The prince kissed her seven times in one night, and the abandoned woman was scared!

Lan Zheng almost blurted out the words, but swallowed them back abruptly, "Sorry, this is my self-defense weapon, I can't give it to you.

I have a few bars of gold and a hard-earned old compass. With this compass, I'll never get lost no matter where I go. If Princess Su Yue doesn't mind, please accept it."

Yun Suyue calmly reached out her hand and said, "Let me see it."

Lan Zheng reluctantly asked the guard beside him to take out the compass and handed it to Yun Suyue with both hands.

Yun Suyue opened it and found a half-worn ancient compass inside. The master who made it was very talented and every tiny part was made with great care. Lan Zheng did not lie about this treasure.

"Okay, I'll accept this gift. As for currying favor with the two maids around the Queen Mother..."

"Please accept these three small gold bars. My sister has been spoiled since she was a child. She shouldn't have been jealous and framed you for no reason. As her brother, I apologize to the princess on her behalf. I also ask the princess to forgive my mistakes and plead for my sister. Lan Zheng thanks you."

Lan Zheng quickly handed over the only three gold bars he had. He smiled, lowered his brows, and looked fake and flattering.

Yun Suyue waved her hand, letting Taoxiang take the gold bar, and gave Lan Zheng a word of affirmation, "Since I have accepted your benefits, this princess will never go back on her word. And please rest assured, President Lan, before going to court tomorrow, this princess will intercept the Holy Emperor and plead for mercy.

I can ignore the fact that Concubine Lan framed me, but whether she can be spared for openly defying the Empress Dowager and the Holy Emperor is not up to me.

It’s late at night, goodbye, President Lan.”

Without even looking at Lan Zheng, Yun Suyue touched Chi Lin's head, and Chi Lin ran away.

Jiuli and Taoxiang hurried to follow.

"President, Yun Suyue is clearly a bandit. Why did you give her the hard-earned compass when you knew that?" The guards around Lan Zheng couldn't stand it anymore.

"Humph!"

Lan Zheng snorted in the direction where Yun Suyue disappeared. "It's just a compass. Haven't we gotten enough treasures over the years? It's good that Yun Suyue kept her promise. If she just took the things and didn't do anything, that would be exactly what I want."

Now you know who she is, don't you? When her family moves back to the Imperial City, are you still worried that you won't be able to deal with her?

Pooh!

A long-deceased merchant family, relying only on the favors of three dead men, what's so arrogant about it? This imperial city has many powerful people who can suppress her Yun family.

She was an ignorant abandoned woman who had no idea that staying in Qingzhou was the safest place. If she returned to the Imperial City, it might be the burial place of her Yun family. Let's go!"

Lan Zheng spat viciously and turned away angrily.

Little did he know that Yun Suyue was standing on a towering maple tree opposite him, listening to every word he said, her smile more beautiful than a blooming flower.

Anyone who knows her will know that as long as Yun Suyue smiles like this, someone will go to hell.

After returning to the palace, the empress dowager had already gone to bed, so Yun Suyue went straight into Si Mingyuan's imperial study.

As if he knew she would come, Eunuch Sun was already waiting for her at the door. "Hey, Princess Su Yue, you're finally back. The Holy Emperor has been waiting for you for quite some time."

"Waiting for me? Something?" Yun Suyue said nonchalantly. She was not happy that the Holy Emperor was waiting for her. There must be something bad happening when that guy was waiting for her.

Sure enough, Yun Suyue's sixth intuition was correct. As soon as Si Mingyuan saw her come in, he put down the memorial he was annotating, pointed at the miniature sleeve arrow on his wrist and said, "Little Suyue, this map... can you sell it to me?"

He said he wanted to sell it, but he didn't dare to ask for it, hahaha~

Yun Suyue rolled her eyes, meaning: Holy Emperor, you are so greedy. I have already given you the map of the repeating crossbow, and you won’t let go of the sleeve arrow either. She said that if you wait for her, nothing good will happen.

