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Bei Zhenting returned to Dongxiangxuan with a very bad face, because of his royal brother and Luo Yao.

The emperor's brother really could and would do whatever he wanted to the people around him. For the first time, Bei Zhenting felt like someone was pinching his throat. Although it was a helpless move, Bei Zhenting also understood the emperor's position, but he hated this feeling!

And Luo Yao... Thinking of Luo Yao, Bei Zhenting became even more annoyed!

"Li Qingyun."

Li Qingyun landed in the room, "Prince."

"How's the situation in Zhejiang Province?"

"Your Highness, Zhejiang Province appears peaceful on the surface, but in reality, there are undercurrents. Since our people arrived, the case has been deliberately misled, and we still haven't figured out who those people are..."

Bei Zhenting looked impatient when he heard this.

It's been so long, and they still can't figure out the case. I ate so much rice in vain!

"Send a message over there. I'll give them twenty more days at most. If they can't find the person behind this, they won't have to come back!" Bei Zhenting paused. "Also, ask the princess to come over early tomorrow morning. I have something to tell you."

"Yes."

"Your Highness has one more thing to ask. Mr. He, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm going to deliver a batch of silver and firewood to the mansion tomorrow, so I came to see you."

Hearing about Mr. He, Bei Zhenting's eyes lit up. "Tell someone to clean up Mr. He's residence in the palace and let him stay for a few more days. It just so happens that I haven't seen him for a long time!"

Li Qingyun retreated in response.

Old He is Bei Zhenting's savior. Ten years ago, when he was seriously injured and unconscious on the edge of a cliff, it was Old He who carried him back to the village. Old He is like a reborn parent to him!

After returning to Beijing, Bei Zhenting originally wanted to take care of the old man for the rest of his life. However, since they had no relatives or friends and he had a noble status, the old man was unwilling to do so.

Therefore, Bei Zhenting bought them a small courtyard outside for him to live in with his grandson. He also arranged a small job for him to be in charge of the purchasing affairs of the palace.

Normally he doesn't have to do anything himself, he just needs to call on others to do the work. However, every time the old man is in charge of his Yong'an Garden, he always does it himself. Bei Zhenting has told the old man several times, but he has ignored him so he just let him do it.

Yong'an Court's food was supplied by the kitchen. The only items that needed to be delivered separately were ice in the summer, charcoal fires in the winter, and wood on weekdays. The palace had an ice cellar, stocked with ice in the winter, eliminating the need for external supplies. Therefore, the old man regularly delivered smokeless silver firewood, supplemented with charcoal in the winter. Silver firewood was durable, produced little smoke, and had a light odor. It was primarily used to supply hot water to Yong'an Court.

The next day, Luo Yao was woken up before noon, and Luo Xinchen, the little dumpling, was also woken up at the same time.

The two, one big and one small, were full of resentment and yawned as they went to Dongxiangxuan to meet Bei Zhenting.

Bei Zhenting glanced at the two sleepy-eyed people, one big and one small, and felt that Luo Yao was truly carefree. He couldn't help but sarcastically said, "The princess lives a very leisurely life, isn't she supposed to sleep until noon?"

"Is there anything wrong, Your Highness?" No, I'm going back to sleep.

The servants brought breakfast, and Bei Zhenting signaled to Li Qingyun and Zhang Jiji who were standing beside him. The two of them dismissed all the servants and left.

Seeing Bei Zhenting drive out the maids and servants and close the door, Luo Yao finally came to his senses. What was Bei Zhenting trying to do by driving everyone out? Luo Yao looked at Bei Zhenting with a wary look on his face.

"The king called you here today to warn you of something."

"What?" Luo Yao was confused.

I haven’t caused any trouble recently... Luo Yao thought about what he had done recently.

Seeing Luo Yao's unaware look of the impending disaster, Bei Zhenting curled the corners of his mouth. What a stupid concubine!

Bei Zhenting approached Luo Yao and said seriously, "If you want to save your life, don't mention that gunpowder to anyone again."

Bei Zhenting's serious look was so scary that Luo Yao's heart was pounding and he nodded subconsciously.

After the communication ended, Luo Yao didn't know how he walked out of Dongxiangxuan. When he tried to understand what Bei Zhenting had said to him, Luo Yao felt uneasy.

He just casually mentioned one sulfur, two nitrates, and three charcoal, but he didn't expect Bei Zhenting to actually come up with it! Inexplicably, it has now become a major military secret, and the emperor has his eyes on his life!

terrible!

Luo Yao pulled Luo Xinchen back to the west courtyard. He originally thought that the back mountain would be convenient for escape, but now he felt that the back mountain was full of dangers.

