Lanqin was now terrified. What was he trying to do? Was he going to punish her for just one sentence?!

Damn, this feudal society has no human rights whatsoever; a single word can lead to your death!

Lanqin lowered her head, hesitating, not daring to mention her family affairs, yet also not daring not to answer the man's question. She could only brace herself and say, "My humble name is not worthy of disturbing your ears, sir. My father is just a minor official and dares not trouble you. Please, sir, let my daughter go." After saying this, she raised her head and gave the Fourth Master a delicate look.

Upon that glance, her eyes sparkled, and her beauty was reborn.

Hasn't someone said that when a woman pleads with a man and shows weakness, the man usually won't make things difficult for her anymore?

In this desperate situation, Lin Mengyao had no choice but to resort to a woman's most primal instincts.

Fourth Master was taken aback. In truth, his anger had long since dissipated; he was not, after all, such a petty man. The woman's eyes and gentle demeanor were completely different from the arrogant and carefree aura she had displayed earlier, yet they were both found in the same person, leaving him somewhat bewildered.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Lanqin assumed he had agreed, so she squatted down again, gave a deep bow, then got up and left quickly.

Emma, ​​please don't make me stop again!!

Fortunately, the Fourth Master only came to his senses when she reached the courtyard gate. Just then, Su Peisheng came around from the backyard and saw his master standing at the entrance of the Great Compassion Hall, staring blankly at a woman walking towards the courtyard gate. He was puzzled and looked at the woman's back as well.

"Master, I have completed what you instructed." Su Peisheng walked to his side, immediately bowed, and said cautiously.

"Go, follow that woman and find out which family she belongs to," Fourth Master said.

Su Peisheng almost cried out. What was going on? His master was just praying for the princesses and princes, and now he was being asked to investigate other girls? Knowing the Fourth Master as he did, his master wasn't such a frivolous and heartless person!

However, even if the master's words are just a fart, they, as servants, must obey without question.

Su Peisheng didn't dare to delay and immediately jogged out after him.

Looking at Su Peisheng's retreating figure, Fourth Master felt a pang of regret. Did that servant have a problem with him? Actually, he had only wanted to talk to the woman because of her honest words, but he hadn't expected to scare her away.

Lately, fewer and fewer people are telling me the truth.

Needless to say, the Emperor only has the right to speak the truth. There is no reason for an emperor to speak the truth to his subjects. Ever since he married his wife, the Emperor has treated him as a subject.

Mother, I've been separated from her since I was little. Now when the two of us meet, we only exchange polite greetings like "the weather is nice" and "take care of yourself." There's nothing left between us to say.

My brothers, ever since you all left the palace and established your own residences, we have started to speculate and distrust each other, and we are no longer as close as we were when we were in the Princes' quarters.

The wife, the woman who had never been on good terms with him since they married, was as cold as a stone. For the sake of her family and herself, she had never truly loved him as a husband.

Lady Li, now Consort Li, was once gentle and charming, but people change, and so does one's desire for power. After bearing her three sons and one daughter, she became restless, and began to carefully consider her words and flatter her obsequiously.

The princesses of the Song, Wu, Geng, and Wang families were all terrified of him, trying their best to please him, displaying only a servile demeanor and little genuine affection!

Meanwhile, Lanqin had practically run the whole way. Luckily, she wasn't wearing platform shoes today, or she would have definitely tripped and fallen. Xue'er was also coming to greet her. When she saw that the princess had come down on her own, she was overjoyed and quickly went to help Niohuru Lanqin.

"Hurry up, Mother's out!" Lanqin pulled Xue'er down the mountain before she could speak.

"I came back to find you as soon as Madam came out." Xue'er couldn't help but turn her head to look, only to see a eunuch-looking person walking behind her. She didn't see anything else, so why did the princess seem to have seen a ghost?

"Hurry up, it's scarier than a ghost!" Lanqin blurted out, pulling Xue'er away.

The two, master and servant, ran wildly, but the woman's pace could not keep up with the man's. Su Peisheng followed closely, always keeping a suitable distance, neither falling behind nor overtaking him.

Anjia was already waiting in the courtyard of the main hall. She saw her daughter and her personal maid enter from outside the courtyard gate, looking very anxious. She asked, "Qin'er, what's wrong? Xue'er, how are you serving the princess?" As she spoke, she gave Xue'er, who was standing beside her, a stern look.

Lanqin dared not admit that she had just offended a powerful figure, so she immediately grabbed her mother's arm and said in a coquettish tone, "Mother, let's go back quickly, Qin'er is hungry."

Anjia immediately chuckled and said, "There's some food prepared in the sedan chair, hurry up and get in. You're such a child." After saying that, she took Lanqin's hand and they went out of the courtyard together, then walked all the way to the temple gate, got into the sedan chair, and went back.

Meanwhile, Su Peisheng had already stood aside. After the group left, he slowly walked to the gatekeeper monk's meditation room and said to a young monk, "Who were those distinguished guests just now? Our master found a sachet, and it seems to belong to the family that just left. Please tell me, Master, so I can report back to our master."

The gatekeeper hesitated for a moment, but dared not remain silent. He put his hands together, uttered the name Amitabha, and said, "Those are the lady and princess of the Lingzhu family, a fourth-rank official."

After leaving Huangjue Temple, Lanqin finally relaxed in the sedan chair.

That was terrifying! That person was clearly no ordinary person. I've only been here for less than a month. I'm afraid I might accidentally step on a landmine and lose my life.

Meanwhile, in another sedan chair, Anjia looked worried and uneasy. This was because the abbot had just examined Lanqin's face and said a lot, but the final conclusion was that she was destined for great fortune and honor, but not in the present, and that she was currently facing a jinx and should not go out.

In modern times, this saying would be utter nonsense: "Great fortune and wealth are not in the present," which is just promising you an eternal tomorrow; "You're currently facing bad luck, so don't go out," is even more obvious—of course, staying home will prevent you from encountering misfortune. These few words alone cost Anjia over a hundred taels of silver, enough for an ordinary family to live comfortably for several years.