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No sooner had Jiang Yan left the Prince's residence than someone followed him.
But judging from the person's back, it wasn't Zhang Qin, but someone else. However, like Zhang Qin, he also possessed martial arts skills.
He followed Jiang Yan at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, but neither Jiang Yan nor Huang Ying noticed him. It seems that Jiang Yan and Huang Ying definitely did not expect that someone would be following them.
Although Jiang Yan said to redeem the hairpin first before eating, as soon as she saw the food along the street and smelled the delicious aroma of the food, her stomach started rumbling and her mouth was watering.
"Huang Ying, let's eat something to fill our stomachs first. Anyway, the hairpin isn't going to run away."
"But Master, what if he sells the hairpin again?"
Jiang Yan kept her eyes fixed on the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) in front of her, which seemed to be beckoning to her. She swallowed and casually said, "If it's really been sold again, then I guess I'll just have to let it go." Then she ran to the roujiamo stall and ordered one.
Huang Ying really had no way to deal with her, so she could only reluctantly follow and pay the money.
Huang Ying thought Jiang Yan had only ordered one roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) for herself, but to her surprise, after the roujiamo was made, she also ordered one for herself.
"Eat up, it smells delicious, it must be really good." He handed the steamed bun to Huang Ying, not caring whether she wanted to eat it or not.
"Wow, it tastes just like the roujiamo from Tongguan. It's so delicious, so incredibly delicious."
Seeing Huang Ying still holding the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and looking troubled about what to do with it, she couldn't help but laugh. "You think you can just stare at a bun and eat it? You have to eat it! You have to bite it with your teeth to fill your stomach!"
Huang Ying hesitated and said, "Master, women cannot eat in the street, let alone wolf down their food."
Jiang Yan heard this novel idea and couldn't help but laugh: "Who said that? Are you crazy? People are starving to death and you won't let them eat?"
As they were talking, a man in his early twenties walked past her, looking at her with disdain, and said contemptuously, "No manners! A disgrace!"
Jiang Yan was already in a bad mood and was looking for a place to vent her anger. When he suddenly said this, she didn't think twice and cursed, "Are you fucking crazy? What's wrong with me? Mind your own business!!"
The man was also a tough nut to crack. He walked over and then came back, pointing his right index finger at Jiang Yan and saying angrily.
"You have no manners and you still complain about what people say? Look at her, look at that woman, is she as ill-mannered as you? Eating like a glutton in public with her mouth wide open!!"
"What's it to you? Who do you think you are? Take a good look at yourself in the mirror! You're a disgrace!" Jiang Yan cursed at him, then took another bite of her roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).
The man was furious. He put his hands on his hips, puffed out his chest, and glared at Jiang Yan, as if his towering chest and angry eyes could intimidate her.
But Jiang Yan didn't take him seriously. He sneered and said while chewing on his roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).
"Look at you, look at you! That man is your age and has such a big belly? He must eat and drink a lot of meat, right? You look like a gourd! I'm afraid if the wind picks up a little, it'll blow you off balance!" In front of him, she disgusted him and deliberately took a big bite of the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and chewed it vigorously.
The man's dignity was violated, and he even considered violence.
When Jiang Yan saw his clenched right fist and indignant expression, she didn't hesitate and spat the steamed bun in her mouth onto his face. Then she grabbed Huang Ying and ran away in a hurry.
As she ran, she shouted angrily in his screaming voice, "What's it to you? Your grandma will give you a bite to eat! You're welcome!!"
The laughter from the onlookers reached its peak immediately.
Huang Ying was amused and followed Jiang Yan to a quiet alleyway where there were few people before they stopped.
Jiang Yan took a few deep breaths, then took another bite of the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger): "He's really sick. I can eat whatever I want, however I want. What's it to him? Humph!" She took another big bite.
Huang Ying smiled slightly, saying nothing, but took a bite of the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), and then, as if she had discovered some treasure, exclaimed excitedly, "It's so delicious!"
Jiang Yan was in a great mood: "Of course! Roujiamo tastes even better when it's hot. I'll take you to eat it again next time."
"Um."
After eating the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), Jiang Yan wanted to eat something else, but Huang Ying kept nagging her to go redeem the hairpin. Annoyed, she went with Huang Ying to redeem the hairpin first.
