Quickly wear and change the fate of the little cannon fodder

Chapter 473: The Little Cannon Fodder in Ancient House Fighting Novels 29

Cui Xiaoxiao thought that she would have to attend several banquets in the future. She couldn't wear the clothes she wore in the talent show last year. She decided not to rely on the Marquis' Mansion. She went to Linlang Pavilion and ordered eight sets of clothes for herself.

After shopping, Cui Xiaoxiao took advantage of the fact that it was still the first month of the lunar year and not many people were eating in restaurants. She went to Piaoxianglou, the largest restaurant in Kyoto, for lunch, ready to taste this top ancient delicacy!

After entering, she chose a small screened attic room by the window on the second floor. It was neither as noisy as the first floor, nor as big as the private room on the third floor!

She ordered a meat dish, a vegetable dish and a soup, and drank tea while waiting for the dishes while watching the people coming and going downstairs! Soon the waiter served the dishes, which looked quite appetizing.

She picked up the chopsticks and was about to taste it!

"Miss Cui?" A clear male voice sounded!

Cui Xiaoxiao frowned and turned around when she heard that. In this world, not many boys knew her, and she was wearing makeup today. Although there was no major change, people who were not familiar with her would not recognize her at all!

"When I saw your silhouette, it looked a bit like you. I thought I had made a mistake, but it turns out to be you!" said the fifth prince with a smile!

"Your Highness the Fifth Prince greets you, your Highness!" Cui Xiaoxiao felt unhappy, but she still put down her chopsticks with a smile and stood up to salute!

"No need to be polite in public. Miss Cui, please stand up!" The Fifth Prince raised his hand and motioned for her to stand up!

"Thank you, Your Highness!" She thanked him and stood up and sat down.

"Why is Miss Cui having dinner here alone today?" The Fifth Prince glanced at the food on the table and frowned.

"I went out shopping today, and heard from the maids in the mansion that the food at Piaoxianglou is the best in Kyoto. Today is a rare opportunity, so I came to try it." Who knew you would come out to eat on the first day of the first month of the lunar year? If she had known she would meet you today, would she not have brought a few more maids with her? No, if she had known you would come, she would not have come.

"The food at Piaoxiang Tower is indeed delicious, but the second floor is too noisy. Miss Cui, why don't you come with me to the private room on the third floor? I will treat you, Miss Cui, to the signature meal of Piaoxiang Tower?" The fifth room said to her with a smile, and did not forget to put on an elegant look like a peacock spreading its tail, trying to charm the girl to death!

Cui Xiaoxiao was speechless. She didn't believe that he didn't know about the imperial decree. He even asked her to go to the private room on the third floor. How could a man and a woman be alone? Although there weren't many people on the second floor, there were still people. If the news got out, would she still be alive?

This person really has bad intentions!

"Your Highness, you are joking. Your Highness came here for dinner today, and you must have made an appointment with relatives and friends to discuss business! How could I be so tactless as to disturb Your Highness's business? My food is already on the table, so I won't waste Your Highness' time!" Cui Xiaoxiao refused without even thinking.

The fifth prince was unhappy when he heard this. He didn't even want the woman in front of him, the maid her father had sent to warm his bed! Unexpectedly, she was given to his rival brother as a concubine by the imperial decree, especially the only concubine in the tenth brother's mansion.

He always felt that there was something he didn't know. If his tenth brother really didn't want such a woman as a concubine, he would have tried every means to ruin it or depose her long ago!

He didn't believe that his tenth brother couldn't find out the true situation of the Marquis' Mansion with his methods! But he accepted it happily without any action, and the more he felt that there was something fishy about it.

He carefully observed this ordinary woman in front of him, and did not find anything extraordinary about her. Why did the Tenth Brother want her? And he also let her occupy the high position of a concubine of the Tenth Brother.

If he doesn't figure this out, it will always be a thorn in his heart. Today, he finally met the real owner, so he wanted to take this opportunity to test it out and see if he could find out the reason behind this.

But the woman in front of him rejected him without any sense! She was a powerless and poor daughter of a marquis, so why did she reject him, a prince?

He lowered his eyes and was about to speak when he heard the annoying voice again.

"Hey, why is Fifth Brother here?" Another clear voice sounded.

Cui Xiaoxiao and the fifth prince turned around at the same time and saw sixty or seventy-three princes on the stairs going from the second floor to the third floor! The simple stairs were set off by these three princes with extraordinary momentum and different styles.

Cui Xiaoxiao touched her forehead when she saw this. She didn't check the almanac before going out today! Are all these princes so idle? Today is only the first day of the Chinese New Year. Shouldn't they be socializing with various palace banquets, New Year greetings, and banquets for brothers?

