For two days in a row, many powerful officials and wealthy businessmen went to visit the Imperial Master in private.
The exact details of the discussion are not known, but after these people returned home, they immediately asked their servants to sell the cold-proof equipment they collected.
Although the people didn't know what was happening, they saw that rich and powerful people were doing this, and they quickly followed suit.
For a time, rumors that the lucky girl Shen Ningning told lies spread among the people.
The words of the Imperial Master caused the price of cold-proof equipment in the city to drop to freezing point, and even affected the cities and counties surrounding the capital.
Gradually, it evolved to the point where some people threw cotton clothes and cloth directly on the street, but no one picked them up.
Nowadays, no one wants one or two pairs of cotton shoes, so they are left to be thrown on the street and eventually picked up by beggars.
When the news reached the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shen Ningning had just finished class and had lunch.
The little guy was sitting in the hexagonal pavilion, talking to a few close classmates.
At this time, Ye Changyi's voice came from not far away: "Princess, have you heard about it?"
"There's chaos outside because you randomly instigated rumors!"
"You created panic and caused everyone to buy cotton clothes indiscriminately. Now The Imperial Master said there was no snowstorm, how should you explain it?"
Shen Ningning raised her dark eyes and looked at Ye Changyi and several young ladies standing angrily in front of her.
"I don't want to explain." The little guy said Nuonuo.
She calmly took a bite of the sweet cake in her hand.
A pair of watery eyes sparkled with broken light: "If you don't believe it, just don't believe it."
Anyway, she had already warned him!
For Shen Ningning, she would rather take precautions in advance than wait for natural disasters to strike.
Seeing her attitude, Ye Changyi became even more angry.
When she was running for a female official in the palace, Shen Ningning had always suppressed her.
Now that she is a female official, who among the people around her would not follow her and compliment her?
But Shen Ningning didn't take her seriously yet.
Ye Changyi became even more arrogant, her eyebrows squeezed out: "You are really irresponsible. It was in vain that the emperor named you a lucky girl."
"And you, relying on this title, wantonly spread false news here, how can you be worthy? The Emperor's trust."
After Shen Ningning finished eating the sweet cake, she slowly wiped her fingertips with her handkerchief.
Her voice was soft and brisk: "The emperor's uncle named me a lucky girl because I really caused heavy rain."
"As for whether there will be a snowstorm, if you don't believe it, you don't have to listen to me."
The little guy said, Stand up and leave.
Ye Changyi didn't expect that Shen Ningning would not take her seriously!
"You can't leave!" Ye Changyi reached out and grabbed the little guy's wrist.
She had to say something to make Shen Ningning unable to come off stage.
So, Ye Changyi said sharply: "So many people outside have lost money because of what you did."
"Cotton coats and quilts are scattered all over the street, but no one wants them. You must be responsible for the compensation."
"Otherwise, I will lead everyone to isolate you, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences will not accept a liar like you!"
Shen Ningning pulled her little hand back, and a look of seriousness appeared on her fair and round face.
"What did you say? Are they all over the street?"
Ye Changyi sneered in her heart, finally realizing that she was afraid?
She raised her chin and said, "Go and see for yourself. The National Preceptor said there will be no natural disasters this winter, so everyone can't wait to sell off the extra cold-proof equipment they bought."
"However, it's all because of you. They bought too much. It can't be sold, so it can only be thrown on the street. "
So, you still don't admit that you are the culprit of spreading rumors?"
Shen Ningning ignored her and turned to her classmates happily. : "Let's go pick up the cotton-padded clothes they don't want!"
Those classmates were stunned: "But the princess and the imperial master said there are no natural disasters."
"He said his, I picked up mine, but I didn't listen. "His." The little guy said, looking at them: "Are you going?"
They look at me and I look at you.
Finally, the classmates shook their heads together: "Forget it, there's no place to put it after I picked it up."
"Yeah," someone said, "Last time I followed the trend and bought ten velvet gloves, and my mother scolded me."
