The Adventures of the Crying Princess

Sitting on the frightened horse was a young man in gray clothes. He tightened the reins and tried to control the horse. After several attempts, he failed and had to shout a warning to avoid hurting pedestrians.

Seeing this, Yuwen Ji blocked Bai Yimeng behind him and said, "I'll go take a look. You stand here and don't run around."

Yuwen Ji rushed out and kicked the horse on the head. The horse could not bear the heavy blow and fell on its back. Yuwen Ji joined hands with the young man in gray clothes to subdue the frightened horse.

"Thank you for your help, sir! My horse is usually very obedient. It was frightened by the firecrackers just now, which caused the farce. I give you this waist badge as a thank you gift. If you need anything in the future, you can come to Qianyu Pavilion to find me." The gray-clothed young man clasped his fists and left with the horse.

Yuwen Ji returned to the place where he was, but he didn't see Bai Yimeng. He only saw the rabbit lamp, the cat lamp, and the monkey lamp thrown on the ground. He looked around, and it was pitch black. He couldn't see anything except human heads.

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As Yuwen Ji left, Bai Yimeng noticed that there was a person hanging on a high platform not far away. To be more precise, it was a little girl who looked about seven or eight years old.

Without saying a word, Bai Yimeng leaped onto the treetop, wanting to find out the details.

Only when I got closer could I see clearly that the people sitting on the high platform were the King of Qi and the Crown Prince. They were talking and laughing, and looked very harmonious.

However, the distance was too far, and they were surrounded by their secret guards, so Bai Yimeng could only observe from a distance. With his excellent eyesight, he observed the lip movements of both parties and could barely distinguish the content of their conversation.

The two of them seemed to be betting on the little girl. Bai Yimeng drew out a silk handkerchief to cover her face, broke off the branch and flew out.

The tree branch cut the rope in half, and Bai Yimeng jumped out and hugged her little daughter.

Almost at the same time, hundreds of secret guards appeared and surrounded the people.

The King of Qi shouted, "Prince, look. I told you that the thief would definitely show up. You lose this round, give me the silver." The King of Qi crossed his legs leisurely.

"Don't be happy too soon, wait until you catch him." The prince looked nonchalant.

Bai Yimeng carried the little girl and headed west, followed closely by the secret guards sent by the King of Qi and the Crown Prince.

Arrows flew from behind from time to time, and Bai Yimeng could only hold the little girl and hide in the bushes. Soon the pursuers arrived, but fortunately the moonlight was dim, and the guards searched for a while before turning around and leaving.

"Thank you, sister." The little girl raised her head and smiled.

"Call me brother!" Bai Yimeng covered the little girl's mouth, "Don't make any sound yet."

Escaping is Bai Yimeng's specialty. He evaded pursuit and traveled all the way west to his master's villa in the suburbs.

It was Bai Yinan who opened the door. Seeing that it was his sister, he sneered, "Why are you here in the middle of the night?"

"There are pursuers. Let me in first." Bai Yimeng felt a little guilty and did not dare to look her elder brother in the eye.

As soon as they entered the hall, Bai Yinan held her down and asked, "Have you gotten into trouble again? Are you itching?"

"I didn't do anything wrong, so I won't let you go." Bai Yimeng opened the door and let the little girl out. "Don't be afraid, we are all good people here. Tell me, why did they hang you up?"

Bai Yinan calmed down after seeing this, "Why is there a little girl?"

At this time, Long Guzhu and Su Xiaobei also came out from the inner room, "Xiao Qi, where did this child come from?"

Bai Yimeng briefly recounted what happened and turned his attention back to the little girl. "They said, 'wait for someone to come and save you.' What are they waiting for?"

"It's my daddy." The little girl said in a baby voice, "They are bad people. My daddy and I are from Mengjia County. Our family's land was occupied by someone, so my daddy brought me to Beijing to make a living.

My father worked as a teacher in his early years and knew how to write. He thought he could make a living by selling calligraphy and paintings when he came to the capital.

Yesterday morning, a young man came and said that Daddy had written a letter to humiliate him and wanted Daddy to kowtow and apologize. Daddy apologized and kowtowed in order to keep things peaceful.

But the man refused to give in, saying that Daddy looked like a spy from the barbarian frontier, and insisted on arresting Daddy and bringing him before the authorities. No matter what Daddy said, he refused to let him go.

Later... later, Daddy ran and they chased him. I ran slowly and accidentally fell, so I was caught.

The young man said, "Daddy will come to save me, so they hung me up and waited for Daddy to fall into the trap." The little girl became more and more sad, and finally burst into tears.

"Asshole, this matter is obviously easy to investigate, but you insist on doing this, it's simply lawless." Bai Yimeng was so angry that he looked at Su Xiaobei, as if asking him if he wanted to fight.

"Let's go and talk to them." Su Xiaobei and Bai Yimeng had the same temperament. They got angry when they heard this and were about to leave.

Bai Yinan stopped the two of them and said, "Why are you two so rash? Are you judging right and wrong based on one side's words?"