"What?" Huang Ying exclaimed in surprise upon hearing the driver's embarrassed and hesitant words.
Knowing he was in the wrong, the coachman scratched the back of his head sheepishly and said with a forced smile, "It's true, I told him you would come to redeem him, but that man wouldn't listen. He threw a bag of silver at me and snatched it from my hands!"
"Do you remember what that person looked like?" Huang Ying asked.
The driver was even more perplexed and puzzled: "That man was wearing a black cloak with the brim pulled down very low, and it was dark. I only saw his mouth, nothing else."
"That's really strange! How could such a thing happen?" Huang Ying muttered to herself in confusion.
The driver suddenly said, "Oh, I remember now, that man's chin, right here..." He pointed to the area below his right corner of his mouth, near his chin, and said to Huang Ying and Jiang Yan, "There's a small black mole here."
Jiang Yan couldn't help but smile wryly, thinking, what's the use of this? There are plenty of people with black moles on their chins, how can you be sure it's him?
Undeterred, Huang Ying asked the driver again, "Uncle, do you remember which direction he went? Or can you guess who he is? That hairpin is extremely important to my master; we must get it back!"
The coachman sighed helplessly, "Miss, I have no use for that hairpin. What I said is true."
Jiang Yan glanced at the anxious Huang Ying, then at the helpless coachman, and said.
"Forget it, it's already like this, there's nothing we can do about it."
"But......"
"No buts! Things are already like this, it's not a matter of life and death, let it go." After saying that, Jiang Yan pulled Huang Ying away.
Huang Ying was still not giving up, saying as she walked, "That hairpin looks like it's worth a lot of money. Maybe he just doesn't want to pay, he's talking nonsense!!"
Jiang Yan stopped and laughed, "Does he look like he's short of money? Although he looks humble, he's not short of money. What do you think he wants that hairpin for? To collect? That's unlikely, right? Even if he wanted to give it away, he would definitely have a new one made. So, just like he said, someone took a fancy to it and forcibly took it."
"I don't believe it," Huang Ying pouted, huffing and puffing.
Jiang Yan made a face at her and laughed, "Are you afraid that Shangguan Zeyu will blame me for not being able to handle it?"
Huang Ying looked at her honestly and nodded slightly.
Jiang Yan laughed and said, "Don't worry, it's not a problem. I have plenty of ways to handle it. Besides, he's already given it to me, he wouldn't say he wants to look at it again, would he?"
Huang Ying thought about it and felt that what she said made sense. She shook off her gloom and smiled.
"Okay, that's all over now. Let's go eat and have fun."
In the Cloud Pavilion, at his desk, Shangguan Zeyu was handling official business by lamplight.
Zhang Qin knocked on the door three times and came in.
"Is something the matter?" Shangguan Zeyu didn't look at him, continuing to write something.
"Your Highness, the guards protecting Consort Liu have reported that she has returned."
"Nothing happened, right?" He continued writing furiously.
Zhang Qin's lips twitched. He looked at Shangguan Zeyu, who was busy and overwhelmed, and said.
"Consort Liu got into a conflict with someone."
Shangguan Zeyu suddenly stopped writing, paused for a moment, and looked at him with concern: "Are you injured?"
"Your Highness, Consort Liu is unharmed, but that person... is not a good one."
A strange look appeared on Shangguan Zeyu's face, and his eyes narrowed slightly: "What do you mean?"
Zhang Qin told Shangguan Zeyu everything about how Jiang Yan had argued with the man who had insulted her at the market and even spat in his face.
Shangguan Zeyu went from disbelief at first, to understanding, to finally grinning.
"This Ruyi is getting more and more interesting!"
Zhang Qin added, "The people protecting Consort Liu said that the Consort didn't go anywhere tonight, she just ate something and came back."
"Hmm." Shangguan Zeyu looked at a certain spot in mid-air, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What about Chen Run? How is he doing?"
“Your Highness, Young Master Chen has been traveling back and forth between the Chen residence and the Su Prince’s residence these past few days. It seems that, as the rumors say, he has indeed joined the Su Prince’s ranks.”
"Hmph! If he truly joined Prince Su for Ruyi's sake, then I would respect him as a man of principle. But if he did it for his own selfish reasons and used Ruyi as a shield, then I truly despise him!"
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