Chapter 134 It’s Hard to Be a Good Person
The Third Prince thought for a moment, a gentle smile spreading across his slightly pale face. "What a coincidence! The old Grand Tutor also gave me a bag."
Anyway, now that they are trapped in this wilderness, it is impossible for these people to go to the old master for verification.
Upon hearing this, the other prisoners followed suit.
They don't care whether the rice is stolen or not, as long as they can fill their stomachs.
"Fifth sister-in-law, let's go back." Xie Murong walked forward with a guilty conscience and gently pulled Shen Wan's sleeve. "The rice is the same length. You can't say that the third prince stole it just based on a bag of rice."
"He's a prince, he has everything he wants, so how could he do something like this?"
Shen Wan smiled contemptuously and looked at her coldly: “Really?”
Her eyes were too sharp, like two sharp knives, as if they could see into the deepest part of a person's soul.
Xie Murong didn't dare to look into those eyes, so he could only lower his eyelids and nod randomly.
At this moment, Shen Wan was extremely disappointed with her.
She pushed the little Madonna away, turned around and went back into the carriage.
Seeing Harley Quinn’s angry look, Xie Mubai felt very distressed.
"I'm sorry." He reached out and held her in his arms, saying with a guilty look on his face, "My family members are really... too much!"
I thought Xie Murong was a sensible person, but I didn't expect him to be so stupid and cold-hearted and hopeless.
Could it be that she forgot how the Duke of Zhenguo died and why she came here?
Shen Wan put her face against his chest and smiled: "I am a lazy person, and I am not good at handling the relationship between sisters-in-law and aunts."
"That's fine too. From now on, it'll just be the two of us living a quiet life."
No matter what Xie Murong said this time, she would never forgive him again.
Having said that, her heart still ached.
Humans are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless?
After spending some time together, she has developed feelings for Xie Murong.
Xie Mubai was a very smart man, so how could he not hear that she was comforting herself?
But he didn't say anything else, he just subconsciously hugged her tightly.
Even if everyone in the world betrays him, as long as she is with him, he will not feel lonely.
Soon, the guards steamed two large pots of rice.
This is top-grade Oden Rouge Rice. Not only these convicts, but even the Third Prince himself cannot eat it often.
But for the sake of face, he could only endure it and not compete with the prisoners for food.
Chen Yan was so hungry that she was seeing stars. She wanted to eat heartily, but when she saw that the Third Prince was nearby, she pretended to be a lady and quietly lined up at the end of the line.
As long as she can deal with the third prince, she will be the future queen, so any hardship she endures now will be worth it.
But before it was her turn, the two large pots of rice had already been eaten up, without even a grain of rice left for her.
When Shen Yan saw this, she was so angry that she almost cried out.
Seeing others eating with great relish, Xie Murong also felt a little hungry.
She thought about it, then timidly returned to the carriage: "Fifth sister-in-law, is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."
“Didn’t I tell you last night that that was the last bit of food.” Shen Wan said impatiently without lifting the curtain.
Xie Murong was slightly stunned.
Could it be that what Harley Quinn said was true, and they really had no food left?
But even so, she didn't care too much. After all, this Harley Quinn would definitely have a way.
"How about... I go up the mountain to see if there's anything to eat?" she asked tentatively.
In the past, this ugly girl always took the initiative to find food, and this time should be no exception. After all, she would not watch her fifth brother starve.
After hearing this, Shen Wan, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn’t help but smile coldly.
She has done such a shameful thing as colluding with the enemy both inside and outside, and this girl actually wants me to find her food. I really don’t know where she gets the nerve to do that!
"Go if you want to. No need to ask your sister-in-law." Xie Mubai said coldly with a gloomy face, "Your sister-in-law is tired. From now on, cooking and other chores will be left to you."
Xie Murong was surprised.
Where would she find food?
Even when I was traveling alone in the past, I still had the steamed bread provided by Hu Dahai.
How about going to the Third Prince and asking for a bowl of rice?
As soon as this thought came into her mind, she quickly rejected it.
No, absolutely not!
If I do this, wouldn’t it be a disguised break with my fifth brother?
The more Xie Murong thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and in a fit of anger he returned to the tent.
She was so hungry that her stomach ached.
"There are no wild vegetables on the roadside, so I picked some weeds. How about you eat some to fill your stomach?" Big Girl's mother looked at it and asked deliberately.
Xie Murong would never touch that kind of food for animals again.
If the Third Prince saw this, how would she have the face to talk to him in the future?
That Joker girl is too stingy. She doesn't care about their lives just for a bag of food.
Chen Wan really didn't consider the life or death of that little saint. If she didn't vent her anger, she would definitely not be able to sleep well tonight.
But judging by the time, it should be soon.
Sure enough, after a while, a shrill scream was heard from outside.
Shen Wan and Xie Mubai smiled at each other.
She casually opened the curtain and saw the convicts rolling in the mud, holding their stomachs, with expressions of extreme pain.
Dabao ate too much and was in excruciating pain.
The third prince was so frightened that his eyes widened, and he looked at everything in front of him with horror.
Chen Yan was originally regretting not being able to grab the rice, but when she saw the situation in front of her, she immediately became energetic.
“It must be you, a bitch!” She pointed at Shen Wan’s nose and cursed harshly, “You opened the lid of the pot when you were cooking just now, and that must have been when you poisoned me!”
After hearing this, everyone's expression suddenly changed.
"Please, can you use your brain?" Shen Wan sneered, not hiding the mockery in her eyes at all, "You steamed two pots of rice in total, and I only opened one of them."
"If I really did this, why did everyone who ate have problems?"
"Besides, this rice isn't mine. If you want to find the real culprit, go find the person who provided the rice!"
After hearing this, the faces of the convicts suddenly changed, and they looked at the third prince in horror.
No way?
They have now become fugitives, and the emperor is not going to let them go?
Looking at the vigilant eyes, the third prince suddenly panicked.
Obviously this was a trap set by the clown girl. Maybe the girl from the Xie family was also involved. They were in cahoots with each other, just waiting for him to take the bait.
But if these people really died here today, then he would never be able to clear his suspicion even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
No, he couldn't let them die!
One was to clear his own name, and the other was that there was still no clue about the national treasury and saltpeter mines.
But he didn't even bring a doctor with him on this trip, so even if he didn't want them to die, he was powerless to do anything.
At this time, even if Xie Murong guessed the whole story, he was no less panicked than the third prince.
But in order to prove her innocence to the Third Prince, she still mustered up the courage to walk to Shen Wan and said softly, "Fifth sister-in-law, saving people is important, let's put other things aside for now."
"If someone dies, I'm afraid Brother Hu won't be able to explain it to his superiors."
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