now? The two of them completely forgot that what happened today was originally their own fault.
"Miss Cao, I'm sorry. I broke your favorite inkstone. Let me compensate you."
It's just fifty taels! It's not like she can't afford to pay it back. But the hatred in her heart has been formed. Isn't it because the prince is here? She doesn't believe that Cao Suixin is always protected by someone.
When Yuan Qinqin apologized, her eyes looked as if she wanted to kill Cao Suixin. Cao Suixin curled his lips and said, "Forget it, you don't have to compensate me. I haven't paid for it yet. The inkstone you broke is not mine. It belongs to someone else's shop. You can just compensate the owner."
Then he rolled his eyes at the two of them, and then looked at the prince: "Brother Xiaomu, please accompany me to choose an inkstone. I want to give an inkstone to my father as a gift. I didn't go back to spend the New Year with them, so I have to send the gift back."
The prince nodded: "Okay, let's go upstairs."
So Cao Suixin went upstairs with the prince again and picked out an inkstone. The prince wanted to help pay for it, but was rejected by Cao Suixin.
"I can do it myself. No need for Brother Xiaomu. I will pay for the things I send to my father myself."
The prince laughed and said, "That's true. Then you only buy things for your father and not for your mother?"
Cao Suixin blinked her eyes and said with a smile, "Yes, I have an entire afternoon! I can take my time shopping. I plan to buy some of Kyoto's finest rouge and powder for my mother!"
The prince looked at Cao Suixin, and in order to prevent such a thing from happening again, he said, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll accompany you. By the way, why are you alone?"
Cao Suixin looked at the prince with a smile: "They are here to accompany me. The eldest sister went back to receive the guests, and the eldest brother and the second sister went out to find something delicious."
The prince was stunned. Looking for something delicious? What? He looked at Cao Suixin with a puzzled look on his face: "They are looking for something delicious, but they don't take you with them? You are left wandering around in Kyoto alone and getting bullied."
Cao Suixin tilted his head and said, "It's not bullying. I didn't suffer any loss. I was just pretending to be pitiful. They are the ones who suffered. I didn't want to argue with them, but the senior sister said that we must not bring shame to the master's reputation."
The prince was speechless. Cao Suixin was a very naive girl. If she was suddenly sent to a place like Kyoto, she would probably suffer a lot. He had to keep a close eye on her.
"Your master's reputation has not been lost. Let's go and accompany you."
Cao Suixin did not refuse. She did not want to encounter such a thing. With the prince around, who would dare to mess with her
As for Yuan Qinqin and the other two, after being scolded by the prince, they paid fifty taels of silver to the shopkeeper and felt too embarrassed to stay.
But after they returned, they became more and more angry: "Sister, are we just going to let this matter go? I was actually bullied by an outsider, and he is from a small place. I am so angry that I am dying."
People from small places are not easy to mess with. After all, he is the apprentice of Princess Bingjian! No, I still can't swallow this anger.
"Let's go, let's go get some information and see what's so great about this Cao Suixin that he was accepted as a disciple by Princess Bingjian."
Yuan Xiangxiang said so, and Yuan Qinqin naturally listened to it. The two of them went directly to the place where the news was sold to buy the news about Cao Suixin.
Originally, not many people would collect information about a girl like Cao Suixin. But this person was related to Mu Yexiao and others, and also to people from Tianzhu Palace, so naturally someone would collect information about her.
However, the two of them went to buy, but did not get any useful information. They had to go home angrily, thinking about how to get back at their former self.
In the middle of the night, Yuan Xiangxiang was sleeping soundly when suddenly a figure appeared beside her bed and tapped her shoulders twice.
When Yuan Xiangxiang opened her eyes, she saw the black shadow. Her pupils dilated, but she did not scream. She forced herself to calm down. She saw the maid lying on the ground next to her and could not help but frowning.
"Did you kill my maid?"
The shadow shook his head: "Of course not, I just knocked him out so that we can talk more easily."
Yuan Xiangxiang was completely calm at this time: "Oh? What do you want to do with me?"
