Wei Han naturally couldn’t do anything about the young lady with an indifferent expression standing on the stone steps.

He was just a regular customer who came to the tavern. Whether the tavern proprietress kept male favorites or looked at young men’s bottoms, what did it have to do with him?

He was just somewhat shocked, that’s all.

That boy called Xiao Qi was a small bandit, and even dark…

Luo Sheng walked down the steps and greeted Wei Han: “Why has Your Highness come to the back?”

“I came to wash my hands.”

Shi Yan looked at his master in shock.

Wasn’t master going to use the privy? How did it change to washing hands?

Catching sight of Luo Sheng from the corner of his eye, Shi Yan understood.

Right, how could he mention using the privy in front of a young lady?

Hearing these words, Luo Sheng laughed: “Did Your Highness also touch a snake?”

Wei Han looked at her with some helplessness, ignoring this teasing remark.

“Shi Yan, then you lead His Highness to wash his hands.” Luo Sheng gave the instruction, curtsied slightly to Wei Han as a farewell, and walked toward the kitchen.

Seeing Wei Han follow Shi Yan away, Luosai Huzi quickly walked up to Luo Sheng and stopped her: “Proprietress, please wait.”

Luo Sheng stopped and looked at him quietly.

Meeting those eyes as calm as water, Luosai Huzi felt dazed for a moment.

How could such a seemingly aloof and noble young lady have a hobby of looking at people’s bottoms?

But Xiao Qi was straightforward and always told him everything—he wouldn’t lie.

Luosai Huzi steadied himself and said in a deep voice: “Proprietress, regarding Xiao Qi, I have some things I want to ask you.”

Luo Sheng thought for a moment and nodded: “Alright then, follow me inside.”

“Big brother—” Xiao Qi nervously tugged at Luosai Huzi’s sleeve.

He couldn’t go inside—going inside was dangerous!

In that instant, Luosai Huzi actually understood what Xiao Qi meant.

His overly weathered face flushed red.

She wouldn’t look at his too, would she? How embarrassing…

“Didn’t you have something to say?” Luo Sheng asked lightly.

Her expression remained normal, but undercurrents surged in her eyes. If someone familiar with her temperament were present, they would know the Princess’s mood at this moment was not entirely calm.

Unfortunately, Luosai Huzi couldn’t tell.

After a slight hesitation, Luosai Huzi grabbed Xiao Qi’s hand: “Let’s go.”

Luo Sheng led the two back to the main room.

At this time, Wei Han had finished washing his hands and stood in the middle of the courtyard, glancing once toward the doorway.

“Master—” Shi Yan didn’t know what to say and called out dryly.

Wei Han paid him no attention and turned to walk toward the main hall.

Inside the room, the light was bright. Luo Sheng sat down in a chair and said lightly: “Speak.”

Xiao Qi instinctively shrank back his hand.

Because of this movement, Luosai Huzi suddenly exploded: “Proprietress, Xiao Qi is still a child!”

“So?”

“So—” Luosai Huzi paused, as if making a decision. “If you have improper intentions toward Xiao Qi, I’ll take him and leave the tavern!”

Hearing this, Xiao Qi panicked and hugged Luosai Huzi’s arm, shouting: “Big brother, I’m not leaving. I want to be an enforcer at the tavern.”

How could they leave? If they left, how could he eat all those delicious foods?

Besides, this job was something he’d exchanged for—wouldn’t leaving mean he’d lost out?

“Xiao Qi, let go!” Luosai Huzi tried to pry off Xiao Qi’s hands.

Xiao Qi held onto his arm and wouldn’t let go: “I’m not leaving anyway. If big brother promises not to leave, I’ll let go.”

Luosai Huzi was so angry his eyes bulged.

For this troublesome kid, he was painfully giving up the cushy job of washing dishes at the tavern, yet the kid was dragging him down.

Did he have no backbone as a bandit at all!

“Du Da, you’ve misunderstood. I was just verifying whether Xiao Qi is really Xiu Gu’s nephew.”

