Su Yue generously ordered a table full of dishes, basically trying all the signature dishes of Xianhelou. Before, she didn't have money and couldn't bear to buy anything, but now that she has money, she naturally can't let her family suffer anymore. She can eat whatever she wants, whatever is delicious.

The group was having dinner in a private room on the second floor when Chuanwen turned his head and saw a person on the street through the open window.

【Hey! Isn't that Tu Sandao?!】

As Chuanwen's voice came through, Wenxue, who was enjoying her crispy duck, glanced over and saw Tu Sandao sneakily picking through hats in the shop where they had just bought them. Then, while the shop assistant was enthusiastically introducing the hats to a few foreigners, he quickly tucked a smaller hat under his oversized clothes.

[Stealing!]

Chuanwen immediately stood up. The shop was run by the imperial court, and the goods inside were all small items made by the girls' school, so this was theft on her!

A gentleman can tolerate what a stranger can not! A stranger can tolerate what a gentleman can not!

"Wenxue! Go!"

Chuan Wen said to Wen Xue beside him. Everyone thought that Wen Xue would leap out and draw her sword to Tu Sandao's neck. However, after receiving Chuan Wen's order, Wen Xue did not hesitate to spit out a duck bone from her mouth. The duck bone flew out of the window with lightning speed and hit Tu Sandao's knee accurately.

Just as Tu Sandao was about to leave nonchalantly, he was struck by the blow, cried out in pain, and knelt down, his hat falling out from under his clothes.

The message reads: 【Holy crap! Qiu Qianchi!】

Wen Xue innocently chewed the duck meat in her mouth, puzzled: Qiu Qianchi? Who is that?

At this moment, in the room two rooms away from theirs, the disguised emperor frowned in confusion. Qiu Qianchi? Is she another famous figure from the country where Chuanwen lived in his previous life? What exactly does she do? Is she in the power industry or something?

These past few days, the emperor has heard many famous figures mentioned in Chuanwen's heart, and has repeatedly expressed his envy, wondering why their Great Jin Dynasty doesn't have such talents! This feeling reached its peak, especially when he saw those eccentric ministers.

Why do I feel like someone is watching me?

Across from the emperor, Shen Congliang, who was shoveling rice into his mouth, paused for a moment. Looking up, he saw the emperor staring at him with disdain. He awkwardly put down his chopsticks and swallowed the rice he hadn't chewed yet. "Your Majesty, I'm hungry."

The emperor was speechless and wanted to cover his face. There's no harm in comparison! Heavens above, please, could you exchange these eccentric ministers for the talents that Wen Ya'er was talking about? Two for one, even five for one!

Under Chuanwen's leadership, the Great Jin Dynasty is developing steadily and is in dire need of talent. Although the emperor has searched for many talented people from the common people, it is still not enough!

Shen Congliang glanced at Cheng Gonghuan, the Vice Minister of Works, and Dong Zhen, the Censor-in-Chief, on either side. Although they were also eating, they were eating very elegantly, unlike him who had been wolfing down his food earlier. He thought the Emperor was disapproving of his eating habits. So, after observing the Emperor's expression, he carefully picked up his chopsticks and began to eat elegantly, mimicking the two men.

emperor:......

Forget it! He turned his head away, out of sight, out of mind!

But looking out the window, I saw a commotion outside. Several shop assistants from the store selling fan hats had grabbed someone, and a crowd of onlookers had gathered around.

When the duck bone flew out, Wei Xiang and Yin Shuang, who were behind the emperor, noticed it and told the emperor. The emperor nodded, realizing that it was Wen Yatou and the others who were helping to catch the thief.

The emperor and his entourage looked out the window to watch the commotion. Just then, they heard the thief below shout, "Let me go! I'm the emperor's brother-in-law! If you dare arrest me, I'll have the emperor chop off your heads tomorrow!"

The emperor was stunned. He... his brother-in-law?

Shen Congliang and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

The men below clearly didn't believe him either, and with a sneer, they were about to drag him to the authorities, saying, "You're the emperor's brother-in-law, but I'm the emperor's elder brother-in-law!"

The emperor's lips twitched, and Shen Congliang immediately slammed his fist on the table and stood up, saying fiercely, "How dare he impersonate a member of the imperial family! I think he's tired of living!"

He was about to roll up his sleeves and go downstairs to beat people up, including the waiter who disrespected the emperor!

But he almost tripped over the threshold and fell flat on his face as soon as he opened the door, because Chuanwen's inner monologue from two neighbors came through: "Wow! It really is the Emperor's brother-in-law!"

The emperor frowned even more deeply. Wasn't his brother-in-law Jia Zhuolun, the Director of the Imperial Academy? When did he get another brother-in-law? He hadn't heard of his sister Jin having any other brothers!

By this time, Shen Congliang had silently returned and sat down again. The others didn't dare breathe; they seemed to smell the juicy gossip. However, this gossip concerned the royal family, and they just hoped it wouldn't explode too much! They didn't want to be silenced by the emperor!

When Consort Li was young, she suffered a serious illness. Her family, fearing she wouldn't survive, arranged for her to be adopted by a kitchen maid in the household as her godmother. Later, Consort Li recovered, and her family forgot about the adoption. However, while they forgot, the old woman remembered. After leaving the Li household, she boasted to everyone she met about being the godmother of the Li family's daughter, especially after hearing that Consort Li had entered the palace as a concubine; her boasting only intensified! That ruthless woman...

Chuanwen glanced at Tu Sandao, who was being taken away, and continued thinking: [That's that old woman's son. He's a good-for-nothing. At first, he used his status as the emperor's brother-in-law to scam people out of food and drink, but when nobody believed him anymore, he resorted to extortion.]

Forced sale!!! What?!

The emperor and his entourage were shocked. Wasn't that a honey trap?

However, after looking at the back of Tu Sandao, who was still shouting, the group realized that Tu Sandao's appearance was so bad that it would be an exaggeration to say that he was a pig. They thought that no one would be fooled.

Although someone secretly reported it to the authorities, the county magistrate dared not act rashly after hearing that he was the emperor's brother-in-law. He made some inquiries and even went to the Li residence, and through roundabout means, he actually found out that the Li family had indeed recognized such a godmother!

To be honest, Li Feng was quite vain. When the county magistrate questioned him, he almost completely forgot about his godmother. But to avoid being seen as ungrateful, he acted as if he valued her highly, even sending someone to find her and give her some valuable gifts after the magistrate left.

As a result, the godmother's family became even more arrogant! Tu Sandao became even more domineering at the market; anyone who stopped at his stall had to buy his vegetables, and at the prices he set! Even the county magistrate dared not interfere!

The emperor and his entourage coughed and silently breathed a sigh of relief. So this was what they meant by forced buying and selling! Wen girl, could you please tell us the whole story? You're making it easy for people to start a rebellion by saying things out of context!

However, as Chuan Wen spat out a chicken bone, his delicate, long eyebrows furrowed into a small knot. [Although the county magistrate wouldn't dare touch Tu Sandao, that shop has connections to the imperial court. Surely the magistrate wouldn't protect Tu Sandao?]