Two guards, look at me, I look at you, I know that they have offended a difficult lord, and if they want to get out, I'm afraid it's impossible, and I think that they are people sent by the emperor after all, and she, a newly appointed city lord, has to give the emperor a face! Thinking of this, the guard who had threatened Ling Ling before had a righteous and awe-inspiring look, and said,

"Please also ask Master Ling Shao to speak up."

"You also know that the fifth day of the first month of each month is the temple fair in the night city, our store, we are counting on the next few days to sell masks to make money, and it is the fifth day of the new year in two days, and other mask shops can make a lot of money in these two days, but in order to receive the two officials, our store not only did not eat a penny in these two days, but also spent a lot, which made me very distressed. Therefore, you will compensate me for my loss. ”

When the guard heard this, he hurriedly defended, "We are just a mere guard, and we don't have much money every month, and we have to support our family. ”

Ling Ling chuckled, "Okay, I sympathize with you. The two guards' faces eased slightly, and she continued, "As for the loss of my shop, I have to tell the emperor truthfully and beg him to be merciful." ”

The two of them secretly screamed in their hearts that it was not good, if she really sued the emperor, let alone a month's salary, a lifetime's income may be gone!

"Everything is under the orders of the Ling Shao Sect Master."

Ling Ling smiled with satisfaction, "Okay, I don't embarrass you, I see that the texture of your guard uniform is quite good, it's getting cold, Ah Huang in the store needs to buy some new clothes, you just leave all the silver taels and this clothes on your body." ”

When the others heard Ling Ling's words, they all covered their mouths and snickered, they all knew that the "Ah Huang in the store" in Ling Ling's mouth was a little yellow dog in the backyard.

"This ......"

Seeing the reactions of the people around them, the two also thought that Ah Huang in her mouth should not be a normal person, and just wanted to speak, they were interrupted by Ling Ling.

"By the way, I will enter the palace early tomorrow morning to face the saint, and I hope that the two officials will hurry up and report to the emperor tonight!"

For Ling Ling's blatant robbery, the two guards looked at her pitifully, hoping that she would change her mind. But as soon as she had finished speaking, she turned and went upstairs, not giving them the slightest room to ask for it.

Everyone in the store gathered around, all looking at them with expectant faces, and the two guards were a little embarrassed, and thought that if she didn't do what she said today, if she made trouble with the emperor, the consequences would be even more unimaginable, so she simply gritted her teeth and left all the money bags and clothes.

Inside the Royal Palace

Bai Yixiu was dressed in a bright gold-threaded dragon robe, leaning on the dragon chair, and looked at the two guards in the hall with a smile on his eyes.

"I know, you can step aside."

After the two guards left, Gonggong Su on the side stepped forward and said,

"Your Majesty, this new city lord of Bright Moon City is not small, and he even privately asked the palace guards to wear underwear to see the emperor."

Bai Yixiu lowered his eyes and smiled lightly, "Su Shen, pass on the password and transfer the two guards to guard the city gate." ”

On the side, Su Shen frowned, unable to figure out why Bai Yixiu said this, and asked,

"Your Majesty, the minions are unknown."

The smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, and he looked meaningfully at Gonggong Su beside him,

"When did you become so attached to both guards?"

Su Shen understood the meaning of Bai Yixiu's words, smiled faintly, raised his hand and saluted,

"The old slave will go to the emperor to pass on the decree, and the old slave will retire."

With the departure of Father-in-law Su, the smile on Bai Yixiu's face gradually dissipated, he picked up the brush and put the pen on the snow-white rice paper at will, his eyes looked at the names listed by him one by one on the rice paper with a trace of coldness, and raised his eyes to look at the black and oppressive sky outside the main hall, with a vague smile on the corner of his mouth.

On the first night back in Night City, perhaps tired from a long journey, Ling Ling slept her most restfully in more than a month, and there was a faint fragrance that would make her feel at ease in her dreams.

Early the next morning, Bai Yixiu sent palace people to bring Ling Ling into the palace.

After the sedan chair entered the palace, Ling Ling was brought all the way to the imperial study, and as soon as she got off the sedan chair, she saw a fat father-in-law with gray hair who was more than half a hundred a year and greeted her.

"Slave Su Shen, see Ling City Lord."

The first time he was saluted so seriously, Ling Ling learned from the appearance in the court drama, and said slowly,

"Father-in-law Su is exempt."

Su Shen raised his eyes and looked at Ling Ling for a moment, and when he saw her face, there was a fleeting look of surprise in his eyes, and he smiled,

"After the emperor went down to court, he waited in the imperial study, Lord Ling, please."

Ling Ling followed Su Shen into the imperial study, looked at his back and sighed in his heart, he was another person who knew Xiahou Ling, the longer he stayed in the palace, the easier it was to expose the things of the year, so as not to make a fuss about her bullying the monarch back then, after she saw Bai Yixiu, she had to leave the Night City as soon as possible.

Bai Yixiu changed into his court clothes, dressed in a dark green brocade robe, and sat in the study to play chess, and there was a faint sandalwood floating in the study.

Seeing Su Shen walking in with Ling Ling, he put the chess pieces back into the chess box, and looked at the visitor with a smile in his eyes.

Ling Ling, as in the past, was dressed in plain clothes embroidered with simple patterns, and her casual and stranded bun lined her face just right, but the casual and good-looking bun did not have any beaded hairpins, and the whole person looked a little cold.

She walked up to Bai Yixiu, remembered the palace etiquette that Luo Rujin taught her back then, and bowed,

"The people's daughter Ling Ling see the emperor."

Bai Yixiu's gaze always stayed on her, and at the moment when she saluted, he even had a momentary expectation in his mind, expecting her etiquette and behavior to be the same as Xiahou Ling back then, just the same salute, what she did was not Xiahou Ling's feeling.

"No courtesy. Su Shen, you should step back first, I have something to discuss with the Ling City Lord. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old slave retires."

Seeing that after Su Shen exited the imperial study and closed the door, Bai Yixiu looked at Ling Ling, and a smile like a spring breeze appeared on his handsome and elegant face,

"Sit," he raised his hand and motioned for Ling Ling to sit across the chess table, "You are the city lord of the Bright Moon City of the White Seal Country, how can you call yourself a people's daughter?" ”

Bai Yixiu in the palace was different from him when he was in Longyunmen, although he was still easy-going with her, he had a little more of the majesty of an emperor, Ling Ling smiled faintly,

"I have never regarded myself as the city lord of Mingyue City, Mingyue City is the emperor's, I am just temporarily helping the emperor take care of it."

As she spoke, she put the City Lord Token in front of Bai Yixiu, and Bai Yixiu chuckled,

"Why are you talking to me in such a tone, no one in private, you are just casually. Mingyue City was given by me to the young master of Longyun Gate, so you are the city lord of Mingyue City. ”

"Thank you for the emperor's love, Mingyue City is an important place for trade in the White Seal Kingdom, and I also understand the emperor's intentions, but the most critical reason why Longyunmen's commerce can spread throughout the entire Mingyan Continent is that it does not belong to any country. As the young master, if I let everyone in the world know the young master of Longyun Gate, and at the same time the city lord of Mingyue City of Baixi Country, I am afraid that many businesses in the gate will be hindered because of this, and now it has only been a month, and it is still too late to take back my fate, and I ask the emperor to forgive me. ”

These reasons were partly due to this, and partly because Ling Ling no longer wanted to have anything to do with the White Seal Kingdom.