"Are you civilized enough? The idiot princess! The savage princess!" Nishimiya screamed at her.
"You're just a loser!" The two almost started fighting, causing everyone below to sigh.
At the corner of a hidden alley, a man wearing a bamboo hat looked at the two girls on the eaves, observing them carefully.
"Sir, these two... seem to be princesses." The attendant behind him frowned in confusion.
The man in the bamboo hat looked at the woman in the red dress, saw the ring on her hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "It should be the one in red."
A moment.
With a "la la" sound, Chu Jiaoli looked down and saw that her purse fell off during the fight and slid to the ground along the sloping eaves.
Like a gust of wind, a black shadow jumped past, and the purse disappeared.
"My purse!" Chu Jiaoli exclaimed, her face turned pale with fright, and she didn't care to continue fighting, jumped down, and ran towards the thief.
"Princess Huanli, please send someone to chase her back. You don't need to worry..." Nangong Tianyu said behind her.
But before she finished speaking, Chu Jiaoli had already disappeared.
"Hmph..." Xi Gongxiu jumped down, folded his arms, and couldn't help but sneer at the direction Chu Jiaoli left, saying, "She is indeed a straw bag princess. A purse is worth chasing after in person. Those who don't know think she is poor.
I can’t afford to eat anymore!”
"Xigong Xiu! Don't go too far!" Nangong Tianyu finally got angry at her.
Xi Gongshengyu choked for a moment, then frowned and shouted at him: "What! Nangong Tianyu, you are so cruel to me?! Break off the engagement! I want to break off the engagement! No need to discuss!"
"Just retreat! Is this prince still afraid of you?" A trace of contempt flashed in Nangong Tianyu's eyes, and he said, "Let's go into the palace to discuss the divorce with my father!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he angrily threw his sleeves and got into the carriage behind him.
The other side.
Chu Jiaoli followed the thief in front of her, her heart in her throat.
There is only one thing in her purse - the copper plate given to her by Beigong Tengxiao.
"Please give it back to me! There is only one penny in it!" Chu Jiaoli shouted.
Hearing this, the thief's speed increased a lot, making Chu Jiaoli grit her teeth in anger.
What kind of weird thing is this? What’s so worth grabbing for a penny?!
The thief's physical strength was really amazing. He walked around the streets several times, but she couldn't keep up with him. He even used Qinggong to jump between the eaves, and Chu Jiaoli almost lost him a few times.
What's going on? With such strong physical strength and Qinggong, can he be a thief who wants to steal even a penny?
Just as she was talking, she had already run to a small alley, and a pungent smoke blew into her face. Chu Jiaoli, who was already panting, subconsciously took a big gulp of it, and after she realized it, she passed out.
At night, the embassy was very busy inside and outside.
Beigong Tengxiao was lingering at the door, and an attendant ran over. He quickly walked up to him, frowned and said: "Found it?"
"When I returned to Your Highness, I couldn't find the concubine..."
The irritated Beigong Tengxiao gritted his teeth and growled: "Trash! Why did you come back if you haven't found it? Keep looking!"
"Yes!"
Beigong Tengxiao turned his head towards Jingyue and said: "I suspect that it has something to do with Xi Gongxiu."
Xi Gongjiu was already extremely jealous of Chu Jiaoli, but now that he met a girl who looked exactly like her, there was no guarantee that she would not arouse her hatred. Today, the two of them even fought in the street, with no regard for face.
That woman looks strong, but she is not as alert and smart as Chu Jiaoli. She knows how to protect herself. If she falls into an opponent stronger than her, it will be in danger...
"Your Highness's concern is not unreasonable, but Princess Shu is a princess of a country after all, and we cannot interrogate her without evidence..." Jingyue responded.
Beigong Tengxiao raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows irritably, feeling so confused that he didn't realize it.
"Brother Tengxiao, I didn't harm her!"
Hearing a sound in the distance, Beigong Tengxiao raised his head with a cold expression.
Hearing that Chu Jiaoli was missing, Beigong Tengxiao was furious, and Emperor Nanyue also sent out troops to search for her, but found nothing.
Nishinomiya ran over anxiously. She never thought that she would be in such a hurry when she saw him again.
Beigong Tengxiao's hair was a little messy, and she could see the worry in his eyes from a distance.
Ignoring reminiscing about old times, she stood in front of him and said seriously: "Brother Tengxiao, do you believe Sisi? Although Sisi has a bad temper, he will never do such petty theft!
I am not someone like Xiang Yini!"
Beigong Tengxiao looked into her sincere eyes. Whether he believed it or not, he kept half of his concerns. Then he nodded slowly and said, "Well, I believe in you."
He sighed softly, as if there was a mess in his mind, so chaotic that no clue could be found.
The night is a bit cold, how well is she dressed?
Are you willing to risk your life for a purse?
She is not familiar with the place in Nanyue, and it doesn't seem like she has enemies here.
Even my former enemy must have died a thousand years ago...
Or...she was simply tired from playing and just found a place to fall asleep?
She likes to make friends, maybe she will find a friend like Chu Jiaoxing and drink herself unconscious in a pub?
If that's the case...if it's just that, that would be great!
"Your Highness, I have searched every tavern, inn, snack shop, and food stall in the imperial capital, but I have not found the empress." A servant reported back.
"Reporting to Your Highness, I have not found the empress in the woods, by the river, or on the hillside." Another attendant reported back.
"Report to Your Highness..." Beigong Tengxiao looked at the attendant who was speaking, with five words in his eyes - don't talk nonsense!
He slowly closed his mouth and lowered his head. The result is one can imagine.
His thoughts exploded with a "boom". Beigong Tengxiao staggered back a step and said: "Why, how could it disappear out of thin air!"
"Brother Tengxiao, are you okay?" Xi Gongyu immediately ran to his side and held his arm.
Beigong Tengxiao frowned and withdrew his hand, tightened his lips, and breathed a little hard. He whispered: "Looking for..."
"Your Highness, the gate of the Imperial City has been sealed in time, and the entire Imperial City has been turned upside down..."
"I told you to keep looking!" Beigong Tengxiao roared at him.
"Yes!" All the attendants ran away in a hurry.
Seeing his panic look, Xi Gongji gritted his teeth with hatred. That person was not Chu Jiaoli, but Beigong Tengxiao was also so interested in her...
Why...why can't he ever look back at her...
After a moment of silence, Xi Gongshou slowly said: "Brother Tengxiao, I may have to cancel my engagement with the second prince."
Beigong Tengxiao raised his eyes and looked at her, breathed out gently and said, "Because of Huanli?"