Although Chu Nianhe was very moved, what she encountered was too dangerous. If she told the princess in full, she would probably scare her.
She thought about it and said to the princess, “Nianhe was injured due to accident. Fortunately, a farmer saved me, which delayed so much time. It made the princess worry, but it was really Nianhe’s fault.”
When she heard Chu Nianhe say that she was injured, the princess didn’t care about blaming her. She immediately took her hand and looked at her face and body, and asked anxiously, “Is it injured? Where was it? Is it important now?”
“It’s much better, princess, don’t worry,” Chu Nianhe knew that the princess was worried about her, so she had to say lightly: “It’s just hurting her ankle. The farmer is a medical family, and I’m now well.”
After saying that, she was afraid that the princess would be worried anymore, so she walked around in the spot and said with a clever smile: “Princess, look, Nianhe is not lying.”
Seeing that Chu Nianhe was still jumping around, the princess was finally relieved and took her hand and sat down on the chair.
“You don’t know what happened in the palace these days,” the princess frowned and said, “Just two or three days ago, a group of bandits suddenly appeared on the other side of Zhenjiang Prefecture. It was no wonder that the bandits took advantage of the fire to rob, but it was strange that the bandits actually took a lot of money and said that they would rob a batch of Zhenjiang Prefecture that had been robbed to the Seven Emperors in the past few days, and they would disperse all the silver that the Zhenjiang Prefecture had eaten tree bark and drank mud and water. Now they got the silver. Although the amount was not too large, they could finally eat a bite of food. You said that the robbers did not keep the silver, but insisted on doing such a good thing that would not leave their names?”
As expected, this matter had already been spread to the palace in all its stolen matters. But how can the princess know so much about it when she is in the harem?
“How did the princess… know about this?” Chu Nianhe said calmly. “Of course, my father told me when he was free,” the princess lowered her voice and said, “I heard from my father that although the robbers did not leave their names, the victims of Zhenjiang Prefecture all said that they were on the barren mountain in the suburbs of the city. Now the Zhenjiang Prefecture is all legendary, saying that the royal money and food are not in place so timely. The bandits are kind-hearted and understand the sufferings of the people so well. They are really a great person!”
When Chu Nianhe heard this, she was even more grateful to the decision to conceal this matter with Yan Liqing. Yan Liqing must not make a contribution in this matter. If the victims of Zhenjiang Prefecture are talking about the benefits of the Fourth Prince, it is probably not only Yan Lichen, but even the emperor will be afraid.
“What is the emperor planning to deal with this matter now?” Chu Nianhe said, “Since this escort silver was presented to the Seventh Prince, I’m afraid the emperor is extremely angry.”
The princess picked up the table while listening.I took a sip of tea from the cup next to me. But she was both excited and anxious, and was burned by the tea. She was so angry that she immediately smashed the cup on a palace maid and said, “You little hoof, bringing such hot tea, wouldn’t you burn me to death?”
After saying that, she didn’t bother to look at the palace maid kneeling down and begging for mercy, and said to Chu Nianhe, “You guessed it right. My father was so angry that he almost tore my seventh brother to pieces. At this moment, he was scolding him in Zhengyang Palace! Even the old witch who was the queen and the old witch would be useless to plead, it was so satisfying!”
After hearing the princess’s words, Chu Nianhe suddenly remembered something and stood up and said to the princess, “Princess, Nianhe still has something to do now. Can you leave a cup of tea first?”