Chapter 141 - Use The Tassel
"Your highness, did you not have a good sleep?" Wang Hao asked as he saw Sheng Li was yawning. Sheng Li looked at Ying Lili and recalled how she disturbed him the entire night. 'The biggest mistake of his life- Bringing Ying Lili and Hu Jingguo on this journey' he realized.
Ying Lili was showing her neck to Hu Jingguo. "The herbal dicine you gave was very useful. They are no more there," Ying Lili said as she moved her hand over her neck.
"Thanks to my master who passed all the knowledge of dicine. Do you want to study dicine? It may be useful to you. I will give you a notebook in which I have noted about various dicines," Hu Jingguo offered Ying Lili.
"Okay. You can give that later," Ying Lili stated when Xiao Zhan ca to her. "Your highness, please get into the cart." Ying Lili turned to him and nodded. She ca towards the cart and got inside. Sheng Li was already waiting for her inside the cart.
Mu Zuheng handed a cloth bag in which there were lunch boxes for them. Wang Hao thanked him and told him to get rid of that rest house. He hopped on the horse after putting the cloth bag inside the cart.
"Let's go," Wang Hao commanded. Unlike the previous day, they were not speeding the horses. The coachman too started the cart, and they now left for the Southern Province.
There was a pin drop silence between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. Both did not utter a single word as they both were angry at each other. Sheng Li was feeling sleepy, so he closed his eyes. Last night was trouble for him because he was forced to sleep on the floor.
Ying Lili glanced at him and found Sheng Li was sleeping. She twitched her lips slightly. "He should not have fought with . How could he say I seduce everyone around ?" Ying Lili raised her hand to hit him but then stopped. Sheng Li's head rested against the sidewall of the carriage, which was slightly uncomfortable for him.
Ying Lili gently placed her hand on the side of Sheng Li's head and brought it closer to her shoulder. A smile carved on her lips as Sheng Li's head rested on her shoulder without any disturbance. "But he looks cute while he is asleep," Ying Lili murmured and held his hand in hers. She intertwined her fingers with Sheng Li's.
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Nianzu was coming from the court when Eunuch Chung inford him that a woman was asking about him at the Palace gates.
"What?" Nianzu exclaid. "What did she say?" Nianzu questioned Eunuch Chung.
"That she wants to et the Prince who is the Advisor of the Emperor," Chung replied. Nianzu halted at his place and asked Chung if the woman showed sothing to the Palace gatekeepers.
"I do not know, your highness. The gatekeepers send her away," Chung inford Nianzu who nodded.
"Eunuch Chung, I will see you later. I have so important work outside the Palace," Nianzu stated.
"Your highness, please take so guards with you," Eunuch Chung said with concern, but Nianzu refused and left from there. Nianzu ca to the stable, took a horse for him, and left the Palace.
Nianzu pulled the horse in the village where he had co the other day with Lei Wanxi to drop Miss Chuntao ho. Upon seeing the Prince there, the people bowed their heads to whoever saw him. Nianzu got down from the horse and started walking.
The people there were wondering what the Prince was doing there. A place like theirs was not ant to be visited by a Prince. The news of the Prince's arrival in the village reached the ears of the Village Headman, Wuqing Pao who quickly left for the place where the Prince was heading to.
"Where does she live?" Nianzu murmured and looked at one man who was going to the fields.
Nianzu stopped the man and asked, "Do you know where Miss Chuntao lives?" The man first greeted the Prince and then told the directions to the Prince. Nianzu got confused with the directions when the man offered his help to him.
Nianzu agreed with that and followed the man. Nianzu was asking the man about his work when he heard the sound of a speeding horse cart. He turned to look when the cart stopped a few ters away from him.
Wuqing Pao quickly ca out of the carriage and greeted the Fourth Prince. "Your highness, you did not tell about your sudden visit." Wuqing Pao then lifted his head and looked into the eyes of Prince Nianzu.
"I was here to et soone, so I did not find it suitable to tell the Village Headman. Now, you have co, so I would like to et you later in the evening. There is sothing I want to discuss with the Village Headman," Nianzu asserted.
Wuqing Pao nodded and told the Prince that he would co to the Palace.
"No, not the Palace. I will et you at your residence. You shall leave then," Nianzu stated. Wuqing Pao bowed his head and left from there. Once the Village Headman had left, Nianzu told the man to continue walking.
Soon they reached outside the house of Chuntao. Nianzu noticed there was no one there, so he looked at the man who had shown him the directions. "Thank you for taking here," Nianzu said, and took a pouch from inside his pocket. He forwarded it to the man. "It is to help ." The man thanked the Prince and left from there.
Nianzu tied the horse from a wooden railing made around the house and walked in. He found there was no one there, so he decided to wait for her. He sat on a bedstead there and looked around.
Almost an hour passed, but no one ca to the house. He stood up and walked ahead when he saw Chuntao coming there. Chuntao was surprised to see a horse in front of her house when her eyes fell on the Prince.
She bowed her head and greeted the Prince. "Miss, sorry for coming inside the gate but I was inford that you ca to the Palace to et ," Nianzu politely said.
"Yes, your highness. I wanted to pay you back, that's why I ca to the Palace but I was refused entry there," Chuntao replied. Her eyes were still lowered.
"You do not need to, Miss Chuntao," Nianzu stated. "Why didn't you use the tassel I had given you? It would have been easier to et then," Nianzu proclaid.
"I thought it will not be good to use a tassel. Your highness, I really want to pay you back. I will pay my debt in monthly installnts. Please do not refuse, your highness," Chuntao stressed her words.
Nianzu could not refuse her and agreed to that. "I will co here at the end of each month to take the money from you. The amount is less and I think you will clear your debts in a year. The Landlord had applied illegal interest rates on many people. You need to pay one hundred cents every month," Nianzu stated.
Chuntao agreed and thanked the Prince for agreeing with that. Nianzu smiled. "I shall take my leave then. Use the tassel next ti if you want to et ," Nianzu asserted, and left from there.
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