Chapter Five: Robbery

  "Miss, wake up!" Green Peach heard the faint sound on the bed and pulled open the pink bed curtain. She thought Miss would sleep in a bit longer since she had stayed up late chatting with Master yesterday!

  "Hmm, today's weather is nice." Leng Ruoxue sat up from bed and gazed at the warm sunlight outside the window.

  "Yes, today's weather is great! And it's also our Dongchi country's Valentine's Day, there are so many people on the streets!" The delicate face of Cui Zhu, who walked in with a basin, was full of excitement.

  Leng Ruoxue put on her clothes and washed up first, then had Lü Tao help her with a simple hairstyle.

  "Valentine's Day?" Unexpectedly, this other world also has Valentine's Day. I wonder what the difference is with her past life. Leng Ruoxue was a little curious.

  "Miss, this Valentine's Day has a story behind it!" Cui Zhu said with a hint of mystery.

  "Let's talk about it!"

  According to the historical records of our Dongchi country, today is the day when our founding emperor and empress of Dongchi country fell in love. The founding emperor and empress were deeply in love, so they designated today as Valentine's Day in Dongchi country. It is also said that any couple who falls in love on this day will receive the blessings of the founding empress.

  Leng Ruo Xue nodded understandingly, "Cui Zhu is already a grown-up, and has begun to think about romance."

  "Miss, you're bullying me." Cui Zhu's small face turned red with shame, her eyes welling up with tears as she gazed at the heartless young mistress of her own household, who seemed capable of raining down blows at any moment.

  "Is Grandfather up?" asked Leng Ruoxue as she looked at Lv Tao who had already set out breakfast.

  "The old master has entered the palace."

  Leng Ruo Xue didn't expect Grandfather to enter the palace so early, she knew it was all because of her matter. Having a grandfather who treated her like a princess and loved her unconditionally made her feel so moved and happy.

  "Cui Zhu, sit down and eat." Leng Ruo Xue saw that Qing Tao had sat down, but Cui Zhu was still standing there, staring at her with an extremely melancholic gaze, couldn't help but find it a bit amusing, truly a simple child.

  "Miss will bully Cuizhu." Cuizhu muttered softly and slowly walked to the dinner table and sat down.

  "Miss is teasing you!" Green Peach couldn't help but laugh, looking at the lovely appearance of Cui Zhu, not to mention Miss, even she couldn't help but want to tease her, how did she not discover that Cui Zhu was so playful before?

  She looked at her own young lady again, and after the young lady woke up, she changed a lot. Not only did she not allow them to kneel down easily, but also wanted them to eat together. In the young lady's words, although you are my maidservants, you must also have the heart of a strong person. Do you want to be a humble and obedient servant forever, or do you want to be a superior person? It depends on yourselves. However, I don't need servants who only know how to serve others by my side. It was the young lady's words that made Green Peach truly realize that the young lady was no longer the same as before, and they could no longer treat her as the silly young lady who didn't understand anything. The current young lady would become a strong person admired by everyone in the future, and if they wanted to stay by her side, they had to keep up with her pace. Otherwise, they would only be farther away from the young lady, and she was determined to follow the young lady forever.

  "After dinner, let's go out for a walk." Leng Ruoxue said while drinking porridge. She had been in this world for several days and still didn't know what the outside looked like!

  Palace

  "General, please wait a moment, I'll go and report." The eunuch leading the way bowed his body respectfully, this lord is not to be trifled with, even if he were just a small eunuch, let alone the emperor himself!

  Leng Qing Tian nodded slightly, his expressionless face showing no joy or anger. He had no interest in appreciating the beauty of the imperial garden, he just wanted to quickly resolve the matter and return home to accompany his beloved granddaughter. The scenery of the palace was beautiful, but it couldn't compare to his Xue Er. Besides, this wasn't his first time visiting the palace, so the scenery didn't have much appeal to him either.

  Before long, a eunuch led him into the Emperor's study.

  "Your Majesty." Leng Qingtian slightly bowed his head and body to show respect to His Majesty.

  "My dear, you're back! You must have had a hard journey." Emperor Li Xun said warmly from his throne.

  "I'm not suffering, but my granddaughter is..." Leng Qing Tian deliberately left half a sentence hanging in the air, letting people's imaginations run wild, with an expression of heartache and heartbreak on his face.

  The emperor couldn't help but curse in his heart when he saw Leng Qingtian's expression, this old fox was not easy to deal with, Yu'er had gotten into big trouble this time, it seemed that Yu'er would have no choice but to marry him.

  "My dear!"

  "Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to preside over justice for my granddaughter."

  "My dear, I have already punished Yu'er. As for Miss Xu... she is not a citizen of Dongchi Kingdom after all. Even if I wanted to punish her and avenge you, there's nothing I can do about it. You are a senior official of the second court, please understand my difficulties. However, I have informed the Xu family to take their daughter back and discipline her properly. I believe Miss Xu will not dare to offend again, and the Xu family is also willing to compensate for the harm caused to you. Just consider giving your junior a chance, don't hold it against her." The emperor spoke in a gentle tone, trying to persuade him. He didn't want to offend the Xu family, but he also couldn't afford to offend his trusted minister, Cold Engine Heaven, who was heavily relied upon by the kingdom. Dongchi Kingdom couldn't do without this war god. Now, all he hoped for was that Cold Engine Heaven would give him some face and not hold it against him too much.

