The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

"Well... okay, young lady, you are a chivalrous woman fighting against bandits, so naturally our shop will change its ways and give you this once in a while." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

Li Xiying smiled lightly, thinking that he was exaggerating, and then returned to her original expression.

The shopkeeper then handed Li Xiying a room number plate and a key. The room number was written on the plate and tied together with the key. "Young lady, turn left upstairs and take the first room upstairs."

"By the way, if the lady in green comes back, please tell her the location of my room." Li Xiying ordered.

The shopkeeper nodded, "I recognize it, I recognize it."

After entering the room and closing the door, Xi Ying was already exhausted. She said to the girls, "Hurry up and get some rest. I'll take you back early tomorrow morning."

The girls looked at each other in bewilderment. They were so frightened that they forgot to thank the elder sister. Then the three of them knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, elder sister, for saving our lives."

Li Xiying forced her eyes open and helped everyone up one by one, "What are you thanking me for? Go to sleep quickly."

She was just seeing injustice, and she almost became a victim herself. Fortunately, she prepared for the rainy day and put self-defense items on herself and Amber. It is always good to have more skills.

The girls followed their instructions and lay on the same bed, snuggling up to each other.

Soon, three servants and a shopkeeper came knocking on the door carrying a bed. Li Xi was surprised when he opened the door, "This bed is so heavy?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's not heavy, about 300 pounds. The guys are not very strong, so we need more people."

That's true. Except for the shopkeeper, the rest are thin and weak. I'm afraid their own weight may not even reach 100 pounds. No wonder it's unprecedented for them to lift a bed.

It was already bright. The shopkeeper and the waiters downstairs were busy and laughing. The noisy chattering of the guests came through the door, making Li Xiying, who had been lying in bed all night without dreams, much more clear-headed.

Li Xiying opened her eyes. The morning light shining through the window was already a little dazzling. She looked around and then she remembered that Amber did not come back last night.

Several girls seemed to have woken up very early. It was unknown how long they had been up, but they did not dare to disturb her from sleeping in.

Li Xi was afraid that she was sleeping so soundly that she didn't hear Amber knocking on the door, so she asked them while tidying up her dress, "Did you hear any knocking on the door last night?"

Several girls shook their heads to indicate no.

"Knock knock knock..." There was a knock on the door.

Several little girls were startled and huddled together. After what happened yesterday, the girls were still on edge, fearing that the human traffickers from last night would come back to capture people.

When they saw Li Xiying approaching the door, they felt much more relieved. If she could stab the human trafficker, she would definitely be able to protect them!

She asked through the door, "Is it Amber?"

A woman's voice sounded outside the door: "Sir, do you need a snack?"

Amber didn't come back either. She didn't know that the journey to escort the official was so long and she couldn't come back for a whole night. She couldn't help but feel distressed.

The person outside the door continued, "Here we have oatmeal porridge, water-cured rice, baked or steamed cakes, ..."

Li Xiying wanted to refuse, after all, she was not hungry. But when she saw the three girls' thin faces, she thought that they must not have eaten well after following the human traffickers.

"Give me one each and leave it at the door." Li Xiying didn't plan to open the door hastily. The gold hairpin from yesterday should be more than enough to buy breakfast. And the children were like frightened birds. When the shopkeepers and the waiters came in with the beds yesterday, they had been hiding under the quilts and covering their faces, not daring to make a sound. It would be better to let them take it easy before sending them back.

The woman outside the door said, "Okay, since it's inconvenient to open the door, ask the shopkeeper for the snack money first, and the food will be left at the door."

She said and put the tray on the ground.

Li Xiying thanked them, and after they left, she slowly opened the door, brought in all the food, and told them to simply wash up before eating.

The three girls followed suit, got out of bed, put on their clothes and shoes, and neatly spread out the bedding without even a wrinkle. In contrast, looking at the pigsty-like bed she slept on, she couldn't help but... think of Amber and grandma again. She really never took care of these things in normal times.

