Transmigrated as an Ignored Crown Princess

15 - Riverside (2)

The boy was very small and scrawny. A thin filthy cloth covered his body which was the literal description of skin and bones, with sunken pale cheek and languid bloodshot right eye, he stood still while eyeing the grilled fish on the mat.

"Is something the matter your highness!?" Baili Haoyue and the soldiers quickly approached in alert.

Startled by the imposing noise of the soldier, the boy recoiled then immediately squatted and covered his head with his bruised arms. The scene was simply pitiful.

Baili Haoyue also saw how frightened the boy was, and uttered in puzzlement, "A.. Beggar?"

Yamato scrutinized, "... No."

Baili Haoyue, "then? Thieve?"

Yamato suddenly approached and quickly picked up the boy. The surrounding soldiers was panicking and kept saying not to touch such a filthy thing, however Yamato insisted. Even after being picked up, the boy still maintained his trembling meaningless defensive pose.

Yamato sighed, "You all go away! You are all frightening him!" he shouted helplessly.

Having no right to decline the order, the soldiers quickly dispersed and thus continued their previous activity.

Being placed gently on the mat, the boy slowly slid down his skinny filthy arms. After waiting for some time and realized that he was not getting hit, he blinked and opened his remaining eye. Upon looking clearly at his surrounding, he became flustered and frightened the moment he realized that the people around him were nobles.

Sensing that the boy was about to run, Yamato stroked his head gently and offered him one skewered grilled fish in front of his mouth. Qing Lian frowned at the act and quietly pouted, however Yamato got no time to pacify or coax her.

Being thrusted suddenly by a wonderful mouth-watering smell in front of his mouth, the starving boy couldn't help but to chomp right away. He munched vigorously as though he hadn't eaten for days, and by looking at his body, that might exactly be the case.

Some maids were shocked when they brought the royalties their lunch. Some of them revealed a repulsed face towards the filthy boy, however couldn't do anything since Yamato said it's fine. After feeding the boy with almost everything of his own portion, Yamato ordered Xiao Meng to bring him one of his robes and knitting kit. He also ordered his two maids to bath the boy while he resized the robe.

Feeling much safer after being treated nicely, the boy didn't struggle when he was being taken away by Xiao Ming and Xiao Meng.

"Ugh.. Meng Jie, what to do, he's so filthy..." Xiao Ming was very disgusted by the muddy boy and his outrageous smell.

"Can we pass this task to someone else ugh... Wait.. Oh!"

"Are you thinking what i'm thinking?"

"Yes!"

The both of them smirked meaningfully and thus they approached an idle An Xiao. An Xiao was startled by the unknown boy, however she wasn't repulsed and instead felt pity.

"Hey, filthy vixen.. I saw you were dying to help at something right?" Xiao Meng asked in a cocky and condescending manner.

An Xiao felt bitter by being addressed with curse words, however she was helpless and just had to ignore it by pretending as though she didn't mind. Although suspicious, she still had to reply, "Yes.. Is there anything.. I could help with?" she was afraid in case they give a task intended to bully her.

"Give this boy a bath," Xiao Meng smirked and shoved the boy unto An Xiao then left quickly before she got to protest.

Contrary to their expectation, actually An Xiao didn't mind to do it at all. Before she acquainted Qing Rui, An Xiao was a simple medicine peddler with a lot of poor filthy commoner in her surrounding. She often got to play and bathe with her neighbor's children until she was given a luxurious house in a good location by Qing Rui.