Chapter 350 Taking the opportunity to cause trouble
Chapter 350 Taking the opportunity to cause trouble
The food in the teahouse was ordinary home-cooked food, not as exquisite as that in a restaurant. The two young guests ate with gusto.
This time, the palace maids who served the two princes and princesses did not come with him, so he had to cook his own meal for the first time.
During normal meals, there would be palace servants helping to serve the dishes. They would put the dishes into a bowl, and the guests would just eat from the bowl.
This time there was no palace attendant around, and the little princess was not used to it at first, often dropping the food on the table, looking at Xiao Cao'er in bewilderment. On the contrary, the eldest prince adapted quickly.
Xiao Cao encouraged her, "It's okay, just pick up whatever you like to eat. If it falls off, just discard it and pick it up again."
"Those that fall on the table will make it dirty, so we don't want them. The waiter here will collect them and distribute them to people in need later." Xiao Cao'er said.
"Does anyone want the dirty ones?" asked the little princess.
"Who needs it?" asked the eldest prince.
"Yes, there are some poor people around here who don't mind and will come to ask for it." Xiao Caoer explained.
"Aunt Xiaocao'er, are you talking about beggars?" asked the eldest prince.
"Well, there are beggars and ordinary people." Xiao Cao'er said.
Xiao Caoer had suggested to Sanmao before: if the food that guests could not finish was clean, they could collect it separately and those in need could come and take it. The other unclean ones could be collected separately and used as swill.
Because it is collected so cleanly, people besides beggars actually come to take it, so it is not wasted and it is much more valuable than treating it all as swill.
The eldest prince nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
There was not much communication at the table, because the princes and princesses were taught in the palace not to talk while eating. Old Lady Yang also did not want to say too much.
Not long after lunch, the storytelling began. Here, the teahouse was already full of people, all waiting for the storyteller.
"Auntie Xiaocaoer, I want to go to the toilet." The little princess said to Xiaocaoer in a low voice, a little shy.
"Okay, auntie will take you there." After Xiao Cao'er said that, she glanced at Qi Xingyun and pulled the little princess to the back yard of the teahouse. Qi Xingyun understood and followed behind.
Yun Yi immediately signaled to the guards around him, and immediately someone followed Qi Xingyun to the backyard.
The toilet is in the backyard, near the back door. Because many people in the teahouse deliver things through the back door, the back door is usually not locked.
Xiao Cao'er was pulling the little princess to the backyard, just a few meters away from the toilet, when a man rushed out of the toilet, picked up the little princess and ran towards the back door.
Since Xiaocao'er and the other two were walking in front and Qi Xingyun and the guards were walking behind, no one noticed that there were people here.
The moment the little princess was picked up, Xiao Cao'er naturally reacted by shouting "Ah!" and immediately ran after him, and then the others reacted.
As soon as they got out of the back door, Xiao Caoer took advantage of the wall and jumped behind the criminal, grabbed his hair and punched him in the neck. Qi Xingyun arrived shortly afterwards and snatched the little princess from the criminal's hands and held her in his arms. The others subdued the criminal.
It only took a blink of an eye from the beginning to the end. The little princess didn't even have time to react. It was only after she fell into Qi Xingyun's arms that she realized what had just happened. She let out a "wow" and burst into tears.
Yun Yi rushed over as soon as he received the news, "Master, are you okay?"
"Take him back and investigate." Qi Xingyun said with a cold face.
The lobby was in chaos at this time. No one knew who had said that a murder had occurred in the backyard, and everyone rushed out after hearing the news.
Seeing how chaotic everyone was, Old Lady Yang was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so she sat with the eldest prince, so she pulled him over and held him in her arms.
At this time, a middle-aged man walked down from the storytelling stage. He walked straight towards the eldest prince, took the eldest prince's hand and wanted to go out, but found that he could not move. Then he found that the eldest prince was held in the arms of an old lady.
A dagger appeared in the man's hand. He was about to hit Old Lady Yang, but Yun Er knocked the dagger away with a palm and punched him on the head. Sanmao pulled Old Lady Yang's legs back.
Everything happened in an instant. It was obvious that someone took advantage of the time when Qi Xingyun and his companions went to the backyard where only the old lady and a child were, to make trouble and took the child away.
After learning that neither side had succeeded, the guards guarded the door and prevented anyone from entering or leaving.
"Investigate, investigate thoroughly." Qi Xingyun said with a frosty face.
"Yes, sir." Yun Yi said from the side.
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