The Little Princess shared her suspicions with her sister, but noticed that her sister’s face showed no sign of surprise or shock.
"Sister, you guessed it too, didn’t you?"
Her Highness the Eldest Princess lowered her eyes, "Four years ago, I faced off against a masked man from foreign states. His skills were mysterious and unpredictable, and I almost lost to him. In the end, I severed the tendons in his hand but failed to kill him, allowing him to escape."
"I find him quite familiar."
Upon hearing this, the Little Princess widened her eyes in disbelief: "Sister, are you saying that man is... the Heir of Marquis of Zhennan from those years?"
The Eldest Princess nodded: "It’s possible."
The Little Princess hesitated for a mont before cautiously asking: "Sister, do you still have feelings for him?"
By reckoning, this Heir of Marquis of Zhennan is Her Highness the Eldest Princess’s cousin. The Empress was afraid the Emperor might arrange a marriage alliance or so unsuitable marriage for her daughter, so she discussed it with her family and settled this betrothal. If you count it, it’s a childhood engagent, for Her Highness the Eldest Princess was only five years old at the ti.
"Feelings?" Her Highness the Eldest Princess scoffed: "After Mother died, I never saw this cousin again. The Marquis’ Mansion was rightfully eradicated and exterminated, for using my mother’s na to oppress the people, secretly selling military provisions, and selling iron to foreign states. Having developed intentions of usurping the throne, their deaths were deserved."
"Sister, maybe those four people were hard by him too."
Her Highness the Eldest Princess nodded: "It’s possible."
So before he was dead, Her Highness the Eldest Princess had not considered finding a sixth fiancé.
Everyone thought she could have long since left the border and returned to the Imperial City, but she knew in her heart that without his death, she couldn’t leave. That guy has been waiting, waiting for her to leave and then waging a large-scale war. By the ti she’s in the Imperial City, help from afar would be unable to quench a nearby fire.
"Sister, does he hate the royal family so much that he would join the enemy’s camp?"
"Hate? The entire Marquis of Zhennan faction, which death among them was innocent?"
"Perhaps... the won in the backyard were unaware of the n’s conspiracies to usurp the throne."
"My dear sister, you are too naive." Her Highness the Eldest Princess gently tapped her sister’s mosquito bite.
"Ah! Sister!" The Little Princess scratched the mosquito bite and looked at her mournfully.
Her Highness the Eldest Princess: "A stack of sparrow tongues, how many sparrows must be killed, yet only the tongues are eaten. A stack of fish cheek at, how many carp must be killed, yet only the at from the cheeks is eaten. The won in the Marquis’ backyard lived lavishly, how could they not know how much stipend the Marquis received each year? How could they not know their expenses far exceeded the mansion’s annual inco? They understood clearly."
"I never ate so well!" The Little Princess gulped.
Her Highness the Eldest Princess: "... Is that the key issue here?"
Little Princess: "Before, I never went to the Marquis’ Mansion to scavenge als, such a pity."
Her Highness the Eldest Princess: "..."
The Little Princess sighed: "There won’t be a chance to eat now either, such a waste, I guess there’ll be no dining on all sparrow tongues or all fish cheek at dishes."
Xiao Yao coughed lightly, lowering his voice: "I have so private assets, opened a tavern, can add a few more dishes, like headless fried sparrow or fish slice soup, fish bone soup."
The Little Princess blinked at him.
Xiao Yao blushed and whispered: "The sparrow tongues and fish cheek at will be reserved for you, Princess, while the rest will be made into other dishes so there won’t be waste."
The Little Princess threw herself at him, embracing him tightly, "Xiao Yao, you’re so kind to !"
Her Highness the Eldest Princess: "... I’m still here, you know!"
Xiao Yao felt the pressure of Her Highness the Eldest Princess’s gaze and quickly lowered his voice: "Her Highness is still here."
The Little Princess quickly composed herself, grinning as she looked at her sister, and softly called: "Sister."
Her Highness the Eldest Princess shook her head: "You two should think about how to get Father to agree to this marriage, the ten-day period is almost up, and you should return to the Imperial City."
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