Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

"Your Highness."

Bishui said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Rong Palace sent someone to deliver the medicine this afternoon."

Chu Shitong took a look and saw that they were all top-quality medicines for external injuries.

When she was thinking about the reason, she suddenly remembered that she was bitten by Si Jingli on the day of the horse race. It seemed that Si Jingli remembered this incident after waking up.

"understood."

After Chu Shitong finished his meal, Bishui did not clean up the dishes, but came over with medicine.

"Your Highness, let me apply the medicine for you."

"Need not."

Chu Shitong didn't have the habit of applying medicine. For her, having scars on her body was normal. Her body shape was different from that of men. Only if she had scars on her body like men would others think she was not like a woman. After all, women are very afraid of having scars on their bodies.

Except for the face.

"Throw the medicine into the warehouse, and pick out some gold and jade that can be given away and show them to me later."

"Yes."

Bishui picked out some things and brought them over after a while. Chu Shitong took a look and found that most of them were things bestowed by the emperor, and some were obtained by chance, or given by others as birthday gifts.

After looking at it for a few times, Chu Shitong said, "Take them all back."

It’s not that these things cannot be given away, but they are quite valuable, and Chu Shitong is reluctant to give them to the second princess.

It seems that I can only go to my own shop to pick something for her.

Seeing that Bishui seemed to have something to say, Chu Shitong guessed that Yun Xiangrong probably wanted to tell her something again, but Bishui didn't dare to say it out loud, so she ignored her.

……

Imperial Library.

After two days of rest, the first day of school, June 1st, was very hot.

Chu Shitong was still wearing the same black clothes, with her long hair tied up with a black ribbon, looking extremely low-key.

As soon as he entered the school, he was stopped by Zhao Heng, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince."

Chu Shitong guessed what Zhao Heng wanted to say as soon as they met, and said calmly, "Your Highness."

Zhao Heng asked, "Is His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince free to come out?"

Chu Shitong smiled and said, "It's getting late. The Master may be here soon. If His Royal Highness has something to do, why not talk about it at noon?"

Zhao Heng frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Alright, then I'll have to trouble His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince to wait for me here at noon."

Zhao Heng is one year older than Chu Shitong and was in the same teacher's class as Chu Shifeng.

"Your Highness, if you want to see me about something, I will naturally wait for Your Highness to explain clearly."

"That's settled, see you at noon. I'll take my leave now."

Zhao Heng has a bad temper and is always decisive.

The Duke of Qing's Mansion is considered a founding father in the court. Although he has no real power, he has a high status and many connections.

In the previous life, the Duke Qing's Mansion was the one that supported Chu Shifeng in the fight for the throne, apparently because Zhao Heng had a good relationship with Chu Shifeng. But later, Chu Shifeng was killed by Chu Shitong, and the Duke Qing's Mansion became obedient and no longer participated in the fight for the throne.

As soon as Zhao Heng left, Chu Shifan came over.

"Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi! Do you want to go drinking tonight?"

Chu Shitong asked, "Cousin, is there anything else you want to talk to me about?"

"There's nothing else fun to do."

Chu Shifan came closer and said in a hissing voice, "Be careful Zhao Heng. I feel like he has something bad in mind for you. I heard that the Zhou family started packing up and preparing to leave Beijing yesterday. I didn't expect Zhao Heng to have some bad intentions to find you."

"Thank you for the reminder, cousin. I will pay attention to it."

Of course Zhao Heng had no good intentions towards him.

In his previous life, because he had taken a picture of the courtesan and gave it to Zhou Hengchuan, Zhao Heng targeted him like a mad dog. Even at the second princess' birthday party, he couldn't help but provoke him again and again. Finally, Chu Shitong couldn't stand it anymore and gave him a big gift, which made him behave himself.

Chu Shitong felt as if a piece of his brain was missing. He had no wisdom at all, and he had only relied on his status and arrogance to survive to where he is today.

noon.

As soon as school was over, Zhao Heng rushed to find Chu Shitong.

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince."

Chu Shitong was talking to Chu Shifan when he saw Zhao Heng coming. He said, "Cousin, go eat first. I'll be there in a while."

Chu Shifan said, "Then you better hurry up. You have agreed with Prince Si to have dinner together today. If you come late, you won't be able to eat the food in Prince Rong's mansion. But I can save a few bites for you because we are cousins."

Chu Shitong laughed. Although he didn't know how Chu Shifan forced Si Jingli to agree, this was also a good thing.

"Thank you very much, cousin."

Chu Shitong followed Zhao Heng to a deserted place in the library.

