Seeing that a quarrel was about to break out, the old housekeeper immediately bowed and began to try to mediate, shaking his beard. "Miss Cui, Auntie, please stop arguing. Please calm down, Miss Cui. We will give you the money, we will definitely give it to you..."

Xiao Zhao yelled from behind, "I'll give it to you if I can. I don't have that much money to be cheated."

The old butler choked and looked at Shen Zhaojiang subconsciously.

Shen Li smiled coldly at this time.

"You really don't want to give it to me? Are you sure?"

That cold face and half-threatening tone suddenly reminded Xiao Zhao of the fear of being taken to the strange house in the middle of the night.

Her pores stood up instantly, and a chill rushed up from her heels.

Shen Zhaojiang saw her face turn pale and her breathing became disordered. Fearing that something had really happened, he untied the pouch at his waist without saying a word, took out two silver notes and handed them to the old housekeeper, "Here are sixty taels. We will compensate you, not a penny less. We are willing to pay you, we are willing to pay you."

Seeing Cui Lan'er happily taking the banknotes from the old butler, Shen Li's anger gradually dissipated, and the old butler secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Miss Shen would not give Shen Zhaojiang and Xiao Zhaoshi any face at all. If a fight really broke out here, she wouldn't even have to take action. Look at how well she commanded the wolfhounds just now. That group of beasts alone could scare Xiao Zhaoshi to death.

"Li'er, look..." Shen Zhaojiang took a step forward, as if he wanted to say a few words to Shen Li.

"It's okay, you can go now." Shen Li withdrew her gaze from Xiao Zhaoshi, ignored Shen Zhaojiang, and said to the old housekeeper, "Don't come here again in the future. I can't guarantee that there won't be any wolf cubs out there. If they hurt you, don't say they are wild and unruly. Guard."

"Here." The guard who was guarding the gate just now hurried over from a distance.

"see a visitor out."

"Yes," the guard extended his hand, "Everyone, please."

The secret guard did not leave, but pointed at Cui Lan'er's palm and said, "Miss Cui, here are my darts."

"Oh, yes, here you go," Cui Lan'er threw the dart to the ground and turned to leave. "Sister Li, let me treat you to a meal today. I know a place that makes delicious steamed fish. I've been craving it for a long time. Let's go today."

"I'm not going today. Let's talk about it another day."

"Okay, another day is fine. Sister Li, here are two banknotes. One for you and one for me."

"I don't want them. You keep them for yourself. When you have time, go to the mountains and catch more insects. Sell them to idiots. You can make money faster than your father does as an official."

The secret guard's mouth twitched.

Shen Zhaojiang and Xiao Zhao's faces were both black.

The old butler pretended not to hear and walked away.

When he returned to the Prime Minister's residence and told the old Prime Minister about the incident, he burst into laughter. "I knew Cui Tiezui's daughter was not easy to mess with. She is indeed willful and interesting. Hahaha, Big Black, Second Black, Third Black, she is quick to react, even gave them names, and even took them out to bask in the sun. This girl is interesting, very interesting."

The old butler bowed his waist and apologized, "I am ashamed for not being able to complete the master's order."

"That's all right," the old prime minister said after laughing, glancing indifferently at Shen Zhaojiang and Xiao Zhaoshi, "I didn't expect Miss Shen to accept their apology."

"Dad," Xiao Zhao was anxious when she heard this, "Aren't you embarrassing your daughter?"

"What? Isn't it right to be embarrassed?" The old prime minister's face darkened instantly. "If they don't let you two go to Miss Shen's house to vent her anger, do you think the emperor and Fang Yao will let you go easily? And you."

He pointed at Fang Yao and said, "Do you know what Fang Yao said to me when I was kneeling outside the Purple Palace?"

Shen Zhaojiang felt overwhelmed when he heard Fang Yao's name. He shook his head and said honestly, "I don't know. I hope my father-in-law can give me some advice."

"He said he hadn't had time to beat you yet."

Shen Zhaojiang gritted his teeth.

"He said that you usually act like a father to Miss Shen, but when the Queen summoned her to the palace to deal with her, you didn't even bother to intervene, leaving her to fend for herself. If he hadn't rushed over and rescued Miss Shen in time, she would have definitely suffered at the hands of the Queen. It's better not to have a father like you. If you dare to cross his nose again, he will beat you up no matter the occasion. You'd better take care of yourself."

Shen Zhaojiang's face turned blue, red and purple.

Fang Yao, bah, a soldier ruffian, a soldier madman, a reckless man, a reckless man!

"Do you think Fang Yao will be furious when he comes out of the palace? What if he comes to pick a fight? Can you hide away? Is it nice to be beaten black and blue? It's for your own good to let you two take the initiative to embarrass yourself in front of Miss Shen. It will at least ease some of Fang Yao's anger. Don't get into a conflict with him. He's not someone you can afford to offend. What's more, the Queen and the Second Prince have already set their sights on this place. You'd better free up your energy to deal with them."

Xiao Zhao felt a cool breeze blowing behind her head again.

The scene before his eyes was himself pointing at the queen and cursing her as a bitch. He had exposed the queen's past. If the queen was really deposed, he would definitely let the second prince take revenge.

Her head was unstable from now on, and all this was caused by Shen Li. The hatred towards Shen Li surged in her heart again.

She looked up at her father and didn't dare to speak.

"The Emperor asked me to bring you back, not to let you live a life of luxury here. Go to the villa in the suburbs and quickly write down your crimes. I will send several secret guards to follow you," the old prime minister said with a stern face. "After the crimes are written, I will present them to the Emperor. In particular, you must explain how you appeared in Fengyi Palace in the middle of the night. Remember, just write that the Empress summoned you to the palace and imprisoned you there. You don't know what the Empress fed you, but you suddenly lost your composure and said those treasonous words. Please atone for your sins, His Majesty."

He said something and Xiao Zhao nodded.

She clearly wanted to write that Shen Li abducted her into the palace, but she didn't dare to go against her father's wishes.

The Queen hated her so much that she was now worse than a stray dog. Without her father's protection, the Queen's men could kill her at any time.

The couple retreated. The old prime minister rubbed his brows tiredly, leaned back in his chair, and did not speak for a long time.

The old butler didn't dare to make a sound and stood there quietly without moving.

"Did you find anything strange when you went to see Miss Shen?" asked the old prime minister.

He could never figure out what kind of adventure this girl had that allowed her to have such great abilities at such a young age.

The old housekeeper thought for a moment and said, "Master, there are indeed two strange things."

"Oh?" The old prime minister's eyes opened instantly. "What's so strange?"

"One thing is, I've never seen anyone who can command wolf cubs and dog cubs, but Miss Shen can do it. She only needs to blow a whistle, and those beast cubs will obey her orders like well-trained soldiers. It makes my eyes pop out of my head."

"The second thing is that she was able to detect the secret guards as soon as they passed by. This shows that her ability is superior to that of the secret guards, by a lot."

"The third thing is, I saw with my own eyes that she raised her hand and shot arrows from her sleeve pocket. It was a continuous shot, leaving the secret guards with nowhere to hide. Such a sophisticated hidden weapon is simply amazing."

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