Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

"But tonight..."

"Not tonight! This case is quite difficult and the higher-ups are pressing us. Once I finish this case, a few nights will do."

Xiu'er was stunned by what Chu Yao said, then she pouted and said.

"Your Majesty, I am not a fool. You are speaking too lightly."

"What do you want?"

Xiu'er thought for a while and said.

"Then please give me a written agreement!"

"it is good!"

Chu Yao agreed readily. Since they were all fake anyway, he could just write a hundred documents.

After walking to the side and writing the document, Chu Yao urged.

"Say it quickly!"

"Don't be impatient, my lord."

Xiu'er walked around Chu Yao again and sat down next to him.

"My Lord, please keep this."

Xiu'er stuffed the document that Chu Yao had signed earlier into his arms, and the two even started to pull each other.

"Hey! What are you doing? Hand! Take your hand away!"

"Hey, don't be shy, sir."

Just when Chu Yao was about to explode, there was a knock on the door.

"Chu Yao, how are you doing? I'm fine over there."

It was the voice of King Qing. Chu Yao suppressed his anger instantly and held tightly the pair of small fat hands that were groping around on his chest.

"I'll do it right away!"

When Chu Yao heard that King Qing had finished asking all his questions, his desire to win instantly came up, and he had to ask something!

When Xiu'er heard Prince Qing calling Chu Yao "Prince Yun", she didn't think much about it and thought it was his nickname.

"Your Majesty~"

"Shut up! From now on you just answer whatever I ask you!"

Chu Yao growled, and finally "calmed down" Xiu'er, scaring her so much that she nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.

"What do you know about Wang Ming?"

Xiu Er knew he was going to ask this, so she looked around furtively, but there was actually no one else in the room. Then she said mysteriously.

"Wang Ming, he's not actually from the Li Mansion at all!"

"How do you say this?"

Xiuer continued to speak in a low voice, but her expression became much more serious.

“This matter has to start from the previous generation~

My grandfather made a living by cutting firewood in the mountains. He had one daughter and three sons. The eldest daughter, my aunt, was beautiful and married to a wealthy family in another province. The second child was my father and the third was my uncle. They had followed my grandfather to the mountains to cut firewood since they were young. Later, because my grandfather was seriously ill, my aunt rushed back from another province to see him for the last time. After my grandfather passed away, my father and uncle did not know how to make a living, so my aunt stayed at home to teach them some small business. At that time, my aunt was pregnant with Wang Ming. In order to avoid the bumps, she stayed at home and did not return to her husband's house.

This was fine at first, because my father and my third uncle needed my aunt’s help, so they naturally wanted her to stay. But when my father and my third uncle had their small business done, my aunt was already pregnant, and she was a burden to my father and my third uncle at this time. In addition, my aunt’s in-laws didn’t come to pick her up, nor did they send anyone to take care of her, which caused my father and my third uncle to complain. Originally, when my aunt was about to leave, some problems arose in the family business, and my aunt had to step in to solve them, so my father and my third uncle had to beg my aunt to stay again. After my aunt solved the problem this time, my father and my third uncle realized that they really had no talent for business. Although my aunt was at home, they had to share the profits equally for the sake of face, but they thought that they didn’t need to do anything to get their share of the money, so they just handed it over to my aunt and they would sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor. So the two of them "sincerely" let my aunt stay. "

"What happened next? Didn't your aunt's in-laws come to look for her?"

"No, he even gave her a divorce letter after Wang Ming was born."

"What?"

"I heard from the elders that my aunt's in-laws thought that she got pregnant after she left home and didn't recognize the child at all, so they gave her a divorce letter. My father and my third uncle were very happy when they found out, because this way my aunt could stay at home and do business with peace of mind.

Later, when Wang Ming grew up and could help his aunt with business, his father and uncle realized the crisis again. They were worried that Wang Ming would take over his aunt's business when he grew up, and then his father and uncle might not be able to eat and drink for free. At that time, the family's business had the opportunity to trade with the palace under the care of his aunt, so his father and uncle bribed the people in the palace and used some excuses to make Wang Ming stay in the palace to work. In fact, if you can get the favor of the emperor in the palace, you can also rise to prominence. But the vision of his father and uncle was limited to the little benefits in front of them, so they were very happy after getting Wang Ming away.

