Su Juan, who had already eaten a lot in the palace, saw the table full of food and reluctantly took two bites and stopped eating.

Seeing that she had barely touched her chopsticks, Chu Guang asked, "Miss Su, are these not to your liking?"

Su Juan laughed dryly, "Of course not, it's delicious."

As she spoke, she picked up a lot more and stuffed it into her mouth. Her colleagues beside her looked at her with sympathy in their eyes.

Chu Guang's intentions were actually quite obvious. Su Juan was now trapped in a wolf's den. It was not that they did not want to help, but that the Southern Kingdom delegation had been deliberately making trouble and making things difficult. Now that the eldest prince Chu had other ideas, it would be okay to let Su Juan stay in the wolf's den for a while if they did not want to make things difficult for her.

While Su Juan stuffed food into her mouth, she was forced to listen to Chu Guang's heroic deeds, nodding and smiling from time to time, and giving him a few compliments.

[Help, someone save me, I feel like my face is going to freeze from smiling. ]

[Isn't this Great Prince Chu tired? 】

Su Juan looked for help at the two officials from the Honglu Temple who were traveling with her, but saw that the two men were looking around at the same time and could not see herself who was imprisoned.

Her heart sank, [It’s all the old emperor’s fault! ]

The two officials "closed" their ears, pretending that they could not hear anything.

Su Juan could scold, but they dared not listen.

[Since I am not favored by the Queen, I will find things to do for others all day long! 】

Official: I can’t listen to it.

At this moment, the old emperor in the palace sneezed suddenly, and the eunuch beside him hurriedly handed him a handkerchief, "Your Majesty, do you want to summon the imperial physician to take a look?"

The old emperor waved his hand, "No need."

It's just a sneeze, why get so nervous?

"Did the official enter the palace today?"

The eunuch smiled and replied, "Yes, he entered the palace. I heard that he stayed in the Queen's palace for more than an hour before being called away again."

There are many Yuanwailang in the capital, but this is the only one that Your Majesty may mention frequently.

The old emperor snorted coldly, "She knows how to complain."

It doesn't take much thought to know that the girl went to the Queen to avoid being lazy. She was so talkative that she told everything. No one knew what she had complained to the Queen about.

Anyway, it's definitely not good.

The eunuch smiled and said nothing. It was obvious that His Majesty was feeling unbalanced.

Yesterday, Your Majesty came to the Queen's palace and wanted to stay for a meal, but the Queen declined on the grounds that she was not feeling well.

Today, the Deputy Director came to the palace. I heard that the imperial kitchen sent a lot of food over. Unfortunately, there was a gossipy palace maid who let His Majesty know about it. I'm afraid he must be feeling sad right now.

Xie Xun followed Liu Xuan because Su Juan was very busy these days and he had some free time.

When they arrived at a restaurant, Liu Xuan suddenly stopped. Xie Xun wondered, "What happened?"

Xie Xun followed Liu Xuan's gaze and saw that on the second floor of the restaurant, Su Juan was having dinner with the eldest prince of the Southern Kingdom, and there were two officials from the Honglu Temple who were there just for show.

"It's Su Juan. It seems that she has been busy accompanying the eldest prince of the Southern Kingdom these days."

Liu Xuan remained calm, "Every day?"

Xie Xun fanned himself, "Yes, every day when I come back I hear her complaining about the troubles, saying that Chu Guang is very nagging and never stops talking."

After thinking for a while, he added, "She doesn't like people who talk too much."

Liu Xuan looked for a while and then was pushed away by Xie Xun.

At this time, in the restaurant, Su Juan's ears were almost calloused, and the meal was finally over.

As soon as she stood up, she heard Chu Guang say, "You have been accompanying this prince these days. As a thank you, I have a gift for you as a thank you for these days."

Su Juan refused without blinking, "It is the duty of the Honglu Temple to receive the envoys. You don't need to give me a thank you gift. I appreciate it. Thank you, Your Highness."

Chu Guang directly took out a box and opened it in front of others. It turned out to be a ruby ​​​​ruby ring. It was exquisite in appearance and bright in color. It was probably impossible to buy it even with silver.

"Are you really going to reject this prince's kindness?"

Su Juan frowned, "According to the laws of our dynasty, officials are not allowed to accept gifts from foreign envoys in private. Please don't embarrass me, Your Highness."

Hearing this, Chu Guang was slightly stunned and looked at the other two officials from the Honglu Temple, "Really?"

After receiving Su Juan's warning look, the two officials nodded and said, "Indeed."

Chu Guang had no choice but to take the gift back. "I am sorry for being rude today. I will give you this gift another day."

As he spoke, the determination in his eyes made Su Juan feel that something was wrong.

The two officials looked at each other. In fact, there was no legal provision at all. It was all made up by Yuanwailang with open eyes.

They just hoped that there wouldn't be any trouble. After all, the eldest prince of the Southern Kingdom was not a good person.

That night, in the post house where the envoys were staying, a dark figure sneaked into Chu Guang's room and said, "Your subordinates come to see the eldest prince."

Chu Guang sat up from the couch and put on his coat. "How is it? Have you found out everything?"

Subordinate: "Replying to the eldest prince, we have found out that this Miss Su was originally the daughter of the wealthy Su family. Almost two years ago, the Emperor of Dajin granted her marriage to the eldest son of Prince Jing. Later, they divorced. Now she works in the Ministry of Revenue of Dajin."

Chu Guang's eyes flashed with surprise, "She's just a merchant's daughter?"

Subordinate: "She is just a merchant's daughter."

He investigated everywhere and confirmed that Su Juan was just the daughter of a wealthy businessman and her mother was just an orphan without a father or mother, and she had no other background.

This was unexpected for Chu Guang. As far as he knew, in the Jin Dynasty, only the sons of aristocratic families could serve as officials in the court. It was even more difficult for women to become officials, let alone the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

He originally thought that Su Juan might have some secret identity, but he didn't expect that she was just the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

In the Great Jin Dynasty, wealthy merchants were of low status and had always been looked down upon by the aristocratic families. What was so special about Su Juan that the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty looked at her differently?

Thinking back to that day at the horse race course, she shot three arrows on horseback. This was something that not every woman in the Great Jin Dynasty could do. This Su Juan was truly interesting.

Today, she even rejected the gift he sent.

Thinking of this, Chu Guang frowned and asked, "Does the law of the Great Jin Dynasty stipulate that officials in the court cannot accept gifts from foreign envoys?"

The subordinate was silent for a moment, then replied confidently, "Your Highness, there is no such law in the Great Jin."

Chu Guang laughed out loud. So that's what it was. He was almost fooled by that little girl. It had been a long time since he met such an interesting little girl.

He must bring such an interesting little girl back to the South.

"Go pack up the rare treasures I brought with me and take them with you when you enter the Jin palace tomorrow."

Chu Guang narrowed his narrow eyes slightly. Those rare treasures were meant to "broaden the horizons" of the people of Jin. Tomorrow, he could use this opportunity to ask for this interesting little girl and take her away with him.

Dead things are dead things after all. How can they be as interesting as living things?

Subordinate: "Yes, I will do it right away." (End of this chapter)