Wei Wei felt a bit helpless. He had no choice but to reach out and shake Wei Shuxuan's shoulder. "Miss, miss, miss..."
"Ah? What's up?" Hearing Wei Wei's voice, Wei Shuxuan quickly came back to her senses and turned to look at him.
"Miss, what were you thinking so intently about?" Wei Wei retracted his hand. "I just wanted to ask what you'd like to eat."
Following Wei Wei's gaze, Wei Shuxuan saw the towering steamers and the burning stove beside them. After a moment's thought, she said, "Do you have noodle soup? I'd like some noodle soup."
"Waiter, do you have noodle soup?" As soon as Wei Wei heard that Wei Shuxuan wanted noodle soup, he immediately shouted to the waiter in the teahouse.
"Yes, sir. Do you want one bowl?" The waiter replied promptly to Wei Wei's question.
Wei Wei looked at Si Ma Yongheng sitting beside them. "What would you like to eat?"
"Sister Xuan is having noodle soup, so I'll have noodle soup too."
"Waiter, bring three bowls of noodle soup and six steamed buns."
"Sure thing!"
After leaving Bird - Chirping Town, the next destination for Wei Shuxuan and the other two was a town with a very strange name, Funny Town.
As soon as Wei Shuxuan heard the name of this town, she found it extremely interesting, which piqued her curiosity. "I want to go. Let's go and have some fun in this town later."
"If Sister Xuan wants to go, then I'll go too."
"Humph, you little rascal only knows how to say things to make people happy."
After taking a rest in the teahouse, Wei Shuxuan and the others were ready to set off. The couple sitting next to them also got up and prepared to leave. The young husband packed up their things and led his wife away.
"My lady, let's go."
Wei Shuxuan watched as the young husband took his wife's hand. The young wife was smiling sweetly at her husband. Then they left with their luggage. The direction they were going was the same as the one Wei Shuxuan and the others were taking to Funny Town.
"Sister Xuan, I didn't expect there would be someone going the same way as us."
"Keep your voice down. Don't let them hear you, you little scoundrel."
The young couple was walking, while Wei Shuxuan and the other two were riding horses. They quickly overtook the couple and arrived in Funny Town before nightfall.
Funny Town got its name because this town specialized in making small ornaments with strange shapes. Everyone who bought these small ornaments couldn't help but give them an interesting review. Later, in order to attract tourists to the town, it was renamed Funny Town.
"Wow, Wei Wei, Yongheng, look! The small ornaments they're selling here are so interesting. This one is so nice, and this one is so cute!" Wei Shuxuan really liked these delicate and strange small ornaments.
"Miss, do you want to buy these small ornaments and take them back?" Wei Wei leaned over and asked Wei Shuxuan.
"... I do want to, but I'm afraid it might add to our burden on the road..." Wei Shuxuan said to Wei Wei with some hesitation.
However, before Wei Wei could reply, Si Ma Yongheng rushed to say, "It's okay, Sister Xuan. I can carry them for you. Just buy as many as you like."
"Ah, Yongheng, you're so good to me!" Wei Shuxuan stroked Si Ma Yongheng's head.
In the end, Wei Shuxuan still bought a whole bunch of small ornaments and took them back to the inn. While Si Ma Yongheng went into the inner room to take a bath, Wei Wei wrote a letter to Xin Zizhao to report their safety.
When Si Ma Yongheng came out, he saw Wei Wei standing by the window, not knowing what he was doing. Then he saw the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone still on the table. "Brother Wei, what are you writing?"
"... You don't need to worry about this."
Of course, Wei Wei couldn't tell Si Ma Yongheng what he had just written.
"If it threatens Sister Xuan's safety, then I definitely have to worry about it!" The look in Si Ma Yongheng's eyes towards Wei Wei became fierce, completely different from the innocent and lively boy he usually was.
Wei Wei looked at Si Ma Yongheng, and his own eyes also changed. This boy was definitely not an ordinary person! It seemed that he had to keep a closer eye on Si Ma Yongheng.
"I've been by the miss's side for many years. If there's someone who might harm her, the first person to be suspected would be you, who just got to know the miss recently, not me," Wei Wei paused. "Moreover, the miss is not as simple as you think. You'd better watch your step."
In fact, Si Ma Yongheng didn't want to harm Wei Shuxuan. He was just worried that what Wei Wei was keeping from Wei Shuxuan might endanger her.
Since Wei Shuxuan left the palace, Xin Zizhao had already received two letters from Wei Wei. With this one in his hand, there were already three.
Xin Zizhao opened the third letter and quickly skimmed through it. They were now in Funny Town? Xuan'er had taken in a young man who looked somewhat like him? What was going on with this young man?
Xin Zizhao clenched the letter in his hand. "Someone."
Since Xin Zizhao ascended the throne as the emperor, his subordinate Xin Shang had become his number - one bodyguard, responsible for protecting his safety and carrying out the secret tasks he assigned.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I wonder what important matter Your Majesty has called me for?" Xin Shang knelt on one knee respectfully.
"Immediately send someone to Funny Town to protect Xuan'er. And don't let Xuan'er or her secret bodyguards notice. Protect her secretly. Do you understand?" Xin Zizhao stood with his hands behind his back, gazing out of the window.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I'll follow your orders."
Not long after Xin Shang left, a little eunuch rushed in to announce. "Your Majesty, the Minister of Personnel and the Grand Scholar are outside and wish to see you on business."
"Let them in."
The Minister of Personnel and the Grand Scholar walked in and first bowed to Xin Zizhao. "Your humble servant pays respects to Your Majesty!"
"Rise! What is it that you two have come to see me about specifically?" Xin Zizhao turned around and looked at the two prime - minister - level officials.
The two ministers glanced at each other, and the Grand Scholar had to speak first. "The queen has been away from the palace for many days. The position of the queen cannot be left vacant for a single day. Your humble servant and the other ministers have discussed this. We all hope that Your Majesty can hold a selection of maidens of honor and choose a more suitable person to be the queen from a group of outstanding maidens."
"I've only been on the throne for a short time. Why don't you suggest finding a more suitable person to be the emperor of the Yulong Kingdom?" There was no trace of a smile on Xin Zizhao's face. He looked at them coldly.
"Your Majesty, your humble servant didn't mean that," the Grand Scholar explained to Xin Zizhao in a flustered manner.
"If you didn't mean that, then what did you mean?" Xin Zizhao lowered his eyes slightly. "I've said that the position of the queen belongs to the daughter of the Wei family, and it will always be hers."