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"There is no solid evidence at the moment, and I am just guessing. If you think about it carefully, she is probably the only one who has the courage to target our silk shop like this." I thought to myself.

Lei Lei asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Could it be done by a colleague?"

"It's possible that they are traveling together, but who would send a beautiful girl with a sweet voice to instruct the porters to do such a thing? Is it to be more convincing?... This doesn't make sense~" I said, looking at Lei Lei.

"Yeah, hey, if it was really done by this little green tea, it's too stupid."

"Alas, there is no shortage of love-brained people in any era. It's a pity that she was so wronged. The prince couldn't even remember who she was at first..." I looked at Lei Lei helplessly and sighed deeply.

I slapped my forehead suddenly and cursed in my heart, it was all because of this person's fuss that I forgot my mission to come to the silk shop today.

"Shopkeeper Xu, isn't Uncle Li here today? We were having so much fun just now but he didn't even come out to see us!" I quickly walked over to ask the shopkeeper.

"Ah, Uncle Li is taking a rest today as he was too busy in the past few days. But his apprentices are very good and can help with the business of the store." The shopkeeper replied with a smile.

"Tomorrow, I will tell him in detail what happened today. He will definitely regret not being able to watch this good show because he had a day off today!" he said with a big laugh.

"Hahahaha, yes, Uncle Li must regret it!" I also laughed out loud.

"Princess, is there anything you need from Uncle Li?" Shopkeeper Xu continued to ask me with a smile.

"Oh, it's like this. The prince will send someone to deliver a tiger skin later. When the time comes, please help me make a cloak for the prince. It will be perfect for winter. Mainly because my craftsmanship is not good enough... Hahahaha, otherwise I won't trouble Uncle Li..." I scratched my head with a red face.

"Hahaha, okay, I'll tell Uncle Li when he gets here. Making a cloak isn't a difficult task for him. We're all family, why are you being so polite?"

"Hey, please tell Uncle Li, Miss Ling'er and I will take our leave first!" I turned around and waved to Lei Lei.

"Okay, okay. Take care, both of you~" The shopkeeper stood at the door and saw us off with a smile on his face.

A few steps out of the store, I caught a glimpse of a pink skirt flashing faintly in the corner of the alley on the right.

When I turned my head to look, the woman hurriedly turned and left, followed closely by a person dressed in maid's clothes.

I pulled Leilei next to me and said, "Look, it's that little green tea!"

"Wow, she's dressed so ostentatiously... Doesn't she know that she has to be low-key when doing bad things?" Lei Lei exclaimed.

"I guess she didn't expect me to show up in the silk shop today. When the porter was making trouble in our shop just now, she might have been eavesdropping outside!" I looked at the master and servant walking forward stealthily with their backs to us.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that she had been holding it in for so many days and finally came up with a trick, but she actually met you ~ What bad luck~" Lei Lei said with a smile.

"Haha, now that we know it's her, it's easy to deal with. Don't come back and wrongly accuse others. Come on, let's go home and have dinner." I held Leilei's arm affectionately and walked towards the palace.

Not long after we walked, we saw four people in guard uniforms approaching us. They saluted us and one of them said to Lei Lei, "Miss Zhao, the Prime Minister asks you to return home."

In an instant, I felt Leilei's body suddenly stiffen.

"Miss Zhao is currently a guest at my residence. She is my guest. How dare the Prime Minister's Mansion be so arrogant that they dare to demand her help in the street?" My face darkened, and I stared at the man and said seriously.

"Reporting to the princess, the prime minister is worried that Miss Zhao will be inconvenienced in the palace, so he sent me to take Miss Zhao back to the palace."

Although the guard did not stand up, he just lowered his head slightly when answering, but there was no humility in his tone.

"Then go back and tell your Prime Minister that this princess and Miss Zhao get along very well, just like old friends, and that she has not caused any disturbance to this princess. Moreover, it was my father and mother who asked her to go back with me to teach me how to dance! If the Prime Minister wants someone, go find my father and mother. We are going back to the palace now, please get out of my way!" At the end, I deliberately raised my voice. I just wanted to deliberately bring up the emperor and the queen to suppress their arrogance and let them know their own weight.

My sharp rebuttal left the guard dumbfounded and speechless. He could only stare at me blankly.

Seeing this, I snorted complacently, then took Leilei's hand and strode away without looking back.

Soon we arrived at the gate of the palace. As soon as I arrived at the gate, I saw a young woman kneeling on the ground, with a wooden sign in front of her, which read "Selling myself to bury my father". The woman looked haggard, and her eyes revealed endless sadness and despair, which made people feel pity.

I approached her, squatted down, and tried to communicate with her. She raised her head, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then tears welled up. She choked and told me that her father died of illness, and her family was too poor to afford the funeral expenses, so she could only raise funds in this way.

I felt mixed emotions, both sympathy and helplessness. I knew that in this world, many people had to make choices in order to survive. I patted her shoulder gently, comforted her not to be too sad, and then took out some silver and placed it in front of her.

She burst into tears and thanked him repeatedly with a choked voice: "Thank you very much, benefactor! May I ask your name and where your residence is? After I bury my father properly, I will go there to serve you and be your slave to repay your kindness!"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but look back at her father's body lying quietly behind her, covered with a white cloth.

I gently waved my hand and said, "Don't do that. This money is enough for you to bury your father properly and to make a living."

However, she refused to accept it and firmly stated that she must repay this kindness. "Absolutely not. I have depended on my father for many years. Now my father has passed away suddenly. I am the only one left in the world!"

Seeing that I was silent, she raised her head and stared at me. At this moment, my eyes were focused on her father.