How could they have the leisure to come to a restaurant to eat? But she had to pay her respects to them, because they were all big shots, and she couldn't afford to offend them.

"Sixth brother, seventh brother, and tenth brother, I came here to have dinner today, and unexpectedly I saw the future concubine of my tenth brother. Thinking that she would become a family member in the near future, I was thinking of asking her to have dinner in the private room, but I didn't expect her to refuse!" The fifth prince said helplessly.

The tenth prince returned after hearing this, and the other two princes followed him back. When the sixth and seventh princes heard the words "concubine of the tenth prince", they glanced at Cui Xiaoxiao and then looked away.

The tenth prince came over and sat opposite Cui Xiaoxiao, frowning as he looked at the food on the table.

"A legitimate daughter of a marquis only eats this? Is the marquis really that poor? You finally come out to have a meal, but you can't even afford a main dish? No wonder fifth brother couldn't stand it and wanted to treat you to a meal." The tenth prince's brows were almost knotted, but the words he said were not pleasant at all.

Cui Xiaoxiao was completely immune to these words, and even felt that what the Tenth Prince said was true! She herself felt that the Marquis's Mansion was poor, and this time she did not order any big dishes, but simple dishes.

However, the simpler the dish, the more it can show the chef's skills.

"Fifth brother, didn't you just say that you would treat us to a private room? Do you mind if I come along? How can we not try the signature dishes when we come to Piaoxianglou? You haven't started eating yet, so let's join us!" The Tenth Prince simply ignored the Fifth Prince's words and said no to Cui Xiaoxiao's words!

"Fifth brother, please add me in! I can't eat much." The Sixth Prince spoke immediately. Although he was rich, he would not refuse a free lunch.

"Fifth brother, you have invited them all, you can't leave me alone, right?" The Seventh Prince was not to be outdone.

"Okay, then brother will host the dinner and treat the younger brothers. Miss Cui, please come too!" Now that things have come to this, the Fifth Prince couldn't refuse. After all, he was the oldest among the group. However, he couldn't try to test Cui Xiaoxiao.

Seeing that several people had called her, Cui Xiaoxiao felt it was difficult to refuse. She asked the waiter to pack her food and followed them into the private room.

After sitting down in the private room, the Tenth Prince ordered food directly from a menu. This lavish way of ordering food was so daring that even the Fifth Prince, who had plenty of money, felt a little painful.

Cui Xiaoxiao secretly clicked her tongue. No wonder the Tenth Prince looked down upon the food she ordered. In comparison, the food she had previously prepared was simply too shabby to be more shabby.

When Cui Xiaoxiao saw that there was a free meal and several handsome guys to keep her company, all her previous discomfort and resentment disappeared.

She did not participate in the conversations between the princes, but just listened quietly. The fifth prince was still not giving up and tried to test the tenth prince several times, wanting to see how he viewed Cui Xiaoxiao and the Marquis' Mansion!

After the food was served, she reduced her presence to a minimum, and while listening to them drinking and chatting, she leisurely enjoyed the food. Fortunately, the table was big enough, otherwise there would not be enough space for more than fifty or sixty dishes!

It must be said that the food in this restaurant is really delicious. She can't even tell what many of the dishes are made of. There is a reason why Piaoxianglou is the best in Beijing!

After the meal, several bottles of wine were drunk, but the dishes were not even touched, and some of them were not even touched with chopsticks.

When the Fifth Prince didn't get anything he wanted to hear, he knew that today's efforts were in vain, and the rest of the topic was just idle chat.

Cui Xiaoxiao also got a message from their chat. That is, these people in front of them will soon be crowned kings and have their own palaces!

"Isn't there no food in the Marquis' Mansion? We finally have a good meal, why don't you eat a little more?" The Tenth Prince was unhappy again when he saw the food that was hardly touched!

Cui Xiaoxiao said nothing, but she felt very wronged. "Do you want to count how many dishes you ordered?" She was full after eating one chopstick of each dish. She was sure that the people present here would not eat as much as she did.

These grown men are so weak!

"Have you finished your meal? Are you going back to the Marquis' Mansion now or do you have other things to do? Do you need me to take you there?" the Tenth Prince asked her!

"No thanks, Your Highness. I have something else to do later, so I will go back by myself. Your Highness, please go and do your work first!" Cui Xiaoxiao said hurriedly. She didn't want someone like this to see her off.

"Okay, then we'll go first!" Cui Xiaoxiao sent the big guys to the stairs!

He turned around and told the waiter to start packing up. This kind of store allows packing up, and the waiter also agrees with it. In fact, many people would do so. After all, the food in this store is not cheap!

Moreover, the dishes they ordered were all the signature dishes of this restaurant, and they were first-rate in terms of taste and ingredients. They basically didn't touch them much, and they didn't want to waste all the money they spent.