Because the three’s backgrounds weren’t clean, they didn’t use their real names at the tavern.

“Verifying?” Luosai Huzi was startled. “Isn’t there the jade cicada?”

“The jade cicada isn’t grown on a person’s body. I heard from Xiu Gu that her nephew has a birthmark on his buttocks, so I looked for her.”

“Why didn’t Aunt look herself?” Luosai Huzi blurted out, calling her “Aunt” quite naturally.

Luo Sheng glanced at him and said lightly: “Xiu Gu is thin-skinned.”

Luosai Huzi was left speechless.

The proprietress’s words weren’t wrong. If Aunt wasn’t thin-skinned, she wouldn’t have ended up with two big nephews.

Hearing Luo Sheng’s words, Xiao Qi became nervous.

“I, there—”

“There’s a scar.” Luo Sheng calmly finished the sentence.

This was why her expression had been grave after looking.

What terrible luck—precisely at the location where Bao’er had his birthmark, there was a scar.

Was it a scar covering up that birthmark, or was there never a birthmark there in the first place, so a scar was created to deceive?

Two possibilities that were completely different for her and the Prince Zhennan’s manor.

However, that night Xiu Yue had seen with her own eyes her fiancé Yang Zhun take Bao’er away, and Yang Zhun had given the jade cicada to Xiao Qi. That scar should have been created to cover up the birthmark.

After all, Yang Zhun had even changed his surname to hide his identity, telling the Black Wind Stockade people his surname was Yu.

For such a meticulous person, destroying the birthmark to protect Bao’er’s identity was very likely.

Looking at it this way, Xiao Qi should undoubtedly be her younger brother Bao’er.

“Big brother, there’s a scar there…” Xiao Qi looked at Luosai Huzi in confusion.

What did the proprietress mean? Was she saying Aunt wasn’t his aunt?

He had no father or mother, only Uncle Yu. Since Uncle Yu died, the person closest to him was big brother.

Now he finally had an aunt, a real aunt—he didn’t want to lose her…

Luosai Huzi patted Xiao Qi’s shoulder and said to Luo Sheng: “I know about that scar on Xiao Qi’s bottom. It was already there when Uncle Yu brought him to our stockade. Uncle Yu said he didn’t know how to take care of children and accidentally let him touch a burning stick…”

Luo Sheng listened quietly to Luosai Huzi’s account, then stood up and walked before Xiao Qi.

“Proprietress—” Xiao Qi called out awkwardly.

He had thought the proprietress wanted him as a male favorite, but it turned out it was because of this.

Luo Sheng raised her hand and stroked the boy’s head: “You’ve suffered these years. Xiu Gu will cherish you well.”

She would too.

It’s just that now wasn’t the time to acknowledge each other.

“Alright, you two go out. Starting tomorrow, Xiao Qi will follow Shi Yan to learn some martial arts and become someone accomplished in both literature and martial arts.”

Xiao Qi quickly patted his chest in assurance: “Proprietress, rest assured. I’ll definitely work hard to become an enforcer accomplished in both literature and martial arts.”

Luosai Huzi couldn’t help saying: “Proprietress, I can teach Xiao Qi martial arts.”

He was the chief of Black Wind Stockade.

“Shi Yan is Prince Kaiyang’s personal guard.”

Luosai Huzi cupped his fists: “Then I’ll entrust it to him.”

“Go out.”

After the two left, Luo Sheng sat alone for a while, then got up and went to the main hall.

In the main hall, those few tables of customers had already dispersed. Only a crimson figure sitting by the window was drinking alone.

Before him was only a plate of braised beef and three wine pots.

Luo Sheng carried a tray over and sat down across from him.

Wei Han looked up at her.

Perhaps due to the wine, his usually clear eyes were tinged with a hint of haziness.

“Miss Luo.” He called out lightly.

Luo Sheng placed the small dishes from the tray onto the table one by one.

“Complimentary dishes for Your Highness.”