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When we arrived at Qingxin Hall, the group of guards from yesterday were gone, and there were many burly guys in Qingxin Hall.

Luo Yao glanced at it and went to see the boy whose thigh was cut so deep that the bone was visible. The boy was still unconscious, but the color on his face had returned a little.

Luo Yao went to Ye Qing's kitchen again. As soon as he entered the kitchen yard, he saw a young and strong man chopping wood with his bare chest and an old woman cleaning the yard.

"Aren't you the same family from yesterday..." Why did Ye Qing drag the patient's family to his backyard? Luo Yao was puzzled.

When the man saw Luo Yao, he stood up and was no longer afraid of Luo Yao.

Broad shoulders, thin waist, and strong muscles... Luo Yao quickly squatted down and used his sleeves to block his and his brother's eyes, feeling a little nauseous.

The man laughed, scratched his head and quickly ran to put on his clothes.

"My benefactor, are you here to cook?"

Benefactor? Your benefactor is a miracle doctor, don’t call me benefactor, my last name is not En! I have done nothing, I am not worthy of this responsibility!

"Why are you working here? Aren't you the patient's family members?" Luo Yao asked the man.

The man touched his head and said, "We have no money! Doctor Ye asked me to work for him! My mother insisted on following me!"

At this time, Ye Qing brought Zhang Jiji in and was talking about the prince's dietary precautions. When he looked up, he saw Hanzi and Luo Yao.

Ye Qing's eyes swept across the man's sweaty, half-exposed chest, then moved to Luo Yao's face. He coughed twice and said, "Princess, are you here to make lunch again?"

"Well, I want to make some chicken soup for the prince today." Luo Yao answered truthfully.

Ye Qing showed a suspicious smile, like an aunt, and said seriously, "Since you are here, Princess, I have already informed Zhang Jiji of the dietary requirements of the prince. You can do whatever you want. I have a patient up ahead, so I will go first."

After Ye Qing finished speaking, he glanced at the man's ill-fitting and tight clothes again and walked away slowly.

Luo Yao noticed something strange about Ye Qing, followed Ye Qing's gaze, and asked the man: "Your clothes..."

The man scratched his head in a simple and honest manner: "I slept here last night to take care of my brother. This dress was found for me by Doctor Ye. It's too small and not very comfortable to wear!"

Thinking of something, Luo Yao's eyes showed something strange. He said "Oh" lightly, ignored the strong man, and pulled his brother into the kitchen. Zhang Jiji also hurried to follow.

There were no vegetables in Ye Qing’s kitchen yesterday, and today there are only some withered vegetable leaves left. What’s the point of this!

"Zhang Jiji, let's go, we have to go buy groceries ourselves!"

Luo Yao took his brother away first, and Zhang Jiji quickly closed the cabinet door and followed.

"This Divine Doctor Ye, the prince is a wounded soldier after all, yet he doesn't even buy him some vegetables!" Zhang Jiji muttered.

When they walked into the pharmacy, Ye Qing was leading a shop assistant to the backyard to get more medicine. When he saw them coming out, he asked, "Where are you going?"

"Buying vegetables." Luo Xinchen answered quickly.

Ye Qing touched Luo Xinchen's little head, "Ahahaha... there were guests at home yesterday... there are also many people in the store today, you can buy more, and buy more by the way."

Luo Yao stretched out a hand towards Ye Qing.

"Huh?" Ye Qing looked at Luo Yao's hand, stunned.

"Give me money!" Luo Yao stiffened his neck.

Give money? Ye Qing was shocked. He had always been given money by others, even by the prince... He never expected that one day someone would ask for money!

Okay... Ye Qing took out the bag and put it directly into Luo Yao's hand without counting.

The group took the money and went shopping!

The capital city was bustling, and the streets were packed with people. Luo Xinchen was being held by Luo Yao, and there were so many pedestrians that he could never keep up with his brother. The little boy felt aggrieved, and after failing to keep up several times, he stood still and refused to move.

Luo Yao finally noticed his brother's mood and picked up Tuanzi, "Don't be angry anymore, brother will hold you."

Luo Xinchen hugged his brother's neck, still feeling a little aggrieved. With his head resting on his brother's neck, he finally felt better.

The three of them came to Caishi Street, where the entire street was selling vegetables, fruits and melons.

The shouts of the old men and women and the sounds of customers bargaining were one after another.

This was Luo Yao’s first time visiting a vegetable market in ancient times, and Luo Xinchen had never seen such a place before.

