Chapter 295 I am a fool
The envoy frowned and said something fair: "You are really overthinking this, Princess. I thought so too a few days ago. I even asked someone for information. The Regent and his group have indeed been moving at this speed since leaving the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, stopping and starting frequently. It's not that they are deliberately trying to torture the princess, otherwise we wouldn't have encountered them on the road if we set out later."
"It's the rainy season now. We'll reach Yicheng in a few days. I heard the dam there is showing signs of breaking. The Regent and his entourage stopped here to allow officials from Jiangnan to organize disaster relief and rescue efforts. The Regent Princess even ordered people to purchase food and herbs in the surrounding counties."
"If the dam breaks, there will be a large number of refugees. This is a very difficult problem in Bac Ninh. Therefore, for safety, we must follow the Regent and his group on the next journey."
Guo Shuangwen was so angry that he smashed the teacup and teapot again, but there was nothing he could do.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, the two men retreated. The guard turned back just before leaving the room to remind her, "Princess, please don't smash it anymore. The people at the inn said that if anything is broken in this room again, they won't give us a new one. They'll also ask us to pay the original price of the broken item as compensation. We can't afford it now, so please show some mercy, Princess."
Guo Shuangwen was so angry when he saw Wei Jieying's back as he left that he wanted to smash something else. However, when he saw the three taels of silver on the table, he didn't do anything. This inn was specially used to receive envoys from other countries, and the things inside were not cheap.
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Guo Shuangwen thought that when Bu Ruo and his group set out again, there would only be a few more carriages, but she didn't expect that there were several more caravans, all loaded with supplies. She heard that there would be more supplies that would be delivered in a few days.
Thinking of the money he had paid out, Guo Shuangwen almost bit his back teeth to pieces.
"We won't be entering the city again on the rest of the journey. We'll stay wherever we stop. You should also prepare your own food so as not to delay our journey."
Guo Shuangwen sneered: "We don't have to go with you. We want to stay in an inn. If you have something to do, just go ahead."
Bu Ruo raised an eyebrow: "This princess has no objection. There will be refugees starting to appear in the next town. I hope you can make it to the border alive."
"Well... but it doesn't matter if you're dead. It won't delay the compensation as long as your body arrives. Also... are you sure you have enough money to stay at the inn? If you get kicked out, I won't lend you any money. After all, your character is questionable. You borrow money but don't return it."
The Beining envoy quickly had Guo Shuangwen helped onto the carriage and looked at Buruo flatteringly: "Our princess was just joking with you. Don't mind, Princess. We will go with you. You can say whatever you want along the way. We promise not to hold you back."
Bu Ru nodded and got on the carriage, while Xiao Yulan had already set off for Yicheng with Cen Bei and Doctor Du two days ago.
Because there was a convoy behind them, they did not travel very fast along the way, and they had to sleep outside on the first night.
When Guo Shuangwen got off the carriage, Buruo was already sitting on the fur that Bier and others had laid out, entertaining the child.
"Mom, did you ask someone to buy this for Bubu from Shanhua Shuixie? It's really beautiful, with butterflies on it."
Bu Ruo tapped her daughter's forehead and said, "I didn't buy it, I took it. The Mountain Flower and Water Pavilion was originally a dowry given to me by my senior brother, but now it belongs to Bu Bu."
Bu Bu stared with her big round eyes: "Aunt Bi'er said that Shanhua Shuixie is the largest auction house in the Three Kingdoms and the annual income is very considerable, but what should I do if Mom gives it to Brother Bu Bu?"
Bu Ruo smiled and said, "Brother, you have some too. Mother gave your brother a gold mine and a jade mine. The jade mine produces top-grade jadeite. It was transferred to your brother's name a few days ago."
Bu Ruo is not partial. Although Xiao Jin had made it clear that he didn't want anything, Bu Ruo would still give his son whatever he gave his daughter.
In the eyes of outsiders, Bu Ruo is very rich, but only she knows... the truly rich person in these three kingdoms is actually his elusive senior brother.
Bu Bu took the crystal hairpin and looked at it from left to right. She loved it very much and said: "How much is this hairpin worth?"
Bi'er took the hairpin from Bubu and helped her put it on her hair. "If this hairpin were sold on the market, it would be worth at least 20,000 taels. There aren't many children's hair ornaments made of crystal, and this crystal is of top quality. There's no other like it in the Three Kingdoms."
"Your master uncle personally found the most famous craftsman to make this for you. I heard that he specially asked someone to rush it over after we arrived in Jiangnan."
While the mother and daughter were talking, there were occasional banging sounds coming from the carriage beside them.
"He hasn't given up yet?"
Bi'er glanced towards the carriage with a mixture of pity and amusement: "Not yet, but he does listen to the princess."
"Listen to me?" Bu Ruo took out a jade hairpin used by men to tie their hair from the jewelry box beside him and shouted, "Hey, come out and take a look, I have something good for you too."
Just as Bu Ruo finished speaking, a head wearing a cotton hat popped out from the carriage: "Is it me? Are you calling me? If you give me good things, then I am definitely a fool."
puff……
Bu Ruo finally understood what Bier meant by listening to her. She actually bought a cotton hat and put it on. She then asked why the sound of the carriage roof hitting the ground was not so loud today.
"Ruo'er, Ruo'er, I'm here. What did you get me? I've been cleaning the carriage and practicing all the way here, so I haven't had time to go out for a walk."
Bu Ruo mercilessly exposed her: "Is it because you don't have time to go shopping or you don't have the money to do so?"
"Ruo'er!"
"Okay, okay, I know you... don't have time to go shopping, so I got you a jade hairpin from the Shanhua Waterside Pavilion."
Bu Ruo looked at the cotton hat on someone's head with amusement and continued, "But I think I picked the wrong thing for you. After all, you can't use this cotton hat at all. Otherwise..."
Jin Congcong snatched the jade hairpin and held it in his hand: "It will be useful, it will be useful. Who said I can't use it? I can use it when I finish practicing and take off my cotton hat to clean the carriage."
Bi'er's forehead twitched slightly: "Little Divine Doctor Jin, you are really extravagant. You wore this eight thousand taels jade hairpin while cleaning the carriage. It's really..."
"Okay, okay, stop glaring at me. It's your hairpin, so you can wear it whenever you want. But don't cry if you accidentally break it."
Jin Congcong stared at Bi'er, "How much did you say this jade hairpin cost? Eight thousand taels? Did I hear correctly? Eight thousand taels?! I wanted to buy a five hundred tael jade crown, but I saved up for so long and still couldn't get enough. An eight thousand tael jade hairpin..."
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