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

Chapter 9 I Will Always Protect You
"Is there such a good thing? Then I'm going to try my luck."

Shang Bingjiu thanked Yue Niang with wine and asked her to take care of Xiao Baojing before leaving the dilapidated temple with the basket of goods on his back.

Yue Niang brought a bowl of hot water to Xiao Baojing: "Sister, why have you been staying in this box? I haven't seen you eat or drink water since last night. Are you thirsty? Drink this bowl of water quickly!"

Good man!
Xiao Baojing was so moved that he didn't dare to move.

Yue Niang looked at her suspiciously for a moment, noticed the faint red thread around her neck, and tentatively pulled open half of her collar.

"It turned out to be a puppet!" Yue Niang came back to her senses, feeling a little angry and a little amused, "That little brother looked handsome, but I didn't expect him to be a fool, mistaking a puppet for his bride!"

She thought about it and decided to put the bowl of hot water next to the cage before continuing to grind the tofu.

At noon, Gu Zhenliang came back from selling tofu, followed by a group of little beggars.

Xiao Baojing was lying on the edge of the box. Seeing him sitting on the straw pile with a mattress on, the little beggars knelt on the ground one after another, "Long live the emperor!"

Gu Zhenliang laughed majestically, waved his hand and said, "My dear ministers, please stand up!"

Yue Niang came in from behind holding hay, and said with a stern face: "My dear, you are playing such a boring trick again!"

Gu Zhenliang took out a handful of peanuts and sent the little beggar away, then he hugged Yue Niang in his arms.

He kissed Yue Niang on the cheek: "Just have fun! You know, my ancestor was the emperor of the previous dynasty. If it weren't for the stinky Taoist priest worshipped in this broken temple, the royal family of Southern Tang would have taken advantage of the opportunity to usurp the throne. Maybe I would be the king of this country! Yue Niang, if I could become the emperor, I would let you be my queen. Not to mention silver bracelets, even if you want to wear gold bracelets all over your body, I will buy them for you!"

Yue Niang poked his forehead with her index finger and said, "I am not someone who covets wealth and fame. Otherwise, why would I marry you when I could marry anyone else? Two years ago, you used all your savings from buying a house to pray to the gods and Buddhas, asking them to let you become the emperor. What happened? All your life savings went down the drain! For ordinary people like us, living a down-to-earth life is the most important thing!"

"Didn't I think at that time that if the gods and Buddhas allowed me to become the emperor, I could buy you a bigger house? Yue Niang, I was wrong, don't be angry."

Gu Zhenliang smiled apologetically and continued to try to make Yue Niang happy.

Xiao Baojing's jaw dropped.

She thought Shang Bingjiu was a psychopath, but she didn't expect that there was someone even crazier than him!

In order to become an emperor, he spent all his savings for buying a house on praying to the gods. Is this something a normal person would do?!
If praying to gods and Buddhas was so effective, wouldn't the world be full of emperors?
Just as she was thinking about it, Shang Bingjiu returned to the dilapidated temple and said that he had been chosen by the steward and would stay in the county magistrate's mansion tonight and would perform a glove puppet show at the birthday banquet tomorrow.

Gu Zhenliang said enthusiastically, "Tomorrow Yue Niang and I will also go to the County Magistrate's Mansion to deliver tofu, and perhaps we will meet again. Little brother, ordinary people like you have a hard time walking around the streets, and you will never see the end of it in your lifetime. The opportunity to perform in front of a noble is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so you must perform well and strive to get more rewards."

Shang Bingjiu smiled and replied, picked up his burden, and left the Jile Temple lightly.

Xiao Baojing thought that he would be able to live in a better place when he arrived at the county magistrate's mansion.

As a result, when Shang Bingjiu opened the boxes, she saw clearly that she was living in a large bunk bed.

Actors from all over the world lived here. Some smoked dry tobacco, some played cards, some practiced swallowing knives and spitting fire, and some even stood in the corner with their bare chests and urinated. The room was filled with an indescribable stench.

