Chapter 271 You Were Deceived
When the get out of class was over in the evening, Shen Ningning left the National Academy and was about to get on the carriage to go home.
Unexpectedly, Ye Shangyi stuck her head out of her own carriage and called her.
"Hey, Shen Ningning!"
The little girl turned her head and looked at him. Her little face was red like two clouds.
"What's the matter?" Shen Ningning blinked her big eyes.
Ye Shangyi actually threw out a bag of silver.
Seeing that it was about to fall into Shen Ningning's arms, Mu Chun hurried forward and took it.
Ye Shangyi snorted coldly: "The last time I went home, my grandfather said that you did a good deed."
"A fur coat outside has been sold for eight hundred taels. I don't want to take advantage of you. The silver here is the difference I give you!"
After saying that, before Shen Ningning could react, Ye Shangyi had already ordered the carriage to leave.
The little guy came back to his senses and chased after him: "But they sell thick ones, so they charge so much. Mine is thinner."
However, the carriage of the Ye family had gone far away.
Shen Ningning looked at the whole package of silver notes and was a little confused.
Lian Muchun asked: "Princess, did the Ye family see that you sold them things at a low price?"
Shen Ningning's soft voice was full of innocence: "I didn't sell them at a low price at all."
I really don't know what Ye Shangyi is thinking.
Two days passed.
Every five days, Ye Shangyi would go to the palace to accompany the ninth prince to study in the imperial school and serve him with pens and ink.
This day was no exception.
The princes were easy to get along with, and Ye Shangyi had almost no chance to communicate with them directly.
On the contrary, the ninth prince was very considerate and caring.
Occasionally, during the break of study, he would let Ye Shangyi go outside to get some fresh air.
In this way, a day of study ended.
Ye Shangyi was about to leave the palace, but the Ninth Prince smiled at her gently and said, "My mother said that she wants to keep you for a palace banquet tonight. Is it convenient?"
"The Queen invites you? Of course it is convenient." Ye Shangyi was very happy.
She had finally won the position of female official.
Both Rong Fei and the Ninth Prince treated her gently and were approachable. She liked this position more and more.
After dinner at night, the Ninth Prince left first to review his lessons.
Rong Fei asked Ye Shangyi to stay for a chat.
"Last time you were still worried about the matter of Princess Funing, but when I saw you today, I felt that you were radiant. Have you found a solution to your worries?"
Rong Fei had a quiet and gentle appearance. She was holding a book and sitting by the couch.
The way she talked to Ye Shangyi was like her own elder, very kind.
Ye Shangyi also spoke her mind naturally.
"Your Majesty, now that I think about it, I am just worrying about nothing."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
"Shen Ningning certainly has supplies, but since the cold disaster began, she should have given everything she could."
Ye Shangyi held the hot tea in her hand and did not hide her thoughts.
She said, "I have inquired about it, and she did help many people in the city."
"She refused to help her classmates before, probably because most of the students in the National Academy have prominent families, and it is not her turn to help."
"She knows that the poor people in the city are the ones she needs to help, so I am not angry with her."
"Besides, she doesn't have much herself. I am afraid that selling us those 30 fur coats is all her best."
The eyes of Rong Fei changed, and the candle on the table "popped" and burned to the core.
The breeze from nowhere blew, and the shadow of Rong Fei on the cold green marble gradually lengthened.
Her gentle face was full and warm, like a clay figure that could not be happy or angry.
After Ye Shangyi finished speaking, she did not get a response from Rong Fei for a long time.
She looked up and saw Rong Fei's eyes looking at one place, as if she was distracted.
"Madam?" Ye Shangyi was a little nervous: "Did I say something wrong?"
Rong Fei seemed to "come alive" at this time, smiling gently: "No, I was thinking that it is rare to see a kind-hearted child like you in the world."
Ye Shangyi smiled slightly with some happiness.
The maidservant beside Rong Fei came up to add tea, but said: "I think Miss Ye must have been deceived by Princess Funing."
