The stand-in didn't take it seriously for three years, and the minister was furious when they b

"Master Beitang——"

The old lady was about to apologize and get up lazily when she opened her mouth and Beitang Yi kicked the pedal again, making a noise:

"You guys in the Marquis' Mansion are good at being human. You all give me your due respect! Do you really not take me seriously or do you think I'm easy to fool?"

"Please calm down, my lord. I have absolutely no such intention."

"Please calm down, my lord. I dare not do that."

Knowing that he was referring to Mu Lianzhi, the three of them said in unison, almost frightened to death.

"Don't dare? I think you are very brave and smart."

Glancing at the three of them, Beitang Yi picked up the medicine bowl and stirred it gently:

"One of them turned his face away when we met, and the other one pretended to obey but actually disobeyed!"

"Are you working together to put on a show for me?"

"Did your mansion plan from the beginning to send a half-dead sickly person to me to fool me? It would be best if I couldn't touch him and he would die in my bed by chance and then blackmail me or take advantage of me, right?"

The man paused, the spoon hit the edge of the bowl, making a crisp "ping" sound, and turned his head. Beitang Yi glanced at him again, but his voice was a little softer:

"Your mansion is really calculating~"

This time, with a "thump", the three of them really knelt on the ground in unison:

"Master Beitang is wise. We have absolutely no such intention."

He fell headfirst to the ground, Ling Yuchi was almost frightened to death. With Beitang Yi's current power, crushing their mansion would be as easy as crushing an ant. The emperor might not even ask any questions if he made up a random charge.

Although he did not participate much in court affairs, he was not unable to see the situation clearly.

"This is all a misunderstanding."

Nodding, the old lady and Jiang also echoed:

"Yes Yes."

After stirring the medicine bowl in his hand again, Beitang Yi snorted coldly:

"Oh? What does this mean?"

"what?"

Suddenly raising her eyes, Ling Yuchi was still a little confused, and for a long time he did not understand what he meant. She just raised her eyes and glanced at him, catching his small action of stirring the medicine bowl. The old lady knew that his emotions were probably related to Mu Lianzhi who was curled up at the head of the bed, so she said:

"Master Beitang, we didn't mean to disturb you. We just didn't know what happened and barged in in a hurry."

"Our respect for adults is all real, Zhizhi, right?"

"Zhizhi, if you're not feeling well, why don't you just lie down and take care of yourself? Take your medicine now."

"My Lord is here on business."

"Your room will be searched too. Don't think too much. Just drink the medicine quickly. Only by drinking it can you get better sooner."

"Master Beitang, Zhizhi is the daughter-in-law of my mansion. We have always treated her as our own daughter. She has contributed a lot to this family and we love her. Moreover, she is now the daughter of the Empress Dowager's lifesaver. How dare we neglect her? We hope she gets better sooner than anyone else."

"There must have been some misunderstanding before."

"She volunteered and was very happy, Zhizhi? Why don't you say something?"

The old lady racked her brains to give advice and urge, and Jiang kept nodding in agreement.

"Yes Yes."

At this moment, the three of them were really worried, fearing that Mu Lianzhi would offend Beitang Yi badly at this time, and eventually implicate the Marquis' Mansion.

After this, Ling Yuchi also came to his senses and said:

"Yes, yes, Lord Beitang is very perceptive. The Marquis' Mansion definitely has no intention of neglecting you."

Then, under the coercion and inducement of the group of people, Mu Lianzhi reluctantly half-lay back in the position where she should lie, but the quilt was still pulled up in front of her, and this time it was lowered to her armpits.

Beitang Yi sat down beside the bed again. This time, he scooped out the medicine and tested the temperature before handing it to her mouth.

Then, Mu Lianzhi looked at him with a bitter face but starry eyes, opened her lips, and Beitang Yi silently fed her half a bowl of rice, spoonful by spoonful. The three people from the Marquis' Mansion knelt on the ground while they ate half a bowl of rice.

Beitang Yi stopped when he felt that the time was almost up. Mu Lianzhi's little feet under the quilt also secretly kicked him, and then she said timidly as if she was very timid and afraid:

"Sir, my mother is still kneeling. She is old. Can you let them stand up first and then talk?"

"Medicine, I drank the medicine."

After saying that, she gave him a light kick in dissatisfaction:

"Um... please~"

Did he really do it when he was pretending? He actually said that she was a half-dead sickly person?

hum~

Because there was a layer of gauze between them and her small movements were all behind the quilt on the back of Beitang Yi, people outside could not easily notice them. Her voice was like a cat, but her eyes were shining brightly, which made Beitang Yi's heart beat fast like a cat scratching.

Ling Yuchi was also feeling the urge to do so and was salivating.

Lost in their own thoughts at this moment, the old lady and Jiang didn't notice much. Beitang Yi's eyes did not leave the surroundings. He caught a little bit inadvertently and narrowed his cold eyes almost invisibly.

"Hmm~"

Looking at her lovingly, Beitang Yi responded. He grabbed her calf through the quilt and squeezed it gently before turning his gaze outside the veil:

"What is the old lady doing? You are embarrassing me. Sir Yuchi, why don't you help me up?"

Seeing that the time was almost up, Beitang Yi stood up, put down the bowl, and walked out of the veil. He took out an IOU from his arms and waved it in front of the three people:

"Master Yuchi, you don't think that the previous matter is over now that you have come out, right? I can't take out 100,000 taels of silver to help you clean up the mess."

Shaking the IOU, he showed it:

"The reason I came here today is not only to search for spies from the enemy country, but also to collect debts. Since Lord Yuchi is back, go and prepare."

"This pavilion will take them all away today."

"In addition, according to our investigation, Lu Cuisine is the business of your Pingyong Marquis Mansion, and it is not an ordinary inn or restaurant. Not only are there a lot of people coming and going in it, but there are also gambling houses that are making a lot of money. Is this true?"

The three people's faces changed when they heard about the silver. After hearing what happened next, their faces became even uglier:

"grown ups?"

"Your Excellency, it's a small business that we have partnered with, and we just make some profits. We don't know what it does specifically. Isn't it just a specialty restaurant?"

"Houfu has a strong taste, and I often order their sweet and sour fish and vegetarian tofu box, which are really the best."

"Yes, sir, this won't be a big problem, right?"

The three of them exchanged a few words. As soon as Ling Yuchi's tentative words came out, Beitang Yi's sneer deepened:

"Soleil's spies gather here and Chiyan's fake money is exchanged for real money. Lord Yuchi thinks this is not a big problem? Soleil and Silla have always been at odds. When the Silla delegation came to visit and sign a friendly alliance, didn't Lord Yuchi know what the Soleil spies were up to?"

They originally thought that Beitang Yi was looking for trouble for Mu Lianzhi, but when they heard this, they were all dumbfounded -