It’s worse than a ruined temple!

"what……"

Shang Bingjiu spotted the man peeing in the corner and covered Xiao Baojing's eyes: "Don't look."

Xiao Baojing felt aggrieved: Is this what she wanted to see?
A burly man suddenly came over and said in surprise, "Wow, little brother, your puppet is so exquisite! My family has been making singing and dancing puppets for generations, but none of them are as lifelike as yours! I wonder where you learned from, and what kind of leather is used for this puppet? Can you lend it to me to enjoy it?"

Enjoy it for a while?
Xiao Baojing looked at the big man's arms, which were thicker than his thighs, and had no doubt that he would be crushed to death by him.

Shang Bingjiu held Xiao Baojing in his arms.

The boy had a thin chest and long arms, like an orange tree that was sprouting branches, trying to protect the newly opened orange flowers on the branches.

The dark blue wide sleeves brushed the girl's snow-white cheeks and lips, carrying the fragrance of mountain pine grass dew, separating a clean space for her in this stinking bunk bed. He raised his slightly raised fox eyes, tenderly under the light: "My wife is shy, I'm afraid I can't borrow her."

The big man laughed: "It's just a puppet, how can you call it your wife? Brother, you like to joke too much! How about this, I'll pay you a hundred coins, and you'll let me see its body structure, how about that?"

One hundred coins!
Although Xiao Baojing didn't know the monetary system of this world, he knew that for a peddler who was so poor that he could barely make ends meet, one hundred coins was definitely a huge sum of money!

She was already prepared to be disassembled and reassembled by the big man, but she heard Shang Bingjiu refuse: "No loan."

The big man frowned and simply reached out to grab it: "Just lend it to me for a look, I won't break it for you--"

Before his hand touched Xiao Baojing, he saw Shang Bingjiu's sharp teeth pressed against his thin lips, and his fox eyes curved in an inexplicable arc, like... like some kind of ferocious dog protecting its food.

The fangs looked white in the candlelight, as if the boy would bite off his hand immediately if he got any closer.

The big man withdrew his hand awkwardly and left muttering, "You won't even take a look, you're so stingy..."

After the big man left, Shang Bingjiu smoothed Xiao Baojing's messy hair and said, "Don't be afraid. I will always protect you."

Amid the noise of the large bunk bed, his voice was tender and firm, with a hint of hoarseness typical of a teenager's voice change, like an unripe orange on a branch.

His cool fingertips brushed across her cheeks and lips, without any intention of disrespect or taking advantage, as if she really was his new wife.

His gentle face was reflected in Xiao Baojing's pupils.

She has a graceful figure, red lips and white teeth, and fox eyes that look affectionately at everyone.

Xiao Baojing's face gradually turned pale pink, like an orange flower shyly opening its pink and white petals in the spring.

This peddler...

Quite likable.

A bright orange crescent moon hung on the window string.

The actors fell asleep.

Xiao Baojing skillfully took out the box, tiptoed to lift up her skirt, and planned to secretly look for Yaoyao under the cover of night.

The county magistrate's mansion is filled with rockery and intricate gardens, with festive red lanterns hung everywhere.

For Xiao Baojing, who had just arrived, it was like a maze. Trying to find Yaoyao in this maze was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

She walked through the gravel flower path, not knowing that she would run into patrolling guards from the county magistrate's office as soon as she turned the corner.

A fox-faced young man in a Taoist robe and a flowery hairpin sat cross-legged on the wall, supporting his chin with one hand, watching Xiao Baojing go to seek death, grinning viciously with his fangs clenched.

I would be moved by a casual promise made by a young man.

I will be attracted to people who don't know what is good and what is evil.

He would risk exposing his identity and go to the county magistrate's office to find a puppet he had only known for one day.

"What a fool the little princess is."

Like a stupid and innocent puppy.

(End of this chapter)