Chapter 292 Why are you all looking at me like this?
It was gradually getting dark, and just as everyone was about to have dinner, the envoy from Beining came over.
"Princess...well...we have only collected 7,000 taels of silver right now, but don't worry, if you give us a few more days, we will find a way to collect the rest of the silver and give it to you when we reach the next town for repairs."
"And this slave release order..."
Bu Ruo asked Bi'er to take the silver and the letter of release and waved his hand: "Tomorrow we will stop in Jiangnan to rest for a few days. You can gather the money within three days."
The Beining envoy nodded quickly and retreated. Only 250 taels of the 7,000 taels belonged to Guo Shuangwen, because he wanted to keep 50 taels of silver for food. The rest of the silver was all taken care of by him and Wei.
After what happened with the maid just now, all the guards and maids in their team dared not speak out against Guo Shuangwen. In the past, these people thought it was nothing, but that was when there was no comparison.
Especially after they saw Bu Ruo let Bi'er divide the seven thousand taels, their envy and jealousy reached the peak.
"You... why are you all looking at me like that? Even if I don't have any money right now, I'm still a princess. It's not your turn to mock me."
"It's already so late, why don't you hurry up and prepare a meal for me? If it doesn't taste good, I'll ask my father to chop off all your heads when I get back."
"You, I'm going to sleep in the carriage tonight. Hurry up and make the carriage bed. If I don't sleep comfortably, I'll tear your worthless body apart."
"And you, quickly call the accompanying doctor over, my arm is starting to hurt again."
When they came to Beining, they were accompanied by an imperial physician. However, Guo Shuangwen accidentally caught a cold on the way. She thought the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician was too unpalatable, so she asked the guards to drag the old imperial physician out and beat him to death. The envoys tried to dissuade her several times but to no avail. Finally, they could only secretly send someone to collect the old imperial physician's body and quietly ordered someone to send his body back to Beining.
The envoy felt overwhelmed when he saw Guo Shuangwen cursing non-stop. In order to raise money for her, he and Wei Jieying took out all the money they had on them, leaving only 20 taels each for spending. It was enough to save a little to get to the border.
But they didn't expect that the Regent and his entourage would not only not care about their food and drink along the way, but would also stop for a few days to play in interesting or scenic towns. If this continued, even if they saved money, it would not be enough.
He also thought about sending a carrier pigeon to report the matter to the emperor, but he was stopped by Wei Jieying. Wei Jieying's official position was higher than his and he had been in office longer than him. He secretly told himself that the emperor was already dissatisfied with the princess when he sent him. If he knew what the princess had done now, he might not care about her anymore. By then, they... might not even have a complete body left.
In the end, the two of them still went over after Guo Shuangwen finished his dinner cursing at them.
"Princess……"
"What are you doing here, two useless idiots? If it weren't for you, how could this princess have fallen into such a state? Why did the emperor send an envoy like you to accompany this princess to the Great Zhou?"
"If you were a capable and intelligent princess, I would have been the regent princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty by now. How could I return home in disgrace with a blind eye and a broken arm like a stray dog?"
"And you, you are here to pick me up, but look at what I eat now. These are usually fed to dogs in my place! I will make you pay when I return!"
The guards and maids were filled with hidden hatred when they heard Guo Shuangwen's words. They didn't know that they would be staying outside tonight so they didn't prepare any special dinner. The food they had was the best they had bought from the nearby town as quickly as possible.
If she was asked to eat these, they would be feeding the dogs. Then what about the hard buns soaked in water that they were eating leaning against the big tree?
Let's look at the princess's side. Although the guards and maids did not sit with the prince, princess and the young masters, they had furs spread on the ground for them to eat. The food was cooked in the same pot as the prince and princess, so they all ate the same food.
Moreover, they had just heard the princess specifically instruct the cook to heat up the rest of the food in the pot so that the guards could eat it hot when they changed shifts. If it was not enough, they would have to make more and not let them go hungry.
Even if they had never eaten it, they could tell how valuable the food the princess ate was. In a place like this, the fact that the guards and maids could eat the same food as themselves showed how they lived on a daily basis.
Bu Ruo glanced at them and naturally knew what they were thinking, but she just smiled it off. It was true that she was nice to the people around her, but that was because they deserved it.
Every one of the people who followed them this time was carefully selected by Bu Ruo after they had been examined one by one. Even if one day she, Xiao Yulan and the children were in danger or lost everything, these people would still loyally protect them and would never betray them.
Otherwise, it would be like what Guo Shuangwen said. After a long time, those people would think they were easy to bully and would bully her. She was not stupid, so how could she do such a thing?
It is true that she is kind by nature, but she can distinguish right from wrong and can tell good from bad.
"Hey, every time we stayed outside during this trip, the princess would specifically ask for food to be saved for us, and it was the same food she ate. I don't know what to say."
"That's right. Although he never treated us unfairly when we were with him, and always gave us enough money to eat and drink on our own, he is still a man after all, and he doesn't have the meticulousness of the princess."
"That's right." The youngest guard held a bowl in one hand and pointed at his shoes with the other. "When we went to the last town, the princess found a small hole in my shoes and asked Sister Bi'er to buy new shoes for us all. Actually, it's not that I don't have shoes, I just forgot to bring them..."
"Yes, we have been following the prince since he was a general, so we have had little time to play. After the princess found out, she allowed us to take turns going out to see and play every time we stopped during the shift change. This was something we never dared to think about before."
At this time, a guard who had just finished handing over came over with a happy face: "Haha, how much silver did you divide just now? Sister Bi'er gave me a full twenty taels."
The guard who was eating patted his pouch and said, "I also got 20 taels. I heard that every guard and maid got 20 taels each, and even the cook and servants got 5 taels each."
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