The Regent Princess has run away again

After returning to the room, Xue Zhiyu put the paper on the table and pondered it carefully. She took out the gel pen she had taken from the space and wrote her plan on a piece of waste paper.

After finishing writing, it was already very late. Xue Zhiyu was really sleepy this time. She looked at the full words on the paper and suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment. She put the map and paper under her pillow and shouted outside, "Xiao Qiu, prepare hot water for me to take a bath."

"Yes, ma'am."

.......

The next morning, I changed my clothes with the help of Xiaoqiu. Maybe because of what my cheap dad said yesterday, today's breakfast looked like something that people would eat.

"Miss, you don't know that the people in the kitchen no longer dare to look down on us. When I went to get breakfast, one or two cooks came over to show their courtesy," Xiao Qiu stood behind her, recalling the scene of herself getting breakfast, her face full of pride.

Hearing the little girl's chattering early in the morning, Xue Zhiyu felt both amused and helpless, and put the breakfast on the other side of the lunch box on the seat next to her.

"Yes, yes, I understand your lady. Please sit down and have breakfast. I plan to go out and do something later."

"Ah?! How can this be possible? Young lady and a servant cannot sit at the same table. This is inappropriate..."

"Just sit down when I told you to. Are you not listening to my lady? You have to accompany me to do something later. What if you can't walk and become a burden to me?" Xue Zhiyu knew that she couldn't change this concept of hierarchy in a short time. If she didn't say so, this little girl probably wouldn't eat breakfast obediently.

When Xiao Qiu heard this, she shook her head and looked at the seat next to the young lady. She hesitated for a moment, put the lunch box at the seat opposite Xue Zhiyu and then sat down. As if she was afraid that she would waste the young lady's time, she began to eat voraciously.

"You girl, take your time eating I'm not in a hurry."

After Xiaoqiu swallowed a piece of cake in her mouth, her eyes suddenly lit up as if she had thought of something. "Miss, today I heard from the maid that the master will arrange for servants to come over here to clean up, and the window will really be repaired."

Xue Zhiyu raised her eyebrows but said nothing. After all, her cheap father was very proud and would not change his words. She would wait and see when she could ask her cheap father to find a better bedroom for her mother.

"Wow... Miss, I'm full. Let's go," Xiao Qiu stuffed the last bun into her mouth and spoke incoherently as she walked over.

Xue Zhiyu then stuffed the paper under the pillow into her sleeves and nodded. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered a big problem. She turned around and looked at Xiaoqiu seriously, "Xiaoqiu, do we still have silver?"

"Miss, you forgot that the Madam hasn't given us any money for a long time. How could there be any money?"

Xue Zhiyu's face was filled with regret. Why did she forget to tell her cheap dad about this? Oh, being without money is absolutely unacceptable. Having no money means having no sense of security. The more she thought about it, the more regretful she felt. Xue Zhiyu held her forehead with her hand and her brain started to work at high speed, thinking about where to get the money.

Seeing the regretful and speechless lady in front of her, Xiao Qiu didn't quite understand why she was like this, so she continued, "But Miss, I remember you used to have the habit of saving money. Could it be that you have spent it all?"

"Yes! How could I forget it," Xue Zhiyu's mind flashed back to the fact that the original owner had the habit of saving money. According to her memory, she walked to the end and hid, put her ear to the ground, and then knocked it with her hand.

He kept groping like this, and when he knocked on one place, it was not a solid sound, but a hollow sound. Xue Zhiyu's eyes lit up, and she picked up the bricks on the ground, and sure enough, she saw a small box inside.

Xiaoqiu behind her quickly closed the door, looked outside vigilantly, and then nodded at her.

Xue Zhiyu took out the small box, feeling indescribably excited. According to the plot she had seen in TV dramas, there must be a lot of money in the box, otherwise why would the original owner have gone to so much trouble to hide it? Thinking of this, her eyes almost turned into the shape of money.

She took a few deep breaths, then slowly and solemnly opened the box. She was so nervous that she could almost hear the sound of her own heartbeat. But after completely opening the box, Xue Zhiyu's expression could be said to be very complicated.

Although there is indeed money in the box, but...what the hell are the other things? Oh my god, is this some fangirl's collection? !

Xue Zhiyu flipped through the book with disdain. Apart from the banknotes, the rest were all information about that Young Master Zhao, poems he wrote or words he mentioned, and also a small notebook. She flipped through the book and the corners of her mouth twitched. How much did the original owner love this Young Master Zhao? The words between the lines were full of admiration.

He flipped through it casually and handed all the silver to Xiaoqiu, "Help me count how many silver notes there are."

"Yes, Miss, are you going to use it? Didn't you say before that this money was for Mr. Zhao to buy the four treasures of the study?"

Xue Zhiyu's mouth twitched even more. Finally, she could only sigh helplessly and waved her hand, "Your lady is sober now. Why would you buy things for a man if you have money? You might as well keep it for yourself. Also, don't mention that Mr. Zhao in front of me anymore."

After hearing this, Xiaoqiu looked incredulous, then took the banknote with great emotion and excitement. It was clear on her face that she had finally come to her senses, and Xue Zhiyu wanted to pull the original owner out and question her.

