"Xia Fu is your cousin and also a member of our Lin Family. We want to send her to the palace, so you sisters can look out for each other in the palace." Xia Fu is your cousin, and also a member of our Lin Family.

Xia Fu was her cousin. She was used to pampering her, allowing her to use her name to do whatever she wanted. She could endure that, but to send her to the palace to steal from him was something she couldn't tolerate no matter what.

"I don't agree! "Father, you know what I mean, I .."

Lin Jing interrupted her, "I know what you are thinking, you like the emperor, but does the emperor like you? "As an empress, you never spoke up. The empress dowager wasn't the only one who complained to you, all the officials were also discussing. Even if you didn't have Shifu, there would still be other women who would've threatened you."

"Now that Zhou Leping is back, the emperor feels confident that he can weaken our Lin Family's power. You have also seen it, what Zhou Leping did was at the behest of the emperor, you are the empress, but you can't just think for yourself, you should think for your family."

"Then how did you know that Xia Fu would definitely be favored by the Emperor upon entering the palace?"

"Xia Fu is very beautiful, while the emperor is young and full of vigor. He might be tempted by her."

He was tempted? Isn't she beautiful? But from the moment he entered the palace until now, Zhao Shiqian's attitude towards her had never been cold or warm.

Lin Jing was at his wit's end, "Consider it carefully, you can call for an answer in a few days."

The words he said on the surface sounded tactful, but the meaning behind it was that no one could resist him. In the end, regardless of whether she agreed to it or not, Lin Jing had decided to send her to the palace.

After Lin Jing left, Qiu Rong blamed all of this on Zhou Leping.

Why did she come back alive? The moment she came back, Zhao Shiqian's heart became chaotic. Even though he had never been that close to Zhou Leping, before she had returned, Zhao Shiqian had still come to visit her from time to time.

Zhou Leping, she's just like a ghost. I can't get rid of her no matter how hard I try.

Zhou Leping had gained a lot this day, go back and settle the score, it was better than what she had expected, this was just the beginning, there would be more rich merchants and nobles later on.

However, these people did not care as much about their reputation as the officials. They had to find another way. If things continued like this, they would soon be able to collect military salaries.

In order to thank him, Zhou Leping even arranged a banquet to welcome him.

However, since he was injured and couldn't move, the banquet was set up in his bedroom.

Afraid that it was inconvenient for him to go, Zhou Leping even told Qu Tan to go inform him before he went.

Zhu Guanliang's injuries were much better now, the medicinal effects of the quack doctors were too slow, he had secretly changed the prescription himself and applied it on the inside and outside of his body for a few days, causing his wounds to gradually heal and he could no longer feel pain.

However, Zhou Leping was thinking for him, the food was light, there was even a jug of wine on the table, but it was probably not prepared for him.

"Today's harvest was quite bountiful, and all of this was thanks to you. I reward you well, and this time, you've done well. If you have anything you want, just tell me. If I can do it, I'll definitely satisfy you."

Zhu Guanliang shook his head without thinking, "Nothing much."

"How can there be nothing to want? Everyone has a desire, how can you not have it? " Zhou Leping only thought that he was being polite with him, and that was patting him on the shoulder in brotherhood, "Don't lie, be good, just say whatever you want to in your heart."

Zhu Guanliang took her hand away, "I really don't have one."

"Anyway, I don't have the money right now, but .." She suddenly thought of something and raised her eyebrows and smiled mischievously at him. "I can actually help you find a wife."

"The general has donated all of his family's property, and now he's so poor that he's even robbed the business of a matchmaker?"

She drank two glasses of wine and scowled at the mention of money. "I'm not that poor yet, isn't it for you? How old are you this year? "

Zhou Leping drank wine, Zhu Guanliang drank tea, one drank wine, the other drank slowly. When age was mentioned, Zhu Guanliang's gaze drifted off into the distance, "He's older than you by three years."

"How do you know how old I am?"

"After living in the General's Estate for so long, it would be weird if I said that I didn't know."

"True." She picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of pork chop in her mouth, "I'm 20 this year, if I didn't join the army, I would have been 2 or 3 years old already."

What kind of man would dare to marry her now that he was dressed in military uniform?

"The general has someone he likes?"

"No!"

The answer was too straightforward. 90% of the time, it was a lie.

"Strange, it was clearly me who asked you this question, why was I the one who answered all the questions in the end? It's my turn to ask you, but don't you have someone you like? Even if you did not, there must be a girl who admires you. You were born refined and refined, and you were born with a proper and proper beauty. You shouldn't not even have a woman by now, right? "

"It's hard to say what fate has in store for us."

"What do you mean, I don't know. Whether a man likes a woman or not depends on whether he likes her face. What fate means, it's all bullshit!"

She drank most of the wine without realizing it, and then she became excited. "Do you dare to pat your chest and say that you like a woman without looking at her face?"

Zhu Guanliang poured a cup of tea on her bed, "You're drunk."

"Bullshit!" This old man will never get drunk! "

"Those who are preoccupied will get drunk more easily than usual!"

"I have nothing on my mind."

He picked up the wine jug and poured himself a glass of wine as well. He reached out to remove her mask and said, "I'll tell you in advance about your looks, but men don't like to talk about women who call themselves' laozi '."

"I .." When did I start spouting nonsense? "

She swirled the tea in her cup, took a sip, and poured it straight out, "Where's my wine? Why are you there? What do you drink? Have you forgotten what you said about me? Dr Zhu! "

"I'm a doctor, I know what my body is like."

"What do you know .." She forcefully swallowed back the last word, changing the subject back to the question from before. However, she was clearly lacking in confidence this time around. "Do men really only like pretty faces?"

She thought that she must have been a bit drunk and was thinking about something else. She liked to look at pretty women as a woman, let alone men.

Zhu Guanliang answered without hesitation, "Yes."

The jug was empty, and he looked at the sky. He pressed the glass to her face and said, "Don't drink anymore."

However, Zhou Leping was still enjoying himself drinking to the fullest, and the dishes on the table had not even been touched twice, so he was unwilling to give up.

"Nope."

She reached out and touched the mask on her face. "It's hard to wear a mask all day."

"Then I'll take it."

"I can't."

She still cared about what others said and whether her face was good or not.