Seeing this, she cried even more miserably and was heartbroken. She rushed to her father, hugged him tightly, and cried, "Daddy! Why did you leave in such a hurry? Did you really abandon your daughter? How can I live alone after you are gone..." Her cry was so sad and moving that it moved everyone.

"What's wrong with you?" Leilei gently tugged at my sleeve.

I tilted my head and said to Lei Lei seriously, "I don't know if you've noticed, but I have a strange habit when watching TV shows or movies. If someone dies in the plot, I like to stare at the actor who died, wanting to see if his performance in the last close-up or long shot was professional."

Lei Lei suddenly realized what I said: "Do you think this actor is professional?"

"Actually, they are quite professional. They don't move at all, as if they are really dead. But they must have been waiting for us here for a while..." Leilei and I whispered in low voices.

After all, which actor wouldn’t immediately stand up, pack up and leave after filming a scene?

But the actress in front of us was really unlucky. I don't know how long she had been playing the corpse on the roadside. She had to hold her breath when she heard us talking. It was really pitiful and ridiculous!

At this moment, many passers-by had gathered around us to watch the fun, and they all expressed their sympathy and pity for the poor woman who was kneeling on the ground and crying.

"Look at this young lady. She is obviously a kind-hearted person. Why not take her back home directly? Such a weak girl, lonely and helpless, might fall into the hands of bad guys!" someone suggested.

"Oh, it's really pitiful~" another person sighed in agreement.

"That's right. Besides, this young lady is very generous and wears bright and beautiful clothes. She must be either rich or noble. It would be a good thing if we could let her stay in the mansion to work." Another person interrupted.

I looked up at the people who were talking and saw them rolling their eyes. What did they mean? Moral kidnapping?

"In that case, I will do my best to the end!" I turned to look at Lei Lei and said, "Miss Ling'er, please go back to the mansion and find a few servants. After we bury this girl's father, we will bring her back to the mansion."

Lei Lei nodded and said, "Yes, sir. I'll go right away." After that, she turned around and rushed towards the palace.

I almost laughed out loud as I watched her running away. This was also because I was addicted to acting.

During the trip, Lei Lei couldn't help but whisper to herself: "Oh my, today is so exciting!"

At this moment, the girl who wanted to sell herself to bury her father heard that we were willing to help her bury her father. She stopped crying instantly, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed to me, saying: "Thank you for your kindness, young lady. I really don't dare to bother you. I am willing to bury my father by myself."

Seeing this, passers-by shook their heads and sighed, talking at once: "Oh my, this silly girl, how can she handle this matter properly by herself? It should be this kind-hearted young lady who can help!"

"That's right. It's always better to have someone to help you than to face funeral matters alone!"

"That's right, don't worry, my house is nearby and someone will come to help soon. Don't worry." I comforted her softly while lowering my head to look at her tenderly.

Then he raised his head and said loudly to the people watching the excitement: "Neighbors, my servants will come soon to help this girl deal with her father's funeral. But I don't know exactly how many people will come. If there are not enough people, I hope that the neighbors present can wait a while before leaving if they don't have anything urgent, and then everyone can lend a hand."

"I know very well that the fact that we can meet here shows that we all have a kind heart. It's just that I extended a helping hand a little earlier than you did! I believe that if I hadn't happened to be here today, all the kind-hearted people here would have handled this matter properly! I am really proud to have such warm and hospitable neighbors!" Having said that, I deliberately pretended to be so moved that I was about to cry, and covered my face with my sleeves to wipe away the non-existent tears.

All I heard was the crowd of onlookers echoing, "Ah! To be honest with you, we are just a little late."

"Yes, yes, if you were not here, with our concerted efforts and money, we could have buried the girl's father!"

"Hey, we are all miserable people, so we should help each other when we encounter difficulties! So, if there are not enough servants in your family later, we strong and powerful people will definitely lend a hand!"

I listened to them one by one, slowly put down my sleeves to wipe my tears, and expressed my gratitude to them: "Oh, thank you so much to all the kind people~"

Then, I glanced at the girl out of the corner of my eye. She was no longer kneeling upright but sitting down on the ground. I guessed that she knew there was no way to save the situation.

"Oh, look at this girl. She is so moved that she doesn't know what to do." I said as I bent down and looked at her.

People around him started talking about it, and one said, "It must be because he lost his father so suddenly that he couldn't calm down right away."

Someone else comforted her: "Don't be too sad, there are still many days to come. Isn't this a new hope?"

I immediately asked, "I haven't asked for your name yet. When you come back with me, what should I call you?"

Her expression became increasingly serious, and then she knelt upright and replied, "My name is Shen Xiangning."

"Okay, I'll call you Ning'er from now on. I will definitely treat you well when you come to my house!" I said to her softly with a gentle smile on my face.

Just then, a noisy sound of footsteps came from a distance, and I thought to myself: It must be the person shaking the ball coming~

So I turned around and saw Seventeen leading about eight or nine people walking towards us quickly.

"Princess!" Seventeen and several others bowed to me together.

At the same time, a discussion immediately broke out around them:

"Ah! It's Princess Rui!"

"Princess Rui is truly kind-hearted. A person of such noble status would actually personally help this little girl!"

Hearing these voices, I turned my head and said to the neighbors beside me: "In fact, I seldom go out of the house. It is a rare fate to meet Miss Ning'er today. Just like what the young man said just now, I will help if I can."

"Oh, Princess, you are such a kind-hearted person!" the neighbors exclaimed in admiration.

Another neighbor said, "The princess has enough manpower, so she shouldn't need us anymore. So... we'll take our leave~"

"Well! OK~ Thank you all the neighbors today. We have enough manpower now, so everyone can go back and do your own things! Leave Miss Ning'er's matter to me, please rest assured!" I raised my hand and saluted to the neighbors.