"My Lord!"

Lu Wu stood up, clasped his hands together, bent down and saluted respectfully.

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

Yun Zheng strode over, patted him on the shoulder, and looked past him at the little guy in the corner.

When he saw the miserable state of that small group of people, his pupils suddenly constricted, a burst of violence emerged in his eyes, his chest was filled with rage, and the hand on Lu Wu's shoulder tightened unconsciously.

Although he had heard about the little girl's miserable situation in Yun Wanning's heart a long time ago, he still underestimated it.

The tiny thing in my eyes had no good skin on its exposed surface and was almost unrecognizable from being tortured.

What a vicious merchant!!!

Perhaps sensing the rage in him, the little guy shrank back timidly and limped over to Lu Wu's side. He hid his tiny body behind him and pinched the corner of his clothes tightly.

Lu Wu: “…”

In the absence of other strangers, he was the most unfamiliar person to her.

But once a more dangerous, new stranger appears, the little guy will treat him as someone he can rely on and trust.

She thought highly of him, but if the lord really wanted to harm her, he would not be able to protect her.

However, he felt that a man like his lord would not be so mean to a little girl, right?

But if he wasn't trying to make things difficult for himself, why would the lord ask him to go all the way to Nanzhou Prefecture and bring the person to the capital?

Lu Wu suddenly began to feel unsure.

To be honest, this little girl is already miserable enough, and he really can't bear to see his lord do anything else to her.

While he was daydreaming, Yun Zheng had already calmed down, bent his knees and half-knelt in front of the little girl, looking at her as gently as possible.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. This is your home. From now on, I will be your father."

Wha, what???

When the little one heard that, there was no reaction at all. Lu Wu couldn't help but widen his eyes in horror, looking at Yun Zheng and then at the little one in disbelief.

Lord, he, he, he, what is he talking about? This little thing is his daughter? Lord’s illegitimate daughter?

How could that be?

How could the lord's illegitimate daughter be in a merchant house in Nanzhou Prefecture?

He had followed the master since he was twelve years old. It had been many years since then. He did not remember the master staying in Nanzhou Prefecture, and he did not remember the master being close to any woman except his wife? But if not, why would the master go thousands of miles to ask him to bring someone back? No, no, the master is not that kind of person! The Shang family in Nanzhou Prefecture is the husband's family of the master's sister. The master had people attack the Shang family, and also had people kidnap the current head of the Shang family, that is, his brother-in-law, and his concubine.

So, this child, could it be that he is related to the master's sister? He was scared to death, the master's words were so easy to be misunderstood, he almost thought that the master had caused a romantic debt outside without telling his wife.

Coming back to his senses, Lu Wu carefully observed the little one's expression.

She looked a little more relaxed and no longer as alert as she was at the beginning. She remained silent and looked at Yun Zheng without any emotion.

I think she was able to hear what was said. Of course, it is not ruled out that it was because she did not sense any malice from Yun Zheng.

Although children are ignorant, they can still feel the good and evil of others.

"My lord, she hasn't spoken a word during this journey. I wonder if she is mute."

Lu Wu said this awkwardly, and Yun Zheng was stunned when he heard it.

He was silent for a moment, then said, "Can you speak? If you can, nod your head. If not, shake your head."

The little guy still didn't respond, neither nodding nor shaking his head. Such a reaction gave Yun Zheng a headache.

This little girl is most likely autistic. It is not easy to coax her, and he does not have the patience to coax an autistic child, so he decides to take her to see Mrs. Yun.

They are all children. Maybe after spending some time with Yun Rui and Yun Wan Ning, the little girl will slowly open up her heart.

With an idea in mind, Yun Zheng reached out and picked up the little one.

After years of torture, the little girl has lost her stress response. Even when picked up by a stranger, she does not struggle at all. She is like a piece of wood, dazed and allows others to do whatever they want.

"What about Shang?"

Holding her up, Yun Zheng looked at Lu Wu with a sullen face.

Lu Wu quickly replied, "My lord, the couple has been imprisoned in the dungeon, awaiting your decision."

"Okay, I understand. Please wait here for a moment. I will send this little girl to my wife. I have something else to ask you."

"yes."

Yun Zheng hummed and raised his leg to leave, but the little guy grabbed a strand of Lu Wu's hair tightly and looked at him eagerly.

The great enemy Lu Wu: "..."

His scalp was pulled and it hurt, but he endured it with good temper, and did not forget to speak for her with a chuckle.

