A small peasant girl's home is bare, but I have a spiritual space

The emperor said with a smile: "The results of the competition have been announced. The Sixth Prince can leave with your people. As for the Third Princess, I will find a good marriage for you."

The Sixth Prince and the Third Princess of Da Qi looked ashen, despair and sadness enveloped them. They had lost. Even though they were unwilling and reluctant, they had to lower their noble heads and kneel down to salute, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Then four guards came up carrying two boxes. The emperor ordered them to be opened, and everyone present looked at the two boxes.

Lin Yiran was no exception. The moment the box was opened, her eyes were fixed on it and could not be moved away.

One box was filled with glittering gold ingots, while the other box was more complicated, with jade ruyi, pearls, various rubies, jade, agate and other ornaments.

The viewers are dazzled and overwhelmed. Are these rewards for themselves?

The emperor's next words confirmed her inner guess, "These 5 taels of gold and this box of jewelry are rewards for Lin Yuhua, who is a meritorious official of our Daxuan Kingdom."

Everyone looked at Lin Yiran with envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes.

Lin Yiran looked at the emperor at the top with excitement. At this moment, she felt that the old emperor was inexplicably much more pleasing to the eye.

Liu Yu whispered, "Ran'er, kneel down and thank you!"

Lin Yiran finally came to her senses and immediately knelt on the ground and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

The emperor looked at Lin Yiran with a loving gaze, "Stand up."

Lin Yiran said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

She immediately stood up from the ground and stepped aside. Then two guards carried a box and placed it on the ground.

Lin Yiran guessed that the things in this box should be a reward for Zhang Qiaoshou.

After opening the lid of the box, Lin Yiran took a look at the things inside. In addition to silver ingots, there were also some jewelry and jade.

The emperor said: "This 8 taels of silver and these jewels are rewards for Zhang Qiaoshou. He is also a meritorious official of our Great Xuan State. I hope everyone can learn from them, so that our country can become more and more prosperous."

An old man, who was in his twilight years, knelt on the ground and saluted with excitement, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

"Alright, stand up." The emperor stood up first after he finished speaking. "Today's competition is over, everyone can go home."

The top leader has spoken, and Lin Yiran is very happy. She can finally leave. This place is too depressing. If it weren't for helping Liu Yu, she would not have come here.

The only consolation was the two boxes of gold and jewelry. The old emperor was quite generous in giving them away.

Liu Yu seemed to see through her inner thoughts and said with a smile: "Ran'er wants to go back."

"Yes! There are a lot of rules here. I'm a little uncomfortable with it." Lin Yiran said directly without hiding anything.

"Okay, let's go now." Liu Yu said.

Lin Yiran saw Zhang Qiaoshou passing by her and immediately stopped him, "Please wait a moment, I have something to ask you."

Zhang Qiaoshou saw that the person who stopped him was Lin Yuhua, who had won two games in a row in this competition. He was curious about his purpose in stopping him.

He smiled and said, "What do you want from me, little brother?"

"I accidentally got a well-made pipe and would like you to help me see if I can make it. If possible, I would like to cooperate with you. I need a large number of this pipe." Lin Yiran said.

"Do you have it with you? I'll help you check it now." Zhang Qiaoshou was full of curiosity about the tube that Lin Yiran mentioned.

Lin Yiran said, "This tube is quite long, and it's not convenient for me to carry it. Where does Mr. Zhang live? I'll bring it to your house later to find you."

"My home is the one with the stone lions at the door at No. 86 Hutong, Qingyang Street, or you can look for me in my shop. Your Highness knows the location of my shop." Zhang Qiaoshou said.

"Okay, then take care." Lin Yiran bowed to him.

Zhang Qiao stroked his beard and said, "I am very curious about the pipe you mentioned."

"If nothing goes wrong, you'll be able to see him tomorrow." Lin Yiran smiled mischievously.

Zhang Qiaoshou laughed, "Then I will be waiting for you in the store."

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Lin Yiran also smiled.

