A dream ends life

On the second floor of the restaurant opposite, the eldest princess was dressed in a rose-red peony dress with an intricate hairstyle, adorned with pearls and emeralds, looking luxurious and dignified.

She put down the jade cup in her hand and looked up at the man opposite her. He was truly a favorite of God. Although he was almost the same age as her, time had never disturbed him. A thirty-year-old man looked like he was in his early twenties.

He has delicate eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and especially a pair of clear eyes, which are not tainted by any worldly dust, as if nothing can enter his eyes or his heart.

On his left wrist was a string of red sandalwood leaf Buddhist beads and he was wearing a moon-white brocade robe that looked exceptionally clean. Yes, it was clean.

This man has an aura that makes people worship him. Just by sitting there, people feel that he is noble and holy, unattainable, and thus feel ashamed of themselves.

The man retracted his gaze and looked at the eldest princess, "What are you thinking about?"

The eldest princess looked a little stunned and coughed lightly in embarrassment at what he said.

"The Seventeenth Uncle seems to have not changed at all. He is still as handsome and elegant as he was back then."

Xiao Che said softly: "We have been apart for eighteen years, how could I not have changed? I have grown old!"

The eldest princess smiled brightly, "If we talk about age, I am two years older than the emperor's uncle, so I am older."

The two smiled at each other, sipped their tea slowly, and looked at the scene on the street from time to time.

The eldest princess was moved and said, "Shangjing City has changed a lot. I still remember that there was a steamed bun shop across the street. The owner called himself the steamed bun king, but I tried it and it wasn't tasty at all."

Xiao Che raised his lips, "His last name is Wang, which is correct. But his son did not inherit his father's business, so he stopped selling buns after he passed away."

"This is what it means when things change and people change," the eldest princess said with emotion. "The current Shangjing City is both familiar and strange. It is no longer the same as I remember it."

I left Beijing at the age of fifteen. After eighteen years, I feel very emotional when I return to my hometown.

Then he said solemnly: "Uncle, what do you think of the little emperor?"

Xiao Che paused while drinking tea, his eyes calm and unperturbed. He did not reply to her words, but asked, "What do you think?"

The eldest princess snorted, "The monopoly of power by the imperial relatives is not a sign of a prosperous country."

The Queen Mother controls the government, the Wu family has absolute power, and the little emperor is just an empty figurehead, a pretext used by the Wu family to pacify the court. Otherwise, how can he convince the people?

The young emperor ascended the throne with many bumps along the way, and the power of the various princes was not consolidated. As long as the opportunity arose, civil strife would break out in Dongyong.

Xiao Che was calm and indifferent, and didn't seem to care who would be the emperor. He said calmly: "It's all fleeting, and it will only make the people suffer in the end."

……

There was chaos in the lobby of Lengcui Pavilion.

Su Ci walked out of the room and looked down at everything in the lobby, with a mocking arc on the corner of his mouth.

In the lobby on the first floor, Xu Zhiru's two daughters, Liu Zhenzhen and Liu Shanshan, were arguing harshly with the shopkeeper.

The two are about the same age, one is fifteen and the other is thirteen. Liu Zhenzhen just came of age last month. She was wearing a green chest-length skirt, with an intricate bun on her head and peach blossom makeup on her forehead. She looked pretty.

Liu Shanshan is younger, but she is wearing a pink long-sleeved skirt with rosy cheeks and rosy cheeks, and it is obvious that she has been dressed up carefully.

Liu Zhenzhen said angrily, "This shop belongs to my cousin. When will it be your turn as a servant to make the decision? I want to take it away today. What can you do? If you try to stop me again, you may lose your job."

The shopkeeper was neither humble nor arrogant, and his tone was gentle, but what he said made the two sisters angry.

"You two ladies are right, but you also said that I am only a servant and cannot be the master's master. Please don't make things difficult for me and pay the money before leaving."

Liu Zhenzhen's face turned red with anger. In public, the shopkeeper stopped her and asked for money, as if she couldn't afford it. It was so embarrassing.

Liu Shanshan said arrogantly: "Who is the master you are talking about? That country bumpkin is not worthy! You shallow-eyed thing, open your dog eyes and recognize who your master is. Sooner or later, she will be abandoned by her cousin and get out of Beijing and go back to the village to farm."

The shopkeeper still listened attentively with a smile on his face, but when the two sisters were about to leave, he stopped them and asked them to pay.

The two sisters were so angry that they gritted their teeth.

Liu Shanshan picked up the brocade box from the maid's hand and threw it hard on the ground. The brocade box opened and a pearl and exquisite eight-treasure hairpin rolled out from it.

People around gasped. Lengcui Pavilion has launched eight new hairpins, and this one is one of them. The style is very beautiful and the price is also very attractive!

Many people were discouraged, but now that it was ruined by Liu Shanshan, the people watching nearby couldn't stand it anymore and accused her of wasting such a gift.

Seeing the noises around them getting louder and louder, the two sisters became a little timid, but still held on and refused to pay.

"Call that country bumpkin over here. I want to ask her if she can run the shop well. If not..."

"If not, so what?" Su Ci came down from upstairs leisurely, with a calm tone and a smile on her face.

The two sisters looked unnatural when they saw Su Ci. They originally just wanted to scare the people in the shop, but they didn't expect Su Ci to be really here.

Liu Shanshan pulled Liu Zhenzhen's sleeve, and Liu Zhenzhen said with all her might, "You came at the right time. We always keep accounts when we come here, and my cousin never said anything. Why didn't it work this time? Is it you who did it?"

Su Ci didn't answer her, but walked over, sat down at the table, looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "What's going on?"

The shopkeeper bowed and said, "Madam, the two Miss Liu came to the shop to pick out jewelry. If it was just some ordinary jewelry, it would be fine, but they chose the most expensive ones. You know that the new products in our shop are expensive, and we do not sell on credit..."

Liu Shanshan interrupted him, "If it's not expensive, I won't even look at it. If you, a slave, behave like this today and dare to offend me, I will let my cousin sell you out tomorrow!"

Su Ci looked up at her and narrowed his eyes: "It's not your turn to be the boss of my shop." Then he looked at the ladies who were watching the fun nearby.

"I never sell on credit in my shop. Even if I take something, I still have to pay for it. Who gave you the confidence to act wildly here?"

A lady at the side said, "It's the cousin she was talking about. I watched her for a while and she kept saying cousin. How affectionate!"

"You, you," Liu Shanshan's face flushed, not only because of shame but also because of anger.

Su Ci raised his eyebrows. Isn't this the Madam Lu whom he met in Xiangguo Temple? They are really destined to meet each other.

Liu Zhenzhen heard the people around her whispering and directed her anger at Su Ci, "Who gave you the guts to take my money? My cousin and aunt didn't ask about it, so how can you be worthy?"

A village woman of unknown origin came to the capital with the help of her cousin and suddenly became a noble lady in the capital. Not only was she ungrateful, she even dared to turn her face away from them. She must tell her cousin.

Let my cousin divorce this village woman!