Chapter 268: Why Are You Here!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

1,000 taels was indeed a lot. If this recipe belonged to the young man, he would definitely sell it.

But no, he was just a worker and had never seen the boss behind the business. He shook his head and said, “Sir, you’re making things difficult for me.”

Zhu Qi gave his servant a look, and a silver ingot worth ten taels was immediately stuffed into the young man’s hand.

The young man was overjoyed and hurriedly put it into his sleeve. “I really can’t call my boss over. If you want to look for our boss, you can go to the Dragon Gate Bank and ask Shopkeeper Li. This stall, these instant noodles and tea eggs were all sent over by him.”

When Zhu Qi heard him mention the Dragon Gate Bank, he was immediately shocked. If the stall owner was the owner of the Dragon Gate Bank, his 1,000 taels would be a joke.

Zhu Qi could only pray that this was just a recipe that Shopkeeper Li had unintentionally dug up and privately asked someone to set up the stall.

When he brought the caravan to Shopkeeper Li and found out that this was the recipe owned by the owner of the Dragon Gate Bank, he was immediately disappointed.

His family business was nothing in front of the Dragon Gate Bank.

It was definitely hopeless.

In the cold weather, Meng Weiwei’s hands were chained, and her beautiful face was red from the cold.

She really couldn’t walk anymore and fell to the ground.

The group of women exiled to the Southern Frontier also stopped.

Meng Weiwei’s mother, Shen Yueqin, quickly pulled her into her arms and cried, “Weiwei, Weiwei, wake up. Don’t scare me!”

Meng Weiwei had never suffered since she was young. She cried and said, “Mother, I’m so tired and hungry.”

Princess Shen had no choice but to cry and beg the constables. “Officer, we’ve been walking for so long today. Can you let us rest? My daughter really can’t walk anymore. ‘

They were all the family and servants of the Yan Kingdom’s royal family. When they were exiled to the Southern Frontier, they would be sold to the soldiers as wives.

With Meng Weiwei’s looks, she could be sold for at least 20 taels of silver. The constables could not let anyone die, so they said to the entire team, “Rest on the spot.”

If they rested on the spot, they would be able to eat porridge or get dry rations.

Princess Shen quickly comforted her. “Weiwei, you will be fine after a while.

You will be able to eat soon.”

Meng Weiwei’s stomach hurt. She shouted, “It’s all your fault. It’s all your fault. If you hadn’t wanted to escape from the Imperial City, we wouldn’t have been caught and ended up like this.”

“If we had surrendered, we wouldn’t have been chased away like dogs! ‘

Princess Shen’s heart ached, but if she had surrendered at that time and Emperor Ling Hui had refused to let go of the Yan Kingdom’s royal bloodline, what could she do?

Granny Su, who had accompanied Princess Shen for decades, could not bear to see Meng Weiwei speak to Shen Yueqin like this. “County Mistress, the princess did it all for you at that time!”

Meng Weiwei covered her ears. “I won’t listen, I won’t listen. I want to eat now! Hurry up and serve it to me!”

Princess Shen wiped her tears and comforted her continuously. “Soon, we will be fine soon.”

Suddenly, Meng Weiwei smelled a fragrance. She sat up and vaguely saw a food stall in front of her. She turned around and ordered Granny Su, “Go buy food for me! Hurry up!’

Princess Shen frowned. ‘Weiwei, we don’t have money.” They were no longer the insufferably arrogant royal relatives. Even if they had money, the soldiers wouldn’t let them go.

Meng Weiwei refused to stop. Her gaze landed on Granny Su’s face. “She has money!”

Granny Su had three golden teeth, which were a reward from Princess Shen. Princess Shen was shocked. “Weiwei, how can you be like this?”

Meng Weiwei sneered. “We gave it to her in the first place. So what if we want it back now!’

It was not that Granny Su was unwilling to give these three golden teeth to Meng Weiwei, but she wanted to use them at the most critical moment to let the princess and county lord escape their status as official slaves.

Seeing Granny Su’s hesitation, Meng Weiwei stepped forward and slapped her. “How dare a slave disobey my orders?”

Meng Weiwei was hungry and did not use much strength, but Granny Su was stunned from the slap.

She was an old servant with a relatively high status in the princess’s residence. Meng Weiwei was willful, but she had never lost her composure like that day.

Princess Shen covered her face and cried. How could she bear to blame her daughter for not being able to withstand the blow? She could only look at Granny Su apologetically and scold Meng Weiwei, “Don’t mess around.” Suddenly, Meng Weiwei was pushed hard and fell to the snow.

Meng Weiwei raised her head slightly and widened her eyes. “You dog slave, how dare you touch me!”

Su Yue looked down at her and sneered. “You still think you’re the county mistress? You’re the same as us now. You’re just an official slave sent to the Southern Frontier to be violated by stinky men. My mother might tolerate you, but I can’t. If you dare to touch my mother again and have designs on my mother’s golden teeth, I’ll make you pay ten times the price!”

Meng Weiwei was furious. She stood up and wanted to hit Su Yue. “How dare you!”

In the next second, Su Yue grabbed her hair and smashed her entire face into the snow.

The cold snow made Meng Weiwei struggle and scream, but she could not break free from Su Yue.

Princess Shen and Granny Su wanted to stop the two of them, but Su Yue pushed them away and they staggered and fell into the snow.

Just as Meng Weiwei thought that she was going to die, Su Yue pulled her up and said sinisterly, “I’ll say it again. I’m not joking with you, Meng Weiwei.”

Meng Weiwei’s eyes were red like a shattered glass beauty. At this moment, she hated Su Yue, Shen Yueqin, Granny Su, and everyone else.

Suddenly, an ugly military leader walked over, as if he wanted to teach them a lesson.

When Su Yue saw him, she immediately threw Meng Weiwei away and held the leader’s arm. “Brother Wu, I’m hungry.” It was as if she really liked him.

The head of the soldiers was charmed by Su Yue. He touched her smooth hand and hugged her waist. “There’s no hurry. Let’s go out front and see the scenery. We’ll be able to eat meat when we get back.” Su Yue let him pull her into the forest.

Granny Su shouted bitterly, ‘Yue Yue!”

Su Yue stopped in her tracks, but she did not turn around.

Granny Su lowered her eyes in despair, tears crashing into the snow.

Her daughter sacrificed herself to the soldiers, and she only knew now.

As a mother, she was really useless.

Meng Weiwei watched them enter the forest intimately, her mind gradually become twisted.

Was this what Su Yue had to be arrogant?

She thought that with her beauty, she could be much more arrogant for a few days.

It was unknown if it was because she had been beaten up by Su Yue, but in the next few days, Meng Weiwei finally became obedient. She no longer asked for delicacies, nor did she order Granny Su around.

Even her delicate face was deliberately hidden.

Just as Princess Shen thought that she had restrained her temper, the team entered the territory of Shenping Prefecture and met up with Bai Wutong’s team.

Meng Weiwei saw Bai Wutong get out of the carriage and her eyes widened.

Why was she here!

Bai Wutong keenly caught Meng Weiwei’s abnormal gaze and looked sideways. Meng Weiwei wanted to hide herself, but she accidentally saw the handsome man holding Bai Wutong. Her heart skipped a beat.

Chu Tianbao’s sharp gaze was like an unsheathed sword. Meng Weiwei’s heart beat even faster.

Chu Tianbao was handsome, so it was normal for women to want to take a second look.

But Meng Weiwei made Bai Wutong feel an indescribable dislike..