Chapter 89 If you haven't thought it through, I won't force you.
Was he mistaken?
It wasn't her...
Ji Xiaoman noticed his sudden stop. "Sir, what's wrong?"
Zhou Congxian looked at the woman in the blue dress and couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly.
It's been two months already.
Similar silhouettes, similar clothes, similar voices.
He had lost count of how many he had seen.
But none of them were her.
He held the horse's reins, silently watching the beautiful couple in front of the restaurant.
Xiao Shu, holding the hand of the woman beside him, bought a lotus lantern and personally placed it into the small river in front of Shengjing Tower.
Zhou Congxian had never seen Xiao Shu like this before.
It turns out that His Highness Prince Cheng, who is indifferent and treats people like dirt, also has such a tender side.
This opportunity was once right beside him.
But he didn't cherish it.
He devoted all his energy to his grand cause.
Yet, in his spare time, he didn't spend a single penny on her.
Even His Highness Prince Cheng understands this.
He only understands now.
Ji Xiaoman stared for a long time but still couldn't understand what the adults were looking at.
But he saw the Shengjing Tower that the adults were looking for.
"My lord, Shengjing Tower is over there!"
He lifted his foot to step forward.
But Zhou Congxian stopped him, saying, "No need, we're going to Ding County now."
Night was falling.
The figure who had arrived in Yuzhou two evenings later left the city again.
"Your Highness, Lord Zhou has headed towards Ding County."
Yao Shisan, standing by the river, silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now at the entrance of the restaurant, Xiao Shu suddenly said, "The heir of the Duke of Yingguo," which almost scared her out of her wits.
If she hadn't been still wearing Fu'er's rabbit mask, she probably would have been recognized today.
A cryptic glint flashed in Xiao Shu's eyes.
Unable to distinguish between joy and anger.
"You are very afraid of him."
Many river lanterns floated on the stream, their lights flickering in the night breeze.
It was just like Yao Shisan's startled and jumped-back feelings just now.
She glanced at him sideways. "I'm not afraid."
She paused for a moment, then added, "I just don't want to go back to that place."
Xiao Shu chuckled.
"I'm still afraid."
He met her gaze, "I'm afraid I'll trap you in that little world again."
Yao Shisan frowned. "I'm not afraid, but..."
"But I don't want to waste any more energy dealing with him!"
Xiao Shu gave a soft "heh".
"Why should you be afraid? Do you think I can't protect you?"
Yao Shisan opened her mouth, and after a long while, she finally found her voice, "I...this humble woman doesn't need protection..."
“I am Yao Shisan, not the person Prince Zhou is looking for.”
He pressed further, "Since he's not the person he's looking for, what are you still afraid of?"
"Can't we just face him squarely and tell him that he has mistaken me for someone else?"
Yao Shisan took a step back, "Your Highness, this is my own business..."
She panicked for a moment.
Xiao Shu wanted to force her to reveal her true identity to Zhou Congxian.
Then what?
The two of them are competing to see who can take her away.
She is a person, not a tool in a game.
Xiao Shu, Zhou Congxian.
They are all on the same path.
Xiao Shu looked at her slightly frightened expression, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.
Yao Shisan stopped looking at him and turned around to go back to Shengjing Restaurant to find Fu'er.
"If you haven't thought it through, I won't force you."
She had only taken two steps when she heard Xiao Shu's voice behind her.
She paused slightly, then climbed the steps and headed towards the restaurant.
She only loosened her clenched fingers after stepping onto the pontoon bridge.
She is not a bargaining chip or a pawn for either side.
It is not anyone's appendage.
No one could determine whether she was alive or dead.
Regardless of her name.
She only wants to live for herself.
That's all.
Yao Shisan led a few people back to the Prince's Mansion first.
Besides her, there is also Wei Xun here.
If Wei Xun is taken back, even if he has lost his memory now.
As soon as he looks at the portrait.
Zhou Congxian would then know that she was here.
Thinking of this, she couldn't sit still any longer and had to arrange for Wei Xun to leave first.
"Where is Ah Xun?"
The steward of the backyard said, "His Highness said that the repairs in the mansion are too slow, so he sent him to Longchang Mountain to supervise the felling of trees."
"They went to cut down trees..."
Yao Shisan pursed his lips slightly.
Xiao Shu said she hadn't thought it through, so he wouldn't press her.
So, he sent Wei Xun away...
As soon as Wenxi came out of the courtyard, she saw Yao Shisan's profile and her protruding belly.
She saw Zhou Congxian at Shengjing Tower.
She used to help Yao Niangzi only because she was an insignificant person.
But she isn't anymore.
Even His Highness is wavering, and Chief Steward Qing is powerless to help.
Let her be the bad guy.
Lady Yao, no, Jiang Shiyao.
Who told you that the first person you met was Zhou Congxian?
Her eyes narrowed slightly as she turned and walked into the night.
The next day.
Yao Shisan didn't see Wenxi, so he could only ask Shuang'er to bring Fu'er along as well.
After what happened yesterday.
Timber has already started coming down the mountain.
She looked around the granary and found that there was no shortage of timber, but the workers could work faster.
It is estimated that the project will be completed in about ten days.
Let it air dry for a few more days.
The grain can then be stored in the granary.
It happened when the farmers were delivering the timber.
Yao Shisan grabbed them and asked about the medicinal herb digging.
The farmer said, "Madam, we are just rough people from the mountains. We don't know any herbs. We only know some common ones and some that are easier to sell."
"We forest dwellers don't dig up any medicinal herbs, and we don't make money from timber. Apart from ginseng and lingzhi, no one in the forest dwellers digs up medicinal herbs."
Yao Shisan said, "Thank you, Uncle."
The farmer dared not accept a word of thanks and quickly waved his hand.
"If you're interested, you can go to Dingjun Mountain and ask around; there's a medicinal herb garden there."
It seems that the medicinal herb business is much more complicated than the grain business.
There are many types of medicinal materials, which also need to be dried and processed.
Yao Shisan's mind settled slightly.
Let's focus on this first and get the granary situation back on track.
She would find another opportunity to ask Doctor Zhong of the Prince's Mansion about the medicinal herbs.
I returned home in the afternoon.
Wenxi, who had disappeared last night, was covered in wounds of all sizes, and her hands were tied behind her back as she knelt in the courtyard.
"What's going on?!"
"Sister Wenxi!" Shuang'er put down Fu'er and rushed to Wenxi's side.
"My God! Who did this?!"
Fu'er and Wenxi are already very familiar with each other.
At such a young age, she had never seen such a scene before.
She didn't understand anything, but she saw that Wenxi was very sad.
She clutched her mother's dress, her voice trembling with tears, "Auntie, it hurts!"
Xiao Shu walked out from under the corridor.
"I did it."
Yao Shisan frowned. Wen Xi was his person, how could she...?
Shuang'er was also shocked. "Your Highness, what mistake did Sister Wenxi make that warrants such a severe punishment?"
Xiao Shu's gaze swept over Wen Xi's pale face. "Tell me yourself."
Wenxi was so weak she could barely hear, "This...this subordinate left the city without permission..."
"I want to expose Madam Yao's true identity."
"Why, why".
Yao Shisan's face paled slightly.
She was only able to escape with Wen Xi's help.
They are now far away in Yuzhou.
But she wanted to expose her.
Wen Xi looked up at Yao Shisan.
"Because you are unworthy, Your Highness."
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