Drunk Bamboo

Hua Qinfeng replied, "Okay, I promise you that I will not bother with Zhang Xinghe for now. I will settle the score with him after we have defeated the bandits and found the lost silver. Are you relieved?"

Xie Yuzhu finally smiled: "I know that the prince is a man who keeps his word."

He stroked her hair gently and said, "Yuzhu, don't worry. I can easily deal with just a few bandits. I will be worried about you if you are like this."

Xie Yuzhu took the initiative to hug his slender waist: "I just want the prince to be careful and cautious, I just want the prince to think about me and the palace, so that he can cherish his life more."

"You..." Hua Qinfeng was flattered and overjoyed. He hugged her and said with a smile, "It is my blessing to marry you, Yuzhu, you are so nice. How can I bear to leave you. I want to go back to the west with you to eat barbecue and drink mutton soup..."

The next day at noon, Renjitang.

"Master, I have seen all the patients this morning. I am going to cook dinner!"

Ge Gen clapped his hands happily and ran into the kitchen.

Master Zhao stroked his beard and was in a particularly good mood.

It was natural that I was happy to have two pretty and nimble little girls helping me.

"With one more person to help, things will go faster. Qi is too busy in the palace to come, so it would be good for you to come more often. After you have spent more time studying, you can sit in the hall and see a few patients. I will watch you and see how you are doing."

"Okay, thank you Grandpa Zhao for giving me the opportunity."

Xie Yuzhu sat and talked with Master Zhao, while Yunling cleaned the table.

Xie Yuzhu said thank you, but there was not much joy on her face, which was very different from usual.

Hall Master Zhao noticed her abnormality and asked kindly, "You came here to wait at the door before Renji Hall opened this morning, and now you look worried again. What's wrong? Did you have a quarrel with your husband at home?"

Xie Yuzhu pulled the corner of his mouth slightly: "No, we didn't quarrel. He went out of the city to do some work today. When he woke up, I woke up too. I went to the tower to see him off. I had nothing to do when I returned home, so I came directly to Renjitang."

In fact, Xie Yuzhu only secretly watched Hua Qinfeng and his group leave from the city wall without letting him notice.

Because she is most afraid of saying goodbye.

Hall Master Zhao had a shrewd look on his face. "We can leave the city before daybreak. What needs the personal intervention of the Wind King? Is it the case of the bandits in Loushan stealing the government silver?"

Xie Yuzhu raised her eyes and asked in surprise: "Grandpa Zhao, you also know about this?"

"Don't underestimate me because I live in a humble alley. I know everything that happens outside. There are all kinds of people living in Niuma Alley. I know everything about the Imperial Palace, noble families, and rumors in the streets and rivers and lakes. I know everything as well as the emperor."

"Grandpa Zhao, do you have any inside information about who the bandits are? Where might the silver be hidden?" Xie Yuzhu suddenly grabbed Master Zhao's patched sleeve.

"Girl, you think I'm a god! Of course, your husband, King Feng, should check these. I usually see that you are very calm and I have never seen you so nervous. It seems that you are overly worried about your husband."

Hall Master Zhao shouted and shook off his hand, saying that if he tried to pull it again there would be no place to mend it.

Xie Yuzhu's face darkened, realizing her own gaffe, and she said sadly, "Although he is skilled, he is impulsive and careless. I am just a little worried."

Hall Master Zhao hated to see this kind of separation, love and hatred, and said casually: "The King of Wind is the God of War, and he has defeated the army of the Lion Nation. A few bandits are nothing to worry about. Just be at ease. When you have free time, come to my place more often. When you are busy, you won't have any random thoughts."

Xie Yuzhu nodded: "Grandpa Zhao is right."

The sound of Kudzu chopping wood could be heard from the kitchen. Master Zhao shook his head with regret: "Your husband is not in the city, and you didn't prepare some food in advance. You really don't know how to take care of yourself."

In fact, he himself wanted to eat the delicious food of Anhe Restaurant.

Just then, someone knocked on the door and walked in.

"Excuse me." Chang An came to Xie Yuzhu with a lunch box, "Madam, Chang An is here to bring you lunch."

"Lunch? I didn't ask anyone to prepare it." Xie Yuzhu said in surprise.

"The prince has ordered that if the princess is not in the mansion and has not eaten at mealtime, Anhe Restaurant should prepare and send it over. If the lady comes to Niuma Lane, lunch and dinner should be prepared in advance, and the quantity should be doubled."

Chang An squinted his eyes and smiled, then put the food on the table.

"Madam, enjoy your meal while it's hot. Someone will come to clear the lunch boxes later. I have something else to do upstairs, so I'll take my leave now."

The table was filled with Xie Yuzhu’s favorite dishes.

Xie Yuzhu was touched.

Hall Master Zhao swallowed his saliva and said, "Who said your husband is careless? I think he really cares about you."

Yelled towards the kitchen: "Ge Gen, stop cooking, come out and eat!"

It ended relatively early in the evening, and when we walked out of Renjitang, it was not completely dark yet.

Before I even walked out of Niuma Lane, I could see the palace's carriage from afar.

"Lao Liu? Didn't I tell you not to come pick me up?"

Lao Liu smiled lovingly: "The prince has instructed that if the princess is not in the mansion after dark, you must go out to pick her up and not stay outside."

Xie Yuzhu pointed at the gray sky and said, "It's not dark yet?"

Lao Liu said with a smile: "If the princess wants to go for a walk, I will follow you on horseback."

Xie Yuzhu stepped onto the carriage: "What else did Hua Qinfeng say to you?"

"Just to protect the princess' safety, that's all I have here."

"You here?" Xie Yuzhu turned around and asked Yun Ling, "What about you?"

Yun Ling confessed honestly: "The prince said that if the princess enters the palace, she should ask Sister Baiguo to go with her, otherwise the secret guards will not be able to enter the palace. If there is any danger, Sister Baiguo is good at Qinggong and can take the princess to escape first."

Xie Yuzhu was stunned: "Did he think so much about me?"

Yun Ling: "The prince seems reckless and careless on weekdays, but in fact he has always been very considerate and attentive to the princess."

Xie Yuzhu lowered his eyes: "Perhaps, he is more reliable and more powerful than I thought."

Without Hua Qinfeng around, Xie Yuzhu couldn't eat Wang Po's tofu pudding and had to go out to find food on her own.

Yun Ling handed over the handkerchief and said to Xie Yuzhu, who was full and satisfied, "Princess, if you want to eat Wang Po's tofu pudding, I will go out early tomorrow to buy it back home so you don't have to go out so hard."

Xie Yuzhu wiped her mouth and said, "Usually Hua Qinfeng would buy it and bring it back. I didn't expect that I had to walk quite far. However, it tastes better when I sit down to eat. I'll bring some back for Nanny Baiguo Laoliu."

"Ok."

"Go buy some more buns, Baiguo doesn't have to prepare breakfast."

"I'll buy it right now."

Yunling said something to the stall owner and ran to the bun stall next door to buy buns.

Xie Yuzhu ate her fill and stood up to move around.

At this time, an angry shout came from the bun stall next door:

"Go, go, go! If you don't have money, don't eat the buns. What broken stone are you exchanging for? Fushan garnet? You are so young and look like a decent person, but you have learned some tricks to deceive people!"

A small orange-red stone rolled down to Xie Yuzhu's feet.

Xie Yuzhu bent down, picked up the small stone, and looked at it carefully.

Then his eyes fell on a young man in green clothes carrying a book basket.

"It's better to exchange it for silver at a pawn shop than to exchange it for a few buns."

"Priceless." The boy turned around.