I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

It has been three months since the Lu family was raided and the entire mansion was thrown into prison.

Cheng Yu was anxiously waiting for good things to happen.

Because of what Dingxiang and Ziwei said, Cheng Yu didn't dare to go to the prison again. She was also afraid that if she went there too often, the sisters in the prison would have expectations of her. If she really couldn't get out in the future, she would be completely hopeless.

It's already mid-October and the weather is getting colder. The braised meat business is naturally not as good as it was around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But it's not bad.

Mooncakes are no longer for sale.

The remaining ones were left for them to eat at home.

No matter how good something is, eating too much of it will make you sick of it. Therefore, after eating all the mooncakes, Cheng Yu stopped eating sweets for a long time.

But as the autumn harvest began, there were more sweet potatoes on the market, and the price was cheap. Cheng Yu bought some sweet potatoes at a low price and used a room specifically to store them.

There is an oven for baking mooncakes at home, and it cannot be left idle.

Cheng Yu pushed out the stove and started selling roasted sweet potatoes outside the braised meat shop.

The business may not be very good, but at least it makes money.

A bunch of roasted sweet potatoes cost ten cents. Small roasted sweet potatoes cost two cents, and large ones cost three cents. The stove was fueled with ordinary charcoal, so it didn't cost much.

Business has been slow these days, so when Cheng Yu is free, he will take Sister Yan to sit outside the door.

Madam Li was selling food to customers in the braised meat shop, Taozi was watching the oven, and Cheng Yu was sitting on the doorstep, holding a rattle, teasing the little girl sitting in the wooden cart.

The little girl was wearing a red dress and had a little tiger cat on her head. Cheng Yu made her giggle.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of me.

Cheng Yu looked up and was shocked to find that someone had appeared in front of him out of nowhere. In fact, it was not his fault for being careless, as there were mostly customers around who came to buy things, and some people would stop and look at Yan Jie'er because she was cute.

“It’s that big already?”

The man's voice was heavy, and Cheng Yu suddenly stood up.

"My Lord, you are back?"

"You are finally back. I have been looking forward to your return. My Lord, please come in first. No, let's go home first."

She was so excited that she spoke very quickly.

He stood up and picked up Sister Yan.

Zhao Shiyan watched Cheng Yu hold up the child. The child was pretty and fair, and very rare.

"I'll hold you."

Cheng Yu had to hold the child and clean up the wooden cart, so she handed the child to Zhao Shiyan.

"Sister Yan is a little shy."

The little guy made a fuss and Cheng Yu was busy explaining.

Cheng Yu brought the things into the braised food shop. Madam Li knew that the young master had arrived, so she hurried out to pay her respects to him.

There is no need for Madam Li to tell anything about the eldest lady's affairs, Cheng Yu can explain it clearly himself.

Taozi was a servant of the Lu family. She had never seen any important figures before. When she saw the young master, she became like a little quail and dared not speak a word.

Madam Li turned to Cheng Yu and said, "Yu'er, take the prince back first. What's the point of talking in the street?"

Thinking about what I told the prince, I still know more about it.

Cheng Yu listened to what Madam Li said.

Madam Li stayed behind to look after the stall and stopped selling roasted sweet potatoes, and asked Taozi to go back with her.

The shop is not far from where I live, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to get there.

Taozi took the key to open the door. Yan Jie'er was held by the prince, and Cheng Yu looked like a young wife, standing in front of him.

That gossipy old lady Wang from next door came out again.

When I saw a man appear next to Cheng Yu, he was a tall and strong man with exceptionally handsome looks. The man was holding a child and his eyes were extremely gentle.

Mrs. Wang took the initiative to talk.

"Madam Cheng, your husband is back? Didn't you say that your husband died in the battle?"

"Oh my, you are so lucky to have such a good-looking man. Look, they look so alike, as if they were cut from the same mold."

Cheng Yu glanced at Mrs. Wang.

She was too lazy to explain.

Not only is Wang Po a gossiper, she is also very self-righteous. If she says that men have three legs, it will be in vain even if you have a mouth all over your body to argue with her.

Why bother explaining?

After entering the courtyard, Taozi glared at Wang Po and closed the door.

Cheng Yu took Zhao Shiyan into the main room and sat down, while Taozi went to make tea.

When Sister Yan saw Cheng Yu, she naturally didn’t want Zhao Shiyan as her uncle anymore.

"My Lord, let me hold you."

Cheng Yu continued, "You must have known about the Lu family's affairs when you came back in a hurry. To put it bluntly, the lady was deceived."

"Last time you came to the Lu family, I wanted to tell you that the eldest lady said that you haven't married yet, and she doesn't want to trouble you with her own affairs and make you worry about her again."

Cheng Yu spoke while coaxing the child skillfully.

Holding the small cakes on the table, these are the milk biscuits that Cheng Yu made for the children. Sister Yan likes them very much. Cheng Yu talked to Zhao Shiyan while taking care of the children.

Zhao Shiyan stared at Cheng Yu the whole time.

Look at her gentleness, look at her kindness, look at how carefully she takes care of the children.

"I have roughly understood it."

"I came over to see the child."

"You took good care of the child."

Hearing his praise, Cheng Yu's expression became gentler, "This is what I should do."

She raised her head and looked into Zhao Shiyan's eyes. "My Lord, do you have a way to save the lady?"

"Divorce."

"I have already found Lu Zhaowen and asked him to write a divorce letter. I will take the letter to the emperor to plead for mercy."

Zhao Shiyan arrived in Kyoto last night and went straight to find Lu Zhaowen.

Lu Zhaowen naturally disagreed. He was worried that once he divorced Zhao Rulan, the Zhao family would ignore him even less.

Zhao Shiyan directly forced Lu Zhaowen to write it.

If he wrote it, he might end up in exile. If he didn't write it, there were many ways to make him die faster.

Cheng Yu's eyes widened and he looked at Zhao Shiyan in disbelief.

"You asked him to write a divorce agreement? Did he write it?"

"wrote."

Zhao Shiyan took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Cheng Yu.

After seeing the divorce letter, Cheng Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, "My Lord, you are really amazing."

At this moment, Cheng Yu's eyes were full of admiration for Zhao Shiyan.

The corners of Zhao Shiyan's mouth curled up. It turned out that being admired by girls was a strange feeling.

"Ahem..."

Hearing him cough, Cheng Yu hurriedly called out, "Taozi, bring the tea quickly."

Taozi brought tea and saw that Sister Yan had fallen asleep while eating biscuits, so she carried the little lady away.

Cheng Yu continued to tell Zhao Shiyan about the situation of the eldest lady.

"... This time, once the divorce agreement is brought here and the eldest lady signs her name, it will take effect. From now on, the eldest lady will have no relationship with the Lu family anymore."

"My Lord, may I ask you a few more questions?"

Zhao Shiyan said: "Just ask directly."

"Can the maids and servants who came with the lady as a dowry come out together?"

When Cheng Yu asked, his eyes were full of anticipation.

Zhao Shiyan did not answer immediately, but paused for a moment before saying, "Okay."

Cheng Yu said again, "Young Master, you are really awesome."

He saved so many people and helped the eldest lady and Lu Zhaowen divorce.

She was so focused on saying her own words that she didn't notice that the way Zhao Shiyan looked at her became increasingly different, with a look of inquiry and exploration.