Hu Xiao didn’t care at all about the people who were charging towards him, she just felt that the person who was still crying was really too annoying.
He turned around and avoided the two servants who were fighting with each other.
Hu Xiao was extremely unhappy at the moment, and her attacks were getting heavier and heavier, immediately causing the crowd to cry out loud.
Step by step, the refined man approached Hu Xiao. Hu Xiao wanted to kick him to death.
The man no longer had the arrogance from before as he meekly said, "Miss, no, grandaunt, no, the female hero should spare her life. I ... I don’t want this woman anymore, take her away!"
When the gentle man saw Hu Xiao’s expression just now, he was naturally extremely afraid. He was afraid that if Hu Xiao got unhappy, her own life would be forfeited.
He was just a small merchant. Normally, he had the money to do whatever he wanted, but now that he had met with such a situation, how could he not be afraid?
At this moment, the cries of the two people who were just crying became louder and louder.
The two of them knew, that if Hu Xiao let the cultured man go, the man would turn around and ask them for the money, wouldn’t the two of them have wasted all their efforts?
"Okay, stop howling. I have plenty of money, so I’ll just buy your girl."
He really couldn’t stand to see such vicious parents, and that woman was really pitiful. Unless he bought it himself, he wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.
She touched her waist, as though this time when she left the palace, he had never brought anything silver, it was Zhi Lan who paid for it, thus Hu Xiao unceremoniously searched for Zhi Lan’s location in the crowd.
He had originally wanted to hide it better, but who would have thought that Hu Xiao would be able to see him after just a glance?
"Here, this is for this girl’s silver taels. Take it!"
But luckily, nothing happened to Hu Xiao, so all she did was scatter a little bit of silver!
"Follow me."
Hu Xiao looked at the dirty and submissive woman, frowned, then turned and left.
This girl was too cowardly, she should have a good lesson after buying it.
After Hu Xiao left, the couple took the silver and quickly packed up their things and left, holding onto even more silver than the man who sold it to them, the couple were so happy that they could not hide their smiles.
When she returned to the restaurant once again, Hu Xiao no longer had any interest in eating anymore. Looking at the woman who was wolfing down her food, she couldn’t help but feel a little moved.
This woman seemed to be hungry for several days. Were the commoners really unable to eat? Starving people everywhere?
Just as Hu Xiao was lost in her thoughts, a voice suddenly rang out, causing him to come back to her senses.
"Many thanks to Miss for buying this lowly slave today. This lowly slave will definitely serve you well in the future and not make you regret it."
After saying that, he kowtowed heavily, causing Hu Xiao to feel pain.
"Was the couple just now your parents? Why did they want to sell you out? "
Seeing that the girl seemed to have eaten her fill, and seeing that the loud kowtow just now must have eaten her fill, he asked her what he was thinking.
The lady in white looked similar to the two men, but Hu Xiao wanted to confirm one more time.
The girl lowered her head and replied after a long time, "Yes, it’s my biological mother and father."
The lady had long accepted her fate, but after seeing that Hu Xiao was truly not ordinary, a trace of hope grew in her heart.
"Why would I sell you?"
"Because my family was poor, my brother was planning to take this year’s Imperial Examinations, but unfortunately, my family didn’t have any more silver to allow my brother to take the exams, so they decided to sell me in exchange for two silver taels to help him take the Imperial Examinations."
Hu Xiao did not dare imagine that if she did not meet him today, wouldn’t that mean that this young lady would live her entire life miserable life under that person’s slave?
"Are there a lot of people selling women to beg for glory these days? Tiger poison was not something he could eat. His children were born in October and were sold as he wished, not caring about his mother’s friendship at all! What’s the name of your brother? "
Hu Xiao did not want to control her anger anymore, and just now, Yin Fufeng and Zhao Qiyan had already known of her character, so she wanted to curse at them.
The lady seemed to be shocked by Hu Xiao’s expression and did not say a word.
Yin Fufeng glanced at the lady and said: "Most of the people in East Court value men over women, and most of the women are sold cheaply to the Shangguan Family to be servants in the merchant house, so it is no surprise that you have already gotten used to it."
This was a common occurrence that happened every day in the East Court, especially when it happened amongst the poorer citizens. After the birth of the female infant, many of the commoners would choose to abandon the female infant that was still in the infancy stage, and give birth to their child.
Others wanted to raise this woman as well and sell her off at the right time, so that she could continue her family’s life.
After listening to Yin Fufeng’s words, Hu Xiao was stunned for a moment. She really valued his son more than his daughter.
"Get up."
Seeing the people still kneeling on the ground, Hu Xiao said.
"It’s getting late, the empress should go back to the palace. What do we do about this woman?"
Seeing that it was getting late, if he still did not return to the palace, the doors would have already closed.
The lady had a submissive look to her side in the first place, but when she heard Zhao Qiyan call for the Queen, she became even more flustered and knelt down once more.
"What are you doing? I told you to get up! "
This ancient person could kneel down anytime he wanted, but he really needed to change it.
"What should I do? I’ll naturally bring them back to the palace. It’s enough for me to raise one person in my Bedchamber."
It’s more than enough, it’s more than enough. Zhao Qiyan laughed helplessly upon hearing this.
He stood up and returned to the palace.
Inside the palace.
"Your Majesty, the Shadow Guard that was protecting the Empress has returned."
Seeing that Qin Shuo was in a good mood, the Courtier Wei said.
In the past few days, Courtier Wei had seen all of the changes that Qin Shuo had done to him, which was why he immediately reported them back when he returned.
"Oh? Back? Tell him to come see Gu Yuan immediately. "
When Imperial Consort Xue saw that Qin Shuo had summoned the Shadow Guard the moment she heard news about Hu Xiao, he felt a little uncomfortable, but she did not reveal it on the surface.
"Your Majesty."
"Get up, what did the empress do outside the palace today?"
Qin Shuo knew that Hu Xiao was unreliable, so when Qin Shuo sent the Shadow Guard to protect Hu Xiao, it was actually just monitoring him, afraid that she would stop him from doing anything that would harm the face of the imperial family.
Shadow Guard immediately explained in detail what Hu Xiao had done outside the palace today.
The more Qin Shuo heard, the more shocked he was. Hu Xiao had only left the palace for a single day, and his experience was already like someone else’s for a month.
When he heard that Hu Xiao had been captured and taken to the yamen, Qin Shuo could no longer hold back.
"Well? Hu... Has the empress been injured? "
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