Bai Yimeng wanted to say "Never mind me." But thinking about how the other party had just dealt with her during the day, she silently gave in and said, "Then what do you think we should do? Are we going to watch this child being tortured to death?"

Bai Yinan squatted down and touched the little girl's head. He held his throat and asked very gently, "Tomorrow, brother will take you to report to the police and find your father, okay?"

Bai Yinan was so gentle towards the little girl that Bai Yimeng pouted.

After settling the little girl down, he glared at Bai Yimeng and said, "Go back now. Think twice before doing anything in the future and don't be so impulsive. If you dare to mess around again, I will beat you up."

"Oh!"

"This is for you!" Bai Yinan handed over a candy man. "I bought it on the way back. Master doesn't eat it, and neither do Lao Wu and Lao Liu. Don't waste it. I'll give it to you."

After Bai Yimeng left, Su Xiaobei curled his lips and deliberately laughed, "Master, has anyone asked you?"

"No! I actually like eating candy men very much." Lord Longgu returned to his room awkwardly.

On the other hand, the King of Qi and the Crown Prince waited for a long time, and finally got a disappointing result.

The King of Qi was furious on the spot, "How come we can't catch a thief with more than a hundred people?"

"Okay, second brother, why are you making so much noise? This proves that our guess is correct.

This father and daughter are spies. The next step is to post notices and search for them. I don't believe it, can they still fly?"

Just when the prince was feeling proud of his idea, he looked up and saw Yuwen Ji.

He quickly pulled the King of Qi down from the platform and caught up with the King of Yi, "Third brother, wait a minute."

"My two brothers are here to enjoy the lanterns too?" Yuwen Ji looked up at the two of them and stopped reluctantly.

"Yes, on this Lantern Festival, I also want to come and have fun with the people and experience the folk fireworks." The prince raised his neck proudly.

Yuwen Ji looked at the lantern in his hand and smiled awkwardly, thinking that he was the one who enjoyed himself together with the people.

"Third brother, why didn't your lover come? These were bought for her?" The King of Qi was furious when he thought about the loss of the post of Minister of Justice.

"A concubine? I'm afraid you have misunderstood, my younger brother has always been a clean man and would never do anything that would damage the reputation of the royal family."

What Yuwen Ji meant was that he would never do anything that would damage the royal family's reputation, such as drinking wine in the street, spying on the crown prince, and fighting between brothers.

"Little Princess Mu is still thinking about your third brother. Why don't you go and visit her?" When the topic of drinking wine was mentioned, the prince felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.

"Crown Prince, you really don't know? Father was probably worried about your health, so he didn't tell you that the Crown Princess was pregnant..."

"Okay, I'm tired and it's getting late, let's go back." How could the prince not know that the child in the crown princess' belly was not his. It was inevitable that he felt a little embarrassed when it was mentioned in public.

Yuwen Ji was eager for the two to leave quickly so that he could concentrate on looking for Bai Yimeng.

"Hey, what are you looking for?" A small hand patted behind him.

Looking at Bai Yimeng falling from the sky, Yuwen Ji was angry, anxious and excited, "Little girl, do you know it's dangerous? How can you run around? Don't you know that I'm worried?"

Seeing his anxious look, Bai Yimeng suddenly felt that being scolded was also quite blissful, "I... I went to do what was right."

She didn't know whether it was right or wrong to save the little girl, and she was afraid that she would fall into someone else's trap. On the way back home, she told him what happened, "I... saw the Crown Prince and the King of Qi capture a little girl..."

"I don't know if what you did is right. Just follow your elder brother's instructions and there won't be any problems. But Xiaobai, this is too dangerous no matter what. Don't be so reckless next time..."

Seeing his worry, Bai Yimeng swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth. She was obviously not a child. She had been alone most of the time in these years of wandering around the world, and she had already developed a fearless character.

But in his eyes, she seemed to always be the little kid who would stumble every time she walked. Bai Yimeng couldn't describe this feeling, she just felt very warm and strange. Perhaps this was the reason why she didn't want to leave even though she didn't forgive this man.

Yuwen Ji said a lot, and finally sighed, opened his fox fur coat and wrapped the person in his arms, "Where is your coat? Didn't you wear it well when you went out?"

"That little girl was very cold, so I gave it to her." Bai Yimeng lowered his head as if thinking about something. His arms were so warm, and there was a familiar smell.

Yuwen Ji couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Okay, Xiaobai is the most loving and kind."

Two people squeezed into a large open box, which to outsiders looked like... a bit like kangaroos.

"Oh, what a coincidence. I was just asking my third brother where his mistress had gone, and now he's here."

The ghost of King Qi appeared from nowhere, looking them up and down, laughing so hard that he fell backwards. "If you two are so intimate, you'd better not leave the house. Otherwise, the face of the royal family will be completely lost."

Yuwen Ji was too lazy to pay attention to the King of Qi and pulled Bai Yimeng to leave. Bai Yimeng secretly swallowed his breath, but in his heart he was thinking that the next target might be the King of Qi.