"What? I was merely invited to treat the Third Prince. I can't be forbidden to even go out, right?" Hua Yuanzhao raised his eyebrows and asked slowly.

The housekeeper carefully considered her words and thought for a long time before asking, "Does the young lady need a carriage?"

Fuling looked at Hua Yuanzhao with admiration in her eyes that was beyond words.

"That's not necessary." Hua Yuan Zhaohe said amiably, "Princess Changle gave me a shop before. I'll go check it out and come back before sunset. It won't delay seeing His Highness."

Since others respect her, she will naturally not make things difficult for others.

The housekeeper thought for a moment, then politely stepped aside without asking any further questions.

Hua Yuanzhao did not lie. He went out and strolled towards Ziwu Lane.

The shop that Princess Changle gave her was a two-story building with a small courtyard at the back where it was convenient to dig a well and use water.

Fuling stared at the shop blankly and asked in a low voice: "Miss, are you going to open the clinic now?"

"If Miss Hua's clinic opens, there will definitely be countless patients coming to seek medical treatment."

Xu Wanqing walked in from outside and raised her voice, "Just now I saw Miss Hua from behind in the car. It really is you."

Hua Yuanzhao looked over in surprise, and was even more confused when he saw that she took the initiative to talk to him.

"Miss Xu?" Hua Yuanzhao was puzzled and hurried forward. He always felt that Xu Wanqing seemed to have something to say.

The shop was covered in dust and there was no place to stand, so Xu Wanqing just stood at the counter and didn't go any further.

"Luckily I met you." Xu Wanqing sighed, "Otherwise I would have to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"What happened?" Hua Yuanzhao was stunned.

"The princess has been confined to her house, and she asked me to bring you a message." Xu Wanqing sighed, "When the virtuous concubine found out about this, she was furious and forced the Third Prince to marry your two sisters."

She raised her eyes and glanced at Hua Yuanzhao, her expression was quite complicated: "You are the principal, and the second lady is the concubine."

Hua Yuanzhao's mind went blank. He looked at Xu Wanqing in horror, and was so frightened that he could hardly speak.

Why would Gu Changsu's mother fall in love with her?

Xu Wanqing looked at Hua Yuanzhao helplessly: "Now Miss Hua's reputation is much more famous than the second lady."

Those young ladies who were rescued by Hua Yuanzhao at that time were grateful for her, but they also understood that it was not easy for her to live in the Hua family.

They will not repay this kindness to the Hua family, but will only show their kindness to Hua Yuanzhao.

Which lady who could be on good terms with Princess Changle had a simple family? Even if she married down because of this incident, her future status would definitely not be underestimated.

Hua Yuanzhao took a breath, and questions popped up in his mind one after another. Finally, he asked: "How is Princess Changle?"

Xu Wanqing shook her head: "I don't know much, I just heard that Princess Changle had a big fight with Consort Xian because of this matter."

Hua Yuanzhao said apologetically: "It is my fault that I have caused trouble for the princess."

Xu Wanqing shook her head slightly: "The princess said she couldn't help you with this matter, so she asked me to take her to say sorry to you."

Hua Yuanzhao's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of another question.

Why did Princess Changle ask Xu Wanqing to convey these words?

"Then, what about you?" Hua Yuanzhao asked in a trembling voice.

Is such a young girl really going to marry that old man, Prime Minister Hua?

There was a faint smile on Xu Wanqing's lips, and her eyes were silent and cold, like someone who had given up on herself in despair.

"Me? Not everyone is as lucky as you." Xu Wanqing whispered, her voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "Not everyone is like you, with the courage to change their own destiny regardless of the consequences."

Grandfather has to think about the Xu family, father has to think about his career, and brother has to think about his sister-in-law.

The Prime Minister's Mansion wants to marry off its daughter. No matter whether it is Hua Yuanzhao or Hua Yuanshan, there must be a mistress in the main position.

After struggling for so long, she accepted her fate.

There is no reason in the world to marry a stepmother so close to the date of marrying off a daughter. Now that something like this has happened in the Hua family, naturally there will be no wedding.

Now all she had to do was wait for the auspicious day and be carried into the Hua family in a sedan chair.

After Xu Wanqing finished speaking, she exchanged a few more pleasantries and then said she was leaving.

Hua Yuanzhao saw her out the door with mixed feelings.

As soon as the two of them went out, they were caught by Rong Xiu who came rushing over.

Rong Xiu hurried over, grabbed Hua Yuanzhao's shoulders, looked him up and down, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?"

Hua Yuanzhao was puzzled: "What?"

"The maidservant beside the virtuous concubine died. The cause of death was a long needle piercing the heart." Rong Xiu said concisely.