After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

Chapter 207: Consider These Foods as Our Purchase

Rong Qingzhu was stunned. He was ready to be hit on the foot by the wood, but he never expected that Qi Bai would act so timely, allowing him to successfully escape this disaster.

Chu Xi pulled the man back, and the wood fell to the ground with a clang and rolled twice.

Fortunately, the other people around were a little far away, so no one else was accidentally hurt.

"...I..." Rong Qingzhu looked embarrassed, and a faint blush appeared on her jade-like face. "Thank you, Prince."

He wanted to say that he wanted to help, but before he could say anything, he remembered that he almost got hit on the foot, and suddenly he couldn't say anything.

Zhou Yichen heard the noise coming from their side and immediately came over to ask Chu Xi, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Chu Xi said, unable to hold back a chuckle.

When Zhou Yichen saw Chu Xi let go of Rong Qingzhu's hand, there was a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

Rong Qingzhu's ears turned red as she explained in a low voice, "I was moving wood just now and accidentally lost my strength in my hand. Fortunately, the prince intervened in time, otherwise I would have been injured by now."

Zhou Yichen thought of the voice he had heard before and knew that Rong Qingzhu was not lying, so compared to Chu Xi's euphemism, he spoke much more directly.

"I'm afraid Lord Rong has never done such strenuous work. Let others do this. If you are tired, you can find a place to rest."

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness. I'm not tired." Rong Qingzhu also knew that Zhou Yichen might not be considerate of her. It was more likely that she was too weak and couldn't do anything, so he let her rest.

But he still insisted on helping.

Rong Qingzhu glanced at the soldiers who were helping to move things, "The city is in chaos, I don't know when it can be sorted out. Although I am alone and weak, I also want to do my best for the people."

In addition to the soldiers who spontaneously helped the people, the people themselves were also taking action. Of course, they were more concerned with their own affairs.

Chu Xi chuckled, "It's good that Lord Rong has this intention, Your Highness, just let him go."

When Zhou Yichen heard Chu Xi say this, he didn't say anything else.

He and Rong Qingzhu had no intersection at all, so it was Rong Qingzhu's freedom to listen or not.

Chu Xi helped clean up for most of the hour. After what happened before, Rong Qingzhu didn't help by looking for wood to carry. Instead, he took away as many bottles and jars as he could.

Therefore, when Chu Xi turned around, he saw that Rong Qingzhu's sky blue brocade clothes were stained with water. Not only was it soaked, but it was also stained with some dirt, and the color turned black and dirty.

Zhou Yichen had learned martial arts, so naturally he was not as weak as Rong Qingzhu. No matter whether it was wood or heavy boxes, as long as he could move it, he would move it without any hesitation.

As a prince of noble status, he did not hesitate to humble himself and did things that most princes would not do.

His hair got a little messy at some point, and his cuffs were not much better than Rong Qingzhu's, being dirty and wet, but he really didn't mind at all.

Compared to the minor problem of getting clothes dirty, it was already a great fortune as long as no one died in this catastrophe.

She couldn't help but laugh when she saw Rong Qingzhu and Zhou Yichen looking so embarrassed.

Rong Qingzhu heard Qi Bai's wanton laughter, stopped what he was doing, raised his eyes to look at the young man's flying eyebrows, "What are you laughing at?"

"I just suddenly feel in a good mood and want to laugh." Chu Xi naturally would not tell him that she was laughing at the joke on the two of them, especially when Rong Qingzhu raised his head and a light gray color appeared on his nose.

I don’t know where it came from?

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Chu Xi was trying very hard to suppress her smile, but faced with Rong Qingzhu's serious expression, she couldn't help it and her smile was broken in a moment.

She almost bent over with laughter, holding her stomach, her fox eyes curved and her smile almost overflowed.

"What makes you so happy?" Zhou Yichen hadn't seen Qi Bai laugh so wantonly and ostentatiously for a long time, and couldn't help but feel curious.

Chu Xi didn't say it directly, but turned his gaze to Rong Qingzhu's face. Zhou Yichen naturally followed Chu Xi's gaze and looked over. When he looked... he saw the spot of dust that made him bend over with a smile.

Zhou Yichen: (⊙o⊙)…

He was more patient than Chu Xi. He did not laugh out loud, but reminded softly, "Master Rong, you should go and take a rest first."

No matter how slow Rong Qingzhu was, he finally reacted and roughly understood why Qi Bai was laughing so... much.

"Is there something on my face?"

This time, Chu Xi told him the reason honestly and pointed to the tip of her nose. "There's some dust here. You'd better find a handkerchief to wipe it off."

He felt helpless and amused. He never expected that he was the reason why Bai laughed so hard.

He was not used to carrying a handkerchief with him and didn't know how to solve the problem on his face.

Chu Xi saw the embarrassing fact that Rong Qingzhu didn't have a handkerchief. Although he laughed, he still took out a white handkerchief tucked into his belt from his waist in time. There was only a word "Jiang" embroidered on it, and said, "Wipe it first."

Rong Qingzhu took it and wiped the dust off his nose, "Thank you, this handkerchief is a little dirty, I will go back and wash it and return it."

Chu Xi waved his hand indifferently, "It's up to you. Maybe you can use it later."

Rong Qingzhu: ...Well, this seems to be the truth, and he was speechless.

Han Yaojun dealt with the issue of troop deployment in the city, came down from the city wall, and soon saw Chu Xi and others who were helping to clear the streets.

He sent someone to call Chu Xi over.

Chu Xi naturally did not hesitate and walked up to Han Yaojun, "General Han, do you have any instructions?"

"The food issue needs to be resolved urgently. I wonder if His Royal Highness the Third Prince has any connections that can help us solve our current predicament?" Han Yaojun also knew that being so straightforward might put His Royal Highness the Third Prince in a difficult position.

But there was nothing he could do.

The Han family does have some wealth, but the Han family is thousands of miles away from here. Even if he sends a message back to the Han family now, it will take three days to arrive by horseback at full speed.

But given the current situation in the city, we can’t afford to delay even a day.

The young soldiers could bear it, but the old, weak, women and children in the city could not stand the hunger...

Chu Xi turned his head to look at Zhou Yichen who was helping earnestly, "General Han, you should know that His Majesty has always been wary of the Third Prince. Even if he really has people, they are in the capital. This place is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the Third Prince has no way to do anything."

Han Yaojun frowned slightly. The Third Prince was the most powerful helper he could think of. If the Third Prince was unable to do anything, then... he really couldn't think of anyone else who had this ability?

"Then in your opinion, is there any way to solve the current predicament?"

"Grain shops, gather all the grain shops in the city in one place. Merchants are good at having three burrows, so they must have other cards up their sleeves."

"What if they don't want to take it out?"

"Then we can buy them on credit first. As long as they don't ask for an exorbitant price, we'll consider these grains as our purchases!"