The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 72: The Imperial Master and the Peddler Are Similar

That night.

Xiao Baojing was busy in the kitchen for several hours, making many pancakes and steamed buns, which filled up a large table.

After doing all this, she glanced at the peddler who was soundly sleeping, and secretly left the banana courtyard with her bag.

Not long after walking out, Yaoyao chased after him excitedly: "Princess, are you going out to play? Take me with you!"

"I'm going to Yejing to find the national teacher." Xiao Baojing said crisply, "I want to ask him how to cultivate to become a human being as quickly as possible."

Yaoyao walked hand in hand with her: "Why are you so anxious to cultivate to become a human?"

"Because the life span of humans is very short, while the life span of demons is very long. I want to become a human and then tell the peddler..."

Xiao Baojing smoothed his hair and stopped talking here.

Yaoyao was curious: "What are you going to tell the master?"

Before dawn, there were a few twinkling stars hanging in the sky, like the unspeakable thoughts of a girl.

Xiao Baojing's almond-shaped eyes sparkled: "It's just some... some personal feelings."

"Ah? How does the princess feel about the master?"

"It's a very personal feeling that's hard to express."

Yaoyao scratched her head, racked her brains, and finally came up with the answer: "Oh, I know, Your Highness Princess dislikes the master for being too greedy, right? What's wrong with saying this? The master is a big eater, he dares to eat everything! Before, when Your Highness Princess fell asleep, I saw the master drooling at you, he must want to eat you! But if Your Highness Princess can cultivate into a human, he should not eat you anymore! Your Highness Princess, you are very foresighted!"

Xiao Baojing: "..."

This little girl only knows how to eat!

When the two men arrived in Yejing, it was already dawn.

"Wow!"

Yaoyao exclaimed: "Is this Yejing? There are so many delicious foods!"

The capital city's streets and alleys are crisscrossed, and tall buildings are scattered everywhere. It is more prosperous and wealthy than any other city Xiao Baojing has visited.

The most eye-catching is a high pavilion in the northwest corner of the capital. The pavilion is towering into the clouds with flying eaves and curled corners. The floors are connected by carved arch bridges. In the hanging garden, you can vaguely see palace maids in elegant clothes passing by slowly.

On top of the high pavilion, the sun, moon and stars, cast in copper, iron and gold, as huge as mountains and seas, are slowly rotating above, like a miracle dominating the world.

Is this the Wanshou Terrace built by order of the Emperor?

No wonder the imperial court had to requisition monsters to do the work. With such a huge project, it is hard to say how long it would take to complete it relying on the manpower of ordinary people!

Xiao Baojing bought some braised pork for Yaoyao on the roadside. The two rested for a while, asked for the direction of the Imperial Master's Mansion, and then headed straight for their destination.

Xiao Baojing originally thought that the Imperial Master was in a high position and that it would be difficult for her to see him, but the concierge led her in easily.

Perhaps because the owner loved watching plays, a stage was set up in the garden of the Imperial Master's Mansion and many orange trees were planted.

The owners probably love these orange trees very much, and have tied countless colorful ribbons and paper-cut flowers on their trunks and branches, dressing them up beautifully. Now that the flowering season has just passed, the branches of the orange trees are dotted with countless small green oranges, and the air is filled with sweet and sour fruit fragrance.

Under the largest orange tree, there were a futon and a low table, on which was a plate of chicken legs.

A young man in a dark black Taoist robe sat cross-legged with his hands in his pockets, wearing a painted fox mask that looked like it was crying and sad.

Xiao Baojing rubbed his eyes in doubt.

If she hadn't been walking with the peddler all the way, and if the Imperial Master hadn't looked much taller and slenderer, she would have thought that the young man in front of her was the peddler!
I don't know what he looks like under the mask.

However, he is one of the three male protagonists in the original game. Since he can be conquered by Xiao Nanjia, his appearance must be impeccable.

She knelt down and sat opposite: "My name is Xiao Baojing, I came from Furong Town in Julu Mountain, I have something I want to ask you."

Chao Yuan said: "I know you." Xiao Baojing: So she is so famous?

The news has spread to Yejing!
"I love watching plays the most," Chao Yuan said in a low, sad voice, "but there is no play, ancient or modern, that can make me laugh. If you can make me laugh, I will help you solve your puzzles."

Xiao Baojing scratched his head.

This challenge sounds quite simple.

She quickly remembered a joke: "Do you know which one has the longest legs among the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth? The answer is fire, because of the ham!"

Chao Yuan: “…”

Xiao Baojing: "..."

Well, maybe these ancient people didn't know what a ham sausage was?
Xiao Baojing: "When the crab went out, he accidentally bumped into the loach. The loach said angrily, 'Are you blind?' The crab said, 'No, I'm not a shrimp, I'm a crab!' Hahaha, so funny!"

Xiao Baojing slapped the table and laughed, but the young man opposite him didn't react at all.

Xiao Baojing secretly glanced at Chao Yuan.

The young man's fox face mask has his eyebrows and tears outlined with blue pastels, making him look very sad.

It was such a funny joke, but he didn't feel anything at all!

She coughed lightly, racked her brain for a while, and then said excitedly: "The green bean fell from a great height and lost too much blood, so it turned into red beans! Hahahahaha!"

Chao Yuan: “…”

Xiao Baojing: “…”

This guy has such a high sense of humour!
He doesn't smile at all!
Xiao Baojing had no way to deal with him, so he could only raise his dark, clear almond eyes and said mysteriously, "Let me tell you a secret. I am actually a puppet in human skin! There was a peddler who was very powerful. He used red silk threads to sew me back into a complete shape, and he could control me through these red silk threads! But I didn't want to be controlled, I wanted to become a human, so I secretly ran away from him while he was sleeping! I also kidnapped his little maid, and he must be looking for us everywhere at this time!"

Chao Yuan: "Do you hate him?"

"No!" Xiao Baojing raised his head and looked at the orange tree, his almond eyes were pure and clear, "As for me, I may have developed a very special feeling for him. I plan to tell him about this feeling after I cultivate to become an adult."

Chao Yuan: "A very special feeling?"

"It's a kind of... ahem, very private, very secret feeling, the kind that's not convenient to talk about directly! You understand?"

Chao Yuan: "You like him."

Xiao Baojing blushed and waved his hands randomly: "No! That's not true! Don't talk nonsense!"

The orange trees are lush and green, and the branches are heavy with small green oranges.

The little girl's face was flushed, and even the roots of her eyelashes were slightly red. She looked as green and tender as an unripe orange on a branch. One would want to take a bite of her cheek to see if it tasted sour and sweet as well.

Chao Yuan put his hands in his pockets and looked at her.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly burst into laughter.

The laughter was sharp and wild, with a long tail, revealing the joy and wantonness of wild growth, as if a ferocious beast had encountered the joys of life.

Xiao Baojing had a tense face.

This person is weird!

What's so funny about what happened between her and the peddler?

"Oh, right!" Xiao Baojing suddenly remembered something and was surprised. "Didn't you say that as long as I could make you laugh, you would be willing to help me solve my problems? Now that I've made you laugh, you can't break your promise!"

Chao Yuan did not deny it: "I laughed three times, you can ask me three questions."

(End of this chapter)