A crown princess who doesn't do infrastructure construction isn't a good doctor.

The bookstore closed at 5:45 PM. The few people in the reading room reluctantly left the store right on time. Chang Xing went out and tidied up the store with the other employees. Jin Wen would be staying at the store tonight. After seeing Xu Huai off, Lan Feng and Gao Yu returned to the Prince An's Mansion.

"Lanfeng, what are you looking at? You almost bumped into someone's stall."

Gao Yu pulled Lan Feng back from nearly bumping into the stall owner who was packing up his stall, and asked in confusion.

“Look, this is the main street, and in the past few days, people from all walks of life have been coming to Yejing to offer birthday greetings. There are patrols from time to time, and people who are not properly dressed or beggars are not allowed. But over there…”

Before Lan Feng could finish speaking, Gao Yu noticed something amiss ahead. Three ragged, visibly thin men had been driven out of the grain store and collapsed to the ground, exhausted. After a moment, they helped each other to their feet.

Lan Feng was puzzled. "They seemed to be carrying money, so why were they kicked out?"

Gao Yu pondered for a moment and said, "The waiter who chased them out had a strange expression on his face, as if he was avoiding those people."

After exchanging a glance with Gao Yu, Lan Feng whispered, "The Lord instructed us to keep a close eye on the unusual things happening in Yejing these past few days. Should we go and ask about it?"

Gao Yu pursed her lips and nodded, "Mm!"

"Walk."

As the two men stopped the three men, they happened to reach the entrance of an alley. Suddenly, they saw two people dressed quite differently from ordinary people in front of them. Thinking they were blocking the way, they immediately bent down to make way.

Seeing this, Gao Yu took a step to the side to block the three people's way and said, "Wait."

Thinking they had encountered some rich young master who was deliberately looking for someone to amuse them, the three immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"I'm so sorry, please forgive us, sir! We're just fleeing from disaster, we haven't done anything wrong, and we still have wives and children waiting to go back..."

Lan Feng and Gao Yu were startled by the sudden action of the group, and after hearing what they were saying, they were even more confused.

The two exchanged a puzzled look, then explained, "We're not here to cause trouble, we're not bad people, please stop kowtowing..."

After shouting and explaining for a while, scaring away several pedestrians passing by the intersection, he was able to calm the three frightened people down a little. But judging from their expressions, they were still very nervous, especially the one in the middle who was carefully clutching the tattered hem of the clothes of the two people next to him. His eyes, which were covered by messy hair, kept glancing around. If things went wrong, he might grab the people and run away.

"We will answer any questions you may have, no matter what they are asking."

After helping the three of them up, Lan Feng carefully considered his words and asked, "You just said you were fleeing here. What exactly happened?"

The thinnest one in the middle replied, "We are from Qingshan City. Qingshan City is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Two months ago, it rained heavily for half a month. Not only did the city flood, but the surrounding mountains were also washed away. A large number of houses and crops were buried. Some people managed to escape and originally wanted to ask nearby cities for help, but some of them were in trouble themselves, so they came to Yejing together."

The two listened with furrowed brows, and then Gao Yu asked, "Then why are only a few of you here now?"

"When we arrived at the city gate, we were stopped by the soldiers. They wouldn't let us enter the city, so we had to leave the rest of us outside. The three of us managed to sneak in with the help of some kind beggars, and we took the money that the villagers had collected to buy some food to take back."

Gao Yu: "So you did bring money, why were you kicked out?"

At this point, all three of them wore bitter expressions.

"The shop owner guessed that we were refugees and said that after a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic. He was afraid that we had already contracted the disease, so he wouldn't let us into the shop. We tried several shops, and it was the same. We didn't know what to do anymore."

As they spoke, the men's voices began to choke up.

Upon hearing about the epidemic, even though the three people in front of them looked relatively healthy, Lan Feng and Gao Yu couldn't help but take a half step back.

Seeing this, and realizing that the two young men blocking their way did not seem to have any ill intentions, the one who looked more honest looked up and explained, "Don't be afraid, esteemed guests. Although some of our fellow villagers on the road have indeed fallen ill, we have a doctor with us, and all three of us are in good health. Otherwise, even if we bought grain in the city, we wouldn't be able to take it with us."

Thinking about it, that made sense, but the two were still a little worried. After discussing it together for a while, Lan Feng spoke up.

"You haven't bought any food today, and the city gates are already closed. Where are you going to spend the night?"

At this moment, the man in the middle pressed down on the two people beside him and said, "We don't have any special requirements now. We can just find a corner where we won't be seen by the patrols and squat there for the night."

Knowing that the person was definitely not telling the truth, Lan Feng didn't ask any more questions.

“We need to go back and report today’s events to our master. Our master is kind-hearted and may very well lend you a helping hand. We were just wondering if we could give you an address so we can find you tomorrow.”

"This……"

The three looked at each other for a moment, all somewhat excited, but the wariness they had developed during their escape prevented them from saying anything directly. In particular, the one who was the smallest but clearly the center of the group, kept his eyes down and remained silent for a while, while the other two also waited in silence for him to make a decision.

Lan Feng and Gao Yu were not in a hurry. After exchanging a knowing glance, they waited quietly.

"It's that dilapidated City God Temple at the very end of Xizheng Street."

Upon hearing this, the two, expecting him to say something else, both turned their gaze to the thin man in the middle.

After exhaling, the thin man repeated, "It's right there. If there is good news, we will all be grateful for your great kindness."

After saying that, the thin man prepared to kneel down again.

Gao Yu quickly stopped the person and said, "You don't need to do this. We need to go back and explain the situation before we know the outcome."

After saying that, Lan Feng and Gao Yu quickened their pace and ran back to the Prince An's mansion. If they were any later, they would be scolded by the Gao family, especially their son Gao Yu.

However, when the doorman opened the door for the two, there stood the expressionless head housekeeper inside.

Lan Feng darted behind Gao Yu, exposing her completely to the Gao family.

Gao Yu glared at the ungrateful person, then chuckled and called out, "Father."

After giving a snort, the executive said, "Why are you back so late again?"

Gao Yu also went to the bookstore yesterday, but she was a little late because she was helping to clear out the remaining goods in the store.

"Um... Father, we still have something to report to Zhengjun. I'll explain it to you next time."

As they were talking, Gao Yu, "forgiving past grievances," pulled Lan Feng inside first.

However, the executive didn't even glance at the two who were running away like rabbits for their lives. He turned around with his hands behind his back, smiled, and shook his head.