Li Sisi turned her head to the carriage window, said "Oh" softly, and said nothing else.

She thought it was normal that Pei Yanli did not choose her.

After all, dreams and ambitions are not easily achieved. Moreover, with Pei Yanli's current status, he can marry a good and innocent girl. Why should he choose her?

Choosing her would be foolish.

But... she was abandoned again...

Li Sisi's lowered eyes dimmed for a moment.

The carriage fell into silence again.

Xiao Yunchen fished out a book from somewhere and said gently, "Shall I read a storybook to you, sister? It's your favorite ghost storybook."

Seeing that she didn't respond, Xiao Yunchen opened the book and slowly read the story in his clear and slightly boyish voice.

The originally quiet carriage was suddenly filled with the sound of reading.

Li Sisi was not interested at first, but because she was so bored, she listened to it unconsciously.

It was not until the hunting officers and soldiers returned and smelled the rich aroma of roasted chicken that she came to her senses.

Xiao Yunchen saw that the person who was originally listening to the book attentively suddenly turned his head to look outside, and thought that he was hungry.

He paused to continue reading, marked the storybook in his hand, and said gently, "I think lunch should be ready. Let's go downstairs to eat?"

Li Sisi ignored him and directly lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.

Xiao Yunchen followed closely behind her.

A large iron pot was placed on top of the blazing fire. Meat broth was boiling in the pot, and white smoke was rising from it.

The two officers and soldiers each held an iron rod with a roasted chicken on it that was filled with aroma.

One of the soldiers was sharp-eyed enough to notice the two men approaching one after the other. He passed by Li Sisi and looked at Xiao Yunchen behind her and said, "Your Excellency, the roast chicken is almost ready. Do you want to eat it now?"

Xiao Yunchen hummed softly and asked him to take the roast chicken off the iron stick and wrap it in oil paper.

Li Sisi took the roast chicken and sat on the ground like everyone else, and started eating the roast chicken carelessly.

Xiao Yunchen asked someone to serve her a bowl of broth and watched over her.

Li Sisi ignored him and continued eating.

The person roasting the pheasant in the mountain was obviously an expert. The heat of each part was just right, and he even added some seasonings.

"Why are there dry biscuits again! I won't eat them!" An angry shout rang out, sounding very much like the voice of Zheng Hongye (the prefect).

Li Sisi chewed the chicken in her mouth and looked up at the source of the sound.

Zheng Hongye (the prefect) was imprisoned in a cage-like prison van, holding a large yellow pancake in his hand and angrily shouting, "I don't want pancakes, they are hard and tasteless. I want roast chicken."

The officer raised his head and said, "Hey, are you being treated like this? Do you think you're still the prefect of Dong'an City? You're a criminal now, a prisoner!"

The soldier quickly snatched the pancake from Zheng Hongye's hand: "If you don't eat it, you'll starve! Look at how capable you are."

Li Sisi stood up and walked towards Zheng Hongye while eating roast chicken.

Thinking back to when Zheng Hongye was still the prefect, Li Sisi had been repeatedly bullied by him. Clearly, they were all making the same mistake, so she must have been singled out by Zheng Hongye as an example to scare the others.

They clearly had a plan every time they handled a case, but he always had to jump in, babble in a bunch of opinions, and create a lot of trouble for them. As a result, a simple operation became complicated and difficult because of his interference.

In the end, he still had to scold them for being "incompetent, stupid, and unable to do even this little thing."

hehe!

Li Sisi approached Zheng Hongye's prison van with a roasted chicken in her hand and raised her head: "Hey, who is this?"

Zheng Hongye frowned and stared at her: "Li Sisi?"

"Oh, it's the prefect!" Li Sisi shook the roast chicken in her hand, "Want to eat roast chicken?"

Zheng Hongye glared at her and said angrily, "What are you so proud of? Things change over time. Do you think you'll have any good results?"

"Whether I will have a happy ending is still unknown, but you will definitely not have a happy ending." Li Sisi snorted and laughed, "The net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it. You will be brought to justice soon!"

Xiao Yunchen came a step late, holding a bowl of soup.

He looked calmly at the large pancakes in the officers' and soldiers' hands and asked gently, "Master Zheng, are you used to eating these coarse foods?"

Zheng Hongye snorted coldly, "Don't pretend to be kind. If you have the guts, starve me to death! When we get to the capital, I want to see how you, the Imperial Censor, will report to the Emperor!"

Xiao Yunchen said slowly, "Of course I don't want Lord Zheng to die, but some people are hoping for your death. Especially on the way back to Beijing, Lord Zheng might die unexpectedly."

His temperament was still elegant and noble, but his red and swollen face made him look far from being as gentle as jade.

He tried not to show any drastic facial expression, and said calmly to the guards standing by, "Go get a roast chicken. Don't let Lord Zheng go hungry."

Li Sisi frowned. "Why would you treat a man like him so well? He's a corrupt official who profited from the blood of others. Giving him a big cake is really flattering him! He abuses his power for personal gain and has ruined countless happy families."

"Sister, please be at ease. Even though Lord Zheng has done many bad things, it's because he followed the wrong master." Xiao Yunchen sighed, "I don't know if he can return to the capital alive. Even if he does, he will surely die. Let's do good deeds and let him have enough to eat while he's still alive."

At this time, the officers and soldiers brought a whole roasted chicken.

Zheng Hongye shouted coldly: "Xiao Yunchen, stop making alarmist remarks here!"

Li Sisi scoffed at him, "If he hadn't discovered it earlier, you would be a corpse now, with your whole body black and you would have died of poison."

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