Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

For Li Yinyin, thinking of a name for the country was a completely new experience, so she took it very seriously. She thought of several names, but changed them to backups because she felt they were not good enough.

That day, Li Chengming was still busy in the Xuan Shi Hall until dusk. Yu Qiaoyun was a little worried, so she asked someone to prepare food and send it to him.

Before long, a palace maid returned and reported: "Eunuch Zhao said that His Majesty instructed the officials not to enter and disturb them unless it was something important, so he did not accept it. Please forgive him, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Li Yinyin noticed the unnatural look on her sister-in-law's face and immediately straightened her expression: "He really thinks he can just take a chicken feather as an imperial edict and dares to stop anyone."

Seeing her stand up, Yu Qiaoyun stopped her, saying, "Yinyin, where are you going?"

“Naturally, I’m acting as a messenger for my sister-in-law to deliver food to my elder brother,” Li Yinyin said, smoothing the wrinkles from her clothes. “I don’t believe my elder brother would order someone to stop what my sister-in-law is delivering. It must have been that bastard Zhao Wucai who acted on his own. Seeing that we had just been picked up by my elder brother, he took it as an excuse to test us.”

“He’s just a lackey, why is he testing us?” Yu Qiaoyun hesitated. “Your elder brother must be busy with important matters, don’t bother him.”

Li Yinyin couldn't tell her that even in her past life, when she was a noblewoman and the Empress Dowager's sister, there were still those clueless servants who tried to extort bribes from her in private. When she refused, they even tried to sow discord between her and the Emperor, but her elder sister found out and summoned the Imperial Prison, whereupon she was given a severe beating and thrown out of the palace to fend for herself. Only then did such incidents cease to occur in her presence.

Moreover, they had only recently been brought to the palace by their elder brother, and most of the servants there were former royals with many bad habits. Even with their elder brother's deliberate protection, and the servants who had served them these past few days seemingly doing nothing wrong, the moment they discovered that their sister-in-law showed any weakness or concession, these people would take advantage of her and cause her trouble at every turn, seeking personal gain.

Now, by taking advantage of his elder brother's words, he directly returned the food sent by Weiyang Palace, which is just the first step in a subtle and gradual process.

"If he didn't want to test anything, why didn't he accept the gifts from Weiyang Palace before saying that, instead of refusing them outright?"

This time, Yu Qiaoyun also came to her senses and said, "I will go with you."

“That’s not necessary,” Li Yinyin stopped her. “Sister-in-law, you are the future mistress of the house. How can you stoop to the level of such a person?”

“I’m different. I’m my eldest brother’s own sister. If I act arrogantly like a princess, people will at most gossip behind my back or offer advice to my eldest brother. They won’t dare to try to assert their presence in front of me.”

"So, sister-in-law, you just sit there quietly. I guarantee I'll subdue these bad guys and they won't dare to cause any more trouble in front of you!"

Back in Shangshui Village, it was always Yu Qiaoyun who protected Li Yinyin. Now that the roles have reversed, it's a rare and novel thing for Yu Qiaoyun.

She stopped getting up and nodded: "Then I'll wait for you to come back."

Li Yinyin got up to leave, but then noticed the palace maid who had been following her: "You can't even handle this little thing, what are you doing here? Waiting to report to Zhao Wucai?"

The palace maid quickly knelt down and cried out her innocence.

"Don't shout that in front of me," Li Yinyin snorted. "If you had put in any effort, you wouldn't have brought the food back untouched. Your sister-in-law didn't punish you because she's a good person. I'm not your sister-in-law."

After Li Yinyin finished speaking, she only called out a few of the martial arts-skilled maids who used to follow her, and they left together.

When they arrived at the Xuan Shi Hall, Zhao Wu came out to stop them.

"What wind blew Your Highness here?" Zhao Wucai's features were almost creased together with a smile.

Li Yinyin glanced at him and said in a very polite manner, "I'm bringing something for my elder brother. Please inform Eunuch Zhao beforehand."

A smug glint flashed in Zhao Wucai's eyes, but he deliberately feigned reluctance: "Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to inform you, but the Lord has instructed that I should not disturb you unless it is urgent!"

Li Yinyin nodded: "In that case, I won't go in. How about you find a way to send these snacks in?"

Zhao Wu glanced at the food box, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Highness, without the Lord's orders, I really dare not accept it. Please return."

“I see,” Li Yinyin said with a smile, looking at the maid beside her. “He doesn’t want to go and inform the servant. You can go in his place.”

The maid agreed and started walking forward. Zhao Wu was startled and quickly stopped her: "Your Highness, you mustn't! The master and the officials inside are discussing important matters. This is no joke."

"It's already autumn, why are there still crickets chirping? Hurry up and gag them."

At Li Yinyin's command, a maid immediately stepped forward to carry out the task.

Although Zhao Wucai looked large, he was quite pampered and couldn't compare to the martial arts-trained servants around Li Yinyin. He was quickly tied up.

The commotion was quickly noticed by the guards. The leader of these guards had previously served under Li Chengming and naturally recognized Li Yinyin. Seeing that it was she who had ordered Zhao Wucai to be tied up, he waved his hand and said, "Disperse, disperse, everyone disperse."

The guards looked at each other, hesitated, and then stepped aside.

"Waaah! Waaah!" Zhao Wucai couldn't believe he was being ignored like this, his face full of shock.

The head guard ignored him and instead asked, "Is the young lady here to see the lord?"

Li Yinyin nodded: "I heard my older brother is busy. Can't we bother him unless it's something important?"

"That's what the lord ordered," the guard chief said, and Zhao Wu finally stopped struggling, looking at Li Yinyin with a smug expression. Unfortunately, his next sentence left him completely stunned.

"But the young lady and madam are the most important people. You two can come whenever you want."

The guard chief, acting like a lackey, said, "Miss wishes to see the lord. Shall I go in and inform him for you?"

Li Yinyin had originally thought of many ways to use Zhao Wucai to establish her authority, but the guard leader was so sensible that she couldn't do anything about it.

Seeing her nod, the head guard quickly went inside to announce her arrival, and soon came out to report: "Miss, the lord requests your presence!"

Li Yinyin glanced at Zhao Wucai and said, "I'll go in first. You guys keep an eye on him. I'm going to tell my brother."

The head guard patted his chest and assured her that he would do as she said. After she went inside, the head guard squatted down and carefully looked at Zhao Wucai's current disheveled appearance: "Oh my, isn't this Chief Steward Zhao? You're always the one who uses a soft approach, putting on a show of being the only one loyal to you. But now you've ended up like this. Are you happy?"

Zhao Wucai mumbled something that sounded like he was cursing something very vulgar, but the guard chief laughed as if he had heard the most beautiful music: "If you have something to say, save it for when you say it to the lord later. You better look forward to it, or you won't be able to open your mouth later!"