It was not until the old man left that Lin Yiran realized how to get his two boxes back.

She said to Liu Yu: "Brother Liu, how can I take my rewards back?"

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, someone will deliver the box to our house."

When Lin Yiran heard Liu Yu say this, her face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, but she had painted her face black so it was hardly noticeable.

"Brother Liu, I won't pay attention to you if you keep talking nonsense." Lin Yiran pouted and walked forward angrily.

Liu Yu immediately caught up with her and said, "Okay, Ran'er, I won't say anything more in the future. Don't be angry."

When the two were about to leave the palace, they were suddenly stopped by someone. Liu Yu glared at the person with displeasure.

"Sixth Prince, why are you stopping us?"

"This young Master Lin is so talented, I want him to help me see the auspicious signs for our Da Qi. It has some health problems now and hasn't eaten well for several days. I'm afraid it won't make it back to Da Qi." There was a hint of pleading in the tone of the Sixth Prince of Da Qi.

Lin Yiran looked at him with a smile, "If I help you find it, how much can you pay me?"

The Sixth Prince was stunned. He obviously did not expect Lin Yiran to ask for compensation.

But he quickly realized, "If you can cure its illness, then I will... give you a thousand taels of silver."

"Lead the way," Lin Yiran said.

When the Sixth Prince heard this, he immediately smiled and walked forward with Lin Yiran and Liu Yu. About 1000 meters outside the palace gate, there was a carriage with an iron cage parked on the side of the road.

The Sixth Prince walked to the front of the carriage and stood still, then he lifted the cloth covering the iron cage. An animal with donkey ears, goat horns, and a circle of white hair around its neck suddenly appeared in front of Lin Yiran and Liu Yu.

When Lin Yiran saw this animal, she almost couldn't help laughing out loud. Is this the auspicious sign of the Great Qi Kingdom?

Isn’t this the Chinese goral, which is known as the four-legged beast?

Lin Yiran pretended to walk to the iron cage and said, "We also have the auspicious signs of your Daqi. I once rescued a small animal that fell into a trap in the forest. It can't be said that it has nothing to do with your auspicious sign. It can only be said that it looks exactly the same. Look at its skinny appearance. It really looks like it is sick. What have you fed it recently?"

The Sixth Prince said: "Carrots, beef jerky, and some vegetable leaves."

Lin Yiran smiled and said, "This kind of animal doesn't eat meat. It likes to eat grass, young shoots, and mushrooms."

The Sixth Prince suddenly understood something and said excitedly: "So that's how it is! Then I'll have someone go buy some mushrooms on the street now."

Lin Yiran wanted to take the money and leave quickly; she didn't want to waste time here.

She actually took out a small bamboo tube from her sleeve pocket, and also took out a dozen red mushrooms that she had collected with the Lin family before.

I walked to the iron cage and opened the lid of the bamboo tube, and the smell of the spiritual spring water instantly spread out.

Animals have a keen sense of smell and can immediately capture this sweet and pleasant smell.

"Give me some drink soon, it smells so good!" The serow's eyes were full of desire for the spiritual spring water.

It kept hitting the iron cage with its horns, howling, trying to get closer to the spiritual spring water.

Others didn't understand what it meant, but Lin Yiran naturally understood what it was saying and handed the bamboo tube to it.

Then he gently touched its horn with his hand and said, "It must be hurt."

The serow nodded with a look of grievance on its face, stretched its head to the bamboo tube that Lin Yiran handed it in, and drank the spiritual spring water in the bamboo tube with its tongue sticking out.

After drinking the water in the bamboo tube, the serow still looked unsatisfied.

She gently nudged Lin Yiran's hand with her head, looking so cute and coquettish, which shocked Liu Yu and the Sixth Prince who were watching from the side.

The Sixth Prince was shocked and said, "Xiangrui is very timid and very alert. Even when I approached it, it would avoid me. I didn't expect that it would not only not reject you, but also act like a spoiled child to you. Lin Yuhua, how did you do it? Teach me."

