Bai Chun's arrival immediately quieted the noisy crowd. She glanced at Li Zhi and Li Hong calmly, but she couldn't hold back her smile in her heart. She could already imagine what would happen to this father and son in the near future.
But at this moment, she needed to pretend that she didn't know His Majesty and the Crown Prince. She walked to the center with a tense and beautiful face, looked at the steward, and asked, "Why are you making so much noise here?"
"Miss Bai, after this gentleman gave the jade pendant to Hu Ji, he rushed onto the stage and took it away. This was against the rules, so we had a little quarrel. Zuihonglou has always been fair to everyone in Taiyi City, but we can't let anyone do bad things to us..."
"Who made this rule? I'm going to break your rule today!" Li Zhi interrupted the manager angrily, glanced at Bai Chun, then took Li Hong's hand and was about to leave.
"Hey, put that..." The manager was about to speak but was stopped by Bai Chun.
The crowd gathered around him. Yang Wu was about to rush out forcefully, but Li Hong kicked him in the butt just in time: "Why are you in such a hurry? Wait a minute before leaving."
Bai Chun glanced at Li Hong and the others, then scanned the crowd and said crisply, "Everyone, go away. I will give the manager a fair result on this matter. Taiyi City has never been a place for people to watch the fun. Go away."
After hearing this, some people immediately walked into the hall, while others looked puzzled and pulled those who were about to leave and whispered, "Who is this beautiful lady who looks like a fairy? Why are her words so effective in Taiyi City?"
"Speak a little quieter. If you want to make money in Taiyi City, you must not offend this fairy-like beautiful lady. She is Miss Bai from Taiyi City and a favorite of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She has the final say in the entire Taiyi City. Do you think her words are effective or not?" a merchant explained to him in a low voice.
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As the crowd gradually dispersed, Hua Meng, Bai Chun, Dou Yi and the manager were left alone on the sidelines.
As for Li Hong and Li Zhi, Bai Chun did not dare to keep them, unless she wanted to go back and annoy the man who had been beaten by her mother. What's more, His Majesty was there too. No one in the world dared to let them stand, except, of course, this ignorant steward.
The manager looked at Miss Bai, who was always fair and strict, and watched the father and son leave without asking a question. When he was about to speak, he saw Miss Bai turned her head away.
"Miss Bai, this...you can't let them go." The manager looked embarrassed. He didn't expect that Miss Bai would also be biased.
Before Bai Chun could answer, he heard someone's voice coming from far behind him: "By the way, ask Dou Yi to come over tomorrow. I have something to ask him."
Bai Chun nodded calmly, and then said to the steward: "Let Master Yu come to the manor to apologize tomorrow. Um... you should also transfer Zuihonglou to Dou Yi who is beside you."
The manager was petrified instantly. He didn't expect that he would get such a result. He stood there stupidly for a long time and asked stupidly: "Ms. Bai... Miss Bai, you are asking Mr. Yu to apologize and transfer this Zuihonglou? Why? You can't do this. You know, Mr. Yu only has this one shop in Taiyi City. If it is transferred... Okay, but even if it is... You have to tell me who they are, right? This... Do you think it is possible not to transfer it, or let Mr. Yu discuss it with that gentleman before making a decision?"
The manager stuttered a little, not knowing what he was saying. He barely finished what he wanted to say when he heard Bai Chun say indifferently, "Master Yu, you are not worthy of negotiating terms with them, and as for you, you are even less worthy of knowing their identities."
"Manager Dou, please take over." Bai Chun turned around and said to Dou Yi, then turned around and left.
Wu Mei's face turned pale as she watched the father and son walk over awkwardly. She was not angry because they went to a brothel, but because they shamelessly used the jade pendants she gave them to reward those Hu Ji! This was intolerable.
"Li Hong, come here." Wu Mei looked at the little bastard who was following Li Zhi and was reluctant to come over here. How could she not know what he was thinking?
"Huh? Why are you here, mother? Are you here to enjoy the night view of Taiyi City too? That's great. Let your father accompany you to enjoy it. I suddenly have a headache, so I'll go back first." Li Hong covered his stomach and pretended to go for a walk.
Unexpectedly, he was grabbed by Li Zhi. If the scapegoat ran away, wouldn't it be his turn?
"Hong'er, your father suddenly feels dizzy again. I'm afraid he is tired from visiting Taiyi City today. You should accompany your mother for a while. I will go back first. Yangwu, follow me back to the palace." Li Zhi dragged Li Hong to Wu Mei, lowered his head and said lightly, then let go of Li Hong's hand and walked quickly towards the manor.
"Ah? Father, your son will accompany you and take care of you...ah." Wu Mei grabbed Li Hong's ear and pulled him into her arms.
