Chapter 202 Hopefully, Hibiscus won't disappoint her.

"Yes." After Furong left, Liuye pulled Bai Zilin to the garden and looked at him worriedly, saying, "Brother Bai, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager has her eye on me. Yesterday, she actually had her nephew escort me home. I'm afraid she wants to marry me off to her nephew!"

Bai Zilin felt a surge of anger after hearing this. He held Liu Ye in his arms tenderly and comforted her gently, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. We'll get married soon. I originally planned to get married after everything was settled. You don't have any relatives, and neither do I. We don't need to have a big celebration, just a simple wedding will do. If you agree, we'll get married in half a month. I need time to prepare things, but you don't need to prepare anything. I'll prepare everything for you. You just need to be ready to be the bride."

Liu Ye nodded happily: "Okay, let's do it this way. Once the Empress Dowager finds out we're married, she won't be able to do anything about it."

"Let me show you my General's Mansion." Bai Zilin took Liu Ye's hand and crawled through the wall to the General's Mansion. The two walked around the mansion hand in hand, inside and out. Liu Ye was more and more satisfied with what she saw. It was indeed a royal mansion. There were large courtyards within courtyards, magnificent houses with upturned eaves and flying corners. Every plant and tree in the courtyard, the rockery, the small bridge and the flowing water, and even the inconspicuous little ornaments in the houses were rare items of great value. There was a 1-meter-tall red coral, crystal clear jade ornaments, and a jade cabbage full of emerald green.

"Brother Bai, your general's mansion is too good! The emperor didn't take anything, did he give it all to you?"

Bai Zilin smiled and nodded: "The Emperor said he has already bestowed everything upon me. Is there anything else you need to add? I have ordered people to rearrange things. The Emperor has also bestowed upon me quite a few people: 10 guards who were previously Imperial Guards, 10 maids who were palace maids, and 5 palace matrons. All of these people are now under your command."

Liu Ye frowned after hearing this. Wasn't this just like the people in her courtyard? "Brother Bai, it's not that I'm being paranoid, but I suspect that the people the Emperor and Empress Dowager gave us were sent by them to monitor us. We all have to be careful."

Bai Zilin nodded with a serious expression: "I guessed that a long time ago. In a year or two, I will replace them all. Birth, aging, sickness and death are the natural course of life. Everyone gets sick."

Liu Ye nodded, she thought so too: "It's so annoying, why is it so hard for us to live a peaceful life!"

Bai Zilin pulled her hand and sat her down in the main seat. He then lifted her onto his lap, cupped her face, and kissed her. "Where there are people, there will be conflict. We'll get used to it gradually. Didn't you say before that there are always more solutions than problems? If there are problems, we'll solve them."

Liu Ye wrapped her arms around his neck and nestled in his chest, as docile as a kitten: "If someone bullies us, and we don't obey, they'll kill us."

A cold glint flashed in Bai Zilin's eyes, and his words carried a chilling tone: "Then we'll deal with them too. Anyone who tries to hurt us will be punished a hundredfold, a thousandfold, no matter who they are!"

Liu Ye thought so too: "Brother Bai, you talk so coolly, and you're getting more and more handsome. By the way, it seems that Princess Yunxi has taken a liking to you. I didn't notice, but Furong said that Princess Yunxi kept peeking at you at the banquet yesterday. I'm afraid that if she takes a liking to you, she might ask the Emperor to issue an imperial decree to grant you a marriage."

She got up from Bai Zilin's arms, looking at him with worried eyes. Bai Zilin stroked her face with his large hand and said firmly, "Don't worry, even if the Emperor bestows a marriage upon us, I have a reason to refuse the Emperor."

Liu Ye pulled Bai Zilin's hand off her face, pinching it so hard it hurt: "What reason could you possibly have? Saying you're engaged to me? Don't forget, the Empress Dowager intends for me to marry into the Zheng family."

Bai Zilin shrugged, not taking it seriously: "Anyway, I won't marry anyone but you. Besides, the Emperor knows about our relationship, so he probably won't agree to issue an imperial decree to grant us a marriage. Don't worry too much. Let's take it one step at a time. If what you're worried about really happens, I have a way to deal with it."

When he trained assassins for the emperor, he also trained a group of people for himself. Although there were only 200 people, they were all martial arts masters, more skilled than the people he had given to the emperor. This was his backup plan. Big Beard, Little Dragon, and Walnut were the three of them who secretly managed the group for him.

Liu Ye sighed helplessly and said, "I hope the Emperor will remember the favor we did for him and not act as a troublemaker, breaking up a loving couple. Otherwise, I won't be polite to him!"

Bai Zilin couldn't wait to kiss Liu Ye's red lips. He had missed her terribly these past few days. Liu Ye wrapped her arms around Bai Zilin's neck and slowly responded to him.

In the evening, Liu Ye returned to the Princess's residence through the repaired moon gate. Fu Rong closed the door and came to Liu Ye's side: "Princess, Granny Sun was too delicate. It's also possible that she was too old. She died before she could endure 50 strokes of the cane. She was only beaten 35 times. I had Zhang Qiang throw her into the mass grave."

Liu Ye had already guessed it. Even a man couldn't withstand 50 lashes, let alone an old woman: "Hmm, you did a good job. Furong, go to the brokerage tomorrow and buy some people. We'll deal with the people outside gradually. Brother Bai's courtyard is full of people bestowed by the Emperor, just like our family's situation."

Furong thought for a moment and nodded: "I understand. I'll go out to buy people first thing tomorrow morning. Do I need to buy people from General Bai's courtyard?"

Liu Ye shook her finger and said, "No need. Brother Bai and I have decided to get married in half a month. We can bring our people over then. The Empress Dowager's people can stay at the Princess's Mansion. No, I bought the Princess's Mansion with my own money, so we can't let them have it so easily. Let them live in the Su family next door. We can also send the people from Brother Bai's courtyard over there. Furong, you will be the steward of the General's Mansion from now on."

Furong nodded, her eyes darting around. She didn't want to be a housekeeper; her goal was that position: "Princess, do you still have the golden token bestowed upon you by the Empress Dowager? Could you show it to me...?"

A shrewd glint flashed in Liu Ye's eyes. She reached into her sleeve, took out a gold token from her spatial storage, and handed it to Furong: "Take a look. With this gold token, you can enter the palace at will. But I'm not going. I always feel that the palace is gloomy. However, if you want to see the Emperor, I can lend it to you."

Furong bit her lip shyly, pretending that Liuye had guessed her thoughts: "I... I really can borrow it, then... then I won't return it to the princess for now."

Liu Ye smiled and said jokingly, "Here you go. Go and meet your lover tonight, but be careful. The Imperial Guards in the palace are not to be trifled with. You'd better disguise yourself as a palace maid when you enter the palace."

Furong blushed and nodded: "Yes, I borrowed a palace maid's outfit from Xiaxia. Thank you, Princess. I'll go prepare your bathwater..."

Liu Ye smiled and nodded. After Fu Rong closed the door and left, she put away her smile, kicked off her shoes, and lay down on the bed. She hoped that Fu Rong would not disappoint her. She knew that Fu Rong was not an ordinary person. She was afraid that Fu Rong was an ordinary person. That would be no fun. "Hmph, Empress Dowager, Emperor Xuan, whether you can hold your throne depends on what you do!"