Chapter 13: Meeting Her Highness the Princess (Part 1)

  The next day, at the third watch, Xiao Si leisurely rode his horse out of Liu Garden and headed towards the Imperial City along the wide streets. By now, it had been at least an hour since he was supposed to meet Princess Jincheng, but instead of rushing, this young master seemed completely carefree, strolling along as if taking a casual walk in the garden.

  Yesterday evening, Xia Pei Heng was released from the military prison and returned to Liu Garden. Looking at his appearance, he must have suffered a lot in prison. Fortunately, General Xia's head had an extraordinary skill of steel bones and iron bones, so he could endure it. At this time, everyone set up a banquet to calm him down, which also served as a welcoming party for Geng Shao Hua and others.

  At the banquet, Xiao Si carefully observed Xia Pei Heng and saw that this guy had a face like jade, with handsome features, and a three-inch long beard under his chin, but somehow it was missing half of it. Otherwise, he would have been considered a elegant and refined jade-faced gentleman, no wonder Yu Linglong was deeply in love with this husband.

  Xia Peiheng never mentioned his experiences in prison, and everyone else also tactfully avoided asking about it, only discussing what had happened that afternoon. Upon learning that two princesses had personally come out to support the Tonghua Escort Agency, Xia Peiheng was slightly taken aback and said: "Director Xun, tomorrow you'll accompany me to prepare a generous gift and visit the residences of the two princesses to express our gratitude. Since they've helped us greatly, it would be impolite not to show any appreciation. If we can take this opportunity to establish a relationship with the two princesses, then in the future we won't have to worry about having a foothold in Chang'an City!"

  Xiao Si flipped a glance at Xia Pei Heng and thought: "What are you, why should I accompany you to see the princess?"

  He scowled and said: "I'm busy."

  Yu Lingong hastily mediated: "Tomorrow morning, Xiao Si brothers will enter the palace to meet Princess Jincheng."

  Xia Pei Heng was taken aback, and finally realized that the princess had not invited him, and might not even let him enter the palace gates. He gave up on the idea of visiting to thank her, but instructed: "Chief Xia, Princess Jincheng is our benefactor, no matter what you must treat her with courtesy. Whatever requirements she puts forward, we must do our best to fulfill them, absolutely cannot be perfunctory."

  Xiao Si's mouth was filled with a mouthful of wine that he almost couldn't swallow, and he really didn't want to listen to General Xia's nagging teachings anymore. He clutched his stomach with both hands and shouted: "Ah, I'm going to vomit!" He dropped the stunned Xia Peiheng and rushed out of the flower hall in a flash.

  As soon as he came to the garden, Xiao Si took a deep breath of fresh air and washed away all the bad luck in his head. Turning back, he saw Yi Bai laughing and running out of the flower hall, and couldn't help but ask: "How did you come out too?"

  Yi Bo stopped in his tracks and said: "I'm going to the restroom. Fourth Master, you're done vomiting so quickly?"

  Xiao Si kicked the fat guy's butt and turned around to leave.

  Yi Bo asked: "Fourth Master, where are you going?"

  "Go back inside and continue vomiting!"

  He went back into the house, closed the door, sat on the bed to calculate today's losses. In total, he had put out a "Hundred Ghosts Night March" symbol and a "Thunderbolt" symbol, which, converted to black market prices, was worth around 4,000 to 5,000 taels of silver. He couldn't help but feel a great deal of pain, saying: "This time I've lost big, I need to think of a way to make it back."

  But last time, a soap-making helper jumped out to help with the emergency, but this time, who will come to beat the bamboo clappers?

  Xiao Si thought about it more and more depressed, had a few more drinks, and unknowingly fell asleep.

  Before dawn, Xia Peiheng came knocking on the door with a "thud thud thud". Xiao Siyi quickly got up and thought it was Lao Mangzi coming to check on them. Only then did he react and realize that outside stood Xia Zongbiao's henchman.

  He dazedly pulled out a "Dun Tu Fu" from his sleeve, pinched it to explode, and rolled under the bed with the quilt. A bright light appeared on the ground like a ripple, and his figure disappeared without a trace.

  Xia Pei Heng knocked for a long time without any response, and couldn't help but anxiously say: "Diao Zhuang Bao, hurry up and get up, or we'll be late!"

  His commotion instantly drew over Geng Shaohua, Wan'er, Yulingleng and others.

  Wan'er wasn't so polite to Xiao Si, shouting "Fourth Uncle, I'm opening the door!" as she kicked open the room door.

  Everyone looked inside and was shocked at once. Geng Shaohua exclaimed in shock: "Where's Fourth Uncle?!"

  "Could it be that she was secretly kidnapped by the Imperial Guard?"

  Wan Er's heart sank, and she hastily said: "It was probably Uncle who did it, I'll go find him!"

  Yi Bo was still able to remain calm and carefully observed the situation inside the house, saying: "Don't be in a hurry, I think this matter is a bit suspicious, it's not necessarily related to the Imperial Guard. You see, there are no signs of struggle in the house, only the bedding on the bed is gone. Could it be that when the Imperial Guard took away Xi Siye, they would also cover him with a quilt?"

  Yu Linglong said with a smile: "Not bad, with the cultivation and cleverness of the four younger brothers, it's impossible for someone to be kidnapped without making a sound."

  Xia Pei Heng thought of Diao Xiao Si missing the appointment with Princess Jin Cheng, and anxiously asked: "What's going on here?"

  Everyone looked at me, I looked at them, and no one said a word.

