"Absolutely not," Li Zhao stepped forward. "Your Highness has a special status. It's best not to wander around outside."
Ye Wanmian also nodded vigorously. "Second Master is right."
Xiao Jingcheng suppressed the restlessness in his heart and said, "Such an incident just happened today. I'm not at ease with her going out at this time. Although that man has been taught a lesson, we can't rule out the possibility that the mastermind behind this won't make another move against her."
Li Zhao was taken aback. He hadn't thought of this aspect and couldn't help but look at Xiao Jingcheng a few more times.
"I didn't consider it thoroughly. Mujin, I'll go with you."
Xiao Jingcheng stopped him again. "Uncle Li has trouble walking and was sick last night. It's better for you to stay in the medical center and rest."
After saying that, remembering that the other party had just spoken up for him, he cleared his throat and added, "Since I want to find a way to leave, I can't just stay in one place and wait for death. I should take the initiative to go out and gather information. Besides, I've already changed my appearance, and I have a yellow talisman that can cover my face. I think there won't be any problems."
Rarely did he speak so patiently for such a long time. Li Zhao and Ye Wanmian exchanged a glance.
All three of them were wearing the yellow talismans left by Taoist Yuanzheng, and Ye Wanmian had verified the effects of the talismans. They were indeed very useful.
She thought for a while and finally agreed.
Xiao Jingcheng wouldn't stay in Dongli Town forever. He would surely return to the capital to take back everything that belonged to him.
But if he kept cowering in the small courtyard of Huichuntang, how could he take his revenge?
However, even though they had the yellow talismans and he had changed his appearance, Ye Wanmian was still worried. She fetched a straw hat for Xiao Jingcheng to wear, and then the two of them left the medical center.
Xiao Jingcheng was tall and straight. Even in the most ordinary and rough clothes, he was quite eye - catching on the road. But the yellow talisman he wore made people subconsciously ignore his existence.
Looking sideways at the villagers who subconsciously avoided them, Xiao Jingcheng adjusted his hat brim, and his body gradually relaxed.
He could feel something sticking tightly to his skin on his neck. It was the yellow talisman Ye Wanmian had mentioned.
He never believed in ghosts and gods, but many things had been overturning his perception since he woke up in Dongli Town.
He never thought that the yellow talisman left by this Taoist named Yuanzheng could achieve such a result. Moreover, according to Ye Wanmian, it was also Yuanzheng who had broken Taoist Yuanqi's formation and summoned his wandering soul back.
It seemed that this Taoist Yuanzheng was more powerful than his senior brother, Taoist Yuanqi.
It was a pity that he woke up a bit late, and Taoist Yuanzheng had already left. Otherwise, he would surely try to recruit him.
Compared with him, Ye Wanmian beside him was much more leisurely. She greeted the passers - by from time to time, looking no different from the most ordinary villagers in the town. There was no trace of the arrogance of a noble girl from a famous family in the capital.
He couldn't help but look down at her profile again.
Perhaps because they were both wearing yellow talismans, the girl, who always seemed to be covered in a fog and whose face was completely unclear to others, was extremely clear in front of him.
Although the girl's skin was sallow and rough, the lines of her profile were smooth and beautiful. She had a small and upturned nose and full, well - shaped lips. One could imagine how beautiful she would be without that sallow complexion.
He paused slightly in his steps, and a strange feeling flashed through his heart.
Why did he always feel that this scene in front of him was a bit familiar?
It seemed as if... he had also walked beside her like this and observed her profile?
That was impossible! Since that incident two years ago, he hadn't seen her again!
Coming back to his senses, Xiao Jingcheng quickened his steps to catch up.
After thinking for a while, he whispered to Ye Wanmian, "I'm sorry."
Because of what happened today, Ye Wanmian didn't want to stay with him. But unfortunately, he was so clingy. Along the way, she had remained silent and hadn't spoken to him. Hearing him say this, she was greatly startled and looked at him in disbelief.
Is the sun rising in the west?
The crown prince, whose mouth was as foul and temper as bad as a smelly rock in a latrine, was actually apologizing to her?
There were people coming and going on the street. After she came to her senses, she pursed her lips and said, "You don't owe me an apology. There's no need to apologize to a country bumpkin like me."
By referring to herself as a country bumpkin, it was obvious that she was still brooding over the incident two years ago and even his attitude in the past few days.
Xiao Jingcheng felt annoyed. Thinking of her attitude towards Mo Zhizhang, he gritted his teeth, and his voice became even lower.
"If I hadn't impulsively beaten that man today, none of the subsequent things would have happened. When I saw him daring to molest you, I just wanted to teach him a lesson. I didn't expect it would bring you gossip and almost ruin your reputation again."
Ye Wanmian didn't expect him to say such words.
Was he really sincere in his apology?
Actually, Ye Wanmian was the kind of person who softened when treated gently. Otherwise, she wouldn't have taken such good care of "Goudan" before and regarded him as her responsibility.
Since the dog - like crown prince had taken the initiative to lower his pride and talk to her nicely, she would reluctantly forgive him for the time being.
"Brother Jing experienced it firsthand today. Shouldn't you be able to understand how harmful rumors can be to a person?" she said slowly.
"Once something happens, others don't care about the truth at all. They only believe what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears. They only know how to watch the fun and use other people's private affairs as their topics of conversation to show off their knowledge."
She said slowly, gently clutching her sleeves and trying hard to suppress the welling up of grievance in her heart.
"However, they don't care whether the thing is really true or whether someone has been wronged because of it."
Back then, because of the incident at the Spring Banquet, she had become the laughingstock of the entire capital. Some people even set up a gambling game, betting on whether she could marry the crown prince. Even being a concubine would be a step up to heaven for her, the fake daughter of the Ye family.
If it hadn't been for this incident, she could have continued to act stupid and stay in the Ye family as the Ye family's young lady.
But the reality gave her a resounding slap in the face.
To the Ye family, she wasn't their precious pearl, but a "commodity" that could be sacrificed at any time to gain benefits for the Ye family. Once her reputation was damaged, the Ye family wanted to abandon her and use her to obtain greater benefits.
Wasn't it ridiculous that the reputation of an official family was tied to a young girl?
However, things were different now. She now had people who would unconditionally stand behind her and support her. Whether it was her master, Uncle Li, or even Qi Wen, after leaving the Ye family and escaping from Xuanzhou, she had met all good people.
Just as some people coveted the purple aura on Xiao Jingcheng, perhaps the Ye family had also wanted to take advantage of her luck back then.
Thinking of this, something flashed through Ye Wanmian's mind. She felt as if she had grasped an important clue, but the next moment, the cheering sounds from the front interrupted her train of thought.