The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 21
Jiao’er guessed that since Liu Li wanted paper, she must want to write. But bringing a whole set of writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones would be too conspicuous. So, Jiao’er took the liberty of getting her a small dish of cinnabar.
Liu Li decided to give the clever little servant chicken legs until she was full when they returned.
She dipped her finger in the cinnabar and secretly wrote a few words on the paper under the table. After the cinnabar dried, Liu Li folded the paper in half and handed it to Xiao Rui next to her.
“Help me with a favor.”
Xiao Rui was confused and looked at Ning Zisheng. After the latter nodded, she took the paper.
Liu Li whispered, “Keep a low profile and go to the third table on the east side of the banquet to find my father, the Duke of Chu. Give this to him. If you don’t recognize him, listen to who everyone calls Your Excellency or Minister of Rites, that’s him.”
Jiao Yan Yu Di four all came from the Duke’s mansion, there is a probability that they will be recognized by those officials’ family members, or let Xiao Rui, who has been in the palace, go, it is more secure.
After all, she couldn’t let Emperor Jiacheng notice that she and the Duke of Chu already knew the truth.
Xiao Rui obediently took the order.
On the other side, the officials were greeting each other, and the Duke of Chu was no exception. His official position was only the third-rank Minister of Rites , which was not very high, but he had a noble title, so he was naturally taller than many people, so many people came to toast him.
Xiao Rui lowered her head and walked behind the Duke of Chu, imperceptibly saying, “Your Excellency.”
The Duke of Chu was already tipsy at this time. He turned around and saw a strange palace servant, puzzled, “Huh?”
Xiao Rui quickly stuffed something into his hand, so fast that no one noticed: “County Princess Chun Ning asked me to give this to you.”
The Duke of Chu was skeptical. When no one else was paying attention, he turned around, unfolded the paper, and his drunkenness immediately faded a bit.
There was Liu Li’s small seal at the end. It was indeed her letter.
But the things mentioned in the letter were…
The Duke of Chu’s hand subconsciously crumpled the entire piece of paper. After reading it at a glance, he was instantly furious and almost couldn’t control his emotions.
If what Liu Li said was true, the emperor… the emperor was trying to taint his wife and daughter!
The Duke of Chu had been a conscientious official for many years and had always been loyal to his duties, but the matter before him had exceeded his imagination.
He was not the kind of person who would sell his wife and daughter for glory. If a great man couldn’t even protect his wife and daughter, wouldn’t he be a coward!
However, the other party was, after all, the emperor. This matter could not be rushed and had to be considered carefully.
The Duke of Chu suppressed his anger, imperceptibly crumpled the paper into a ball, held it in his hand, and hid it in his sleeve.
Seeing that there was nothing else for her to do, Xiao Rui bowed and turned to leave.
Liu Li quickly scanned the task completion prompt “Resolve the misunderstanding (1/1)” in front of her, and suddenly noticed a line of small words that followed.
“Mission Reward: Ninth Princess kiss one.”
What?
Before Liu Li could react, a palace servant suddenly bumped into her from her left. Caught off guard, a strong force made her fall in the opposite direction.
The palace servant clearly didn’t step on anything, but inexplicably slipped and quickly stabilized her body. Seeing that she had bumped into Liu Li, she was shocked: “County Princess, be careful!”
The palace servant who bumped into her was tall and strong, and bounced Liu Li up. Unfortunately, Xiao Rui was not there, and there was no obstruction between Liu Li and Ning Zisheng.
It has to be said that the system’s orbit calculation is very accurate, if this palace servant was a little thinner, or Ning Zisheng was a little further away, this situation would not have happened.
But it happened to be exactly right.
Ning Zisheng’s first reaction was naturally to catch Liu Li, and Liu Li’s first reaction was to be afraid of pressing on Ning Zisheng, so she quickly turned her head to check her situation.
“County Princess!” Jiao’er and Yu’er exclaimed, wanting to help her, but only grabbed one of Ning Zisheng’s sleeves, pulling her slightly, preventing her from falling.
With the perfect assist of the palace servants, Liu Li had a zero-distance contact with Ning Zisheng, and incidentally, her cheek was heavily imprinted on a soft spot.
Liu Li was dizzy from the collision, confused, only feeling that the thing next to her was fragrant and soft, and she rubbed it several times.
When Jiao’er and Yu’er helped the two up, she touched her face and found a red mark on her finger.
“…” Could this be?
Liu Li looked at Ning Zisheng’s smudged lips, trembling, and looked at it several times, repeatedly comparing the color on her hand, before daring to confirm.
It was Ning Zisheng’s lip gloss.
Ning Zisheng took the handkerchief handed by the servant and gently wiped the stain from the corner of her lips, looking at Liu Li for the first time with a half-angry and half-blaming look, speechless for a long time.
Liu Li’s brain exploded with a “boom” and felt that she had taken advantage of her. She quickly sincerely apologized, “Your Highness, I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
The previous “asking for a kiss” was just a momentary slip of the tongue. She didn’t expect that the words she said casually would be fulfilled by the system.
But now, she, Liu Li, took the initiative to pounce on her, rubbed her face on Ning Zisheng’s lips, and pretended to be innocent afterward, like a scumbag who abandoned her.
Liu Li: Die on the spot.jpg.
Ning Zisheng glanced at her again, still silent.
Liu Li was even more annoyed by the system’s mischief. Ning Zisheng was only a teenager, a girl, she must have a thin skin, how could she bear such a thing!
Fortunately, everyone else was drinking happily, and the servants dealt with it in time, not attracting too much attention. At most, they glanced over and then looked away.
Liu Li really wanted to beat the system, why did she suddenly create a rogue persona for her! What kind of reward is this?! She didn’t know if her favorability would drop. She had worked so hard to accumulate 80 points, and it would hurt to lose 1 point!
[System Prompt: Please don’t be impatient, wait a moment. The rewards provided by the system are of course all-round rewards, dear~.]
Liu Li: Can’t smile.jpg.
Ning Zisheng didn’t say another word. Until the servant helped the two of them sit down again, she squeezed a few words out of her lips.
It seemed extremely difficult for Ning Zisheng to say such words. She bit them out very slowly and looked at Liu Li intently.
“Is it because I didn’t agree to you at that time? If you are dissatisfied, just tell me, you don’t have to…”
Jiao’er, Yu’er: Huh?
Your Highness didn’t agree to the county princess, so she was forced to kiss her?
It seems that I heard some incredible gossip, hurry back a step, pretend not to hear. As a qualified servant, I will never eat my own county princess’s melon!
However, Ning Zisheng blamed Liu Li like this, but her body, no, her heart, was very honest.
[Ning Zisheng favorability towards you: +5. Current favorability: 85 (a gentleman’s friendship).]
Liu with a lip print that can’t be wiped off: …?
As expected of you, Ning Zisheng, you can still gain 5 points of favorability with such a misunderstanding.
And, it turns out that gentlemen’s friendship can be kissed.