"Stop! Who goes there, hiding like that!"
The leader was a woman in a pink dress, with a pretty face and a slightly raised chin, who looked somewhat arrogant.
Chu Xinxin paused slightly, and the people surrounded her.
The woman stepped forward: "Who are you! Do you think you can just wander around the Princess's residence like this?"
Not wanting to cause any further trouble, Chu Xinxin could only reply, "It was at Lingshan Temple that day..."
The woman immediately lost interest: "Oh, that orphan girl, I thought... That's all for you, you can go now."
"yes."
Chu Xinxin feigned obedience and turned to leave.
"Wait a moment."
A clear and melodious voice suddenly came from behind the crowd. Everyone turned around and saw Chu Yun, the eldest daughter of the Chu family, walking gracefully with another group of noble ladies. Each noble lady was accompanied by a group of protectors.
Chu Yun wore a sky-blue gauze dress today, which made her look fresh and refined among the crowd of people wearing pink or yellow.
Her face was veiled by a thin veil, revealing only a pair of autumn eyes.
Chu Yun approached the woman and gave her a half-bow: "Princess An Yi, Miss Cheng from the Imperial Censor's family just lost a hairpin nearby..."
An Yi became impatient: "What does it have to do with me if she loses her hairpin? She can find it herself."
Chu Yun: "We searched for a long time but couldn't find it. Someone must have picked it up and not returned it. I think everyone here today comes from a scholarly family and is a lady of high birth; they wouldn't covet a hairpin. But this one..."
Chu Yun looked at Chu Xinxin, the meaning of which was self-evident.
An Yi: "Oh? So what do you want?"
"I want to search her."
search?
Given the harsh treatment of women in ancient feudal society, being searched in public would mean that even if it was later proven that she hadn't taken the hairpin, her innocence would still be ruined.
This Chu Yun is quite vicious.
An Yi seemed to dislike Chu Yun quite a bit, and she would always contradict whatever Chu Yun wanted to do: "Chu Yun, this is the Princess's residence, not your Chu family. This proves that she saved my mother's life. Are you showing no respect for the Princess's residence?!"
"Your Highness is too kind. This woman was completely covered up. How could we know that she wasn't some kind of villain who had sneaked in? I was only thinking of the Princess's safety."
An Yi turned her gaze back to Chu Xinxin: "You, take off the curtain."
Everyone looked at Chu Xinxin.
Chu Xinxin shrank back slightly: "I... I have an unusual appearance, and I'm afraid I might disturb you distinguished guests."
An Yi: "I've seen all kinds of people. You're not going to just pick it because I told you to. Yun'er was there that day. If you are indeed the woman who saved my mother, I will let you go."
Chu Xinxin placed her hand on the curtain, and Chu Yun's lips curled into a cold smile. Then, the smile froze, because Chu Xinxin was still wearing a veil under the curtain.
Chu Yun frowned and instructed the maid beside her, "Go and remove her veil."
The maid obeyed the order, but just as her hand was about to touch him, Chu Xinxin grabbed it.
"To be honest, I'm not the only one wearing a veil here. This lady is so aggressive, who knows if she's just crying wolf."
Chu Yun's expression changed: "Don't try to confuse the issue."
Chu Yun's supporters also jumped out to defend her: "Yun'er is Yun'er, the eldest daughter of the Chu family. Where did you come from, you country bumpkin who doesn't know any manners? It's one thing to not bow to people, but you even dare to make false accusations!"
"Exactly! If you don't have something to hide, why wear a veil?"
Someone accidentally stepped on a landmine.
Chu Xinxin's voice was tinged with laughter: "Yes, if you didn't have something to hide, why would you wear a veil?"
An Yi looked at Chu Yun, then at Chu Xinxin.
Chu Xinxin and she exchanged a glance, and the two found a sense of camaraderie in each other's eyes, quickly forming a united front.
An Yi: "You're right. Since Miss Chu has suggested removing the veil, then Miss Chu should set an example by removing it first so we can see if it's really her."
As she spoke, she took advantage of Chu Yun's inattention and ripped off Chu Yun's veil.
"Ah!" Chu Yun exclaimed, covering her face. "Don't look!"
Although she immediately covered her face, everyone could still clearly see the red rashes under the veil.
Chu Xinxin pretended to be scared: "Oh my god, you haven't caught some kind of smallpox, have you?"
The people around Chu Yun left completely without any hesitation.
An Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Hahaha, Chu Yun, you dare to come to the Hundred Flowers Banquet with a face like that? Hahaha, would you die if you didn't make a splash at least once?"
Chu Yun snatched the veil to cover her face, glared hatefully at An Yi, and ran away quickly.
An Yi stopped laughing, wanting to share "a few annoying things about Chu Yun" with Chu Xinxin, but when she turned around, Chu Xinxin was nowhere to be seen.
......
"System, are those marks on Chu Yun's face your doing?"
You'd have to ask Little Begonia about that.
"Um?"
[Chu Yun is allergic to reeds, so Haitang deliberately spread the word that you had ordered a set of jewelry from Wan Jin Lou. Sure enough, Chu Yun went to snatch it, and Haitang had someone throw reeds all over her face.]
Haitang looks delicate and frail, but I never expected her to be the ruthless and taciturn type.
I need to give her a raise when I get back!
Chu Xinxin slipped to the southeast corner of the Princess's residence, leaning against the wall in a "T" shape, trying to make the system's scanning range wider.
Sister, I've scanned the palace, but there's no such man there.
"Does this mean I really have to go to the Western Regions?"
Chu Xinxin climbed down from the wall, turned around, and her gaze met a pair of dark blue eyes.
"Holy crap, that scared me to death."
Chu Xinxin slammed back against the wall with a "thud," two drops of cold sweat dripping down her back.
I searched for him a thousand times in the crowd, but he was there where the lights were dim.
System: [This fate is truly wondrous!]
Chu Xinxin didn't have time to pay attention to the system, because the man glanced at her and turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Chu Xinxin hurriedly grabbed the man's sleeve.
"What is it?" The man stopped, his face cold.
Chu Xinxin: "Of course there's something wrong!"
The man looked down at her hand that was pulling at his sleeve, his meaning clear: he wanted Chu Xinxin to let go.
Chu Xinxin pretended not to understand: "I came to the capital to find you. Why did you leave after using me that day?"
"I have already given you the prayer beads."
Does that mean she and he are even?
That won't work.
Chu Xinxin: "We've already gone through that, if you don't marry me, I'll be dragged to be drowned in a pig cage!"
The man exposed her: "That day, it was just you and me."
If Heaven doesn't speak, Earth doesn't speak, you don't speak, and I don't speak, who will know?
Chu Xinxin said aggrievedly, "Although no one knows about that kind of thing, I can't get over it in my own heart. What if I marry someone else and all I can think about in bed is you?"
"You have to overcome it yourself; it has nothing to do with me."
The man removed Chu Xinxin's hand and strode away with his long, 1.2-meter-long legs, cold and ruthless.
Before Chu Xinxin could react, the person had disappeared: "Oh my god, would it kill me to say a few more words? Oh no, I forgot to ask his name."
"He is Prince An, whose name is Zhou Huaichuan."
An Yi suddenly appeared from somewhere, looking at Chu Xinxin with a surprised expression: "You actually touched his hand!"
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