"So, you were kicked out by Doragarl in just one hour?"
Stone nodded with a bright smile.
In an instant, the Fifth Princess threw herself at the Stone, giving her a big, affectionate hug: "Oh my god! You're amazing! Teach me, please? Teach me how to make Doragar hate me, I really, really want her to kick me out!"
Shi Tou was immediately speechless.
"Alright, tell me, what did you say to her just now?" Seeing that Shi Tou didn't intend to speak, the Fifth Princess immediately tried a different approach: "Whatever you did, I'll do it too, okay?"
Shi Tou took a deep breath and told the Fifth Princess everything she had just said to the Sixth Princess. It wasn't that she didn't want to hide it from the Fifth Princess, but it was simply impossible to keep it a secret. Judging from the Sixth Princess's expression, she clearly disliked her, and who knew what bad things the Sixth Princess would say about her later!
Since that's the case, why doesn't she just tell the whole story? At least she'll get a lenient treatment for confessing, right?
"So, you deliberately pretended to be stupid to make Doragard hate you?" After hearing Stone's words, the Fifth Princess's gaze towards him immediately changed, her face full of admiration: "You are truly amazing!"
The stone remained silent, choked with emotion.
Why did both princesses think she was deliberately feigning stupidity to make the sixth princess dislike her? Why didn't they consider that she might actually be genuinely stupid?
Pah!
She's not stupid!
Shi Tou shook his head violently: "Fifth Princess, I am very sorry for speaking rudely to the Sixth Princess. Please forgive me."
"What forgiveness?!" The Fifth Princess waved her hand dismissively. "We've all been driven crazy by Doragar. [] You have no idea how annoying that little brat is! She takes advantage of her young age and is so spoiled and pampered. Besides, she's not very bright, and there are some things you can't explain to her properly. But if you don't explain things to her, she'll start arguing and making a fuss. She's so annoying."
Shi Tou silently wiped his sweat.
"Later, Fourth Brother was the smartest. He came up with a plan to have other members of the royal family from other branches of the family coax Doragar. Although Doragar was a bit difficult, it shouldn't matter if everyone took turns for a few days, right?" Fifth Princess sighed heavily. "You have no idea how miserable everyone was. Everyone who was assigned to accompany Doragar ended up being worked to death or driven to death by anger."
Indeed, what the Sixth Princess said was very infuriating.
"Later on, I gradually stopped playing with Doragar. As a result, I was unlucky. I was pitifully sent to play with Doragar every time. Sigh, I didn't want to live anymore."
Well, all I can say to this is a moral sympathy.
"I heard that the second young lady of the Huo family is very capable, and she created an Ironforge that has never been seen before. My eldest brother and fourth brother were discussing it. Why don't we call you over?" The fifth princess stared intently at the stone: "But I never expected that you would be so amazing, that you actually made Doragar send people away on your own initiative."
So, is being annoying something to brag about?!
Stone said that she was increasingly unable to understand the worldview of the other world. Well, the other world is dangerous, and she wanted to go back to Earth!
"So, thank you for telling me how to make Doragar hate me." The Fifth Princess looked at the stone with immense gratitude: "I can finally get rid of this little devil!"
Stone's lips twitched slightly: "Fifth Princess, there's really no need to thank me. Of course. If you insist on thanking me, could you please answer my question?"
The Fifth Princess looked surprised: "What's wrong?"
"It's the question I asked the Sixth Princess." Shi Tou suppressed the urge to vomit blood and gritted his teeth as he said, "Actually, I really didn't know, I wasn't pretending to be stupid."
"So, you're really stupid?!" The Fifth Princess couldn't hide her surprise at all. Of course, it's also possible that she didn't even realize she needed to try and hide it a little.
Shi Tou Mo, even if that's what you're thinking, you don't have to say it out loud. It's so infuriating!
“Alright, I’ll tell you.” The Fifth Princess looked at Shi Tou with great pity: “Actually, this matter is only kept from the common people. The royal family, the nobles, and of course the people of the six great families of the East are all very clear about it.”
Okay, you don't need to remind us how stupid we are again.
"The royal family has six princes and princesses. Apart from the second prince who died young, only the third prince and the sixth princess are the biological children of the king and queen. All the citizens of the empire know this. What they don't know is that the real sixth princess was abandoned at birth."
“Abandoned?” Stone’s mouth tasted bitter. She was now 90% certain that the Sixth Princess was the real Dwarf Princess, which meant that she herself was very likely the real Sixth Princess of the Fallen Nether Empire.
