After having breakfast, Xuexue took Zi Xia out.
In the carriage, Zi Xia occasionally poked her head out to look at the scenery outside. Noticing that this road was slightly different from the usual route, she asked, "Miss, aren’t we going to the shop? Did we take the wrong road?"
Xuexue smiled and said, "No mistake, this is the road. We’re not going to the shop today; there’s sothing urgent we need to do."
Zi Xia was puzzled and asked, "Miss, where are we going?"
Xuexue replied mysteriously, "You’ll know in a while."
"Oh!" With the Miss being so secretive, Zi Xia didn’t ask further and sat obediently in the palanquin.
The palanquin traveled for about two hours and arrived at a small town. It was quite strange—although it was clearly dayti, the streets were entirely empty, and the shops on both sides were tightly closed.
"Miss, did we possibly co to the wrong place?" Zi Xia opened the palanquin’s curtain and, seeing the outside situation, asked with curiosity.
Hearing this, Xuexue also looked out and felt surprised. It was lively here at night, so why was it so desolate during the day?
She too began to doubt whether they had co to the wrong place, so she asked the palanquin porters to stop. Lifting her skirt, she got out of the palanquin, glanced around, and murmured to herself, "Strange. We didn’t co to the wrong place, so why is there no sign of life? Could they all have moved away?"
There were rows and rows of shops on both sides of the street, yet at this mont they were all tightly closed, and none were open for business.
At this mont, from a corner of the street, an old man appeared. He carried a basket on his back and held a wooden tong in his hand. He walked over slowly, picking up sothing from the ground as he went.
Xuexue, who had stayed with the Nong family, knew that this old man was soone who collected manure—looking for dog and cow dung along the roadside to dry out and use as fertilizer.
The place not far from this small town was where the farrs lived, so it was normal for soone from the Nong family to appear here.
Xuexue stepped forward to stop the old man and politely asked, "Old man, I have sothing to ask you."
The old man paused, seeing a beautifully dressed girl who looked like a Heavenly Immortal stopping his way. He could tell she was from a wealthy family, so he asked, "Young lady, what do you need?"
Xuexue pointed to the stores on both sides and asked, "Sir, why are these shops not open? Have they moved away?"
The old man listened and shook his head repeatedly, looking at Xuexue as he asked, "Young lady, are you from out of town?"
This area was on the outskirts, not within the Capital. Additionally, Xuexue had returned to the Capital not too long ago, so she wasn’t very familiar with the surroundings. She nodded and said, "Yes, old man, how did you tell?"
The old man laughed, "Locals all know that these shops don’t open during the day but at night. Young lady, co back at night; it’s lively then."
Oh, so that’s how it was. Xuexue suddenly realized.
After bidding farewell to the old man, Xuexue walked another dozen ters forward and finally found the pharmacy.
Zi Xia was puzzled and asked, "Miss, what exactly are you looking for?"
Xuexue stepped forward to knock on the door, saying, "Looking for soone."
"Looking for soone? Who are we looking for?" Zi Xia was perplexed. Wasn’t it just finding soone? The Miss didn’t need to personally search, right?
Indeed, Xuexue was now the Princess Consort of War Prince. With just an order, soone would help her bring the person to the War Prince’s Mansion. There was no need for her to co this far personally to fetch soone.
However, this indicated that the person was very important to Xuexue.
"Thud, thud, thud...! Is anyone there?"
Inside was silent.
Xuexue knocked harder again, but there was still no response from inside.
Zi Xia frowned and said, "Miss, maybe there’s no one inside."
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