Upon hearing her words, Xiao Guozi's heart skipped a beat. Was this old woman going to walk back? In full view of everyone, the most esteemed old lady of the Guanzhou royal family was actually abandoning her carriage and walking back. If something happened to her, wouldn't the princess be drowned in spittle?
He curtsied and hurried off to report to the princess.
Inside the car, Zhao Shu had been watching Xiao Guozi's every move. When she saw Zhao Zhongshi get out of the car, she knew something was wrong. As soon as Xiao Guozi came to the car, she made a plan.
"Xiao Guozi, send someone to buy some coarse cloth clothes, the kind with patches, for the old lady and her cousins. Also, send someone to find some beggars outside the city and tell them that the old lady is kind and generous, and that each of them should be given ten taels of silver. Make sure everyone knows about the old lady's good deeds, otherwise wouldn't we be letting down her kind heart?"
"Yes, Princess." Xiao Guozi hurriedly turned around and instructed his trusted men to go and carry out their tasks. He then went to guard the old lady and watched Zhao Shu's carriage slowly cross the bridge.
Wu Gang went to buy patched cloth clothes, but Zhao Shu specifically requested that they be patched coarse cloth clothes. So he simply found a few local people and paid to buy the patched coats they were wearing.
Many of them were women who had just brought a bundle of firewood from outside the city to sell in the city, and were planning to buy a piece of cloth to make clothes for their daughters. Others were old ladies who had just caught a few fish in the fields and brought them to the city to sell, and were planning to buy some eggs for their daughters-in-law who had just given birth to a big, healthy baby boy to help them recover.
They had walked dozens of miles, their bodies were soaked in sweat, and their coats smelled of sweat mixed with other smells from doing housework.
After handing the clothes to Xiao Guozi, Xiao Guozi said loudly, "Madam, you just said that one should not wear fine clothes and rich clothes. The princess was very moved when she heard this. She will definitely speak well of you when she sees His Highness the Crown Prince. Since one should not wear fine clothes and rich clothes, then these brocade clothes are not acceptable. The princess knows that Madam is not a petty person who only talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. However, the princess still wants to do her best for Madam. I have already brought the clothes for you. Madam and the young ladies, please put them on as soon as possible."
The old lady was so angry she almost fainted. She wanted to walk back on her own two legs and let everyone in Guanzhou see how the princess from the capital humiliated her, an old woman with one foot in the grave. She never expected that the princess would actually do it!
However, wearing a coarse cloth garment is nothing compared to what's even more infuriating.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