A princess has to adapt to the local customs when she goes to the countryside. She can't act like a princess and never do anything romantic!

So he walked to the bed and started to stir the bedding.

After several girls finished washing up, she still couldn't make her quilt flat, so she just folded it into an arc shape.

She nodded with satisfaction, and then called a few girls to the table to eat.

They were too timid to reach out for the ones they liked, so Li Xi gave each of them the same portion. He couldn't help but laugh as he watched them eat with big mouthfuls.

I have always been the one taken care of by others, and suddenly having to take care of several children really gives me an indescribable feeling.

While they were eating, Li Xiying went downstairs to ask the shopkeeper how far the government office was and why Amber had not returned yet.

When the shopkeeper saw Li Xi, he said helplessly: "I guess the county magistrate needs evidence and time to try the traffickers. It's hard to say when the two will come back."

"Is it so troublesome?" Li Xixiao frowned.

It was not a good idea for the girls to stay in the guest house all the time, so I had planned to send them home today.

I don't plan to wait for Amber any longer. I'd better send the children home first. The girls won't be able to eat or sleep well if they stay with her. Besides, their parents must be worried after not seeing their children for several days.

As for Amber, she has all the money she brought from the palace, as well as weapons for self-defense, so generally there will be no problem.

Grandpa's face suddenly appeared in her mind. It was already noon. He must be so angry that his face turned green when he found out that she had run away from the Daming Palace. Or maybe he was worried about her safety.

Although she felt guilty, she felt relieved when she thought that as long as she returned, her grandfather would hand her over to a strange man.

Putting aside his thoughts, he asked the shopkeeper for pen and ink and wrote a letter to Amber, telling her to wait here. If she didn't return to the guesthouse within three days, or if she saw anyone from my grandfather coming to look for her, she should go back to the village on her own.

After handing it over to the shopkeeper, he solemnly instructed that no one except Amber should be told that she had stayed in this hotel and had this letter.

The shopkeeper generously promised that he would never tell anyone.

Li Xiying was relieved then, thinking that the shopkeeper was a simple and kind person, and would definitely keep his promise.

Li Xixiao thought that although the journey was not far, it would take at least half a day to get there on foot, so he asked, "By the way, can you hire a carriage for me? The place we are going to is not far away, it is in Chang'an City."

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "Well, we do have a carriage for our own use, but we don't use it to pick up passengers. We use it to transport goods. If you don't mind, you can use it."

Li Xi smiled and said, "It's okay, we don't mind."

It's good enough to have a means of transportation in this remote wilderness, how can we despise it?

Li Xiqi and the three girls said goodbye to the shopkeeper and got on the carriage to Wannian County.

The little girls looked happy, and from time to time they looked at the scenery outside through the hollows in the carved windows, completely lacking the frightened look on their faces like the bird with a broken wing yesterday.

The surrounding trees are sprouting new buds, and the trees are thriving after the winter months. The swallows are chirping, and the wheels are creaking as they roll over the stone ground. Spring is not as warm as summer, nor as comfortable as autumn, but it has quietly begun the recovery of the new year.

One of the girls sitting next to her looked puzzled: "Sister, where is the other sister?"

Li Xiying didn't expect them to ask this question.

Her beautiful eyes moved around, she adjusted her hair, and said patiently: "She is escorting the traffickers to the government. Maybe the journey is too long. Maybe she is already on her way back to the guesthouse. But it doesn't matter. Sister has left a letter, she will see it."

"I really hope that the sister in green can come back safely." said another girl.

"Will do."

Suddenly, the carriage stopped hastily. The girls thought they had arrived and carefully but impatiently lifted a corner of the curtain.

It was still a wild scene outside, and they couldn't help but feel depressed. Did the groom stop so suddenly because he had to pee urgently?

Li Xiying comforted the girls and asked them to sit down, then he lifted the curtain and went out.