When the young man saw Lu Zhaoyun's eyes rolling, he snorted.

"Miss Lu, if you don't pay me back, I don't know what to write in tomorrow's Beijing News. If the incident of the Scripture Copying Meeting in the Princess's Mansion is publicized again..."

Threat, this is a threat!

Lu Zhaoyun's face changed.

"Who told you I won't pay you back? I brought it all!"

Lu Zhaoyun did bring the silver out. She went to explain the matter to Lu Ming and begged for a long time before she got the silver.

But when she saw that the person who came to collect the money was just an innocent-looking boy, she began to think about refusing to pay.

Who knew I would be threatened before I even said it.

She slammed the banknote on the table and said, "Here!"

"Miss Lu, aren't you afraid of hurting your hands?" The young man chuckled and quickly put away the banknotes, of course taking a look at them as well.

"If you want to buy a seat next time, you can give Miss Lu a word. Thank you for your help."

After he said that, he turned and ran away.

Lu Zhaoyun then realized that Jingwen had been sold out in just a short while. It was such a thick stack just now!

Moreover, those people were indeed discussing this matter, but the tone of the conversation seemed to have changed.

"I heard that Concubine Shu was almost sent to the cold palace. She would have thought of trying everything possible to save the dying horse and grabbing it as soon as there was a glimmer of hope. But it's different now. She is so favored by the emperor, and so is the second prince. Is Lord Lu Ming Lu's family background good enough?"

"I'm looking at Xuan."

"It's more than just a mystery. I don't think it's possible. Otherwise, why didn't you say it for so many years?"

"Now that the Jingwen has been written, it should be spread to the palace soon, right? I don't know if the emperor will recognize it."

"Tsk tsk, this Miss Lu is probably the same one from the previous Scripture Copying Meeting at the Princess's Mansion..."

Then, those stinky men burst into strange squeaky laughter.

Lu Zhaoyun's face turned black!

She was so ashamed and angry that she couldn't sit still. She rushed out with red eyes.

Qiuju was startled and quickly picked up Jingwen to catch up.

"Hey, sir, you haven't paid yet!" the waiter shouted.

Lu Zhaoyun was forced to stop and paid a tael of silver in frustration before running out while holding back his tears.

She had clearly eaten breakfast, but just to listen to everyone discussing her engagement with the second prince, she even ordered a pot of good tea and two plates of snacks, spending one or two taels of silver!

Lu Zhaoyun's eyes were red when he returned home.

Lu Ming had already left the court. When he went back to court, Jingwen had not been sold yet, so no one in the court said anything, but he was looking forward to tomorrow.

He was waiting for Lu Zhaoyun. When he saw her come back, he immediately called her excitedly.

"Zhao Yun, what's going on?"

After he asked, he saw the Jingwen in Qiuju's hand and said, "Hurry up and show it to me!"

He spent so much money, and his heart was trembling when he thought about it now.

Qiu Ju did not dare to disobey and gave him Jingwen.

"Green plum? What the hell?" Lu Ming also saw the green plum first, and then saw the story of the ** person, "Who is this? Is there going to be a fight at home? No, what about the engagement? Oh, I saw it."

After reading those ten sentences, Lu Ming's first reaction was -

"Is that all? Such a small space, and you spent two hundred and several dozen taels?"

Then--

"How are the sales of Jingwen today?"

Qiu Ju replied timidly, "It's selling like crazy."

"That's more like it. It should have spread out. So, everyone saw it, right? Are you talking about it?"

Qiuju glanced at the eldest lady and nodded.

Lu Ming heaved a sigh of relief. "If the news can be spread thoroughly, I will feel less distressed."

If I could get this marriage done, it would all be worth it.

But he reacted, "Zhao Yun, how could you write about what happened back then in such detail? Concubine Shu definitely doesn't want others to know about her predicament more than ten years ago! You only need to talk about the engagement, why talk about the process of getting married?"

In recent years, Concubine Shu has been favored by the Emperor, and she certainly doesn't want others to mention her humble past!

Now that Lu Zhaoyun has written down the reasons for the engagement, Concubine Shu might get angry and embarrassed.

"It's over, it's over." Lu Ming was panicking again.

Lu Zhaoyun had already cried in the carriage, and now hearing her father's accusations, she became even more angry.

"Even if she's angry, I can't do anything about it! Anyway, the engagement is public, she won't dare deny it! Who asked her to keep dragging it out? If she had said it earlier, I wouldn't have to do it this way. Do you think I'm willing to do this? I'm already seventeen years old. If I keep dragging it out, the whole capital will laugh at me. It's better to let people laugh at her."

Anyway, things have come to this, she only cares about the result now, and can't care about so much. If a person doesn't care about himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. How can she care whether Concubine Shu is happy or not?

"Keep your voice down!"

Lu Ming was shocked by her. "How dare you criticize the Concubine Shu like this? Do you think you have a long life?"

"I'm going back to my room!"

Lu Zhaoyun turned around and ran to the backyard.

Lu Ming stared at her back and became angry.

“It’s getting more and more outrageous!”

The palace was also bustling that day.

The Sixth Princess was sent back to the palace yesterday. Concubine Shu was extremely worried and hurriedly summoned the imperial physician. The Sixth Princess drank the medicine and vomited again, and finally fell asleep.

Princess Changning also stayed in the palace and told Concubine Shu what had happened when she asked about it.

Concubine Shu immediately put all the blame on Lu Zhaoling.

The next day, the emperor learned about this after leaving court. The second prince also heard about it and hurried into the palace to see his sister, and happened to arrive at the same time as the emperor.

Concubine Shu bowed to the emperor.

"My beloved concubine, there is no need to be so polite. How is Xiaoliu? What did the imperial physician say?"

The second prince also looked at Concubine Shu worriedly.

"The doctor said that he hit his head. He said that children's heads are not fully grown yet and are more delicate. If they are injured, they will feel dizzy and vomit. In addition, he was frightened. He needs to stay in bed for a few days."

As Concubine Shu spoke, she gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a piece of silk and sobbed softly.

"Looking at Xiaoliu's miserable state, I wish I could bear it for her."

The emperor gently held her waist and said, "Xiao Liu is in good health and will be fine. Don't worry too much. I will go see her."

The emperor arrived at the bedside of the Sixth Princess, who was sleeping with a pale face, which was truly pitiful to see.

At this time, in a remote corner of the harem, there was a person without a breath, wrapped in a mat and thrown into the corner.

The two palace maids were talking in low voices.

"When the palace gates are about to close, send them out and throw them away."

"know."

The mat loosened, revealing a hand with blood on the sleeve.

The emperor left after seeing the Sixth Princess. It was impossible for him to wait here forever.

But just as he went to the imperial study, Censor Lin arrived.

"Your Majesty! I went outside to have tea and got a newspaper with several important events written on it!" Censor Lin spoke anxiously as soon as he came in, holding a copy of the Beijing News in both hands.

"Oh? Wenbao? What is Wenbao? Is it the collection of articles copied by students from other schools during the imperial examinations?"

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