Chapter 118 Go find them in person
The Third Prince grabbed Zhou Feng's hand, staring intently at the three moles on his hand, and asked with a look of surprise, "Did you have these moles since you were a child?"
Zhou Feng quickly withdrew his hand and turned around, saying, "Sir, you've mistaken me. This isn't a mole; it's just a black sesame seed that I accidentally dropped into my hand while having breakfast this morning."
As he spoke, he rubbed his hands together.
The Third Prince strode forward. "Impossible, I just saw it was clearly a mole."
Afraid of being recognized, Zhou Feng immediately put on a stern face and said, "You must have mistaken me for someone else."
At this moment, the waiter came over. He thought this person was here to cause trouble. "Sir, do you want to buy incense? If not, please leave."
The Third Prince stared at Zhou Feng for a long time before suddenly calming down.
He took two steps back. "Excuse me, I must have misread it."
As she spoke, she looked up at the incense cabinet in front of her and pointed to the three rows of perfumes, saying, "I've bought all the perfumes here."
"You bought them all?" the shopkeeper asked, quite surprised.
The Third Prince nodded slightly and pointed to the incense balls beside him, "I'll take these too."
The waiter quickly took out his abacus and calculated, "Sir, this totals four hundred taels of silver."
Without a second thought, the Third Prince took out a silver note from his pocket, which happened to have four hundred taels on it.
The man took it, his body trembling slightly with excitement.
He earned four hundred taels of silver in one go, which is no small sum.
Zhou Feng deliberately kept his distance from the Third Prince and turned to the waiter to instruct, "Prepare the incense for this guest."
"Yes, sir!" the shop assistant replied hastily, getting up to prepare the incense.
After standing at the door and watching Zhou Feng for a long time, the Third Prince left the incense shop.
After leaving the incense shop, he hurried back to his residence and immediately sent his trusted confidants to inquire about the Zhou family's incense shop.
Within three days, the people sent out received news.
"Your Highness, the owner of Zhou Family Incense Shop is surnamed Zhou, and his family lives in Cheng'an County, Qingzhou Prefecture."
The Third Prince quickly asked, "Besides these, is there anything else? For example, who are his family members?"
After a moment of contemplation, the confidant slowly said, "The Zhou family was born into a farming family and lives in the small Changliu Village, so there isn't much information about them. However, they are quite close to Master Fang. Why don't you go to Cheng'an County yourself and find Master Fang?"
Master Fang and the Third Prince were old acquaintances. Although there was a difference of more than twenty years in age, they were close friends.
However, Master Fang left the capital long ago.
The confidant added, "Your Highness, this matter must not be publicized. If we send people to Changliu Village to investigate, it will definitely attract the attention of Consort Wu and the Wu family."
The Third Prince nodded. "That's right. Then I'll go to the palace tomorrow and tell my brother that I'm going to Cheng'an County to visit the ailing Master Fang and bring him some precious medicinal herbs."
Mr. Fang has been getting old lately and his health is indeed not good. I mentioned this in a letter to him a few days ago.
The trusted aide quickly bowed and said, "Yes, sir."
The next morning, the Third Prince immediately resigned from his post and, together with his trusted confidants, rode in a carriage towards Cheng'an County.
The Third Prince was in a hurry and wanted to ride a fast horse there, but he was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the Emperor and Consort Wu, so he chose a fairly luxurious carriage, filled it with gifts, and really looked like he was going to visit relatives.
Fortunately, the Emperor was still lost in thought about the Empress and did not notice the Third Prince's strange behavior.
Within Changliu Village.
Inside the Zhou family's incense room, a new batch of blended incense was being steamed in great activity.
Du Wanchun was busy grinding incense powder on the side.
Zhou Ruiyuan was busy tending the fire. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and soon his forehead was covered in sweat.
Du Wanchun placed the ground incense powder aside, came to his side, and took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead. "Husband, why don't you go and rest first? I'll watch the fire here."
Zhou Ruiyuan threw the firewood in his hand into the fire. "It's okay, the fire is hard to control, I can handle it."
After saying that, he didn't forget to remind her, "It's hot here, don't stay here for too long."
Du Wanchun put the handkerchief back, smelled the aroma of the steaming incense, and smiled, "This incense should be ready soon. I'll go out later."
Aunt Zhou came in carrying a basin of washed fruit and flower petals. "Wanchun, have a taste of this."
After saying that, he handed a red fruit to Du Wanchun.
Du Wanchun took it in her hand and looked at it. "Mother, what is this?"
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