Chapter 13 This woman is interesting
The original owner often rode his horse recklessly through the streets, knocking over roadside stalls and causing widespread resentment among the people.
Yun Zhaoxue didn't want to be recognized and beaten by the crowd, so she wore a veil when she went out, so no one would recognize her.
The streets are lined with stalls.
Passing by a rouge shop, the shopkeeper greeted me, "Young lady, come and see the rouge, it's newly arrived."
I dabbed some rouge on my finger; it smelled like flowers.
Yun Zhaoxue didn't find anyone she liked.
Red dates and green branches seem to like it quite a bit; a teenage girl is at the age where she loves beauty.
"You each pick one, and I'll pay."
Both of them shook their heads in unison, "This servant cannot accept it."
The princess's dowry is still uncertain, and she only has 10,000 taels of silver on her.
The two still dared not, and instead advised her, "Princess, you still need to buy clothes and jewelry to attend banquets in the palace, and you will also need to buy medicine for the Princess Consort in the future. You will need money for everything, so please be careful with your spending."
Yun Zhaoxue said, "I can afford to pay a few dozen coins. Stop arguing and choose quickly. If you don't choose, I'll choose for you."
Hongzao pointed to a flat, round wooden box, "This servant wants this."
Green Branch also chose one, "Miss, I want this one."
After paying, she continued browsing, finding everything new and exciting.
"This paper cutting is so beautiful, how was it made?"
"The meat bun smells so good."
"The bracelet is alright, but the hairpin is really unique."
A crowd had gathered to watch the acrobatic performance.
"Princess, please slow down, be careful of the young prince."
Yun Zhaoxue reminded her, "Keep it low-key, call her Miss."
Hongzao quickly shut her mouth and slapped her lips, "It's all my fault for having a bad memory, it was Miss."
"Um."
In the center of the crowd, several acrobats were performing energetically. One of them stepped barefoot onto a red-hot iron plate, which hissed and emitted white smoke.
Immediately afterwards, another person did more than a dozen somersaults and landed without moving an inch.
Another girl balanced a porcelain bowl on her head and nimbly twirled on stilts.
He quickly tossed and caught two bowls with both hands. The moment he caught the bowl with his left hand, his right hand had already launched the other bowl into the air, so fast that only a blur remained.
The crowd applauded and cheered, "Clap clap clap!!!"
"Okay, okay, okay!!!"
A man walked around the crowd with a bowl, collecting money, throwing coins into the broken bowl like raindrops.
Some people standing on the periphery, unable to see the bowl, threw their coins onto the ground, making a clanging sound.
The old man next to him was breathing flames, eliciting gasps of surprise, "Wow!"
Next came the human pyramid, where five or six men climbed onto each other's shoulders, with the little boy at the very top doing a handstand.
Yun Zhaoxue stared intently, exclaiming, "This little brat is only five or six years old and he already knows how to perform and earn money! Amazing!"
In the original book, the child in her womb was exceptionally intelligent, and with proper upbringing, he would be no less gifted than this child.
Yun Zhaoxue was pleased to see this and tossed two pieces of silver to the child.
As we walked, we arrived at Zuiyun Tower.
"Miss, would you like to have a meal?"
"Let's go in and take a look."
"Sir, please come in. Would you prefer the main hall or a private room upstairs?"
Yun Zhaoxue said, "Private room."
"Alright, please come upstairs." The waiter bowed and led the way.
Yun Zhaoxue overheard the guests on the first floor talking about the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion.
"The imperial court decided to negotiate peace, but the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion, being warlike, secretly sent troops to attack the forces of the Fourth Prince of Jingguo."
"I heard that the Prince of Zhenbei and the Second Prince of Jingguo are in close contact, and they are supporting bandits to enhance their own power. No wonder the Xiao family army, which is said to be invincible, has never been able to drive the nomadic people in the north back to their sheep and cattle."
"If the intention was to nurture bandits to enhance one's own power, then why attack Jingguo, recapture the two cities, and save the people inside from being slaughtered? This doesn't make sense."
"Because the fourth prince and the second prince of Jingguo were at odds, the Prince of Zhenbei and the second prince cooperated to get rid of the fourth prince. The two cities that the Xiao family army captured were defended by the fourth prince's subordinates."
“The Prince of Zhenbei deserved to die. They were paid for doing nothing, and they were spending the hard-earned money of us ordinary people.”
"Throughout history, few military generals have been able to die peacefully. The saying goes, 'The rabbit is killed after the hound is cooked,' and people raise bandits to protect themselves. If a man doesn't look out for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth."
"Heavenly wretch! He squanders the people's hard-earned money and has lost all conscience. He should also be beheaded."
And his crown princess is no better; she's committed countless evils, eloped with another man, and violated all moral principles and ethics. She should be executed along with him!
"Yes, not a single good person in the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion should be spared. The entire family should be executed, leaving no one alive."
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Yun Zhaoxue, "..."
Damn it, you said you'd chop off her head right in front of her?
What if she doesn't exist?
He held a pebble between his fingertips and flicked it when no one was looking. The pebble first hit a pillar and then bounced off and struck the man on the back of the head.
"Bang!"
The other person was drinking with their head tilted back when they suddenly spat it out, "Pfft!"
The man clutched the back of his head, looked around furiously, and slammed his fist on the table, yelling, "Who? Which bastard did this?"
The stone came from the pillar, and since the culprit couldn't be found, they had no choice but to accept their fate.
A dull pain shot through the back of my head, and a large lump appeared. "Ouch~ it hurts like hell."
The other party slammed their fist on the table in anger, "Bang!"
"Which bastard is it? If you have the guts, step forward! I want to fight you one-on-one!"
Yun Zhaoxue looked straight ahead and gracefully went upstairs, her skirt fluttering.
Inside a private room on the second floor, a man dressed in a black robe leaned against the window, his knuckles lightly tapping the rim of his glass, a hint of interest flashing in his deep, hawk-like eyes.
Everyone says that women of the Great Zhou Dynasty are gentle and weak, but if she strikes with just a little more force, she can take someone's life.
This woman is interesting.
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