Although Bei Zhenting said that the emperor thought he was still useful and spared his life for the time being, Luo Yao now felt that the back mountain was dangerous no matter how he looked at it!

Could it be that the emperor has sent someone to monitor this place?

They produced cosmetics next to the well in the front yard near the kitchen. Although the old locust tree and the kitchen blocked the view from what was going on inside, and the emperor probably had no interest in his cosmetics, Luo Yao was suspicious all day long and would glance at the back mountain from time to time.

In order to avoid being discovered, Luo Yao instructed A Shi to clean up their cosmetics production den.

All the utensils were moved to the side of the kitchen near the well, and all the production processes would be completed in the kitchen from now on. The miscellaneous items in the corner of the kitchen were moved out, and a broken piece of wood was brought in to store the finished cosmetics. Together with the empty cabinets in the kitchen, there was enough space to store all the cosmetics.

From then on, they would make cosmetics directly through the back door used to carry firewood.

When the two of them had almost moved in, there was a knock on the door.

Luo Yao looked around the yard and saw that there were no tools related to cosmetics production in the yard, so he went to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw a hunchbacked old man, a boy of about eleven or twelve years old, and a child of three or four years old standing outside.

Who? Luo Yao looked at the two people and the group at the door with a confused look on his face.

"Greetings, Princess." The half-grown child saluted Luo Yao.

"Wooah...ah!" The old man gestured with his hands.

Hearing the sound coming from the old man's throat, Luo Yao finally remembered who the two men were referring to.

"Mr. He, why are you here?"

When the old man saw that Luo Yao recognized him, a smile appeared on his wrinkled face, and he explained with gestures and babbling.

Luo Yao looked at the old man's gestures and guessed, "Hmm...what are you giving me?"

"Send firewood!" Shi Hu on the other side rolled his eyes.

Luo Xinchen squeezed out from the crack of the door and looked at the old man thinking for a long time, "Tangtang!"

The old man had a kind face and touched Luo Xinchen's little head. He was very happy that Luo Xinchen still remembered that he had given him candy!

The three or four-year-old child looked very shy when he saw Luo Xinchen holding his brother tightly.

After a few simple greetings, Luo Yao understood.

Old Man He is in charge of the purchases for the palace. On weekdays, he doesn't have much to do, so he just needs to send people to work. However, Old Man He will personally deliver the purchases for Yong'an Garden.

Luo Yao asked Ah Shi to bring Shi Hu to push the cart loaded with wood in. He was glad that the old man probably didn't know about the grudge between him and Bei Zhenting, otherwise, after the firewood was burned out, Luo Yao would have no idea how to get such a cart of silver firewood in!

The old man seemed to like Luo Yao very much. Even though Luo Yao couldn't understand what he was babbling, the old man kept babbling and gesturing to Luo Yao.

After a lot of babbling, Luo Yao finally understood what the old man meant. The old man said that they would be staying in the palace for a while and they could come to him if they needed anything.

There weren't many people in the Yong'an Palace who truly treated them well. Although the old man was just following the rules, Luo Yao still felt like he owed someone a favor.

He didn't like owing favors to others, so he immediately took out some silver and said, "Thank you for your help, Mr. He."

When the old man saw Luo Yao take out the silver, his face immediately turned bad.

He kept shaking his head and refusing.

One of them insisted on giving money, while the other refused to take it.

Amidst the pushing and shoving, Ah Shi and Shi Hu came out after unloading the firewood. Luo Yao was quick to stuff the firewood into the old man's hands.

Seeing his grandson coming over, the old man couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to bow to Luo Yao.

From a distance, Shi Hu saw the princess and grandfather pushing each other. Thinking that the princess was going to do something to the grandfather, he hurried forward to check, but found that the grandfather looked very happy.

"Little cat, stop playing and go home." The firewood had been delivered, and Shi Hu and He Lao bowed and said goodbye.

The child who called the kitten didn't listen at all, and his shyness just now had disappeared long ago.

The two little balls were squatting on the ground, babbling something, and it seemed like they had already boarded the pirate ship of friendship.

Shi Hu went forward and saw that his younger brother was squatting on the ground watching ants moving. He looked up at the sky and saw that it was dark, obviously it was going to rain.

He immediately threatened: "Shi Xiaomao, it's going to rain soon. If you don't leave now, Grandpa and I won't wait for you!"

The stone kitten finally turned around and saw his brother and grandfather walking away for a long distance. He burst into tears in panic, and his crying was even more deafening than Luo Xinchen's.