A dream ends life

Yu Luohan didn’t understand why the Grand Princess stood up for Su Ci, and Gu Qi’s arrival was just a coincidence.

When Gu Qi heard the Grand Princess' voice, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "I didn't know the princess was here. I am sorry for being impolite. Please forgive me."

The eldest princess nodded and said, "Now that I have met you, there is no need to go to Jingzhao Yin. The same goes for you. Today, Yu Taifu's mother wants to take over my shop. What do you think I should do?"

Yu Luohan said dissatisfiedly: "This shop is obviously my wife's. When did it become the princess's? Princess, please don't..."

A contract appeared in the Grand Princess's hand. Yu Qi took it and handed it to Gu Qi.

"It is indeed a shop under the princess' name. Please rest assured, princess. I will take charge of this case. I will definitely give justice to the princess!" Gu Qi spoke in a straight tone.

Yu Luohan stepped forward to take the deed from Gu Qi's hand, but Gu Qi dodged him.

"Master Yu, this is to be presented as evidence in court. As the defendant, I cannot give it to you."

Yu Luohan was so angry that his teeth were itching. How could a Chief Justice of Dali Temple like you have any say over this? And you are still so pretentious. This guy named Gu is doing it on purpose.

"Are you going back to the Dali Temple to attend court?"

Gu Qi hesitated for a moment and said, "That's not necessary. After all, this case is clear at a glance. Master Taifu and the Grand Princess have witnesses and evidence. You and your mother did destroy someone's shop. It's better to make a big deal out of a small matter. You can just pay some money and it will be over."

"As for your mother's robbing the princess's shop, as the saying goes, ignorance is innocent. As long as you apologize to her, I believe the princess will not hold it against you."

Yu Luohan's face was so dark that ink could drip out of it. The Grand Princess's hand was too long. How dare Su Ci hand over the shop to someone else? There must be something he didn't know about.

Chunshui felt so relieved watching the mother and son being humiliated. "Please, Master Taifu, compensate us for the things you smashed. The shop has changed hands, and no one will pay for the Yu family anymore!"

The shopkeeper was holding an abacus and clacking away at it. After a while, he said, "The total market value of all the damaged items here is 689 taels. After rounding off the decimals, Master Taifu only needs to pay 680 taels!"

Mrs. Xu was furious. "How can these junks be worth six hundred and eighty taels? You really dare to ask for such a high price."

The shopkeeper said calmly, "Madam Yu never pays when she comes to our store, so she naturally doesn't know the market price. Any item here costs hundreds of taels, and this is already the lowest price. If you don't believe me, you can ask the Grand Tutor."

Yu Luohan said, "I will send someone to deliver the money later," and then he clasped his fists towards the Grand Princess and said, "Please forgive me for offending you today!"

After saying that, he glanced at Xu and walked out of the shop first.

Just as he reached the door, a fast horse came running over from a distance. The man dismounted and came to Yu Luohan: "Master Taifu, the emperor and the queen mother ask you to come into the palace as soon as possible."

Xu who followed up was a little dissatisfied: "Han'er, is the palace so busy that you can't even go home once?"

She still had a lot to say to her son, but she didn't expect that she would be called away by that woman before she even returned home. Can't she live without a man?

Originally, she didn't mind the relationship between Luo Han and Wu Peiyi, and she was even happy to see it happen. This made Su Ci feel a sense of crisis and work harder to please her.

Su Ci is missing now, and the family is in a mess. It is not okay for her to occupy her son. After all, there should be a distinction between the ruler and the subject. Is it really okay for the two of them to be inseparable like this?

I have to say that only when the knife cuts yourself can you feel the pain personally. Now Xu is no longer kind to Wu Peiyi.

If it weren't for her son, could this woman be the empress dowager? She is so jealous and can't tolerate having a woman around Yu Luohan. How can she have children for the Yu family?

Eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, she thought that she would be satisfied if her son stayed alone with her all his life without a wife or children.

She must have Han'er come back home. She can only feel at ease if Zhenzhen is pregnant. She can't let Han'er abandon his family for Wu Peiyi.

Yu Luohan also frowned. Although he was in the palace these days, he rarely saw Wu Peiyi. Su Ci's incident made him dissatisfied with Wu Peiyi.

He didn't realize anything at the time, but when the palace maid told him what happened, he knew that Wu Peiyi wanted to deal with Su Ci, otherwise she would not have killed the palace maid.

Wu Peiyi was the empress dowager, and she could not be accused of murdering the families of her subjects. As for Su Ci, Wu Peiyi simply loved him too much and could not tolerate Su Ci.

As long as he finds Su Ci, he will never let him enter the palace again, and the two of them can live in peace for the rest of their lives.

Thinking in his heart, he said to the visitor: "But something happened?"

The man paused and said, "I don't know. I am just following orders. Please follow me to the palace as soon as possible, Master."

Yu Luohan thought for a while, then mounted his horse and followed the visitor into the palace. Xu was so angry that she bit her back teeth.

The people watching the show seemed to have realized that there was really something fishy going on between Master Yu and the woman in the palace. They all had interesting expressions on their faces, but because of their status, they did not say it out loud.

The old woman before had nothing to worry about. She was just an ordinary person. She didn’t know whether there would be a tomorrow after today, so she didn’t have so many concerns.

He spat in the direction where Yu Luohan disappeared, "What a shameless pair of dogs!"

Everyone pretended not to hear. Chunshui said to the old woman, "Grandma Li, don't be angry. Go home quickly. Don't say these things in public again. It's not good for you."

The old woman said: "I am not afraid. Madam Su is such a good person. She is bullied by these people. I just can't stand them. Even if I lose my life, I will scold them to death."

She had received Su Ci's kindness. If it weren't for Su Ci, she would have died long ago. The extra time she had lived was given by Su Ci. There was nothing to be afraid of.

When the Grand Princess saw that there was nothing to watch, she got up and left. Gu Qi actually left with the Grand Princess, and no one knew what he was going to do.

After seeing off the eldest princess, Chunshui and Changfeng also left the shop, walked around the city, and then went to the house in the north of the city.

Su Ci listened to the whole process, thought for a while and said: "Gu Qi should be a member of a certain faction. His real purpose is to make Yu Luohan's life difficult. Next, he should want to win over the Grand Princess. After all, the enemy of my enemy is not a friend or a strong enemy. It would be better if they could join forces!"

"So that's it!" Chang Feng said.

Su Ci: "The situation in the court is very complex. It seems that the young emperor's throne is not so stable!"

Chang Feng said: "Should we contact Gu Qi?"

"No need! It's not the right time yet. As long as we are valuable, Gu Qi will come to us automatically, and he will also show a certain sincerity!" Su Ci replied.

"Uncle Chang came back much later than I expected, but was there any accident on the way?"

Chang Feng nodded: "There are indeed some things, but it went smoothly and has been resolved."

Su Ci took out a map and spread it on the table, pointing to a location, "I'll have to trouble Uncle Chang to make another trip. I'll go with you this time!"

Chang Feng disagreed: "Madam is not in good health for a long journey, I will go by myself, don't worry, I will do my best."

Su Ci shook her head. This was an extremely important matter and she had to go there in person!