Long Yunxi didn't like life in the palace, and she didn't look like a princess. Or rather, of the three Long family princesses, only Long Yunyue looked the most like the eldest princess, while neither Long Yunxi nor Long Beining was suitable.
Long Beining was a natural wrecker, constantly brawling with his army of generals in the capital. Even when he lost, he would seek medical help and never grimaced or cried. The generals all treated Long Beining like a man.
Long Yunxi was different, born with the appearance of a delicate girl. A golden abacus was half exposed from her backpack.
There are only two things in her life that interest her: making money and eating.
She eats more than men.
She had a lot of businesses under her name, similar to Long Yunyue. Long Yunyue loved and specialized in herbs. Half of the shop was managed by Long Yunxi, and this situation only ended after Long Yunyue got married.
However, the industry in which both of them have shares is still managed by Long Yunxi.
On her way south, Long Yunxi encountered a group of bandits and lost her maid while trying to escape. In the forest, she met a young man about the same age as Dabao.
Li Zheng was dressed in black, with only the belt around his waist embroidered with silver bamboo leaves.
He was cold and silent, and was roasting a pheasant.
For Long Yunxi, eating is the most important thing in the world.
She moved over, touching her shriveled belly. She pursed her lips tightly to prevent the saliva from flowing out.
Li Zheng frowned when he saw Long Yunxi's crazy look. He had seen many women with crazy looks when they met him, and many women even pretended to faint.
Long Yunxi took out a silver ingot from his backpack and put it in his hand, his eyes shining with greed.
Li Zheng unconsciously looked at himself; his clothes were very conservative. He moved back a little and said, "Girl, stay away from me." Li Zheng didn't like people touching him. He grew up in a military camp and hated nymphomaniacs.
"I'll give you the silver and give me the roast chicken."
Long Yunxi threw the silver to Li Zheng, grabbed the roast chicken and took a bite.
"Wow, it smells so good." Seeing Li Zheng looking at him in surprise, Long Yunxi pulled off a chicken leg a little embarrassedly. "Here, I'll give it to you."
She looked at the chicken leg with some reluctance, then handed it to Li Zheng with determination.
He ate the roast chicken with big mouthfuls.
Li Zheng took the roasted chicken leg and looked down at the silver ingot weighing twenty taels on his legs. He thought to himself, does it look like I'm short of silver?
Long Yunxi only had eyes for the roast chicken.
She didn't have the pretentious manner of a typical woman who would take a few bites and quietly say she was full. It was as if the roast chicken in front of her was some kind of delicacy. Furthermore, the way she handled it didn't seem like that of an ordinary poor person.
"Where are you going?" Long Yunxi dropped the chicken bone he had gnawed clean, and only then did he have time to look up and look at Li Zheng.
Seeing Li Zheng's appearance, she only showed a hint of surprise, and then was attracted by the wild fruit in his hand.
"Sell me another one of that."
Li Zheng was very curious about Long Yunxi's attention, but he still gave her a wild fruit.
"I'm going to Yunzhou City."
"I'm going to Yunzhou City too. Let's go together." Long Yunxi liked this kind of life where he could set up a fire and roast a chicken at any time.
I'm tired of the food in the big restaurants.
"No."
Li Zheng replied with a short one-word reply.
"Ah, then I won't be able to eat such delicious roast chicken." Long Yunxi's eyes fell on the chicken bones.
Li Zheng didn't expect that Long Yunxi only thought about eating.
The two soon parted ways.
But they met again near Yunzhou City.
Stay at an inn at the same time.
A woman in pink was chattering around Li Zheng, calling him "Brother Zheng" all the time, completely ignoring the fact that Li Zheng was about to go crazy.
Long Yunxi's eyes rolled around.
I also imitated the pink-dressed woman and walked over with a clip sound, saying delicately, "Brother Zheng, didn't you say you would take me to eat roast chicken?"
After saying this, Long Yunxi despised himself in frustration.
Thinking of the roast chicken, I can’t stop drooling.
Li Zheng could see Long Yunxi swallowing her saliva, but he knew that this girl didn't seem to have him in her eyes. He was very curious about what she was craving.
"Who are you?" The pink-dressed woman changed her fake shy look, and jealousy flashed in her eyes.
