"I'm telling you, you're the Empress Dowager's niece and the Emperor's cousin, and our daughter is the Emperor's concubine. Look, we're such close family, why does the Emperor always neglect her for outsiders? Even if the Emperor loves her and favors Princess Chang'an, he can't imprison Li'er."
Prime Minister Li put his hands on his hips and walked faster.
"No, if you don't go to the Queen Mother tomorrow, I will go to the palace tonight and plead with the Emperor. If he doesn't release my daughter, I will kneel down and never get up. If the Emperor really punishes me, you will see what happens next."
Prime Minister Li angrily threw his sleeves and was so upset that he didn't give the Prime Minister's wife a good face at all.
The Prime Minister's wife also lost her temper. "At this moment, you still have the mind to talk to me about this. Li'er is now like this, isn't it because you said when you were a child that you were the Prime Minister's daughter? Naturally, there is no need to beg for rules. You spoiled her and let her not know her place."
"But, Madam, can you bear to see Li'er live that kind of life?"
Prime Minister Li rolled his eyes and helped his wife onto the couch. "I'm afraid the emperor will get angry when he sees me. Now, I really don't dare to go and beg for mercy. As long as you go, I promise to listen to you in disciplining the children in the future, including our youngest son, Li Luo. I will never argue with you again, okay, Madam?"
Prime Minister Li almost twisted his body, but he couldn't resist him, and thinking of his daughter, he nodded reluctantly.
"This won't happen again. If it happens again, I will tell your good daughter that I will not care about her even if she is sentenced to death."
Prime Minister Li was delighted and massaged his wife's shoulders more attentively. "Ruolan, thank you, my beloved wife. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been so happy all these years."
A hint of shyness appeared on her cheeks. Ruolan pushed his chest and said, "Hate~"
Then, the two of them walked together and went to the inner room. It was a dark and windy night, which was the perfect time for them to have a visit.
The next morning, Zhou Beichen went to court with dark circles under his eyes. The ministers looked at each other cautiously, fearing that they would upset the emperor who had not slept well.
Because she had the token to leave the palace, and today happened to be the day when the Shangshufang had a monthly holiday, Nuannuan left the palace with a shadow guard, countless disguised guards, and Biyu.
On the bustling street, Biyu looked left and right. Ever since she left the palace, her heart had been in turmoil, fearing that the princess would be punished if she returned after leaving the palace.
"male......"
Biyu quickly glanced around and changed her tone, "Miss, is it really okay for us to go out like this? If we go back tonight and the master blames us, I'm afraid both the princess and I will be in trouble."
The area on the back of the head finally doesn’t need to be bandaged anymore, and it doesn’t hurt particularly much. Zhou Zhaonuan’s little interest is particularly great.
She looked at Biyu's listless appearance and immediately gave her a reassurance.
"Biyu, you've made it. It's so hard to get out here, so don't spoil my fun. If Dad really wants to blame me tonight and wants to beat me, then let him. As for you, I will protect you with all my might."
Jade heaved a sigh of relief. As long as the princess protected her, everything would be fine. Her eyes couldn't help but tear up. "Miss, thank you. I have devoted my entire life to you. I would risk everything for you, even if it meant death."
Zhou Zhaonuan: “…”
Seeing Biyu's miserable state, she felt that she couldn't rely on her.
"Come on, there's an empty store there, come with me to take a look."
Biyu quickly exchanged a glance with Yuqin. One of them was dressed in black, and the other in white, like two black and white impermanence, guarding Zhou Zhaonuan.
As for the other shadow guards and bodyguards, they were scattered among the crowd.
There was a man sitting in the store with his legs crossed, and he was very sharp-tongued.
Today Zhou Zhaonuan wore a blue dress and had two buns on her head.
"Hey, young lady, you are so old, what are you doing here? I am doing serious business here, don't come and mess with me."
The shopkeeper looked at her and immediately walked to the door, waving his hands.
"Back off, back off, get out and don't make trouble here."
Yuqin's eyes became sharp, and she looked at Biyu. Then the two of them rushed straight to the front of the store.
"This shopkeeper, our young master is here to do something important. Please don't disturb her interest or bully her, otherwise I will kill you."
Yuqin put the sword against the shopkeeper's neck as a threat. Just one action scared him so much that he almost peed his pants. He turned his head to look at Zhou Zhaonuan again and found that what she was wearing was enough to buy him a house.
With a smile on his face, he carefully removed the sword that Yuqin had pressed against his chest.
"Okay, okay, Miss, take a look and choose whichever room you want to rent."
Zhou Zhaonuan squinted at him, and the little man walked in by himself, looked left and right, and finally, asked Biyu to take out ten large silver ingots and slam them hard on the table.
“This…this is…”
The shopkeeper looked at the large silver ingots and began to tremble again. "You're not going to buy my life, are you? My dear lady, I have elderly parents and young children at home. I absolutely cannot die."
Zhou Zhaonuan: “…”
The little man rolled his eyes, took a step back, and looked at Yuqin. Yuqin helped him up and ordered him to look up.
"Look at me, do we look like bandits?"
The shopkeeper was stunned and shook his head, "Not like that."
Zhou Zhaonuan pouted and smiled, "That's it, that's all. This money is used to buy your ten shops. You and this girl will handle the formalities."
The shopkeeper, who felt like he had just returned from Yama, nodded frantically, "Oh, good, good, this young lady is really generous and efficient. You will definitely be rewarded in the future."
Biyu stepped forward and couldn't help but mutter.
"I didn't realize you have such a sweet mouth."
The shopkeeper raised his head and said, "That's right. In our line of work, if we don't have a good attitude, then our work is in vain, isn't it?"
After completing the formalities, the few people walked out of the shop and heard a sound coming from the south.
"Oh my, you old bastard! Do you think you can knock over my sedan chair? Come on, take this little girl over here to pay off the debt, or I'll beat you both to death."
There were a lot of people gathered in front, bustling about. Zhou Zhaonuan frowned and decided to go to the front to take a look.
Li Liluo was seen stepping on the old man's shoulder. Beside the old man was a girl of seven or eight years old, wearing coarse linen clothes, kneeling and kowtowing to Li Liluo.
"Sir, it was your sedan that accidentally bumped into my grandfather. We didn't hit you. Please be magnanimous and forgive us. We won't file a complaint."
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