"Don't worry, when we get out of the city and back home, I will definitely let you eat your fill." Butcher Yun touched Yun Yiyi's hair and said with a smile.

"Uncle, we want all your peaches. Could you give us a lower price?"

The stall owner glanced at Yun the Butcher and Old Man Wu, and seeing that they were silent, he knew they meant the same thing.

In previous years, when the weather was good, peaches were large and sweet, and there was no problem selling them. But the drought of the past two years has caused a shortage of food and water, and peaches, a fruit that does not fill the stomach, have been difficult to sell.

He brought two baskets of peaches, weighing over 80 kilograms, and set up his stall as soon as the city gates opened that morning. So far, he's sold around 20 kilograms of peaches. Even so, buyers still complained about the peaches being smaller than they were in previous years.

Forget it, if they buy them all at once, I'll just lower the price. Otherwise, as things stand, I'm sure the peaches won't be sold out before I leave town today.

"If you all buy them, I'll charge you twenty cents per pound." The stall owner said cruelly.

Butcher Yun glanced at Old Man Wu, who nodded.

"Then please weigh all the peaches," said Yun the butcher.

The stall owner weighed the two baskets of peaches again and found that they weighed 66 kilograms with the baskets.

"Before I came, I weighed the empty baskets. One empty basket weighs three catties, and two empty baskets weigh six catties. So, minus the weight of the baskets, the peaches weigh sixty catties."

"But I'm afraid the peaches might get bruised, so I'll give you another pound. You'll pay me for 59 pounds."

"Fifty-nine pounds of peaches is one tael of silver and one hundred and eighty wen. Uncle, am I right?" Yun Yiyi said quickly.

"Yes, that's the correct number. I didn't expect a little girl like you to calculate so quickly." The stall owner praised in surprise.

"You're too kind. But my little girl is really good at calculating." Yun the Butcher said happily.

Old Man Wu paid the stall owner. Butcher Yun carried a basket in each hand and loaded it onto Old Man Wu's mule cart.

Butcher Yun and his companions walked around for a while and came across a shop selling steamed buns. He and Old Man Wu each bought some meat buns.

Next to the bun shop was a braised meat shop. Yun Yiyi asked Yun the butcher to buy five pounds of braised beef. Yun the butcher hadn't wanted to buy it originally, as he already had plenty of meat at home.

However, thinking that they had to eat meat secretly at home, and everyone hadn't eaten braised beef in soy sauce for a long time, Yun the butcher made up his mind and bought five pounds of braised beef in soy sauce.

After buying the braised beef, Yun the butcher looked back at Yun Yiyi's much thinner face and Xie Zirui's thin arms, and felt that it was worth it.

Old Man Wu, like Butcher Yun, bought five pounds of braised beef. Old Man Wu's family never lacked meat, so buying five pounds of braised beef was no big deal for him.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yun the Butcher discussed with Old Man Wu and prepared to leave the city.

They drove the mule cart all the way to the South Gate.

The first thing Yun the Butcher and Wu did when they arrived at the South Gate was to park their mule cart next to the well. A soldier selling water came over with a bucket of water, and Yun the Butcher and Wu the Old Man busied themselves cleaning the water tank.

Only after the two men cleaned the water tank, filled it with water, and paid the soldiers for the water did they drive the mule cart out of the city.

In Yunzhou, far away from here, there was a tense atmosphere in the eldest prince's mansion.

In a study room filled with books and paintings, a man was reporting intelligence to the eldest prince who was sitting behind the desk.

"Is there still no news about Zirui?" asked a low voice.

"Replying to the eldest prince, our people have not yet received any news about the prince."

"How long has Rui'er been missing? Why don't you have any news about Rui'er?" What followed was a covered bowl that fell to the ground.

The man kneeling on the ground almost fell to the ground when he saw this.

"Tell me, what's wrong? Are you mute?" the person sitting behind the desk growled.

"Replying to the eldest prince, the people escorting the prince are in the second prince's fiefdom. After they were attacked by the second prince's men, we can't contact them anymore."

"The man who escaped said that they stopped the attackers and the nurse escaped with the prince. However, the Second Prince sent too many people and all the prince's guards were killed. He was the only one who escaped."

"The drought in the Second Prince's fiefdom is even worse than ours. Furthermore, the government there doesn't care about the lives of the refugees and is forcing them to flee."

"So, there are refugees everywhere. Finding one person is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"Grand Prince, please give me some more time. I will definitely bring the prince back."

The study was quiet for a while.

"Go, bring some extra people, disguise yourself, and be sure to bring the prince back."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will do my best."

"Okay, go ahead."

The man kneeling on the ground, after hearing this, quickly left the study. After leaving the study, he wiped the sweat from his face and tugged at his clothes, which were all wet from nervousness.

I don't know why the people who went to look for the prince were so slow. The prince has been missing for so many days, and they still haven't found him. No wonder the eldest prince got so angry.

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, I should continue to send more people to search for the prince. The place where the prince disappeared is now full of refugees. If anything happens to the prince, everyone will die.

The eldest prince sat in the study for a while, calmed down, and then walked towards the backyard of the palace.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

"What is the princess doing?"

"The princess is copying Buddhist scriptures in the small study right now." A maid replied.

The eldest prince turned and walked towards the small study. When he entered the study, the eldest prince's wife was diligently copying Buddhist scriptures.

"Minmin, you are not feeling well. Why don't you rest in your room?" The eldest prince said with concern.

"Brother, is there any news about Zirui?" The beautiful woman who was copying Buddhist scriptures hurriedly put down her pen and ran over.

"There is no definite news yet. But no news is the best news now." The eldest prince helped the woman sit on the chair next to him.

"Brother, what do you mean?" the woman asked in confusion.

"Given my second brother's personality, if he captures Zirui, he will definitely threaten me. However, there is no news from the Second Prince's Mansion right now."

"This means that my second brother hasn't caught Zirui yet."

"But, senior brother, I heard that there is a severe drought in the second prince's fiefdom and there are many refugees. Zirui and his wet nurse have nothing to eat or drink, how can they come back?" The woman started crying as she spoke.

"Minmin, don't worry. Zirui has always been smart, and his nanny has raised him since he was a child. I believe that the two of them will definitely be able to turn this bad situation into a good one."