[R18] Looking for her in the crowd – “Looking for her in the crowd” Chapter 52 [English]

Chapter 51

Immediately, Yingge came over with the maid named Xiaoyun. Jiang Rongrong looked down. The maid was only thirteen or fourteen years old. She lowered her head after looking at her. She was obviously guilty. Before Jiang Rongrong could ask, she burst into tears and said, “Please, Your Highness, the Crown Princess, spare this slave.”

Ying Ge gave her a disgusted look and said, “If you tell the truth, His Highness may be able to save you from death.”

Xiaoyun lay on the ground, shaking and telling the whole story. She was on duty this morning to get the fruits that were presented to the Prince’s Mansion. The paper bag containing candied dates was slightly moist due to the early morning dew. She accidentally broke a small hole as big as her thumb, and a round candied date fell out. sheI was greedy and looked around, but there was no one there, so I secretly picked up the candied dates and wiped them with the hem of my clothes. Just as I was about to eat, I heard a man’s sneer coming from the wall. I turned around and looked around, but there was still no one, so I thought it was my hallucination.

As soon as she turned her head, she saw a man with a strong figure landing in front of her like a flying eagle. Just when she wanted to speak, she found that she could not move. The man thrust a strange leaf into her hand and told her to mix the leaf into the candied dates for the Crown Princess to see. There was no need to do anything else. If she didn’t obey, she would die.The man seemed to have guessed that the Crown Princess would find out that she had done it. He only said that if the Crown Princess asked, he could tell the truth. If the Crown Princess knew the cause and effect, she would spare her life.

Jiang Rongrong asked anxiously: “Is there a shallow knife mark on the side of the man’s face?”

Xiaoyun cried and shook her head: “I was very scared at that time, and I covered my face, so I couldn’t see clearly.” After finishing her words, she knelt down again, “I have told Your Highness everything I know, and I beg Your Highness the Crown Princess to spare this slave.”

Stealing tribute fruits is a serious crime. According to Yunmeng’s laws, slaves can be sold or killed. Either way is worse than death.

“Excuse me, you must forget everything about today after you walk out of this palace. I have never seen you, understand?” Jiang Rongrong couldn’t bear it, not to mention that this slave knew about it.

He waved his hand and asked Yingge to go down with Xiaoyun who was extremely grateful.

That person must be Rong Jue’s personal guard Liu Feng, but Jiang Rongrong looked at this leaf carefully. It was as green as jade, with red veins spreading on it. Fragments of sunlight shone on the red and green leaves. The light and shadow swayed slightly as she moved, and a light mist appeared in her clear eyes, as if she had returned to the afternoon under the emperor’s mulberry tree outside Gusu City many years ago.

“Brother Ajue!” The little she pulled Rongjue to the emperor mulberry tree as if she had discovered a treasure, “I found a mythical ancient tree!”

“Well, Nong Nong is really amazing. It’s the first time I’ve seen it.” Rong Jue looked at the tall emperor’s mulberry tree, but his eyes couldn’t help but turn to the girl standing under the tree and smiling at him. The old glutinous rice dumplings had gradually revealed the girl’s beauty. A few days ago, Uncle Jiang also warned he, men and women, to keep a distance from Nong Nong, and not to be as close as before.

“Hehe, do you want to give me the osmanthus candy you hid?” Jiang Rongrong took the opportunity to claim credit. She had a tooth that hurt badly a few days ago, so Brother Ajue hid all her favorite snacks, bad guy!

Humph, Nong Nong has to get it back by his own strength!

“Where’s the osmanthus candy?”

Brother Ajue, who has always been gentle, turned out to be cheating?

Jiang Rongrong looked at him in disbelief: “Children who lie will be picked up by cats in the middle of the night.”

So she never lies. She knows that Brother Ajue is lying, but she doesn’t want Brother Ajuan to be picked up by a cat, and she doesn’t want to never see Brother Ajuan again.

His chubby little hands quickly covered Brother Ajue’s mouth.

“Brother Ajue, please keep your voice down so that the cat demon can’t hear you.”

But she was caught off guard and hugged by Rong Jue, “Brother Ajue lied to Nong Nong, isn’t Nong Nong angry?”

“Hmm.” The hug was a little tight, and layers of blush quickly appeared on the little face that still had some baby fat. “A little angry, but…” Rong Jue let go of Xiaotuanzi, and Jiang Rongrong lowered his head, stirring the skirt of his clothes with his short fingers, “But I know brother Ajue is doing it for the sake of Nongneng. Nongneng can’t eat Tangtang now, and it’s not good here.” The little paw covered the right cheek, “Brother Ajue lied for Nongnong.”

Such a lovely she, who has been rooted in his heart since she was a child, how can she keep a distance?

Rong Jue carefully held her in his arms, and the two of them sat under the emperor’s mulberry tree. Then, an osmanthus candy that he thought about day and night appeared in front of Jiang Rongrong’s eyes.

“Just one.” He endured it and suppressed the desire to give all the osmanthus candies to her.

Jiang Rongrong happily took it, not forgetting to tell his teammates who were colluding with each other: “Don’t tell daddy.”

The breeze blew through the emperor’s mulberry, and the palm-sized leaves rustled. Jiang Rongrong finished eating the osmanthus candy and looked at the magical leaves swaying in the wind, “I really want to pick one and take a look.”

“You want it?”

“Yeah!” He nodded heavily.

With the height of the two of them, I’m afraid they can’t reach it. Although he is already a tall boy, he stood up and straightened his arms, but he was still some distance away from the nearest leaf. However, he didn’t want to disappoint his little dumpling.

“Brother Ajue, be careful!” The young man climbed up the high branch and was just a little short of reaching the swaying leaves.

“Enough!” Jiang Rongrong shouted excitedly under the tree.

Rong Jue reached out and picked off the leaf, jumped down from the tree, and handed it to the beloved girl.

“It’s so beautiful! I’ve never seen leaves like this before!”

“Then Brother Ajue will pick it for you from now on.” Looking at her smile, Rongjue felt as if all the fatigue had disappeared.

“But, we will be leaving in a few days.” He pouted sadly.

“There are some here, which means there must be some other places. If I see them, I will pick them for Nong Nong.”

“Yeah!”

The soft words were blown away by the breeze, the emperor’s daughter sang, and the boy and the girl made a promise.