Chapter 167: Chapter 167

"Buy! Just like you said, let’s get four sheets!"

Ms. Lien gritted her teeth, immediately offering three thousand taels of silver.

This aroused others’ desire to purchase as well, and in no time, Zhixi’s hands were full, profiting tremendously.

Pei Yunzhi watched with envy and muttered, "It seems Zhaozhao’s entering the Tomb Guard City has its benefits. She learned such tricks to earn so much silver coin."

These words reached others’ ears and left a bitter taste.

Pei Yunqing said coldly, "The Tomb Guard City is a place where one narrowly escapes death. Do you think it’s that easy? Yunzhi, your words are becoming sharper and more bitter."

Lien Yanran couldn’t agree, "Yunzhi, when did you become so cruel? Zhaozhao has suffered much more. She deserves the skills she has today."

Ms. Lien also expressed her disappointment, "Yunzhi, you’ve become less innocent and kind-hearted than before."

Dongfang Chenyue added disdainfully, "So you’re that fake daughter Zhaozhao spoke of in her stories. Malice is overflowing from your eyes, and one wonders if the Pei family is blind for favoring someone like you."

Pei Yunzhi’s face changed drastically as she lowered her voice to ask, "What bad words is Yu Nianzhao saying about me behind my back?"

Dongfang Chenyue scoffed, "She’s too lazy to say anything bad about you, but never forget, I’m also a metaphysician from the Dongfang Family. Some things can be divined through faces. If you want no one to know, don’t do it."

Feeling the silent reproachful gazes of others, Pei Yunzhi blushed and left in frustration.

Pei Yuanzheng lightly coughed, "Well, should we also buy some talismans to take home?"

Fearing to bring back any evil influences from the Lien Mansion to the Pei Family.

"We are family, Zhaozhao, give me a discount."

Pei Yuanzheng, enviously eyeing the talismans, approached thick-skinned, trying to foster goodwill.

Yu Nianzhao spread her hands, "Too slow. Such popular items and you still want a discount? Next time, there won’t even be a buy-three-get-one-free offer. It’s a thousand per sheet. Buy or don’t."

Pei Yuanzheng smiled awkwardly, "Haha, Zhaozhao is truly a little money-grubber, selling so expensively. It’s really too outrageous."

Dongfang Chenyue rolled her eyes at him, holding a talisman, "Where’s the exaggeration? Talismans infused with spiritual power can easily sell for five thousand or ten thousand each."

If she brought them back to the Dongfang Family, the elders at home would definitely be delighted and purchase them in bulk.

"These Exorcism Talismans, worn on the body, offer long-lasting protection from evil. The peace charm even promises smooth safety ahead, profit guaranteed."

Dongfang Chenyue’s words were like a living advertisement, echoing in Pei Yuanzheng’s ears.

Pei Yuanzheng enviously looked at the talismans in Lien Wenhe’s hands, wanting to ask him to resell them, but Lien Wenhe pretended not to see and turned his head silently.

"Princess, I’m here to escort you back to the mansion."

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An elegant hand lifted the carriage curtain; Xie Jiuxiao’s handsome, matchless face was expressionless as he softly called, "Zhaozhao, time to go back."

Yu Nianzhao called Mu Hongxuan to help Zhixi with the silver as she agilely boarded the carriage.

Dongfang Chenyue attempted to follow into the carriage, but before getting half her body inside, a gust pushed her out.

"Song Ce, move out!" Xie Jiuxiao’s voice was cold and distant.

"Hey! Wait for me, I haven’t boarded yet! Prince, don’t leave me behind!"

Dongfang Chenyue awkwardly picked herself up from the ground, reaching futilely for the carriage as it passed by.

"Miss Dongfang, the Prince said there’s no room for you in the carriage, ride your horse back." Mu Hongxuan calmly informed her.

Dongfang Chenyue put her hands on her hips, angrily shouting, "Prince, you’re as fickle as fancying someone else. Is it jealousy of my time with Zhaozhao? Truly targeting deliberately, aren’t you worried about your conscience?"

No one paid attention to her, so she could only leave riding her horse in a huff.

"I never thought the ever-cold and indifferent Prince Su would be so gentle to Zhaozhao. He seems to have sincere feelings for her," Lien Wenhe said thoughtfully.

Pei Yuanzheng snorted coldly, "How deep can royal feelings be? If Zhaozhao couldn’t repel evil qi and approach Prince Su, the Emperor and the Dowager wouldn’t have granted the marriage. Besides, everyone knows Prince Su’s fated life. Zhaozhao marrying would just make her a widow."

"Mr. Pei, speak with caution," Lien Wenhe remarked coldly, "Everything has variables. I trust Zhaozhao’s judgment."

"Zhaozhao is so obedient, who agitated to send her to the Tomb Guard City?"

Mrs. Lien’s gentle expression faded, and she looked at the Pei family’s members with disdain, "Enough, Zhaozhao doesn’t like to see you people. When she visits the Lien Mansion, don’t come to avoid annoying her."

"Mother..." Ms. Lien called out aggrievedly.

"Stop calling me. When you can get Zhaozhao to willingly call you ’mother,’ then talk to me."

Mrs. Lien waved them off, not wanting further conversation, and turned to leave for rest.

"No need to see off." Lien Wenhe’s attitude towards them was also indifferent.

Ms. Lien’s eyes filled with tears of sadness and grievance as she said, "Zhaozhao is my flesh and blood; how could I not care for her? If not for your mother saying Yunzhi couldn’t endure hardship, and Yuncheng being pampered, and secretly sending Zhaozhao’s birth characters, she wouldn’t hold this grudge against us for so many years."

Pei Yuanzheng impatiently said, "This matter is in the past. Is there any point in bringing it up again? Besides, could you bear sending Yunzhi and Yuncheng to the Tomb Guard City? Stop blaming Mother. Frankly, you accepted this outcome as well. Don’t wash your hands of it."

"Yes, it’s all my fault, all my own doing." Ms. Lien, heartbroken and dizzy with disappointment in Pei Yuanzheng, left the Lien Mansion, supported by Pei Yunqing, walking unsteadily.

The situation with the Tang Family was reported to Emperor Anqing, who, in a fury, punished them, dismissing and investigating Mr. Tang, and fining his salary!

Mr. Yuan instigated a posthumous marriage between a dead and a living person, leading Emperor Anqing to order Xie Jiuxiao to investigate if the Qingyun Taoist Temple was involved.

However, the Empress Dowager emerged, wanting to go to Qingyun Taoist Temple to offer prayers, insisting that Mr. Yuan was blameless due to ignorance.

The two were poised against each other, their tension infusing both the court and harem with a thick smell of gunpowder.

Until the Empress Dowager set out for Qingyun Taoist Temple, while Mr. Yuan was detained in the imperial prison, without parole.

The seemingly calm Shangjing was truly full of hidden intrigues.