Chapter 161 - 159. First Date after Marriage II

Third person POV

Weisheng and Hong er left the stadium and went for a walk at the market near the stadium. The street was full of people as it was near lunchtime. The couple looked around the food stalls at the side of street with eyes full of excitement.

The people in the market didn't dare to come near the couple as the guards beside them were exuding such a fierce aura. They could only bow and look at them from far away.

They didn't know why but their heart was in peace when they saw the couple being intimate towards each other like how they would tug the other one and pointed at the thing they found interesting, then both of them would come over and buy a few things from the store even though it was a commoner's store.

Seeing the couple being very friendly towards the commoner, a little girl with her younger brother approached the couple with a bunch of flower in their hands. The guards were on their guard as there could be a possibility that the two children were trained assassin. But Hong er dismissed them and gently asked the scared children.

Hong er: "What are you two doing here?"

Little girl: "Gleetings to Yol Majesty Emperol and Yol Majesty Empless. Ah Yao, gib yol gleetings." (A/N: It is not a typo, the girl is too young to talk properly. I think it is quite readable so yeah I won't translate it.)

Little boy: "Geetings." (A/N: as well as the little brother.)

The two children bowed and stretched out their hands that contained flowers.

Hong er: "Wahh~ Are these flowers for Ben Gong?"

Little girl: "Uhm! We wis you to always be hapy wit the person you love."

Hong er: "Aww~ Thank you, you are so cute. Ben Gong is veryyyy happy right now with His Majesty Emperor."

Hong er lightly pinched the little girl's puffy cheek and smiled cheerfully at her. Unexpectedly, a big rough hand clumsily ruffled the little girl and boy's hair.

Weisheng: "Good."

Even Hong er was shocked to see Weisheng being friendly towards a stranger, let alone the poor guards that always get glared by him. The two little children left whilst giggling and cheering that they got to talk with the couple.

Weisheng was so happy that even the kids thought that he and Hong er's a perfect match for each other.

They continued to walk again and Hong er stopped again when she saw a particular fruit that was in a quite big basket and there was an old woman with a sleeping boy on her lap. Hong er pulled Weisheng to the old woman and excitedly showed him the weird fruit.

Since he had gone to many missions in different countries, he recognized the fruit and gave Hong er a questioning look.

Hong er: "Did Your Majesty Emperor know what this fruit is?"

Weisheng: "En. It's dragonfruit."

Hong er: "En. And I will be making a dessert with this fruit."

Weisheng: "But Imperial Mother doesn't really like the red from the fruit." (A/N: if you eat plenty of red dragonfruit, your urine can turn slightly pink or reddish.)

Hong er: "Ah, maybe Your Majesty didn't know about this but dragonfruit have two types, red and white. And this is the white dragonfruit so maybe I can make Her Majesty Empress Dowager to like dragonfruit again."

Weisheng: "En."

Hong er: "Excuse me, granny."

Granny: "Yes? What can this old woman help you with, Your Majesty?"

Hong er: "How much is this fruit cost?"

Granny: "2 bronze coins per piece, Your Majesty Empress."

Hong er: "Then Ben Gong will take all of it."

As the fruit was not very well-known by the folks in Da Qi, the granny couldn't sell any of the dragonfruit since this morning. Her grandson has a serious illness and she didn't have any money to buy medicine for him, having Hong er to buy all of her stuff is just like her prayer had been heard. A drop of tear fell from the granny's eyes.

Hong er: "What's the matter, granny?"

Granny: "No no, this old woman is just too happy that someone as kind as Your Majesty Empress willing to buy these dragonfruits."

The teardrops fell into the boy's face and woke him up from his sleep. He reached out his hand to wipe his grandma's tears and smiled innocently.

Boy: "Grandma, please…don't cry…. I will be sad too."

Granny: "Huhuhu… Grandma finally can buy you the medicine. Say thank you to Her Majesty Empress."

The boy slowly turned his head towards Hong er and couldn't hold back his cough. He coughed really hard that a little bit of blood came out from his mouth. The guards quickly went in front of Hong er and covered Hong er from the boy.

Hong er: "Ben Gong is fine."

Guard: "But what if it is an infectious illness? Your Majesty's health can be-"

Hong er: "Ben Gong said it is fine. Step aside."

Hong er spoke with her low voice and made the guards shiver from fear. They apologized and stepped aside.

Granny: "Ah Po! Ah Po! Are you okay?!"

The granny cried in panic seeing the boy's face got paler and paler. Hong er reached out to the boy and took his wrist to check his pulse. Her eyes turned grim when she sensed something from his pulse.

Hong er: "He indeed has a serious illness and Ben Gong's afraid he can't last too long without any medicine or special treatment."

Hearing what Hong er said, the granny cried louder. The guards also felt guilty seeing the granny prostate in front of them while crying her grandson's name. Hong er placed her hand on the granny's shoulder and gently spoke.

Hong er: "Maybe Ben Gong can help you."

The granny's eyes went wide, she quickly kowtowed to Hong er and thanked her profusely. Hong er stopped her as she was an elderly and she has her grandson in her arms.

Hong er: "Meiyun, Huayun, go get a carriage."

The Yun sisters: "Yes, Your Majesty Empress."

Not long after, the Yun sisters came back with a carriage that they bought from someone and the Qi brothers helped the granny to get into the carriage then they quickly took off to a nearby local clinic.

The people who were watching the commotion were awed by Hong er's kindness. To touch a sick and dirty boy was hard even for them, not to mention a noble and royalty like Hong er. Hong er was too kind and generous for someone in her status that it doesn't feel real at all.

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They stopped in front of a local clinic and Hong er whispered some medicine name to Huayun's ear and told her to go buy it. Within a few seconds, Huayun came out with a bag of dried herbs and handed it to Hong er.

Hong er took the bag and entered the carriage where the granny and her grandson ride. She politely asked the granny to get out of the carriage so that she could heal her grandson which she obediently complied. Meiyun secretly casted a magic barrier around the carriage knowing what Hong er is going to do with the little boy.

Hong er didn't waste any time and used her light magic to heal the little boy. His breath became more stable and smoother. She sighed in relief after she checked his pulse once again to make sure he was fully healed.

Hong er came out from the carriage and told the granny to brew the herbs everyday for the boy so he could be completely healed which is actually a lie. The recipe that Hong er told the granny was just to nourish the malnourished body of the boy.

If the boy's body didn't get any stronger or nourished, sooner or later he would caught another illness again. Then Hong er told the granny to drink the brewed herb too to prevent his illness from being spread to her which is a lie too.

The granny went on her knees and once again thanked Hong er. The boy also kowtowed to Hong er with tears streaming down his face because he had prepared himself to die but luck was on his side, he is alive because of Hong er.

The granny asked Hong er how should she pay for the medicine but Hong er said it was a gift from her. Then Hong er slipped two gold taels in the granny's hand and quickly left before the granny could notice.

And therefore, Hong er gained loyal supporters without her realizing it.