The naughty and cowardly little crybaby sold himself out

The next few days were quiet.

At first glance, she was not as lively as before and stayed in the house most of the time. Although she no longer rejected them, it still took some time for her to completely accept this fact.

Aoki and Aoba brought a dozen girls aged thirteen or fourteen and asked Chujian to pick a few maids. Chujian didn't want any. She was too old to need anyone to serve her.

"Chu Jian, pick a maid to stay by your side. In addition to serving you, their more important responsibilities are to help you take care of things around you, deal with emergencies, and those complicated interpersonal relationships. You are not familiar with Lingyinguo and don't understand many things. I can't always stay by your side. I need someone to look after you all the time. Qingye will be responsible for your safety. You can pick a few who you like and treat them as playmates, okay?"

"No." Chu Jian still refused. She stayed by Jing Muyang's side these days, and in the first two days she even followed him to the toilet, for fear that he would disappear.

Originally, he wanted to find a maid to talk to her, but she didn't want any. Well, Jing Muyang was worried about keeping these people of unknown origin around him, so he decided to go back to the capital and talk about it later.

After so many days of transition, Chu Jian's emotions had almost stabilized except that he was extremely dependent on Jing Muyang, and they set off again.

Chu Jian sat quietly in the carriage, occasionally looking at the scenery outside.

Along the way, Jing Muyang talked to her a lot, telling her about the current national situation and his current situation.

Jing Muyang is the ninth prince of Lingyin Kingdom. He is brave and good at fighting. In the past few years, he has secured the northern border and the southern state. Now there is no war in the world. Half a year ago, the emperor ordered him to be recalled, named the King of War, and gave him the prime minister's daughter. He was the most famous person at that time.

Various forces in the capital were ready to make a move. There were ministers who wanted to support him, princes who wanted to bring him into an alliance, and even the crown prince who was wary of him. Each of them had their own ulterior motives and wanted to get some benefits from him.

Jing Muyang was in a vortex, and no matter how he tried, he couldn't escape.

He was mysteriously injured when he returned to Beijing more than three months ago. Not long after that, he developed problems with his legs, which became increasingly serious, and eventually he passed away. Everyone in the world was filled with sorrow.

Of course, this is the current situation to the outside world. After all, he is a prince who has been buried. He has only contacted his confidants, and the outside world does not know that he is still alive. So how did the people who killed him that day know? Are they really the prince's men?

Fortunately, the journey was relatively peaceful. After Qingshan Qingmu confirmed that it was their own prince, he contacted people from all sides and had gathered a small team in Yinzhou.

After several days, they finally arrived in Yuzhou late at night, which is the provincial capital closest to the capital.

"Greetings, His Majesty, and Princess!" In a mansion, a group of people gathered. They were all confidants of Prince Zhan's mansion who had come from the capital and had been waiting here a long time ago. They all knelt on the ground and saluted with great excitement.

They never thought that their prince could crawl out of the tomb alive. No, no, they never thought that the princess could drag their prince out of the tomb alive. No, no, no, they never thought about this at all!

Who could have imagined such a bizarre thing?

Even though they had already stood up, they were still looking at Jing Muyang and Chu Jian with great excitement. Chu Jian had never seen such a scene before and was so scared that he quickly hid behind Jing Muyang.

"Alright, alright, let's go. Didn't you see that you scared the princess? You have no sense at all." The old doctor waved his hand from behind, "Muyang, let someone take me down first. My old bones will fall apart if I don't rest."

"Aoki, take Mr. Fanglin down to rest."

"Yes."

Qingmu took the old doctor away, and Jing Muyang also pulled Chujian into their room. "Chujian, let's rest for two days and summarize the news from the capital before returning to Beijing."

"Yeah." Chu Jian was also very tired. After entering the room, he took off his coat and shoes. The only thing in his eyes was the bed, and he fell asleep immediately.

Chu Jian didn’t know if something had happened. She had been traveling day and night for the past two days, and had even been riding in a carriage for two days. She felt that even if she lay in bed, she could still hear the rumbling sound of wheels in her head, and she couldn’t hear anything else. She just wanted to sleep now, and get enough sleep first!

Jing Muyang saw her condition and thought that after more than ten days, she had finally let down her guard and calmed down. As a woman, her ability to adapt, adjust and accept was quite good.

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I was first woken up by hearing my stomach growling. I had no idea what time it was as there were no clocks in ancient times. Anyway, it was already getting late as it was bright outside.

Jing Muyang was not in the room. She sat up and stretched her body. Last night was the best sleep she had in the past ten days.

Get dressed, wash up, and go out. Get something to eat first.

This person is very strange sometimes. Even though it is an unfamiliar mansion, she can accurately find the kitchen with her dog-like nose when she first sees it. There are two people preparing meals inside.

"Uncle is busy." Chu Jian walked in with a giggle and looked around. There were quite a lot of ingredients.