This was not the first time for Zhang Jiji. When he followed the prince before, he was responsible for her food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Looking at the city's vegetable market, which has everything, Zhang Jiji couldn't help but sigh: "The capital is really prosperous. We don't even have many of these vegetables in the Northwest!"

"What's in the northwest?" Luo Yao asked curiously.

"In the Northwest, it's not that abundant. It's okay when it's not drought-prone, but when it's dry, there are very few edible vegetables in summer, autumn, and winter." Zhang Jiji picked up a cabbage and weighed it. "Even this cabbage is not available in the Northwest during droughts..."

Is it so hard? They can't even afford cabbage. Luo Yao couldn't imagine what the drought would be like, but that didn't stop him from feeling sympathetic. He immediately said he would go out and buy a large basket of cabbage for the guards.

Zhang Jiji: I’m not saying they’ve never even eaten cabbage…

Luo Yao felt like he had made a great decision. After all, those guards considered him the prince's enemy, the culprit who caused the prince to become a vegetable! He didn't care! He was truly magnanimous.

Luo Yao gave himself a thumbs up and walked in front holding his younger brother.

I'm sorry, brothers, it looks like you're destined to eat cabbage today! Having learned his lesson, Zhang Jiji stopped talking nonsense and stayed by Luo Yao's side, buying whatever Luo Yao pointed at.

After walking around, they returned to the entrance of Caishijie. Zhang Jiji pushed a full cart and negotiated with the old woman selling cabbages at Caishijie. He took away two large baskets of cabbages from the old woman at the price of three cents per pound.

The old woman hadn't expected that everything would be sold out before noon. She watched Zhang Jiji load two large baskets of cabbage onto the cart, and blankly turned the worn abacus in her hand, "Three cents a pound, eighty-seven pounds is how much... eighty-seven..."

Luo Xinchen thought for a moment and immediately answered: "I...I know! It's two hundred and sixty-one coins!"

Zhang Jiji looked at Luo Xinchen in shock. He hadn't figured it out yet, so how come the young master had figured it out?!

The little dumpling who answered the question twice today is a good baby in the kindergarten class. All the teachers like him and the old lady who buys vegetables likes him too.

Zhang Jiji didn't believe it, so he snatched the old woman's tattered and moldy abacus, fiddled with it for a while, and looked up. It was really 261!

After paying the money, Luo Xinchen, the meat, vegetables, rice, noodles, two live chickens and two baskets of cabbage were all placed on the cart.

Zhang Jiji was so curious that he kept asking Luo Xinchen questions along the way. After asking all the questions, he began to coax Xiaotuanzi to teach him: "Young Master, Jiji also wants to learn multiplication..."

Luo Xinchen was flattered all the way and was already in a state of mind. "Jiji, if you want to learn, Chenchen can teach you. Become my disciple... Become my disciple..." Luo Xinchen's little eyes glanced at the old man's candied haws on the roadside and he immediately said, "Become my disciple, one candied haws a day!"

Zhang Jiji followed Luo Xinchen's gaze and saw the old man selling candied haws, and immediately expressed his desire to go over and buy some.

The cart stopped by the roadside. Zhang Jiji went to buy the apprenticeship gift, while Luo Yao stood there waiting.

I don’t know what they were talking about in the teahouse in front, a group of people were gathered together and making a lot of noise.

"Do you really think that high-ranking officials wouldn't sneak into brothels? You're wrong! Last night, someone saw an official running out of Ningxiang Pavilion, the largest brothel. For some reason, the place was stained red with blood..."

Shocking scandal!

Official! Visiting a brothel and having such a lavish time...

The onlookers were clamoring.

Some say it's inaction, some say it's corruption, some don't feel ashamed, and some are curious about how it bleeds...

Luo Yao looked at the chaos in the street, afraid that something dangerous might happen and hit the cart, so he carried his brother aside. When he heard these words, he felt numb.

The scandals of ancient officials are so explosive that they are comparable to the celebrity scandals on a certain blog!

The fat man on the stage had a serious expression on his face, while the people watching the show had unspeakable disgust on their faces.

Zhang Jiji bought some candied haws and pushed the cart over. He also heard what was said and said with a look of disdain, "Dacheng officials are not allowed to enter or leave brothels without reason, and they are not allowed to engage in obscene things with prostitutes. Anyone who is so bold must have lost his head!"

"Who cares who it is? Let's go. We should go back and kill a chicken for the prince!" I'm hungry.

Luo Yao walked in front holding his younger brother, and Zhang Jiji followed behind pushing a cart. The three of them squeezed through the crowd and went straight back to Qingxin Hall.

Back to Qingxin Hall, he called a few burly guys to help in the kitchen.