Capítulo 1169: Chapter 1169: A Little Horn (Part 23)
Her Highness the Eldest Princess was surprised, “Soone?”
Back when she first arrived at the Border Town, she had tried to arrange a match for her Little Palace Maid, wanting her to find a suitable Gentleman so she wouldn’t waste her youth following her.
Who would have thought that after seven years, with so many fine young n in the military camp, she didn’t fancy any of them.
And now, unexpectedly, there was soone!
“Soone from the camp?” Her Highness the Eldest Princess asked further.
The Little Palace Maid bashfully replied, “No…”
“Tell the truth!” Her Highness the Eldest Princess’s expression beca slightly serious, afraid her Little Palace Maid would be foolishly deceived by soone.
Clearly always in the military camp, how could her heart be swayed by soone outside the camp?
The Little Palace Maid blushed and spoke softly.
As it turns out, the Gentleman she fancied wasn’t a soldier in the camp, but closely related; he was a rchant supplying the camp with cotton blankets and clothing.
Once on a particularly rainy day, all the delivered blankets were soaked, and the vast shipnt was refused, leaving the rchant disheartened and on the verge of collapse.
The Little Palace Maid felt sorry for him, so she suggested accepting the goods first, paying half the money, and giving the other half after drying and confirming the weights.
The rchant was imnsely grateful, as even half the money was enough for him to go back and seek dical treatnt for soone.
He was a villager from a nearby village, originally a scholar, but terribly unlucky. He fell ill before the imperial exams each ti, hence failing year after year until he gave up. Despite ten years of hard study, he was not skilled in farming, resulting in poor harvests; thus, he started a business buying local cotton and making clothing and blankets. This ti he thought of doing business with the military camp because his elderly mother fell ill and needed expensive dicine to stay alive, so he sold in bulk to the camp, but the profits weren’t much.
Lately, the shipnt was accepted, and he received the remaining silver. To thank the Little Palace Maid, he found so interesting trinkets to deliver, and every ti he ca to make a delivery, he would privately bring so little gifts for her, sparking feelings between the two of them over ti.
“Does he have diarrhea every ti before the exams?” Lady Wan asked.
The Little Palace Maid nodded, “He said that when he gets nervous, his stomach becos upset.”
Lady Wan’s husband was once a scholar, so she naturally knew that having a major issue like that in the examination hall would mark one’s paper badly, and examiners would likely ignore it.
“He really is unlucky.”
The Little Palace Maid nodded, “Yes, he’s famously unlucky. It’s not just the exams; even when delivering to the camp, he often encounters various mishaps.”
Lady Wan said, “He should pray to the bodhisattva.”
The Little Palace Maid sighed, “He hasn’t stopped praying.”
Lady Wan asked, “With all this, you don’t mind?”
The Little Palace Maid shyly replied, “He’s actually doing quite well now; though unexpected things happen during deliveries, nothing major has occurred. I think it’s okay. I like him, so I don’t mind…”
Lady Wan said, “Looks like you really like him. Back then, many people disliked for being strong, but my husband didn’t mind.”
The Little Palace Maid giggled, “Exactly! Actually, he liked first, hehe…”
Her Highness the Eldest Princess remained silent, listening to their conversation, and began to ponder.
Is this what it’s like to like soone?
Even if the other person has many flaws, they don’t seem to be an issue…
Her Highness the Eldest Princess’s gaze unconsciously fell on the Flying Eagle’s talons in her hand, where a ssage tube was attached; it had been a long ti since she last checked it.
Today, she felt a curiosity to see what kind of mushy words that annoying fellow wrote again.
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