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Zhang Yulu had just stood up from the bed and was limping towards the door.

At this time, Xiao Tao ran in from outside and said to Zhang Yulu: "Miss, I think it's better for me to serve you here. Our young lady said that in order to repay your kindness, she would let me come back to serve you for a few days."

Zhang Yulu's psychological alarm bells began to ring, because in Zhang Yulu's impression, this little peach would do something bad.

But Zhang Yulu is still not sure how Xiaotao will do it.

Xiao Tao helped Zhang Yulu to sit on the chair and said, "Miss, what do you want to eat today? I'll go to the kitchen and bring it to you now."

Zhang Yulu thought it was okay to bring some food, so she said to Xiaotao, "Then go to the kitchen and bring the snow pear bird's nest over. I've already asked someone to make it this morning."

Xiao Tao agreed readily: "Miss, don't worry, Xiao Tao will definitely serve you well."

At this time, Liu Zhongqing, who had just returned from duty outside, said to Zhang Yulu: "How are you doing recently? It seems that you can walk around for a while."

Zhang Yulu nodded: "It's really good. I just asked Xiaotao to help me get the snow pear bird's nest."

Liu Zhongqing was not surprised at all: "Then just eat well."

Zhang Yulu looked at Liu Zhongqing: "I just mentioned Xiaotao, and you weren't surprised at all. It seems that you know Xiaotao is with me."

Liu Zhongqing nodded: "Qiu Feng told me about this yesterday. I have to go to Qiu Feng's place to do something later. You have to get along well with Xiao Tao."

At this moment, Xiao Tao brought in the snow pear bird's nest. Zhang Yulu just scooped a spoonful and took a small sip, and immediately realized something was wrong.

Zhang Yulu said to Xiaotao: "You can sit down and have a drink with us."

Liu Zhongqing was very smart. After seeing Zhang Yulu say this, he observed the state of the rock sugar snow pear and said, "Xiao Tao, did you secretly drink the snow pear bird's nest?"

Xiao Tao was a little flustered: "It's like this, Miss, there is nothing delicious there, I secretly scooped out a bowl and planned to secretly send it over later."

Xiao Tao's action completely angered Zhang Yulu: "If you like something, you can tell me directly, but if you do it privately now, it is stealing, which is different in nature."

When Xiao Tao heard this, her heart was beating fast: "Miss, please forgive me this time."

Zhang Yulu originally wanted Xiaotao to return to Nanyuan, but couldn't find a good way. This gave Zhang Yulu an opportunity.

Liu Zhongqing knew very well that Zhang Yulu was just taking advantage of this incident to make something of himself.

Liu Zhongqing said to Xiao Tao, "Why can't you save some energy for your young lady? I asked you to come here to serve Zhang Yulu well. Don't do anything else. I will prepare everything for Qiu Feng."

When Zhang Yulu heard Liu Zhongqing say this, she knew that he was obviously favoring Xiaotao. The meaning was very clear. If Zhang Yulu forced Xiaotao to leave now, it would seem that she was not kind enough.

Zhang Yulu said to Xiao Tao: "I don't have anything to say to you right now. You should go back and reflect on your mistakes."

When Xiao Tao just left, Liu Zhongqing said with a playful smile: "Here's the thing. I have already asked someone to secretly investigate Shi Yufeng. He seems to be doing something with Princess Honglian recently. It should be with the Queen Mother's instructions."

Zhang Yulu became more alert after hearing this and asked Liu Zhongqing carefully, "I think this matter is not simple. As the child of a foreign princess, Shi Yufeng must have some purpose. He may have some purpose."

Liu Zhongqing also nodded: "There are undercurrents in the court now. We don't know who is on the side of the Queen Mother and who is on the side of the Emperor. Although they are mother and son, both of them love power."

Zhang Yulu sighed: "We must not participate in this kind of court struggle. Just like our current situation, we should just take care of it. Regarding Qiu Feng's matter, I wonder if it has anything to do with the Queen Mother?"

Liu Zhongqing looked at Zhang Yulu in surprise. "What's your problem? Did you find any clues?"

Zhang Yulu originally wanted to tell Liu Zhongqing that she had traveled through time from her own novel, but she couldn't explain it clearly, so she could only smile bitterly and say, "This is a clue that my informant found. You can start by looking in this direction."

