Acai's Sky

Chapter 407 It’s not a dressing box, it’s a square stool

Acai was held tightly in Cai Xinyi's arms and walked towards Prince Rui's Mansion with light steps.

Upon seeing her, the guards at the door hurriedly bowed respectfully and greeted her, "May Princess Wanyue be well and may Princess Wanyue always be happy!"

Ah Cai smiled and waved her hands to them, saying, "Everyone is safe!"

The guards did not dare to delay at all and quickly opened the side door so that Acai and Cai Xinyi could enter the Prince Rui's Mansion directly.

As soon as she entered the house, Acai was put down. She stumbled and staggered towards King Rui.

Then he bowed respectfully and said in a baby voice, "Father, may you be well and happy forever!"

Prince Rui quickly helped Ah Cai up and said gently, "Be well, be well, Yue'er is well too!"

Then he asked curiously, "Why did Yue'er come to the palace today? She usually likes to hide away."

Ah Cai fiddled with her fingers shyly, raised her head, looked at King Rui with her innocent eyes, and replied, "I went to put a sack on my father today."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sima Yan, who was drinking tea beside him, couldn't help laughing.

"Pfft~"

He accidentally spat out the tea in his mouth.

Sima Yan coughed and waved his hand to signal Acai to continue.

Sima Nan, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but look up at the sky, secretly sighing in his heart, this sister is so bold!

Ah Cai pursed her lips and looked at King Rui with some grievance, as if she wanted to get some comfort or explanation from him.

Sima Hui, Prince Rui, laughed heartily, his face full of doting and teasing. "How could there be anything wrong with him? Could it be that Yue'er is complaining to me again?"

After hearing this, Ah Cai seemed to have found support and nodded repeatedly, indicating that she had indeed come to complain.

She pouted and said with some dissatisfaction: "When we beat him, he actually said that his daughter was Princess Wanyue. Doesn't that mean he has nothing to do with us?"

When King Rui heard this, he frowned slightly, but soon regained his composure.

He turned to look at Sima Yan, a serious look flashing in his eyes, "Prince, go again, and this time, speak more sternly. Let them know their status and position, and stop having these wishful thoughts."

Sima Yan immediately stood up and replied respectfully, "Yes, father, I will go and warn them later!"

Sima Nanju also came over and enthusiastically expressed his willingness to go together.

He smiled and said, "I'd better go with my brother. It's only been a month since I last received the imperial edict. I didn't expect these people to be so forgetful."

The corners of Prince Rui's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of sneer, his tone filled with a hint of contempt and disdain, "Some people don't want to raise a child, don't like her, and yet they still want to take advantage of her. It's really ridiculous!"

Prince Rui picked up Acai and placed her on his lap.

"Yue'er, you bought so many things from the Strange Pavilion that time, but you really didn't come across a red wooden dressing box?"

A Cai quickly shook her head, indicating that she had never seen it before.

Are you kidding? The Liu family just paid 200,000 taels of silver as compensation... hehe!

King Rui sighed helplessly. The child's thinking was really hard to understand.

He felt that he should go and see the things she bought in person and check them carefully.

At this moment, Cai Xinyi suddenly frowned and thought to herself, could the mahogany dressing box they have been looking for be the one that the fifth young lady used as a bench?

One day, she saw the fifth young lady holding a dressing box with a cushion on it, and using it as a small stool to sit on.

Children's thinking is always difficult to understand.

Sima Yan noticed that Acai's female guard was frowning, as if she was thinking about something.

So he asked, "Guard Cai, why are you frowning? Did you remember something?"

Cai Xinyi hesitated for a moment and uttered a "hmm..."

She looked at Acai, not knowing whether she should say it.

Prince Rui tilted his eyes slightly, looking at Cai Xinyi with a half-smile, and said lightly: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly, and let me hear it too."

Cai Xinyi looked at Prince Rui cautiously, then secretly glanced at Acai in Sima Nan's arms.

Then he slowly said, "The princess got herself a small stool some time ago, and she sits on it every morning to watch the young masters of the general's mansion practice martial arts..."

Sima Nan suddenly interrupted her, "Wait, what did you say? The square stool she was sitting on was her dressing box?"

A Cai couldn't help but roll her eyes. This guy really has no tact at all!

She deliberately put it in front of him, but he didn't notice it yet. How stupid!

Cai Xinyi quickly nodded and replied, "Yes, it's that square stool!"

Sima Nan was so angry that his face turned pale. Without saying a word, he took Ah Cai out of Prince Rui's arms and asked with wide eyes, "Is that the dressing box?"

Ah Cai shouted without hesitation, "That's a square stool!"

Sima Nan was stunned for a moment.

Ah Cai then yelled in frustration, "Mine!"

Sima Nan, however, showed no sign of weakness and replied confidently, "I know it's yours, but I want to exchange it for a nanmu stool!"

Ah Cai looked bewildered, as if completely unable to understand what she meant, and muttered to herself, "A square stool made of nanmu?"

Sima Yan, who was standing by, quickly came over and added excitedly, "Yes, and it's a square nanmu stool with intricate carvings and beautiful patterns!"

Ah Cai nodded vigorously, "Change!"

Prince Rui stretched out his finger and gently tapped Ah Cai's nose, then asked with a slightly doting tone, "Where did you get that square stool?"

Ah Cai scratched her head in confusion, blinked her big eyes and replied, "It just appeared out of nowhere. I don't know where it came from."

Sima Nan, who was standing by, was so angry that his lungs almost exploded after hearing this.

He was beaten many times for such a small dressing box.

Every day he could see Ah Cai sitting on this dressing box, booing him from time to time, which made him feel extremely aggrieved.

Thinking of this, Sima Nan's teeth were grinding, and he wanted to rush up and beat A Cai up immediately.

Upon seeing this, King Rui looked at him with disdain and thought: He sees it every day, yet he never discovers the secret. Only a fool could do such a thing.

Sima Yan smiled with his eyes curved, and he was extremely fond of this quirky sister.

She always brings unexpected surprises and joy, making people laugh.

Look how angry the second brother is, like a pufferfish.

At this moment, Prince Rui turned around, looked at Cai Xinyi tenderly, and said softly, "Guard Cai, please go to the General's Mansion and get that dressing box... oh no, the stool... back to us as soon as possible."

Cai Xinyi nodded slightly to show that she understood, then turned and left.

About half an hour later, when Ah Cai was yawning out of boredom, Cai Xinyi finally came back with the dressing box.