The waiter pointed to the intersection ahead and said, "We're going to turn there."
But the carriage didn't seem to be planning to turn, they were going to another place.
Xia Yuanqiu took Xiao Er's arm, jumped out of the carriage, and landed lightly at the intersection pointed by Xiao Er.
The waiter couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect that you are a noble princess and you actually know martial arts."
Xia Yuanqiu smiled and said: "Is it unusual for the princess to know martial arts?"
The waiter said: "It used to be quite strange, but it doesn't seem so strange now."
"Oh? How do you say this? Why is it not unusual now?"
The waiter said: "In the past, I only heard that princesses or concubines in the palace were the ladies of certain families. But now, there is a miraculous doctor, the crown prince, who not only knows medical skills, but is also an extremely expert. The more we listened, the more we began to realize that it was not surprising that the princess knew martial arts."
Xia Yuanqiu laughed and didn't say anything. He just followed the waiter and walked all the way into the alley.
"How long have you, the shopkeeper, been working at the Herbal Food House?"
The waiter thought for a while and replied: "It's been a long time. I came here half a year ago. I heard that he came to me more than a year ago. It must have been more than two years anyway."
Xia Yuanqiu nodded and asked, "How is he usually behaved at the Medicinal Food Building? Is he kind to others?"
The waiter shook his head: "That's quite mean. He could withhold more than half of the things that Boss Xu ordered us to reward and take them back to his home. Boss Xu asked us to add monthly money. He did everything well on the books, but in reality, we Less than half of what he had in hand was stolen by him."
"Don't you know how to tell Boss Xu about this?"
The waiter sighed: "Why don't you want to say it, but he said that Boss Xu has an unusual relationship with him. If anyone tells this matter, he will be fine, and he will still be the shopkeeper here, but we will be in trouble." .”
Xia Yuanqiu asked again: "Why is your boss Xu sick?"
The waiter shook his head: "We don't know that either. He looks fine on weekdays, but he suddenly fainted that day for no apparent reason. We were also very frightened."
It seemed that there was no way to break through the waiter, so Xia Yuanqiu simply stopped asking.
Xu Changqing's home is in the middle of this alley. The house has three entrances. In this small county, it is considered a luxury house.
The waiter knocked on the door. The concierge recognized the waiter at once and asked, "Why are you here? Did something happen to the medicinal food building?"
The waiter shook his head, pointed to Xia Yuanqiu behind him and said, "This is the princess. She is an old acquaintance of the boss. She learned that the boss was ill and came here to visit."
As soon as the boy heard that the other party was the princess, he immediately opened the door without saying a word and bowed to welcome her in.
After the boy closed the door, he led Xia Yuanqiu and the others directly to the courtyard where Xu Changqing lived.
I saw a maid on the road and hurriedly whispered something to the maid, asking her to go ahead and inform the master and his wife that the princess had entered the house and let them prepare to welcome her.
The maid ran away in a hurry, almost falling down in her anxiety. No wonder, in this small county, they had never seen a noble person of the princess's level, so it was inevitable that they would be a little nervous.
In Cuiju, there were people kneeling on the ground in the courtyard. The leader was Xu Changqing's wife, Xu Yang, who was also the head mistress of Xu Mansion.
Xia Yuanqiu had met her several times before and recognized her at a glance. He hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help her up, and said softly: "Mrs. Xu, there is no need to be polite."