Chapter 28 Who told you that I left the palace without permission?

Zhou Quan stroked his beard, not feeling ashamed at all, with a smiling face.

"I just helped a few girls. They were willing to stay in the mansion. I took into consideration that they were weak women, so I kept them in the mansion to work."

Cheng Jin felt disgusted even after hearing the hypocritical lies.

It sounded good.

What do you mean by helping them? What do you mean by their own will? Keeping them in the mansion to work?

Zhou Quan didn't say it, but who in the capital didn't know that those who followed Zhou Quan were all beautiful girls in their teens and 17s, and how many of them were willing?

He placed the women of prominent status that he liked in the backyard as concubines, and kept those without any status outside the city.

Keeping a concubine was shameful enough, and Zhou Quan had so many. To put it nicely, they were concubines, but to put it bluntly, they were no different from brothels.

With Cheng Yishou's personality, Zhou Quan must have done such a thing. Cheng Yishou probably caught Zhou Quan forcing women to keep many concubines, and Cheng Yishou probably found clues and seized the handle, which made Zhou Quan take the desperate move of detaining Cheng Yishou in the mansion. Zhou

Quan did not dare to act rashly against Cheng Yishou, probably because he was afraid that the evidence in Cheng Yishou's hands would be leaked.

Cheng Jin stopped, glanced at Zhou Quan, and casually pointed to a pavilion in the mansion, "I just stood outside for so long, my feet are so sore now. I want to take a rest, Lord Zhou, you won't mind."

Not knowing what Cheng Jin was going to do, Zhou Quan wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Of course, it's my fault for making Your Majesty wait for so long."

Cheng Jin nodded slightly, took out a handkerchief to wipe the unnecessary sweat, suddenly, she touched her waist and exclaimed:

"Oh, no, where is the jade pendant that the emperor gave me?"

Cheng Jin stood up and looked at the way she came, but her eyes were staring straight at Zhou Quan,

"This thing was personally given by the Emperor. If it was lost here, I'm afraid the Emperor would blame me. Please help me find it, Lord Zhou."

Zhou Quan didn't know whether Cheng Jin had lost the jade pendant.

If it wasn't lost, it would be fine. If it was really lost and some blind servant in the mansion found it, and took the gift, the Emperor would blame him even if it wasn't for Cheng Jin. It was

lost in his house, so he couldn't deny the blame.

Zhou Quan lowered his head and smiled as if he was relaxed. The beads of sweat that he had just wiped off fell again. "It's not a big deal. I'll arrange for someone to look for it." When Zhou

Quan turned around and asked the servants to look for it with him, Cheng Jin deliberately raised her voice, "Cuizhu, Ziying, you two don't stand here anymore. Help Lord Zhou to look for it."

"Yes."

Cuizhu and Ziying immediately understood what Cheng Jin meant. They agreed and left Cheng Jin.

Ziying and Cuizhu split up. Cuizhu stood not far from Zhou Quan and looked at the ground to block Zhou Quan's sight.

Ziying took advantage of the chaos to sneak to find Cheng Yishou.

When Zhou Quan wanted to look up to see what Cheng Jin was doing, Cui Zhu stood in front of Zhou Quan and interrupted him:

"Thank you for your concern. Losing the jade pendant is a small matter, but it was given by the emperor. If you can help our queen find it today, it will be a great favor to our queen. When our queen returns to the palace, I will naturally help you to say a few good words to the emperor."

Zhou Quan laughed dryly.

Cheng Jin's father was detained in his house now. It was good enough that Cheng Jin didn't try to make trouble for him, but she also said a few good words to the emperor?

Humph, Zhou Quan snorted in his heart. If Cheng Jin really had a say in front of the emperor, she would not have come to his house to look for someone today. The emperor probably sent a decree to his house directly, and then he would have to let him go.

She went home to visit her relatives in such a shabby manner, and no one in the capital knew about it. If Zhou Quan had

not met Cheng Jin before, he would have thought that Cheng Jin was a fake. Who knows, this Cheng Jin may not even have a say in front of the emperor. I'm afraid the emperor doesn't even know her, and who knows that she left the palace to visit her relatives.

Who knows.

Zhou Quan understood instantly. If the emperor really didn't know that Cheng Jin had left the palace to visit her relatives, then everything made sense.

If the emperor was told about Cheng Jin's secret exit from the palace, Cheng Yishou wouldn't have to stay, and their whole family would suffer.

Thinking of this, Zhou Quan couldn't help showing a happy expression on his face.

Not far away, Feng Cheng Jin didn't know what he was laughing at, and curled his lips in disdain.

[Damn old man, so disgusting. 】

But when Zhou Quan looked up at her, she put on a smiling face and nodded.

【I really can't pretend anymore, I really can't pretend anymore. 】

【How old am I? Why do I have to suffer like this! 】

【I don't know if Ziying succeeded. 】

Cheng Jin was thinking like this when she heard the sound of firecrackers outside the house, and she understood instantly.

Ziying took Cheng Yishou out.

Cheng Jin suppressed the smile in her heart and waved Cuizhu to come over.

Zhou Quan also knew that the sound of firecrackers was abnormal.

He turned around and saw that the extremely beautiful maid had disappeared at some point.

Zhou Quan was shocked, afraid that the maid had gone to find Cheng Yishou.

But although he was suspicious now, he didn't know how to ask or what to say.

"Is there a happy event outside the mansion today?"

Cheng Jin stood up from her chair, pretending to know nothing.

Zhou Quan shook his head, "I don't know, why don't I let the servants

go and take a look." "No problem, I'll go with you and take a look to share in the good cheer."

"If your Majesty is there, your Majesty, please come to my mansion. The whole ten miles around will show my good cheer. Your Majesty is here, I'll send the servants to take a look."

Zhou Quan saw that Cheng Jin wanted to leave, but now Cheng Yishou might have been rescued. If Cheng Jin left safely now, he would have no handle at all.

Then he would definitely lose this fight.

How could Zhou Quan let Cheng Jin go like this? He gritted his teeth and reached out to stop Cheng Jin.

"Please wait a moment, your Majesty."

Cuizhu immediately stepped forward and waved Zhou Quan away, shouting, "Who are you? Stop our queen."

Now Cheng Jin was his chance to turn the tables, and he smiled cunningly, "My queen, you are now in my house, so don't act so arrogantly."

Cheng Jin stared at him without saying a word.

"You left the palace without permission this time, which is a capital crime, and you broke into my house and took Cheng Yishou away, which is an even greater crime."

Cheng Jin felt like laughing after hearing Zhou Quan's words.

"Master Zhou, your words are so unreasonable. My father has been detained in your house for two days. As a daughter, I came to your house to ask my father to go home. What crime have I committed?"

"It is your detaining my father in your house for no reason, making him suffer these days for no reason, which is the heinous crime."

Cheng Jin looked at Zhou Quan's confident face and smiled even more. "Also, who told you that I left the palace without permission?"