The emperor ate to his heart's content, and when he left, he was escorted by Shura.

The carriage swayed gently as the emperor glanced at the box in Eunuch Liang's hand. "What's that?" he asked.

Eunuch Liang paused for a moment, "Your Majesty, it was some food given by the proprietress."

"Oh?" The emperor became interested. "What is it?"

Eunuch Liang suddenly had a feeling that this thing might not be safe, but he couldn't ignore the emperor's words, so he replied, "Your Majesty, this is braised peanuts."

Peanuts are a relatively new food, and people are still figuring out how to eat them.

Upon hearing that it was braised peanuts, the emperor became even more interested and ordered Eunuch Liang to open the box.

Liang Gonggong felt like crying but had no tears left to shed. He dared not tell the emperor that this thing was not prepared for the emperor.

Even if you gave him a hundred lives, he wouldn't dare.

He had no choice but to open the lid, and the emperor curiously pinched one open and peeled it off.

Eunuch Liang watched as the emperor, who had just said he was full, peeled peanuts one after another and put them in his mouth.

The braised peanuts smell delicious; he's eaten them before, so he knows.

Well, this box of peanuts no longer belongs to him. He never expected the emperor to order him to open the box directly.

In the past, the emperor never questioned what he took.

After all, as the emperor's chief steward, many people fawned over him, and the emperor knew that he was discreet about accepting gifts.

Clear water has no fish; emperors have always been adept at governing people.

There's just too much work going on up front, so Qifei has no choice but to end her life of lying down and is forced to go help out.

Looking at the customers outside the shop, who seemed to have taken over all the other shops, she fell into deep doubt: were the people here really that powerful in terms of purchasing power?

You should know that because she uses only the finest mutton, which comes from other places, and the secret seasonings are mostly from the Western Regions, they are all worth a fortune here.

She hadn't originally planned to make such a big splash, so she set the price a bit higher than the others.

Who knew that people in the capital would go to such lengths for food?

Qifei rubbed her lower back. No, she still needed to recruit people and free herself up.

When Shura came that night, she asked him to help her find someone else.

"How was I supposed to know there would be more and more guests? This is so annoying!" Qifei complained as she asked Xiuluo to massage her lower back.

She's exhausted today; her back is killing her.

"I don't know why there are so many people lately, my back is so sore."

Shura paused in massaging Qifei's lower back, then turned her over. "Are you pregnant again?"

Qifei, who was muttering to herself, suddenly sat up.

"She's pregnant?"

She hadn't decided whether to get pregnant yet, because it was her last world, and she was very reluctant to leave.

Did the baby arrive before she had even made a decision?

Qifei lowered her eyes, looking at her stomach with a complicated expression.

When Shura reminded her, she used her demonic power to check and confirmed that she was indeed pregnant.

"What do we do now?" Qi Fei was a little lost. She was a widow! A widow!

Her belly is definitely not going to be hidden. It's okay now that she's still in the early stages of pregnancy, but her belly will definitely get huge later.

Because she was pregnant with triplets again, based on past experience, she didn't need to wait until much later; her belly would start to show around three or four months into the pregnancy.

Fortunately, the period costumes are relatively loose, so they should cover up for about five months.

It definitely won't work later on; it's too obvious.

"I request the Emperor to grant us this marriage." Shura pondered for a moment.

Xiu Jiaqifei definitely wouldn't want to go, and he'd better find a place to move out first.

There are too many people and too much chatter here, so Qifei can't stay here forever; she's likely to get hurt.

Qi Fei couldn't help but widen her eyes. An arranged marriage? Seriously?

"The Emperor is in charge of your marriage?" When did the Emperor start having the responsibility of matchmaking?

"With the emperor's bestowal of a marriage, even if others in the Xiu family want to say something, they can only say it, but they cannot disobey the imperial decree."

"The key question is, do you think the emperor would issue you an imperial edict?"

It's not that Qifei doesn't trust Xiu Luo, but that's the emperor, and he wouldn't just issue an edict for no reason, would he?

As it turns out, Kihi was still too young.

The emperor not only issued an edict but also bestowed gifts, and the empress dowager also received many gifts in return.

This imperial decree shattered the worldview of the people in the capital.

What the heck? The leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard is marrying whom?

The Xiu family was completely bewildered, not knowing why the emperor had suddenly issued this decree.

They waited outside the Imperial Guard's gate for several days before finally spotting Shura, and hurriedly brought him back to the Shu family.

Shura is always elusive; it's really not easy to find him.

"Luo'er, have you offended the Emperor? Why are you suddenly being betrothed to someone whose name I've never heard of?"

Madam Xiu felt dizzy.

Although she was very anxious about Shura's continued celibacy, she was still uncomfortable with this sudden arranged marriage.

Her son isn't some cheap cabbage; how could he be snatched away by another woman without her having to be picky?

The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became. "Luo'er, do you think I should meet that woman now? I don't know who she is. How come she could get the Emperor to grant her a marriage? I've never heard of her in the capital."

Shura coughed lightly, "Mother, no matter who it is, since the Emperor has already bestowed the marriage, there is no room for negotiation."

The only thing to do now is to get married as soon as possible.

Madam Xiu looked at Xiu Luo suspiciously, "Although the emperor bestowed the marriage, he didn't say that the marriage should be completed as soon as possible. Do you know that woman?"

"I know him." Shura didn't hide it.

If we're talking about the entire Xiu family, the only one who can offer support is probably Old Madam Xiu.

When Old Madam Xiu heard Xiu Luo's story, her mouth gaped open, and her voice was shrill, "A widow? Luo'er, are you crazy? You actually want to marry a widow?"

“My son has made up his mind, and…” Xiu Luo pretended not to see the old lady’s loss of composure, “She is already pregnant with my son’s child. If she doesn’t get married soon, it will really be impossible to hide it.”

I don't want to be labeled as an illegitimate child.

Madam Xiu choked. Well, she used to worry that Xiu Luo might be unwell, otherwise he wouldn't even touch the maids she arranged.

Now look what happened, they just gave her a bombshell, and he got the woman pregnant.

With things having come to this point, what can Old Madam Xiu do?

With the emperor bestowing a marriage upon her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and hurry up with the wedding preparations.

That day, a special guest arrived at the entrance of [Yi Guo].

A lady dressed in elegant attire stood at the entrance of the small shop, hesitant and uncertain.

Although this restaurant is supposed to be a place to eat, it mainly serves men.

There really weren't many women, especially ladies of high society.