"My Lord, this little girl has just arrived and is unfamiliar with you and everything in your mansion. It may be because she has been with me all the way, so she is more dependent on me and clings to me."

"Please wait a moment and let me say a few words to her."

Yun Zheng sighed helplessly and nodded, "Yeah."

After getting permission, Lu Wu turned his head to look at the little one and lowered his voice to comfort him.

"Hey, let me go. The master is your family. He won't hurt you. Don't be afraid. Just follow him. The lady is a very gentle and kind person. She will definitely treat you well..."

Before he could finish his words, the little one suddenly struggled and rushed over to him, hugged his neck tightly with his two little arms, and tears fell down, wetting his neck in an instant.

“…”

Lu Wu was stunned, his body froze.

After a moment, he looked up at Yun Zheng and said with an embarrassed look, "My lord, what should I do?"

Yun Zheng didn't expect this to happen.

Compared to him, the little girl obviously relies more on Lu Wu.

Yes, along the way, Lu Wu should have taken good care of the little girl and never looked at her harshly.

Therefore, when arriving in an unfamiliar environment, the little girl would rely more on Lu Wu than on him, a complete stranger.

Well, let Lu Wu take care of them first, and wait until the little girl gets familiar with them.

"Hold tight."

After making up his mind, Yun Zheng handed the little girl in his arms to Lu Wu. Lu Wu didn't understand the situation and took the girl and hugged her in a daze.

Then, Yun Zheng said, "You should stay in the mansion for the next few days..."

"I will ask the housekeeper to clean up a yard for you later. You can take care of the little girl first. We will make plans when she is ready to accept us."

Lu Wu: “…”

No, how could he, a fierce tiger general, be reduced to taking care of a child? "My lord, if you take her with you, what will happen to the tasks of my subordinates?"

He looked at Yun Zheng with great embarrassment and had no intention of taking on this difficult task.

He is the lord's most capable right-hand man, skilled in fighting wars, killing people and playing dirty tricks. How could he be wasted his talent by taking care of children?

More importantly, he doesn't know how to take care of children...

The lord has said that he will be the father of this little girl in the future, and it is obvious that he intends to raise her as his own daughter. The young lady of the Ningguo Mansion is not as poor as the little one on the road. How can he take care of her?

And what’s more, how can he go to find Cui Ning with her?

You can't leave her alone in the yard, can you?

"I'll arrange for someone else to do it."

Yun Zheng spoke in a low voice, having already made proper arrangements in his mind.

He planned to assign Lu Wu's task to Yun Wanye.

The kid has been very idle lately, so it's a good opportunity to assign him the task, so that he doesn't have to think of any tricks all day long.

"Okay~"

Unable to refuse, Lu Wu had to accept the offer with tears in his eyes. Then he thought of something and said, "By the way, lord, what should I call this little girl?"

I've already given him the care, and we don't know how long he'll have to take care of her. He can't keep feeding her, calling her "little girl" or "tiny one," right?

Hearing this, Yun Zheng instantly thought of her extremely humble and humiliating name. His eyes instantly darkened and a murderous aura emerged from his whole body.

"My nickname is Zhenzhen, and my given name is Zhuyu."

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Those people wanted her to be as cheap as grass, but he wanted her to be as precious as pearls and jade.

He came close to the little one, reached out and gently touched her head, and said, "Little name Zhenzhen, given name Zhuyu, Yun Zhuyu, this will be your name from now on, remember it."

"Jane, Jane? Name?"

The little one finally responded.

She raised her head and looked at Yun Zheng in confusion with tearful eyes. Her voice was as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper, extremely hoarse and dry, making the listeners very uncomfortable.

It was obvious from the voice that the person had an injured throat, and the pronunciation was awkward and clumsy, and it was obvious that he had not spoken for a long time.

Yun Zheng and Lu Wu didn't expect her to speak, and they were slightly stunned. The next moment, Lu Wu hugged her in front of him and stared at her with joy.

"Hey, so you're not a mute? Then why didn't you say a word along the way?"

The little guy stopped talking again. He pursed his lips and looked at Yun Zheng, wondering if he was waiting for a response.

Seeing this, Yun Zheng felt a little better and his frown relaxed.

"Yes, that's right, this is your name. The nickname is Zhenzhen, which means precious and valuable, like a treasure like pearls and jade, which fits your name perfectly."

She has a name now, Zhenzhen, also known as Zhuyu, Yun Zhuyu.

