She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 107 - Jie Chen Prefers Carrot Over Stick
Chapter 107: Chapter 107 Jie Chen, Prefers Carrot Over Stick
Chapter 107 -107 Jie Chen, Prefers Carrot Over Stick
Xiang Ying was calm and composed, pulling Tao Xue along to buy some pastries.
As they passed the previous iron shop, Xiang Ying also picked out an Iron Mask for Jie Chen.
He had always worn a mask, probably not wanting too many people to see his face.
Xiang Ying understood his psyche; after all, he used to be a Forbidden Pet in Xizhou, harboring a sense of guilt as if his family didn’t know what he was doing, and she could empathize.
Skinny Monkey saw her leisurely pace and became anxious, jumping here and there.
“Sister-in-law, hurry up, let’s go quickly. The sooner we inform the Military Supervisor, the sooner he can think of strategies.”
“Why the rush? There’s no need to be afraid,” Xiang Ying was very calm.
Isn’t Governor Zhao’s merit just contributing twenty granaries?
What if there was nothing in those granaries?
On the way back, Tao Xue cautiously asked Xiang Ying: “Elder Princess, can your servant keep the broken jade bracelet?”
Xiang Ying initially planned to find a place to discard it but upon hearing Tao Xue’s question, simply gave it to her.
Unexpectedly, Tao Xue then opened the bundle she used for storing items and put the bracelet, broken into three parts, inside.
Even Qi Fengyi grew curious this time.
“Tao Xue, these things you collect, they aren’t really worth much money.”
“I know, but it’s not for money; it’s for their meaning to me as a person.”
As she spoke, she began to talk about her childhood.
Before being rescued by Xiang Ying, Tao Xue lived a poor life in the Capital with her mother.
Her father had drowned while fishing, and since then, Tao Xue could only live with her mother.
Initially, her mother earned a few coins by sewing and washing clothes.
Once, a palace attendant brought a piece of clothing to Tao Xue’s mother, and it had an earring attached to it.
Tao Xue’s mother hurriedly tried to return it, but the attendant said that her mistress had plenty of fine things and wouldn’t miss one earring.
Maybe it would be even forgotten about which pair it matched.
Tao Xue’s mother, clutching the earring, waited several days, but the owners indeed didn’t come to claim it; and, in the meantime, Tao Xue became ill, so her mother pawned the earring.
She exchanged it for five taels of broken silver to buy medicine for Tao Xue.
Unexpectedly, this brought disaster. The attendant, along with the household’s servants, came imposingly demanding the earring back.
The attendant denied ever seeing the earring. Now that the mistress asked, it was found out that the earring was a birthday gift from the estate’s young master to the mistress.
Now one was missing, and the mistress demanded accountability, afraid of being punished, the attendant naturally blamed everything on Tao Xue’s mother.
Insisting she had stolen it.
When they couldn’t get the item back, they beat them; not only did they kill Tao Xue’s mother, but they also dragged Tao Xue out to parade her on the streets.
Forcing a sign around her neck that declared her a thief, parading her through town.
It was in the dead of winter; Tao Xue didn’t even have shoes, the tears on her face freezing, numbing her slightly.
She thought then, with her mother dead, she might as well end it all too.
It was at that moment Xiang Ying, riding in her carriage, passed by. The noble princess merely glanced at her and saved her life.
As Tao Xue spoke of the past, tears welled up in her eyes, but she ended up smiling as she wiped them away.
“Maybe I am too sentimental, but ever since then, whatever it is, I always want to keep it. Just in case… just in case if I had been sensible back then, if I had kept the earring or if I hadn’t been sick, maybe my mother wouldn’t have been beaten to death.”
Qi Fengyi listened in silence, then reached out and hugged Tao Xue’s shoulders.
Even Skinny Monkey, sitting outside driving the carriage, cried a mix of snot and tears.
He fiercely wiped away his tears: “Sister Tao Xue, you’ve suffered so much. For all the hard times you endured in the past, when we meet the Military Supervisor, I’ll definitely make things clear for you!”
