The bluestone streets are bustling with traffic, hawkers are neatly lined up on both sides of the road, and many people stop to shop, making it very lively and prosperous.
Su Lijin, wearing the clothes of a Shiqi official, looked at the prosperous scene on the street, and in a flash, she arrived at the brothel in the red-light district.
As soon as I stepped into the backyard of the brothel, I heard someone talking loudly and couldn't help but listen.
"Oh, you don't know, a group of people rushed to Hong'en Pavilion to cause trouble, and now it's a mess over there."
"Someone's still causing trouble in broad daylight?"
"Isn't it? It looks menacing."
Su Lijin frowned and asked, "Is someone causing trouble in Hong'en Pavilion?"
She had almost no hesitation and immediately changed direction after stepping into the brothel and went directly to Hong'en Pavilion.
Hong'en Pavilion was not too far away. When she hurried over from a distance, she heard a commotion, which seemed to be mixed with the sounds of smashing and destroying things.
When she reached the door, she discovered that a group of ferocious-looking men were smashing and destroying things inside Hong'en Pavilion!
"What are you doing? Stop smashing things!" A man dressed as a waiter stepped forward to stop them with an anxious look on his face.
"Get out of my way! What's wrong with me smashing something?" A big man raised a chair in his hand, grinned viciously, and threw it hard to the ground. The chair made a "bang" sound and broke into pieces instantly.
Immediately, several other big men also smashed the tables, benches and other things to pieces.
What's more, he reached out to the books and paintings inside and tried to destroy them with a wicked grin on his face.
The shopkeeper-like man hurried over to stop them: "No, you can't destroy these books. They are very important classics!"
"The more you forbid me to destroy it, the more I will destroy it!" The big man sneered and kicked the shopkeeper away, then started to destroy the books.
"How can this be possible! It's simply lawless!"
Su Lijin looked at it, extremely angry. She leaped into the store and kicked the big man holding the books and paintings hard.
The big man was kicked on the back and screamed. He flew to the side, hit the pillar hard, and rolled on the ground.
"Who are you? How dare you come here and meddle in other people's business?" The leading man glared at Su Lijin with a malicious look. "Get out of here if you know what's best for you, or I'll break you into pieces like these chairs!"
The shop assistant's face was purple, and he looked at Su Lijin alone, feeling a little at a loss.
When the shopkeeper saw Su Lijin, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, but he wasn't too flustered. He stepped forward and said, "Well, young man, you'd better leave. I'm afraid these people will hurt you."
Hearing this, Su Lijin shook her head and said, "These people can't hurt me. Today, I'm going to take care of this trivial matter."
She said the last sentence to the leading man.
Whether out of her connection with the owner of Hong'en Pavilion or out of a desire to help others when she saw injustice, Su Lijin could not sit idly by.
Especially when someone told her to meddle in other people's business, she had the determination to meddle in such matters!
She insists on doing what others don't let her do!
The leading burly man sneered and waved for several other men to surround Su Lijin. "Since she's so ignorant, let's teach her a lesson. Come on, all together!"
Four or five big men shouted and waved the sticks in their hands at Su Lijin ferociously, attacking her head and face.
A faint smile appeared on Su Lijin's lips. She jumped up from the ground and went straight out of the attack circle. Then she stepped on the big man's stick with both feet and kicked the big man's head hard one by one, knocking them down one by one!
Suddenly, screams were heard.
When the leading man saw this situation, he narrowed his eyes and glared at Su Lijin.
Su Lijin pointed her sword sheath at him and asked, "Why on earth did you come here to destroy Hong'en Pavilion?"
Hearing this, the leading man said with a sullen expression, "Hong'en Pavilion had better be shut down. No more bookstores are allowed here!"
"Hong'en Pavilion is not allowed to open a bookstore anymore?" Su Lijin sneered. "Why don't you tell me why they are not allowed to open a bookstore?"
The shop assistant and the shopkeeper stood aside and also looked at the leading man.
"Why?" The leading man laughed arrogantly, "Do you know who you have offended?"
"That's the current Prime Minister!"
"Oh? Are you the Prime Minister's men?"
Su Lijin raised her eyebrows slightly. It turned out that this group of people were the running dogs of Prime Minister Zhang Wenfeng?
Haha, this Zhang Wenfeng is really brave. He actually does such evil things in broad daylight. Isn’t he afraid of being impeached?
However, since he dared to do this, he probably wasn't afraid.
The clerk frowned and looked at the shopkeeper helplessly.
The shopkeeper's face was slightly tense, his eyes were a little angry, but his tone was still normal: "We have never offended the Prime Minister."
"Huh, are you scared?"
Bowing towards the outside, the big man sneered, "Whatever the Prime Minister wants to do, no matter if you offend him or not, if he wants to open a bookstore here, you guys have to close it down and get out!"
Su Lijin finally understood. It turned out that Zhang Wenfeng wanted to open a bookstore here. He thought that Hong'en Pavilion was trying to steal the business from the Prime Minister, so he sent people to smash it up!
"This is outrageous! This Zhang Wenfeng is truly lawless!"
With a cold smile, Su Lijin kicked the leading man, and then threw the fallen men out one by one.
"You dare to hit the Prime Minister's people? Are you tired of living?!"
"Get out of here right now, otherwise, you won't be able to leave even if I let you!" Su Lijin threatened.
A group of big men had already experienced her strength, and immediately made vicious threats and ran away angrily.
The shopkeeper immediately bowed to Su Lijin and thanked her: "Thank you so much for your help. I really don't know how to thank you enough."
Su Lijin was about to raise her hand to let her get up, but when she saw the calluses on his hands, she paused slightly.
The thickness of the calluses was enough to show that this person's martial arts skills were not inferior to his own.
Her expression remained unchanged as she smiled and said, "You're too polite, boss. It's a piece of cake."
Then she didn't stay long and returned to the palace.
After returning to the bedroom, Su Lijin changed her clothes and immediately went to the Empress Dowager's palace.
The Queen Mother looked at Su Lijin with an unpleasant expression and asked, "Your Majesty, you still come to my place? I thought you were out fooling around again!"
These words were full of sarcasm, and Su Lijin frowned slightly when she heard them.
But she knew that the Queen Mother would not say anything good, so her expression was very calm. She stretched her arms and said, "I am going to exercise. Don't worry, Queen Mother. I am here now, aren't I?"
Concubine Shu protected her belly and laughed sarcastically at the words, "Where did the Empress go to exercise? How come the eunuchs and palace maids couldn't find you after searching everywhere?"
Su Lijin looked at her belly with a hint of meaning in her eyes and said slowly, "Shufei, you should take good care of your pregnancy and not mess around. Otherwise, be careful not to sprain your waist."
"I know this child is a thorn in your side, Your Majesty, but how can you threaten to get rid of my child?"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu's face froze, a hint of viciousness flashed in the corner of her eyes, and then she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and cried aggrievedly: "This is the emperor's bloodline!"
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