With the Little Highness personally involved, news that the case of an "unscrupulous shopkeeper stealing a treasure and reselling it" would soon be heard at the Government Office spread rapidly throughout Wind Brocade Commandery.
By the time Jiang Yingcheng and her companions arrived at the Government Office, the entrance was already packed with townspeople eager to watch the spectacle.
Now that things had reached this point, whether the "unscrupulous shopkeeper" was actually guilty and whether the "innocent woman" could recover her treasure no longer seemed quite so important. The curious eyes outside the Government Office opened wide as they watched a luxurious carriage stop at the entrance, then watched the prefect, who had long been waiting there, approach with exceptional deference.
Then-
"Huh?"
"That little girl..."
The speaker reached out and nudged their companion twice. Their eyes met, and the same scene came to both their minds-
"We've seen her before!"
Since today's affair involved a shop, most of those who had squeezed to the front were shopkeepers. Almost simultaneously, similar exclamations rang out throughout the crowd.
"I've seen her too!"
"That's right! That little girl visited my shop just two days ago. Heavens, she's actually a Little Highness?!"
"I run a pastry shop, and I saw her just a couple of days ago too!"
"I sell sweet soups! The Little Highness visited my shop too!!"
"I sell candy-"
On closer listening, every last one sold snacks.
Jiang Yingcheng raised a hand and covered her face in embarrassment. [Uh...]
[Stop talking, waaah! Please stop talking, waaaaah-]
With all the noise and confusion around her, she could have avoided hearing those voices. Unfortunately, her "annoying" Brother Lifeng kept repeating them into her ear, without the slightest concern for whether Zou Cailiang, the prefect of Wind Brocade Commandery leading them inside, could