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Chen Mu Mu's eyebrows creased as he lightly replied, "I've already said it before, we are already at loggerheads. We are no longer the same type of people. I hope that your North King Palace will not come looking for me regarding his matters in the future. "

"Miss, are you speaking in anger?" "If I remember correctly, you are engaged to the eldest young master. If the eldest young master enters the palace, you will be the imperial concubine of our North King Palace."

"Not at all." "As long as you take care of that person from your manor, I'll be happy if you don't find trouble with me."

It was not easy to be the wife of a rich family's heir. Not to mention how hard it was to follow all sorts of rules, even if she ignored all the red tape, just by being the heir to the family, she was destined not to have any fate with the son of the North King.

For a family like the North King Palace, they would definitely not be a common daughter-in-law who had no identity, status, or even parents.

The guard said it in a nice way, she wasn't that stupid. Furthermore, with Lu Jinfeng and Madam Li's morals … Would she turn them upside down?

She had hands and feet, she could resist, she could make money, and if she didn't leave them, she would starve.

A trace of interest flashed across Wang Quan's face as he said, "Today's words, there will be a day when you will regret it."

"A wild chicken cannot become a phoenix if it flies onto a branch. I know my own limits." Chen Mu chuckled, "Just pass the words along."

Save the time when the North King's Concubine and North King didn't like her, and tried to find trouble with her in all sorts of ways.

She wasn't afraid of trouble, but to solve it required time and effort. It wasn't worth it.

"I see." Wang Quan meaningfully said that as he jumped out of the window. In the blink of an eye, his figure disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Chen Mu Mu Mu stared at the boundless night sky with a complicated expression on his face.

This North King Palace was truly a deep spring that was difficult to investigate.

Now that things have come to this, I wish them good luck.

Just as he was pondering, there was a light sound at the door. Chen Mu Mu's expression changed as he coldly asked, "Who's outside?"

After a moment of silence, a timid voice said, "It's me."

Chen Qingyun?

Chen Mu Mu closed the window and opened the door, and saw Chen Qingyun peeping in and out.

"Why are you here?"

"I heard voices in your room." Chen Qingyun said hesitantly, "He didn't do anything to you, right?"

"Since you were worried about me, why didn't you barge in earlier?" Chen Mu Mu laughed.

If Wang Quan really wanted to do something to her, would he dare to help her?

Chen Qingyun saw her expression and blushed: "It's not that I don't dare to go in, but I'm afraid to alert him, causing him to initially not want to do anything to you.

Afraid that she didn't believe him, he added hurriedly, "I've been at the door the whole time. If you had asked me for help earlier, I would have definitely barged in."

Of course, the reason he didn't barge in was because his little sister was different from other people. If she dared to barge into his room in the middle of the night, it was unknown who would suffer a loss.

He had barged in and perhaps disturbed her business.

Chen Mu Mu's countenance faltered as he interjected, "You're being considerate."

Chen Qingyun was startled for a moment, then regained his senses: "Are you praising me?"

"Right, praise you." Chen Mu Mu didn't deny his words. "If you were to maintain this kind of intelligence in the future, you'll be able to enjoy it no matter where you go."

Beside her, all she lacked was a clever runner.

A hint of happiness jumped into Chen Qingyun's eyes, and he said: "It's good that you don't think I'm useless."

He looked into her room and said, "He should have left by now, right?"

"Let's go." Chen Mu flicked a glance at him. "How much did you hear from our conversation just now?"

Chen Qingyun stared blankly for a moment and said uncomfortably, "I didn't hear much. After all, I was a bit late when I came out just now."

"No matter what you hear, remember to rot in your stomach." Chen Mu Mu didn't continue interrogating him, as he faintly stated, "This matter is extremely serious, and if word of this spreads out, if someone wants your life, I can't stop them."

Chen Qingyun nodded seriously: "I know what to do, I am not a child anymore."

He stole a glance at her. "You'd better mind your own business. You're younger than me."

The corner of Chen Mu Mu's mouth widened into a smile. "Then, how about you make the decision regarding everything that happens on my side?" "But you have to promise not to starve me to death?"

Chen Qingyun choked and said hesitantly: "There will be a day like this, but not now."

He had a heavy burden on his shoulders, but he couldn't afford it yet.

However, one day, he would definitely be able to pick one up!

Chen Mu Mu didn't deny it, but said, "It's already late. Go back and rest early, and accompany me to go shopping tomorrow."

"Huh?" The corner of Chen Qingyun's mouth twitched, "You still want to go shopping?"

Although he had just arrived at a strange capital and was curious about everything, he still wanted to look around for local customs and practices. However, they did not have any money on them, so he could only look and not buy. Moreover, the most frightening thing was that she wasn't going shopping with Chen Mu Mu.

"If you don't do what you need to do, you can eat and drink whatever you want." Chen Mu Mu Mu replied without any trace of politeness, "It's not like you don't know how much silver we have on us right now. If I don't make my plans soon, don't tell me that I'm still waiting for you to raise me?"

The corner of Chen Qingyun's eyebrows twitched, "Little sister, I admit that I'm a little more useless than you and I, but I'm still a man.

