The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 61 Is the peddler apologizing to her?

It is late at night.

A young man in a Taoist robe and a flowery hairpin sat in the wild mountains with his hands in his pockets.

Yaoyao stood beside them with her hands on her waist and shouted, "Everyone line up, come one by one, no cutting in line!"

The monsters in the mountains lined up in an orderly manner and offered their treasures to Shang Bingjiu.

Female spirits mostly offer a flower or a fruit, while male spirits offer a variety of things, some are broken porcelain bottles picked up from the town, some are very straight branches, some are fallen snake skins, some are a tuft of wild boar hair, and some are two meat buns that they couldn't bear to eat.

Shang Bingjiu put these treasures in a bamboo basket, carried the basket and slowly returned to the banana courtyard.

The next morning.

When Xiao Baojing woke up, he saw a bamboo basket next to the box.

There was a note on the bamboo basket - I saw nothing last night.

Xiao Baojing proudly rolled up the pink ribbon hanging on her chest.

Is the peddler apologizing to her?
She lifted the cloth covering the bamboo basket.

I thought it was a gift from Shang Bingjiu to apologize for his sins, but it turned out to be filled with a pile of junk.

It would be fine if there were just some wild boar hair and tree branches, but there were also two hard and moldy meat buns!
Xiao Baojing was so angry that he rolled his eyes.

She just gave the peddler a look in vain!

She must never continue to like this peddler!
When she goes to Yejing, there will be all kinds of princes and nobles to choose from, but she wants to pick one who is considerate and can speak human language!

...

We will continue our journey today.

The mountain roads are winding and intricate.

Shang Bingjiu was walking on a mountain road with a load on his shoulder when he ran into a group of soldiers carrying jade.

Perhaps because they had been wandering in the mountains for too long, these people looked rather disheveled and haggard.

"After walking for so long, I finally met a living person!" The leader was a big and strong man. He pushed Shang Bingjiu impatiently with the handle of his knife and asked in a hoarse voice, "Hey, you peddler, do you know how to get to Butterfly Manor?"

Diezhuang is a town located in the mountains of Jiange, and is also the only way to Yejing.

Shang Bingjiu smiled and raised his hand to point in a direction.

The commander immediately turned around and ordered, "The Fourth Princess is waiting for us at Butterfly Manor. Everyone, follow us and make sure to meet up with the Fourth Princess before sunset!"

Only after they left in a hurry did Xiao Baojing dare to push open the box.

She watched them disappear on the mountain path, her little face full of thought.

They mentioned the fourth princess.

Isn’t the fourth princess in Yejing?
How did she end up in Jiange?
and--

She whispered, "Peddler, aren't we going to Butterfly Manor as well? Why are they not taking the same road as us? Did you deliberately give them the wrong directions?"

Shang Bingjiu: “Yes.”

Xiao Baojing lay on the edge of the box and watched him secretly.

The young man is handsome and looks like a decent person, but he is actually vengeful and has a lot of bad intentions!
Twilight Quadruple.

The sunset was orange-red, hanging between the black mountains, like a big orange.

Xiao Baojing has already come out of the box.

She held a piece of dogtail grass in her hand and skipped beside Shang Bingjiu. Her peach-pink skirt outlined her pretty and delicate face in the twilight.

She suddenly pointed to the stone tablet in front of her and said, "Peddler, we have arrived at Butterfly Manor!"

Diezhuang looks like a very ordinary town.

There is a theatre troupe coming to town tonight and the streets are very lively.

Xiao Baojing walked on the busy street, looking around from time to time, his heart beating like a small drum.

Shang Bingjiu: "What are you looking at?"

"There's one thing I haven't told you," Xiao Baojing lowered his voice mysteriously, "In fact, when we were at the Julu County Magistrate's Mansion, Qiu Yuejian said that it was the Fourth Princess who ordered her to kill the Ninth Princess. Isn't this fur of mine the Ninth Princess's? If I run into the Fourth Princess here, do you think she will be upset and kill me again? Speaking of which, I don't know why she wanted to kill her Ninth Sister..."

Shang Bingjiu narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

Xiao Baojing muttered to himself for a while, then was attracted by the lanterns hanging on the street.