Lin Yiran smiled awkwardly: "Maybe you like to drink the water I brought?"

"Do you still have this water? I'll buy it from you." The Sixth Prince said immediately.

"No more. It drank all the water I brought." Lin Yiran spread his hands and said.

"But these mushrooms can be given to you," Lin Yiran handed the red mushrooms in his hand to the Sixth Prince.

The Sixth Prince took it carefully and tried to feed one to the serow. The serow rolled it with its tongue and ate it with relish.

This thing is also delicious, with the same juicy taste as before.

After eating one flower, the serow raised its head and looked at the Sixth Prince with longing. Seeing this, the Sixth Prince immediately fed it another one.

They were eaten up quickly one after another.

The Sixth Prince was overjoyed to see that the dog was finally willing to eat. The problem that had been bothering him for a long time was finally solved.

He bowed to Lin Yiran with a grateful look on his face. "Thank you, brother Yuhua."

Lin Yiran saw that the Sixth Prince Yuhua had also called his younger brother, and it seemed that he was really happy.

However, Liu Yu was not happy. Although Yuhua was the pseudonym he gave to Ran'er, he still felt a little jealous when hearing it from someone else's mouth.

He said unhappily: "No need to thank me. Now we have confirmed that Yuhua is right. Hurry up and give him the banknote. We still have things to deal with. I will not accompany you any longer."

The Sixth Prince felt embarrassed for a moment. He took out two 500-tael silver notes from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Lin Yiran.

Then he said somewhat embarrassedly: "Brother Yuhua, can you give me that bamboo tube?"

Lin Yiran stuffed the bamboo tube and the lid into the Sixth Prince's hands.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," Lin Yiran knew why the Sixth Prince asked for the bamboo tube.

He must have thought that serows liked to drink water from bamboo tubes.

He wanted to follow his example and use a bamboo tube to hold water for the serow to drink.

"Sixth Prince, goodbye." Lin Yiran bowed to him.

"Your Highness, take care, Brother Yuhua." The Sixth Prince returned the salute.

Lin Yiran carefully folded the 1000 taels of silver and put it into his sleeve pocket, which he actually put into the space.

It was not until the two of them got into the carriage that Liu Yu asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

"Ran Er, why do you carry mushrooms with you?"

Lin Yiran's eyes rolled around. He just wanted to get the money and leave quickly. He forgot about this.

"On my way to the capital, I came across a few clusters of red mushrooms dried by the sun on the roadside, so I picked them and put them in my sleeve pocket. If I hadn't happened to see the auspicious one of the Sixth Prince, I would have forgotten about those mushrooms in my sleeve pocket." Lin Yiran explained.

Fortunately, what she took out were dried mushrooms. Otherwise, she wouldn't know how to explain it.

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Have you really seen an animal that is exactly the same as the auspicious animal that the Sixth Prince brought?"

Lin Yiran nodded reluctantly, "Well, when I went to the mountains to play, I rescued a similar-looking animal from a trap. After all, animals that look like that are rare. I've only seen it once."

"Then how do you know what it likes to eat?" Liu Yu asked again.

"After I rescued it, I thought it looked very special, so I followed it for a while. I saw it eating mushrooms and grass on the ground. I don't know where the Sixth Prince and his men caught that animal? We don't even know what it likes to eat. It's so stupid, no wonder it can't beat me." Lin Yiran muttered.

Liu Yu patted Lin Yiran's head lovingly. "You, Da Qi isn't that bad, right? It's just that they were unlucky to run into a clever little guy like you."

Lin Yiran laughed and said, "Hehe, of course, I am the smartest person in the world."

Liu Yu smiled and took out a small box of snacks from the compartment of the carriage.

"It's getting late. Eat some snacks first, and I'll take you to eat something delicious later."

"Okay," Lin Yiran took a piece of heart-shaped pastry and handed it to Liu Yu. "Brother Liu, let's eat together."

Liu Yu looked at Lin Yiran tenderly, "Okay, let's eat together."