"You want to achieve beauty, but you haven't even finished reading the most basic Compendium of Herbal Medicine, and you want to learn these messy things. You have evil intentions!" Gu Yunru spurred the little mouse harshly. The little mouse looked at the back of his master who turned away angrily, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes.

About seven or eight days passed, and Gu Yunru lived a relatively comfortable life in the palace. Although the emperor would occasionally extend olive branches to her as a gesture of goodwill, Gu Yunru felt that if she did not reveal her identity, her brother would really want to take her as a concubine.

"Miss Axin, Miss Axin, there is a garden party today, and the emperor would like to invite you to go with him." It was the familiar palace maid again, but this time she finally raised her head. She had a pair of cute pointed fangs and looked quite pretty.

"If I don't want to go, just say I'm itchy and need to go back home." Gu Yunru wanted to say she was unwell, but she blurted out "I'm itchy". The palace maid didn't understand what she said and just stared at her stupidly with her big eyes.

"I mean I'm feeling unwell, please tell the emperor."

"If you feel unwell, I will ask the imperial physician to come and take a look at you." Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished saying this, the emperor walked in.

“………” Gu Yunru stared at the palace maid. Why didn’t she remind her earlier that the emperor was coming? Now she had to pretend to be sick, and she didn’t know if she could hide it from his wise eyes.

"Oh, Your Majesty, I feel a tightness in my chest and my skin is a little itchy, so I have to go to the folks to find a herbal medicine. I also have an appointment with Miss Shen to go to the restaurant, so I can't accompany Your Majesty to the garden party."

Gu Yunru made up a lot of words in her mind in an attempt to deceive him, but looking at the emperor's scrutinizing eyes, it seemed that her lies had been exposed.

"Don't you really want to go to the garden party with me?" The emperor knew that he had never offended her in any way. He just wanted to repay her for a past favor and cultivate feelings with her. He never thought that she would be so resistant. After all, he was the emperor. He didn't expect to be rejected by others. If this got out, wouldn't everyone laugh their heads off?

"...Your Majesty, I am actually very afraid of meeting people. When I see people, I get nervous. This is the legendary social phobia. I'm afraid Your Majesty cannot understand..." Gu Yunru's mind was blank and he said whatever he thought of.

"Forget it. If you don't want to go, I can't tie you up and ask you to go. Since you are not feeling well, just have a good rest."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gu Yunru leaned over and watched him walk away, then she breathed a sigh of relief. Then she and Little Mouse disguised themselves and went to the market. After more than half a month of adjustment, people had already started selling things on the street.

"I didn't expect that the streets would be so prosperous after the war. This is all thanks to His Royal Highness Prince Zhao." The little mouse started to flatter again. After listening to him, Gu Yunru just sneered.

"Yes, yes, it's all his credit." Gu Yunru shrugged and came to Tianzi No. 1 Restaurant, while Little Mouse stopped in doubt.

"What's wrong? Are you afraid that I can't pay?" Gu Yunru looked at his timid face and asked unhappily. Didn't she look like a rich person at all? "Master, I didn't bring that much money..."

"Forget it, would I still use your money? Come here quickly." Gu Yunru was so wealthy that he ordered three big bowls of beef and a plate of donkey meat hotpot.

"Master, your appetite is amazing!"

"Are you praising me or insulting me?" Gu Yunru stared at him suspiciously, with a black line on her forehead. At this time, there was a commotion on the street. Gu Yunru stopped chewing beef. Wherever there was commotion, there was her.

"Who are you? Stop it!" Gu Yunru walked up to them and shouted at them. As expected, these people stopped one after another, but they all stared at Gu Yunru with a confused look on their faces.

"I advise you, a little girl, not to meddle in other people's business!"

A big man with a full beard walked up to him with a rather fierce tone.

"Of course I won't meddle in other people's business, but this is a street in the capital, a crossroads, and I can intervene if I want to." Gu Yunru still remembered that ten years ago, she was like a street bully on the street. As long as she was there, nothing turbulent would happen.

Seeing that they seemed to have held a decent woman hostage, I walked forward curiously, but because the woman had disheveled hair, I couldn't see clearly what she looked like.

"You are so brave that you even dare to kidnap a decent woman right under the emperor's nose!" Gu Yunru said to everyone with arrogance. These guys only have brute force.

"What do you know? This woman is a spy from a foreign country. Lord Cui said to let us brothers deal with it. We can do whatever we want!" Looking at the lustful looks of these men, they were really unaware of the situation. When they heard that she was a spy from a foreign country, the people's voices became louder and louder.

"The spy should die!"

The people cheered and raised their fists.

"Alright, alright, you guys who like to watch the fun, just go and do whatever you want." Gu Yunru said to those people with dissatisfaction. If they were spies from foreign countries, then they would indeed be dealt with by the government.

But looking at the woman with her back hunched over and her body covered with bruises, she was so pitiful.

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"If foreign captives hold out, they should be sold, so the highest bidder wins. How about I buy this woman from you?" Gu Yunru was rich, and he didn't need the silver he brought today anyway. Little Haozi was sweating as he listened to this.

"Master, this is a spy from a foreign country. Why buy her? Just let her die in the street."

Little Mouse really didn't understand why this person was worth saving. Gu Yunru gave her a reproachful look and snorted at him, "If you don't understand, don't talk."

"yes……"

The little mouse didn't dare to say anything more, and stepped aside obediently. He tried to take out the silver bag, walked up to the big man and said, "My master said that the mansion is in need of a few servants recently, so if you think the price you paid for buying this girl is too little, you have to follow me back to get the money."

"Can you buy this spy with just this little money? This woman is fair-skinned, beautiful, and tender. I can't bear to part with her."

"Don't go too far. This money is enough for you to buy a lot of slaves." Gu Yunru was furious when she saw that this man was deliberately making things difficult for her. At this time, Shen Aojun rushed over. He heard the noise near the restaurant early in the morning, so he came to find out what was going on.

"It turned out to be Mrs. Shen."