Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 718 - 716

Chapter 718: Chapter 716

"What did you say just now? Did you lie to your darling husband, huh?" Shangguan Xuanyi towered over her, his face filled with mischievousness.

What’s this about ’your darling husband’?

Xiao’er’s eyes widened. Was this something a conservative ancient person would say?

"Have you no shame?"

"No. Other facial expressions aren’t good for a meal, nor do they marry wives. Right, your darling husband is still angry." He pointed to his own face.

The message was very clear.

"...."

Xiao’er was shocked by his shamelessness and her eyes widened again.

This man has changed!

Ignoring her shock, Shangguan Xuanyi leaned towards her ear and whispered in his cool, magnetic voice, "If you do as your letter of apology states, I won’t be mad at you anymore."

Written in the letter of apology?

Xiao’er suddenly felt like she had shot herself in the foot.

He can stay angry then!

Anyway, his anger won’t affect her!

"I will make it up to you some other day." Xiao’er lied.

"That won’t work. Satisfy me today, and again some other day. Otherwise, this anger won’t diminish."

"Stop it, we still have to take them to the zoo soon!" Xiao’er rolled her eyes at him.

"Who cares about them, is your dear husband’s anger more important, or bringing others to the zoo more important? Huh?" Shangguan Xuanyi’s voice was full of threats.

Instinctively, Xiao’er shrunk back: Could this man not constantly refer to himself as her ’dear husband’?

It was making her skin crawl.

Seeing Xiao’er concerned for other people, Shangguan Xuanyi got angry, and the consequences of his anger were severe.

That meant they wouldn’t be able to go out early.

...

For one whole afternoon, even when the door was knocked and maid Yang Liu said there was someone looking for them, Shangguan Xuanyi did not respond or allow Xiao’er to.

Being highly skilled in martial arts with sharp ears, Yang Liu, listening to the voices inside, tried to keep her face expressionless and said, "The Sixth Imperial Consort has probably tired herself in the morning and is now asleep."

Then Yang Liu gave the antidote pill to the visitor for an emergency.

Xiao’er agreed that the consequence of someone’s anger was indeed severe, as she reckoned she wasn’t this tired even when hunting tigers in the mountains.

Fortunately, she was well built and recovered quickly, otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to walk later, which would be embarrassing, Xiao’er thought to herself.

"In the future, if you dare sell me out again, I will punish you like this." Shangguan Xuanyi looked at the beautiful blush on Xiao’er’s face, and chuckled in satisfaction.

"Stingy man! Never again. Hurry and get up, eat something, and then let’s take His Majesty and the others to see the circus!".Xiao’er, recalling that someone had knocked on the door earlier, nudged Shangguan Xuanyi, and got up herself.

It was getting late.

Reluctantly, Shangguan Xuanyi got up as well to get cleaned up.

After the two of them were ready, Shangguan Xuanyi naturally took her hand.

"Shangguan Xuanyi!" Xiao’er jumped in surprise, her eyes full of wariness as she looked at him.

Don’t overdo it!

He was really taking an inch!

Shangguan Xuanyi chuckled at her reaction, deliberately teasing her, "Good girl, we’re out of time now. We’ll continue tonight!"

"Buzz off." Xiao’er pretended to be mad and glared at him, shaking off his hand.

She was tired and sleepy.

Shangguan Xuanyi shook his head with a smile, "Let’s go! I was just joking."

They opened the door and left.

As soon as the door opened, Yang Liu quickly bowed respectfully, then said, "Princess, there has been an accident at the zoo."

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er’s heart skipped, "What happened?"

"The zoo had someone come over to say...."

Yang Liu recounted everything the zoo staff had said.

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er furrowed her brows.

It was certainly not a pleasant thing to happen on the first day of the zoo’s opening.

Shangguan Xuanyi raised his hand to smooth her furrowed eyebrows, "Let’s go and see."

"Alright."

When Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er arrived on the scene, it was exactly when Princess Ling’er was questioning Du Yijin.

"You’ve got the wrong person! My maid was with me all the while, and only left to get something I asked for." Princess Ling’er straight out denied Du Yijin’s accusations after hearing his words.

Humph, just seeing a silhouette and expecting her to confess, not a chance.

"I didn’t get the wrong person! This child says it was her too! This straight road, I watched her run away, how could I possibly get the wrong person! You wanted to poison the animals of the zoo intentionally and you can’t admit it!" Du Yijin said angrily.

"A child who doesn’t know that he shouldn’t eat things off the ground, how can we trust what he says!" Princess Ling’er mocked after hearing this.

"All I did was not know that someone would be so cruel as to put poison inside beef jerky to poison the zoo animals, I was so hungry that I ate it since it wasn’t dirty! I am not someone who would eat any random thing!" The boy defended himself with a red face.

"Huh, eating off the ground, there’s a difference between random or not? You can pick up things and eat here and I am sure you did it before entering the zoo by picking up something off the street, what made you sick, who knows?" Princess Ling’er laughed lightly.

The maid agreed, "Exactly, who knows whether you picked up some dirty thing to eat outside, and that’s what made you sick."

"What happened? Did the boy’s poison get cured?" Xiao’er surveyed the crowd and her gaze landed on Du Yijin. She asked.

Seeing Xiao’er arrive, Du Yijin released a sigh of relief. These two definitely couldn’t get away scot-free today!

"The poison has been cured. It’s this boy who was poisoned just now!" Du Yijin pointed at the boy beside her and then explained the incident.

"Yang Liu, ask Doctor Luo to come over and check if the boy’s poison has been fully cured!" After listening to Du Yijin’s account, Xiao’er turned to instruct.

The boy didn’t expect that by picking up a piece of beef jerky to eat when he was hungry would lead to such a situation. He didn’t want to trouble anyone anymore. When he heard what Xiao’er said, he responded, "I’m not feeling any discomfort in my stomach now, I’m fine, Madam, don’t bother."

The boy’s mother, too, felt a bit embarrassed. After all, the situation arose because her son randomly picked something to eat, and now that her son looked normal, she didn’t want to trouble others. So she said, "If Cai Zi is okay, we don’t dare bother you to call the doctor."

Upon hearing this, Princess Ling’er immediately said, "See, they are feeling guilty, aren’t they? They don’t dare let the doctor come, do they? They must not even know what they ate that caused the stomach ache!"

The boy blushed, "I didn’t pick up random things to eat! I am not that kind of person!"

Princess Ling’er: "Then the beef jerky just now was picked up by a dog."

The boy: "..."

The boy’s mother, seeing such unreasonable bullying, and that this woman was well-dressed, more and more people were coming too, and it also seemed like this woman seemed to have a grudge with the person who just arrived. She didn’t want to get involved, was worried they might offend someone, so pulled her son and tried to leave, "As long as the child is fine, let’s leave it at that. There’s no need to see the doctor."

"Wait!" Xiao’er stopped them.

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