The little donkey cooperated and snorted.

"Be good! Let's go now!"

One person and one donkey slowly swayed into the city.

"Yingjun Tower." Xia Li looked up at the grand and luxurious restaurant in front of her and nodded. "Well, this restaurant looks pretty good. Maomao, we're here!" As she said that, she led her little donkey in.

After arranging the food for the donkey, Xia Li found a small corner and sat down, ordered a few dishes she liked to eat, and sat there waiting.

In the middle of the hall, several people were chatting there with relish, "Since the beginning of Xiyue, there are more and more people."

"Is there any? Xiyue has always had a lot of people."

"What do you know? I have a relative who is a city gate guard. They register the number of people entering the city every day, which he told me."

"Have Xiyue had any activities recently? Why are so many people entering the city?"

Xia Li smelled the smell of gossip and pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

"Because in two days, our emperor's favorite Princess Rong and the hairpin ceremony."

"I heard that Princess Rong has a beautiful appearance and looks beautiful."

"What does it mean? It's the original. The emperor has always hid her in the harem, preventing all male contacts except the emperor and the princess's biological brother, the prince, and even the rest of the princess cannot. It is to prevent others from coveting the princess's beauty."

"Then what does this have to do with Xiyue's recent extra people?"

"You don't understand this, think about it, the two major countries, Beichen and Dongyu, are similar in terms of geographical area, military and military power. Although the situation has been going on for many years, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Now Beichen and Dongyu are old and have plans to abdicate, so it will be a matter of time before these two countries start a war."

"Why are the two major countries going to war? How do you know that you will not deal with our Xiyue Kingdom?"

"That's sure. If you were the Emperor of Beichen and Dongyu and Xiyue started a war, what would you do?"

"Of course, they are letting them kill each other so that they can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"You understand the truth, would Beichen and Dongyu not understand?"

"Oh~, I understand. If I were Beichen or Dongyu Emperor, I would first win over Xiyue and use Xiyue's financial resources to attack the other side."

"That's right! Since ancient times, the best way to form a friendly country between the two countries is to get married. This is why so many more people have come to Xiyue City recently."

"It turns out that they are all for Princess Rong, ah! Who can explain these political matters clearly? I only know that in the end we innocent people are still suffering."

Hearing this, everyone in the table was silent.

I ate and listened to Xia Li, and enjoyed it with relish.

After a while, the people started chatting again, and this time they changed the topic. "I heard that there was a big case of robbing the rich and helping the poor recently in Mingnan City. The notes were also the handwriting of Master Shuque. Some people began to believe that it was made by Master Shuque."

"I don't believe it! How could Master Shuque be so noble and romantic? How could he do such a thing? I'm telling me, it's clear that someone deliberately ruined the reputation of the master!"

"How can it be called destruction? That man did a good thing to rob the rich and help the poor."

"So what? After all, it's not a thief. Master Shuque is both civil and military, has both moral integrity and talent, and is even more open-minded and unrestrained. Unfortunately, when he accepted the saints of Yu as his disciple, he thought he was talented and had some relationship with him. However, he never thought that he was the prince of Dongyu Kingdom, and was given the title of Grand Tutor of Dongyu Kingdom and became a member of Dongyu Kingdom. Alas! What a pity."

"Don't say that. If it weren't, wouldn't it be a pity for Master Shuque to have the ability to cultivate the next generation of saints for Dongyu? It would be no waste of Master Shuque's reputation for his lifetime."

"I heard that Master Shuque has more than one apprentice. He also has a little girl apprentice."

"Haha, the one you are talking about is his daughter Miss Shuyan."

"No! How can I not know Miss Shuyan? I heard that there is another one that Master Shuque picked up when he was traveling more than ten years ago. And some people said that the recent cases were done by this little apprentice under his name."

"Why haven't I heard of it at all?"

"I also accidentally heard people say it. I remember someone told me that Master Shuque intended to hide the news about this little disciple because the little disciple was so stupid that Master Shuque did not want the world to know it. So he didn't say it out."

"Haha..., so that's it."

"Haha... the folk rumors can only be heard. Whether it is true or false is up to date!"

Xia Li has enough food and drinks, and has listened to the gossip almost all, so it’s boring to listen to it.

She shouted at the waiter, "Checkout!"

"Come on, lord, you spend a total of five taels of silver."

"Five liang?" Xia Li pointed to the table, "Three dishes, five liang?"

"That's right, the guest."

Xia Li reluctantly took out the money and thought,

If I had known it was so expensive, I might as well buy two meat buns, which would be enough for me to eat for a month!

After paying the money, she asked the servant at the door, "Where is my maomao?"

"ah?"

"It's the little donkey who came with me just now."

"Oh~" The servant understood immediately. The cute little girl was holding a little donkey just now. He thought at that time, how could such a cute little girl have such an ugly donkey?

The servant took her to the stable in the backyard. All of them were tall and handsome horses, and only her little donkey looked pitiful in a small corner.

Xia Li walked over and patted her head, "Maomao, are you full?"

"Hmph~"

"Why don't you look very happy?" Xia Li secretly glanced at the servant. The servant was concentrating on helping it untied the rope. Xia Li whispered to the little donkey, "We will use the old method later. I touch your head and you will fall down. Do you understand?"

"Hmph~"

After the servant untied the rope, Xia Li led the donkey out of the stable. She touched the donkey's head, and the donkey walked forward two steps before falling down.

"Maomao!" Xia Li screamed exaggeratedly, squatting in front of the little donkey and wailing, "Maomao, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, you're scared for your mother! Get up quickly."

She pointed at the servant, "What did you give it food? I made my hair look like this, my hair! Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo

The servant was stunned when he watched the scene, not knowing what to do, "This. This. It just ate some ordinary hay. All the horses ate the same food. Look, these horses are fine."
Chapter completed!