Chapter 14 He is not stingy
Li Runrun was wandering at the gate of the East Courtyard. Did the prince go out today?
Shaoyao was on duty yesterday, so she probably won't be on duty today.
Without caring about anything else, Li Ruanruan walked into the east courtyard.
Shaoyao stopped him with a stern voice: "Stop."
Li Runrun closed her eyes and thought to herself that whatever you fear will come true. Whoever you fear will be the one you meet.
She made up her mind, turned around, and pretended to be serious: "The prince was looking for me, so I came here. Sister Haitang passed the message."
“Snap—”
Shaoyao slapped her immediately and sneered, "Well, you're really a bed-climbing vixen, even using the prince's title to bully others. When the prince comes back, I will definitely sue you."
Li Runrun covered her face with her hands, shocked. Could it be that the prince had gone out so early?
Her heart sank.
Shaoyao came over to hit her, but Liruanruan turned and ran away. Shaoyao picked up a stone and threw it at her, then stood at the door and cursed her, "Shameless thing! The Crown Prince went out with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yesterday on some business. He won't be back for a year or two. And you're using the Crown Prince's name to deceive me? I'll tell my wife soon, and she'll definitely sell you out!"
When Li Ruanruan heard this, she was terrified again and said, "Sister Shaoyao, please forgive me this time. I won't dare to do it again."
She knelt down before Shaoyao, genuinely frightened. Her brother's life or death was uncertain, and her father was old. If she was sold out, she would never be able to return and see her father and brother. What would she do?
Li Ruanruan was terrified. She grabbed Shaoyao's clothes and kowtowed to her, begging, "Sister Shaoyao, I won't dare to do it again. Please be magnanimous and forgive me this time."
It is better to have less trouble than more. Shaoyao just said this. She would not go out of her way to displease the Marquis' wife. Besides, the Prince will be back in a few days, not a year or two, and he was gone for a day yesterday.
But no one expected Li Runrun to be so timid. Shaoyao was so proud that she even showed off how powerful she was to the little maids who were watching the fun around her.
An Qi lay on the roof, rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and then hung upside down on the window of Haitang who was embroidering: "Sister Haitang."
But Haitang was so frightened that the needle pricked her hand. She bit her finger and looked at the secret guard outside the window: "Ouch, I was scared to death, you are the secret guard..."
"seven."
Haitang was annoyed: "But what are your instructions, Master?"
"The prince is back, Sister Haitang should go out and take a look."
After An Qi finished speaking, he disappeared.
Haitang was so focused on embroidering that she didn't notice it just now. But now she noticed the noise outside and put down the embroidery frame.
She stood up and walked out, but she didn't see the prince. Instead, she saw Shaoyao having the maids line up to slap Liruanruan's face.
"do what?!"
Haitang came over angrily, and the maids were afraid of her and ran away.
Only Shaoyao still hugged her arms. Seeing Haitang coming, she did not restrain herself and even raised her hand to fan Liruanruan.
You have to know that Li Runrun was in the wrong and it was Li Runrun who lied first, so she was not afraid.
Shaoyao's wrist was pinched by someone, and Haitang scolded her: "You are becoming more and more unruly. She is the prince's wife. Even if she did something wrong, it is the prince who will deal with her. It is not your turn yet."
Haitang pushed Shaoyao back a step, quickly helped Liruanruan up, and gently wiped the blood from the corners of her swollen lips with a handkerchief: "You don't have to be afraid of her. You are the prince's person, remember?"
Li Ruanruan stared at Haitang in a daze.
Shaoyao said behind Haitang, "She acted suspiciously. She came here and said that the prince asked her to come. If the prince hadn't been out, we would have been deceived by her. If something was stolen from the East Courtyard, wouldn't the prince have blamed us..."
"Shut up. I told you, she's the prince's person. If she does anything wrong, you can report it to the prince and he will punish her. It's not your turn."
Shaoyao had not expected Haitang to side with an outsider, and she became even more angry: "I will report to the madam right away and have her sold out."
When Li Runrun heard Haitang's words, she shrank back in fear.
"You go, I'll report to the prince when he comes back and see who you belong to!"
Shaoyao stood there, not daring to go. She was the eldest maidservant beside the prince, and she didn't dare let the prince think that she was sent by the marquis' wife to keep an eye on him. She didn't dare to offend the prince even if she had several lives.
Shaoyao looked at the little maid and the cleaning boy beside her. Although no one looked at her, she felt embarrassed and left angrily.
Li Ruanruan bowed and said, "Thank you, Sister Haitang."
Without waiting for Haitang to say anything, Li Runrun had already turned around and ran away, fearing that she would cause more trouble.
The thought of being sold really scared her.
As she was running back, someone called out to her, "Li Ruanruan."
Li Ruanruan stopped and saluted respectfully: "Greetings, Second Miss."
"What's wrong with your face?"
Ye Qiaoqiao frowned and pulled her to look at it.
Li Ruanruan looked at Ye Qiaoqiao, and she suddenly seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw: "Second Miss, I have a few embroidery patterns. Can you give them to me to help me resell them? My brother, my brother is dying, I, I need money..."
She had previously used the prince's clothes to make not only a purse but also several embroidery patterns. Because the material was good, she wanted to sell it for a good price, so she put in the effort and embroidered it in the style of later Suzhou embroidery. She had learned this technique before, and after being born here, her embroidery skills had improved significantly, resulting in a good embroidery.
However, the prince gave her a beating just after she sold the purse, which scared her so much that she dared not sell it again.
But now I can’t care about it.
She needs money.
Seeing Li Runrun crying miserably, Ye Qiaoqiao dragged her to sit in the pavilion and wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "Are you short of money? I still have some here, you can use it."
Ye Qiaoqiao handed the purse to Li Runrun.
Li Runrun had no time to thank her.
Then the maid behind Ye Qiaoqiao said, "I finally saved up some money. It's my aunt's birthday this month, so why don't you buy her a gift?"
"Shut up."
Ye Qiaoqiao frowned and scolded the maid, then smiled very gently and handed the silver to Li Ruanruan, saying, "I'll ask the doorman to ask a doctor to come in for you, don't worry."
Li Ruanruan shed tears and then said, "That embroidery pattern can definitely be sold for money. I borrowed this money from the Second Miss. I will pay you back after I sell the embroidery pattern."
Ye Qiaoqiao asked again: "Don't you need me to help you sell it?"
Li Runrun hesitated for a moment, but still whispered to her the origin of the embroidery fabric.
Li Ruanruan was worried that the prince would cause trouble for Ye Qiaoqiao: "I'm afraid that the second young lady will be implicated."
Unexpectedly, Ye Qiaoqiao laughed after hearing this: "Big brother, you are not such a stingy person. I will do this for you."
Li Runrun tilted her head and looked at the smiling Ye Qiaoqiao with some confusion.
He, isn’t he stingy?
However, in Li Ruanruan's impression, the prince was very stingy and calculative, even asking for her three taels of silver...
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