A sly smile flashed across Long Yunxi's clear eyes, and he pointed at Li Zheng and said, "Just ask Brother Zheng and you'll know who I am." He then walked over to Li Zheng and tugged at his sleeve. He deliberately added a clipping tone, "Brother Zheng, let's go."
"Don't go. Brother Zheng, do you want to make your aunt angry?" The woman in pink used her trump card.
"My aunt is not in good health now. She can't stand being bullied."
Li Zheng didn't say anything, but his icy face looked a little confused.
"Brother Zheng, she's so mean." Long Yunxi exclaimed in surprise, "She knew Auntie wasn't feeling well, but she still deliberately told her and made her worry."
Someone nearby also laughed.
"The purple-clad girl is right."
Li Zheng hadn't expected Long Yunxi to be so smart. He took Long Yunxi's hand and walked out, "I'll take you to dinner."
After hearing this, Long Yunxi smiled triumphantly.
"I want to eat your roast chicken." He swallowed again while speaking.
Li Zheng then realized that Long Yunxi had also been craving roast chicken. He touched his face and wondered if his looks had lost their edge.
That's not right.
Fang Fang saw that he was still infatuated with her.
"Okay." Li Zheng threw Long Yunxi on the horse's back and mounted it himself.
The two men rode their horses into the woods.
He asked Long Yunxi to find firewood while he went to hunt pheasants. When he came back, Long Yunxi had already made a fire and a pile of firewood next to it.
Li Zheng was holding a chicken and a rabbit in his hands.
The two chatted while roasting chicken and rabbit.
But Long Yunxi was a little absent-minded, her mind completely focused on the food in front of her. Only when she heard Li Zheng say that he was going to Yunzhou City to ask the doctor from the Ke Mansion to treat his mother did she hold her chin in her hand and think for a while.
"I think you should go home quietly to see your mother. Maybe she isn't sick after all." As soon as Long Yunxi heard the whole story, he knew that his mother must have pretended to be sick to trick him into going home to get married.
It’s just that Li Zheng couldn’t let it go, so he came to Yunzhou City first.
Li Zheng's face was icy cold. He stood up and glared at Long Yunxi. "Girl, eat the roast chicken by yourself. I'm leaving now."
"Hey. You..."
Li Zheng turned and looked at her with a cold expression. "My mother never pretended to be sick. You are such a vicious girl."
Long Yunxi was inexplicably scolded by Li Zheng and felt like jumping up and down and scolding him. He could smell the roast chicken getting burnt, so he didn't care about anything else and quickly sat down to continue roasting.
But it wasn’t as delicious as the one roasted by Li Zheng. Long Yunxi noticed the difference in taste as soon as he took a bite.
In line with the principle of not wasting anything, Long Yunxi ate everything.
After eating, we set off for Yunzhou City.
After staying in Yunzhou City for three days and checking the shop accounts, I finally remembered to go to the Ke Mansion. When I got there, I heard that the Ke family had gone to Jinyang Prefecture. They said they were going to Meilin.
Long Yunxi originally wanted to go to Jinyang Prefecture, but then he thought of what the shop owner said.
I went to Yanling Prefecture first.
When she was in Yanling Mansion, she unexpectedly met Li Zheng again. This time, when she saw Li Zheng, Long Yunxi had no expression and just glanced at him before turning her head away.
Li Zheng and a few friends also saw Long Yunxi. Seeing her turn away indifferently, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Last time Long Yunxi said that, he still went to Yunzhou City to find the doctor from Ke Mansion to come to Yanling Mansion. When he arrived at the mansion, he suddenly remembered Long Yunxi's words and asked his guards to enter the mansion quietly.
Unexpectedly, he saw her mother drinking tea with some noble ladies, discussing how to trick him into coming back to get married. The person they were going to marry was naturally Fang Fang.
His mother was quite pleased with herself, and the old doctor for Yanling Prefecture had already been found. When the time came, she would ask him to get married to bring good luck, and that would have achieved her goal.
Li Zheng didn't believe it and took another look himself.
Seeing that his mother was now healthier than he was, he held his aching chest and did not go home. He lived in his own small courtyard.
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