next day
Su Ningjie had just finished his breakfast when Lu Tao came to the Princess's Mansion.
"Someone wants to see Ning Anjun?"
"That's right. In the past two days, several customers have come here to see Ning Anjun in person. Especially those with Beijing accents have been coming to the bookstore every day to see Ning Anjun."
Su Ningjie raised an eyebrow. "So those thirty copies of the Hundred Beasts Picture that were sent to the capital have also been sold out?"
"That must be the case. This painting of a hundred beasts sells for a higher price in Beijing!
"Then send one hundred copies of the Hundred Beasts Atlas to the capital next time."
Lu Tao: "When will the next batch of goods be available?"
Su Ningjie thought for a moment. His eldest brother was currently at Wutong Garden accompanying his mother and personally preparing the medicine. "Let them wait. Scarcity makes things valuable. After all, this color album is a one-of-a-kind copy."
"Oh, okay, I'll go back to the bookstore now."
Lu Tao left the room and returned. "That guest from the capital has an extraordinary demeanor. He was full of praise for the Hundred Beasts Painting. He also seems to have a certain level of painting skills. He's very sincere about wanting to meet Ning Anjun and make friends with him. Should we let him meet Ning Anjun?"
"Ning Anjun doesn't want to see these people right now, so go and tell him."
Lu Tao turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait, let me go meet this person first. Where is he?"
"In the bookstore."
The cold courtyard of the princess's mansion.
"Now that the war has broken out between Xirong and Beiyi, everyone in the mansion has tightened their belts and adopted a frugal diet. However, we have large steamed buns, pickles, and vegetable soup every day. It's not much, but it's enough to fill our stomachs. Why don't you take them down and share them?"
"Thank you, young master. It's good to have something to eat. We are not picky."
Tai Zhuo then ordered Yuan Hou to distribute the steamed buns.
Xiao Xier sat aside and watched Tai Zhuo eat steamed buns slowly, with a lot of thoughts in her mind.
I remember that she couldn’t afford steamed buns and could only eat wowotou.
She felt she was too good to them.
"Would you like some pork rib soup?"
Tai Zhuo glanced at the cunning Xiao Xier. It’s not so easy to drink these spare ribs!
"Young Master, what are the conditions for drinking hot pork rib soup?"
Oh! He wants to drink something hot!
"As long as you answer my questions truthfully and don't hide anything, you can drink hot pork rib soup."
"Young Master, ask whatever you want, I will tell you everything I know."
"You said I was your young master, so is my home really in Longcheng?"
Baili Qingluan could even fabricate a story that she was a member of the Bai family in Longcheng, so we can’t believe everything Tai Zhuo said.
"You'd better tell the truth. My mother will send someone to investigate. If the situation is not true, you are welcome to stay at the county government office!"
Tai Zhuo looked at Xiao Xier again. The young master was not easy to fool. She was the little princess of the Nankun royal family and it could not be hidden.
"Young Master, your biological father, mother, and elder sister are all from Nankun."
"Nankun?"
"Yes, Beiyi's neighboring country, Nankun."
"Okay! You really did lie to me!" Xiao Xier crossed her arms and said angrily, "You tricked me into going to Longcheng and then kidnapped me to Nankun?"
"Young Master," Tai Zhuo said hastily, "This is Beiyi after all. We Nankun people must conceal our identities when we appear in Beiyi. Otherwise, if we are discovered by Beiyi officials, they will arrest us as spies, and military conflict between the two countries will occur. This is not our purpose. We are here to find you."
"You are just an ordinary Nankun citizen. If the Beiyi people find out, it will trigger a military conflict between the two countries. You think too highly of yourself."
Tai Zhuo's heart sank. The young master looked down on people too much!
He is a Nankun witch doctor who is more skilled than the imperial physician, a favorite of the Crown Princess, and an important official in the Nankun court.
"Young Master, please dismiss your attendants."
Soon, Xiao Xier and Tai Zhuo were the only ones in the room.
"No one is here, go ahead!"
"Young Master, you are from the Nankun royal family."
"What? You're not talking nonsense?" Xiao Xier was shocked.
Tai Zhuo said, "I'm not talking nonsense. You are the youngest daughter of the current Emperor of Nankun. You were murdered at birth. We only found out a while ago that you were still alive. His Majesty the Emperor and the Crown Princess, your eldest sister from the same mother, have sent many people to look for you."
"Since I am the emperor's daughter, can I become the emperor when I grow up?" Xiao Xier asked excitedly.
If she became the emperor of Nankun, who would dare to bully her father and mother?
Tai Zhuo was shocked. He was indeed a restless person!
Isn't it inviting a wolf into the house if the young princess asks her to go back and recognize her ancestral roots?
"My young master, you have an older sister. A hundred years after your father's death, your elder sister, the Crown Princess Muchen Hanyue, will succeed him to the throne."
Eldest sister?
It seems that it is not her turn to be the emperor!
Then her status must be extremely noble, isn't it more than enough to protect her parents? !
"Don't I have an older brother?"
Tai Zhuo shook his head. "You have many half-sisters, but the Crown Princess is your biological sister, having the same mother as you."
"Is my biological mother really that ill?"
"Your biological mother is your Queen Mother. She is indeed very weak. I am hoping that you will return to reunite with her soon."
Little Xier has been confessing to her big brother ever since she accidentally saw her father holding a small quilt yesterday.
Even if she pretended to be deaf and dumb, she couldn't deceive herself. She was also a child picked up and raised by her father.
She took a closer look at the little quilt that her father treasured, and found that her quilt was different from that of her older brother.
If they are really Daddy's children, the little quilt should be made of the same fabric.
Seeing Xiao Xi'er lost in thought, Tai Zhuo said, "My dear young master, everything I said is true. I hope you can return to Nankun with me as soon as possible to see your mother."
"This requires my mother's consent."
She had a hunch that her biological mother would be fine.
Like her elder brother, once she leaves Beiyi, it will not be easy for her to come back.
"...By the way, how did I die when I was born? Was I suffocated? Or strangled? Or was I poisoned..."
Tai Zhuo's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, luckily he was not black.
How could the young master think of these things?
Xiao Xier has seen a lot of things in the world, and these are the only ways to harm a newborn baby.
Seeing Tai Zhuo remained silent, he continued, "Who threw me to Beiyi? Why didn't they throw me to the Nankun mass grave? How did you find out I was still alive? Did you find the villain who harmed me?"
The series of questions made Tai Zhuo's scalp tingle.
"Young Master, you were dead from the moment you were born. The imperial physicians repeatedly confirmed that you were indeed dead. The Emperor ordered you buried in the Imperial Mausoleum. Every year on your anniversary, the Empress and the Crown Princess would go to the Mausoleum to pay their respects. But one time, the Crown Princess dreamed that you were still alive. She went directly to the Mausoleum to investigate and discovered that your grave had been dug up. The Crown Princess then ordered us to dig it up, only to discover that the white jade coffin was empty..."
"The moment you were born, the delivery room was filled with the rich fragrance of Xihanxiang. The Crown Princess asked us to follow the scent and find you. That's how we found Beiyi and you."
Xiao Xier felt that what he said was half true and half false. "Then why did you disguise yourself as Lei Xiao and kidnap me from the Princess's Mansion?"
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