Consort Liu screamed as she looked at the poisoned white silk on the tray.

I always thought that no matter what, the emperor would spare my life out of consideration for our childhood friendship. I never imagined that I would be allowed to choose how I would die.

"Your Majesty, you cannot treat me like this. I know I was wrong and will never leave the palace again. I beg Your Majesty to spare my life for this first offense."

The emperor sighed and said, "If you do not die, the entire Liu family will be exiled for five hundred li."

After saying this, he went out the door, while inside, Grandpa De was still holding the tray.

"Hahaha, what a fine banishment of 500 miles! Does he really have no regard for our past friendship?"

Xiao Dezi, standing to the side, couldn't stand it any longer. "Your Majesty, do you think that even if you were to take the Emperor's life, he would still spare you? If it weren't for the years of friendship the Emperor has shown, the Liu family should be executed along with their entire clan."

"You dog of a servant, do you have the right to speak? The Emperor is just angry for a moment."

Even if the Liu family is exiled, as long as they are alive, they can return sooner or later.

At this moment, Consort Liu had no thought whatsoever about how many of those exiled would actually survive to reach their destination.

Moreover, even if one survives, they will only be relegated to the cold palace, so how could they possibly save their family?

Xiao Dezi winked at the old woman beside him, and the old woman came to De Gonggong and took the poison from the tray.

"Since the Imperial Concubine is not choosing, then this old servant will choose for you."

After saying this, he nodded to the old woman beside him, who then opened the poison container.

Two maids held down Consort Liu's arms, and the old woman poured a bottle of poison directly into Consort Liu's mouth.

"You dog slaves are all that slut's people, Your Majesty, please save your concubine cough cough."

Consort Liu was still thinking about the Emperor's last words: she didn't have to die, so what did it matter to her whether her family lived or died?

The poison took effect quickly, and Consort Liu desperately tried to vomit, but in the end she only managed to vomit a little.

As the medicine gradually penetrated her internal organs, Consort Liu felt unbearable abdominal cramps.

Eunuch De watched as Consort Liu rolled on the ground and walked away, while the old nanny stayed behind to bury her after she was completely dead.

The Empress Dowager knew her son was soft-hearted and had already taken precautions; no matter what, anyone who wanted the Emperor dead would not survive.

…

The next morning, Su Muyao's general store was bustling with activity, mainly for the auction.

The general store has been completely altered and is unrecognizable from its original state. The emperor and empress have also disguised themselves and left the palace.

Xia was riding her electric bike on the street, buying things when she spotted the emperor and empress's carriage from afar.

Clearly, the Emperor also saw Xia.

"Xiao Dezi, stop!" The carriage slowly came to a stop. The emperor came to Xia's side and pointed to the electric scooter that Xia had parked to the side.

Xia bowed and then shook her head. Of course she knew the person in front of her was the emperor, but these were, after all, the young princess's belongings.

The young princess is his master, and it would be wrong to give the electric scooter to the emperor without her permission.

The consequences are something I can't handle.

Xiao Dezi, however, was very perceptive and pushed the electric scooter from Xia's side to the Emperor's side.

The Empress also got out of the carriage, and the Emperor gestured for her to sit in the back seat.

The moment the Empress sat down, the Emperor sped off on his electric scooter.

Everyone...

Xia...

The surrounding people were also very surprised to see this scene. Everyone knew that this strange thing belonged to the young princess, and that the maid was someone who served the young princess.

Especially these past two days, the young princess has been busy running around on this street, and now someone actually dares to bully her.

But judging from Xia's expression, the person who rode away on the electric bike must have some status.

They didn't dare to easily step forward to stop them, since Xia hadn't made a fuss about asking them to go up and help.

Xia Xia stopped buying what she was carrying and quickly ran back.

Grandpa De also drove his carriage to the general store.

"I think that person must be a high-ranking official. Otherwise, with our little princess's abilities, who would dare to bully her?"

Another vendor said, "I don't think so. These high-ranking officials and princesses aren't afraid of each other. Have you forgotten about Lord Xu who came to our door before?"

"Ah, I know about this. I heard that Lord Xu's granddaughter bought quite a few things from the little princess."

Moreover, my third maternal uncle's sixth daughter works as a maid in the Xu household. I heard that Master Xu has ordered that anyone who sees the young princess or anyone associated with her should avoid them.

"Hey Old Wang, how many children did your third maternal uncle have? Six daughters, no less."

The man punched the person who had changed the subject, saying, "Go away, all of you, go busy yourselves instead of gossiping here."

He then ignored the laughter and jeers of the people around him and began to tidy up the things on his stall.

Xia ran to the shop and shouted to Su Muyao on the second floor, "Princess, the Emperor stole my carriage, and I can't catch up!"

Su Muyao looked at the emperor sitting in front of her and saw that the emperor was calm and composed, and even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, he would not change his expression. How could he do such a thing in front of everyone?

emperor……

This maid really doesn't give me any face. Can't she see that I'm sitting right here?

She actually brazenly admitted to stealing her car. Humph, what an oblivious servant! I really don't know how she was raised. When she gets back, the head maid will have her salary docked.

Then the Empress coughed twice and said, "Yaoyao, your imperial uncle likes it very much, but I can't bear to give him the one I have in my palace. Why don't you sell one to your imperial uncle?"

"It's Yao Yao, you can't be so biased. You already have the Empress and the Empress Dowager, why are you leaving me out?"

Upon hearing this, Su Muyao realized that he meant she should also give him one!

Seeing that Su Muyao didn't respond, the Emperor huffed, "I'll give you some silver."

Not satisfied with that, he let out another heavy snort: "Petty."

Su Muyao: "I could sell this to people from the Western Regions for 300,000 taels of gold and they would buy it. Moreover, they would buy it even for 500,000 taels of gold in the future."

The emperor's eyes widened. "How much did you sell it to them for? Three hundred thousand taels of gold?"

The little dumpling nodded. "Of course! This bike has a clearly marked price; they won't take it for even a penny less."

The emperor then began to hesitate. How much tax would he have to collect from selling 300,000 taels of gold? Considering that the empress already had one, he decided against it.

Su Muyao wasn't really stingy for not giving it to him; rather, there were quite a few old-man's cars in the space.

Once the road is paved, we'll give him another one.

They were chatting happily upstairs when they heard someone downstairs arguing with the waiter.

"Why can't we afford it? This piece of junk isn't even worth ten thousand taels."

As he spoke, he looked at the waiter with disdain.

"Judging from the girl's elegant attire, one would assume she is a knowledgeable person."

Such a fine item is not something anyone with a bit of knowledge would think could be bought for ten thousand taels of silver. I hope you will look at other shops, young lady," the shopkeeper said, gesturing for her to proceed.