The shadow was a little surprised: "I didn't expect that you are not afraid at all? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Yuan Xiangxiang laughed twice: "Is there anyone who is not afraid of death? Of course I am afraid of death too. But you don't have the intention to kill me. If you did, I would be a corpse now, wouldn't I?"
The black shadow nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad. I like smart girls the most. It seems that I have found the right person. Didn't you go to buy information about Cao Suixin today? Why, do you want to deal with Cao Suixin?"
Yuan Xiangxiang nodded: "Yes. Are you here to deliver news about Cao Suixin?"
The black shadow nodded and said, "Yes, this is all the information about Cao Suixin. Take your time to read it. After you finish reading it, I am looking forward to your actions."
After saying that, the black shadow turned around and left. If she wasn't really interested in this little girl, she wouldn't show up. How to deal with Cao Suixin, well, it's a test for Yuan Xiangxiang.
Yuan Xiangxiang waited for a long time, and only after she was sure that there was no movement did she heave a sigh of relief. She stood up, lit the lamp, and then came to the table and began to read the information sent by the black shadow.
Cao Suixin, the daughter of the county magistrate of Shanye Town, has been called the Goddess of Fortune since she was born. She is very lucky and highly respected in Shanye Town. She led the people of Shanye Town to collect food in advance and escaped a disaster. When the plague broke out, in order to save her grandmother, she went to worship Qian Jiujiu as her master and was accepted by Qian Jiujiu.
By mistake, he destroyed the plague plan of Tianzhu Palace in Shanye Town, and later came to the place of rebellion. On the way, he protected some people and found a large number of sweet potatoes to provide food for the army. When he was in danger while rescuing Gu Qi, the sky struck the assassin with lightning, the favorite of the sky.
Each of these things seemed to be no small matter, and was her luck really that good? She didn't quite believe in things that she couldn't see or touch.
Staring at the information above in a trance, is she God's favorite? Then she would like to see how she can solve such a thing. Yuan Xiangxiang laughed and simply did not sleep. She was a little excited just thinking about it!
The next day, people in the streets and alleys were discussing one thing, that was the matter of Empress Fu. However, there were two opinions. One was that it was heard that Empress Fu was lucky and relied on her luck to help Shanye Town avoid the disaster!
The other one refuted, what good luck. Maybe this person is a spy from Tianzhu Palace! What Fu Niangniang was just created to infiltrate the enemy.
Otherwise, why would she know before the insect plague came? You know, the insect plague was started by people from Tianzhu Palace, and she must have received the news in advance.
And why did she discover the plague when no one else did? She also used this incident to become the apprentice of Princess Bingjian. The Tianzhu Palace was behind all this.
No one else knew that Gu Qi had been assassinated, but she was able to save Gu Qi. She must have received the news beforehand.
Cao Suixin relied on luck for everything, which he couldn't explain to others. But if it was Tianzhu Palace that pushed for it, then it would make sense.
On the third day, a minister started talking about this matter in the court: "Your Majesty, I recently heard about the incident of Lady Fu in Kyoto. I wonder what Your Majesty plans to do? I think we should send someone to investigate whether Cao Suixin is from Tianzhu Palace."
The emperor raised his eyebrows. These people were really stupid. I don't know who it was? Why did they fire directly at Cao Suixin
Who are Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu? How could they cheat under their noses? It is impossible for the people of Tianzhu Palace to become Qian Jiujiu's apprentice.
When Mu Yexiao heard what the censor said, he turned around and looked at him: "Censor Wu, right? How do you think we should investigate this matter?"
Censor Wu was still very courageous: "Your Highness, we should at least arrest the man and put him in jail. It won't be too late to release him after the investigation is complete."
"I know that the prince feels very angry because he was deceived, but this matter is of great importance and should be treated with caution. She is a young girl and has made many contributions."
Mu Yexiao sneered, "Yes, she has made great contributions. She led people to avoid the insect plague in advance, went to the mountains alone to find herbs for the plague, and saved the people of the whole town. Later, she found a lot of food and saved a lot of people. She is a meritorious official who has never asked for anything. But you want to put her in jail? It's a joke."
"All the merits she has accomplished, one after another, are acts of sabotaging the important affairs of Tianzhu Palace. You say she is from Tianzhu Palace?"