After Xue Zhiyu finished looking through the items in the box, she stood up and rubbed her calves which were sore from squatting.

"Miss, here are eight hundred silver taels."

“Well, when you go out later, take these things out and burn them so they don’t get in the way,” Xue Zhiyu said as she pointed at the things in the box, the disgust on her face couldn’t be more obvious.

"Ah, are you really going to burn it? Miss, you have saved this for a long time, you..."

"Xiao Qiu, useless things should be thrown away. Keeping them will only be an eyesore and disgusting, so just burn them with confidence," Xue Zhiyu patted her shoulder and said seriously.

Seeing that her young lady really had no intention of staying and was even disgusted, Xiaoqiu knew that her young lady had let it go. She nodded, put the silver in a purse, then put it in her sleeve, picked up the papers in the box, hurriedly opened the door, took them out and burned them.

Xue Zhiyu nodded affirmatively at Xiaoqiu's business ability. The little girl was indeed good and her ability to get things done won her heart.

Soon, Xiao Qiu hurried back with an excited expression on her face, "Miss, just now when I went to deal with those papers, I saw someone bringing a few servants over here. I'm really happy for you that you don't have to worry about wind and rain in your bedroom anymore."

"Silly girl, Dad will definitely do what he says. Let's go."

Fortunately, she almost said it was her cheap dad. Xue Zhiyu turned around and Xiaoqiu didn't notice the flaw.

"Miss, why do you call me a little girl? We are about the same age."

"Hahaha, well, this just means that I think highly of you, so little girl is just a nickname," Xue Zhiyu started to make up stories again, and by the end she almost believed it herself.

Xiaoqiu nodded as if she understood, and didn't ask any more questions.

The two of them left the house smoothly. Xiao Qiu originally wanted to ask the coachman to pick them up, but Xue Zhiyu refused without a second thought.

It was Xue Zhiyu's first time walking around an ancient street. She couldn't describe the novelty. It was not like she had not been there before, but they were all palaces or ruins from some dynasty, and she had no chance to come into contact with such vivid ancient people.

"Selling candied haws. If it's not sweet, no money!"

"Fried cakes, freshly baked fried cakes, three cents and two pieces!"

"The book continues from the last chapter. Last time we talked about that ungrateful Li San..."

Looking at the bustling street market and the voices of storytellers coming from the teahouse, Xue Zhiyu felt an inexplicable sense of emotion.

Because it was neither early nor late, it was just breakfast time, the restaurant was already full of people, and even the bun shop outside was busy. Literati liked to sit together with other literati, and they discussed current affairs and everyday elegant things. The man who was not dressed very elegantly but exuded a sense of grandeur should be a martial artist.

"Miss, where are we going?"

"Go to Stone Street."

As soon as Xue Zhiyu finished speaking, the originally bustling street market suddenly became quiet. People looked at her one after another, looking at her like she was crazy. An old lady selling jewelry came over kindly and advised, "Girl, I think you are not a local. I have a word of advice for you. Stone Street is not a place we can go near. There are people with long-term illnesses there. It is very unlucky."

Xiao Qiu also advised, "Yes, Miss, why don't we go somewhere else? There's nothing good to see there."

"Okay, thank you for your reminder, Auntie," Xue Zhiyu nodded to the Auntie and said thank you, but her curiosity about the place became even stronger.

The lady selling jewelry thought she had heard it, and smiled even more happily, "Girl, if you want to go shopping, I can recommend you a few places. Shiguan Street, Shuyuan Street, and Baiwan Street are all good places. By the way, I also have great jewelry. Would you like to come and have a look?" As she spoke, she did not forget to recommend the jewelry in her own store, and picked up a hairpin and handed it over.

Xue Zhiyu wasn't too interested in the jewelry, so she took a quick look at it and asked Xiaoqiu to help her pay for it.

When the old lady heard this, she was very happy. It seemed that this was a big customer. He bought it without even asking the price. He must be from a wealthy family. She smiled so hard that her teeth were showing.

"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you now," the old lady wrapped the hairpin and took the silver note with one hundred taels written on it in large letters, almost drooling.

After buying the hairpin, Xiaoqiu planned to take the young lady to Shiguan Street for a stroll, but the young lady's next words almost scared her to death.

"Xiao Qiu, let's go. Our destination remains the same," he said, and then he took the lead and walked away.

Although Xiaoqiu didn't quite understand the destination, she knew it was definitely not the places that the lady had just mentioned. After a moment of hesitation, she finally followed.

"Miss, please wait for me."

........

Following the instructions on the map in her hand, Xue Zhiyu discovered that the further she walked, the fewer shops there were around her. The closer she got to Stone Street, the more almost no one lived there.

"Miss..., let's go. It's scary here," Xiao Qiu was frightened but still followed Xue Zhiyu closely.

Xue Zhiyu glanced at the little girl who was really scared, then she stopped and turned around and said, "If you are really scared, just wait here for me to come out. It's okay."

"No! I...I won't abandon you, young lady. Xiaoqiu swore to protect you. I...I'm not afraid anymore! I want to follow you in!" At the end, he nodded firmly as if to cheer himself up.

Xue Zhiyu patted her head and felt relieved. "Okay, in that case, then follow me."