Wu Mei has now figured out the trick of grabbing Li Hong's ears, and has basically mastered it to the point where she can hit the target every time.
Naturally, Li Hong was severely beaten up by Wu Mei on the street, while the other culprit had already run back to the manor.
Wu Mei frowned and let Li Hong, with a shameless face, hold her arm and act coquettishly. Surrounded by Hua Meng, Bai Chun and others, they slowly walked towards the manor.
She accepted all the candied haws that Li Hong handed to her. She watched him bite off one and handed it to her without hesitation, watching him bite off one as well.
"What did you mean when you said your father was afraid that I would be jealous?" Wu Mei asked Li Hong as he was jumping and walking.
"I'm just jealous. I'm afraid that you'll be jealous...that's not right. Anyway, I'm afraid that you'll stop him from watching Hu Ji's dance." Li Hong let go of Wu Mei's hand and jumped in front. As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Mei kicked him on the butt.
"I'm asking you what jealousy means. Don't avoid the subject." Wu Mei was exhausted physically and mentally every time she was with Li Hong. This one made her more tired than the others in the palace.
"How could you not know this? It was my father who told me that the emperor gave two beauties to Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling didn't dare to accept them because he was afraid that his wife would object. But he had to accept them." Li Hong looked at Wu Mei and said while walking backwards.
"Be careful, don't fall again before your shoulder heals. That's why your grandfather took a cup of vinegar in the court that day, saying it was poisoned, and forced Fang Xuanling's wife to drink it. If she drank it, she would not give the beauty to her, and if she didn't drink it, she would take the beauty home. Is that why you are jealous?" Wu Mei said as she looked at Li Hong, who was walking backwards like a happy deer in front of her.
"My queen mother is so smart, that's how it came about. So from now on, if a woman is jealous that her husband is with another woman, she can call it jealousy. By the way, Bai Chun, whose family does the Zuihonglou belong to? Is it from a royal family or a high-ranking official?" Li Hong suddenly remembered the business and asked.
"It's Mr. Yu Zhining." Bai Chun said calmly.
When Wu Mei heard Bai Chun's words, she frowned at first, then relaxed her brows.
Although this person did not strongly oppose the emperor to make him the queen like Zhangsun Wuji and Zhu Suiliang, he did not choose to support him. Instead, he remained silent and chose to remain neutral.
But you know that his attitude at that time was actually very important to Wu Mei. When Li Zhi was still the crown prince, he was the Chancellor of the Crown Prince's Mansion and was considered a close minister to His Majesty. However, he remained silent on this matter, which made Wu Mei have no good impression of him for many years.
Li Hong looked relaxed, still facing Wu Mei, walking backwards, and said, "No wonder it's so grand, so many monks and slaves can be used as waiters. I thought that the royal family members always had such great power. It turned out to be him. That explains it."
The mother and son started gossiping. Wu Mei looked at Bai Chun in confusion and asked, "Are you sure it's Yu Zhining? For so many years, he has always been honest in the court. When His Majesty awarded him, Zhang Chengxing and Gao Jifu land a few years ago, he asked His Majesty to take back the reward. In the end, His Majesty listened to his opinion and divided the land into two halves and awarded it to Gao Jifu and Zhang Chengxing. This man's actions don't seem like someone who is greedy for money."
Without waiting for Bai Chun to reply, another gossiper said with ease: "So what? How much money can you make from the farmland in a year? And it won't have a good reputation. If you open a Zui Hong Lou, you can easily and happily make a fortune every day. What's more, look at those monks and slaves. After coming to our Tang Dynasty, they have to go through the hands of the government before they can enter the East and West Markets. Moreover, these monks and slaves are robbed by wealthy nobles before they can reach the East and West Markets. Those who reach the East and West Markets are just Kunlun slaves. Such great power, no matter which of the six ministries, the Secretariat, or the Ministry of Personnel, has the power to cover the sky with one hand. The only one who has such power is, of course, the left and right servants of the Shangshu Province."
"That makes sense, but the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulate that officials are not allowed to engage in business..."
"He should just sit at home and count money. Why is he doing business? Just think about the manager today. He didn't even give face to Dou Yi, who is known as a great philanthropist in Chang'an City. You can imagine." Li Hong said happily, but Wu Mei frowned when she heard it.
It seems that this little bastard didn't tell me everything just now. He is still hiding something. If he hadn't let the cat out of the bag now, I'm afraid I still wouldn't know what this father and son did in there.
"You don't even give face to Dou Yi, so what about the person in charge who is so powerful? Bai Chun, how do you plan to deal with him?" Although Wu Mei asked Bai Chun the last question, she knew that the little bastard would definitely answer first.
As expected, the little bastard walked backwards stupidly. The mother-son warmth and affection displayed in the night of Taiyi City made him forget his mother's intelligence and vindictiveness.
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