Chapter 122: It turns out to be doing superfluous things
"You brat, you're just so small and big. I won't buy it. I'll wait until Uncle An comes back to buy it!" Yan Ruocheng said displeasedly, looking at him with disdain.
"Aunt, I'm telling you, stop being so stingy. You won't give me even a mere thousand, three hundred taels. I saw you with that eldest prince yesterday, and you can make a lot of money around him, right?
." An You sat down and said slowly and carefully.
"How did you know that I came with the eldest prince?" She glanced at him and asked,
"When you got off the carriage, the officials made a fuss in the city to receive you a few days ago. The day before yesterday, I happened to see you getting off the carriage at the end of the street. So don't be so stingy and pretend to be in front of me.
I'm poor." An You poured herself a cup of tea and explained while drinking.
"You brat, it's true. You're young and you're so scheming. Now that you know I'm here with the eldest prince, you're not afraid that I'll go back and accuse you of selling it at a high price and hindering my work. Let the eldest prince send someone to arrest you and punish you."
She said mischievously.
"Hahaha... You are scaring a ghost. It's better not to tell me these lies to children. Auntie, you are so old and still so childish. If you tell the eldest prince, you don't have to be alone.
I came here alone to buy medicinal materials." He was not afraid at all, but said proudly.
Yan Ruozhen couldn't defeat this scheming brat, and was depressed and helpless. Seeing him dressed in women's clothing, she asked curiously: "Little Youzi, why do you dress like this?"
"Auntie, don't call me Little Yuzi anymore, it's quite weird."
"If you don't call me aunt, if you want to call me sister Ruocheng, I can call you Xiaoyou."
"I really don't understand that you women refuse to acknowledge someone even at your age and insist on being called sister. Doesn't calling you aunty sound quite friendly?" An You said in a twist.
"Little grapefruit, little grapefruit, little grapefruit, little grapefruit..." Yan Ruocheng scolded him deliberately, until he was scared.
"Okay, that's enough. I'll just call you sister. Don't call me like that." An You said boringly.
"You haven't told me yet why you wear women's clothing?" she asked again.
"I think it looks good dressed like this. I know what you want to say. You think I'm weird." He said nonchalantly, feeling that it was normal for others to treat him like this.
"I thought you were dressed like this to attract robbers, hahaha... you look like a beautiful girl." Yan Ruozhen said jokingly, after all, everyone has a hobby, so she naturally doesn't like it.
No matter what you do, life is your own business. Just live how you love and live happily.
"It's true that a few flower pickers were eyeing me, hehe, but they were frightened by me and ran away." An You said with a smile.
"Actually, why are there so many flower-picking thieves here?" She inquired. Asking Huang Fengmo couldn't explain it clearly, so it would be best to ask the locals.
"How can this not be too much? There are hot spring pools all around. People here love to bathe in hot springs all year round. Most of them are young girls. They are all as beautiful as flowers. Naturally, they attract so many people.
He's pretending to be a flower-picking thief." He shook the cup in his hand and explained.
"I really don't understand. If people in the city took more precautions, they wouldn't have to bother the Yamen to arrest people." She said in confusion.
"You are old and ugly. Of course you don't understand the comparisons among young girls. In fact, the girls in the city really hope that the flower pickers will come. If they are targeted by the flower pickers, it means that the girl is very beautiful.
A little red in the flower." He said as if he was in it.
"Listen to what you said, people in the city are not afraid of flower pickers at all, so why do they need the Yamen to arrest them?"
"It's just that the yamen has nothing to do, so I just find things to do by myself."
"Then I have to go back and report. You can buy the medicinal materials later. When Uncle Amber comes back, tell him that I have been here before. The sesame cakes and sake are all to honor him. Okay, let's stop talking today. Tomorrow
I'll come again."
Yan Ruozhen planned to go back and talk to Huang Fengmo about the situation and discuss countermeasures again.
"Okay, the price will not be lowered tomorrow. Remember to bring enough 1,300 taels of silver to buy it. Walk slowly, Sister Ruocheng!" An You sent her out and reminded her again.
"Okay! Stingy." She mumbled and left.
On the way back, there were several shops specializing in girls' clothing. She stopped by and bought a new style of bellyband and one or two pieces of well-fitting clothes.
Returning to the mansion, she looked for Huang Fengmo to tell him the relevant situation. Unexpectedly, the officials didn't know where they had picked him up, so she had to wait inside alone.
She was feeling a little bored while waiting, the cool breeze was blowing, and the surroundings were very quiet. She wanted to take a bath in the hot springs more and more. She happened to have bought a new bellyband and wanted to try it on for size.
I guess these flower-picking thieves will not come randomly during the day.
So, she quietly slipped into the Huang Feng Mo hot spring. She quickly took off her clothes and soaked comfortably in the hot spring pool.
There was still some time before lunch, so she could take a leisurely bath. The privet tree next to her was blooming with lush white flowers, and petals were scattered in pieces.
