Without waiting for Yan Luo to react, she turned around, grabbed the letter wrapped in oil paper on her sleeve, and ran away!

"Hey! Did that little brat just leave without paying?"

When the sharp-eyed guest saw the pink ball running away, his chivalrous thoughts rushed to his mind, and he slammed the table and shouted.

Jiang Qingqing heard the man scolding behind her and she turned around to look.

Then I saw Yingzhu, who had just appeared, walking out from somewhere and blocking the man's way. He looked at him coldly without saying a word.

The guest staggered a step, and Qingqing stepped back, muttering something.

When Yan Luo heard the noise, she saw the girl walking away. She quickly put away the silver and explained to the customer with a smile, "The girl didn't eat anything. She just came here to drink water to quench her thirst. Thank you, boss, for taking care of our shop. Are you full? I'll give you another plate of dumplings."

With Yan Luo's warm hospitality, the shop quickly put the matter behind them.

Jiang Qingqing smiled. She was very satisfied with Yan Luo's reaction.

Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the side door of the side courtyard, he saw Xiao Linting standing in front of the gate in a dark black brocade robe.

His eyes fell on the busy figure at the stall, but he just glanced at it casually, and his attention was all on the little princess running towards him.

The pink little ball ran very fast with her short legs. Xiao Linting frowned slightly, but opened his arms a little, ready to catch the little princess.

Seeing the little pink ball rushing towards him, Xiao Linting was just about to remain calm and go to pick her up calmly.

“Pah—”

She didn't fall into his arms, but because her feet tripped over each other, Jiang Qingqing fell flat on the ground, hitting her knees straight on the ground. She quickly supported herself with her little hands and barely avoided a close contact with the ground.

"Happy New Year to the Emperor's Uncle!"

Jiang Qingqing looked at herself as if she was kowtowing, and she suddenly had an idea and said something naughty in a crisp voice.

Xiao Linting was about to help her but suddenly withdrew his hand. He calmly looked at the little princess crawling on the ground, his thin lips just slightly raised, but there was no smile.

"Your Highness, this reason is too far-fetched. I do not accept it."

As he spoke, he bent one knee and squatted down, watching the little guy lower his head and brush off the dust on himself obediently.

I had a hard time thinking about what words to say to encourage this brave little guy.

Suddenly, Xiao Linting narrowed his narrow eyes slightly, and reached out decisively to grab the little guy's wrist, which he could hold with one hand.

"Nafu, call the doctor from the palace."

He slightly increased the strength in his hands and easily held Jiang Qingqing in his arms. With just a slight exertion of force, he was able to hold her horizontally in his arms, then turned around and walked back towards the side courtyard.

When the emperor's uncle turned around while holding her, Jiang Qingqing saw the two maids who were chosen by her.

"Get out of the way." There was no warmth in Xiao Linting's deep voice, and his dark eyes seemed to produce thousands of cold arrows, whizzing towards the two people.

The innocent maid shrank her neck, moved aside, and waited for Xiao Linting to walk in front. The two of them looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

Jiang Qingqing's fair palms had just been placed on the ground, and she probably slipped on the sharp stones on the ground, leaving faint traces of blood on her two small palms.

This is why Xiao Linting suddenly took her into the house as if facing a great enemy.

In fact, in Jiang Qingqing's eyes, this small wound was nothing to be afraid of.

"Uncle, perhaps, have you ever thought that when the doctor from the palace comes, my wound will be healed?" She spoke carefully, unable to resist slightly warming up the inexplicably solemn atmosphere.

She wasn't seriously injured, so with these serious expressions, were they sending her away? !

"Your Highness, this is an anti-inflammatory medicine." The slightly taller maid, who had a very sharp eye, found the ointment from the side room and brought it over.

The one who was slightly shorter only reacted at this time and went to the next room to look for something.

But he was stopped by Jiang Qingqing.

"You two should stop working. When I was selecting people just now, I was considering the other person's mood, so I didn't say much. It just so happens that at this time, let's chat and understand the situation of both parties."

Jiang Qingqing, as a boss, understands his subordinates and is very impressive.

Sometimes when she spoke, she used her hand movements. Just as she was about to raise her hand, Xiao Linting grabbed it.

"Talk nicely, don't use your hands."

"oh."

Jiang Qingqing pulled the corners of her mouth awkwardly, then she raised her head and looked at the two people in front of her expectantly.

"Your Highness is quite good at selecting people. These two people were chosen by my mansion. They are both born in the Xiao family. According to the rules, they cannot leave the Xiao family. Since Your Highness insists on selecting them, I have no choice but to let them go."

"???"

Jiang Qingqing was stunned on the spot.

[This man!! As expected, his mind is so deep! As expected, he is a veteran in the officialdom!!]

The milky voice almost spoke through gritted teeth.

This may seem like a complaint, but in fact it is a compliment to Xiao Linting for his shrewdness. As the young prince Xiao who often resists the old scholars in the cabinet, he is very thick-skinned.

"When I eliminated Shadow Pearl, you didn't look down on me in your heart, did you?" Jiang Qingqing was desperate for a moment.

She thought she had defeated him happily.

Unexpectedly, he still had a trick up his sleeve and turned back to take it.

"No," Xiao Linting treated her wound seriously, "They were stuffed in there just to make up the number. I never expected that after so many choices, Your Highness would choose the ones who were stuffed in there to make up the number."

"That……"

[Then the quality won’t be bad, right? Is it too late to recall those eight people now? ! ]

Jiang Qingqing's eyes were about to faint, and she felt a stinging sensation in the palms of her hands from time to time.

Ask her what she thinks.

Don’t ask, it’s very painful to ask.

"The family-born children who can enter the minister's mansion are all carefully nurtured by the main family."

The concise explanation was very effective in calming Jiang Qingqing's fluctuating emotions.

"What are your names?"

Jiang Qingqing quickly turned her attention back to the two of them.

"They have not had names since they left the Xiao family. Your Highness, please give them names."

Xiao Linting always spoke, as if the two maids were dumb. But he looked calm, his hands were busy applying anti-inflammatory medicine to Jiang Qingqing, and he picked up the gauze.

Jiang Qingqing stared at the gauze and was about to say that her wound would heal in a second and there was no need to wrap it with gauze.

Before she could even utter a word, Xiao Linting had already wrapped it up around her with skill, and finally finished it perfectly at the tail, hiding the gauze tail impeccably.