Peach Blossom.

Wang Jing had just felt a little sleepy, but he had not fallen asleep. When he heard the shout, he suddenly became clear-headed.

He recognized that the two girls standing in front of him were the princess and the maid who had been mistakenly chased in the carriage before.

Tao Ye certainly didn't recognize these two people, but she was very dissatisfied with the way they addressed Wang Jing, and she also started to argue with them at the top of her voice: "Who are you? Who are you calling a 'Dengtuzi'?"

The stall owner came over to take back the straw hat that fell at Tao Ye's feet and asked casually, "You are a stranger, right? You don't even recognize the king's jewel in the crown, Princess Si Rong?"

Tao Ye was stunned for a moment. Could it be that all the locals should recognize this princess with a loud voice?

Several vendors nearby gathered around and offered their wares:

"Princess, I have a few more fish here, please accept them!"

"Princess, I only have one chicken left, please take it back!"

"Princess, these radishes were freshly dug today. They are so good!"

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Tao Ye was stunned. Did these people really know this princess?

The little maidservant beside Princess Si Rong took all those things.

There were also several customers who were shopping at the market and complimented her: "The princess is the living Bodhisattva of our Ailao County... Every time she gets good things, she gives them to the refugees..."

Wang Jing couldn't help but lower his head and laugh secretly. Although he didn't know much about this princess's character, just based on the fact that she drew her sword and killed someone without asking any questions yesterday, she could not be a "living Bodhisattva"!

"Thank you for your courtesy, fellow villagers..." Princess Si Rong smiled very gently, which was completely different from the way she looked when she was shouting loudly just now.

Wang Jing wondered in his heart, Princess Si Rong often gave things to refugees, so she must be referring to the refugees who were sheltered in Prince Ning’s Palace, right?

After listening to the noise of buyers and sellers at the market for a long time, it was finally Wang Jing's turn to speak.

He left the corner where he had just been squatting, took two steps forward, and bowed to Princess Si Rong: "Princess, please calm down. I really recognized the wrong person yesterday. I didn't mean to disturb you."

Everyone was overwhelmed with praise. Princess Si Rong was so praised by everyone that she even spoke like a little lamb to Wang Jing: "It turned out to be a misunderstanding... It's okay, it's okay, let's just say goodbye now!"

Princess Si Rong hurriedly called her maid: "Xiaoying, let's go back quickly!"

The sellers and buyers at the market also dispersed and continued to do their own things.

"Please stay, Princess." Wang Jing called Si Rong.

Si Rong and her maid Xiaoying turned around.

Wang Jing was very pleasant and bowed to Si Rong respectfully. "My wife and I were stranded in Yongchang because of a bad marriage. We are now penniless. I also have a foot disease and it is difficult for me to make a living. I heard that the princess took in refugees in the old Ailao royal city. I wonder if she would take me in?"

Si Rong looked Wang Jing up and down and asked, "Do you have any Huang Ji?"

Tao Ye came over to listen to what the two were saying. When she heard them asking about "Huang Ji", she was filled with questions. What is "Huang Ji"?

Wang Jing lowered his head, as if he was helpless: "Of course I have it, but I came home in a hurry and didn't bring it with me."

Si Rong smiled and acted helpless: "Alas... then I can't help! Without Huang Ji, how can I know your name and where you are from? Are you a criminal who has fled here? Or are you fleeing here? You can't just believe everything you say, right?"

Wang Jing smiled and said, "Can I get a yellow book now?"

Si Rong refused decisively: "That won't work! Huang Ji is obtained in the place of origin when one is born, how can one just apply for another one when one is in another place?"

After hearing these words, Tao Ye roughly guessed that "Huang Ji" should be equivalent to modern ID cards, household registration books, etc.?

Tao Ye didn't know whether the yellow book had been re-registered in another place, but she felt that since Princess Si Rong was the daughter of Prince Yongchang, how could she not be able to make the decision on such a small matter? She was probably looking for an excuse to shirk responsibility!

Si Rong had only met Wang Jing once before, and she even regarded Wang Jing as a "lecher". How could she easily help Wang Jing?

She appeared here today just out of curiosity.

Because horses were indeed rare in Yongchang, people passing by the market would inevitably regard the sale of horses as a rare event and tell others about it.

Si Rong heard someone say that someone was selling horses here, so she wanted to come and see who had horses to sell. Unexpectedly, it was this person?

If she hadn't been wearing the high hat of "Living Bodhisattva", she would not have paid attention to Wang Jing's request for help in front of the common people!

Wang Jing just pleaded shamelessly: "Princess, please be kind! Otherwise, my husband and I will starve to death..."

Si Rong glanced at Wang Jing again, full of disdain: "If you can ride a horse like this, you'd be so poor that you can't even afford to eat? No one would believe that!"

Wang Jing sighed and muttered half intentionally and half unintentionally: "My horse is actually borrowed. The person who lent me the horse... is the "knight" who followed your carriage yesterday."

Hearing the word "knight", Si Rong suddenly became so excited that she forgot everything else and started shouting again unconsciously: "Do you know him? Where is he?"

The people who had dispersed around couldn't help but look over here when they heard this shout.

Xiaoying tugged at Sirong's sleeve and winked at her.

Si Rong smiled awkwardly, and then suddenly turned into a docile little white rabbit, asking Wang Jing in a gentle voice: "Excuse me, big brother... the knight who lent you the horse, where does he live?"

Wang Jing smiled and returned to the corner, next to the horse.

Si Rong hurriedly followed.

Tao Ye had no idea what was going on and just stood there, listening in shock.

