Hu Xiaotian said, "I don't think I'd be getting in their way, would I?"
Cao Xi smiled. "Please don't make things difficult for me, Lord Hu. How about coming back tomorrow?"
Hu Xiaotian did not press him. He nodded and said, "Then I'll come back tomorrow. Sorry for the trouble, Commander Cao, but please let our princess know I was here."
"No problem!"
Hu Xiaotian turned his horse around and gave Zhou Mo a meaningful look. He was about to leave when he saw a rider approaching them. It was Liu Yucheng, the young heir of the Divine Farmer Society. At the sight of Hu Xiaotian, Liu Yucheng exclaimed in delighted surprise, "Lord Hu, I've finally found you!"
Hu Xiaotian urged his horse forward. "This isn't the place to talk. Let's leave first."
"There's a Spring River Teahouse up ahead," Liu Yucheng said. "We can talk there."
Having grown up in the Yong Capital, Liu Yucheng knew the area extremely well. He led Hu Xiaotian and Zhou Mo to the Spring River Teahouse. Everyone there treated Liu Yucheng with great courtesy. The Divine Farmer Society was renowned throughout the Yong Capital, and Liu Changsheng, who delighted in charitable deeds and devoted himself to helping others, commanded great respect. Leaving everything else aside, the patients he had personally cured in the Yong Capital numbered in the thousands upon thousands. He could truly be said to have brought blessings to the entire region.
Liu Yucheng requested a private room and had someone brew a pot of Biluochun.
Once they were seated, Liu Yucheng said, "I went to Qichen Palace early this morning to find you, Lord Hu, only to be told you'd moved out. They wouldn't tell me where you'd gone, either. Just as I was wondering what to do, you appeared.