Hearing Bai Tuantuan's words, the soup spoon and the iron pot looked at each other and smiled.
Bai Tuantuan felt her face getting hot.
Suddenly, a tall shadow sat down and turned to meet Ning Nanxiao's eyes.
"You, how did you get here?"
"Yes, I'll pursue you." Ning Nanxiao smiled as he looked at Bai Tuantuan. "Since I'm going to pursue you, naturally I'll be wherever you are."
Bai Tuantuan: ……
I never knew Ning Nanxiao was so shameless!
Soon, Mu Yangrun was brought over. Looking at Cui'er and Old Master Li kneeling on the ground crying, he frowned slightly: "Father, what's wrong?"
The Emperor snorted coldly: "You ruined that girl's reputation?"
Mu Yangrun was taken aback and quickly said, "Father, that's not how it is. Cui'er and I are in love, and she was willing. How can you say that I ruined her innocence?"
"Cui'er! What do you mean?"
Mu Yangrun then looked at Cui'er and said angrily.
Cui'er was deeply aggrieved: "Third Young Master, I told my father I don't blame you, but my father..."
"Honorable guests!" Old Master Li kowtowed deeply. "They say marriage is arranged by parents and matchmakers. Although I am just an ordinary citizen, I have raised Cui'er with great difficulty, hoping she would have a good future. Now that I have made a mistake and am barely making ends meet, I have never thought of selling Cui'er. Cui'er is my daughter. I only want her to find someone who loves her, but now..."
"You are honored guests, we are too good for you!"
As he spoke, Old Master Li lay down on the ground and began to cry.
Meanwhile, Mu Yangrun, who was standing to the side, was extremely annoyed. He glanced at Old Master Li and said, "I will naturally take responsibility. Don't worry, I will take Cui'er as my concubine."
"My lord! You have insulted us terribly!" Old Master Li trembled with rage. "My daughter is a virgin! I accept that you have defiled her and that she should stay with you, but why should she only be a concubine!"
Mu Yangrun laughed: "Otherwise, what else do you think we can do? Run away and become a concubine!"
Mu Yangrun glanced at Cui'er. He used to think Cui'er was cute, but now he just found her ridiculous: "What, are you teaming up with your father to put on this show?"
Cui'er's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly shook her head: "I didn't, Third Young Master, I didn't... My father doesn't know anything, please don't hold it against him..."
Mu Yangrun scoffed: "Didn't you tell your father my identity?"
Cui'er immediately shook her head.
"What do you mean?" Mu Yangzhi suddenly asked, "You revealed our identities to her?"
Mu Yangrun looked at Mu Yangzhi and said calmly, "Second Brother, Cui'er is already mine. Do you know what's wrong with that?"
"Idiot!" Mu Yangzhi punched Mu Yangrun in the face. "Moron!"
With that, Mu Yangzhi quickly left.
Ning Nanxiao frowned slightly and said slowly, "I'll make the arrangements."
Mu Yangrun covered his face, exasperated, and said, "What does Second Brother mean? Does he even consider me his younger brother?!"
The Emperor squinted at Mu Yangrun and said, "Pack your things and return to the capital."
"As for Cui'er's matter, you can handle it yourself."
With that, the Emperor left with Eunuch Cai.
However, no one expected that the Emperor's identity would spread so quickly. Upon receiving the news, Ning Chengzhu immediately pulled up a carriage to leave. However, as soon as he stepped out of the Erdong Restaurant, he saw a large crowd rushing towards him.
"Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty! I have been wronged!"
"Your Majesty! I beg Your Majesty to do justice for this humble subject!"
"emperor!"
One sound after another rang out, and the emperor was jostled and staggered back several steps.
Ning Nanxiao and Bai Tuantuan, one on each side, escorted the Emperor back to Erdong Restaurant.
The hidden guards appeared one after another.
Ning Chengzhu and Mu Yangzhi went to maintain order, while Bai Han was pulled to the other side by Chen Luo.
Bai Han frowned as he looked at the scene before him: "I knew our whereabouts would be leaked. These ordinary people are not the problem, but I'm afraid of foreign spies hiding in the shadows."
“We need to be more careful. If something happens to the Emperor, Sheng Ning Kingdom will become a living hell.”
Chen Luo reassured him, "Brother Bai, don't worry, my friends are all secretly protecting the Emperor, there won't be any accidents."
"Besides, the people from Fengyue Pavilion are following closely behind, so don't worry."
Even so, Chen Luo and Bai Han still had some concerns.
Mu Yangrun hadn't expected this scene to unfold, and was extremely nervous: "Father, Father, how could this happen, I..."
It's you!
Mu Yangrun grabbed Cui'er and Old Master Li and demanded, "Did you two leak my identity? Tell me!"
Seeing Mu Yangrun's fierce appearance, Old Master Li trembled, his eyes filled with panic: "No, I didn't know your identities, Your Majesty, spare my life!"
Cui'er shook her head repeatedly. She wasn't stupid; she knew that she couldn't admit anything now: "I didn't, I really didn't!"
"If you didn't, then who could it be?" Xiao Ruyan walked out wearily, glancing at Cui'er with disgust. "The Third Prince only told you about this."
Cui'er was extremely nervous, but when she saw Xiao Ruyan, her eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "It could also be you! You came all the way from the capital, so you might have been discovered along the way!"
Mu Yangrun quickly looked at Xiao Ruyan: "Didn't I tell you to be careful?"
Xiao Ruyan's heart sank: "It wasn't me. I've been very careful; no one knows my identity!"
“That’s not necessarily true…” Cui’er said softly, “You are the Third Prince’s favorite concubine, so there must be quite a few people eyeing you.”
Mu Yangrun also thought it was very likely, and was so angry that he slapped him across the face: "Idiot!"
Xiao Ruyan covered her face, looking at Mu Yangrun in disbelief. He had actually hit her in front of so many people!
At this moment, Xiao Ruyan's shame and indignation had already overshadowed her pain.
"Alright!" the Emperor said, glancing at Mu Yangrun. "Let's find a way to leave first."
"There were quite a few people surrounding us too." Xiao Lan ran over, panting, with a hint of fear on her face.
She never expected that this person was actually the emperor, who was high and mighty above all others!
"Both back doors and the front door are blocked, so now there are only three options," Avi said slowly, his brows slightly furrowed.
Bai Tuantuan was somewhat surprised: "Tell me about it."
"First, we can wait here for the adults to rescue us, but accidents can easily happen, since everyone in Hero Town knows that the Emperor is here."
"Second, we could find someone to impersonate the emperor and leave to distract the people, but the success rate is low, since there are too many people outside."
"Third, directly facing these people and solving their problems, sometimes exposing oneself is the safest thing to do."
Bai Tuantuan gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"
"So, Avi, are you willing to take over Erdong Restaurant and become its new manager?"
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