But Tao Xue said: “I’m not miserable at all, because I’m lucky to have met the elder princess.”
Xiang Ying, unable to hold back, reached out and touched her forehead.
“From now on, as long as I’m here, nobody can bully you.”
No wonder the original owner owed such a favor to Tao Xue.
Thus, on the day the country fell, so many Palace Attendants left by the original owner’s side, even the wet nurse fled.
Only Tao Xue remained at the door, urging repeatedly, and stubbornly unwilling to leave Xiang Ying alone.
Even knowing it was a death trap, she chose to stay behind.
The carriage returned to the camp.
Skinny Monkey led Xiang Ying and the others to Jie Chen’s tent.
As soon as Skinny Monkey had explained a few words, Jie Chen had already looked up with frosty eyes.
“Are you causing trouble again? Have you forgotten what I just entrusted you with?”
He wanted her to keep a low profile!
Xiang Ying was about to speak when suddenly Qi Fengyi knelt down first: “It was my rashness, it has nothing to do with the elder princess, if the Military Supervisor must punish, punish me.”
Tao Xue also knelt down with a thud: “No, punish me! I was the first to start the conflict with them.”
Even Skinny Monkey couldn’t help saying, “Military Supervisor… this really isn’t the sisters’ fault. I asked around the locals, those Zhao Family father and son, relying on being the governor’s relatives, bully men and women in Luzhou City.”
“They even said that last time he used the same method to force a respectable woman to bring back home, and this time he wants to repeat the trick, definitely coveting Tao Xue’s beauty.”
Jie Chen furrowed his brows, slammed the table heavily: “There are many ways to solve the issue, why must you hurt people?”
Xiang Ying, with her Phoenix Eyes blinking, spoke with an especially innocent tone: “He fell on a pile of broken porcelain himself, it’s divine justice, nothing to do with us.”
Jie Chen was so infuriated by her attitude that his chest heaved uncontrollably.
Skinny Monkey felt awkward beside them: “Sister-in-law, say less!”
Trying to infuriate their Military Supervisor, huh!
Jie Chen’s brows lowered as he rebuked coldly: “Even now, you show no remorse, just wait until someone comes knocking, see who can protect you.”
Suddenly, Xiang Ying took out an Iron Mask she bought for him from her sleeve and placed it on Jie Chen’s table.
Her Phoenix Eyes lowered, her pale face exuding a calm composure.
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“Yes, I should recognize my mistake. I was supposed to come back earlier, but I wasted a bit more time buying this mask for you.”
“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have encountered those two scoundrels. If I had known, I wouldn’t have bought it.”
Jie Chen suddenly fell silent.
He stared at the mask, lost in thought.
Skinny Monkey observed his expression and followed Xiang Ying’s words: “Military Supervisor, you weren’t there, the nonsense those two were spewing was disgusting.”
“They even flirted with sister-in-law, saying how beautiful she is and insisting she spend a night with them. Tell me, is this how people should talk?”
Jie Chen raised his cold eyes and glared at him: “What were you doing then?”
Skinny Monkey spread his hands: “You asked me to buy soft quilts, I was doing that, not there.”
Jie Chen’s face iced over: “Everyone out, Xiang Ying stays.”
Skinny Monkey turned around, pushing Tao Xue and Qi Fengyi out, secretly signaling Xiang Ying with his eyes.
Sister-in-law, seize the opportunity well, our Military Supervisor responds to gentleness not harshness.
But Xiang Ying asked: “Is your eyelid twitching?”
Skinny Monkey’s face stiffened.
Great, he’s giving hints to a super straightforward girl.
“Military Supervisor, I take my leave now,” Skinny Monkey left honestly.
After they departed, Jie Chen turned to Xiang Ying: “This mask, did you really go and buy it specifically? Why give this to me?”
Xiang Ying pursed her lips: “The last time we fell into the water, your mask was lost, I wanted to compensate you with a new one.”
She stepped forward: “If you don’t like it, forget it, give it back to me. It’s made of thin iron, quite expensive.”
However, just as Xiang Ying was about to take it back, Jie Chen held her hand.
“Who said I don’t want it?”
