Get out of your vicious mother's house, and make a fortune with your husband to become a prince

In the following days, the Queen Mother continued to create opportunities for Xia Liyun and Chen Yayuan.

She arranged for them to attend various palace banquets and let them show their talents and beauty in front of Zhou Qian, but Zhou Qian remained unmoved.

Outside the palace, Zhou Qian has already embarked on a journey to find Xue Qing.

He brought a group of people from the Shadow Guard Pavilion and followed Wu Yu's trail.

When they reached a valley, Xue Qing looked around and found that the terrain here was hidden and the surrounding trees were lush, making it a perfect place to rest. She had an idea and asked everyone to stop and rest.

Xue Qing turned around and went back to the carriage, taking out all the folding tables and chairs that he had asked someone to make.

Everyone got off the carriage and looked surprised when they saw these novel folding tables and chairs.

Taoist Chu Rong stroked his beard, his eyes full of curiosity.

"Miss Xue, these tables and chairs are very strange. Where did you get them from?" Taoist Master Chu Rong asked.

The Xue family members were equally surprised. They looked at these folding tables and chairs in amazement.

Xue Zhong nodded slightly, with admiration in his eyes.

Wu Yu looked at the surprised expressions of the crowd, his eyes full of pride. He walked to Xue Qing and said softly, "Qing'er, you always bring surprises to everyone."

Xue Qing looked at Chu Rong and said, "Master, there is a carpenter in Shilibao who is very good at making all kinds of furniture. These are made by him."

Chu Rong looked at Xue Qing meaningfully: "Well, this person's wonderful ideas are really different from others."

Xue Qing smiled and said nothing.

Xue Zhong looked at Chu Rong and knew that it must not be as easy as Xue Qing said.

Everyone began to tidy up the resting area and sat men and women separately.

Old Madam Xue sat with Wang Jingyao and the Liu sisters. They talked in low voices with warm smiles on their faces.

Xue Qing and Wu Yu helped to cook. Wu Yu covered for Xue Qing and asked Xue Qing to mix some food in the space with the food taken from the carriage.

The two families were together in a harmonious atmosphere, with everyone talking and laughing together, as if the whole family was outing together.

The sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves onto the ground, forming spots of light. The breeze blows gently, bringing a hint of coolness.

However, there are always discordant voices in the quiet moments. Zhou Qian's voice suddenly came over.

"Second brother is here," Zhou Qian said calmly with a hint of surprise.

He saw Xue Zhong and Xue He again: "Lord Xue is here too!"

When everyone saw Zhou Qian, they quickly stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, I greet you!" "Your Majesty, I greet you!"

Zhou Qian walked over and sat on the chair, and said in a cold voice: "Everyone get up."

When everyone heard this voice, their faces changed.

Zhou Qian was followed by Guan Zheng and his guards, who came over aggressively. Wu Yu didn't expect Zhou Qian to come here. He knew without thinking that he came for Xue Qing.

Wu Yu frowned, took a step forward, and stood in front of Xue Qing. "Your Majesty, why are you here?" Wu Yu asked.

At this time, Xue Qing was wearing men's clothes and was just going to the back to heat up the food. He knelt before the emperor along with the other servants.

So Zhou Qian did not see Xue Qing at this time.

Zhou Qian looked at Wu Yu, his eyes showing no trace of friendship: "Prince Dingyuan, I came out this time to look for Xia Xueqing. Do you know her whereabouts?"

Wu Yu looked at the emperor in front of him, unable to discern any emotion from him, and knelt on one knee and said, "I deserve to die!"

Wu Yu did not say whether he knew Xue Qing's whereabouts, but admitted his mistake first.

Zhou Qian still said in a cold voice: "What crime have you committed?"

At this moment, the atmosphere among the crowd was extremely tense.

Wu Yu: "Your Majesty is worried about me!"

Zhou Qian looked at Wu Yu coldly without saying anything. Wu Yu continued to kneel on the ground with his head down.

"Get up, I will see you off as your elder brother."

Wu Yu stood up.

Zhou Qian was silent for a moment, then unexpectedly said, "In that case, I will have dinner with you."

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what the emperor meant by this action.

Wu Yu quickly asked someone to bring the prepared food to Zhou Qian.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was depressing. Zhou Qian said nothing and just ate his meal in silence. Wu Yu and the others did not dare to say much either, and accompanied him cautiously.

Zhou Qian guessed that this was Xue Qing's dish after taking the first bite.

With a glance from him, Guan Zheng jumped to Xue Qing and the others. He was not familiar with Xue Qing, let alone Xue Qing who was now dressed in men's clothes, but he knew that there was something fishy about these people who were cooking.

Xue Qing knew he couldn't escape, so he just followed Guan Zheng and came to Zhou Qian.

Zhou Qian stood up and walked directly to Xue Qingming, with a hint of pride in his eyes that he couldn't hide: "We meet again! Qing'er"

When Wu Yu saw Guan Zheng going to Xue Qing, he was ready to take action at any time.

Xue Zhong's face darkened at this moment.

The old lady and Wang Jingyao's foreheads were covered with beads of sweat due to nervousness, and Liu held Ding's hand tightly.

Just as Xue Qing was about to kneel down, Zhou Qian grabbed his arm and said, "Qing'er, there's no need to bow!"

Xue Qing simply stood up and looked at Zhou Qian: "Are you here to see my husband off?"

The three maids following behind quickly knelt down and saluted.

Zhou Qian knew that the husband she was talking about was Wu Yu. A hint of gloom flashed across his eyes, but he still had a gentle smile on his face.

"Qing'er, don't talk nonsense. I'm here to take you back to the palace and send Prince Dingyuan to his fiefdom." Zhou Qian held Xue Qing's wrist tightly.

From the perspective of others, the two were very close. Xue Qing secretly tried to pull his arm back several times, but failed.

Xue Qing whispered: "Zhou Qian, I will not go to the capital with you. Wu Yu is my husband. Wherever he is, I will be there."

Wu Yu could no longer tolerate Zhou Qian holding Xue Qing's arm, so he made up his mind and just as he took a step forward, Guan Zheng blocked his way.

"Your Majesty!"

Wu Yu said directly: "Your Majesty, Wu Qing is my brother's wife, please respect yourself."

Zhou Qian was furious after hearing what Wu Yu said. He pulled Xue Qing over, and Xue Qing's instinctive reaction was to push Zhou Qian away.

Zhou Qian felt pain in his hand and loosened his hand. Xue Qing turned around and ran to Wu Yu's side.

Wu Yu protected Xue Qing behind him.

Zhou Qian watched Xue Qing run behind Wu Yu as soon as possible, and his expression finally changed.

He shouted, "Zhou Yu, how dare you hold the queen hostage!"

Not wanting to break up at this moment, Wu Yu said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. This is my wife, not the queen. She just looks a bit like the queen."

Xue Qing stepped forward and said, "The current emperor actually wants to take someone else's wife!"

Xue He was so frightened when he heard Xue Qing's words that he immediately broke out in a cold sweat and quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, my little daughter and Xue Lian are already in the palace. This is the daughter-in-law of the Wu family. Please be clear about this, Your Majesty!"

Xue Zhong just watched coldly. Liu and Nanny Liu had already knelt on the ground out of fear.