The lanterns were as bright as day. Although it was clearly night, they attracted many butterflies.

Xiao Baojing tried to reach out and catch them: "There are so many butterflies..." When they arrived at the inn, Xiao Baojing washed up, held his face in his hands and leaned against the window: "Look, peddler, there are butterflies outside our window too."

Outside the window was a clear summer night. A lantern was hanging and two butterflies, one red and one blue, were flying up and down.

“They are so beautiful…”

Xiao Baojing exclaimed in praise.

Late at night, sleepiness came over her and she couldn't help rubbing her eyes.

I felt as if I had fallen into a dream in a trance.

...

"Miss, ma'am!"

Someone pushed himself.

Xiao Baojing woke up suddenly and found himself sitting in an antique boudoir, with a little maid in a pink vest looking at him.

But the little maid had no face, and on her neck was a wooden board with the words "Tong'er" carved on it.

Xiao Baojing's sleepiness disappeared immediately, and he was speechless for a long time: "You, you, you..."

Tong'er tilted her head and said, "Miss, we are going to the academy to study today. Have you forgotten? Madam said that you are illiterate and if you marry Mr. Ma in the future, people will laugh at our family for not bringing us up properly, so she sent you to study in the academy dressed as a man. Here, the clothes are ready."

Xiao Baojing: "..."

She remembered that she and the peddler were on their way and stopped at Butterfly Manor to rest for a night.

She was watching butterflies in the inn, but how did she suddenly come here and become a lady?
She was pushed in front of the dressing table by the maid in a daze and her hair was combed into a scholar's bun.

In the bronze mirror, her face looked normal, with willow-shaped eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, which formed a sharp contrast with the wooden head of the little maid.

Xiao Baojing raised his hand: "Well, excuse me, your face..."

The little maid sighed: "I know that the young lady envies my beauty, but it doesn't matter. As long as the young lady listens to the master and the mistress, studies hard, marries well, gives birth to children for her husband's family, and respects her parents-in-law, she will definitely have a beauty like me in the future."

Xiao Baojing: "..."

She doesn’t want it!

She doesn't want this wooden head!

Xiao Baojing put on a wide robe and a belt with an indescribable look on his face, then reluctantly followed Tong'er out of the boudoir.

She quietly pinched her thigh.

But the surrounding scenery did not change at all.

So, she was not dreaming. She had probably mistakenly entered the territory of some monster, just like when she mistakenly entered the Garden of Oblivion.

Hall.

Xiao Baojing saw a man and a woman sitting in the upper seats, each wearing gorgeous clothes. Their heads were also square wooden boards, with "father" engraved on the black board and "mother" engraved on the white board.

The maids standing by were all of the same kind of wooden-headed people. Apart from their names, it was impossible to tell what their expressions were.

The "mother" was the first to sigh: "Your father and I both have normal looks, so how could we give birth to a daughter like you?"

The "father" blew his beard and glared: "It's all your fault. You gave birth to such an ugly daughter. I am too embarrassed to go out! How come other women can give birth to beautiful daughters, but you can't?! What's the point of me marrying you?!"

His mother was afraid to look at him and continued, "At this point, only the Ma family would not mind Yingtai's ugly appearance and would be willing to marry her. Yingtai, you should go to the academy and study hard for a year, so that you can marry Mr. Ma in glory. By the way, do you want to get married next year or the year after?"

Ying... Yingtai?
Zhu Yingtai?
Xiao Baojing took a deep breath.

Did she do this to the character in "Liang Zhu"?!

She hadn't figured out what the situation was and where the peddler was yet, so she held on to the principle of delaying and said honestly, "Then... I'll get married the year after next."

"Nonsense!" Father slammed the table, "She'll get married next year!"

Xiao Baojing: "Oh."

The mother said gently, "Since you are getting married next year, it's time to ask the embroiderer to start embroidering the wedding dress. Does Yingtai like a wedding dress with lotus patterns or a wedding dress with mandarin duck patterns?"

Xiao Baojing: "The one with lotus pattern, right?"

"Nonsense!" the father scolded, "The mandarin duck pattern is festive, use mandarin ducks!"

Xiao Baojing: "..."

These two people have already decided for her, why bother asking her.

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