Seeing that the five of them were all nervous, Gu Qingying laughed happily: "Why, you called me a heinous Rakshasa today, do you really think I am a Rakshasa? You are good at telling stories! You have deceived yourself."
One of them clasped his fists and apologized: "Please forgive me, Princess, we won't talk about it starting tomorrow."
They were somewhat worried because the other party gave them money to slander Gu Qingying, many of which they made up at random.
Gu Qingying picked up the tea cup and placed it heavily on the table. He suddenly changed his attitude and looked at the five people coldly: "Say! How could you not say it? It's not good for you to collect the money and not complete the task, but you slander me at will.
This can’t be the case.”
"What does the princess want to do?" someone among the five people asked, but the question was a bit unconfident.
Gu Qingying put her hand on the table, glanced at the five people calmly and said, "It was Mr. Cui who gave you the money, right?"
The five of them all lowered their heads and said nothing. They must not reveal information about their employer casually, otherwise who would dare to tell them stories in the future!
Gu Qingying sneered and continued: "If you don't answer, I'll take it as your acquiescence. It's a fact that you slandered my reputation. Either follow me to the government, or help me do something. We will clear both sides. You choose!"
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The five storytellers chose the second option without even thinking about it.
Who would be so stupid as to choose to go to the government!
Not only will you be punished after you go there, but the key is to delay making money.
"We choose the second option, we help you do something." What can you do if you are caught by the real owner? You can only admit defeat.
Gu Qingying smiled with satisfaction: "One of the messages Cui gave you is true. I have a bad temper and like to beat people. Gu Lian'er framed me and I beat her. Is this right?"
The five storytellers nodded repeatedly: "It should, it should."
Gu Qingying continued: "You are very brave. You don't know how much money Cui gave you to dare to slander me. Although I will definitely make peace with Li Cang, now I am still the Princess of Zhennan! You are slandering me like this.
Princess Zhennan, do you think the hair on your head is too tight?"
This question scared all five people.
All five of them received money from Cui. It should be said that all the storytellers in the imperial city received money from Cui.
They worked hard every day telling stories under the bridge and only earned dozens of pennies a day. Cui gave each of them five taels of silver as soon as he made the move. Five taels of silver was enough for them to talk for a long time.
Money-obsessed!
The five of them began to regret more or less. It was because Gu Qingying gave them too much pressure.
And they really believed that Gu Qingying could beat people up.
"It's because we are obsessed with money. Princess, we will never dare to do it again. Just tell us what you need us to do! As long as we can do it, we will try our best to do it."
Gu Qingying picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for each of the five people. She took a sip from her tea cup and said, "Don't you need materials for your storytelling? I'll provide them for you!"
When it comes to storytelling, Gu Qingying feels that she is pretty good at it.
As a result, a story about an older sister who mistakenly believed her younger sister and led a wolf into the house. Eventually, the elder sister was killed by her husband and then married her sister-in-law came out. Lu Qingying added a little bit of spice, but the story was told based on the original owner's experience.
The five storytellers were stunned. This story was even better than theirs!
Especially when they heard that my sister and her brother-in-law jointly framed her sister in order to clear her sister's obstacle, and finally took off her sister's cotton-padded jacket on a snowy day, tied her up in the snow and beat her, they were all angry.
"This is a beast!"
"You are worse than a beast. If you don't like me, you can just negotiate and divorce. Why do you want to join forces to frame and murder him?"
"Princess, we have told this story, and we will tell it in the Imperial City tomorrow."
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Gu Qingying looked at the five of them with satisfaction and said, "Just tell the story well. By the way, the man in the story will be called Ximen Qing, and the sister will be called Pan Jinlian! As for the sister, let's call her Jinglei."
She suddenly thought of "Water Margin" and was inspired for a moment.
The five storytellers promised to write it down one by one.
Gu Qingying looked at the good attitude of the five people and said: "As long as you talk nicely and I won't treat you badly, I'll leave first as it's getting late."
When I passed by the Xiangxiang Building again, I brought some food back to Tomato.
When I arrived at the gate of Zhennan Prince's Mansion, I saw Tomato walking back and forth outside the gate, looking towards the street from time to time.
Gu Qingying knew that Hongshi was waiting for her, so she ran up with a smile.
"Princess, you are finally back. The servants are all worried. Seeing that you haven't come back, they are always worried that you will be in trouble." She was afraid that Lu Qingying would feel uncomfortable after hearing the gossip outside.
Gu Qingying handed the food box to Tomato and said with a smile: "I'm not that fragile. This is dinner for you. Anyway, we are about to leave the palace, so try not to eat at the palace."
Tomato carried the food box and sweetly followed Gu Qingying into the palace.
The next day, Gu Qingying got up early, woke up Hongqing, washed herself, and left the house directly.
She wanted to go early and listen to the storytellers to see if they had a good time telling stories.
There were already many listeners waiting under the busy overpass, and Gu Qingying stood aside with Tomato.
Hongshi whispered: "Princess, what are we doing here!"
Gu Qingying lowered her voice and said: "Of course I heard that Mr. Shu tells stories! Just listen to it later. Today's story is very exciting."
While we were talking, the storyteller arrived, one of the five people from yesterday.
There was a sudden shock, and the storyteller began to speak slowly.
"Today, I want to tell you a new story. It is said that there is such a family in a city..."
When Gu Qingying heard that Mr. Storyteller was talking depressedly, she couldn't help but want to applaud Mr. Storyteller.
The more Hong Shi listened, the more she felt something was wrong, and said weakly: "Princess, why do you think this storyteller tells a story that is a bit like the prince and Gu Lian'er..."
In fact, some of the details mentioned by the storyteller are too similar to those of Gu Lian'er and the prince.
For example, Gu Lian'er flirted in front of the prince, and another example was that Gu Lian'er deliberately twisted her foot in front of the prince, and the prince helped her, etc.
She saw these with her own eyes.
Gu Qingying said cheerfully: "It's them you're talking about!"
"Ah!" Hongshi was stunned, staring at Gu Qingying in surprise, somewhat confused about the meaning of this sentence.
Gu Qingying took out a dime of broken silver and threw it on the storyteller's table.
The storyteller looked for the direction in which the money was thrown. When he saw it was Gu Qingying, he was embarrassed for a moment, but quickly returned to normal and expressed his gratitude.