Chu Shitong didn't have much patience either, so he asked straight to the point, "Why did His Royal Highness come to see me?"

Zhao Heng asked, "Have you, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, heard about the Zhou family?"

Chu Shitong said: "I have heard some of it."

"That bastard Zhou Hengchuan used such means to treat Your Highness in the brothel that day. If I hadn't gone there later, Your Highness would have been cheated out of three thousand taels of silver by him. Now he is fine, and Lord Zhou was only demoted to a county magistrate for the crime of deceiving the emperor. Isn't Your Highness unhappy at all?"

His provocation had no effect on Chu Shitong.

"The emperor has already issued an order on this matter. It is final and there is no room for change."

"It is His Majesty's business to issue an edict. I am asking you, Your Highness." Zhou Heng said excitedly, "The Zhou family is still fine. Zhou Hengchuan spreads rumors about Your Highness day and night in the capital. Can Your Highness just let him do it? Although Lord Zhou was demoted, the Zhou family did not suffer any loss. He just moved to another place to serve as an official, while Your Highness's reputation has been tarnished beyond recognition. Can Your Highness tolerate his reputation being slandered like this while the culprit just walks away and continues to live his carefree life in a remote place?"

Chu Shitong was too lazy to continue laughing, and simply said, "Your Highness, I naturally cannot tolerate what you said, but I have no choice. No matter how much Zhou Hengchuan smears me, it is dispensable to me. I have no ambitions, and I will only be an idle prince in the future. Good or bad reputation is the same to me. It's a pity..."

"What's a pity?"

"I heard that the courtesan was kidnapped. I don't know if it's true or not. I'm a man and my reputation is bad, but the courtesan was an innocent woman with a tragic life. It might be okay for others, but if she was kidnapped by Zhou Hengchuan for revenge, I'm afraid she will have a hard time in the future."

Zhao Heng was stunned. "Impossible! I just met Ying'er yesterday at noon!"

Chu Shitong: "Really? I heard about it last night."

Zhao Heng panicked immediately, and without even saying hello, he turned around and ran towards the entrance of the library.

Chu Shitong looked at his departing back. He originally didn't want to have any contact with him, but he didn't expect him to come to him. So he had to provoke him himself.

With such eloquence, he still wants to instigate me. I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to teach a dog to bite a person.

Chu Shitong turned around and went to look for Chu Shifan and the others.

In the deep courtyard, the stone table was filled with all kinds of delicacies from land and sea.

When Chu Shitong arrived, he saw that Chu Shifan had already finished a large bowl of rice and was eating his second bowl.

Compared to Chu Shifan, Si Jingli had only finished a little bit of his bowl, which was half the size of his.

"Xiao Qi! You're here!"

Chu Shifan said, "Come and try the cooking of Prince Rong's Mansion! It tastes really good!"

Chu Shitong smiled and looked at Si Jingli, but Si Jingli kept staring at her hands.

It seemed as if he was checking whether he had applied medicine to the wound.

Chu Shitong subconsciously hid backwards.

Bishui opened the lunch box and placed one meat and two vegetable dishes on the table, making Chu Shitong look extremely pitiful.

Chu Shifan said quickly: "Don't eat your rabbit meal, come and try His Royal Highness's food."

"What is rabbit rice?"

This was clearly cooked by me before I left, so how come it’s rabbit rice?

Chu Shifan made himself laugh and joked, "It's not much to begin with, and there's a bunch of greens on top. What else could it be but rabbit rice?"

Si Jingli suddenly put down his chopsticks and asked with a look of pity, "Is this what you eat all day at Dongwu Institute?"

Chu Shitong nodded happily.

Looking at Chu Shitong's calm expression, Si Jingli felt that Chu Shitong was extremely pitiful.

Not only are they poor in clothing, but they are also poor in food.

Even the servants in Prince Rong’s Mansion wouldn’t have such a shabby meal.

"You'd better take your food away." Si Jingli said, "This prince's lunch is at least enough for ten people, so you don't need one more."

"..."

Chu Shitong suddenly realized that Si Jingli knew how extravagant and wasteful his meals were.

"Then thank you so much, Your Highness."

Chu Shitong said to Bishui, "Put it away and take it back."

Pick up the clear water and collect it back.

Si Jingli looked at Chu Shitong strangely, "What are you going to do with it?"

Chu Shitong said, "Eat it in the evening."

Si Jingli was silent for a moment, then instructed his servants, "Come here, take away the Seventh Prince's dishes."