The uncle didn't even turn his head, as if he didn't hear her. He felt a little awkward when he first saw her standing at the door, but the aunt who was squatting on the ground washing vegetables behind her turned her head and saw her intention.

"Are you hungry, girl?" He stood up, opened the steamer on the stove, took out a bun and handed it to her, "Eat it first, the food will take a while."

"Thank you, Auntie!" Chu Jian took the hot bun, which was filled with pure meat, super big, full of juice, and tasted great.

"Girl, why haven't I seen you before? Are you new here?"

"Well, I just came here yesterday." Seeing that the aunt was easy to talk to, Chu Jian also started chatting, "Auntie, you prepared so many dishes, how many people are eating?"

"There are dozens of people, they have a lot to do, and they can't win."

"Then I can help, auntie. I love cooking. Can you tell me what else I need to prepare and how I want it cut?" Chu Jian became excited.

"That's not necessary. My daughter will be back soon with the pastries. She is very good at cutting vegetables."

"Then I'll help you wash the vegetables."

At first I thought that maybe their dishes had their own way of cutting, so it was not a good idea to interfere. But washing the vegetables was no problem, so I finished the buns in a few big mouthfuls, rolled up my sleeves and started washing the vegetables with the aunt.

Seeing that she was not arrogant at all, the aunt thought that she was probably a newly bought maid who had not yet been assigned an assignment. If she wanted to help, then let her do it. It happened that she had sprained her waist these days and was in great pain. Otherwise, she would not have not prepared the ingredients at this time. If she delayed the master's meal time, it would be a serious crime.

The two of them were chatting and laughing while washing vegetables, and soon a girl of about sixteen or seventeen came back.

"Mom, I'm back. Have you finished washing so quickly?" She knew her mother had a back injury, so she hurried back.

"Thanks to this girl's help, Jinxiang, when you are done making snacks later, make some mung bean cakes for this girl to thank her very much." The aunt smiled.

"Okay, thank you girl!" Jin Xiang also smiled.

"Miss Jinxiang, you're welcome. Actually, I came here because I was hungry." Chu Jian also smiled.

"What would the girl like to eat? Should I make you some noodles now?"

"No, I've already eaten the buns. Jinxiang, hurry up and cut the vegetables. Auntie said she's running out of steam." Chu Jian brought the washed vegetables over. "I can help you. Tell me how you want them cut."

"Can you also chop vegetables?"

"Of course I can cook."

The two girls chatted with each other and soon they finished cutting all the vegetables. Chu Jian watched Jinxiang preparing the side dishes while the uncle cooked. She also helped pass the pots and plates, and served the vegetables and rice. She was very busy in the kitchen.

Everything was ready and someone came and brought the food to the front yard.

After the four of them finished their meal, Jinxiang started making pastries.

"Jinxiang, you are amazing! Although I can cook some dishes, I can't make pastries like this. Who did you learn from?"

"With my dad. My family used to have a small restaurant. I learned how to cook and make snacks from my dad since I was a kid."

"Then why don't you open the restaurant? Is business bad?"

"No." Jin Xiang sighed. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn and she even slowed down the work in her hands.

"We opened a small restaurant in Nan'an City, and the business was very good, but there was a bully in the city who wanted...he wanted me to be his concubine. My father disagreed, so he smashed our restaurant and deafened my father in one ear."

"How could such a thing happen? What happened next?" He was filled with indignation when he first saw him. No wonder this uncle sometimes didn't respond when he talked to him, it turned out that he had hearing impairment.

"Later, he came to my house in a sedan chair to arrest people. He happened to be seen by a passing soldier, who rescued us. Then we followed him all the way to Yuzhou." Jin Xiang's tone became cheerful again. "Luckily, I met them, otherwise I would be in trouble."

"That's right, thank goodness." Chu Jian also breathed a sigh of relief, "What happened next? Did the bully get his comeuppance?"

"Yes! The bully was thrown into the government office and accused of robbing a woman. He refused to plead guilty at first and even tried to pay us to change our statement. The officer told us that we couldn't let him do what he wanted. If I didn't stand up, more women would fall into his clutches in the future."

"Yes! He's right! Then, how did the government handle it?"

"The government found out that he had done a lot of such things before, and even forced two young girls to death. The official sentenced him to death in court."

"It makes people happy. That official is so awesome!" It's so satisfying to hear that for the first time.

"But Nan'an is so far away from here. Now that the bully is gone, you can still reopen the restaurant. Why would you want to follow us?" Chu Jian started gossiping.

"After my father was injured, he often failed to listen to the customers' orders completely, so business became difficult and we had to close the store. Later, the soldier came to us and learned about the situation. He said they needed a chef to accompany them and asked if we were willing to go to the capital with them. Then we followed them." Jin Xiang blushed and hesitated.

"Oh, so..." Chu Jian smiled as if he suddenly understood something.

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