As time passed, Xu Yuehuai received no news from Qi Guze for several days in a row.
She was slowly falling into despair. She had been locked up in prison for a long time. Although no one had come to assassinate her recently, she was still living the life of a prisoner and didn't know when it would end.
Xu Yuehuai was almost depressed. Biting her chopsticks, she looked at the same meals every day and felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.
"Ah—! I don't want to eat any of this!"
"Xiao Qi! Come here quickly!"
During her time in prison, Xu Yuehuai cultivated a good relationship with the prison guard who frequently swindled her money.
When Xiaoqi heard Xu Yuehuai calling her, she immediately ran over.
"My dear aunt! What are you trying to do now?"
Xiao Qi was afraid of Xu Yuehuai. He was always causing trouble and would come to him for no reason, even though he would give her a lot of money every time!
But Xiao Qi didn't want to keep serving Xu Yuehuai! Who's actually in jail here? He's getting really frustrated!
Xu Yuehuai pointed to the pickled vegetables and radishes in front of her and said to Xiao Qi, "Can't you see what kind of food you've been feeding me every day?"
"What happened to the food allowance I gave you? That was over a thousand taels of silver!"
"So all you've given me all day is pickled vegetables and radishes? My stomach is churning from all that!"
"No! Get me something else to eat right now!"
The jailer, upon hearing this, was truly helpless.
"My dear aunt! This is not your Tianxianglou branch!"
"Everything we need here is carefully arranged! It's not like I can just decide what food to prepare for you!"
"These pickled cabbages and radishes are all saved from my own food rations for you!"
They had to undergo a thorough inspection before entering the palace, and it was impossible for them to bring anything else with them.
The meals of these prison guards, as well as the meals of the prisoners, were all supervised by designated personnel.
They were just the lowest-ranking jailers, and had no way of getting food from the others.
Xu Yuehuai didn't want to make things difficult for the jailer, so he sighed and waved his hand.
"Alright, alright, that's all for you. You can leave now!"
This is truly tragic; all we can do is eat pickled cabbage and radishes every day!
Xu Yuehuai felt nauseous at the sight of pickled cabbage and radish, but in order to survive, she could only suppress her nausea, wrap the pickled cabbage and radish in rice, and eat it in big mouthfuls!
During her time in prison, she used the medicine Qi Guze gave her, and her wounds have almost healed. It won't be long before she is fully recovered.
But she has almost recovered, and recently she still hasn't received any news from the little princess, nor has she received any news from Qi Guze.
The attitude of the King of Mingyue Kingdom was unclear, and Xu Yuehuai did not know when she would be released from prison.
A short while later, just as Xu Yuehuai was sitting on the stone bed in a daze, she suddenly heard a commotion.
It was the sound of orderly footsteps; it sounded like a lot of people were coming.
Xu Yuehuai lowered her eyes and closed them, pretending not to hear.
Suddenly, I heard footsteps approaching beside me.
Xu Yuehuai secretly opened her eyes a crack to see what was going on.
Then she saw Chu Guangbai smiling and waving at her! It turned out that Chu Guangbai had come to rescue her!
When Xu Yuehuai saw that the person who came was Chu Guangbai, she immediately jumped up, went to the edge of the prison, and grabbed the iron bars.
"Did you come to save me?"
Chu Guangbai nodded and waved to the jailer next to him to open the cell door for Xu Yuehuai.
Then, Chu Guangbai said, "Our Manager Xu has really suffered these past few days!"
Xu Yuehua stretched her limbs and said, "Yes, I have indeed suffered. How is the investigation into the little princess's case going? Who exactly poisoned her?"
Chu Guangbai shook his head. "The person who poisoned the little princess has not been found yet, and you have not been cleared of suspicion. It's just that I gave the Tianshan Snow Lotus to His Majesty the King, and now that the little princess is safe, His Majesty the King has allowed you to be released!"
Xu Yuehuai thought that this was the only possible outcome. She was still confused about the matter, only because Chu Guangbai had exchanged the Tianshan Snow Lotus for her life!
"Thank you so much! From now on, the entire Tianxianglou branch is yours!"
Xu Yuehuai knew that it was a Tian Shan snow lotus! Only one mature Tian Shan snow lotus appears every few hundred years! It's priceless! A peerless treasure!
Now that Chu Guangbai has exchanged such a precious Tianshan snow lotus for his own life, it would be only right for Xu Yuehuai to give Chu Guangbai the title of Master of Tianxiang Pavilion in the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Chu Guangbai silently shook his head, "What I want is not a branch of Tianxianglou."
What is that?
Xu Yuehuai was somewhat puzzled by what Chu Guangbai said.
"Let's leave here first."
Now they are accompanied by some palace servants, so this is really not a place where it's easy to talk to people.
Xu Yuehua nodded, and then followed behind Chu Guangbai, leaving the prison where she had spent so many days.
Just before leaving the prison, Xu Yuehuai gave the remaining silver in his pocket to Xiao Qi, the jailer who had been helping him recently.
"Here, take all of this. I can tell you're quite greedy! I'll have some silver after I leave here!"
Xiao Qi took the silver notes from Xu Yuehuai's hand, beaming with joy, and said to Xu Yuehuai.
"Congratulations, Manager Xu, you can finally go out!"
"If I have some free time then, I will definitely go to your Tianxianglou branch to show my support!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai chuckled. This Xiao Qi really knows how to handle people.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you to come and support me."
After saying this, Xu Yuehuai waved her hand and left with Chu Guangbai.
After leaving the palace gates, the two boarded the same carriage.
"Can you tell me now?" Xu Yuehuai asked.
Chu Guangbai said, "All I want is to cooperate with you."
“I don’t consider myself a good businessman. If you were to give me a branch of Tianxianglou directly, I estimate I wouldn’t be able to manage it as well as you do.”
Xu Yuehuai immediately understood that Chu Guangbai was not looking for short-term gains, but rather long-term benefits that could be passed down for a long time.
"Why do you want to work with me for a long time?"
Chu Guangbai looked at Xu Yuehuai with eyes full of admiration.
"You're a master of management, and I have assets behind me that I can invest all of in you so you can open branches of Tianxianglou and spread them throughout the four kingdoms!"
"By then, I'll only need three layers of profit!"
"The rest are all yours!"
This is a huge investment for Xu Yuehuai!
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