"Without pressure, where would the motivation come from?" Chen Mu Bai glanced at him. "With your lazy personality, if I don't say a few more words to you, you won't even be able to eat. In another two years, you'll directly become a cripple."

"I'm going back to bed." Chen Qingyun could not hold back and rolled away.

Chen Mu Mu Mu looked at Chen Qingyun's back, and was startled, he shook his head and returned to his room.

No one would always be a child, and she also didn't want to raise a child older than herself. Chen Qingyun had to have that kind of awareness, otherwise, after two more years when he was about to get married, could it be that he wouldn't be able to afford a family?

He had to grow up.

The night passed in silence.

The next morning, after breakfast, Chen Mu Mu Mu kept her promise and continued to bring Chen Qingyun shopping.

With a helpless expression, Chen Qingyun followed behind her under the scorching sun. After observing for half a morning, Chen Qingyun finally realized that something was wrong.

"Didn't you want to take a look at the stores and open a shop? Why does it seem like I'm not paying attention at all? "

"I'm not looking around, I'm looking for something." After walking for the entire morning, Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu was tired too. She brought Chen Qingyun to a small roadside stall to rest and drank two large bowls of tea before recovering her composure, "I promised Shangguan Bai that I would help him manage the business in the capital. I'm currently looking for his shop."

Chen Qingyun was startled for a moment, and then asked with a strange expression: "You can't possibly have not found the Shangguan Family's shop up till now, right?"

From yesterday to today, he had been blindly strolling around?

Chen Mu Mu nodded. "No matter how difficult it is, we have to look for someone who can be loyal to and take their money."

Most importantly, she never thought that Shangguan's shop would be so hard to find.

She had been around for so long, yet she still hadn't seen a single soul.

Chen Qingyun was a little speechless: "For something like looking for Pu Zi, can't you just let me know about it? We're not locals, and naturally won't be able to find out about the local situation. It would save us a lot of time to find someone to ask."

The corners of Chen Mu Mu's mouth twitched as he shot him a glance, "You're so formidable, why don't you be responsible for finding him?"

"I'll do it. Tell me the name of the store, I'll look for it myself." Chen Qingyun said, "I don't want to continue following you around aimlessly, if I continue, both my legs would be crippled."

Chen Mu chuckled, "You said it yourself, you were in charge of finding it."

He rolled his eyes and said: "Shangguan Bai didn't say what the name of the shop was, but the Shangguan Family's shop has a special emblem."

He then took out a piece of paper from his pocket and pointed to a bean sprout pattern on the paper. "This is the symbol of the Shangguan store. If you see this pattern on a shop's signboard, you will be the target."

Naturally, she was not that stupid. If she could have asked someone else, she would have already asked, but yesterday she had asked the owner of a few stalls and told him that she had never seen this pattern before. Helpless, he could only go find it himself.

"Just you wait." Chen Qingyun took the paper, and after looking at it for a while, he said, "I'm going out for a while, I'll be back soon."

Coincidentally, Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu was too tired to move, so she naturally had no objections if Chen Qingyun wanted to run errands for her.

He waved his hand and said, "Go, I'll wait for you here. Go and come back quickly."

Chen Qingyun drank all the tea in the bowl in one gulp, turned and ran out.

Looking at the empty teapot, Chen Mu Mu Mu waved his hand towards the owner of the tea stand and said, "Boss, give me another pot of tea."

The owner of the tea stand was a man in his thirties. He had a simple and honest expression. Hearing her words, he came over and took away the teapot on her table.

When he took the teapot away, he glanced at her a few times and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

When Chen Mu Mu Mu raised his head and looked him in the eye, he quickly withdrew his gaze, turned around and left.

Chen Mu Mu touched his face, feeling perplexed.

When she went out in the morning and looked in the mirror, there was nothing on her face. What did the boss's hesitant expression mean?

While he was hesitating, the owner brought over the teapot that had just been refilled with tea. Before he left, he once again put on a look as if he wanted to say something but didn't want to.

Chen Mu was speechless. He got up and blocked his path, "Boss, you can say whatever you want to. If you want to say something, just say it. This kind of thing really makes one anxious and unable to calm down."

The boss did the same. He stopped and stared at her for a while before looking around.

The weather was very hot and there were a lot of people in Violet Dragon City, but at this time, there were only two customers at the tea stand. He hesitated for a moment, and asked softly: "Miss, I heard you say that you want to go to Shangguan's shop, is the Shangguan Family that you speak of, the Shangguan Family of Linzhou City?"

Chen Mu Mu's heart thumped as he looked up at the boss, "That's right. Boss, do you know where it is?"

"No more." The owner shook his head, "Let me give you a word of advice. Unless it's something important, it's better not to look for her."

"Since I've promised others, I naturally have to do it." Chen Mu Mu Mu took out a small piece of silver and placed it in the boss's hands, "Brother, I've been looking for a long time, but we couldn't find that shop. If boss knows the location, can you tell me?"

After hesitating for a while, the boss put the silver away and said in a low voice, "Miss, you should know that a month ago, Shangguan Family Head did something that angered the emperor. The entire Shangguan Family was imprisoned, and the Shangguan Family's business in the capital was sealed off a month ago.