Chapter 2714: Taking Something, You Have to Speak Softly

Xiao Jiu scoffed, "Tch, you don’t get it, I’m the most familiar with the big baddie’s matters."

"What? Big baddie?"

Hearing this name again, the old man was perplexed and asked with his head raised, "Do you mean to say the Prince is the big baddie?"

Xiao Jiu shriekingly replied, "Yes."

Old man: "You bold bird, you dare to badmouth the Prince?"

Xiao Jiu responded disdainfully, "Tch, he always talks about roasting me, so he’s the big baddie, I’ll badmouth him, so what?"

The old man was puzzled, outside it was said the Prince was moody and killed without blinking, how could he tolerate a bird’s disrespect?

So he asked again: "You shout like this, the Prince doesn’t punish you?"

Xiao Jiu smiled triumphantly, "He wouldn’t dare."

The old man expressed disbelief, the War Prince was renowned, how could he fear a bird: "You just brag, I, old man, can’t believe it!"

Xiao Jiu: "Don’t believe, forget it."

Of course, it didn’t mention that because its owner was protecting it, the Prince couldn’t do anything, such a secret matter naturally couldn’t be shared with outsiders.

The old man looked at the guards at the gate and asked, "Hey! Little brother, is what this bird says true?"

A few guards all nodded together, answering, "Yes!"

This matter wasn’t a secret inside the War Prince’s Mansion, everyone there knew.

The old man and the servant boy were stunned, how could the Prince be so tolerant of a bird!

Just then, Zi Xia hurriedly came out...

"Master, sorry to keep you waiting!"

Old man: "It’s okay, can I, the old man, go in to see the Princess Consort and the Prince now?"

Zi Xia looked a bit awkward, "Uh... well...!"

The old man asked puzzledly, "What’s wrong?"

Zi Xia: "The Prince and Princess Consort are busy dealing with urgent matters and it’s inconvenient to see you today."

The old man was also a bit at a loss, "This... how unfortunate!"

"Exactly, Master, you should head back." Zi Xia said, taking out a pouch of silver from her chest, "This is something the Princess Consort instructed me to give you, consider it a token."

The old man hurriedly declined, "Oh my, how embarrassing, no need, no need, we have silver, saving a bit is enough."

Seeing the pouch of silver in Zi Xia’s hand, the servant boy’s eyes lit up and quickly said, "Master, you forgot, we’re running low on silver, we don’t even have enough for the inn tonight!"

The old man’s face suddenly turned embarrassed, glaring at the servant boy and scolding, "Shut up, don’t spout nonsense."

The servant boy murmured quietly, "It’s true, we’re almost street-bound, Master, why act all high and mighty?"

"You...!" The old man, furious, turned around and kicked the servant boy twice, what kind of servant undermines his master like this!

The servant boy jumped away a few steps, not daring to make a sound.

Feeling very displeased with the old man, if not for fear of revenge from the Left and Right Protectors, he wouldn’t serve this old man, obviously starving yet acting all high and mighty.

Zi Xia saw all this, handed the silver to the old man again, and said, "Master, don’t be polite, the Princess Consort isn’t short on silver, just take it."

"Hey! Okay then!"

Uncovered by the servant, the old man’s face was awkwardly smiling with embarrassment, and he hesitantly accepted the silver.

"I have errands, so I won’t see you off, Master, take care." Zi Xia directly issued the guest order.

Taking things from people binds you to favors.

With the Princess Consort and Prince busy, the old man felt too embarrassed to insist, so he exchanged some pleasantries, and left with the servant...

"Why were you spouting nonsense there?" the old man scolded the servant boy beside him as they walked.