Chapter 1149 I feel like I'm a terrible person
Seeing that Xu Da was about to take the bait, Lin Yuesha added fuel to the fire, saying, "That day at Faxi Temple, my uncle tried to help me escape. He told me at the time that he never expected the person behind the scenes to be the old princess, and that he knew nothing about it."
When Lin Yuesha was kidnapped, the Prince of Luo sensed something was wrong. He wasn't worried about Qi Heng's inability to handle the situation, but rather about Xu Da misunderstanding him, thinking that he was ambitious but had always acted like a carefree hermit and was a two-faced person.
"Cousin, think about it. At a life-or-death moment, Uncle actually cared whether you had a misunderstanding about him. What does that mean?"
Prince Luo valued this brotherhood and didn't want his image in Xu Da's eyes to be tarnished.
"Tch, does he think he has any image to speak of?"
Xu Da pretended to be nonchalant, but inwardly he was trembling and still resenting the Prince of Luo for not explaining.
"Why didn't he explain it to me clearly?"
Recently, Xu Da has been feeling uneasy. Before the wedding, he and Prince Luo were almost inseparable, working together, drinking together, and talking about everything.
When exactly did the two begin to drift apart and become less adept at expressing themselves?
"Cousin, you're so petty."
Lin Yuesha accused Xu Da, "The old princess was arrested, the Luo Prince's mansion was ransacked, and my uncle was tortured and lost too much blood, leaving him weak. He has to endure both physical and mental blows. How can he have the energy to explain to you?"
At this crucial moment, instead of taking the initiative to visit his good brother, Xu Da argued with the Prince of Luo. This was extremely inappropriate of him.
"Cousin, after hearing what you said, I feel like I'm a terrible person."
Xu Da felt a pang of pain in his heart. Upon reflection, he realized that he had not considered his brother's feelings and had shown a lack of consideration for the bigger picture.
"It's almost dawn, shall we go now?"
As dawn broke and he finished his shift, Xu Da had some free time and couldn't wait to visit Prince Luo at the Prince's villa. He was very worried that his good brother might be thinking of doing something rash.
Lin Yuesha twitched her lips; it seemed she had successfully fooled him.
"Cousin, it's a bit early. Besides, we shouldn't come empty-handed, should we?"
Lin Yuesha got up early to buy pork brisket. She prepared the spices at her residence and transported them by carriage to the Prince's villa to simmer over a low flame, ensuring that Prince Luo would eat the freshest brisket.
"That's true."
Xu Da lowered his head and thought for a moment, and finally, with a heavy heart, decided to give his treasured calligraphy and paintings to the Prince of Luo for appreciation.
The two reached an agreement, and Lin Yuesha urged the driver to speed up so as not to miss the market.
On the carriage, Qingxing gave Lin Yuesha a thumbs up. Her young lady had a silver tongue and almost fooled Xu Da into a state of utter desperation. Xu Da went from being resolute in his resistance to softening and then becoming desperate in the end, all in less than a quarter of an hour.
"My cousin is a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart."
Despite Xu Da's decisive refusal, he was easily swayed by gentle persuasion; a few kind words and coaxing were all it took.
"When Prince Luo saved you at Faxi Temple, I was really worried that Lord Xu might misunderstand him?"
Qingxing felt that what her young mistress said was very true.
"How is that possible!"
Lin Yuesha shook her head and chuckled. Back then, the two of them were hiding, and Qi Heng went up the mountain alone, where he was severely abused by the old witch.
Lin Yuesha's heart was in her throat, and she almost fainted. Later, she went crazy trying to buy time. She and Luo Wang barely exchanged a few words. The situation was urgent, and it was hard to say whether she would survive. Who would care about Xu Da's thoughts?
"Alright, I was naive."
It's no wonder Xu Da was fooled. Qingxing had followed her young mistress for a long time and took it seriously, even being moved by the brotherhood between Prince Luo and Lord Xu.
You're overthinking it.
Lin Yuesha repeatedly emphasized that they had a close relationship, like big fish eating small fish and small fish eating shrimp, and they wouldn't be happy without sabotaging each other.
Go to the Prince of Luo to apologize with a bundle of thorns on your back, arrest Xu Da, and with Xu Da's witty remarks, the matter will be mostly settled.
However, one should still try to please others, as Father Xiao Chenggui said, and one should make the right gesture.
When we arrived at the market, the eastern sky was just beginning to lighten, and the stalls on both sides were already full.
In the outer city market, when the officials came to work to collect taxes, people from the surrounding villages would travel in the dark to sell their local specialties before dawn in order to save a few copper coins.
If the journey is long, they will stay at the stall all night.
The market was full of all kinds of things. Lin Yuesha saw an old woman with gray hair guarding a hemp rope and couldn't help but feel sorry for her. She told Qingxing to buy the hemp rope.
"Miss, we should just give the old lady some silver. Why do we need to buy hemp rope?"
Qingxing thought for a long time and realized she didn't need this thing; it would take up a lot of space.
“We’re giving money to the old lady for free, as if it were charity. Not everyone is willing to accept that.”
Poor people live a hard life, and many of them have principles in their actions. Giving money casually is a stain on the other person's character.
They're not beggars, they're not that poor.
Buying the hemp rope is a fair transaction; the money and goods are exchanged in one transaction. Moreover, selling the hemp rope will make the old lady happy.
"As for the hemp rope..."
Lin Yuesha paused for a moment and then smiled, "There will always be a use for it. Don't forget, your master is there to back you up."
"I didn't expect you to have this hobby."
Qingxing was both amused and exasperated; her young mistress's schemes were getting increasingly sophisticated.
"You're overthinking it."
Lin Yuesha arrived at the meat stall and precisely picked out the brisket, making the butcher drool with envy. He said, "Young lady, you really know how to choose. This pig weighs over 300 jin, and the meat is the most fragrant. You've chosen the best part."
"Boss, I'm buying this much at once, could you give me a few big bones as a bonus?"
Lin Yuesha bargained with the butcher and finally added five coins to get a basket of large bones.
"Miss, are you planning to make bone broth?"
Qingxing was confused and couldn't figure out her young mistress's purpose.
The large bones that Liu Quan's wife bought at the manor, with meat on them, can not only be used to make a milky white bone broth, but the meat is also stewed until tender and tastes great when dipped in soy sauce.
The large bones that Lin Yuesha bought had been thoroughly cleaned, leaving only the bones.
"No, we're going to the Prince's mansion to deliver gifts to our uncle, so we can't neglect his beloved animals."
The so-called beloved animal was the big black dog that Fang Mama had once pulled out of its fur, which was kept in the Prince's villa.
"Miss, you are so thoughtful."
Qingxing couldn't help but sigh. Seeing Lin Yuesha busy taking care of everything, even if the Prince of Luo had a lot of resentment, it would ease up a bit.
"I can't be careless, because it's related to whether I'll be able to gain freedom in the future."
Qingxing didn't understand, and Lin Yuesha didn't intend to explain further, giving a mysterious smile.
After the master and servant finished shopping and prepared to return home, the market, which had been quiet just moments before, suddenly became noisy.
"Old Mrs. Lin is going out to the yamen to sue her own granddaughter!"
"What? You don't know who Old Madam Lin is? How ignorant! Old Madam Lin is the mother of the beheaded Lord Lin!"
The drama involving the Lin family hasn't even ended yet, and now another melodramatic soap opera is unfolding.
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