But he still took it out, "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's just that the production, materials, and requirements of the sleeve arrows are much higher than those of the repeating crossbows. The Fifth Column can't learn it.

If it's refined, I'm probably the only one who can make it. If it's crude, the range and lethality will be half, but it's okay."

Si Mingyuan was so happy, "It's okay, it's okay. It's rough, it's not so good, it's okay. You know, I have too many useless sons and daughters, and there are not a few people who try to assassinate me every year. I want to equip the Shadow Guard with some of these."

"The team of Diwu Xiao, the close shadow guard? That's fine." Yun Suyue said with a smile.

"Hahaha, it's the Shadow Secret Guards led by Diwu Xiao. They are directly under my command and will not obey anyone else's orders except my order. However, you are an exception." Si Mingyuan laughed and treasured the sleeve arrow production diagram and hid it in the dragon belt around his waist.

Yun Suyue yawned and took out a gold bar that Lan Zheng gave her. "This is a bribe from Lan Zheng to ask me to plead for Concubine Lan in front of you. One is for you to find clues, and the other two are mine."

"Purple gold bar? Are you sure this is what Lan Zheng gave you?" Si Mingyuan picked up the gold bar and checked it before gritting his teeth.

Yun Suyue knew something was wrong. "Could these be from the national treasury? But I looked and there's no marking on them."

Si Mingyuan shook his head. "Of course there's no markings. This is purple gold that was discovered and mined three years ago, belonging to the Royal Mines. It's not surprising that Lan Zheng has this purple gold bar, but giving it to you is a trap."

This purple gold is extremely difficult to mine. It is much more valuable than gold and has a very high value. It takes at least a month to mine it and it is not currently in circulation.

Lan Zheng probably didn't expect you to give the gold bars to me."

Yun Suyue was annoyed. "Well, that bastard Lan Zheng tricked me the first time we met. He gave me these three gold bars on purpose, waiting for me to spend them so he could catch me red-handed and accuse me of colluding with others to embezzle the national treasury's purple gold. What a plan to wipe out my entire Yun family! He's so vicious!"

I will remember this grudge. I don't think Concubine Lan will ever be released."

Si Mingyuan said, "No, Concubine Lan must be released, and she must be released out of the palace. Give her the best place to go. This emperor has thought about it. In three months, it will be the 300th anniversary of the death of the founding emperor of the Si family. I order her and the other two concubines whom I dislike to bathe and change clothes every day, and stay in the Feilong Temple of our royal national temple to chant sutras and pray for the ancestor emperor.

Otherwise, Lan Zheng will not let you go. This strategy kills two birds with one stone, dealing with Concubine Lan and saving you at the same time.

Of course, I will send people to keep a close eye on the three of them. If they are found to have done anything that violates the rules, they will be killed on the spot!"

Yun Suyue didn't say anything. The phrase "the emperor is ruthless" was never a joke.

She returned the other two purple gold bars to Si Mingyuan. She couldn't spend them, nor could they be melted down to make jewelry. So what was the point of having them?

At dawn the next day, the Queen Mother set a table full of breakfast for Yun Suyue's farewell. "Little Suyue, I asked Nanny to prepare some food for you on the road. There are many other things that you can't take with you for the time being. Once the Princess's Mansion is fully renovated, I will ask Nanny to send them to your house.

The journey back will be arduous and tiring. According to my opinion, if you do not want the Fifth Commander to escort you back, you should agree to let my people escort you back. How about not more than ten people?

Yun Suyue: “…”

She pointed at Jiuli and Taoxiang and smiled beautifully, "Queen Mother, I know you love me, don't worry, if I don't want to die, no one can kill me.

No matter how many people you give me, they will all be a burden. I didn’t want to bring either of them when I came here, but it was my third brother who refused to let me.”

The Queen Mother also knew, "But..."

Yun Suyue refused, "No buts, since it's still light and there aren't many people on the road, we can gallop for a long distance.

Queen Mother, Su Yue is gone. Remember my words and don't be greedy for sweets anymore. The two maids will supervise you."

The Queen Mother held Yun Suyue's hand tightly...