But just how unpopular was she that she was abandoned right after birth?
“Yes, abandoned.” The Fifth Princess nodded. “I don’t really know the specifics. I only know that the King and Queen had their own reasons. It seems that the real Sixth Princess would bring disaster to the empire and could not stay in the royal family.”
"Is that so..." Stone sighed softly, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
"As for Doragar, I heard she exists in place of the Sixth Princess." The Fifth Princess thought for a moment, "I guess the real Sixth Princess would bring disaster to the royal family, while Doragar would be the opposite, bringing good fortune to the royal family? This is just my guess, after all, even though everyone knows about Doragar's background, the King and Queen treat her extremely well. Hmm, I think that's it."
Shi Tou silently lowered her head. Although she had never intended to acknowledge the biological parents of this body from the beginning, hearing this result still made her feel very uncomfortable.
"By the way, are you going back? I'll have a carriage take you back!" The Fifth Princess looked at the sky. Actually, it wasn't very late. Shi Tou had entered the palace early in the morning, so it was only afternoon now.
Stone's lips twitched slightly, and he nodded silently. Going back is fine; given the current situation, she couldn't possibly smuggle the Sixth Princess out anyway. Besides, maybe she doesn't even want to leave!
However, Stone didn't have the carriage take her directly home; instead, it headed towards Ironforge. She needed to think about some things quietly. The Huo family had too many spies.
Hua Wushuang was quite surprised to see his master, but he was very perceptive. When he realized that Shi Tou was not in a good mood, he personally took the tea and milk tea to the lounge, then closed the door and instructed no one to disturb him.
Stone didn't enter the ring space. Firstly, the rest room was quiet, and secondly, there was a certain annoying little dumpling inside. She was in a bad mood and didn't want to be mocked by that dumpling.
However, just because Stone didn't want to see that annoying bun didn't mean the bun didn't want to see Stone either. Indeed, it would take a lot of effort for the bun to enter and exit the ring space, but it seemed Stone had forgotten something.
The sparkling black diamond twirled on the stone finger: "Hehe, ugly master! You must have forgotten that you told Baozi to stay obediently on the ring today!"
The phrase "ugly master" is meant to correspond to Hua Wushuang's opening line, but it just sounds awful!
Sure enough, steamed buns are just annoying!
Facing the stone's blatantly resentful gaze, Baozi wasn't uncomfortable at all: "Hehe, the little dwarf that Master saw in the palace just now was the little princess of the Dwarf Kingdom!"
So, what are you trying to say?
"Hehe, why doesn't Master steal the little princess out? If Master doesn't want to expose the ring's space, he could have asked Baozi to swallow the little princess whole!"
Then I'll ask you to pull it out?
Shi Tou looked at Baozi with endless conflict in her eyes. Damn it, who could give her a knife? She really wanted to slice Baozi up and play with it.
"Gaga, Master! If you take the little princess back to the Dwarf Kingdom, you can marry Kagaral, right?"
"Who is Kagaral?" Stone's mind was clearly a beat slow: "Oh, it's fire tongs."
Baozi was silent for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Hehe, Master, did something happen to you? I sense a hint of sadness, depression, pain, and despair from you..."
"Stop, stop!" Baozi wanted to continue, but Shitou couldn't help but interrupt it: "Is it that exaggerated? Actually, it's easy for me to be happy, all I need to do is turn you into a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger)."
Baozi shuddered: "Giggle, Master, you're still going to be unhappy!"
We knew steamed buns weren't a good thing!
"Gaga, Master, are you going to send the little princess back to the Dwarf Kingdom? If you don't send her back, Kagaral definitely won't be willing to marry you!"
Stone fell silent again. When had she ever said she wanted to marry Fire Pliers?!
"Baozi, I need to correct two things about you."
Chapter 161.
Pan-fried buns are such good kids (╯3╰)
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Chapter 160: The City is Full of Steamed Bun Shops
Shi Tou really wanted to vent her anger on Bao Zi, but she hadn't completely lost her mind: "Bao Zi, tell me, how can we get the little princess out of the palace?"
"Hehe, why not use the ring space, or just let Baozi eat her up in one bite?" Baozi was still in the form of a black diamond, and it was afraid that the stone would suddenly get angry.
