Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

At Duke Dingguo's Mansion, the old lady had no appetite these days and put down her chopsticks after only a few bites of breakfast.

Just as Mother Qi was about to persuade the old lady to eat more, a maid came in to report.

"Madam, Miss Qin is outside asking for a meeting."

The old lady paused as she was about to get up, then stood up and said, "Let her go."

The maid turned around to convey the message, but was stopped by the old lady, who said to Mama Qi, "You should go."

After listening to the old lady's words, Mother Qi came out of the house.

Seeing Mother Qi coming out, Qin Fangsui hurried forward and said, "I'm here to apologize to the old lady. Mother Qi, please let me in."

"Miss Qin, please go back. The old lady doesn't want to see you, and you shouldn't come again in the future." Mother Qi said expressionlessly.

Qin Fangsui's expression froze, and she immediately pleaded with red eyes, "Please let me go in and see the old lady..."

Mother Qi was unmoved. "The old lady said that the prince has helped Miss Qin get back the family property. You two siblings don't need the old lady to worry about you anymore. You don't need to let the old lady know what happens to Miss Qin in the future."

Qin Fangsui's tears welled up, and she shouted into the room, "Old Madam, Sui'er really knows she was wrong. I shouldn't have said those words to hurt your heart. For grandma's sake, please don't ignore me..."

"Miss Qin, please go away quickly. The old lady doesn't want to see you, so don't make her uncomfortable here. The old lady has been sad because of you for several days, so please go away." Mother Qi pushed Qin Fangsui out.

After sending Qin Fangsui out, Mother Qi returned to the room and saw the old lady crying sadly on the couch again.

"Don't be sad, old lady. Miss Qin is gone."

The old lady wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "I have done my best and contributed my efforts. When I meet my old sister in the underworld, I will have a clear conscience."

"Of course you have a clear conscience. It's Miss Qin who is so disappointing. After all, she has no blood relationship with you. No matter how sincerely you treat her, you can't warm her heart." Mother Qi spoke up for the old lady.

"Never mind. Now that she has her own fortune, her life will be better. I can't help her with anything. It all depends on her own ability."

Mother Qi said angrily, "Miss Qin is too ambitious. She wants to marry a man like our prince. I'm afraid she will never get her wish in this lifetime."

The old lady sighed and said, "Everyone has his own destiny. I don't care about anyone anymore."

"You should have done this a long time ago. You should take good care of yourself and wait for the prince to get married and have a baby with his grandson."

The old lady leaned back and said with emotion: "It's not easy for Qi Yan and the girl from the Dong family. They have always had bumps and bruises over the years, and I was also obstructing them in the middle. I don't know if they will have a result in the end."

"That's all in the past. At that time, you were thinking about the prince and the Duke's Mansion. I don't think Miss Dong is a grudge-bearing person, otherwise she wouldn't have tried so hard to help you cure your back disease. Just relax and don't think too much about it." Mother Qi advised.

The old lady nodded, "As long as they don't blame me."

After traveling for more than ten days, Dong Jiafu and his party finally approached Xizhou.

The wind in Xizhou was filled with dust, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

Mao Feng, who was driving, had a piece of cotton cloth covering his mouth and nose. With excitement in his eyes, he turned back and said to the carriage, "Girl, we will reach Xizhou in half a day at most."

"We're finally here." Dong Jiafu lifted a corner of the car window curtain and looked out.

Tan Hao was full of anticipation for this trip. "I have never been to such a far place. In addition to the snow spirit grass, there must be many medicinal herbs that are rare in our place."

Dong Jiafu turned around and discussed with him, "Brother, after we enter the city, we will find an inn to stay in. Tomorrow we will split up into two groups. You go to the mountains to look for it, and I will go to various herbal medicine shops to see if they have it for sale."

"I'm good at collecting herbs, just leave it to me."

The carriage went forward for a while, and Maofeng suddenly stopped, "Girl, something seems to be wrong."

"What's wrong?" Dong Jiafu moved over and lifted the curtain.

Mao Feng pointed ahead and said, "Why are there so many people leaving the city with their families? Two small groups of people have passed by, and I didn't take it too seriously. Now I meet so many people again. I'm afraid something must have happened in Xizhou City."

Tan Hao also came over to take a look, "Could it be that there is a disaster in Xizhou as well?"

"No matter if there's a disaster in Xizhou or not, I'm going to go find the Snow Spirit Grass." Having come this far, Dong Jiafu had to go into the city no matter what.

"Why don't we find someone to ask first so we can have an idea." Tan Hao suggested.

When the family in front approached, Maofeng jumped off the carriage and asked, "Excuse me, big brother, where are you and your family going?"

The man was pulling a bullock cart, and on the flatbed sat two elderly people, a woman, and two children, and pots, pans, and utensils were also on the cart.

"Escape, the Northern Di people are about to invade. I see you are outsiders, so turn back quickly." After the man said this, he drove the ox cart and continued on his way.

Maofeng returned to the front of the car and said, "Girl, let's..."

"Let's go into the city." Dong Jiafu said without hesitation, "Let's find the herbs and make the pills as soon as possible and leave. Maybe we won't be affected."

Maofeng got in the car and drove forward.

Dong Jiafu said to Tan Hao: "I will have to let my senior brother follow me into danger, but I can't give up."

"Miss Dong, why are you being so polite to me? Even if you don't want to settle the account, I support going to the city. Mrs. Dong's illness is more important."

"Thank you for your consideration, brother."

They had not gone far when the carriage suddenly stopped.

"What are you going to do?"

When Dong Jiafu heard Mao Feng's nervous voice, she opened the curtain and saw a dozen men with bandit-like looks blocking their way, some of them holding knives.

"Brother, there's a woman in the car!" A man with a fat face was stunned when he saw Dong Jiafu.

The man beside him whom he called "Big Brother" had a scar on his left cheek and looked fierce and not easy to mess with. He glanced at Dong Jiafu and slapped the man on the head with his backhand.

"It's already this hour and you're still thinking about women. Don't cause any trouble for me!"

"Yes, big brother..." The man shrank his neck and took a step back.

The leading man said, "Take out all your valuables!"

Their journey from the capital city was relatively smooth, but they did not expect to be robbed when they were almost in Xizhou.

Maofeng quickly got off the car and politely handed over his money bag. "Thank you for your hard work, brothers. This is all the money I have. Take it and have a drink."

The man with a face full of flesh grabbed the purse and weighed it in his hand. "You think you can get rid of us with such a small amount of money? Do you think we are beggars?"

"No, no, I really don't have much money with me when I go out."

The man cast his eyes towards the carriage, "They must have some good stuff in the car, come on, brothers!"

The man called seven or eight people to walk towards the carriage, and the man in the lead stood there and watched.

Mao Feng tried to stop them when he saw this, "There are only some food and daily necessities in the car, I beg you big brothers to be merciful..."

"Get out!" The man with a fat face kicked Mao Feng to the ground.