Your Majesty said that my life is worthless, so why are you crying when I increase my troops?

"I didn't expect you to be so good at winning people's hearts."

"Looking at the scholar's previous attitude, I'm afraid he wants to sell his life to you."

Not far away on the street, Zhao Hongying withdrew her gaze and spoke in a calm tone.

Xia Mingyuan smiled and reached out to pat her hips gently. "It's only been a short while. Have you forgotten what I reminded you?"

"What should I call you now? Do you believe I'll be punished tonight?"

"You!" Zhao Hongying's face flushed red. She turned around and glared at Xia Mingyuan angrily. After hesitating for a while, she finally called out weakly, "Husband..."

"Hey, you are so good."

Xia Mingyuan laughed loudly and pinched Zhao Hongying's cheek, "It would be even better if you could give your husband another smile."

"Such a handsome face, if you keep looking so bitter and resentful all day, you'll get wrinkles, you know?"

Zhao Hongying looked flustered, her face flushing all the way to her ears. However, she didn't dare to dodge due to Xia Mingyuan's tyranny, so she could only raise her head weakly, "Husband...should we go back?"

"No hurry, it's still early, walk around with me."

"You're a girl, why do you have to dress like a bandit all day? Aren't you afraid that people will mistake you for a bandit and capture you? Come on, your husband will take you to buy some clothes."

Xia Mingyuan pulled Zhao Hongying up without saying anything and turned to go to the West Market.

It was not until dark that the two of them returned to the princess's mansion with their bags.

At this moment, the small vendors were still squatting at the door of the princess's mansion.

Seeing Xia Mingyuan coming back, they all lowered their heads and shouted a few times nonchalantly.

"Wow, these guys are quite dedicated. They're still working overtime here so late."

"It's just that the surveillance ability is a little weak."

Xia Mingyuan sneered and walked straight towards the melon stall.

Seeing Xia Mingyuan walking towards them, the melon vendor suddenly panicked.

Resisting the urge to run, he quickly said with a smile, "Sir, would you like to buy a watermelon to try?"

"Big, sweet watermelons, just brought in from the countryside last night, guaranteed to be fresh."

As he spoke, the melon vendor avoided eyes and his body trembled slightly.

Xia Mingyuan picked up a watermelon at random, patted it gently, and looked at the watermelon vendor with a half-smile, "Are your watermelons ripe?"

The melon vendor was slightly startled, almost thinking that Xia Mingyuan had spotted him. He hurriedly said with a smile, "Sir, you are such a joke. I'm running a fruit stall, how can I possibly sell you a raw melon egg?"

"Or you can buy one and try it. I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

"I'm asking you if this melon is ripe!" Xia Mingyuan's voice suddenly rose, his eyes like knives.

Gua was already nervous, and the shouting made his legs go weak. He cried, "Master, I'm just a small businessman. Even if I had ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to deceive you."

"If this melon is not ripe, you can hit me on the head with it later, okay?"

"Okay, this is what you said."

Xia Mingyuan picked up the watermelon casually and split it in half with a fierce palm.

Unexpectedly, the center of the melon actually turned a little white.

The watermelon vendor was also a little confused. He brought a cart of watermelons here temporarily today just to show off, but he didn't sell a single one all day.

Unexpectedly, Xia Mingyuan actually picked an unripe melon.

"Fuck! How dare you play tricks on me!"

Without saying a word, Xia Mingyuan picked up the watermelon and smashed it directly on the melon vendor's head.

"Bang!"

The watermelon was torn into pieces, and the watermelon vendor was dazed and spinning around in circles.

Xia Mingyuan refused to give in. He kicked over the melon stall, sat on him and started punching and kicking him.

"Murder! Someone come quickly, murder!"

The people who were setting up stalls near the melon stall were suddenly frightened and shouted at the top of their lungs, but they were afraid of exposing their identities and did not dare to step forward to help.

The shouting immediately caused a commotion in the princess's mansion.

When the guards on duty saw Xia Mingyuan getting into a conflict with someone, they immediately rushed out of the door, surrounded him, and glared at everyone with unfriendly eyes.

"Xia Mingyuan, stop it right now!"

Just then, Xia Xue heard the noise and walked out of the princess's mansion.

As soon as he went out, he saw Xia Mingyuan punching and kicking a melon vendor, and his face turned black immediately.

"Xia Mingyuan, what are you doing? Why are you beating up ordinary people for no reason?"

"Don't think that the guards of the Princess's Mansion can defy the law. Stop it now!"

Xia Mingyuan then stopped, turned around to look at his aunt Xia Xue, and pointed at the messy melon stall on the ground.

"Aunt, these unscrupulous merchants have come to my princess's mansion to cheat and deceive people. They dare to sell me raw eggs to me. Of course I have to teach them a lesson!"

"Come here, drive them all away!"

"From today on, no one is allowed to set up a stall in front of the Princess Mansion, otherwise I will beat you up every time I see you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards of the palace rushed forward and drove away the small vendors.

Xia Xue's face turned black, but she was helpless and could only hate Xia Mingyuan.

However, without Xia Mingyuan's nod, these soldiers would not listen to her orders at all.

Even though she is the respected Princess of Daxia, it is of no use!

"Xia Mingyuan, what exactly are you going to do?"

“Why aren’t they allowed to set up stalls here?

After today, I'm afraid everyone in Hanyang City will say that I, the eldest princess, am arrogant, domineering, and overbearing! "

Xia Ming was slightly startled and pulled Xia Xue, who was full of anger, into the mansion.

"Aunt, please don't get angry. Listen to me, those people are not merchants at all. They are just spies that the county magistrate has planted in our princess's mansion."

"I didn't want to alert them, so I found an excuse to chase them away!"

Xia Xue sneered, not believing it at all: "Xia Mingyuan, stop trying to scare me here!"

"I think you are trying to sow discord between the Princess's Mansion and the County Office, ruining the reputation of the Princess's Mansion and forcing me to rely on your soldiers to stay in the Princess's Mansion as guards.

I advise you to put away your little calculations. This kind of trick is too childish in front of me!"

After saying that, Xia Xue glared at Xia Mingyuan coldly, then turned and went back to her room.

Xia Mingyuan curled his lips and was too lazy to explain to Xia Xue anymore.

Once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years. Now Xia Xue is extremely wary of me and will not believe anything I say.

Xia Mingyuan turned his head to look at Zhao Hongying, and the corners of his mouth rose: "Come on, come back to the room with me, put on the clothes I picked out for you earlier, and let me see how they look!"

A hint of shyness flashed in Zhao Hongying's beautiful eyes. She looked at Xia Mingyuan with resentment. Her legs felt as if they were filled with lead. She gritted her teeth and followed him.

At this moment, the guard standing outside the door hurriedly ran to Xia Mingyuan and bowed.

"Commander, there's a man named Sun Wenju outside who wants to see the princess. He claims to be the son of a county magistrate."

"Hmm?" Xia Mingyuan raised his eyebrows. "Damn, you came to my door so soon?"

"Let him come in and wait. I will meet him in person."