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"How far is it from here to Xixie Street?" Unaware of the unspoken thoughts in their minds, Chen Dongxi anxiously lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside.

Agate and Glass exchanged a glance and decided to go along with her.

Why is she so concerned about Xixie Street? Could there be something fishy going on?

They'd better keep a close eye on them.

“That’s quite a distance,” Agate replied. “From here, you have to walk three streets east and then go around two alleys before you get there.”

Chen Dongxi hadn't expected that far ahead.

But she was afraid to bring the agate and glass, so he quickly told Shen Jinzhu about it.

She was caught in a dilemma.

In the end, my concern for my aunt overcame my hesitation.

Anyway, Uncle Yu will protect her.

With this in mind, Chen Dongxi felt more confident.

She said, "Let's go check out the clothing shops near West Sloping Street."

Fearing they might disagree, she loudly emphasized, "Uncle Yu said that I can do whatever I want when we go out today.

"Yes." Agate and Glass responded simultaneously, instructing the driver to turn the carriage around and head towards West Sloping Street.

There is only one clothing store near Xixie Street called "Linlangge".

They then parked the carriage in front of the shop.

As soon as they entered the shop, Chen Dongxi pointed to several pieces of clothing.

"All of them."

"Alright, miss, why don't you try it on? We'll tailor it to your specifications right away." The shopkeeper's face crinkled with smiles at her apparent wealth and generosity.

If I sell all these clothes, making two hundred taels of silver won't be a problem.

Agate and glass frowned slightly upon seeing this.

These outfits alone are enough to buy a small, independent courtyard house in Beijing.

Miss Xi'er is being far too inconsiderate.

The embroiderer in the shop accompanied Chen Dongxi into the room, let her try on each garment, and then wrote down her measurements.

"Where will you send the clothes once they're finished?" the embroiderer asked.

"Send it to the third branch of the Jing'an Marquis's residence," Chen Dongxi replied.

Upon hearing this, the manager of Linlang Pavilion was immediately relieved.

The third wife of the Marquis of Jing'an is very wealthy and certainly wouldn't be short of money from them.

She smiled and said, "Okay, I guarantee I'll send the clothes over to you within three days."

"No, I want it today. You need to alter it for me now, and I need to wear it immediately once it's done." Chen Dongxi wanted to stall for time and find an opportunity to sneak off to the Cui family to deliver the message.

"I'm afraid it's too late..." the embroiderer hesitated.

"Sister Agate, Sister Glass, you two help me out. I want to wear my new clothes as soon as possible." Chen Dongxi looked at Glass and Agate.

"You should be able to do something as simple as altering clothes, right?"

“They have their own embroiderers, so we don’t need to interfere. If you want us to do it, we might as well buy the fabric and make it for you.” Liuli smiled slightly.

"Then you guys can keep an eye on things for me, okay?" Chen Dongxi hadn't expected her to be so difficult.

"Alright, alright, Miss, don't worry, we'll definitely get it done for you." The manager of Linlang Pavilion was afraid that the deal would fall through, so he quickly agreed.

"However, if we alter so many clothes and then decide we don't want them anymore, it would be difficult for us to sell them to others. So, how about you all pay a deposit first?"

"How much do you want?" Agate asked.

"Fifty taels of silver will do," the shopkeeper said with a smile, extending his hand.

Agate took out the purse that the lady had given him before he left, found fifty taels of silver notes, and handed them over.

"My stomach is upset, where is your toilet?" Chen Dongxi asked again.

"It's inside. If you're a distinguished guest, let Chunhua take you there." The shopkeeper beckoned to his young apprentice.

A young girl who looked not much older than Chen Dongxi ran over.

"Honorable sir, please."

Seeing that Liuli was about to follow, Chen Dongxi quickly said, "It's enough that Chunhua is here. Sister Liuli, please help me look at my clothes more."

"No, I have to take good care of you, otherwise if anything happens to you, the master will beat me to death." Liuli refused to let her out of her sight.

Chen Dongxi had to come up with another idea.

After coming out of the outhouse, she kept saying she wanted to go out for a walk.

Agate was left behind to watch the embroiderer alter clothes, while Glass accompanied her outside.

As they reached a fork in the road, Chen Dongxi suddenly pointed in the opposite direction and shouted, "Hey, isn't that Uncle Shen? What's Uncle Shen doing in the capital?"

"Hmm? Has Uncle arrived?" Liuli subconsciously looked in the direction she was pointing.

But after looking carefully for a while, she still couldn't see the Shen brothers.

"No, Miss Xi'er, you must be mistaken."

She turned around as she spoke, only to find that Chen Dongxi was gone.

Liuli was instantly terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Miss Xi'er? Chen Dongxi?"

She frantically began looking for someone.

Chen Dongxi, who was hiding in the alley, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing her leave and immediately ran out.

After asking a few kind-looking people on the street for directions, she learned the address of the Cui residence and hurriedly ran over, knocking on the door.

"Who is it?" A servant from the Cui household opened the door.

"I was sent by the First Madam of the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion. She has something to give to the Old Madam. It's extremely urgent. Please let me in quickly." Chen Dongxi took out the token.

She remembered Cui Ruixin's words.

The letter must be given to the old lady in person.

The servant took the token and looked at the unfamiliar young girl with suspicion.

"Are you the maidservant of my aunt? I've never seen you before."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongxi's face flushed red, and she angrily retorted, "You're the maid!!!"

"Let me in to see the old lady immediately. If the eldest madam's life is in danger, can you afford to pay for it?"

The servant, seeing that she was only six or seven years old, didn't take her words seriously at all.

"You're just a stranger, a young girl, trying to see my old lady with nothing but random things. You're dreaming."

“Give back the life of the First Madam. What could possibly happen to a lady of a marquis’s household like her?”

Chen Dongxi remembered running around in circles.

She was afraid that Agate and Glass would come looking for her soon, and then how would she help her aunt?

So she hardened her heart, stomped her foot, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Madam Cui, come quickly! If you don't come soon, your daughter will die!"

The servant was startled by her shouts and immediately grabbed a broom to chase her out.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Go away, get out of here."

Chen Dongxi ignored her and shouted even louder.

In no time, people gathered around to watch the spectacle.

"Old Madam Cui's daughter? Isn't that the mistress of the Jing'an Marquis's mansion? Why is she dying all of a sudden?"

"Could it be that the disease has reached its terminal stage?"

"How could that be? If the illness were terminal, how could they send just a little maid? It should be either a maidservant of Madam Cui's daughter or someone sent directly from the Marquis's residence."

"This little girl looks like she ran away. Could it be that the Marquis's mansion is trying to kill Minister Cui's daughter?"

Everyone was talking about it.

The servant panicked upon hearing these words; if it were true, he would be in deep trouble.

"Come in here." He didn't dare to kick people out, so he could only drag Chen Dongxi into the mansion.

But this time, Chen Dongxi didn't dare to go in.

This guy had looked like he was about to kill him.

Once she entered the Cui residence, who knew if she would even have the chance to leave alive?

She struggled desperately: "Call the old lady out, I won't go in. I'll wait for her here."

"Come in and talk." Seeing that more and more people were gathering, the servant became even more anxious.

The more anxious he became, the more frightened Chen Dongxi became, and the more fiercely she struggled.

Before she knew it, the letter she had been holding flew out of her arms.

Among the onlookers, some of the bolder ones picked up the letter.