After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

Wan Ning pulled Yan Ke out of Pan's Cloth Shop with a smile, and immediately quickened her pace to leave, not letting go until they were out of sight of the cloth shop. At the same time, she supported herself with her hands, bent over, and breathed heavily, which was very different from her previous confident look.

Yan Ke blinked in confusion and patted Wan Ning's back to help her recover quickly. She frowned and asked in confusion, "Aunt, you, you were just pretending?"

Wan Ning continued to bend over to make herself more comfortable, but she did not forget to raise a hand to indicate that she was fine, and explained: "No... no, of course not. Today is the first time I represent, uh, the 'company' to discuss such a big, uh, cooperation, so I am a little nervous."

"Company? What is a company?" Yan Ke immediately grasped the key point of the words.

Wan Ning thought, "Oh no!" She straightened up immediately and talked about something else to divert attention: "Uh, company, what is a company? That's, that's the name of our group. Does it sound good?"

This completely confused Yan Ke, and she subconsciously agreed: "Yeah, it's okay."

Worried that she would continue to think about this, Wan Ning hurriedly urged her to rush to the next venue: "Let's go, we have another cooperation to discuss, the next stop is the Brilliant Building."

Compared to the first time when they were confused and hesitant, and could not help but set many troubles for themselves, they seemed much calmer and more relaxed when discussing cooperation again. Speaking of which, they were old acquaintances of Cuican Building, especially when the last grain-raising activity encountered a crisis, it was Cuican Building's shopkeeper Zhuli who stepped forward.

As soon as we entered the gate of the Brilliant Building, the plaque "Model Merchant" caught our eyes first. Its edges were shiny and looked well-maintained. There were several customers strolling leisurely in the shops on the first floor. Mingxu, an acquaintance, was introducing them to the customers. When they looked up, their eyes met. Mingxu obviously recognized them, and there was a flash of surprise and fear in his eyes.

Wan Ning signaled him not to make a sound, and pointed to a chair beside him, telling him that she would rest here for a while, and he could just go about his own business. Mingxu looked much more mature than before, and he was very eloquent when introducing the items to the guests, and he was very knowledgeable about them.

Despite this, Mingxu quickly closed the deal and escorted the guests out the door with a smile on his face. He immediately put on a brighter smile and served tea to Wan Ning and Yan Ke enthusiastically. He smiled and said, "Princess, why are you here?"

Yan Ke snatched the tea he handed over, pretending to be angry and teasing him, "Why, the princess is the only one here today?"

Mingxu quickened the pace of pouring tea, held the cup in both hands and handed it to Yan Ke, bent down and apologized in panic: "Of course not, Princess... That's not what I meant, I..."

Looking at this person who still looked a little childish, and even had a childlike face from some angles, Yan Ke did not dare to be too "cruel". He put the snatched teacup in front of Wan Ning with a sly smile, and then took the tea that Ming Xu offered with both hands, waved his hand and said, "Give the princess's tea back now, and I'd better drink the county lady's tea."

Hearing this, Mingxu thought Yan Ke had misunderstood his meaning and thought that the tea in Cuican Building had to be divided into different grades. He immediately became more flustered, but was worried that the more he explained, the more confused he would be, so he quickly waved his hands to deny it, but his face turned red and he couldn't say anything.

"Hehe~", Yan Ke couldn't help laughing and tried to persuade him, "Okay, okay, I'm just kidding. Don't think too much about it."

Mingxu finally felt relieved and took a deep breath. But before he could exhale, Yan Ke looked around and asked, "Why are you the only one in the Brilliant Building today? The shopkeeper Zhuli and that little girl... are... "

"Mingzhu," Mingxu reminded softly.

"Yes, Mingzhu, where are Shopkeeper Zhuli and Mingzhu?" Yan Ke asked.

Before he could answer, Wan Ning also noticed something unusual. In the past, the business of Cuicanlou was always good. There was a constant stream of customers coming and going, and because the Chinese New Year was approaching, business should have been even better. But after being here for so long, there were neither a constant stream of customers nor the shopkeeper. There must be some reason.

Mingxu's heart, which had just been relieved, immediately rose to his throat again. He didn't know how to explain to the princess the difficulties that Cuican Tower and Zhuli Shopkeeper were facing.

"Uh, they, uh, I can look after the Brilliant Building by myself now." Realizing that his lie was very bad, Mingxu immediately made up for it: "They have more important things to do now! It's like this!"

Even the most obtuse person should have realized that something was wrong. Wan Ning put down the tea that was brought to her mouth without changing her expression, stared at Ming Xu's shy face, and asked directly, "No, Cuican Building has encountered some difficulties, right?"

Mingxu, who still wanted to deny it, opened his mouth under the gaze, but no sound came out. He had to give up his inner struggle and nodded.

"what's going on?"

"The shopkeeper told us not to say anything." Before Wan Ning could urge him, Mingxu continued, "Our shopkeeper's second uncle appears to have no interest in doing business and listens to our shopkeeper's decisions on everything. But he took advantage of our shopkeeper's absence to select goods and secretly contacted suppliers and major customers. When he saw that the time was right, he opened his own jewelry store and took away what Cuicanlou was about to negotiate."

"What second uncle? Now I'm going to stop pretending and show my cards."

"That's right! Later I learned that all this was a trick of my second uncle. He was the one who hired the jewelry supplier to delay Cuican Building so that he would have time to secretly attack Chencang while making false plans!" Mingxu became more and more angry as he spoke, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

"Where are Shopkeeper Zhuli and Mingzhu now? Are they just going to admit defeat like that?" Yan Ke asked in confusion.

Mingxu smiled awkwardly, with a hint of bitterness in his smile. These days, Zhuli, the shopkeeper, took Mingzhu out early and came back late every day, in a hurry. Although he was full of curiosity, he was afraid of causing trouble for them, so he still didn't know what they were doing or what plans they had. He was just in the store every day, and saw that the business showed no signs of improvement.

Mingxu shook his head and said firmly: "No! Cuicanlou will not give up just like that, neither will Zhuli, Mingzhu, nor me!"

After he made this declaration, he suddenly realized that he had lost his composure in front of the princess and the county lord. He immediately blushed and lowered his head, waiting in fear and trepidation to be reprimanded by the noble people he had offended.

Wan Ning put down the cup in her hand and stood up silently. The rustling sound made Mingxu even more frightened and anxious.

Instead of waiting for the princess's wrath, Wan Ning patted his arm gently and said, "Tell Shopkeeper Zhuli that she doesn't need to be so strong anymore, because her strength is coming."

Mingxu immediately raised his head and looked at the princess in front of him with a confused look. Even Yan Ke, who was standing beside him, almost spit out a mouthful of water when he heard this, and looked at her in confusion, wondering what medicine Princess Le Yan had taken today.