Zhonglizhou and Zhang Juzheng also chatted for a while. Knowing that he was returning to Beijing to report on his work, he didn't say anything more about Wang Fugui and his group whom he met on the way.
Seeing so many people stuck here, Zhonglizhou said to the shopkeeper: "Our private room is open, so we won't settle the bill for now."
Jiang Chulan already disliked this group of dusty country folk, and when she heard Zhong Lizhou's words, she immediately became annoyed: "You didn't want it just now! Now you want to regret it? As a man, how can you not keep your word?"
Before Zhong Lizhou could say anything, Zhang Leyao rushed out from beside him: "If I heard correctly, we haven't paid for this private room yet, right? If we haven't paid yet, it's ours. Why do you care how long we use it?"
Jiang Chulan frowned as she looked at the mud on Zhang Leyao's feet. With a look of disgust, she pulled Cui Yanwu aside and said, "Where did this country girl come from? You're so disrespectful!"
Zhang Leyao was immediately furious when she saw her look like that: "You are the country girl! Your whole family are country girls! Open your eyes wide and see, I am the legitimate daughter of a third-rank Liangzhou governor!"
Jiang Chulan sneered: "You are just a daughter of a third-rank official. Who do you think you are in the capital? You are so rude to talk like that. Qiuyue, slap me in the face!"
Cui Yanwu frowned: "Slow down!"
"Sister Jiang, today is not appropriate. Since the prince and his men want to use this private room, we can just find another one."
She tugged at Jiang Chulan's sleeve and lowered her voice: "The Jiang family has been in the spotlight recently. It's not appropriate to cause trouble. Let's go first."
Jiang Chulan was already furious, and she became even angrier after hearing Cui Yanwu's words: "I'm just a young lady from a marquis' mansion, and I'm afraid of her? She should give way if anyone needs to! Forget about apologizing to me today, otherwise... don't blame me for being rude!"
Zhang Juzheng, who originally wanted his daughter to apologize, stopped moving when he heard Jiang Chulan's arrogant words.
Anyway, it was just two little girls arguing, and the nature of the situation changed completely as soon as he spoke.
"I apologize to you? You're dreaming! In my life, Zhang Leyao..."
She was about to say that she had never apologized before, but when she saw Ji Changying beside her, she remembered the time when she was forced to kneel on the ground to apologize by Ji Changying, so she swallowed it back: "Anyway, there is no way I would apologize to a guy like you with eyes that are so far away from your head!"
Ji Changying was too lazy to listen to their argument. After asking the shopkeeper, she took Wang Fugui and the others upstairs.
Jiang Chulan saw this scene and immediately reached out to grab her angrily: "Did I let you go up?"
Ji Changying dodged her grabbing hand by moving to the side, then turned her head and looked at her coldly: "If you continue to act unreasonably, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
Jiang Chulan sneered: "You are not polite, what else can you do? You and your mother are such bad luck, you shouldn't have come back at all! Look at you, without the favor of the emperor and the queen, what is left for you!"
"I want to reserve this private room for today. You have to give it up whether you want to or not!"
Jiang Chulan once again wanted to pull Ji Changying in front of her to the back.
This time Ji Changying was no longer polite. She grabbed Jiang Chulan's wrist with lightning speed and bent it down with force, with a crisp "click" sound.
Jiang Chulan's wrist drooped in a strange posture.
"My hand!"
Jiang Chulan clutched her wrist in pain. Cui Yanwu didn't expect Ji Changying to actually do what she said. She quickly supported Jiang Chulan and asked anxiously, "How are you? I'll get someone to call a doctor!"
"This princess grew up in the countryside and is used to being rough and unruly. If you dare to mess with me again, it will not be as simple as breaking your wrist."
Although Ji Changying's tone was calm, the coldness in her words made Jiang Chulan tremble: "You will regret doing this to me!"
"Then I'll wait."
Ji Changying stopped looking at her and went upstairs first.
Ji Shilin and the others hurriedly followed, carrying bags of potatoes. However, the bag on the shoulder of Ji Hu, who was walking at the back, suddenly broke, and the sweet potatoes and potatoes inside immediately rushed out and rolled all over the ground.
"The potato fell!"
Ji Shilin and the others exclaimed and hurried forward to pick them up. This time, the man from Beiyan was sure he had heard correctly, so he pretended to be enthusiastic and went forward to help. After a while, he picked up a bag of potatoes and handed it to Ji Hu: "Brother, what is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"
Ji Hu was a man of few words. He just said "thank you" and went upstairs with the things without further explanation.
The person who saw it was stunned, and couldn't help but regret that he should have chosen the one in front who looked a little silly.
But since the news was confirmed, he did not linger any longer and left the restaurant in the snowy wind...
The person from the Jiang family who came to pick someone up exclaimed when he saw Jiang Chulan's appearance, and hurriedly got on the carriage with his people.
Cui Yanwu followed him to the Marquis of Jianping's Mansion. Today's events had to be explained clearly.
Zhongli Zhou ordered someone to go to the princess's residence and tell her, and then followed her upstairs.
"Aying, I just saw that girl's family is quite well-known. Will we get into trouble if we offend her?"
Ji Shilin looked at Ji Changying's face full of worry, and the joy of meeting her was diluted a lot.
"It's okay, it's not a big deal! Are you hungry? I'll have someone bring some dishes. Eat something first. Someone from the mansion will come to pick us up soon."
Ji Changying didn't take this matter to heart at all.
Zhang Juzheng saw the complicated expression on her face and bowed respectfully, "Your Highness, I greet you."
He tugged at Zhang Leyao's sleeve, and Zhang Leyao pouted and bowed reluctantly.
Ji Changying laughed and said, "I didn't expect that Master Zhang would be so polite after not seeing you for a while. Come sit down and have something to eat with us."
Zhang Juzheng had a hint of a smile on his face: "I didn't expect Miss Ji to enter the capital and transform into a princess. This old minister really dare not be arrogant."
"It's just luck. I hope Master Zhang is still the same as before. Sit down!"
After hearing Ji Changying's words, Zhang Leyao sat down on the chair: "I've been traveling for so many days, I'm almost starving!"
Zhong Lizhou raised an eyebrow: "Master Zhang returned to the capital to report on his work, why did he bring your daughter with him?"
Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth but found it difficult to speak.
His daughter followed him to the capital because she was worried that the prince would be given a marriage in the capital, but...
Zhang Juzheng sighed. After observing for so many years, he also realized that the prince had no such interest in his daughter!
But his daughter! She won't turn back until she hits the wall.
"I long for the prosperity of the capital, so I want to follow my father out to see it!"
When Zhang Leyao saw her father's expression, she immediately explained anxiously. After she finished speaking, her face turned red and she carefully glanced at Zhong Lizhou's expression.
However, she did not see any joy of seeing her on Zhonglizhou's face, and his eyes suddenly dimmed.
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