Stone rolled his eyes decisively: "Easier said than done. But think about it, if there are many people around, I can't possibly let the little princess suddenly disappear. If it's just the little princess and me, wouldn't that be clearly telling everyone that I'm the murderer?"
"Gah! Murderer! Is Master going to kill the little princess?!" Baozi screamed and fell off the ring on the stone's hand, rolling into the corner.
Stone was speechless: "No..."
"Gah gah, that scared Baozi to death! Kagaral loves his brothers and sisters the most. If he finds out that Master wants to harm his own sister, he definitely won't want to marry Master!"
Shi Tou remained silent, then grabbed a piece of cream cake from the coffee table and threw it at Baozi: "You damn Baozi! I'll say it one last time, I won't marry Huoqian!"
After letting out an extremely pitiful cry, Baozi immediately wilted: "Giggle, Master is as hypocritical as ever..."
Damn it!
Stone, who was initially feeling dejected, was now enraged by Baozi's words: "Hua Wushuang! You get up here!"
The lounge contained a communicator that connected directly to Steward Hua, another of Stone's creations. However, compared to the cell phone Stone had in his previous life, it had many shortcomings. For example, it could only connect in pairs, and the distance was limited to within 100 meters. This was somewhat like the rudimentary walkie-talkie Stone had in his previous life.
Before long, Steward Hua pushed open the door and entered. Upon seeing Stone, he first bowed deeply: "Beautiful master. Are you summoning your most loyal servant?"
Stone's lips twitched: "Wushuang, how many times have I told you, don't bow when you see me. It disgusts me."
The head steward still maintained the air of an English butler: "Beautiful master, you are my master, and as a servant, I should give you the utmost respect."
"No!" Stone slapped his forehead hard. "Let me tell you, in the tradition of the ancient Eastern tribes, bowing is a courtesy only for the dead."
Steward Hua was taken aback: "What else is going on?"
Stone didn't know if the ancient Eastern races of this other world would accept the custom of bowing, but she found it extremely uncomfortable: "Anyway, don't bow to me anymore. Also, the reason I called you up is because I've come up with another good idea."
At first, Steward Hua was a little stunned, but when he heard Shi Tou say he had a good idea, his eyes lit up: "Beautiful master, you are truly a god descended to earth. Wise, powerful, and eloquent..."
"Stop!" Stone slapped his forehead again. "Stop with your praise. I just want to add a culinary element to Ironforge's culture this time."
"Food culture?" Even the Grand Steward Hua, who considered himself well-informed, was bewildered by Stone's chaotic and illogical approach. Ironforge was a hub for forging tools, with most shops selling weapons and Stone's inventions. Of course, Stone had rented out some shops, but these weren't places anyone could rent; they were all owned by members of the six great Eastern families.
After nearly two years of development, Ironforge is now the most prosperous area in the capital. The large plaza in front serves as a venue for new product launches, and the shops surrounding the plaza, apart from a few selling Ironforge-exclusive products, have been rented out to the six major Eastern families. The largest space inside Ironforge has been converted into an auction house, specializing in auctioning rare forging artifacts and a few high-end collectibles meticulously crafted by fans.
Aside from these areas, the rest of Ironforge was converted into forging workshops, where thousands of people toiled, crafting parts for Stone. The assembly work, however, was no longer done by Stone himself, but rather by the servants of the Ho family.
In short, Ironforge is a marvel of the Fallen Empire, bringing together the finest forging products in the entire country.
But who can tell him how Ironforge can develop a food culture?
Hua Da Zongguan felt that ever since he followed Stone, his brain had been constantly undergoing various forms of evolution. Even so, he still couldn't imagine Ironforge becoming the 162nd chapter of the national version.
Of course, Stone became more and more excited as he worked in the ring's space, so he not only created a new type of stove, but also an automatic meat grinder, an automatic dough rolling machine, and so on...
"Beautiful master, you are so great, but I don't understand. What are these for?" The next day at noon, Steward Hua was summoned to Stone's private lounge again, staring dumbfounded at the pile of equipment in the lounge.
Stone patiently explained everything to Steward Hua, even demonstrating it herself: "Look. Put flour into the automatic dough mixer, and it comes out as dough. Put the dough into this automatic dough sheeter, and it comes out as dumpling wrappers. And this is called a meat grinder. Just put the meat filling and other ingredients in, and it comes out as minced meat."
"So?" Manager Hua stared at Shi Tou as he demonstrated the product, his eyes darting around the mosquito coil. "Master, what exactly do you want to do?"