Liu Zhongqing thought it was possible: "The Queen Mother was behind Zhang Laojiu. Now that Zhang Laojiu is dead, there is another Lin Xuefeng. It seems that I need to get in touch with Lin Xuefeng more next time."

Zhang Yulu perked up: "As for Lin Xuefeng, leave this matter to me. I will definitely find a way to make him tell the truth."

Liu Zhongqing looked at Zhang Yulu in confusion: "Don't do anything rash. Lin Xuefeng is not the same Lin Xuefeng as before. This man is a man of many talents. Now he has the support of the Queen Mother. His private school is very prestigious."

Zhang Yulu twisted her ankle and said, "I'm fine now. I plan to go back to the store tomorrow. After all, there is still business waiting for me there."

The two of them agreed on this, and early the next morning, Liu Zhongqing went to interview the Qiufeng family case.

After Zhang Yulu came to the shop, there were more customers. Most of them came to order patterns, because Zhang Yulu had a wide variety of patterns. There were also a few people who came to embroider screens.

At noon, Zhang Yulu had a sudden idea and felt that she should bring some food to Qiu Feng, so she bought some osmanthus cake from the next street.

I once heard Liu Zhongqing mention that Qiu Feng’s favorite thing to eat was osmanthus cake.

Zhang Yulu had just walked to Qiu Feng's residence with her basket when she heard someone talking inside: "Miss, why are you still sitting here so calmly?"

The voice was obviously Xiaotao's, and Zhang Yulu didn't find it strange. After all, they were a very affectionate master and servant.

Just as Zhang Yulu was about to speak, the door was opened from the inside. It was also the first time that Qiu Feng saw Zhang Yulu.

Qiu Feng sighed and said, "What a beautiful lady! You must be Zhang Yulu."

Zhang Yulu also smiled and said, "You are so beautiful, I thought you walked out of a painting."

The two men exchanged a few pleasantries and then returned to the yard and sat down.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward because neither of them knew what to say.

Xiao Tao looked at Zhang Yulu and said, "Miss, how did you find this place? Does the Marquis know you are here?"

Zhang Yulu shook her head and said, "He is quite busy and has no time to come here during this period, so I sent something to you."

After Zhang Yulu finished speaking, he took out a bag of silver from his pocket and placed it in front of Qiu Feng: "If you need anything, just tell me. This is what Liu Zhongqing asked me to bring."

Qiu Feng was puzzled: "I didn't expect you to be so magnanimous. If it were an ordinary woman, how could she help her fiancé send gifts to her relatives?"

Zhang Yulu shook her head. "You two knew each other first. Logically, I should be the one who got involved. But there is really nothing I can do because my father and Master Liu have a life-long relationship."

Qiu Feng finally felt relieved: "I originally thought you were a difficult person to get along with, but now it seems that I do feel a sense of crisis because Liu Zhongqing has been praising you again and again."

Seeing that Zhang Yulu did not hide anything, Qiu Feng started talking to Zhang Yulu.

Zhang Yulu saw that it was getting late, so she said to Qiu Feng, "Let's leave it at that for now. We still have to get back to the shop."

Qiu Feng said with a smile: "I will stay and have dinner before leaving."

Zhang Yulu shook her head and said, "I still have to go out to buy silk thread, so I'll leave here first. You have to be well and take care of yourself."

Just as Zhang Yulu walked away, Qiu Feng said to Xiao Tao beside him, "Bringing this little bit of osmanthus cake here is like trying to get some secrets out of me. It's just wishful thinking. Throw all this osmanthus cake away from me later."

Xiao Tao didn't know what was going on: "Miss, what are you thinking? Although you don't like Zhang Yulu, there is nothing wrong with the osmanthus cake he gave you. Miss, just eat it?"

After hearing this, Qiu Feng angrily shouted at Xiao Tao: "You just know how to eat, and sooner or later it will kill you. What if the osmanthus is poisoned?"

Xiaotao felt that what Qiufeng said made sense, so she hurriedly threw the osmanthus cake out.

Zhang Yulu had already walked a long way at this time, and suddenly remembered that there was something she had not told Qiu Feng. She turned back again, and what she saw was the scene of Xiao Tao throwing away the osmanthus cake.

Zhang Yulu began to laugh at herself from the bottom of her heart: "I originally wanted to build a good relationship with others, but I didn't expect others to treat me like this. It seems that there is no need for me to remind Qiu Feng again."