Ye Shangyi was stunned: "What did she deceive me about?"
The maidservant held the teapot and said: "Everyone knows that Princess Funing opened a granary to store wood."
"There is more than one place. Before the cold disaster came, the Xie family bought firewood for Princess Funing everywhere."
"Just firewood, you can imagine how much she has, not to mention those materials. She can feed a village of people and the entire Langshan. How can she have less stuff?"
"I think she just didn't want to give it, so she deceived Miss Ye."
Ye Shangyi frowned, half believing and half doubting: "How is it possible? I don't think Shen Ningning is such a person..."
But she didn't have the confidence to say it.
Because Shen Ningning is smart and they are not familiar with each other.
No one can say what kind of personality Shen Ningning has.
Rong Fei then scolded the head maid: "Jinzhen, stop talking nonsense. I hate people around me gossiping and making random suspicions."
The head maid knelt down hurriedly: "I am too talkative, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Ye Shangyi couldn't sit still anymore, she stood up in a daze and hurriedly said goodbye.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, I will go home first."
After she left, the head maid stood at the door and watched Ye Shangyi's figure go away.
She returned to Rong Fei and saw Rong Fei cutting the candles.
"Your Majesty, Miss Ye seems to be full of suspicion."
Rong Fei raised her lips with a smile.
She looked at the flickering candles: "Sometimes, the burnt ones should be cut off to make the light brighter."
Ye Shangyi's understanding of Shen Ningning was not what Rong Fei expected.
It doesn't matter, then force her to change her mind.
The head maid nodded and took out a letter from the cabinet.
"Your Majesty, if you want to talk about intelligence, it has to be the fourth lady of the Xie family."
"Look, you sent a letter to comfort her last month, and she wrote so many sheets of paper out of gratitude."
Rong Fei took the letter from Xie Yuanjiu, glanced at it briefly, and put it back.
She looked a little happy: "Yes, Xie Yuanjiu is really smart."
"You reply to the letter for me, and give her another two hundred taels to send over."
"Tell her that Prime Minister Xie wants her to endure hardships and exercise, and I can't help her too much, I hope she can understand."
"As soon as there is a chance, I will definitely help her return to Beijing."
The head maid agreed and turned to write a letter.
That day, Ye Shang went to the palace as usual to accompany the ninth prince.
After the time came, Rong Fei specially sent a carriage from the palace to take her home.
She also said: "Recently, there have been several incidents in the city where the people have forcibly stopped the carriages of the noble families and robbed them. I will still send someone to escort you back."
Ye Shangyi thanked her repeatedly.
But when the carriage passed an alley, she heard a familiar soft voice.
"Wait, stop the car." Ye Shangyi ordered the coachman.
At her request, the carriage slowly backed up and faced the alley.
Ye Shangyi saw that Shen Ningning's carriage stopped at the door of Fu's house, the county magistrate of Guangyang County.
The little guy was smiling and directing Chen Ye and the servants of the Fu family to help carry things.
Baskets of pork, rice and flour, and more than a dozen wrapped thick fur robes were sent to the Fu family.
There were even bundles of firewood!
Fu Yuansong came out to greet them in person and kept thanking them: "Ningning, I was embarrassed to ask you for it before, and I feel really bad that you still give me so much."
"Grandpa Fu, don't be polite to me, carry it in quickly~" Shen Ningning smiled as delicate as a flower.
Ye Shangyi gritted her teeth and saw everything while sitting in the carriage.
The words of the palace maid Jinzhen echoed in her ears--
"Mostly she hides it and doesn't want to give it to you."
Shen Ningning... is so generous to a county magistrate!
The county magistrate is neither a poor man nor a disaster victim, so she gave as much as she wanted.
As Jinzhen said, Shen Ningning was just pretending in front of them, and was actually very selfish!
Ye Shangyi put down the curtain and said unhappily: "Let's go!"
She forgot to care why Rong Fei's driver took her home through Guangyang County.
She was full of anger that Shen Ningning was unwilling to help everyone.