Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Chapter 132 Panic

Jingu Street was crowded with people, and among the crowd, two women in pink and yellow clothes stood out.

The woman in yellow was called Su Xin. She had her hair in a double bun and was holding a few wooden boxes in her hands. She looked at the person next to her and asked.

"Miss Jun...are you feeling unwell? Why are you always straightening your back and rubbing your shoulders?"

Xining frowned, pinched his arm, and said in a somewhat listless tone.

"I learned archery yesterday, and I was so tired from doing horse stance with a sandbag. I'm so sore."

Su Xin asked suspiciously, "Even if Miss is learning archery, why would she carry a sandbag?"

Xining made way for the oncoming carriage, "Marquis Dingbei thinks I'm too delicate and wants me to train my physical fitness."

"What?" Su Xin was startled and scolded, "Young lady, you are a delicate woman and have never done any heavy work. How could he let you do this? This is really too much. I will go back and tell the prince."

When Xining heard this, the fatigue and soreness disappeared instantly. He immediately grabbed Su Xin's arm and said anxiously.

"Don't tell him about it, and don't let Dad know. I want to learn it on my own, it's none of his business."

"Miss?"

Jasmine tastes a little different.

In the past, the princess's comments on other young men were either weak scholars, playboys, or money-grubbing reckless men. She never spoke for anyone.

Now this is...

She thought for a moment and then asked, "Young lady won't let me tell you, and you're afraid the prince will find out. Is it because... you have feelings for Marquis Dingbei?"

Fall in love?

That stern face appeared in Xining's mind again, and he remembered the night of the emperor's birthday when Xiao Yan supported him in time to avoid an embarrassing scene.

My heart began to beat fast and my face turned red.

She turned her eyes away to look at the crowd, slowly turned into another small street, and said something as if she was hiding something.

"I just think this is a trivial matter. My father has already left Beijing and returned to Jinyang. Why bother disturbing him? Besides, it was me who insisted on learning. How can I blame others?"

"That's true." Su Xin shrugged the wooden box in her arms.

"But men's physical training is too tiring. Miss, you'd better not learn it. Who in the boudoir would wield a sword or a stick? It's beneath your dignity. Look how much fun we have shopping."

Xining said impatiently: "Oh, you won't understand even if I tell you about this."

As they were talking, a boy came out from the side alley and stood in front of them.

He was thin, his clothes were patched, there was a small brown scar on his face, and his eyes were red.

"Sister, can you save my father?"

Xining and Su Xin exchanged a glance and looked at him, "Little boy, what happened to your father?"

The boy pursed his lips and said, "My father and I depend on each other for survival. He is sick and has no money for treatment. He has been lying in bed for a whole day and night without eating. I beg you, sister, to be kind and save my father."

Xining asked, "Where do you live?"

The boy raised his hand and pointed to the alley. "It's the first house on the corner inside the alley."

Xining glanced sideways, touched the boy's head, thought for a while, and said to Su Xin.

"Su Xin, go to the bun shop in front and buy some buns. I'll go see his father first."

Su Xin has followed the princess since she was a child, and she follows Xining wherever she goes.

Previously, Xining went to Wangjiang Tower for a banquet. She was going to go with him, but the prince was accompanying him, so she didn't go.

The princess had never been anywhere alone, and now they were in a busy street with many people around. Su Xin would definitely not let Xining go alone.

She leaned over and whispered in her ear.

"Princess, the streets are crowded and unsafe. Let's not meddle in other people's business. If he's hungry, we can just buy him some food."

Xining glanced at the boy from the side and replied in a low voice.

"This child is only seven or eight years old, thin and pitiful. Perhaps his family is really in trouble. I can't bear it if I don't help him. Besides, he's so close, so I'll just go and take a look. Come over after you buy some buns. It's okay."

Su Xin glanced into the alley, which was only two meters away, and hesitated.

"……But……"

"Don't worry, just go." Xining patted her arm, "Come here quickly after you buy it."

Su Xin walked and stopped, and saw Xining holding the boy's hand and walking into the alley.

The bun shop is just around the corner, quite close, but the business is so good that people are lining up for two meters.

Su Xin suddenly looked worried. It would take half a cup of tea to buy it, and the princess was still waiting. Moreover, if she left for too long, what if...

She thought for a moment, tightened her fingertips as she looked at the line, took a deep breath, and walked over to stand next to the bun shop.

"Boss, I want all these crab buns."

The boss was stunned for a moment, and before he could respond, the old woman sitting first in line next to him became unhappy and immediately scolded him.

"Hey, little girl, you don't queue up to buy things. You just come up and take it all. Do you know the rules? If you want to eat, go queue up at the back."

Xining knew he was in the wrong, but for the sake of the young lady he didn't care and retorted.

"My daughter is in a hurry to eat. Boss, I will buy all your buns at double the price. You don't have to sell them to the people behind you."

When the boss heard the double price, he hesitated, but the people behind him started shouting.

"We were queuing up nicely, and you suddenly came and cut in line. Even if you have money, you can't be so overbearing."

"Yeah, little girl, how can you be so naughty at such a young age? Didn't your parents teach you?"

"Go away and don't make trouble, or I'll call the police."

"........."

Su Xin glanced coldly at the people around her who were pointing and talking, and got angry. She immediately took out five taels of silver from her bosom and slammed it on the counter, staring at the person who was shouting next to her and asked.

"Boss, is that enough?"

The boss was dumbfounded. Seeing other customers in trouble, he stammered.

"...Girl, this...I also..."

"clatter--"

Another five taels of silver were thrown on the table, and Su Xin said arrogantly.

"Is it enough this time?"

How many baskets of buns can you buy with ten taels of silver?

Not only the boss was dumbfounded, but even the people queuing to watch were dumbfounded.

Even though queuing makes sense, it is not worth ten taels of silver.

The people in the queue dispersed on their own, cursing.

Su Xin looked very proud and whispered to herself, "You are such a cunning person, but you only have so little ability. Silver is still the real deal."

She hurried to the alley with the buns and went to the first house on the corner.

The black lacquered wooden door was half open, and rusty farm tools lay leaning in the dimness in the aisle.

Su Xin covered her nose, pushed open the door, and stepped over the threshold. Her foot landed in a pit on the ground, and she accidentally twisted it and cried out.

She looked around with disdain.

A dilapidated wooden ladder stood on one side of the aisle. In the corner of the wall stood a wooden cabinet with broken legs, covered with spider webs, with small spiders dangling from their threads.

I immediately thought to myself, "This place is damp and musty, is it suitable for people to live in?"

"Miss." Su Xin walked into the aisle, calling out as she walked.

She turned to the other door, walked in, and her face suddenly turned bad.

There were a few pieces of porcelain cups scattered on the ground, and a wooden chair fell to the ground. There was only a shabby wooden bed and a wardrobe in the inner room, and no one was there.

Su Xin's head buzzed, her heart suddenly exploded and she was stunned. Several bags of buns fell to the ground.

"Where's the young lady? The young lady!"

She went back in panic, and her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of white on the ground at the corner of the door.

Su Xin glanced sideways and saw that it was a pearl, and she picked it up immediately.

"This is the pearl on the princess's button. The princess has been murdered!"