Chapter 167 Update 1
Steward Hu was momentarily startled before Xue Liu was the first to spot him standing outside; she opened the door.
"Steward Hu?" Xue Liu asked uncertainly, and Steward Hu hurriedly withdrew his gaze which had been looking around.
"Ah, Miss Xue Liu, this is my first time here, and I’m not familiar with the place. I looked for a while and didn’t dare to confirm—" Steward Hu said, his tone carrying a hint of pity even while speaking to Xue Liu. Fu Dong, Nian Xia, Xue Liu, and Xing Yu were all very clever and sincerely good children. It was just that Nanny Yun—he sighed—not knowing what Prince Duan was thinking, to place such a person by the Commandery Princess’s side.
"Please come in, Steward Hu," Xue Liu promptly invited Steward Hu inside, "Is Steward Hu here to see the Commandery Princess? Does the Crown Prince have something to tell her?" That didn’t seem right either; Qi Yu and Qi Jin were the ones who usually came as they were fast and familiar with the place—why would Steward Hu personally make the trip?
"Yes, yes, the Crown Prince instructed this old servant to make the trip personally as the matter is of some importance. I couldn’t entrust it to those two young lads, Qi Jin and Qi Yu," Steward Hu said right away, glancing around at the dilapidated exterior of Qishun Building.
In fact, he had volunteered for this task himself. When the Crown Prince was giving orders to Qi Ling, he just so happened to be present. There was a new chef at Qishun Building who wasn’t familiar with matters here, and Qi Yu was in a hurry when he took him over. He figured he ought to personally see to things to be at ease.
Zheng Congyuan had merely glanced at Steward Hu and allowed it.
Steward Hu insisted on making this trip because he felt that the way Qi Ling and the other three handled matters was not reliable.
And the matter at hand was not difficult to guess—the people at the Crown Prince’s Mansion all knew about Prince Duan’s visit. The Crown Prince went straight to Qishun Building after returning from Qiandao Temple. Whatever he wanted to ask or say, Steward Hu could mostly guess.