  Geng Shaohua smiled wryly: "Fourth Uncle has always been unpredictable, maybe he's just joking."

  Mrs. Geng nodded in agreement: "Perhaps he has already entered the palace to pay his respects to Princess Jincheng?"

  Everyone looked at the empty bed and shook their heads, thinking that going to see the princess wrapped in a quilt with nothing on was unheard of, it wasn't being brave but rather being reckless.

  Everyone guessed for half a day but still couldn't get the key, Xia Pei Heng said: "I and Ling Long are responsible for searching in the garden, Brother Geng will try to inquire about the movement of the Left Guard of the Forbidden Army last night, Easy General will go to the street to investigate, and here by Yu Niang's niece will stay on guard. Regardless of whether or not we get any news, everyone will come back to meet up in an hour."

  At this time, everyone dispersed and took action, leaving only Yuanner sitting alone in the house, anxiously waiting.

  As time passed, not one of the people who went out came back. Wan'er's heart grew more and more anxious, she wished she could rush out immediately and pull that little scoundrel out from wherever he was hiding.

  She suddenly realized that her heart was also like this empty room, without a place to settle, as if something had been forcibly pulled out, and her chest felt empty and panicked.

  Suddenly, she felt a vague sense of something fluffy emerging from under her feet, and her heart skipped a beat as the thought flashed through her mind: "There's a mouse!"

  Finally, the couple's years of devotion to their beloved daughter paid off at this moment, and with a nearly instinctive reaction, Wan'er lifted her foot and heavily trampled on that old mouse!

  "Bang!" Her little boots stomped on a hard and hairy thing that absolutely didn't look like a mouse!

  "Ah——" Two voices rang out in the room at the same time. One was Yuanyu's exclamation, and the other was a miserable and ear-piercing scream from the long-haired monster.

  "Ka-cha!" The table overturned and the chair fell, Yuanyu's left foot used the monster's body as leverage to bounce up, and she grabbed another chair with her hand and smashed it over. Her mouth let out a clear shout: "I'll beat you to death, you monster! How dare you come scare me?"

  Before she had even finished speaking, she suddenly felt as if something was off about that cry...

  "Bang!" The chair flew through the air and landed on a head that had just popped up from underground.

  Only saw Xiang Si's face was blue and swollen, tears streaming down her face, she glared at Wan Er with extreme anger and said: "You little melon girl——"

  He slept soundly underground and woke up feeling parched, so he prepared to climb up to find some water to drink. Who would have thought that disaster would strike from the sky, and Yuwen's foot almost took his life.

  "Is it you?" Wan'er stared with wide eyes in surprise and asked: "How are you down there?"

  "Nonsense! Can I sleep soundly if I don't get to the bottom of this?" Xiao Si gritted his teeth and said: "You little wretch, do you want to murder your own husband?"

  Wan'er's face turned red, she didn't want to argue with him, so she quickly reached out and pulled Xiao Si from the ground, brushing off the wood shavings on his body, saying: "Everyone is worried sick, but you're sleeping soundly!"

  Xiao Si rubbed his swollen forehead and glared with anger: "You don't have to hit that hard."

  "Wan Er said with a sigh: 'Serves you right, look at what time it is now. What did you agree on with Princess Jincheng?'"

  As soon as he heard the four words "Jin Cheng Gong Zhu", all his sleepiness disappeared, and he jumped up high, saying: "Little girl, why didn't you say that earlier?"

  Wan Er pouted and said: "Xia Zong's men came to knock on the door and shout for you to get up early, but you actually hid under the bed to sleep. Now you're blaming me?"

  Xiao Si's eyes widened in shock as he stared at the brick floor beneath his feet, and then suddenly let out a loud cry of anguish: "My Earth Escape Symbol——"

  Just as he was wailing, Xia Peiheng and others happened to turn back, saw the mess in the house and Xiao Si who was in agony, and couldn't help but stare blankly.

  Geng Shaohua exclaimed in shock: "Fourth Uncle, your face——"

  Wan Er told the story of what had just happened, and Xia Pei Heng said: "Fortunately it was a false alarm. Chief Escort Xi, hurry up and wash your face, take a bath, change into new clothes and enter the palace."

  Yu Linglong said: "Little Fourth Brother, going to see Princess Jincheng in this state is probably not very suitable, right?"

  Xiao Si was looking in the mirror, and his face looked like it had been through an earthquake, with some parts high and some parts sunken. He couldn't help but curse: "I'm already in this state, where can I still go? Forget it, let's see what that dead girl can do to me!"

  "Absolutely not!" Xia Pei Heng exclaimed in shock and dismay.

  Wan'er was also annoyed, saying: "If you don't go, then don't go. Who are you trying to scare? Your face was kicked by me, this young lady. At most, I'll go to the imperial palace and let Princess Jincheng kick your face too!"

  "Great, I'll be waiting with bated breath."

  Wan Er gritted her teeth and turned to walk out, but Xiao Si shouted angrily: "You stinky girl, I'm not afraid of you! Do you think the imperial city is a vegetable market, and that little girl is a tofu beauty? You think you can just go in and see whoever you want?"

  Wan'er turned around and held back her tears, saying: "Then what do you want me to do?"

  Xiao Si saw the tears in her eyes and his heart softened, he said irritably: "Forget it, I'm not your fourth uncle, you're my fourth aunt! Go ahead and go, what's the worst that could happen? She can't do anything to me!"

  Everyone who heard him and Wanyu quarreling couldn't get a word in edgewise, and looked at each other in dismay: "Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt... this is all mixed up, aren't these two little scallywags just fighting?"

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