At this time, Tuoba Wuzheng was leaving Daxia and hid Chen Jingxi in the envoy team. No one dared to search for him outside the capital.
Ling Ying was stunned for a moment. "Your Highness, do you doubt Prince Xiqi? Is he disregarding the alliance between the two countries by doing this?"
"Tuoba Wu is not a fool. He is not with the envoys now. As for his capture of Chen Jingxi, I'm afraid he was asked by someone to use Chen Jingxi to control the king."
Ling Ying frowned, "If that's the case, then the situation is..." troublesome. They want to use the princess to deal with the prince. If the prince leaves Pingliang, he will definitely be punished by the emperor.
"Go tell Zuo Xiangtian, one hundred thousand taels, and I'll give you news about the princess within three days."
"Yes." Ling Ying accepted the order and immediately turned around and left.
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In the early morning, Chen Jingxi went downstairs humming a little tune. She had a good sleep and her mood was more than doubled. The lobby downstairs was already full of people.
Just then, a table of people left, and Chen Jingxi sat down and waved his hand, "Waiter."
The waiter hurried forward and asked, "What can I do for you, sir?"
"What's your signature dish?"
"Pink crab lion's head, braised golden hook shark's fin, first-class tofu, silver sprout shredded chicken..."
Chen Jingxi nodded after listening to it, "Good, I'll add everything you mentioned, except for that vinegar fish."
The waiter asked in astonishment, "How many people are eating here?"
"It's just me."
The waiter smiled and said, "Sir, you don't know, I just ordered more than a dozen dishes. I'm afraid you can't finish them all by yourself."
Chen Jingxi smiled and said, "So what if I can't finish it? Back home, I always had at least 20 or 30 dishes. Coming to this remote place, I can't even have a good meal."
Chen Jingxi boasted very rudely.
Everyone around looked over and saw that she was good-looking and dressed in expensive fabrics, so they didn't think she was lying.
Chen Jingxi took in the looks of the people around her, a faint smile on her lips. "Everyone, I'm new to your precious place, and I don't know the local customs and practices. I'll treat you to dinner today, so please enjoy yourselves."
Everyone burst into laughter, "Is this true?"
"Of course it's true. Everyone, please feel free to order whatever you want. Boss, all your purchases in the store today will be charged to my account."
"Okay! Since you are generous, we won't be polite."
Everyone cheered and started ordering the most expensive dishes.
The shopkeeper looked at Chen Jingxi doubtfully and walked over to her. "Miss, this will cost a lot of money."
Chen Jingxi glanced at the shopkeeper and asked, "Why are you afraid that I can't afford it?"
The shopkeeper smiled apologetically and said, "No, young lady, you misunderstood. It's just that..."
In fact, he was just skeptical. It would cost at least dozens of taels, and no one would be willing to be taken advantage of.
"I'm a wealthy woman. Are you afraid I won't give you a few taels of silver?"
“No, no.”
Tuoba Wu and his subordinates upstairs looked displeased when they heard that she had ordered more than a dozen dishes.
Although they were not unable to afford the food, they had been sleeping in the open air and eating dry food all the way here. When they went downstairs to eat just now, more than a dozen people only ordered ten dishes, and Chen Jingxi ordered more than a dozen by himself.
Now you are still treating us to a meal. This is really intolerable.
Tuoba Wu finally couldn't sit still anymore and got up and went downstairs.
His appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention. After all, in such a small town inn, people with such extraordinary temperament as him were rare.
He walked to Chen Jingxi's desk and looked at her with sharp eyes.
Chen Jingxi raised her head and met his gaze. The smile on her lips did not diminish, but instead became more provocative.
"Wu Lang, you're up. Are you going to have dinner here too?" Chen Jingxi asked softly.
Tuoba Wu frowned when he heard this, not knowing what tricks she was going to play next. "Miss Chen, you ordered so many dishes for yourself, don't you think it's a bit of a waste?"
Chen Jingxi smiled lightly, seemingly unconcerned. "Waste? I just wanted to try some of the local specialties. Besides, money is just a thing outside of our body, so why bother with it?"
"Since Miss Chen is so generous, I won't say much. I just hope you can understand that sometimes being too ostentatious is not necessarily a good thing." Tuoba Wu said, turning around to leave.
Chen Jingxi suddenly stood up and shouted, "Wu Lang, what do you mean by this? Do you think I don't deserve to enjoy these things? Or are you worried about the money?"
Tuoba Wu stopped and looked back at her, with a warning in his tone: "Miss Chen, I didn't mean that. I just wanted to tell you that overeating is not good for your health."
Chen Jingxi smiled even more happily when she heard this: "I knew Wu Lang was worried about me. It's worth it that I ran away from home with you. Don't worry, I know how much I can eat, and I won't eat too much."
Everyone looked at Chen Jingxi. It turned out that she was the eldest daughter who had sneaked out from home. No wonder she spent money like water.
"Since Miss Chen said so, I won't bother you anymore. I hope you can enjoy this meal, but you have to pay for today's meal yourself." Tuoba Wu said slowly.
A sly glint flashed in Chen Jingxi's eyes as he continued, "Wu Lang, how can you say that? Isn't all my money with you?"
As soon as Chen Jingxi said this, everyone present looked at Tuoba Wu.
"Miss Chen, what nonsense are you talking about? When did you leave your money with me?"
"Didn't I give you the box of jewels I took with me when I left home with you?"
Tuoba Wu sneered, "What jewelry? How could a man like me, Tuoba Wu, take possession of a woman's things?"
"That box of jewels was left to me by my mother before she died. I gave them to you for safekeeping out of the thought of living with you. If you deny it now, won't that embarrass me?"
Tuoba Wu suppressed his anger and tried to remain calm in his response: "Miss Chen, what nonsense are you talking about? I have never seen the jewelry you mentioned."
"There's a night-shining pearl, a string of East China Sea pearls, a jade bracelet, and a coral bracelet..."
Everyone listened to Chen Jingxi counting the items one by one with their eyes wide open. Not to mention a whole box, even one item would be enough to squander for a lifetime.
At this time, they didn't care whether this matter was true or not, and they all stared at Tuoba Wu with greed on their faces.
Tuoba Wu's subordinates also felt embarrassed. They knew their master's character and knew that he would never do anything to defraud a woman of her property.
But Chen Jingxi's words had already made everyone present trust him, and they began to talk about it.
Tuoba Wu suddenly understood Chen Jingxi's purpose and said in a deep voice, "Miss Chen, I advise you not to talk nonsense, otherwise you will be in trouble."
Seeing this, Chen Jingxi lowered her head slightly, bit her lip, and said, "I'm sorry, I remembered it wrongly. I didn't give Wu Lang any jewelry. What I said before was all a misunderstanding."
Little guy, I’ll kill you with my own yin and yang.
Everyone turned and looked at Tuoba Wu suspiciously.
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