Yang Jingrui's legs trembled, and he couldn't help but take two steps back, his face full of vigilance. "You, you, you... what else do you want?"
Although he didn't know what relationship this little boy had with the Princess of Dongping, Jie Kong's gaze towards him always carried a chilling pressure.
"Yang!" Little Jie Kong walked up to Yang Jingrui, looking up at him. "Were you just thinking that a gentleman's revenge is never too late?"
Yang Jingrui: "???"
Are you a demon? Can you read minds?
How could he see through all his thoughts?
"I... I didn't think that!" Yang Jingrui nervously turned his face away.
Upon hearing this, Little Jie Kong snorted coldly and punched Yang Jingrui in the stomach.
The latter let out a muffled groan and stumbled back several steps, feeling as if his internal organs had been shattered.
"Yang, who are you trying to fool here? Do you think I'm easy to trick just because I'm young?"
Little Jie Kong waved his little fists and narrowed his eyes. "I warn you, if you dare to pester Xi Tian again, I'll rip your head off, and then I'll throw your father into the river to feed the fish. Hmph, I know where your Prime Minister's mansion is anyway. If you don't believe me, we'll see!"
Yang Jingrui: "..."
Do you have to make things difficult for me?
Forget it, it's just my bad luck today. If I argue any further, I'll truly lose all face.
"Don't worry, I know I was wrong and won't pester the Princess anymore!" Yang Jingrui rubbed his stomach and gave a dry laugh.
Little Jie Kong nodded. "Good that you're sensible. Scram, I don't want to see you again!"
Yang Jingrui: "..."
After the three little buns delivered the gifts to the General's mansion and had dinner there, they returned to the Yun mansion as dusk fell.
The next morning, Xiao Jinheng prepared food and water, and then took Little Xi Tian and Jie Kong out of the city.
"Why do we have to go to Fahua Nunnery?"
Little Jie Kong pouted, looking very unwilling. "There are so many nunneries outside the city, but Fahua Nunnery is the worst maintained and its conditions are extremely basic. Xiao, can we go somewhere else?"
He finally got to go out of the city to play, but they had to go to that dilapidated place.
Although the little monk was also a man of the cloth, he naturally had no good feelings towards nunneries.
It wasn't for any other reason than the fact that his master had been entangled with a young nun from Fahua Nunnery, leaving Little Jie Kong with a psychological shadow since childhood.
"If you don't want to go, you can get out of the carriage. No one is forcing you!" Xiao Jinheng said indifferently.
When Little Jie Kong heard this, he instantly bristled. "Xiao, this carriage was bought by me for Xi Tian. If anyone should get out, it's you. What are you so arrogant about?"
Alas, he was so angry.
If Xiao wasn't the Crown Prince, he would have beaten him into a pig's head with a few punches.
Xiao Jinheng smiled slightly. "Then ask Xi Tian, would she let me get out?"
Hmph, this little monk is truly conceited, thinking he can walk all over people just because he bought a carriage for the little village girl.
Little Xi Tian lay propped against the seat like a salted fish without any dreams, saying nothing.
Kong Xingzhu drove the carriage, occasionally glancing at the sides of the mountain road.
Not long after leaving the city, they left the main road and drove towards a secluded mountain path.
Here, the mountains were high and the forests were dense, with rugged rocks. At the foot of the mountain, there was a shallow beach formed by a river. Since there were not many travelers, the area around the shallow beach was covered with dense reeds and willow trees.
"The scenery is quite good, but building a nunnery in these mountains gives a feeling of 'hiding something'," Kong Xingzhu muttered.
Who would build a temple in a place devoid of sunlight? Even if pilgrims came to worship, they wouldn't be able to find it.
Xiao Jinheng's eyes flashed with a subtle, imperceptible glint.
Little Xi Tian also looked surprised. He felt that the reason the stinky boy came to Fahua Nunnery to burn incense must be to see someone.
Did this person have anything to do with the Grand Canal's transportation?
After an unknown amount of time, the scent of burning incense wafted through the air, and the carriage stopped with a creak.
"We're here, we're here, get out of the carriage!" Kong Xingzhu jumped down from the carriage shaft.
Little Xi Tian lifted the curtain and looked outside, only to see a dilapidated nunnery before his eyes.
The nunnery's gate was rotten and dilapidated, and the steps were covered with weeds that no one had cleared. However, a thick mist floated within the courtyard, as if many pilgrims were praying.
"This place is a bit creepy, isn't it?" Little Jie Kong scratched his face and casually helped Little Xi Tian out of the carriage.
Kong Xingzhu glanced at him upon hearing this. "If you're scared, you can wait outside!"
Little Jie Kong: "..."
You underestimate me too much!
He didn't believe he would encounter a ghost in broad daylight.
Besides, how could he admit defeat in front of Xi Tian?
"I'm not scared at all. I'll be the first to go in, hmph..." Little Jie Kong said, then stepped onto the steps and walked into the courtyard with his scalp tingling.
Little Xi Tian exchanged a glance with Xiao Jinheng and slowly walked in as well.
In the center of the courtyard stood a large incense burner, the ashes in the burner piled high, with three incense sticks as thick as chopsticks inserted in the middle.
An old woman was sweeping away debris with a broom.
Seeing guests arrive, the old woman looked up, a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
Why were three children here?
She found Little Xi Tian and Little Jie Kong unfamiliar, as if she hadn't seen them before. But when she saw Xiao Jinheng, the old woman's expression changed, and she dropped her broom and knelt on the ground.
"Your, your servant greets His Highness the Crown Prince!" the old woman kowtowed.
Little Xi Tian: "???"
What's going on?
This old woman actually knows the stinky boy.
Little Jie Kong was also bewildered and asked Xiao Jinheng, "Xiao, how do you know her?"
As far as he knew, Xiao had been living in Dashui Village all these years. How could he know an unfamiliar old woman in Fahua Nunnery on the outskirts of the capital?
This was very confusing.
Xiao Jinheng said nothing but gave Kong Xingzhu a look.
"Understood, Your Highness!"
Kong Xingzhu responded, walked up to the old woman, and asked, "Is she here?"
"Yes, yes, your servant will take Your Highness inside..." the old woman nodded repeatedly.
Just a few simple words made her sweat profusely, and her face grew paler.
Xiao Jinheng nodded slightly. "Good, lead the way!"
The old woman got up, patted the dust off her skirt, and said, "Your Highness, please come in. My mistress seems to have guessed that Your Highness would come today, so she has been waiting at the nunnery since early this morning."
As she spoke, the group passed through the main hall and the corridor, arriving at the reception hall in the middle hall.