In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"Your Majesty and the Queen have high hopes for you. I hope you will not disappoint them."

"...Your Majesty and the Queen don't have much hope for me as a merchant. I am not an official! The money I earn does not go into the national treasury!"

Bai Lu said coldly, "I don't know why you brought me here to ask all these questions. Isn't the case closed now? Even His Majesty wants to reward me!"

"If that's the case, then aren't you slapping His Majesty in the face by asking these questions? Lord Pei... is he really a loyal minister?"

Pei Huizhou grinned, "Of course I am a loyal minister."

"Don't tell me these nonsense here! His Majesty is not here, so what if I slap His Majesty in the face?"

After hearing this, a voice suddenly came from behind the imperial garden. It was the emperor's voice.

The emperor's voice was somewhat sharp.

"Oh, is it?"

"Pei Huizhou, I'm not here, so you didn't think it was a big deal if you slapped me in the face in private?! I really spoiled you!"

"!!!"

Hearing this, Bai Lu and Pei Huizhou looked at each other, and they were both shocked at the same time!

The emperor walked out slowly, with the empress dowager next to him.

As soon as the Queen Mother and Bai Lu met, her eyes lit up, "Oh my fellow countryman!"

The Queen Mother was about to step forward and say something to Bai Lu when she saw Bai Lu and Pei Huizhou hurriedly kneeling down and kowtow to the Emperor and the Queen Mother.

"I greet your Majesty and the Queen Mother."

"Your humble servant pays respects to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother."

Pei Huizhou also knelt on the ground, his face was not red and he was not out of breath. The emperor glanced at Pei Huizhou, pointed at him with disgust, but in the end... he did not scold him, and Pei Huizhou did not admit his mistake.

After that, the emperor asked Pei Huizhou to get up directly.

The Queen Mother was not surprised. She immediately stepped forward and took Bai Lu's hand, smiling and saying, "Oh, Bai Lu, why do I feel that you have become more beautiful these days in Kyoto? This dress really suits you, and makes you look as beautiful as a lotus."

She looked at Bai Lu, praised her constantly, and liked Bai Lu very much.

Pei Huizhou and Bai Lu looked at each other. Pei Huizhou was full of doubts. This Bai Lu... was so popular. The Queen Mother actually liked Bai Lu very much.

The Queen Mother held Bai Lu's hand tightly and kept talking to her.

The emperor glanced at Bai Lu, then smiled and said to the empress dowager, "I didn't expect that you, mother, like Lady Bai Lu so much."

"Since you like Lady Bailu, I will let Lady Bailu go to your palace and talk to you more."

"......That's fine, that's fine. I really like this young lady, so let her come to my palace often and talk to me."

After Bai Lu was pulled by the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother said to Pei Huizhou with a smile.

"Um... Pei Huizhou, I and the emperor heard what you said just now. I didn't expect you to be so careless! I asked you to investigate a case at Bai Lu's mansion! But after a long time of investigation, the case was closed... and you questioned Bai Lu in private!"

"What? Do you think you're having an easy time as an official? You think! You talked about the emperor behind his back! As long as the emperor doesn't convict you, I won't bother with you?!"

Hearing this, Pei Huizhou just stood up and immediately knelt down again, "Please punish me, Queen Mother."

Hearing this brief sentence, the Queen Mother sneered, and then said to Bai Lu with a smile: "Bai Lu, you don't have to be afraid of this boy from now on. This boy has really been spoiled by me and the emperor. He is so rude!"

"This case has already been closed, and he still comes to you! Asking you all these nonsense questions..."

"To reply to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, the case has not been closed."

Pei Huizhou spoke.

"...and the case is not closed, what does that mean?"

The Queen Mother was stunned.

Everyone turned to look at Pei Huizhou.

Then, Pei Huizhou slowly said, "That Chen Yuan escaped from the prison."

"I don't know who released him, so... the case has not been closed yet. It's not that I am intentionally concealing it, but there are many suspicious points in this case!"

"????"

"What?! Chen Yuan ran away?!"

The emperor and the empress dowager were both shocked.

The Queen Mother frowned and turned to look at the Emperor.

"Emperor, how do your people do their work? Why is this prison so relaxed?!"

The emperor was furious and immediately said to Pei Huizhou, "Pei Huizhou, what on earth is going on? How could you let Chen Yuan get away?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know either... It was only two days later that the Heavenly Prison told me the truth when they could no longer keep it a secret."

"!!!"

Hearing this, the emperor was furious! His face turned blue with anger and he asked, "Are you planning to execute the entire family? They actually released the person secretly?!"

"How could they let someone escape from such a harsh prison where not even a mouse can get out?!"

There is only one possibility, that is, there is a spy inside.

"Check! Check for me!!!"

He was furious and immediately said to Pei Huizhou: "In short! You must thoroughly investigate this matter! What is going on? Are all the prison officers dead? "

If I had known this earlier, I would have thrown Chen Yuan into the Dali Temple under the jurisdiction of Pei Huizhou, and such a thing would not have happened.

"Yes."

Pei Huizhou immediately spoke to the emperor.

"I will obey your majesty's order."

"But...it was because of this matter that I went to ask Madam Bai Lu."

The emperor probably knew what was going on at this time.

He looked at Pei Huizhou with disdain and said, "Chen Yuan ran away, but you didn't go check on those good-for-nothings in the prison! Now, you are making things difficult for Bai Lu, a pure young lady. You are really a talent!"

...In short, Bai Lu's current status is the first baron of our dynasty! The emperor will never allow such an status to go wrong.

If this identity were to be smeared with any stain or crime, it would be a disaster.

How to promote the imperial examination for women afterwards? !

How to give women a higher status?

The emperor frowned, knowing in his heart that Bai Lu would never do such a thing.

If she could really do these things, she would not have been at the border to help the Liangzhou soldiers so much.

At the beginning, she was in Liangzhou, and on the surface, she was King Cheng's person. If that was the case...if she was really a bad person, why would she do such a thing? The emperor still believed in Bai Lu.

He turned his head and said to Pei Huizhou solemnly: "After this, if I see you embarrass Bai Lu again, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will not care about... the father-son relationship between you and me."