Wang Jing stroked the horse's hair casually: "An old horse knows the way. If you let go of the reins, it will naturally return to its original owner's place."

Si Rong showed a hint of joy on her face and walked to the horse: "How much do you want for this horse? I'll buy it from you!"

Tao Ye couldn't help but smile secretly in her heart. Now, dinner was taken care of!

Wang Jing extended two fingers to Si Rong.

Si Rong was puzzled and asked doubtfully, "Twenty taels?"

Wang Jing shook his head.

Si Rong remembered that even a top-quality horse would only be sold for eighty taels of silver at most. Could it be that the man in front of her was asking for an exorbitant amount of money?

She had no choice but to ask again: "Two hundred taels?"

Wang Jing shook his head again.

Tao Ye sighed, she thought, it's not good to try to extort money from others on their territory, right?

As expected, Princess Si Rong was a little angry: "You only have an ordinary horse, do you really want 2,000 taels?"

Wang Jing shook his head and smiled: "No! I want... two yellow books that can be taken in to Prince Ning's palace!"

Tao Ye widened her eyes.

They... seem to be able to achieve it in one step?

The princess's identity was not something she boasted about. On the morning of the second day, Wang Jing and Tao Ye obtained two yellow books that could prove that they were "refugees". Then, they were sent to the Ning Palace along with other refugees.

However, there were too many refugees living in Prince Ning's palace, far less than the sparse population outside. It seemed not easy for them to find out whether Wang Yi was among them.

Three days later, Chen Ji returned to the small courtyard he rented in Ailao.

He was exhausted and dismounted at the gate. As soon as he saw Mada, he asked, "You followed the princess, but did you find any clues?"

Ma Da replied with a folded hand: "Her daily whereabouts are either buying vegetables to give to refugees or traveling around. It's really meaningless."

"That shouldn't be the case..." Chen Ji thought, shook his head, and ordered: "Go ahead, I don't believe that Prince Yongchang asked her to come to Ailao just for these little things!"

Ma Da lowered his head: "I don't want to follow her anymore."

"Huh?" Chen Ji was a little surprised and glanced at Mada.

In his memory, Mada always obeyed orders and never asked reasons or refused any tasks.

Chen Ji was puzzled: "Why not?"

Ma Da did not answer immediately, seeming a little embarrassed.

They had already walked into the middle of the courtyard. Fang Qing saw them and hurried over to greet them: "Young Master, you don't know, the princess has long been aware that someone is following her. I'm afraid she is deliberately taking detours every day!"

Chen Ji nodded and looked at Ma Da again: "You don't want to continue tracking, is it because you have been discovered?"

Again, Mada did not answer immediately.

Fang Qing smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Young Master, you also know that there are few people in Yongchang, so it is difficult to hide when following us, and it is inevitable that we will be discovered."

Chen Ji smiled faintly and walked forward again. He saw that the doors and windows of the east wing were missing, and the door frame bricks and tiles were all burnt black.

"How did this happen?"

Fang Qing answered truthfully: "It was Miss Tao Ye who set the fire."

"Tao Ye?" Chen Ji was a little surprised: "She has been here?"

Ma Da stepped forward and replied, "Miss Tao Ye said she came to see you, so I brought her back. But she wanted to leave again. I guessed you wanted to keep her, so I took the liberty to lock her in the room. But she set fire and ran away."

"And then what? You really let her escape after setting her on fire?"

"It was the Second Young Master Wang who escaped together with her."

"Wang Jing? He's here too?" Chen Ji was even more surprised.

Motor nodded.

Chen Ji asked hurriedly: "When did it happen?"

Mada said: "It has been five or six days."

Chen Ji felt something was wrong. He had just returned from Jiankang, and he remembered that on the day he left Jiankang, Wang Jing was still in Jiankang.

He rode fast all the way, seldom resting, and even traveled at night when the weather was good. He changed horses many times along the way, which could almost be said to be traveling day and night. However, he barely got here today and was exhausted.

Wang Jing has bad legs and feet, so how could he have arrived so many days earlier than him?

There is only one possibility, that is, Wang Jing was helped by Tao Ye.

Chen Ji looked at the magic mirror he carried with him, and couldn't figure out what tool Tao Ye used to make Wang Jing so fast.

But no matter what it was, there was one thing he was sure of, that was Tao Ye had chosen to stand on Wang Jing's side.

This made him feel very angry!

Fang Qing then said to Chen Ji, "The owner of the house wants to claim one hundred taels of silver from us after seeing that the house was burned down."

"He wants one hundred taels for just this door, a window, a few bricks, and a few tiles? Is he robbing me?" Chen Ji was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger, so he shouted: "Tell him, if he asks for an exorbitant price again, I will kill him!"

Fang Qing and Ma Da were afraid to say anything when they saw Chen Ji getting angry. They were thankful that the horse robbed by Wang Jing had been returned by Princess Si Rong, otherwise they would have suffered even greater losses.

Chen Ji entered his study, closed the door, took out all the letters and memorials that he had stolen from the palace in the capital, and spread them on the desk.

Facing a table full of letters, he recalled that this trip out, smothering Xiaozong Si Yu with his own hands... It was not in his plan...

Fortunately, the eldest prince Si De has successfully ascended the throne. In order to stabilize the overall situation, Empress Dowager Meng did not continue to investigate the cause of Si Yu's death. He also returned safely to Yongchang, and she could finally breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.

He was sorting his things and thinking about what he should do next, when he vaguely heard the noisy sound of a woman shouting outside.