Later, ten years ago, Wang Ming suddenly came out of the palace one day and brought back many boxes to his aunt's courtyard. No one knew what was inside. He and his aunt stayed in his courtyard for a long time that day. The next morning, his aunt sent him to the palace gate. When he came back, his aunt's eyes were still red, probably because she had been crying. The next day, the news of Wang Ming's death came.

"And then? What do you know after he 'dies'!?"

"After the news of his death came back, my aunt was very sad and held a funeral at home. But half a month later, my aunt suddenly took over a restaurant, and the restaurant was far away from home. After that, my aunt seemed to have become a different person. Sometimes she didn't even go home to live, and she focused all her attention on the restaurant. The income from the restaurant was not shared with my father and my third uncle, so they were also very upset about this matter. Once, they asked me to sneak a peek at what treasures were hidden in the boxes in the middle of the night, but when I went there, I didn't find any boxes at all.

Later one day they asked me to go secretly to check the situation, so I disguised myself as a man and I met a man in the restaurant that day, it was Wang Ming! "

"How can you be sure that it was Wang Ming you saw?"

"Although my aunt didn't call him by his name, he was in disguise and had a beard on his face. But my aunt called him son, and he called her mother. And the way my aunt looked at him was the same way she looked at Wang Ming before, so there was no way I could have made a mistake."

"Besides knowing that Wang Ming is alive, do you know any other secrets about him?"

"About Wang Ming? Well... he seems to like the fourth princess, but because their status is too different, it's not possible.

He once killed a dog, but it was said that the dog had bitten someone else first.

He also...”

"Okay, okay! Let's get to the point. Talk about something related to the palace."

"Oh! I remember now! Why do I know that he likes the fourth princess? It's because..."

"Don't mention the Fourth Princess! I want to know about the other people in the palace!"

"The Dukou Caodu once bullied him, but someone backed him up and let him fight back, so Wang Ming was like that, um~"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"That guy is backing him up!"

"Who is it? Tell me!"

"The Fourth Princess! Didn't you forbid me to mention the Fourth Princess?"

Xiu'er also got angry. Why is Prince Yun so difficult to serve?

"..."

Chu Yao was speechless.

"I allow you to bring it up now. Please repeat this sentence carefully."

"The ferry governor once bullied Wang Ming, so the fourth princess backed him up and let him fight back, so he fell in love with the fourth princess~"

"So he has a grudge against the ferry supervisor?"

"Um... that sounds like it, right? I don't know anything else, and he didn't tell me. I overheard a lot of things~ I don't know anything else."

"Okay, I understand. That's it. I'll be leaving first."

Chu Yao was about to leave, fearing that Xiu'er would pester him again. But he had just taken a step forward when Xiu'er reacted faster and had already flashed in front of the door, blocking his way out.

"W-What are you doing? Didn't you say it's not possible tonight?"

At this time, Xiu'er had an expression as if she wanted to say something but didn't, which made Chu Yao even more frightened.

"Um...Your Highness Prince Yun, can I trouble you with something?"

"...What's up?"

"Can you... return the IOU to me?"

"Which IOU? Didn't I just write you an IOU?"

"Yes, but I'm talking about the IOU for ten taels of gold. I can exchange this IOU with you!"

"What do you mean?"

Chu Yao was confused. Xiu'er was saying that she wanted to exchange the IOU for "spending the night with Prince Yun" that she had just received for an IOU for ten taels of gold?

"What I mean is that I don't think we are a good match. You are too difficult to please."

Xiu'er said this with a look of disdain, which greatly hurt Chu Yao's self-esteem. He couldn't stand being disdainful of Xiu'er more than being pestered by her, and in this situation, was he considered to have been "broken off" by Xiu'er?

Xiu'er looked at Chu Yao's expression and comforted him.

"Your Highness Prince Yun, I don't think you are ugly, but through our conversation just now, I don't think you are my ideal partner."

"Okay! Okay, okay! Stop talking, here you go!"

So, with Xiu'er's grateful eyes, Chu Yao left Li's house.