Chapter 16 Everyone can’t help but be scared!

“Here, sir, we’re truly sorry. Please forgive us.”

“This is for medical expenses. Please accept it…”

The man kneeling by the roadside with a child in his arms waved his hand. “It’s okay, I don’t need it. Thank you.”

“We insist, please take it. This time it’s our fault, please forgive us.” Heavens, today really wasn’t a good day to go out. If she had known, she would have stayed at home and not gone anywhere.

Watching the master and servant, Zhao Xian couldn’t help but feel exasperated at their bullying tactics.

“Very well, now leave…” Zhao Xian said calmly.

“Yes, yes, we’ll leave right away…”

As she watched the master and servant quickly get on the carriage and slowly depart, Zhao Xian rubbed her forehead with her hand. It seemed that she really had the potential to be a villain, scaring everyone like that.

“Everyone, disperse!”

Zhao Xian sighed helplessly, then turned and walked away, heading towards the end of the street.

…

Soon, the street returned to its bustling state. Naturally, not many people had actually seen her face, so apart from various men casting admiring glances, there weren’t many who kneel upon seeing her.

Perhaps those who had encountered her before, knowing her reputation, all bowed their heads in reverence upon hearing her name, not daring to look at her.

She walked aimlessly for half an hour.

Along the way, various goods were being sold on both sides of the street, offering food, drinks, entertainment, and all sorts of things. When Zhao Xian passed by a dried fruit shop, she hesitated and couldn’t help but walk in.

Inside, various types of dried fruits were neatly arranged in boxes, waiting for customers to pick and choose.

Speaking of dried fruits, she also liked them very much.

“This one, that one… and this one too. One pound of each,” she said.

“Alright, miss, just wait a moment. The snacks we have here are the most fragrant and delicious. I guarantee that your husband will want more after eating them,” the shopkeeper said.

Zhao Xian was taken aback. He looked around and found that most of the people buying such things were men, and there were very few women. So, someone might think that she was buying them for her husband.

Embarrassed, it was just her habit to buy a bunch of dried fruits and keep them at home, grabbing a handful to eat whenever she felt like it.

Pine nuts, walnuts, peanuts, sunflower seeds… all kinds of dried fruits were mixed together. Zhao Xian looked at the large bag of dried fruits and reached into her pocket to take out money, only to realize that she had forgotten to bring any.

Just as she was about to speak, suddenly another woman walked in.

“It turns out to be Prime Minister Zhao. It’s different now that after getting married, you even came shopping. We never see you casually strolling around otherwise.”

Hearing the sound, Zhao Xian turned around and saw that it was a woman in purple clothes. The woman was about 24 or 25 years old, fanning herself with a folding fan that had the words “I’m just that handsome” written on it.

Zhao Xian didn’t recognize her, but she remembered from the novels she had read before that Zhao Xian had a childhood friend named Wen Chuan, who was the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice. She was usually overly familiar, and since Zhao Xian had saved her once, she had been clinging to her, wanting to be friends. Although she never received a good response from Zhao Xian each time, she had thick skin! So, over time, the original owner seemed to have tacitly accepted her.

Without changing her expression, she glanced at her and concluded that this woman in front of her must be Wen Chuan.

“It’s you,” Zhao Xian said calmly.

Hearing her speak, the woman instantly became happy. “Hehe, of course it’s me. I’ve been saying that you should come out for a walk. Look at you, staying in that Prime Minister’s mansion every day, you’ll be moldy sooner or later. You’re busy with official business all day long, wearing yourself out. It’s better to take it easy. By the way, since you’re buying things, how can I let you pay? Although I don’t have much else, I have plenty of money!”