"Oh, they're so mean! How dare they bully our Xiaoya! Humph, if you see them again, you'll curse them out, curse them to death!" Fang Ruotang frowned and pouted mischievously, speaking in a tone of sisterly indignation on behalf of Wenren Ya.
Wenren Ya was someone who blushed easily to begin with, and now she blushed even faster. She exclaimed coquettishly, "Ruoruo, why are you like this!"
Fang Ruotang chuckled, "I was just teasing you! I was just seeing you were unhappy!"
“I’m not unhappy. I actually understand them. When my family was in trouble, I cried even louder than they did. But what does this have to do with us? We didn’t summon the monsters. We’re the ones who saved them. I didn’t expect them to be grateful, but if they say a few nice words, I’ll at least feel better and won’t feel like all our hard work to save people was for nothing.”
"I understand! I was just teasing you, but it was all true! Don't pay any attention to them, they're crazy. I encountered monsters for the first time, and I gave them a good scolding and didn't tolerate them at all! Next time you see something like this, just ignore them too." Fang Ruotang was no pushover.
She is not an emperor; she doesn't practice the "those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish" mentality.
But she has her own preferences and her own things. She would throw the people she disliked into a ditch and not let them get a thing for nothing. But she would cherish the people she liked, even if they were unworthy of her.
For example, Cheng Xiaocheng and Wei Ruoyao both have mixed spiritual roots and are not qualified to enter the Tianyi Sect at all. However, they caught Fang Ruotang's eye and were not only able to enter the Tianyi Sect, but also able to stay by Fang Ruotang's side.
The two of them were also on this trip. It was supposed to be a training trip, and given their qualifications, they shouldn't have been brought along. But since they thought it was appropriate, Fang Ruotang brought them along.
Fang Ruotang's upbringing, coupled with her own mindset, meant she was destined to be tactless and incapable of being diplomatic for the sake of the bigger picture. In any case, she would simply pretend not to see people she didn't like.
"Yes, I understand. Sister Cao has already told me. I'm not saying they have to be grateful to us, but I just feel it's not worth it."
Wenren Ya and Fang Ruotang are quite similar in many ways. They share the same background and are both naive. They are kind but not purely virtuous, and have a childlike nature, hoping to receive praise from each other when they do good deeds.
"Yes, I understand, I understand!" Fang Ruotang took Wenren Ya's arm, her face full of agreement.
Seeing this, the others smiled and remained silent.
Because they have no such worries, they have no sense of mission to save the world. They are men and women who grew up in the center of power, and they have never been taught this kind of thing since elementary school.
"Stop thinking about all that and come eat the roast chicken! The princess loves this place's roast chicken, I've stocked up on a lot, you should all have some too." Wei Xuan called out enthusiastically to Fang Ruotang and Wenren Ya.
Fang Ruotang pulled Wenren Ya along, stared at the roast chicken and snorted twice, "I was wondering why the roast chicken shop suddenly closed down, making it impossible for me to stock up. Tell me, did you send people from the manor to make roast chicken?"
"Oh? You like to eat it too? I didn't know. I just saw that the princess liked to eat it, so I invited the person to the manor and asked him to keep making it, just in case we can't eat it when we leave."
“I didn’t know you liked this place too, but I do know you like a small noodle shop on West Street. I had the owner and his family make me tens of thousands of bowls, and they’re all packed in storage bags.”
Jin Wuyou laughed and cursed, "Good heavens! I was wondering why no one was running this place anymore. So you poached all the staff. When I was shopping, I noticed that several of the restaurants that the Grand Preceptor liked to eat were probably run by people you poached, weren't they?"
"I've asked the head chef of the pastry shop that Ruoruo likes to leave," Wenren Ya said softly, blushing as she raised her hand. She and the Imperial Preceptor both liked this shop.
"The sweet soup is with me."
“I have the roasted nuts here. I think the Imperial Preceptor really enjoys eating melon seeds.” Cheng Xiaocheng raised her hand. She and Wei Ruoyao usually kept Fang Ruotang company by chatting and playing.
Since they were short on time for this trip, the two of them discussed it and decided to do their own shopping.
"I prepared steamed buns," Gu Jiaren said shyly in a low voice. He was not as outgoing as Wei Xuan and would not openly approach Fang Ruotang on ordinary days, but he had always been paying attention to her.
Although the six princes wouldn't stop him from currying favor with the Grand Preceptor, they would stare at him with eyes like they were guarding against a wolf, as if they were afraid he might do something.
But actually, no. In his previous life, he might have truly loved the Grand Preceptor and was willing to risk his life for him. But in this life, having not experienced those unpleasant things and knowing the ending in advance, he felt that his own life was more important.
He likes the Imperial Advisor, but he's not crazy about him; he's very restrained.
It wasn't even love, just admiration.
"I knew it! So many restaurants serve the food that the Imperial Preceptor likes, but they've all suddenly closed these past few days. Turns out it's all your doing!" Jin Wuyou was both amused and exasperated; these people were stealing her job.
Fortunately, she had been ordering from these shops regularly, and since none of them were operating at the same time, she realized that it might be the work of someone else, so she bought some food from other shops.
"I have prepared all kinds of porridge, including shredded chicken porridge, abalone porridge, fish slice porridge, fresh meat porridge, and many more, as well as some vegetarian porridge and sweet porridge."
Fang Ruotang asked Cao Yuedi with a pained expression.
"Why did Sister Cao prepare so much porridge? I don't like it. I want to eat meat, lots of meat!" Fang Ruotang said, pointing her little hand at the people of Zhao Family Village.
"Let them eat!" After saying that, she felt it might be inappropriate for someone to hear her giving away food she didn't like, so she gave a more serious explanation.
"You haven't eaten properly for many days, and your stomachs are dry. At first, you can only drink some plain porridge. It's not that we don't want to feed you well!"
“We understand, thank you, Grand Preceptor,” Chief Zhao replied respectfully.
While they were sharing the food, Chief Zhao instructed his clansmen to move to a corner, trying not to attract attention or annoy others. He was pleasantly surprised that the Grand Preceptor would remember them.
Even if the Grand Preceptor didn't explain, he understood her good intentions. Moreover, having silently observed the Grand Preceptor for so long, the unusual childlike quality in her words gave him a guess.
Perhaps it was this simplicity, so different from that of ordinary people, that led Heaven to choose them as celestial messengers to save ordinary people like them!
"Princess, have a chicken leg." Wei Xuan peeled off a chicken leg and gave it to the Fourth Princess, then peeled off another one and gave it to Fang Ruotang.
Fang Ruotang accepted the invitation and saw the Fourth Princess looking at Wei Xuan with a sweet expression. Wei Xuan responded with a silly smile, and the two of them then intimately started eating a chicken leg.
She looked at the chicken leg in her hand, then at the two of them, and for some reason, felt a little full.
"How about I give you some? It's not easy for you to fight over a chicken leg." Fang Ruotang pushed the chicken leg forward, and Wei Xuan and the Fourth Princess both froze.
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