At this time, the system reminded Zhang Yulu: "Master Host, Liu Zhongqing is in danger."

Zhang Yulu decided to find out the truth when Zhang Yulu rushed to Lin Xuefeng's home.

Before I entered the house, I saw a lot of people standing outside the door.

Zhang Yulu squeezed into the crowd and asked, "What happened in there?"

A villager said enthusiastically: "I heard that the Marquis and the teacher had a fight, and now they are arguing with each other."

Zhang Yulu asked the villagers next to him: "Do you know what they are doing?"

One woman said: "It was because my son was not serious when he was studying that Mr. Lin beat him. It happened that my son was naughty and ran out and ran into the Marquis, so the Marquis came forward to argue."

Zhang Yulu finally understood what had happened, so he broke out of the crowd and entered the house, where he saw two people standing there.

Zhang Yulu said to Liu Zhongqing standing beside him, "You are a marquis. Teaching is not within your scope. Why are you making a fuss here?"

When Lin Xuefeng heard Zhang Yulu speak for him, a smile immediately appeared on his face. "Zhang Yulu is better. He understands my feelings very well. Unlike Liu Zhongqing, although he is a marquis and a royal relative, he is a bit fussy."

Liu Zhongqing pointed at himself and said, "You said I was fussy, but I want to hear how I fuss."

Hearing Liu Zhongqing's words, Zhang Yulu advised: "I'm really sorry, I'll bring Lin Xuefeng to apologize to you, please be magnanimous and don't take it too seriously."

After hearing this, Liu Zhongqing was a little angry: "Zhang Yulu, you are my fiancée now, how can you still help others? Why are you doing this?"

Zhang Yulu greeted people with a smile: "I am talking about the matter at hand. If you have nothing to do, just continue patrolling."

Liu Zhongqing was so angry that he had to leave in anger. As he left, he looked back from time to time, wanting to see Zhang Yulu and Lin Xuefeng. What were they doing?

Problems also arose at Yiren Villa. Mr. Yu from Yujiabao came to Yiren Villa early with betrothal gifts to propose marriage.

Zhang Shaohua looked at Master Yu and said with a smile, "Master Yu, we can't afford you."

Yu Canghai smiled and said, "Our Yujiabao is also well-known far and wide. Although your Yiren Villa is famous, ours is not bad either."

Hearing Yu Canghai say this, Zhang Shaohua let go of her attitude: "I know why you came today. My daughter is still relatively young, and we can only get engaged after my elder sister gets married."

Hearing his father say this, Zhang Fengxue, who was hiding outside the door, became a little anxious and ran back to stop him: "Dad, how can you talk like that?"

Yu Canghai looked at Zhang Fengxue in front of him and said, "Miss, I'm afraid you have misunderstood. My son asked me to come here to propose marriage to the eldest daughter of your family. Please don't make a mistake."

After hearing this, Zhang Shaohua said with a smile: "Then it may be too late, Master Yu. My eldest daughter has been engaged to the Liu family in Liuzhou, who is our current Marquis."

Yu Canghai shook his head: "As long as they haven't gotten married yet, this marriage is invalid? You can also cancel the engagement."

Zhang Shaohua shook his head: "You must be joking. How can you cancel a good marriage just like that?"

After hearing this, Yu Canghai laughed: "You may not know yet, this marriage was the Queen Mother's idea, just to tie you down. The Queen Mother knows a lot of secrets about your Yiren Villa."

After hearing this, Zhang Shaohua was stunned for a long time: "It seems that you have understood it very clearly, but I don't want to continue talking to you. Think about it yourself first to see whether the matter is serious or not."

Zhang Shaohua suddenly changed his tone: "I think I should marry my second daughter to your family."

After hearing this, Yu Canghai laughed: "Your daughter is too high for our family to afford. Your second daughter is just a child without a brain."

Hearing someone judge her daughter like this, Zhang Shaohua was a little angry: "Your son is not much better. My own sister is flirting with you. Don't think that everyone doesn't know. She is really too extravagant."

Hearing Zhang Shaohua say this, Yu Canghai was very angry: "Since we can't reach an agreement today, there is no need for us to continue the discussion, but I still tell you, let's calm down."

At this moment, after hearing this, Zhang Fengxue ran to her sister's shop crying and started crying.