"Wei Wei, Xin Shang, Yongheng, are you three ready?" Wei Shuxuan suddenly remembered she had left out one person. She tilted her head slightly and looked at the tall man. "Xin Shi, right? Are you ready?"
"Miss, this subordinate is ready to set off."
"Sister Xuan, I'm ready too!" Sima Yongheng looked extremely eager.
"Miss Xuan, this subordinate and Xin Shi are both ready."
"Great. Then let's go to the night market!"
It was the perfect time for a stroll after dinner. Taking a walk in the night market helped with digestion. Some people also came to the night market to look for cheap and nice things. The street was bustling with people, completely different from the quiet night in Silent Town.
"This place is really lively!" Wei Shuxuan was a bit excited. She curiously looked around at the stalls on both sides of the street. "Let me see if I can find some good stuff."
Wei Wei watched as Wei Shuxuan nimbly weaved through the crowded people. He almost couldn't keep up with her. "Wei Wei, come and help me carry this."
Before long, he heard Wei Shuxuan's voice again. "Xin Shang, hurry up and help me carry this! Wei Wei said he can't carry any more!"
"And Yongheng, come and help me carry things quickly!" Wei Shuxuan shouted anxiously.
Finally, even Xin Shi was called over to be a porter. "Um... Xin Shi, could you please help me carry this?"
After shopping in the night market, the four people who had originally been following Wei Shuxuan were now all carrying a lot of things, while Wei Shuxuan looked extremely satisfied. "Ah, it's so great. I haven't shopped like this for a long time!"
"Shoping? Miss, what strange words are you saying?" Wei Wei heard Wei Shuxuan's words and looked at her in confusion.
Wei Shuxuan was so scared that she quickly slapped her own mouth. She had really been too carried away. She quickly forced a smile. "It's nothing. You must have misheard. I was just saying that I'm very happy about shopping!"
"Really?" Wei Wei also looked at Wei Shuxuan with a strange look in his eyes. Obviously, he still didn't quite believe his own miss's words.
"Wei Wei, are you doubting my words?" Wei Shuxuan pretended to be angry and glared at Wei Wei with her willow - like eyebrows raised.
Wei Wei didn't expect that his usually care - free miss would get angry because of this. He was immediately stunned and quickly said, "Miss, this subordinate definitely has no intention of doubting you. This subordinate was just confused. Please don't be angry, miss!"
"All right, all right. I'm not angry," Wei Shuxuan waved her hand indifferently. "Let's go back quickly!"
When they got back to the inn, the four of them put the things in Wei Shuxuan's room and then left to go back to their own rooms to rest. Wei Shuxuan looked at the table that was piled up full. She seemed to have bought too much... How were they going to travel tomorrow?
Xin Zizhao, who was reviewing memorials in the imperial study, received another letter sent by a carrier pigeon. He recognized this pigeon. It was the one he had given to Xin Shi. He guessed that Xin Shang had asked Xin Shi to come back here with them.
He quickly opened the rolled - up letter. "My lord, this subordinate is truly ashamed. Regarding Sima Yongheng, this subordinate thought that Miss Xuan had only taken in this young man as a follower because she was going out to travel. I didn't expect that Miss Xuan would bring him back to the palace. Please rest assured, my lord. This subordinate will definitely find out all about Sima Yongheng and will never let any unnecessary danger befall you and Miss Xuan."
Just as he finished reading the letter from Xin Shang, another carrier pigeon flew over. Xin Zizhao knew at a glance that this was the pigeon he and Wei Shuxuan used to communicate with. Just as he took down the letter, he heard the little eunuch beside him rushing in in a hurry.
"What's the matter that makes you so flustered?" Xin Zizhao looked at the little eunuch with displeasure.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened..." the little eunuch stammered in reply to Xin Zizhao.
In Quan'an Town, after Wei Shuxuan and her group had rested for one night, they were ready to set off. However, in the morning, an unpleasant incident occurred when Wei Wei and Xin Shang were helping Wei Shuxuan pack her luggage.
Xin Shi only obeyed Xin Zizhao and Xin Shang. Seeing that woman asking his boss to do some trivial things, he felt very angry. Moreover, there was a great deal of luggage, and it was a bit laborious for Wei Wei and Xin Shang to pack it up.
So he angrily stood in front of Wei Shuxuan. "Miss Xuan, why do you ask my boss to do such things? My boss is supposed to do great things with the lord, yet you ask him to do something as trivial as packing luggage. I'm really dissatisfied with you."
Hearing Xin Shi's words, Wei Shuxuan wasn't angry. Instead, she looked at him with a smile. "You're quite brave, kid. But I packed up all the luggage last night. I just asked Wei Wei and Xin Shang to help me carry it onto the carriage. And I know I bought too much. Before we set off, I've already asked Wei Wei to buy a new and bigger carriage. So what else are you dissatisfied with?"
She didn't think there was anything wrong with what she had done. She had just asked Wei Wei and the others to help her carry some things.
Xin Shang helplessly rubbed his forehead. He was too exhausted to even complain. "This stupid Xin Shi..."
After carrying the box of things onto the carriage, Xin Shang walked up to Xin Shi and pinched his ear. "All right, Xin Shi, stop getting angry for no reason. If I didn't like it, I wouldn't help Miss Xuan. And Miss Xuan has never forced me to do anything. You should reflect on yourself. Sometimes you need to handle things more tactfully. Do you understand? Think it over carefully."
"Got it, boss."
Xin Shi, who had been scolded, felt a bit wronged. But since his boss had angrily rebuked him, he didn't dare to refute his boss anymore.
"All right, all right. You two stop arguing. We're going to set off!" Wei Shuxuan reminded Xin Shang. She really didn't care about what Xin Shi had said to her, and she had a clear conscience and wasn't afraid of being contradicted.
Xin Shang sat back beside Wei Wei, took the reins, and urged the horse forward. Wei Wei looked at Xin Shang. "You've really had a hard time."
"It can't be helped. I'm used to it."
Xin Shang sighed helplessly.
This brief unpleasantness ended quickly. Wei Shuxuan propped her chin up and gloomily wondered when she would finally see Xin Zizhao.
In the imperial study, Xin Zizhao frowned and coldly looked at the thing that had been presented. He looked up, his eyes filled with a chilling coldness. "Tell me what this thing is?"
At this moment, Xin Zizhao was exuding a terrifying aura of killing.