Chapter 193: Genuine and Pirated

Unexpectedly, when they left, the eldest princess actually went to the library and found the book herself!

Hu Xiner held the book in surprise. At the same time, the eldest princess's face became even more tense.

Moreover, she exuded an aura of keeping strangers away, as if saying: This princess was just passing by the library and picked up a book by the way!

She couldn't help but laugh. She could see that the princess was giving in, so she politely walked down the stairs.

Just as he was about to speak, Erdong said in a disastrous tone, "Thank you for your kindness, but we just found a reprint of 'Strange Instruments', so you should put this one back in the library to avoid the Crown Prince's suspicion."

The atmosphere was extremely awkward for a moment.

Hu Xiner was speechless. How come Erdong's desire to survive went offline as soon as he saw the eldest princess?

The princess turned her gaze to the two books and said coldly, "If you don't want them, then give them back to me!"

She started to grab the books, but Hu Xin'er quickly hugged them in her arms: "Two is even better! What if the pirated copies have typos?"

Then she glared at Erdong, took the initiative to pull the eldest princess up, and apologized to her: "I'm sorry, Nangong Yue, we shouldn't have doubted your brother in front of you."

The eldest princess snorted lightly, her expression not as cold as before, but she still held her head high: "Can you doubt my brother without telling me?"

"Absolutely not!" Hu Xiner nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and pulled Erdong by the way.

Erdong wanted to be tough, but was kicked by Hu Xiner again.

The eldest princess was delighted, but she tried not to show it. She glanced at Erdong and asked, "Do you know you're wrong?"

Erdong felt a lot of pressure and nodded.

The knot in the eldest princess' heart finally dissipated, and she said happily: "It's good that you two know you are wrong!"

Hu Xin'er was embarrassed... Why is this guy like a child...

She agreed casually: "Yes, yes, we will definitely follow the eldest princess's lead from now on!"

The princess rolled her eyes at Erdong and said, "Xin'er is sensible, better than a piece of stinky stone! Erdong is like a stinky stone in the toilet, smelly and hard!"

2. Look east to the sky.

Hu Xin'er didn't know for a moment whether this could be considered a compliment.

The three of them returned to the princess's residence together and first visited Lu's mother and Mu Qing.

"Aunt Lu's condition hasn't improved." The eldest princess showed some concern. "The imperial physician said it's a heart disease, and the only way to recover is to take medicine slowly."

In order not to disturb Mother Lu's sleep, the three of them did not stay for long. They just briefly visited Mother Lu and told the servants not to treat her harshly.

In fact, the maid that Lu's mother usually used was also brought here. With several lovers around, she lived better these days than in the Lu Mansion.

Lu's mother was brought to the Princess's Mansion to prevent her from being hunted down by the men in black.

Jiang Yao said that Lu's mother was her biological sister, and that the men in black were intentionally targeting the Lu family. Although they didn't know whether it was true or not, they didn't dare to go back to the Lu family.

They only told outsiders that Lu's mother was recuperating and the couple was serving her at her bedside, so they closed the door to visitors.

Thinking of this, Hu Xin'er sighed: "The housekeeper is urging us to go back again, but I don't know if I can tell him the reason."

After all, she had just arrived at the Lu Mansion, and Mother Lu was in a daze, so she didn't know who she could trust.

The eldest princess raised her chin with dignity and said, "Woman, you must be good at utilizing the resources around you, such as this princess's golden thigh."

"What do you think?" Hu Xiner laughed.

This guy was depressed for a while, then started to show off again.

"If the steward can't be trusted, then wouldn't it be dangerous to have him in charge of the Lu Mansion?" The eldest princess reasoned. "So why not have me send a few people to take charge of the Lu Mansion?"

Hu Xin'er frowned, "The housekeeper will think I'm plotting to murder my mistress and husband, and trying to seize the Lu family's wealth, and will report it directly to the police!"

The eldest princess shut her mouth.

Mu Qing was lying on the bed, sweating profusely, his lips extremely pale, and he kept muttering something.

Seeing this situation, not only did Hu Xiner feel a lump in his throat, but even the other two turned their heads away.

Hu Xiner sat beside the bed and called his name softly a few times, then held his hand, which gradually relaxed his brows.

"Why don't we check out the 'Strange Instrument' in this room!" Hu Xiner suggested.

She didn't want to leave Mu Qing for a moment, for fear that he would suddenly wake up and leave suddenly.

The eldest princess and Erdong nodded at the same time.

The three of them gathered around the round table, placed both books on the table, and began to look for records about the magic pen.

"Found it!" Erdong said happily not long after.

There was indeed a pen drawn on that page. The pen was named "Flowers, Birds, Wind and Moon". It was snow-white all over. The pen holder was made of ancient white jade, and the hair on the pen head was the white hair of a snow wolf. It could draw whatever was in mind and turn stone into gold.

"This is different from what we saw at Jiang Yao's place!" Hu Xiner was a little surprised.

Erdong opened the original copy of "Wonderful Instruments" again: "The records I saw are not like this... Look."

Hu Xiner took a closer look and saw that according to the description in the original book, the flowers, birds, wind and moon were all light gold with ink-colored cloud patterns on them.

The three of them were puzzled. How could there be such a difference between the same pen?

Could it be that the records in Wanjuan Pavilion are wrong?

"Pirated books are unreliable," the princess muttered, revealing a smug smile. "Luckily, I found the genuine books for you, otherwise you wouldn't know how much more trouble you would have to go through!"

"Let's just call it a printing error," Hu Xin'er decided to put the matter aside for now. "Most importantly, is this pen really that magical?"

Looking at this description, isn’t it the pen that Ma Liang used to write the magic brush?

But the problem is, Ma Liang with the Magic Brush is just a fairy tale!

The eldest princess curled her lips and said, "I think this 'Strange Instrument' should be a mythological story similar to the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas'. Forget it, let's go to bed."

Erdong said, "Not necessarily. Aren't there enough strange stories in the martial arts world?"

"Whether it's true or not, we'll know once we try it. The most urgent thing is to find that woman!"

As soon as Hu Xiner said this, the other two nodded in agreement.

"No, this page was pasted on later!" The princess casually flipped through the pirated book and discovered a clue. "What kind of profiteer are you looking for?"

She shook the pirated book again, and a piece of paper slowly fell out.

Hu Xiner took it and looked at it, and found that it said: "Don't read it, this page is fake."

"No wonder when I left, Yin Li said so confidently that she would wait for me to come back!" As she suddenly realized, her brows furrowed a little.

If the eldest princess had not brought the original copy and seen the note, she would have definitely gone there again.

What on earth is this person thinking?