The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 282 Princess Lingxi Almost Lost Her Way

At this moment, Princess Lingxi only felt ashamed.

Being humiliated by the same person for the same reason twice in one day was the first time since she was born, not to mention that it had never happened since she came to the Zhou Dynasty.

This is intolerable! She walked out from behind the maid and slowly approached Xu Rongrong: "Princess Ping'an, don't you think you are too aggressive? At Zou Ji Cloth Shop, you used your status as the county lord to oppress the merchants. I couldn't stand it, so I said a few words on her behalf, and you have been targeting me to this extent. Aren't you afraid that I will return to the palace and report you to His Majesty?"

Although Xiao Ling'er didn't know the identity of Princess Lingxi, she knew from her words that she must be of a noble status. She subconsciously pulled Xu Rongrong's sleeve: "Sister Xu..." At worst, she just didn't want the hairpin.

Xu Rongrong patted the back of her hand to comfort her.

Then he met Princess Lingxi's gaze with a curved brow and said, "Then let's go together."

Princess Lingxi: "..."

Xu Rongrong continued, "The maidservant beside the princess looks very familiar. I seem to have seen her somewhere before... I'll ask His Majesty later to see if he can remember."

As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of Princess Lingxi and the maid beside her changed slightly.

This woman was none other than Hermione.

When Princess Lingxi first entered the palace, in order to gain a foothold in the capital as quickly as possible, she instructed Herme to seduce the prince. This led to the scene where Herme seduced the prince in the rockery at the New Year's Eve banquet.

Herme was the most skilled charmer around Princess Lingxi, so the effects were predictable. The Crown Prince, tantalized by his desire, soon found an excuse to bring her into the Eastern Palace, thus neglecting the Crown Princess.

But in the end... not long after she entered the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince was deposed...

Princess Lingxi was reluctant to see Herme become a useless chess piece, so she ordered someone to "steal" Herme out of the deposed prince's residence.

When Helme first returned, Princess Lingxi was somewhat cautious, especially after hearing that the Crown Princess had abandoned the Crown Prince in the Huangzhuang case because of her estrangement from Helme... She knew that if this matter was exposed, the Emperor and Empress would definitely not forgive her! So when she was in the palace, she would not let Helme out easily.

Now that the deposed crown prince had been renamed Prince An and moved out of the capital, there was no one in the capital who was familiar with Hermei, so she felt relieved. Today was the day to choose clothes and accessories for herself, and no one brought from the northern border had better taste than Hermei, so they had to take her out of the palace with them.

But I didn't expect...

Did Xu Rongrong really see through Helme's identity? Or was she trying to trick her? Princess Lingxi wasn't sure, so she asked tentatively, "She's my personal maid. She also danced at the New Year's Eve banquet. You've certainly seen her."

"I see." Xu Rongrong smiled, "But at the New Year's Eve banquet, this maid seemed to be quite close to His Royal Highness Prince An."

Princess Lingxi: "..."

Hermi whispered, "This servant... This servant was always by the princess's side that day and didn't see His Royal Highness Prince An. The princess... I must have seen it wrongly."

Xu Rongrong smiled without saying anything, but the more she kept silent, the more frightened Princess Lingxi felt.

Why did Xu Rongrong in front of me seem like a different person, staring at me intently?

But Princess Lingxi was someone with a guilty conscience. Upon seeing this, she threw the hairpin she had been holding onto the counter and turned around to scold the shopkeeper, "Is this all the stuff you have in your shop? I'm going to give it to the Empress, how can you afford a hairpin like this!"

The shopkeeper immediately understood what he meant: "It's my fault. We just received some new headwear and it's in the backyard wing. We haven't put it out yet. If it doesn't bother you, my lady, please move on..."

"In that case, then lead the way." Princess Lingxi said coldly.

"Please come this way, my lady..."

The shop owner led Princess Lingxi to the backyard, and there was another person in charge to serve Xu Rongrong and Xiao Linger.

Seeing Princess Lingxi's back disappear from her sight, Xiao Ling'er stuck out her tongue: "Princess? Is she the Princess Lingxi who is now living in the palace?"

Xu Rongrong smiled and nodded: "Ever since Lin Jiaoyue was deposed, there are no other princesses in our capital..."

"What a barbarian woman! She has no idea how polite she is! Sister Xu, don't you know how arrogant she was just now!" Xiao Ling'er said angrily, "My mother's birthday is coming up in a few days. She's been in a bad mood lately, so I wanted to give her a gift. I finally picked out this hairpin, but as soon as she came in, she said she liked it and insisted that I give it to her..."

"Something went wrong at her coming-of-age ceremony, and she's been fuming in the palace with nowhere to vent. Now that she can leave the palace, she naturally needs to find a place to vent her anger. I just scolded her at Zou Ji Cloth Shop, and it's gotten you into trouble." Xu Rongrong smiled and comforted Xiao Ling'er, "Don't worry about it."

Xiao Ling'er nodded. She took the hairpin in her hand and played with it for a moment before realizing, "That's not right. When I was choosing the hairpin just now, the shopkeeper said it was a new piece of jewelry and the most exquisite piece in this batch of head ornaments... Why did he just tell the princess that the new head ornaments weren't on display yet?"

Xu Rongrong tapped Xiao Ling'er's forehead. "You... the shopkeeper was just trying to put her off. She was speechless just now, and the maidservant beside her was hesitant. The shopkeeper had already seen through the trick. If he didn't find an excuse to take her away, would he have to watch this princess of Northern Frontier embarrass herself in his shop?"

"I see..." Xiao Ling'er scratched her head. The shopkeeper beside her smiled and said, "Look at how Miss Xiao loves this hairpin. I think I need to prepare a beautiful gift box to wrap it up."

Xiao Ling'er was about to nod, but she seemed to see something frightening. She quickly put the hairpin down and said to the shopkeeper, "Please keep it for me first. I'll come back tomorrow!"

After saying that, he hurriedly pulled Xu Rongrong and ran out.

The unprepared Xu Rongrong stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately Luo Shu supported her. As soon as she stood firm, Xiao Ling'er ran away.

"What happened to Miss Xiao?" Luo Shu was shocked.

Xu Rongrong lowered her voice and said, "Follow me."

Fortunately, Xiao Ling'er was just a little girl after all, and she was not fast on her feet. She took many detours along the way and was finally stopped by Xu Rongrong.

"What's wrong with you? What were you hiding from?"

When Xiao Ling'er looked up and saw that it was Xu Rongrong, her eyes immediately turned red and she opened her mouth with a tearful voice: "Sister Xu..." Then she threw herself into Xu Rongrong's arms.

Seeing this, Xu Rongrong turned around and saw a teahouse not far ahead, so she asked Luo Shu to book a private room.

The private room was filled with fragrant mist, which had a calming effect on the mind, and soon Xiao Ling'er stopped crying.

Xu Rongrong ordered her maid to fetch hot water to clean her young lady's face. After everything was done, she asked:

"What happened? You just said that Madam Xiao has been in a bad mood recently. Is it related to this matter?"