The letter slipped from Jian Yang's hand; it was too late to cover it up.
So she obediently turned around and handed the new shoes to the emperor, saying, "I bought these this morning, but I forgot to give them to you. I saw that the lights were on but no one was home, so I came in because I was a little worried."
Then she quickly added, "I really didn't mean to read your letter; I thought it was a farewell letter you left for me..."
She lowered her head in shame.
No matter what, I believe she did read it after all, and anything she says now would sound like an excuse.
The emperor glanced down at the new shoes in her hand, then at the letter on the table, and said with a smile, "What harm is there in looking at them? I really won't blame you."
Jian Yang patted her chest in relief.
Although the two worked together to run the restaurant every day and seemed very close, she never forgot that the person standing in front of her was the most powerful and noble person in the country.
"It's getting late, so I'll go back to sleep now. Your Majesty should also get some rest."
Jian Yang put the new shoes on the table and prepared to go back to sleep.
"Wait," the emperor called out to her.
Jian Yang looked at him with a puzzled expression, wondering if this person would try to hold her accountable.
The emperor's gaze flickered as he looked at her.
"Your Majesty," his voice tinged with reluctance, "I must go."
Jian Yang's body stiffened.
"Is it to go back and take charge of the overall situation?" she asked.
The emperor nodded and said, "Hmm."
Jian Yang suddenly felt a tightness in her chest. She nodded and said, "Okay, is someone coming to pick you up?"
"Um."
"Take good care of yourself."
"Can you manage the business in this shop by yourself?"
Upon hearing this, Jian Yang swallowed her bitterness and smiled, "Of course there's no problem. I have four people helping me. Your Majesty, please rest assured. If you ever can't make a living, come back to work for me. I'll protect you."
"good."
"I'm going to sleep now."
As soon as Jian Yang left his room, the smile on his face vanished.
At that moment, her heart felt as if someone had squeezed it; she couldn't quite describe the pain, but it was definitely unpleasant.
Although she had long expected that he would leave one day, she was reluctant to let him go when that day actually came.
It's not just that I feel a little reluctant; it's that I'm extremely reluctant to part with it.
But compared to men, she preferred to wander freely in this world.
Therefore, they were destined to be on different paths.
After taking a deep breath, Jian Yang pushed open her bedroom door.
But instead of sleeping, she started fiddling with her little medicine box.
Besides some medicines, the medicine box contained mostly poison.
These are all things she made for self-defense.
She selected most of them, wrote down the usage and effects, pasted them on the bottles, put them in a small cloth bag she had sewn herself, and hung it on the emperor's door when she went out.
The journey ahead is long and arduous, and it's uncertain whether he'll encounter assassins again. Giving him some poison or powder to save his life is certainly the right thing to do.
After doing all this, Jian Yang finally closed her eyes in a daze.
She was exhausted after a long day, but she just couldn't fall asleep.
Then she heard the emperor open the door and take away the poison she had prepared, then she heard guards fall into the courtyard, and then she heard the sound of a group of people leaving.
After everything calmed down, Jian Yang knew that the emperor had finally left.
She turned over and gradually fell asleep.
Mei Jie comes to clean the restaurant before dawn every day, and she was surprised to find that the proprietress was there today as well.
Shouldn't she still be asleep at this time normally?
"Boss lady, why are you up so early today?" Sister Mei walked up softly and saw Jian Yang drinking porridge with pickled vegetables and eggs.
Jian Yang invited her to have breakfast together, and said with a smile, "Since I couldn't sleep anyway, I might as well get up and make breakfast. I made too many fried eggs, so you ate them all."
She usually frys two eggs for the emperor, but today she forgot he had already left, so she fryed too many.
Sister Mei waved her hand and said, "The boss hasn't eaten yet, let's save it for him."
Jian Yang and the emperor were considered a married couple from the very beginning, and she was too lazy to explain.
Hearing Sister Mei say this, her eyes dimmed for a moment, but she quickly perked up and said, "He's gone."
Sister Mei was somewhat surprised: "Gone, gone?"
"Well, he had some things to take care of back home," Jian Yang casually lied.
Sister Mei expressed her understanding: "Don't worry, boss lady, even if the boss isn't here, we wouldn't dare to neglect our duties."
Jian Yang laughed and said, "Come and eat quickly, or it will get cold."
A few days later, she finally got used to the feeling of having one less person by her side, and devoted herself to running the restaurant and teaching Sister Mei her cooking skills.
That evening, just as Jian Yang was about to close her shop, a tall horse stopped in front of her restaurant.
A burly, handsome man immediately jumped down.
Jian Yang looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked, "You're here for dinner? But we're closed today. Please come again tomorrow."
The man shook his head and said respectfully, "Madam, I am Master Huang's bodyguard. Master Huang ordered me to deliver this to you."
Master Huang? A guard?
Just as Jian Yang was completely confused, she saw the man mouth the word "Your Majesty".
She suddenly realized that the man was sent by the emperor.
She immediately smiled and said, "Come in quickly, haven't you eaten yet?"
Before the man could speak, she quickly asked Sister Mei to go to the kitchen to cook a few dishes for him.
The man was flattered and immediately exclaimed that it was absolutely unacceptable.
Jian Yang smiled and said, "You've come all this way, so you still need to eat. Besides, how can I listen to you if I don't get rid of people?"
The man then nodded.
After Sister Mei went to the kitchen to cook, Jian Yang asked him, "What did the Emperor send you to deliver?"
The man took out an iron token from his pocket and handed it to her, saying respectfully, "His Majesty instructed me to tell Your Highness that if you run out of money, you can take this token to the bank to withdraw funds at will. This is for your household expenses."
Jian Yang understood; these two tokens were proof of depositing and withdrawing money from the money exchange.
She poured a cup of hot water and handed it to the guard, asking, "How much money did His Majesty deposit in there?"
The guard accepted the money with both hands and said truthfully, "Fifty thousand taels."
Jian Yang: "!!!"
Is he that rich?
Although the other party was the emperor, she always felt that the emperor was very poor because she encountered an empty treasury and the royal family had drastically reduced their spending as soon as she transmigrated.
Even after he raided the homes of countless corrupt officials, he couldn't change this stereotype about her.
Now that she has 50,000 taels in hand, why does she suddenly feel a little reluctant to part ways with the emperor?
After all, he is the richest person in the world.
The guards were momentarily stunned when they saw the Empress suddenly reveal a greedy look in her eyes.
Outside the restaurant, a woman happened to pass by.
She glanced at the horses parked outside the restaurant, then craned her neck to peer inside. She caught Jian Yang grinning broadly at a strange man. Immediately, she spat on the ground and strode away.
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