“Mr. Wei also knows her and her parents, so the little girl would come over to play occasionally.
“This time it was because her eldest brother was injured, so the whole family took the children to the city for medical treatment.
"My family was busy taking care of the sick child, leaving the younger one with no one to look after him, so I sent him here temporarily to ask for help in taking care of him.
"It just so happened that Mr. Wei was taking Hexuan to the market today, so he brought the child along to watch the fun."
After hearing what Madam Qin said, Princess Rui quickly lost interest in Qingtian.
"These people out there are really getting more and more outrageous. A simple matter has been passed around by them and I don't know what it will turn into in the end!"
"That's right!" Madam Qin changed the subject and said, "I heard that Concubine Rong was pregnant, but now it seems that I can't believe this news completely.
"This is indeed not a rumor." Princess Rui nodded and said, "It's just that Concubine Rong is not young anymore. Ever since the pregnancy pulse was diagnosed, the fetus has been unstable and there is a risk of miscarriage at any time.
"So the Emperor has deliberately ordered people to suppress the news and not make it public for the time being."
But there is no impenetrable wall in this world, let alone what happened in the palace.
Unless everyone who knows is dead, there is no way to conceal it."
The two sisters quickly started talking about topics such as whether Rong Fei could keep the baby and whether she could give birth to a boy to support herself for the rest of her life.
At the market, Mr. Wei took Qin Hexuan to inquire in detail about the swing harvest around the capital this year, and then went to see two places where livestock were sold and people were sold as slaves.
Mr. Wei did not ask any further questions about these two points, but left the task of questioning and thinking to Qin Hexuan himself.
Before lunch, Mr. Wei said to Qin Hexuan, "You have just heard all of this. Please digest and sort it out yourself when you return.
"Today's assignment is to explore the relationship between this year's grain harvest, livestock price fluctuations, and the human trafficking."
"Yes!" Qin Hexuan replied.
Wei Yan had achieved his purpose of going to the market today, so he prepared to take his men back home first.
"I'm too old to walk around anymore. You two can go play by yourselves so you don't have to be restricted by me. You just need to hand in your homework tomorrow."
After Mr. Wei left, Qin Hexuan's voice became much gentler when he spoke to Qingtian.
"Are you hungry? Let's go eat first and then go shopping, okay?"
"Okay." Qingtian said okay, but his eyes were glued to the various stalls selling things on the street.
"What are you looking for? Just ask someone to buy whatever you want." Qin Hexuan saw that more and more people were coming to the market, and he was a little worried that Qingtian was too young and might be in danger, so he planned to take her away from this environment first.
Unexpectedly, Qingtian didn't understand his good intentions at all, and instead was still thinking about going to see the circus.
What else could Qin Hexuan do? He had to compromise and said, "Then let's eat something first, and then ask someone to send the things we bought back home. Then we can go shopping easily, right?
After confirming the afternoon itinerary, Qin Hexuan took Qingtian to find a clean restaurant for lunch.
Because this place is close to the market, the business is also very prosperous, but the slightly higher prices have screened out a group of customers for him, so the house is relatively quiet and everyone is talking in low voices.
The conversation at the next table soon reached Qin Hexuan's ears.
It wasn't that he wanted to listen to other people talking, but the two tables were too close to each other, and the other person's voices penetrated his ears and he couldn't avoid them.
"There's a very honest boss over at the mule and horse market. I just bought a few mules from him. They're good quality and good prices. If you want to buy a horse, you might as well go and have a look at him after dinner.
"Okay, thanks for the introduction, brother. I'd like to buy a few horses. Does he have any?"
"Of course we have horses!" The man said, looking around, and lowered his voice, "If you want to buy one, I won't hide it from you. He has horses of all grades. It just depends on what you want.
"As long as you spend enough money, not only can I get you a horse, I can even get you a Mongolian warhorse!"
The man who asked the question was startled when he heard this and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "I just want to buy a few horses to pull the cart. I don't want Mongolian war horses!"
The last sentence entered Qin Hexuan's ears without missing a word.
There are people in the capital selling Mongolian war horses? Is this just some ignorant boasting, or is there really someone doing this in secret?
The more Qin Hexuan listened, the more concerned he became about the conversation at the next table. While having dinner with Qingtian, he ordered his men to keep a close eye on the two people.
As soon as they came out of the restaurant after lunch, Song Tao came forward and said, "Master, those two people just now found a boss who sells mules and horses, and agreed to go to another place to look at horses together.
"Don't worry, our people have already caught up." Song Tao said, "But they've been sent there. We don't have enough guards around right now. You'd better not take Miss Qingtian to the market for now. It's not safe with too many people."
"Let's just take a walk around here." Qin Hexuan wanted to get the news sent back by the guards as soon as possible to confirm the matter of the Mongolian war horses.
But at the entrance of the restaurant, all they sold were needles and thread, purses, embroidered handkerchiefs and the like. Neither of them was interested in anything, so they walked a little further inside.
Fortunately, I was lucky this time because there was a place selling toys right inside.
At this time of the day, children are usually taken home by their parents for dinner and nap, so there are not many people here.
Qin Hexuan went to see the toys on a sunny day, and stood on the side of the road thinking about what had just happened.
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