Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 541

"Princess!"

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"Your Majesty, a man named Bai Jian is looking for you."

Yunxi Yue, feeling somewhat drunk, left the banquet early.

On the way back to Jiaofang Palace, I encountered a young eunuch.

The young eunuch accepted Bai Jian's money and risked his life to deliver the message.

"What about others?"

The young eunuch said, "He is injured and says that the princess of Beigong Kingdom has been kidnapped. He begs Your Majesty for help in rescuing her."

Bai Jian went back to ask the guards of the hostage residence for help, but they were all from the Great Xia Dynasty and harbored resentment towards the Northern Palace Kingdom.

They were all perfunctory and unwilling to rescue people immediately.

Bai Jian had no choice but to take the risk and find Yun Xiyue.

"Granny Chen, tell Eunuch Fu."

Upon learning the news, Murong Yu sent Leng Yan to bring the person back.

"Ah Yue, how did you know that Sikong Xuanling was kidnapped?"

Yun Xiyue said, "Bai Jian came looking for me. What? Have you found him yet?"

"Yes, when the Dragon Shadow Guards saw her being kidnapped and learned that Leng Yan had been mobilized, they protected her first."

"Those people were sent by the Zeng family."

There's no need to guess; you know it's Zeng Rou.

Zeng Rou had been captured by Sikong Xuanche and suffered some humiliation. Now that she had the opportunity, she naturally wouldn't miss it to humiliate her sister and take revenge on Sikong Xuanche.

"So she...was humiliated?"

Murong Yu reached out and put his arm around her. "No, she was just frightened."

He did not pursue the matter further.

Because he also disliked Sikong Xuanche and his sister, and they weren't important to him, as long as they weren't dead, that was fine.

"Ah Yue, Bai Jian came to you, and you helped him? Did you know him before?"

Yun Xiyue's heart skipped a beat. "Second Master Bai has helped me more than once. Do you remember when the envoy from the Southern Qiang Kingdom helped Lin Bao'er deal with me? If it weren't for Second Master Bai helping me solve the case, I might have been accused of murder to cover up my crime."

"He also saved me when we were in the Great Wei."

"This matter doesn't cross any lines. If we can help, we should, is that not allowed?"

Murong Yu laughed and said, "It's not that I can't do it. You did very well. If you hadn't come to me in time, Sikong Xuanling would have been humiliated and committed suicide. That would have been very troublesome."

"I'm just curious. Can't I even ask? Or is A-Yue hiding something from me?"

Yun Xiyue was both amused and exasperated, realizing that he was indeed very perceptive.

But she couldn't tell him about the Bai family's matter yet.

"Of course you can ask! I'm just worried you might misunderstand, so I want to explain clearly."

"Hmm. Don't associate with him in the future, otherwise people will seize on this as leverage and make baseless accusations."

"I don't want you to be attacked."

Yun Xiyue nodded, helped him sit down, and then served him a hangover soup.

Murong Yu took a sip and then didn't want to drink anymore.

He pulled her down to sit and asked, "Are the drinks at today's celebration banquet really that cheap?"

"The drinks aren't cheap, but the food and snacks are cheaper because they're all supplied by the Yun family. I don't make much money from them; I'm just giving them a discount."

"So I saved some money to buy wine, which balanced out the expenses from previous years," Yun Xiyue said with a smile.

The drinks were actually a gift from their Yun Family Winery.

He took 50,000 taels, which was about enough.

I didn't make much money, but I definitely didn't lose money either.

Murong Yu sighed inwardly, then hugged her waist, "In the end, I still have to live off you!"

"No, not at all!" Yun Xiyue chuckled.

“Even a banquet costing a hundred taels of silver in previous years wouldn’t have been enough to eat this much.”

She simply didn't take any benefits.

If someone else had been in charge, and they had wanted to embezzle some public funds, today's celebration banquet would have definitely exceeded the budget.

Furthermore, without the strong support of the Yun family, it wouldn't have been so successful.

Madam Yun knew that she was in charge of the victory celebration banquet. As the Empress, she had to make sure the banquet went well and there were no mistakes.

So she sought support from all sides.

Murong Yu snorted, "So you're saying the Imperial Concubine embezzled money. She still has the nerve to say that; she's truly incorrigible."