Ye Changyi was there. The man next to him crossed his arms and sneered, staring at Shen Ningning: "Did you hear that? It's all your fault!"
Shen Ningning ignored her and shouted in a soft voice -
"Go pick up free cotton clothes, cotton shoes and quilts on the street. Someone is following you. Will you come with me?"
Everyone responded. After all, the National Preceptor never misses anything when surveying the sky.
Shen Ningning pouted: "Okay, if you don't go, I'll go by myself."
She didn't want any of the supplies she picked up for free.
She was about to leave when a cold voice came: "I'm coming with you."
Everyone turned their heads and saw Xu Jingxi walking towards them.
The clothes on his body were very thin, and the cuffs were washed white.
The clothes were obviously sky blue, but they looked as white as snow when he wore them.
Some young men burst out laughing.
They pointed at Xu Jingxi and made no secret of their mocking voices -
"The one who needs to pick up clothes the most is Xu Jingxi in the entire Chinese Academy of Chinese Studies."
"Oh, I really don't know how he will survive in the future."
Shen Ningning's watery eyes He glanced at them.
She took the initiative to pull Xu Jingxi's sleeve: "Ignore them, we'll pick us up."
Xu Jingxi was not affected by the ridicule from the outside world at all.
His elegant and indifferent face was as silent as the frost and snow in winter.
Xu Jingxi gently pulled away his sleeves, not used to being friendly with others.
"Let's go before class in the afternoon." He said calmly and took the lead.
Shen Ningning followed with her little feet.
Master Han happened to come over to look for Shen Ningning, but when he saw that she was leaving, he shouted a few words, but Shen Ningning didn't hear her.
"Who knows what they did?" Master Han asked.
Ye Changyi hurriedly stepped forward to complain: "Master Han, please take care of it quickly."
"Princess Funing and Xu Jingxi insist on going to the street to pick up those cotton-padded clothes and quilts that others don't want."
Upon hearing this, Master Han hurriedly lifted the Bu followed up: "Really? Then I have to go too. Why don't you just pick up something for free?"
The students around him were dumbfounded.
How come Mr. Han has the same idea as Shen Ningning?
The little guy and Xu Jingxi left the Chinese Academy of Sciences and walked around two streets. Sure enough, they saw something dark stuffed in a basket at the corner.
Xu Jingxi stepped forward and took out the basket. It was all filled with dirty quilts and cotton cloth.
Shen Ningning squatted down and pulled it twice with her little hands: "What a pity. It's so thick. It's just thrown away and it's dirty."
However, Xu Jingxi saw it next to her and said calmly: "It doesn't matter, just wash it and it will be clean."
He pulled up the basket, folded the cotton cloth and quilt again and put them inside.
The two looked like homeless little wretches, rummaging through straw baskets at every street corner.
Fortunately, it has been fruitful.
A total of six quilts, ten large cotton coats, and three pairs of cotton shoes were picked up.
I was lucky enough to get half of the bearskin, but I don't know where the other half went.
Xu Jingxi and Shen Ningning were squatting in the corner, with a little dust on their fair faces.
At this moment, Xu Jingxi took two straw baskets and divided the supplies.
"Half each person has a quilt and a big cotton coat. You have two pairs of cotton shoes and I'll keep one pair. This bearskin..." He paused and stuffed it into Shen Ningning's basket: "Here you go too."
Shen Ningning squatted in front of him, like A cute little mushroom.
"You don't need so much. Just give me two quilts and three large cotton-padded coats. I don't want the shoes."
She bought a lot, and she had more than a hundred items in stock at home.
What Shen Ningning lacks most now is firewood and piles for fire, but there are countless wood in the fairyland.
It's just troublesome to cut.
Therefore, she would rather collect more now. When it is not enough, she will go to the fairyland to cut wood.
Just then, the shopkeeper of the venison restaurant next door came out.
I saw two small children squatting in the corner, dividing things.
He immediately let out a cry: "What a shame, why are you picking up things here?"
"It's too cold. You two, brother and sister, come in with me and have a cup of hot tea."