Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

A few days later.

Lin Yong came back from Qingzhou exhausted and rushed straight to the clinic without even taking a break.

Fu Zhun received the message in advance and waited in the yard with Su An. Soon he saw him appear in a blue shirt, looking a little disheveled, but the enthusiasm and excitement in his eyes could not be concealed.

"Greetings, Your Highness! I should have tidied up my appearance before coming to see Your Highness, but the matters of Fuyou County and Qingzhou are more important. I was extremely anxious and had no time to think about other things. I hurried here to report to Your Highness. I feel really ashamed!" He bowed deeply to Fu Zhun.

Fu Zhun sat in a wheelchair, his eyes slightly lowered, looking at the overwhelmed Lin Yong in front of him with a hint of surprise. He said nothing, but gently raised his hand to signal him to stand up and speak.

Su An, who was standing next to him, couldn't wait to hear the whole story. He handed over a cup of tea and asked anxiously, "Master Lin, please tell me what happened. What exactly have you been going through these days?"

Lin Yong nodded, took a deep breath, and began to describe what had happened in detail.

"Your Highness, this turmoil was caused by corruption during the road construction. I originally thought the culprit was the Qingzhou prefect, but a while ago, I was kidnapped and taken to Qingzhou. Only then did I discover that the man behind all this was actually that Qingzhou advisor!"

"He tortured me severely, hoping to force me to join his corrupt practices. He even secretly sent troops to besiege Fuyou County!"

Lin Yong finished speaking with gritted teeth, and then his expression changed to one of appreciation and gratitude.

"Fortunately, the prefect discovered the situation in time, personally led his men to rescue me, and immediately sent troops to support me. This resolved the urgent need in Fuyou County and protected the people of the entire city!"

"After thoroughly investigating the various evil deeds committed by the advisor, the prefect will personally behead the advisor, bringing the criminal to justice and upholding the law of the land!"

As he spoke, a blush of admiration appeared on Lin Yong's face.

"Not only that, a few days ago, a small-scale plague broke out in Qingzhou. The prefect, regardless of his own safety, personally worked day and night to prevent the epidemic for the people. Seeing this, I decided to stay and help. Under the prefect's leadership, the plague was finally brought under control!"

"Your Highness, the prefect is resolute and righteous in his actions. He is truly a rare and virtuous official, and I deeply admire him! After this matter is resolved, I will rush back to report the reasons to Your Highness. I hope Your Highness will understand!"

Su An couldn't sit still after hearing this, and finally laughed out loud in anger: "Master Lin, I don't know what to say to you!"

"When Fuyou County was surrounded, it was clearly the prince who led his troops back to the city to rescue it. It has nothing to do with the Qingzhou prefect!"

"He couldn't even come up with a decent excuse, and he dared to say that to Lord Lin, and you actually believed him?!"

Lin Yong was admiring the magistrate's noble character and was even waiting for Fu Zhun to praise him with him, but when he heard Su An's words, he was suddenly stunned.

He stood there in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief. "Miss Su, how could this be possible? The prefect would never lie to me. He must be a good official who cares about the people!"

He then looked at Fu Zhun, who was stroking the wheelchair with a secretive look on his face and did not speak a word, neither admitting nor denying.

"Miss Su, Your Highness, there must be some misunderstanding here," Lin Yong said anxiously. "If Your Highness arrived with his troops first, then the prefect's troops must have lagged behind, and seeing that the city was safe, they withdrew their troops and returned to visit!"

"..."

This time it was Su An's turn to be confused, staring at Lin Yong in disbelief.

Lin Yong is a man of integrity and doesn't seem to be stupid. But why did he believe in the Qingzhou prefect so completely after his trip to Qingzhou?

Su An couldn't help but be deeply curious. What kind of magic potion did the prefect use on Lin Yong? Or was he able to act so skillfully?

She couldn't help but want to ask out loud, at this time, Fu Zhun gave her a calm and soothing look.

Then he said to Lin Yong, "I know about this matter. You have been missing for many days, and there are many matters that need to be handled in the city. You should go back first."