Chu Shitong suddenly stopped picking up the food and asked, "What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"The food left over for the evening cannot be eaten. Your Highness the Seventh Prince should take care of his health."

Without waiting for Chu Shitong to speak, he continued, "Send those three plates of vegetables to the backyard of the library to feed the dogs."

Chu Shitong:?

Just as she was about to stop them, the food had already been taken to the backyard by Si Jingli's servants.

Chu Shitong felt a little sad. In the end, he didn't even get to eat a single bite of the two bundles of vegetables that Bishui had just bought.

Si Jingli said very humanely: "If Your Highness feels sorry for it, then dinner can be served at Prince Rong's Mansion. This prince will treat you as well."

Chu Shitong smiled with great difficulty and waved his hand, saying, "No need, Your Highness is too polite."

Chu Shifan immediately put down his chopsticks and said, "Why do you refuse? If you don't go, I will!"

Si Jingli: "You are not allowed to go if this prince has not invited you."

"Oh."

Chu Shifan lowered his head and continued eating.

……

School in the afternoon.

Chu Shitong was going to see Han Zijun, so she asked Bishui to pack her things. After saying hello to Chu Shifan, she left early.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the library, I heard the conversation between the servants who were cleaning the library.

"I fed that dog before, but I don't know how it died. What a pity."

Chu Shitong noticed something was wrong and stepped forward to ask.

"Which dog are you talking about?"

When the servant saw Chu Shitong, he immediately bowed and said, "Your Highness the Seventh Prince."

"Get up."

The servant stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. We were just talking about the big yellow dog in the backyard. The Grand Tutor had raised it for two years. It was always alive and well, but somehow it suddenly died this afternoon."

Another servant said, "It seems that he died of poisoning. Because there are many people feeding Da Huang every day, it is difficult to find the murderer. The Grand Tutor is very angry about this."

Chu Shitong said: "I see, thank you both very much."

"Your Highness is too polite!"

Chu Shitong walked out of the library with a calm face.

It is possible that there is poison in your food.

The vegetables were bought by Bishui, who cooked them herself. After cooking them, she brought them to the academy and Bishui has been keeping them. It is possible that someone else may have tampered with them.

In addition to Bishui, there are three servants in the East Fifth Office. Two of them are not personal servants. One is in charge of cleaning, one is in charge of guarding the warehouse, and the other is a gatekeeper.

Si Jingli's actions today might have saved her unintentionally. It seemed that she had to replace her subordinates in advance just in case.

……

Chu Shitong went to the clinic to take a look at Han Zijun, and seeing that he was alive, he turned around and went to the market to look for the boy.

She walked around and it was almost sunset, so there were not many people left.

I looked for a long time but didn't see anything suitable. I was thinking about buying two to use as a transition, but then I came face to face with a chained slave.

The young man brought two boys and a girl with him. Chu Shitong took a look at them, thought they were okay, and walked over.

"How do you sell this guy?"

The boy said, "They are brother and sister, and both are worth three taels. If you take them together, just give five and a half taels. I guarantee they are healthy. The boy has normal hands and feet and can do a lot of work. The girl is still young and a virgin. It's not a loss to take her in as a maid."

He pointed at the slave who had just made eye contact with Chu Shitong and said, "The one who got two taels of silver has a stubborn temper, but his hands and feet are normal."

Among this pair of siblings, only the brother looks calmer, probably because he has some skills. The sister doesn't look so good.

It’s not that she’s not feeling well, it’s just that the way she looks at him is not right.

Chu Shitong pointed at the one with two taels of silver and said, "I want him."

The younger sister cried out, "Sir, please buy me too. I can work and give birth to your children. I can do everything!"

Chu Shitong didn't even look at her.

The man pulled the other slave over by the chain and said, "Two taels of silver is not a bargain. He just has a stubborn temper, but everything else is normal. This price is not expensive at all."

Chu Shitong took out two taels of silver and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter if there are other things. I will find a way to find you."

After Chu Shitong took the slaves under his command, they became official slaves. As long as they had the indenture, Chu Shitong could find the boy's biological parents, let alone the boy himself. Even if the boy was an orphan who had never seen his parents since childhood, he could still find his biological parents.

Seeing that Chu Shitong paid the money readily, the boy also readily gave the indenture contract and gave some instructions.

"If he's stubborn and doesn't listen, you can beat him as much as you can. Don't worry, he's in good health and nothing will happen to him."

Chu Shitong saw that his name written on the indenture was Xuan Changji.

Seeing this surname, Chu Shitong said nothing.

After taking Xuan Changji away, Chu Shitong asked.

"Your last name is Xuan?"