I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

On the second day, several eunuchs from the imperial palace came to the beauty store. An Muxi recognized the leader as the eunuch Xiao Shunzi.

When Xiao Shunzi saw An Muxi coming out, she hurriedly went up to her and bowed, then said with a smile: "Miss An, please accept my order." She had not yet recognized herself as a member of the Bai family, so she could only address her like that now.

An Muxi knelt down hurriedly to listen to the order. The people from the beauty shop were already familiar with this process in Prince Rui's Mansion, so they all knelt down as well.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: There is the legitimate daughter of the Bai family, who has a good character, talent and beauty. She deserves the Emperor's grace. She is specially canonized as the Princess of Le'an County, and is awarded 100 taels of gold, 500 acres of fertile land, and a mansion to show the Emperor's great grace. I decree this!"

An Muxi was stunned. Could it be that such a thing as a pie falling from the sky could really fall on her head?

Xiao Shunzi said with a smile: "Please accept the order, Princess Le'an!"

An Muxi came back to her senses and quickly accepted the imperial edict and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Long live Your Majesty!"

Then several palace servants presented the things in their hands. One tray contained the county princess's customary clothing, another contained ten ingots of gold, and another contained the title deed to the house and the deeds to the fertile land.

Xiaoqin and others quickly accepted the rewards. After An Muxi received the imperial edict, he quickly signaled Xiaoqin to give reward money to several palace servants.

Of course, Xiao Shunzi gave the most.

After receiving the reward money, Xiao Shunzi bowed, then happily left with his people.

At this time, everyone outside the beauty store was looking at An Muxi in surprise.

"I didn't expect that the owner of this shop is so influential and was given the title of county lady by the emperor!"

"I just heard the imperial edict mention the Bai family's legitimate daughter. Which Bai family is she from?"

"Which Bai family is there in the imperial capital? Isn't it the Ningguo Mansion whose surname is Bai?"

"Oh, right, it's the real and fake daughter that has been making the rounds in the Ningguo Mansion recently. Don't you know about it?"

"I heard that the fake daughter married into the Prince Cheng's mansion, while the real daughter is living outside. Could this be the real daughter of the Duke Ning's mansion?"

"This should be her. Judging from her appearance and temperament, she is indeed from a famous family. Even if she grew up in the countryside, she is still very beautiful."

"That fake daughter was once a bully in the imperial capital, and she often bullied others by taking advantage of her power."

"I heard that she was just a servant's daughter, no wonder."

Everyone was talking about it, but the truth of the matter was almost certain.

An Muxi smiled bitterly and entered the shop with a few maids.

She didn't want to return to the Duke's Mansion, but she didn't expect the emperor to do this, leaving her with no choice.

But it’s better this way. With this identity, I don’t have to worry about anyone causing trouble in the future.

The rewards were sent to her room. She gave five taels of silver to each of the maids and Aunt Luo, and they had a good time together.

Then she began to think. It just so happened that she couldn't concentrate on writing when she lived in a beauty store with so many people coming and going. But now she had a house and 500 acres of fertile land. She would go and see it someday.

She was not the kind of person who liked to dwell on things. Although she knew that the emperor gave the reward out of respect for Duke Ningguo, she felt that she was worthy of being a county lady.

Now that I have my own house, shouldn’t I also have a car? I used to rent a horse carriage when I went out, but now I am a person with a fifth-rank imperial decree.

It seems that it is time to get a carriage.

An Muxi did it right away. She called Qiu Shuang and Qiu Yue in and gave them 1,200 taels of silver notes. She didn't know how much the carriage cost, so it was always a good idea to give her more.

"Qiu Shuang, you two go buy me a carriage that is spacious and comfortable inside. I don't know much about it, so just figure it out for you."

Qiu Shuang and Qiu Yue took the banknotes and immediately went to do the work.

An Muxi felt like she was dreaming. How did she become the Princess of Le'an County?

With the gold bestowed by the emperor, her savings already amounted to more than 20,000 taels of silver. In a few days, when the revenue from several stores came in, it was estimated that the amount would reach 30,000 taels of silver.

She felt financially free in a flash, and her restless heart began to stir again.

At this moment in Prince Cheng's Mansion, Bai Yueli was dumbfounded as she held the divorce letter given by Prince Cheng.

Li Cheng looked at Bai Yueli with disgust: "Today you should pack up your things and get out! Don't think of staying here, or don't blame me for being rude!"

Li Cheng thought to himself that you are lucky. Since his father has allowed him to divorce his wife, there is no need to take action.

Bai Yueli never expected that King Cheng would actually report this matter to Emperor Tiansheng. She knew that her true background did not qualify her to be even the King Cheng's concubine.

But she was already the princess married to the king, so how could this happen? Didn't they say that the royal family would not divorce their wives?

She had always been optimistic and had lived a wealthy life for more than ten years. Suddenly, her dowry was taken away and she was divorced by King Cheng. How should she live in the future?

After sitting there for a long time with no tears, she suddenly thought of Zhang Tiezhu's home. Yes, that was her real home.

She called her maid in and started packing.

Now all her assets consisted of the few silver bills that were not taken away last time, some commonly used jewelry in this room, and some clothes made of expensive fabrics.

He told the maids to put the things away carefully, and then looked at the maids as he fell into deep thought.

She had been to the Zhang family once. It was just a small courtyard with two entrances. She had four senior maids, four second-class maids, and several old women. If she went there, there would be no place to live.

She found a servant boy to contact a human trafficker and sold all the servants. In the end, only a personal maid named Xiaoju was left.

Several maids had never expected that they, who had some respect in the Duke's Mansion, would be looked down upon in Prince Cheng's Mansion. As a result, they were implicated by Bai Yueli and were even driven out of Prince Cheng's Mansion.

In the end, they were sold out directly. You have to know that those who are sold again will hardly have a good ending.

He hated Bai Yueli so much in his heart, but he could do nothing about it as the indenture was in her hands.

Before being taken away, some of the brave ones directly spat at Bai Yueli and cursed: "Bah, what kind of young lady is this? You are just a low-class person like us. I curse you to die a horrible death!"

"That's right. We carefully served her for so many years, but in the end, she was sold out. What a heartless person, what an ungrateful person."

Bai Yueli was so angry that she wanted to slap them a few times, but when she thought of her current situation, she had to endure it.

Xiaoju was also indignant for her sisters. She now wished she could be sold out and kicked out of Prince Cheng's Mansion along with Bai Yueli. How could they have a good life in the future? Bai Yueli had never treated them well when they were rich before.

It would be a wonder if she could get better in the future. She already felt hopeless.

Bai Yueli asked Xiaoju to go out and hire a carriage, and took Xiaoju and their few belongings out of Prince Cheng's Mansion.

The carriage turned many turns and finally arrived at the Zhang family's courtyard, located in the civilian area in the northwest of the imperial capital.

Xiaoqin knocked on the door for a long time and finally the door was opened.

When the woman inside saw the person coming, her expression changed and she said angrily, "How dare you come here?"