Hearing this, Lin Yong breathed a sigh of relief. The prince's words seemed to indicate a misunderstanding.

He was also concerned about the affairs of the county government, so he agreed repeatedly and then took his leave.

"Oh." Su An looked at his straight back and sighed with sympathy.

"If he knew he had been kept in the dark the entire time and had been manipulated by the prefect, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit to death."

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he couldn't tell Lin Yong the truth.

Fu Zhun's expression remained unchanged as he continued, "A few days ago, the prefect sent a message to test me. He discovered that everything was normal in Fuyou County, and that I hadn't made any other moves. He assumed that I had no suspicions about him, so he released Lin Yong."

"By the way, he even used Lin Yong to praise him as the prefect in front of me, so that I would have no doubts. Who knows, he even wanted to reward him. It's really a good plan."

Su An immediately glanced at him and curled his lips, "I suspect you are flattering him. You are still rewarding him, just give him a thousand cuts!"

"Now is not the time."

Fu Zhun smiled meaningfully and was about to say something when Xie Qingfeng came over with a few buns and threw them on the table in a bad mood.

"Your Highness, you have time to chat but no time to eat? If you starve to death, I won't be able to keep my title as a miracle doctor!"

Su An frowned, couldn't help but worry, and muttered:

"Your Highness, how can you not eat? Man is iron and rice is steel. I will be starving if I don't eat for a meal!"

Fu Zhun's cheeks heated up under her interrogating gaze. He coughed lightly and explained, "I was just busy handling some city affairs these past few days and forgot. Now that Lin Yong is back to take over, I'll have a lot more free time. I definitely won't forget."

"Tsk tsk, that prince is really a busy man. Maybe he will become famous throughout history as the first prince to starve to death." Xie Qingfeng snorted coldly.

His duty was to look after Fu Zhun's health. Now that he saw Fu Zhun not taking his own health seriously, he was naturally furious.

But Su An agreed very much. Suddenly she thought of something and her eyes lit up as she looked at Fu Zhun.

"Stop eating buns! The food court has been expanded during the recent city renovations. I haven't had time to go on patrol yet, so I'll take you there to have a look. There's so much delicious food there!"

Fu Zhun looked at her having fun, a smile in his eyes, "Then it's up to you."

"Let's go!" Su An cheered and pushed the wheelchair away, completely forgetting about the person who had just been sarcastic.

Xie Qingfeng: "..."

Well, he shouldn't have come!

When we arrived, the three food streets had reopened and were bustling with people.

Su An couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The county town had suffered a great disaster, but the food street was the first place to recover and it was still as bustling as before. It was true that food was the most important thing for people.

The aroma was so strong that there were long queues in front of each stall.

Whenever Fu Zhun's gaze lingered on a stall for a moment, Su An would buy some for him to try and fill his stomach.

She considerately peeled a few sugar-roasted chestnuts and handed them to Fu Zhun. Fu Zhun saw a few round chestnuts lying in her white and tender palms, golden and soft, with a sweet fragrance.

His eyes warmed up and he picked up the chestnut and put it in his mouth.

“It’s soft, sweet, and has a dense texture.”

"I will make it for you myself some other day. It will be even better. Its taste is still a little bit worse, but it has inherited some of my true skills." Su An looked proud and couldn't help boasting.

"From now on, you should go out more often and get some sunshine. Don't spend all day dealing with official business. What if you exhaust yourself?"

Fu Zhun knew that she was concerned about his dislike of going out, so he raised his eyebrows and replied, "That's fine, but it's boring to be alone. How can I do that without you?"

The deep voice contained a straightforward feeling, which made Su An's heart beat twice and the tips of his ears burned red.

"Haha, thank you for the invitation, I'll wait..."

As he was speaking, there was a sudden commotion on the street ahead.

"Get out of the way! Marquis Jiayu is here, and you, a bunch of lowly commoners, are hurrying out of the way. If you bump into us, you'll be in big trouble!"