Chapter 20 Body Search

The Seventh Princess had been staring at Nie Chubai since he came in.

She watched with her own eyes as he walked straight towards Wen Yingxue, took off his cloak and gently put it on Wen Yingxue. There was only Wen Yingxue in his eyes, and the Seventh Princess's eyes were filled with anger.

"Why is Eighth Prince here?" The Seventh Princess forced a stiff smile and turned to ask Qi Xun.

Qi Xun smiled gently and pointed at Nie Chubai, saying, "I came here with him. He heard that his fiancée was at your party, so he immediately dragged me over."

After these words were spoken, the Seventh Princess's expression became even uglier.

Nie Chubai finally turned his gaze to the Seventh Princess and asked, "I just arrived and saw these eunuchs trying to make a move on my fiancée. I wonder what Xue'er has done to displease the princess?"

The Seventh Princess looked straight at Nie Chubai, the hurt in her eyes visible to everyone. She asked, "Is that how you see me? Am I someone who would punish someone for no reason?"

Wen Yingxue curled her lips secretly, you really are.

"Princess, you are naturally not that kind of person. If everything is fine, I will take Xue'er away." Nie Chubai said to the Seventh Princess.

"Wait, General Nie, you don't know that the princess's jade locket is lost. It was a reward from the Empress Dowager. The only person who has been to the princess's bedroom today is Miss Wen Liu, so..." The eunuch beside the Seventh Princess spoke, but was interrupted by Nie Chubai before he finished speaking.

"So the princess suspects that my fiancée stole the jade lock?"

The Seventh Princess glanced at Wen Yingxue, who was being shielded by Nie Chubai, and said, "She is indeed the only one who has been to my bedroom. Although I don't believe she took it, it's still best to search it just in case."

Nie Chubai nodded and agreed: "In that case, let me search!"

As soon as Nie Chubai finished speaking, everyone stared at him in amazement. Even Wen Yingxue secretly grabbed her collar.

"You? You are not married yet, how can you search me?" The Seventh Princess said in shock and anger. She was a little unconvinced that Nie Chubai, who dared to contradict her for Wen Yingxue, was really the cold Nie Chubai who was unwilling to look at her or say a word to her.

Nie Chubai stared directly at the Seventh Princess, his eyes icy as he said, "Princess, you know we're not married yet, but we're engaged. Are you going to let me just watch as my fiancée lets these eunuchs search her body?"

After saying this, he turned his cold gaze towards the eunuchs again.

"You!" The Seventh Princess was really angry this time. She pointed at Nie Chubai and was about to speak when Qi Yan laughed.

"Haha, Seventh Sister, don't be angry. Chu Bai is just too worried about his wife. How about this: since Sixth Miss Wen is a suspect and needs a body search, let Chu Bai do it. After all, they are engaged, so it's not considered rude."

Nie Chubai turned around, bowed to Qi Xun and said, "Then let's do as the Eighth Prince says." After that, he pulled Wen Yingxue to an empty room.

As soon as the door closed, Nie Chubai frowned and looked at Wen Yingxue and said, "You really know how to cause trouble."

Wen Yingxue rolled her eyes and said, "Boss, I'm the most innocent one, okay? It's clearly because of your bad love affair that I'm like this."

Nie Chubai snorted, stretched out his hand, and said, "Where's the jade lock?"

Wen Yingxue smiled complacently and said, "That little eunuch secretly put it into my purse, and I found out. I sensed something was wrong, so I threw it into the bushes while he wasn't paying attention."

Nie Chubai nodded: "Quite smart."

"You tell me."

"You don't want your tongue anymore?"

"Boss, I was wrong."

The two stayed in the room for a while and then went out.

"Your Highness, I did not find the jade lock."

The Seventh Princess asked, "How is that possible? Then where is my jade lock?"

The eunuch said, "That's right. Could it be that General Nie intends to let Miss Wen Six go?"

Nie Chubai smiled and said, "She's my wife-to-be. She has everything she needs. Why would she need the princess' jade locket? It was given to her by the Empress Dowager. If she's discovered, it's a capital crime punishable by death."

Qi Xun also said, "That's right, Seventh Sister, you should look for it carefully. Maybe it fell somewhere, or maybe your own maid stole it."

"Qi Xun! What do you mean?"

Qi Xun smiled sheepishly and said, "Seventh Princess, please calm down. That's all I said."

Nie Chubai pulled Wen Yingxue and said to the Seventh Princess, "Princess, we've searched her body, and the jade lock isn't on her. Can we leave now?"

The Seventh Princess was almost biting her teeth, but she couldn't make a big deal out of this matter. She looked at Wen Yingxue with hatred and nodded with a stern face.

"Then, Seventh Sister, I'll take my leave too." Qi Xun also said, with a gentle smile on his face.

As soon as Qi Xun, Nie Chubai and Wen Yingxue left, the Seventh Princess immediately said she was tired, and the flower-viewing banquet ended in vain.

"What a vixen! I don't know how General Nie fell in love with her." Wenrouqing said angrily.

Wen Yuyan ignored Wen Rouqing, her eyes were blank and dazed, all she could think about was the Eighth Prince.

After leaving the princess's mansion, Wen Yingxue and Nie Chubai went their separate ways from the eighth prince Qi Xun.

"Why are you two traveling together?" Wen Yingxue asked puzzledly.

The original text once wrote that Nie Chubai was not close to any prince on the surface, but was secretly helping the Eighth Prince.

"When Zi Su came to see me, the Eighth Prince and I were discussing something, and he insisted on coming over to see what was going on."

Wen Yingxue said "oh" and stopped talking.

"Are you hungry? Do you want to go eat something?" Nie Chubai suddenly asked in the carriage.

Wen Yingxue was suddenly stunned. She looked up and looked at Nie Chubai carefully. Why did the boss suddenly change his attitude? He actually asked her if she wanted to eat?

Nie Chubai frowned and said, "What's that look in your eyes? You've been implicated by me for what happened today. I'll treat you to a nice meal as an apology."

Wen Yingxue immediately smiled and asked, "I want to go to the most famous restaurant in the capital for dinner."

Seeing Wen Yingxue's eyes sparkling, Nie Chubai raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but he didn't forget to say something sarcastic, "What a prospect!"

Tianxia Yipin, the most famous restaurant in the capital.

As soon as the carriage stopped in front of Tianxia Yipin Restaurant, Wen Yingxue smelled the fragrance of food, and her saliva began to water unconsciously.

After following Nie Chubai into the Tianxia Yipin Restaurant, a waiter immediately came over and took them to a private room.

"Order whatever you want to eat." Nie Chubai said to Wen Yingxue.

Wen Yingxue didn't hesitate and immediately ordered six signature dishes.

"You ordered so much, can you finish it?"

"You're a general, with such a huge fortune, are you afraid that I'll bankrupt you?"

Nie Chubai shut up and calculated in his mind how much money it would cost to support Wen Yingxue for her entire life.

I never thought about why he should think about this problem.