As the steam rose, the fake birthmark on her face gradually faded away, returning to her original beauty.
Suddenly, a man blew a whistle.
A small stone whirled over from somewhere, hit the water, and floated a few times until it was in front of her.
Yan Ruozhen looked warily in the direction where the small stone was flying, and the sunlight shone on the figure.
"Oh, it turns out you are also a beauty. I almost missed it." Last night's flower picker crossed his arms and walked over slowly.
"You! What are you doing here during the day? Believe it or not, I'm going to call someone!" She quickly took a few steps back in the hot spring and said in warning.
"I haven't even walked through this place. This is where I often rest. When you didn't come, this mansion was vacant. I stayed here temporarily. Hey, little beauty, why are you pretending to be an ugly girl on purpose?
?" He squatted down, looked at her, and asked curiously.
"It's none of your business. I can pretend to be ugly if I like. It's not your turn to take care of it." Yan Ruozhen said with a straight face.
"Who said I should care about you? Let me guess. You are probably pretending to be ugly because you are afraid that the man in the wheelchair last night would target you. Am I right?" He analyzed it and said confidently.
explain.
Yan Ruozhen didn't bother to pay attention to him, and slowly moved to where the clothes were, intending to get them.
How could the flower-picking thief let her slip away so easily? Then he hit her clothes with a flying stone and flew one meter away, leaving only a new bellyband.
Yan Ruocheng was afraid that he would see her newly bought bellyband, so she couldn't wait to reach out to cover it. However, she was not fast enough for him. There was some mechanism hook on his wrist. As soon as the hook stretched out, she grabbed her bellyband and caught it.
In his hands.
"Huh? It's new, and it's the latest model. Yesterday, I remember someone said that it doesn't matter if the bellyband is old or worn out, but now I'm buying a new model." He said in a weird voice.
"..." Yan Ruocheng was so embarrassed that he immediately found a hole to crawl into, laughing at his insinuations.
"You don't have to be ashamed, just buy a new one. I'll hang it here so I won't disturb you. I have somewhere to go, hero." After he finished speaking, he left without a trace.
.
Yan Ruocheng felt that this flower picker was quite strange. Although it was the first time she met him, generally speaking, these flower pickers were all very naughty, but this one only cared about his bellyband. He didn't have such a good opportunity just now.
What to do to her.
I don't know if it's because she's not attractive, or because he's a gentleman.
At dusk, Huang Feng Mo Lai came back drunk.
The guards pushed him into the side room and left the rest to Yan Ruocheng alone.
"Your Highness, you have a wound on your foot. You are so drunk. Be careful of alcohol getting into the wound." She wrung out the towel and applied it on his forehead.
"Let's socialize, we can't do it without drinking..." Huang Fengmo closed his eyes so tiredly that he said calmly.
"Today, I went to buy medicinal materials and found out that the people here don't particularly hate flower pickers. Instead, they think that the arrival of flower pickers proves that the girls in our family are very good-looking and they are competing with each other. In fact, we are here.
Isn't it a bit redundant to deal with the flower-picking thieves?" She roughly told what she knew today.
"It's superfluous. I came here even if I didn't come. Just take a relaxing bath in the hot springs." After hearing this, Huang Fengmo was not curious at all. Instead, he answered very naturally as if he already knew about it.
"Your Highness, did you know this all along?" She shook his arm and asked.
Huang Fengmo held her little hand in his hand, kissed it, and said softly: "I knew this early in the morning. I was afraid that you would be too idle here, so I sent you to do some superficial work. You won't blame me, right?"
"It's weird. I walked all over the streets and alleys today to find medicinal materials. I'm tired from all the walking." She said a little coquettishly. As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that her words were a bit ambiguous.
When she realized it, it was already too late. Huang Fengmo vigorously pulled her into his arms, hugged her, kissed her forehead, and asked dotingly: "When you went to buy medicinal materials, didn't you meet her?"
Did you see some suspicious person? You walked too fast, even if I wanted to send someone to follow you."
"No, it's just..." She hesitated for a moment, whether she should tell him that this mansion was a temporary residence for a flower picker.
"Just what? Huh?" Huang Fengmo stared at her, waiting for her to finish her words.
"It's just Your Highness, can you let me go? It's not good to hold me like this." She thought about it and decided not to say anything. She always felt that she would meet this flower picker tomorrow and she needed to ask him something. For the time being,
Don't scare the snake away.
"I'm tired, let me hug you, Ruoqi..." Huang Fengmo coquettishly buried his head in her body and said tiredly.
"If you are tired, let me help you to the bed to rest. Where can you sit comfortably like this?" She pushed him helplessly and said.
"No, you ran away when we got to the bed. I just held you like this..."
"Your Highness..."
After letting him hug her like this for an unknown amount of time, she felt that his body sank, and he must have fallen asleep. Then she slowly got off him.