  "If Snow had suffered such a serious injury, I almost didn't get to see this granddaughter of mine. I wonder how Your Majesty plans to compensate me." Cold Cheng Tian's sharp eyes narrowed slightly as he said this. He had already anticipated that the Emperor would say something like this, so he hadn't planned on taking their lives just yet. Just like Xue'er said, there would be plenty of opportunities for revenge later, no need to kill them now when it wasn't a good time. It was more practical to ask for more compensation instead.

  This old fox even wants to rob him, Emperor Li Xun is furious, but still has to put on a smile, no matter what, as long as this old fox doesn't mind about this matter, he'll admit defeat and make amends, after all, it's the Xu family's fault for causing trouble, humph! Even if they're one of the five great families, they still don't dare to provoke this crazy dragon-like person, a dragon has reverse scales, this old fox also has reverse scales, can't be messed with!

  "My dear subject, I will also make sure to compensate Yuxue properly." Li Xun said gritting his teeth.

  "That's all, Your Majesty. I'll take my leave first." Leng Qingtian said with a smile, then took out a piece of paper from his storage ring. "Your Majesty, Xue'er is badly injured and needs good care, but I'm really short on funds. Please look at these medicinal materials..."

  "Whatever medicine is needed can be obtained from the Imperial Pharmacy." Li Xun said magnanimously, not putting any store in a little medicine.

  "I thank Your Majesty, and here is the compensation list I have prepared. Your Majesty and the Xu family can compensate according to what's written on it, and I won't mention any other unreasonable demands." Leng Qingtian said with great understanding, handing the list to the eunuch.

  The eunuch standing by took the list and placed it on the emperor's desk.

  Li Xun picked up the list, opened it, and immediately widened his eyes. He was so shocked that he almost choked, and the eunuch quickly handed him a glass of water. After taking a sip, Li Xun finally caught his breath, but he almost spat out blood. The items on the list were not many, only about 10 kinds, but each one was priceless, and some were even impossible to buy at any price. Take the crystal honey for example, which is now selling for 1000 purple crystals per kilogram, but the list asked for 10 kilograms! This was truly a lion's mouthful! Moreover, even if he had the money, he wouldn't be able to find a place to buy it!

  "Your Majesty, you can discuss with the Xu family about the things on the list." Leng Qingtian reminded, implying that you don't have to bear the loss alone.

  Yes, and then there's the Xu family. What is he afraid of? After being reminded by Jing Qingtian, the emperor immediately woke up from his shock and felt much better in his heart. Alas, blood still has to be shed, just not as much as before.

  "Your Majesty, I have one more thing!" continued Leng Qingtian.

  "My dear, is there anything else?" The emperor's voice was trembling with fear, afraid that Cold casserole would come up with another monstrous idea.

  "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince is exceptionally talented and virtuous. If it weren't for him, Xue would not have suffered this unjust disaster..."

  "My dear!"

  "Your Majesty, if Yu Xue is really not worthy of the Seventh Prince, I beg Your Majesty to cancel the engagement between the Seventh Prince and Yu Xue. I wish the Seventh Prince and Miss Xu a happy union." Leng Jing Tian did not give the Emperor a chance to speak, directly saying what he wanted to say.

  “……”

  The emperor was stunned, he hadn't misheard, had he? Leng Tian said he wanted to cancel the engagement, how could this be? Although Ruoxue was an idiot, but this engagement was too important for Yu'er.

  "My dear, this marriage was bestowed by the previous emperor." The Emperor reminded him.

  "Your Majesty, what did the late Emperor promise me when he betrothed us? Do you still remember?" Cold Qingtian asked seriously, looking into the emperor's eyes.

  "My dear, have you made up your mind?" The emperor was quite helpless. He didn't want to cancel this engagement after all, as it would bring endless benefits to Yu'er. Unfortunately, Yu'er just didn't understand.

  "I have made up my mind." After finishing speaking, Leng Qingtian took out the token from the storage ring and handed it to the eunuch. The emperor looked at the token in his hand and signaled the eunuch to take another object back to its original owner.

  "Ancestor" Emperor Li Xun arrived at a remote temple in the imperial palace after Leng Qingtian left, this place is probably the most inconspicuous compared to the magnificent golden palace, but it is actually a forbidden area of the entire palace, just because an important person lives here.

  The old man in linen clothes who was tending the flowers and grass raised his head, furrowed his brow, and had a clear look of displeasure on his aged face.

  "What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you not to disturb me unless it's something important?" The old man scolded, he was increasingly disappointed with these younger generations, none of them were decent.

  "Our ancestors."

  "What's going on?" The old man continued to tend to his flowers and plants.

  "The Cold Engine has just entered the palace." The emperor Li Xun's face was somewhat unnatural.

  "And then?"

  "I told him as you instructed."

  "What else is there?" The old man didn't even bother to lift his head.

  "He proposed breaking off the engagement." The Emperor said cautiously.

  "Did you agree?" The old man raised his head, his somewhat cloudy eyes staring straight at Li Xun.

  "I have no choice but to agree, the Emperor had promised him when he first arranged the marriage, and it was agreed that if either party was dissatisfied with the engagement, they could dissolve it at any time." The original intention of arranging the marriage was just a temporary measure to secure his position on the throne, and Leng Qing Tian had only reluctantly agreed.

  "Alas, let it be, let it be!" The old man sighed and continued to tend to his flowers.

  "Your Majesty, General Leng has emptied the imperial pharmacy's storage room!" The eunuch who had just sent off Leng Qingtian rushed back to the emperor's chambers in a fluster.