Upon entering the house, Xu Yuehuai also saw Tie Xiong standing beside her.

Tie Xiong lay on the bed, his face pale, his whole body covered in bandages, even his head was bound up, making him look like a mummy.

Xu Yuehuai knew that Tie Xiong was seriously injured, but she didn't expect it to be this serious! She was so shocked that she stood there, not knowing what to say to Tie Xiong.

Tie Xiong did this to protect Qi Gu Ze and help him return to the capital of Mingyue Kingdom to rescue her. Now that he is so seriously injured, she also bears some responsibility for it.

Xu Yuehuai said to Tie Xiong with great gratitude, "Thank you for protecting the prince with your life."

Tie Xiong shook his head and said, "This is what I should do. Your Highness has saved me many times before. This time I was just doing my duty, but Your Highness was still injured. It's my fault for not protecting Your Highness properly."

He didn't resent them for becoming disabled after saving Qi Guze; instead, he blamed himself for not protecting Qi Guze properly.

Xu Yuehuai finally understood why Qi Guze kept Tie Xiong by his side. It turned out that Tie Xiong truly put Qi Guze first and was always thinking about his safety, regardless of his own.

“You have done a great job and given so much. The prince and I should thank you properly. If it weren’t for you, Wang Ya would probably have suffered even more serious injuries and might have been assassinated by those people.”

Xu Yuehuai was truly grateful to Tie Xiong and bowed to him.

Tie Xiong hurriedly said to Xu Yuehuai, "I dare not accept such praise. Your Highness is the master, and I am merely a subordinate. How could I allow you and Your Highness to thank me so much?"

Xu Yuehuai seemed to have forgotten that this was an ancient society where hierarchy was clearly defined.

She always used modern thinking and regarded Tie Xiong and others as good friends.

However, Tie Xiong felt that all of this was his duty and did not think about Xu Yuehuai and Qi Guze thanking him or making him any compensation.

Xu Yuehuai smiled faintly and said to Tie Xiong, "Your injuries, the prince and I will definitely find a way to help you recover!"

There is always a way to heal any wound.

However, it requires extremely precious medicinal materials and comes at a great cost.

Tie Xiong saved Qi Guze's life! No matter the cost, they must find the best medicinal herbs to heal Tie Xiong's wounds!

Tie Xiong was extremely grateful upon hearing Xu Yuehuai's words and quickly said, "Thank you, Miss Xu. But the doctor has said that my injuries can no longer be healed. You and the Prince don't need to worry about me too much. It's already a miracle that I'm still alive."

Xu Yuehuai didn't say anything more to Tie Xiong. She made a mental note that she would definitely find the medicinal herbs to save Tie Xiong and help him return to his former self so that he could protect Qi Guze.

Cultivating a trusted confidant is an extremely difficult task.

After chatting with Tie Xiong and Zhou Wan for a while, Xu Yuehuai comforted them and then left.

She went to the Tianxianglou branch, found Manager Xue, and discussed with him her desire to open more Tianxianglou branches.

"Manager Xue, how is the situation at our Tianxianglou branch lately?"

Xu Yuehuai arrived at the bottom of the restaurant and discussed matters with Manager Xue in a private room next door.

Manager Xue flipped through the account books, sighing repeatedly, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Because Manager Xu, you were captured by His Majesty the King and taken to the palace some time ago, now the entire nation of Mingyue no longer comes to our Tianxianglou branch."

"They are worried that you are here to harm us. If you don't give everyone an explanation, the Tianxianglou branch will probably have to close down."

Xu Yuehuai never expected that the Tianxianglou branch would be in this state!

"Is there no business at all now?"

Xu Yuehuai had previously created so many new dishes that suited the tastes of the people of Mingyue Kingdom, and they loved them very much. How could he just stop coming to the Tianxianglou branch because something suddenly happened to him?

Xu Yuehuai thought that it must not be just because of that one reason. There must be someone else behind it, otherwise the situation would not have gotten this bad.

Manager Xue said, "But now the business is really gone. Manager Xu, you can also take a look. Nowadays, the people walking on the main street don't even glance at our Tianxianglou branch. They all go around this place and walk far away."

"It's like the Tianxianglou branch; it's like a plague. Everyone who walks around avoids it!"

"We can't do any business with cash! Not a single customer dares to come in! Manager Xu, what do you think we should do?"

"I chose to partner with you because I admired your skills, and that's why we opened this branch of Tianxianglou. But now, not long after, it's turned out like this! If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have... Sigh!"

Manager Xue never expected things to turn out this way.

He had previously admired Xu Yuehuai's skills and wanted to cooperate with her to open a branch of Tianxianglou and make money together. However, he never expected that they would not make much money and now the restaurant is going bankrupt!

Who wants their well-invested business to suddenly go bankrupt?

Manager Xue is now filled with regret and never expected things to turn out this way. He doesn't know what to do now, and he sees no hope for the Tianxialou branch.

Xu Yuehuai saw that Manager Xue seemed to want to back out, but it wasn't appropriate to say anything to a woman like her.

She then said, "If you want to back out now, I will return ten times the amount of silver you gave me in cash!"

Manager Xue was utterly incredulous upon hearing this.

He's been watching the accounts every day lately, so he knows that Xu Yuehuai's Tianxianglou branch isn't making much money at all.

In the early stages, they kept running promotions, essentially giving things away or selling them, and they only earned a few thousand taels of silver.

Back then, Manager Xue invested a full thousand taels into Xu Yuehuai!

Now Xu Yuehuai is actually saying he wants to repay tenfold! That's equivalent to taking out all the silver that Tianxianglou branch has earned in these days, and Xu Yuehuai is going to put a lot more silver into it!

"How could there be such a good thing in the world?" Manager Xue could hardly believe it.

"Manager Xu, are you serious? Are you really going to return tenfold to me? That's a whole ten thousand taels of silver!"

There aren't many people in the world who can come up with so much cash at once! Manager Xue was a little worried that Xu Yuehuai was just boasting!