The queen of the last days became a maid and just wanted to lie down

Mei Shuangwei had just finished her breakfast in the morning and was about to meet her female teacher when Mother Liu rushed in with her men and took Hongzhu away without saying a word.

Mei Shuangwei was surprised: "What is mom doing? Why is she grabbing the red beads?"

Mother Liu was naturally polite and gentle to Madam Mei: "Young lady, this girl is old and ignorant. She has violated the rules of the mansion. Madam wants me to take her out and deal with her. You don't have to worry about it. The class is almost over. You'd better go quickly. Master Yang is very strict."

When Mei Shuangwei heard the name Master Yang, she was also a little scared, but she looked at Hongzhu worriedly. However, Hongzhu had already been gagged and dragged out without even a chance to defend herself.

Mei Shuangwei couldn't bear it and asked nervously, "Mom, you won't kill her, will you?"

When Madam Liu heard this, her heart tightened and she resented Hongzhu even more for teaching her mother bad things. But she smiled gently, "What are you thinking, Madam? She just made some minor mistakes. You can beat her with a few sticks and send her to the farm. She will be older and marry her off. Why would you want to take her life?"

Hearing her say this, Madam Mei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then...then hit her gently. She has delicate skin and tender flesh, and she can't bear it."

Mother Liu couldn't help but sigh that the young lady was innocent, naive and kind.

If Master Xu had not pulled him aside in time, he might have been instigated by Hongzhu and done something he would have regretted.

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed across Mother Liu's eyes. She comforted Madam Mei with a few words, then hurried away with her people.

In the afternoon, Xu Yao heard that Hongzhu stole the young lady's things, was beaten with 20 boards, and was sent to the farm outside. Yang Ping mentioned this and sighed: "This girl is usually too smart, always wandering around, I knew she would get into trouble sooner or later."

It seems that Hongzhu will never come back.

Xu Yao thought that Mrs. Qin was quite quick, but she didn't know whether Hongzhu was alive or dead after being sent to the manor. She thought about it and decided to track her down to see if Hongzhu would contact anyone.

She kept Pei Shuo in the mansion to cover for her and prevent anyone from knowing that she had left the Danyang Marquis Mansion.

After leaving the Danyang Marquis' Mansion, they found that Hongzhu was not sent to the farm, but was put on a carriage and taken to the gate of an inconspicuous small courtyard, where she was left at the door.

The person in the room heard a knock on the door and came out. Seeing Hongzhu covered in wounds, he was slightly surprised and helped her inside.

Xu Yao pricked up his ears and found that Hongzhu revealed her identity, saying that she was a disciple of Master Zheng of Yuanqing Sect.

Could this Master Zheng be Zheng Chi?

When Xu Yao wanted to listen again, Hongzhu had already fainted.

The men carried her into the house, probably to find someone to treat her.

Xu Yao secretly noted down the location of the courtyard, not intending to alert the enemy and wait until he had a chance to check the situation again in the future.

Turning around, she went to Zhuang Mu's shop again.

This time the shopkeeper saw her with a sad face.

"Your master hasn't come back yet?"

Shopkeeper Lin nervously pulled the man into the inner room and said, "Young man, since you are acquainted with my master, I will not hide anything from you. My master arrived in Panjing yesterday. We were supposed to pick him up at the city gate, but Captain Wang forced my master to come to his house as a guest."

Xu Yao raised his eyebrows: "What does Captain Wang want to do?"

Shopkeeper Lin was very worried. "Captain Wang relied on his status as the nephew of the Queen Mother's family to bully the market. If we businessmen were targeted by him, we would be skinned alive. But I don't understand, we are just a small cloth shop, how could we attract his attention?"

Shopkeeper Lin was very nervous, and the whole shop looked a little panicked.

Xu Yao was thinking about Zhuang Mu's business and his own shares, and he couldn't let him fail. So he patted Manager Lin on the shoulder and reassured him. "I'll go to Wang's house and take a look. I will definitely find a way to bring your master out."

Shopkeeper Lin had never expected that he could boast like that, so he was very curious about the identity of this man who could snatch someone away from Captain Wang.

Xu Yao did not explain, but sneaked into Wang's house under the cover of night.

Zhuang Mu had just finished his meal and was stinking in the yard.

Old Man Qu advised him to stay calm and that things would work out when the time came.

"What are you calm about?"

Xu Yao's voice came from the eaves. The two looked up and saw her. They were very surprised, and Zhuang Mu was even more surprised.

"My Master Xu, you are finally here."

Xu Yao snorted and laughed, then followed him into the house. Old Man Qu was standing guard at the door.

"I thought you would arrive earlier than us, but you guys only arrived after I arrived for several days. I was worried that you might have been captured by the Iron Guards."

Zhuang Mu smiled calmly, "How is that possible? With Wang Muzhi here, the Iron Guards dare not touch us. Besides, he checked my place thoroughly and found nothing suspicious. They can't do anything to me."

"Then why are you staying at Wang's house? What does this Wang want to do?"

Speaking of this, Zhuang Mu just sighed.

"That day, I followed your plan, pretending to rescue the man, and then took advantage of the situation to rob the boat back. I thought that we could meet each other on this journey together, and that he would not embarrass me in the future in the capital because of his life-saving grace. Who would have thought..."

“Who ever thought anything?”

Zhuang Mu smiled helplessly: "Who would have thought that the play was too much, Wang Muzhi took a fancy to my ability to make money and wanted me to make money for him."

Xu Yao was amused. This was just an exaggeration!

"I thought it was a big deal, just making money. It doesn't matter who you make money for. With an official from the imperial court backing you up, won't your work be smoother?"

Zhuang Mu's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd: "I say, Mr. Xu, you are really incompetent and you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. For those of us doing business, even if we need to find a backer, we have to find someone reliable. If you do business for someone like Wang who is so evil and greedy, not only will you not get any money, you may also lose everything and die without a burial place."

"He is so black-hearted that he doesn't even care about saving his life?"

Zhuang Mu sneered, "He is an ungrateful bastard. So what if I saved him? In his eyes, it is only natural for common people like us to save him. It is our honor to save him. Do we expect him to reward us? Moreover, this guy is so evil that he actually wants us to help sell pepper for him."

Xu Yao narrowed his eyes. "Pepper? What's wrong with pepper? Isn't it just a spice ingredient? What's so special about it?"

Zhuang Mu looked at her in disbelief. "My Lord Xu, you really don't know anything about this matter. Pepper is more valuable than gold. Sometimes the court can't pay salaries, and pepper can be used to offset them. How could you not even know this?"

Xu Yao choked. Forgive her for her ignorance, but for someone who lived in later generations where pepper was used casually, it was hard to imagine that pepper still had such a social status in this era.