Cui Xiaoxiao picked up several large bags of packed meals and went to her dim sum shop to check out the business after the opening. She felt relieved when she saw the long queue outside the dim sum shop.

She didn't bother them much, just left them a big bag of packed food and left.

By the way, she also left a large bag of food for the bookstore, saying it was for their extra meal. Then she took the remaining large bag and a bundle back to the Marquis's Mansion to feed her maids!

In the following days, Cui Xiaoxiao didn't care about other things and stayed in the house to make the cloak! With the experience of embroidery before, the speed of embroidery this time was much faster.

By the way, I also asked the nanny how to make men's clothes and women's dresses. It's better for others to know how to do it than for me, right? With such an all-round talent around, it would be a waste if I didn't learn from her.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the palace issued a series of imperial decrees! They were to give seventy, eighty, ninety princes titles of kingship and mansions, because they would all marry concubines in a few months, and they couldn't let these princes marry in the palace, right?

This is also the second large-scale ceremony of conferring a kingship in the palace. In ten days, a banquet will be held in the palace to invite all civil and military officials to attend the banquet! Cui Xiaoxiao has also been promoted from the concubine of the tenth prince to the concubine of Prince Jing. She will also attend this banquet!

She finally remembered something. Not long after the banquet, Cui Ningning's fiancé died, and it was only a month away from their wedding.

Cui Xiaoxiao had no intention of stopping this, as she did not want to bear the fate of others. Moreover, she knew that Cui Ningning's husband's family was not a good family either, as they were ruthless and would do anything to get ahead.

I believe that Cui Ningning, who has been a widow all her life, will be successfully sent to the Fifth Prince's palace as a concubine by the Marquis!

My sister, I will personally give you wealth in this life. Just see how she will manage the palace without her money and her children as a stepping stone. But forget about having children.

As for the rest, don't worry, let's play slowly...

Finally, it was the day before the Tenth Prince's birthday, and the cloak that was praised by the Nanny for its rapid progress was also completed on this day! Yesterday afternoon, I received a message from the Tenth Prince, saying that he wanted to invite her to go to appreciate the plum blossoms this afternoon!

Cui Xiaoxiao packed up the birthday gift for the Tenth Prince, and in the morning she personally made him a birthday cake that was not much bigger than a plate in the small kitchen.

When the agreed time came, she took Xiangqin and carried her things and prepared to leave, but she ran into Cui Ningning at the gate of the inner courtyard!

"Second sister, where are you going?" Cui Ningning stretched out her hand to stop Cui Xiaoxiao.

"Sister Shu, I have an appointment, so I won't chat with you any more!" Haha, he asked even though he knew the answer. It was not like she was not here when I paid my respects yesterday. It seemed like she had been waiting here for a long time.

Cui Xiaoxiao looked her up and down and realized that she had dressed up carefully today. She was wearing new clothes that she had only worn once during the Chinese New Year and her favorite jewelry!

Oh, Sima Zhao's intentions are beginning to show, it seems like she is just like in her previous life! Now that her fiancé is still alive, has she developed strange feelings?

"Second sister, I haven't gone out to play for a long time. How about taking you along? After all, you're not married yet. It's not good for your reputation for a single man and a single woman to stay in the same room. If you go along, it can help avoid suspicion." Cui Ningning said in a quick tone.

"Look at what you said, sister. You are a woman waiting to be married, so how can you meet a man outside at this time? It is you, the concubine, who should avoid suspicion! What's more, there are so many servants here. The marriage between His Highness and I is a done deal by the emperor, and the whole process is outdoors. Why should I avoid suspicion?" Cui Xiaoxiao walked sideways without stopping!

Tsk, you can't even give a good excuse. When she went out on a date with her fiancé before, when did she ever avoid suspicion?

"You...you stop right there!" Cui Ningning stood at the gate of the yard, looked at Cui Xiaoxiao's back and stomped her feet angrily!

Since her sister was granted marriage, she has straightened her back. And she never knew when her taciturn sister became so talkative.

She was thinking of following them out. Even if she couldn't hook up with the Tenth Prince, she could at least drive a wedge between them!

She looked at the jewelry on Cui Xiaoxiao's head and the new clothes she wore, and Cui Ningning's eyes turned red. Since she lost her things, her life has been much worse than before.

If she wanted to buy a piece of clothing or jewelry, she had to ask her father for a long time. Her current life was not even as good as her younger sister whom she had always looked down upon. How could she accept this? It was more painful to lose something after getting it than to never have it at all!

Jealousy kept her awake day and night. She knew very well that her younger sister's good life now was all due to the Tenth Prince. If she couldn't replace him, then she would have to abolish this backer!