"It doesn't matter. I don't understand anyway." Helian Yu actively divided the dishes, with a beaming face. "Eat quickly, don't waste it. You can share this Wusao fish!"

Three people: "..."

Caiyun bit her lip and looked at Yingyue and Changzuo for help. She had already turned the topic to the old woman, so why didn't the master forget to distribute the food?

Chang Zuo looked at the fish on the plate, then looked away, picked up Helian Yu and put him in his arms: "We are full, let's go."

"But I haven't eaten yet—"

"I'm full." Chang Zuo covered Helian Yu's mouth, "Yingyue, go pay the bill."

Yingyue naturally didn't want to eat these dishes, so she hurriedly called the waiter to settle the bill.

"Give the remaining untouched vegetables to the beggars on the street." Yingyue followed Xingchun to do things and learned some things. Now she has also acquired some management skills.

The waiter chuckled, "The girl must be a stranger! And she comes from a good family! But, there are no beggars in Jinling! We can feed these leftovers to pigs and dogs, don't worry about it!"

"No beggars?"

Yingyue didn't believe it. If there were beggars in the huge capital city under the emperor's feet, how could there be no beggars in Nanjing?

Helian Yu quietly lay on the chief's left shoulder and looked at the waiter, "Is Jinling so rich that there are no beggars?"

There are so many corrupt officials and collusion between officials and businessmen in Jinling, so how could there be no beggars?

How strange! The waiter looked around and whispered, "Miss, you are joking. Even if there are many things in the world, there will never be no beggars! It's all the evil done by those big shots!"

The waiter gnashed his teeth and said helplessly: "It is a great blessing for the prince and princess to come to Jinling! The adults dare not neglect it, so they can only create a fake prosperous scene! Therefore, all the beggars and refugees in Jinling City were driven out! The young lady only needs to know about this, but she must not spread it. If it gets to the ears of the nobles in the capital, it will be a disaster!"

Helian Yu: "..."

For no apparent reason, he became the culprit.

"There are still refugees?" Helian Yu was startled. He had never heard of a disaster anywhere. "Where are the refugees?"

"Young lady, you really care about the country." The waiter smiled innocently, looked around and saw that no one asked him to do anything, so he chatted with Helian Yu, "There was a plague in Tianxing City next door! Many people died! It happened just two days ago! It will probably take ten days for the emperor to hear about it, or he might not hear about it, otherwise he will punish those officials, and they won't be happy!"

The waiter also felt that he had said too much and sighed, "Those officials are so vicious! Someone with a kind heart like me can't be an official!"

Helian Yu nodded at him: "Indeed."

Waiter: “…”

Helian Yu didn't want to continue walking around. He curled up in the crook of Chang Zuo's neck and kicked him with his weak calf: "I want to go back."

I was out for less than half a day and didn't go shopping, so I went back to the residence.

Helian Yu ran around and did not see Xie Rangchen and Helian Chi except the servants.

"Brother Chang Zuo, let's go to the government office!"

"I can't go." Chang Zuo's expressionless eyebrows and eyes were filled with grievance and anger, "The master doesn't allow me to go."

Helian Yu patted her chest and said with great righteousness: "I am a princess! I will take responsibility if anything goes wrong!"

If you can bear it, bear it. If you can’t bear it, just hug Master’s thigh and cry! Master has a good temper. He will soften after crying a few times.

Chang Zuo stared at Helian Yu and hesitated for a few breaths: "Alright. You carry it."

Helian Yu smiled but didn't smile, and hit him hard on the shoulder: "You are really rude."

A case was being tried in the court of Jinling government office, and a circle of people gathered outside the government office to watch the fun.

Chang Zuo held Helian Yu in his arms and squeezed into the crowd.

"Aunt, what case are you trying?" Helian Yu stretched his body to ask the lady next to him.

The old lady was kind and talkative. When Helian Yu asked her questions, she was as calm as if she had let go of the floodgates: "It's the case of the Zhou and Chu families!"

"The old woman kneeling in front is Grandma Zhao, a servant of the Zhou family in the east of the city. She has a little granddaughter who was kidnapped a few days ago. Unexpectedly, she was secretly bought home by a servant of the Chu family, who wanted to raise her as a child bride."

"The servant of the Chu family was not a good person. He thought the girl was disobedient, so he beat and scolded her all day long. In the end, he fed her a bag of rat poison and poisoned her to death! He threw her into the river! After the body was fished out, Grandma Zhao identified it. But the servant of the Chu family refused to admit that he had bought the girl. The two families quarreled fiercely."

The old lady pointed at the courtroom and said, "See those lawyers on both sides dressed in fancy clothes? They are from the Zhou family and the Chu family. Neither family wants to suffer a loss."

Helian Yu touched the tip of his ear and said, "It's not good if this matter gets out of hand, right?"

Do big families not care about their reputation? "Of course! But there is no other way except to make a big fuss!" The old lady clapped her hands, "Originally, there was no need to make a big fuss, but Grandma Zhao was so distressed that she stood guard at the gate of the government office all day, and kowtowed and cried out for justice when she saw a noble. Unexpectedly, she finally got what she was waiting for! And it was a prince! Now, we have to handle this case!"

Helian Yu understood and smiled sweetly at the aunt: "Thank you, auntie."

"Why are you thanking me? This kind of thing is common. You're just too young to have seen anything like it!" The old lady seemed to have seen many storms and waves. She remained unmoved. Just as she was about to teach Helian Yu a lesson, she saw the two of them rushing into the government office. "From now on, you - you can't rush into the government office! You'll be beaten!"

When the old lady saw Chang Zuo holding Helian Yu and walking inside, she was so scared that she almost lost her soul: "Just stand outside and watch the fun! You can't go in!"

Helian Yu waved at the old lady and said, "My brother is doing work at the government office. It's okay."

The guards at the gate had fierce looks on their faces and stepped forward to stop them: "No one, no one else, is allowed to disturb the court!"

Chang Zuo raised the token that symbolized his status, and the officers and soldiers bent their knees to kneel. "Okay, no need to greet."

Chang Zuo held Helian Yu in his arms and headed south. After passing the ceremonial gate in the southwest corner, they arrived at the South Prison, also commonly known as the Big Prison.

The lady outside scratched her head, then slapped her chest when she came to her senses, muttering, "Oh my god, I've met the daughter of an official family! Why isn't she wearing silk and satin and has seventy or eighty maids..."

The South Prison was gloomy, and the soldiers guarding the gate and patrolling took turns. Because Helian Chi and others were there, there were more guards brought from the capital.

When Chang Zuo and Helian Yu appeared, the guards saluted first.

"Greetings, Princess. Long live the princess."

"Get up, is the fourth brother in there?"

Helian Yu's eyes fell on the horizontal plaque with the word "Prison", and then moved down to the huge word "Prison" on the gray wall inside the door.

"Princess, the Fourth Prince is indeed in prison."

"Go tell him that I want to see the Imperial Master."

The guard said "yes" and ran into the prison.

After running two steps, he finally reacted.

Reporting to His Majesty the Fourth Prince, the princess wants to see the Imperial Master? Is this... not right?

(End of this chapter)