The man looked like he was taking credit for something.

Turning around and waving his hand, he said domineeringly,

"Don't you want to go shopping? I was worried that you couldn't handle it, so I invited vendors to my house.

Oh, and there are more outside, all the way to the door of your workshop, so you can browse to your heart's content."

For a moment, Shen Ningzhu was unable to refute.

Her workshop is two miles away. How many people did he find to act with him? This dog man really has a hole in his brain.

"Who asked you to do this? Just because you have the power, you can do whatever you want?"

"With just one word from you, you brought them here to play with you. Do you know that they have elderly parents and young children to support? They do this little business to support their families?"

Moreover, why is the market so weird and quiet? It must be a ghost market.

The man paused and raised his hand.

"Jiang Yi, every merchant who comes today will receive a reward of fifty taels of silver. Servants in the courtyard will receive five taels of silver. Divide into groups and take turns visiting the market. Make sure to spend all five taels of silver."

"yes."

Jiang Yi immediately went to execute it.

The originally uneasy vendors cheered excitedly when they heard about such a good thing.

"Fifty... fifty taels, am I dreaming?"

"It's raining red from the sky! I wouldn't even dream of such a rich and prosperous dream!"

"Fifty taels, is that true? I've never held a five-tael silver ingot in my life."

"Since you said it, it must be true. Thank you, you are truly a living Bodhisattva!"

Jiang Xuanyan was in a good mood and said loudly,

"If you can run the market well today and make my wife happy, each of you will get an extra ten taels."

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd immediately boiled over.

The vendors immediately got into the act and started hawking their wares in various ways. The place was bustling with people, making Chen Ningzhu feel like she was in a market town.

"Gourds are sour, gourds are sweet, and candied haws are a little sweet. One penny is enough for one point of sweetness, and a bunch of gourds can make you feel sweet."

"Tofu pudding, hot tofu pudding."

"Chestnuts, freshly roasted chestnuts with sugar."

Smelling the aroma in the air and listening to the hawking sounds one after another, Shen Ningzhu swallowed her saliva unwillingly. She was really hungry. Forget it, let's leave it at that for today. We can talk about other things another day.

"I want to eat stinky tofu, go buy it for me."

Shen Ningzhu pointed with her hand.

Jiang Xuanyan's face was a little stiff, and he lowered his lips to speak, "Can't we let the maid go?"

Shen Ningzhu looked at him coldly.

The man frowned, snorted, and walked towards the stinky tofu stall outside the yard with a fearless attitude.

Fuling and Shaoyao beside them tried hard to suppress their laughter, and suddenly felt that the emperor was not as scary as they had imagined.

When we first met, he had a cold face and walked towards me with a long sword in his hand. Blood stained the corners of his luxurious robe, making him look violent and ruthless, like a devil crawling out of hell.

He cut off Mrs. Chen's arm without making a sound, which scared all of them.

When she thought she was dead this time, she was just locked up and kept in jail with food and water.

After coming out, I realized that all he did was to force his wife to surrender. After spending the past few days together, I realized that he loved her very much, but he used the wrong method. Not only did he fail to win her heart, but he pushed his wife away even further.

Thinking of this, Fuling couldn't help but speak well of him.

"Madam, look how good the emperor is to you."

"I hate it so much, but when you ask me to, I still go and buy you stinky tofu!"

Shaoyao didn't say anything, but the look in her eyes showed that she agreed with Fuling's words.

Shen Ningzhu rolled her eyes, poked her forehead with her index finger, and glared at her in reproach.

"You little bitch, don't forget who you belong to."

Fuling pursed her lips and said, "Of course I am yours."

"You know you're mine, yet you still dare to speak for that bastard? If you dare to betray me again, be careful that this lady won't want you anymore."

Fuling was anxious, "Madam~~~"

Chen Ningzhu covered her lips and smiled, "Okay, I was just teasing you. Don't you think it's rare for a man as noble as him to be so humble to a woman like me? Do you think I should be content and not go too far and annoy him?"

Fuling nodded.

Shen Ningzhu shook her head.

"Fuling, the fact that you think this way only shows that you ate too poorly before and you are too young."

"You only saw him give in and bow his head, but you didn't see him killing people like peeling carrots, nor did you see him pinching my neck and threatening me with my family to obey."

"He is treating me well now, but if he were not there, I might be better off than I am now."

So, she would not be grateful to him.

Jiang Xuanyan heard these words as soon as he came back, and his face instantly became extremely gloomy.

When the two maids found out, they were so frightened that they were silent.

Shen Ningzhu ignored him and told the two maids to follow her shopping. "If you like anything later, just buy it. This lady will treat you."

Both of them: ...

"lady……"

You should be careful. What if you piss them off and they pull out a knife or lock them up?

Chen Ningzhu went straight to the door, bought three bowls of stinky tofu, and sat at the table and started eating with relish.

“Hmm~~~”

"It's delicious, Poria cocos and peony, you guys should try it too."

Both of them: ...

Forget it, I have to eat my fill even if the sky falls, so I picked up the bowl and started to taste it.

Jiang Xuanyan gritted his teeth as he walked over, holding out the bowl in his hand. "You asked me to buy it, but after I bought it, you didn't take it and instead came out to buy it yourself."

"Well, what's wrong?"

"you--"

Chen Ningzhu moved slowly and methodically, picked up a piece of black stinky tofu, dipped it in the soup, and put it into her mouth with satisfaction.

"I want to eat delicious stinky tofu, but the way you hold the bowl with a distorted and hideous face makes me suspect that you want to give me a bowl of shit to eat."

"Ugh, I lost my appetite instantly, so I just bought it myself."

"As for the bowl in your hand..."

Chen Ningzhu paused, "Saving is glorious, wasting is shameful, especially wasting food, so... uh, why don't you eat it."

Three people on the side: ...

The two maids looked at each other, then looked at the bowls in their hands and the half-chewed stinky tofu. They felt mixed emotions and wanted to ask, "Madam, are you sure that the emperor is the only one who is losing his appetite?"

Jiang Xuanyan's handsome face was really distorted now.

It would be better to kill him than to let him eat this smelly pickled food. He looked down and couldn't help but retching.

Chen Ningzhu was delighted to see this.

You bastard, you can be so miserable now. If that’s the case, she must make him eat her today.

While he was stunned, Shen Ningzhu rolled his eyes, quickly narrowed a piece of food and poked it accurately into his mouth.

The icy face that had remained unchanged for thousands of years cracked in an instant. Shen Ningzhu laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward, clutching her stomach tightly. Halfway through her laughter, she noticed a shadow suddenly cast in front of her.

Before she could react, someone grabbed her neck and lifted her up, and her lips were sealed by the other person's thin lips.