Prince! The political conspiracy is not a play, the show is real

Tao Yao took out three taels of silver from Lu Che's pocket and slapped it in front of the young lady generously, shaking the steamer for steamed buns.

"Then take all the lotus date buns on your stall."

The young lady almost dropped her jaw in shock and stood there dumbfounded. This was the first time in her life that she had seen someone spend such a large sum of money on her stall.

Tao Yao raised her hand and waved it in front of the young lady's blank eyes, and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Isn't this money enough?"

The young lady immediately came to her senses and hurriedly replied, "Enough, enough, that's definitely enough. Sir, I'll pack the buns for you right away."

After saying that, the young lady happily took out a huge sack from under the stall table, picked up the steamer, and poured hundreds of steamed buns into the sack.

Such a generous gesture immediately attracted the attention of all the small vendors within a ten-mile radius, and they all came over one by one to sell their products to Tao Yao.

A woman selling jewelry came up first and said, "Congratulations, Master Guan and Madam, on your wedding. May you live happily and forever. I have some top-quality goods from the capital. Would you like to take a look and pick out a few jade hairpins for Madam Guan?"

Before she could finish, Tao Yao interrupted her and said anxiously, "What nonsense are you talking about? Which eye of yours saw that we are a couple?"

The jewelry seller was a little annoyed by Tao Yao's harsh words. She squinted her eyes at the two of them, her face almost writing "How can you afford so much money when you're dressed so poorly?" But she forced a fawning smile for the sake of business, "Look at what you're saying, Madam. I'm a businesswoman, and I'm very good at reading people's expressions. You two are a talented couple, beautiful as he is, you look like a perfect match. Besides, only a family planning a wedding banquet would buy so many lotus date buns at once... Isn't it just to pray for a son, a child, and many children, a blessing?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Tao Yao suddenly realized the secret hidden in the lotus date bun. Her face immediately turned red with shame and she quickly retorted: "What are you talking about, have a son soon, have many children, bring happiness? Go away."

The jewelry seller was completely clueless. She thrust a hairpin into Lu Che's hand, smiled seductively, and said, "Well, I'd like to wish the official and his wife a son next year who's as plump and white as this lotus date bun!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!?" Tao Yao cursed as she snatched the hairpin from Lu Che's hand and stuffed it back. "You're a businessman, huh? You have no sense at all. Are you trying to force a sale? There's no such thing as a big fat son, or many children, and more blessings. Take your stinky hairpin and get out of here!"

After Tao Yao finished her call, the other party felt a little embarrassed, so he took back the hairpin and walked away in shame.

After this verbal exchange, many of the vendors who had gathered to watch the fun dispersed. Only a few flower vendors remained. They had seen Tao Yao's angry expression and had been tempted to go forward several times to sell flowers, but now they had lost their courage and remained timidly around, unwilling to leave.

Tao Yao and Lu Che worked together to hang a large sack filled with lotus date buns on the horse's back. Lu Che had already mounted his horse. Tao Yao looked at the timid faces of the children around him and felt a little sorry for them. She took a few buns from the sack and threw one to each of them.

"You guys go ahead. We just spent all our money on steamed buns. Since we feel sorry for you, let's use these steamed buns as our lunch today."

After Tao Yao finished speaking, she was about to mount her horse, but she suddenly felt someone gently tugging at the hem of her clothes from behind. Turning around, she saw one of the children, looking at her with tearful eyes, holding a basket full of flowers in his arms. It seemed that he had not sold a single flower and looked pitiful.

"Sister, can you buy me a flower? Please... I don't want you to buy many, just one will be enough... If I can't sell any, my father will beat me when I go back, and I won't have anything to eat..."

As the child was talking, he lifted up his sleeves. On the small part of his arm that was exposed, there were countless blue and purple bruises. It was hard to imagine what kind of beating this child who looked only five or six years old had endured.

Tao Yao's heart softened, and she fished out a few copper coins from her pocket and put them into the boy's palm, saying, "Here, you take the money. I don't want to spend it. There are customers later. You can keep it and sell it for more money."

Before he finished speaking, several other flower-selling children surrounded him and came to sell their flowers, begging Tao Yao to have mercy on them.

Tao Yao was undoubtedly filled with sympathy, but unfortunately, her wallet was tight, so she turned to Lu Che and pleaded, "Lu Che, please help them. They're so pitiful."

Lu Che, however, had a cold expression on his face and said calmly, "I don't have any money."

Tao Yao said anxiously, "Are you kidding me? You just took out sixty taels of silver without saying a word. It's just to buy a few flowers, it won't cost much."

Lu Che didn't respond, but he still jumped off his horse and walked over to her. He looked at the flower-selling children surrounding them and said, "You all look neatly dressed. You don't look like your families are so poor that they have to send their children out to sell goods. Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"

As soon as Lu Che finished speaking, the children were frightened and pale. Tao Yao nudged him gently with her elbow and said, "Lu Che, what are you talking about? They are just children. How could they have any bad intentions?"

Lu Che's expression grew even colder. He glanced at Tao Yao and said calmly, "If they're not being ordered by someone and are really just selling flowers here because they're poor, we don't have to spend money to buy their flowers just because they plead for us. We're in a hurry to get on the road, so bringing these flowers with us is useless."

Tao Yao couldn't believe Lu Che could be so cold-blooded. She scoffed at him and said, "Lu Che, regardless of whether they were being instigated or not, the fact that such young children were wandering around the streets selling goods is pitiful in itself. Besides, it's only right to help them, but to delve into this matter so deeply defeats the purpose of helping them."

Lu Che interrupted her coldly, "I don't want to help."

Tao Yao glared at him and said, "If you don't want to help, then don't." After that, she took off all the jewelry she could find and distributed it to the children, making sure that everyone got something.

Lu Che watched her take off all the jewelry on her body, which could be counted on one hand, and give them to her. He could only shake his head and sigh.

In this world, there are too many lies and tricks that she is not aware of. It is a pity that she has a pure and sincere heart, but this is also precious.

Well, she was deceived, so be it. It wouldn't be a bad thing to teach the little girl a lesson.