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

Nanny Wang also felt sorry for the girl, but the lady's cloak was very expensive. How could the lady be willing to give it up?

After the girl got the cloak, she hurriedly said no. Xu Yao held her down and refused to let her kowtow to express her gratitude.

"Are you Quan'er?"

Upon hearing this, Quan'er raised his head, his young face full of confusion and anxiety.

The little girl back then has now grown into a young girl. Even after not seeing her for a few years, Xu Yao still recognized her at the first sight.

Quan'er looked at Xu Yao for a long time, but still couldn't remember who she was.

Xu Yao sighed and said, "I am an old friend of your mother. It's okay if you don't remember me, but what about your mother? Is your mother Chef Zhao?"

When Quan'er heard her say this, he thought that he had nothing and this noble lady had nothing to deceive him with, so he nodded and acknowledged his identity.

"Madam, do you recognize my mother?"

How could I not recognize her? She is my godmother.

Xu Yao was puzzled. Hadn't he arranged everything and let them leave back then? How did they end up like this now?

"Where's your mother? Why are you being chased?"

Quan'er's eyes were red. "My mother was arrested by them. They wanted to take over my shop, but my mother didn't want to. So they found an excuse and said that the food my mother made killed people and committed a serious crime. Not only did they arrest my mother, they also wanted to arrest me and sell me off."

When Xu Yao heard this, he found it outrageous.

"There are such vicious things happening under the feet of the emperor. Is there still any law?" Nanny Wang and Luluo both thought that this matter was vicious.

Xu Yao just waited for Quan'er to cry, and when she had almost finished crying, the carriage arrived.

Xu Yao led the people in, and Huang Zhi and the others came out. Seeing her like this, they immediately went to look for clean clothes. They finally found a set of suitable clothes and gave Quan'er clothes to change into. However, she looked very thin and was obviously frightened. She looked very anxious and pitiful.

Mother Wu went to the kitchen to boil some ginger soup and brought her a bowl. After Quan'er drank the ginger soup, the coldness in her body dispelled a little and she felt better.

Xu Yao asked her: "What happened? Why are you being chased?"

"My mother and I opened a snack shop in Liu'er Lane. We have lived a peaceful life these years, except for a few people who come to collect protection fees from time to time. My mother also pays them. But recently, someone took a fancy to our shop and insisted on buying it.

My mother thought that if the price was right, she would sell it. But the man was only willing to pay fifty taels. The shop in that area, all together, would cost at least five hundred taels. They paid fifty taels and still owed it, which was clearly robbery. My mother was naturally unwilling, but the people behind the scenes found someone to cause trouble, saying that someone had died from eating my food, and arrested my mother.

I wanted to go and file a complaint, but on the way back I ran into these hooligans who wanted to arrest me. I thought this was no accident, they wanted to kill me and my mother, so I wouldn’t have to pay a penny to this shop.”

When Quan'er thought of this, she began to cry again.

She didn't understand. They had done nothing wrong and were just doing business honestly. Why were those people picking on them?

After listening to the whole process, Xu Yao was quite angry and asked Quan'er to stay here quietly.

"Your mother and I are old friends. If you have any problems, I will definitely help you. Just stay here with peace of mind."

When Quan'er heard her say this, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to her, "Madam, I will never forget your kindness and will definitely repay you one day."

After Xu Yao settled the circle, he went to investigate her secretly. Those people did not need to hide anything they did, and Xu Yao found out in just one day that the person who did this was Madam Li.

The Li family was the family that Pei Shuo took to the flower-viewing banquet last time.

Xu Yao told Pei Shuo about this matter, "What is the origin of this Li family? They force buying and selling so blatantly, they simply don't take the law seriously."

"It's not the Li family that's so blatant, it's the Wu family."

"Wu family?"

Pei Shuo nodded: "The Li family is just a pawn in the hands of the Wu family. The Wu family is different now. The Li family must act as a pawn and share the worries of the Wu family in order to gain benefits. The Wu family recently wanted to do business in that area and took a fancy to someone else's shop. Naturally, the Li family has to take action to settle the matter."

Xu Yao was furious when he heard this: "Merchants have no power and influence, so they really don't dare to do such things, but are the Wu family really fearless in doing such things?"

Such blatant forced buying and selling probably means that they are targeting more than just Chef Zhao’s small shop.

It is also possible that even the surrounding shops and things on the street are coveted and the target is very big.

Pei Shuo nodded, agreeing with her idea.

"The Wu family has the emperor behind them. You know, the medicine he has taken over the years has cost a lot of money. This money cannot be blatantly taken from the national treasury, so it must come from the emperor's private treasury. In the past, the emperor could ask Bai Lingzhi for money from his private treasury, but now that Bai Lingzhi is dead, all these properties have fallen into the hands of the Wu family. The Wu family thinks they have taken advantage, but they don't know that the emperor's greed is insatiable. If the Wu family wants to make money, they have to use any means. If they can't meet the emperor's needs, the Wu family will be the next Bai family. If they don't use ruthless means, how can they survive?"

So in the final analysis, the one who is hateful is the emperor.

Xu Yao asked Pei Shuo if there was any way to rescue the people first?

She could rob a prison and kill everyone in the cell.

But if we rescue the people like that, Chef Zhao might not be able to stay here.

Pei Shuo told her not to worry, he would take care of the matter.

Xu Yao was nervous, "What are you going to do? Won't this cause you trouble?"

Pei Shuo smiled calmly and said it was really no big deal.

Xu Yao looked at him quietly and felt that he was very different from before.

Pei Shuo promised her and kept his word. The next day, he brought the person alive to Xu Yao.

Mrs. Zhao, the chef, was obviously frightened and tortured, with injuries on her body. Xu Yao asked a doctor to see her. Doctor Qu was a skilled doctor and healed her injuries quickly.

He said that Chef Zhao was frightened and had wounds all over her body, and she might have lost her vitality.

Xu Yao asked him to prescribe some nourishing medicine and asked Nanny Wang to do it.

Xu Yao looked at the white hair on Chef Zhao's temples and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

If she had any relatives in this world, Chef Zhao must be one of them.

During those years at the Liu family, her body was initially unable to move. Cook Zhao was truly kind and had taken care of her for a long time, and was truly kind to her.

I thought that Chef Zhao must have lived a stable and comfortable life these years. After all, I gave her a house and money. With these things, Chef Zhao should not have trouble living her life.

But who knew that man's plans are not as good as God's plans, and his godmother would be bullied to this extent. Xu Yao felt sad and dissatisfied, but he suppressed it all.