She finally has a nice name...

When I was a child, I always envied Shang Rong for having a nice name, and envied other children for having nice names, but today, she also has her own nice name.

The little guy's expression was blank, and he returned to his dazed look.

Yun Zheng didn't get the expected response. He sighed in disappointment and looked at Lu Wu. He said, "Madam hasn't seen her yet. Let's go. Carry her with me to Madam's place."

"yes."

At the same time, build a dream home.

Yun Wanye, who had been out, came back and brought people to deliver many things to Yun Wanyao's room.

"Yun Wanye, what are you doing?"

Looking at the things that were delivered, Yun Wanyao felt like she was dreaming, it seemed so unreal. She looked at Yun Wanye and asked in confusion.

"Don't you understand? Of course I'm sending you something."

Yun Wanye walked to the table and reached out to casually lift the red cloth on the wooden tray.

Two sets of gorgeous and beautiful silk dresses appeared before her eyes, one set was hibiscus purple, the other set was peacock green. The materials, styles and patterns of the silk dresses were different. On top of the dresses were matching exquisite jewellery.

What a beautiful skirt! Yun Wanyao’s eyes almost popped out and she couldn’t help swallowing her saliva.

"How about it, do you like it?"

Yun Wanye crossed his arms over his chest, lazily admiring her drooling look.

Hiss...

Hearing his voice, the strings in Yun Wanyao's mind suddenly tightened. She felt deeply alert and looked at him with caution.

"What do you want to do now? I won't board your pirate ship again no matter what you say. Take the skirt away now."

The skirt was beautiful and she liked it very much, but so what? It was not so easy to take advantage of this guy.

If she accepted it, she might be forced by him to do something immoral, and she didn't want to put herself at risk again.

"Why are you so nervous? I don't plan on asking you to do anything else. Besides, this skirt is not a gift from me. Are you sure you want me to take it?"

"And this cake from Zhang Jinji is hard to buy. I heard someone queued for two hours and almost didn't get one. Are you sure you don't want it?"

Her reaction was completely expected. Yun Wanye raised her eyebrows and smiled faintly, then reached out to open the food box beside her.

In an instant, a rich milky aroma mixed with the fragrance of dried fruits emanated and strongly invaded Yun Wanyao's nasal cavity.

It is the favorite eight-treasure milk cake among the noble ladies in Beijing.

Blanch...

What should I do if my saliva becomes more turbulent? Yun Wanyao swallowed her saliva unwillingly, and her bottom line was lost again and again. Seeing his claws reaching towards the Eight Treasures Milk Cake, she quickly stretched out her hand to block it.

"Wait, you said the skirt wasn't given by you? Then who gave it to you? And who gave you the Eight Treasures Milk Cake?"

Not to mention the Eight Treasures Ruguo for now, the materials, labor costs, and premium for the two sets of skirts and the matching jewelry alone would be at least over two thousand taels.

Yun Wanye is such a stingy guy, how could he possibly give her such an expensive thing if he had nothing to ask her for?

Therefore, Yun Wanyao believed what he said, that the skirt was not given by him.

"This skirt and the eight-treasure milk cake were all gifts from the emperor. I just ran an errand for the emperor..."

While speaking, Yun Wanye did not forget to settle accounts in his mind.

The emperor gave him ten thousand taels and asked him to give it to Yun Wanyao to make her happy, but he only gave this girl two thousand taels.

Ten thousand taels is too much. She will be happy if I give it to her, but it will be difficult to control this girl with so much money in her hands.

Therefore, he only gave two thousand taels and withheld eight thousand taels.

The withheld eight thousand taels will be used to improve the emperor's favor.

The two sets of skirts and jewelry cost a total of two thousand three hundred taels, and not counting the pastries, which cost less than one tael of silver, there was still five thousand seven hundred taels left.

It’s better not to give such expensive gifts in the future. Try to choose cheap and rare things. Otherwise, the remaining money will not last long.

He also planned to increase the emperor's favor for a while, at least two or three months.

This girl taught him how to woo a princess. Presumably, the method he used to woo her would be similar.

Isn't it just obedience, sweet words and little surprises? The emperor is too busy with state affairs to take care of it, so he will do it for him.

The emperor only needs to pay the money...

"By the way, here is another letter, also written to you by the Emperor, and he asked me to give it to you as well."

He asked the emperor to write this letter when he was out of the palace. He was really just an errand boy and did not write the love letter on behalf of the emperor. (End of this chapter)