Chapter 190 That way the bees will think I'm a dummy stuck in the mud.
Outside the tent, Zijuan, who had just gone to collect new charcoal, was startled when she saw Xie Yunqi's posture.
Xie Yunqi was so well covered up and had his back to Zijuan that Zijuan couldn't see his face and didn't know that this strangely dressed person was Xie Yunqi.
In Zijuan's eyes, all she saw was a strangely dressed person carrying something even stranger, about to enter her princess's tent.
"Who are you? Who gave you permission to come to the Second Princess's tent? Get out of here, or I'll call for help!"
Xie Yunqi, full of recklessness, tried to rush in with a "weapon," which startled Zijuan so much that she dropped the charcoal she was holding and turned to call for help.
Xiao Quanzi quickly turned around to stop her: "Miss Zijuan, it's us, Miss Zijuan! It's me, Xiao Quanzi!"
Zijuan choked, "He really is Xiao Quanzi. And who is that other strange person...?"
Xiao Quanzi nodded with a bitter face: "That's right, this is our Fifth Prince."
"Huh?" Zijuan asked, puzzled.
Sheng Sheng silently rubbed her forehead. When Xie Yunqi tried to insert the stick from a new angle for the thirteenth time, Sheng Sheng finally couldn't stand it anymore. She wiped her mouth and got up to persuade him.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
The detail is that he didn't call the Little Tyrant Fifth Prince, but instead called him his elder brother.
Sure enough, the hot-tempered Xie Yunqi calmed down immediately and replied cheerfully, "Hehe, this is an invincible honeycomb stick that I made myself, it's a full four meters long. With this magic weapon, I can poke through any honeycomb, no matter how tall!"
Sheng Sheng was both amused and exasperated: "But there's no beehive in Sheng Sheng's tent, why do you insist on bringing it in?"
Xie Yunqi seemed to realize something only then: "Oh, right, why take it in?"
Xiao Quanzi wiped his sweat, thinking to himself that this man had finally figured it out; only the Second Princess's words would be effective.
Stone had never seen anything like this before. He caught Xie Yunqi's scent and squatted down beside him, tilting his head in confusion.
Xie Yunqi was still debating whether bringing the stick in would be useful. He helplessly tugged at the raincoat that completely covered him, frowning as he said, "Brother, this stick is so dirty, can't we just not bring it in?"
The little dumpling gently tugged at her clothes, acting coquettishly, her wet eyes still seeming to speak volumes.
Xie Yunqi let go of her hand in a second. He couldn't even count how long it had been since he had heard his precious little sister call him "brother".
With that shout and a little coquettishness, Xie Yunqi would have given her all the gold in his pocket.
Xie Yunqi suddenly said thoughtfully, "Little sister, after we return to the capital, I'll send you a few shops. How about some rouge shops, the kind that young ladies love the most? Not only will you make money, but you can also get rouge and face powder from them."
"Huh?" Sheng Sheng was confused, not understanding how his thoughts had drifted to this point. "Brother, what are you talking about?"
Sheng Sheng ignored his somewhat sudden words and pulled him inside while examining his "strange clothes".
Xie Yunqi's raincoat must have been found in some remote corner of the mountain; it was all frayed, with a piece of straw, broken into countless sections, hanging down behind him. With each step Xie Yunqi took, the straw would sway.
It was dilapidated, with many holes of varying sizes.
Sheng Sheng couldn't help but chuckle, and couldn't resist sticking out her finger to peek through a hole at the black robe that wrapped Xie Yunqi from head to toe.
The black robe worn underneath, upon closer inspection, wasn't entirely black; rather, it had a hint of brown within the black.
Sheng Sheng was still wondering where this fabric came from, how could it be so amazing, black with brown undertones? When she touched it, she was surprised to find that the brown wasn't the fabric's natural color, but rather damp mud stuck to the black clothes.
"Um?"
The little dumpling rubbed its fingers together suspiciously, thinking, "Wow, that's really old-fashioned."
"Hmph, you wouldn't understand, this is my strategy!"
"What strategy?"
"Does the scarecrow know?"
Sheng Sheng wiped the mud off her fingers back onto Xie Yunqi without changing her expression, and nodded obediently: "I know, we make straw figures and stick them in the fields so that the birds that pass by will think there is someone there and won't dare to come into the fields to eat the rice."
Xie Yunqi nodded in satisfaction: "That's right! By the same logic, if we smear mud on our clothes, the bees will think I'm a dummy stuck in the mud! Look, I even had someone find a straw raincoat, it's just a bit torn. But it's okay, Shengsheng, look at your brother, don't I look exactly like the real thing?"
Xie Yunqi smiled smugly, and with difficulty, he lifted his clothes behind his back, intending to show off his carefully crafted disguise to his sister. However, the cumbersome raincoat restricted his movements, and he could only swing his arm halfway back before he was unable to move.
He even accidentally put his hand into a hole and couldn't get it out. He struggled for a long time with his elbow bent, but he still couldn't get it out. His arm was twitching so much that it almost cramped up.
Upon hearing Xie Yunqi's explanation for his attire, Sheng Sheng was even more dumbfounded: "So that's how it is, Fifth Brother, you're really clever."
Xie Yunqi, preoccupied with his sprained arm, paid no attention to the changing forms of address. While calling for Xiao Quanzi to come in and help him, he didn't forget to reply, "Of course! Don't you know who your brother is? Hey, Xiao Quanzi, come and help me fix this tattered raincoat!"
Xie Yunqi was still fiddling with his hand when Sheng Sheng couldn't bear to watch any longer. She stepped forward, wanting to help him remove his hand.
"Hey, don't! Holding my hand is fine, but don't let me get you dirty. This raincoat is filthy!"
Xie Yunqi's footwork was not restricted, and she nimbly dodged Sheng Sheng's hand.
My little sister dresses so cutely and pretty every day, her little dress is so clean. He keeps crawling around here, and he's covered in mud. I don't want my precious little sister to get mud on her.
Sheng Sheng said helplessly, "Fifth Brother, don't move. I'll just turn you around. Moving around like this will only make things more chaotic. Don't move."
"No need, you'd better get away from me, or you'll get splashed by the mud I throw out."
Xie Yunqi was busy doing something haphazardly, and no one knew how he did it. Perhaps the clothing really restricted his movements. After his hand had already gone into one hole, he somehow managed to put it into a second hole, and one hand was completely stuck inside the raincoat.
Xiao Quanzi had just put the extra-long stick away outside when he came in and saw his lord calling out to him in a strange posture. Xie Yunqi's head was turned sharply to the right, and his right hand was locked up as if it were shackled behind him.
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