In the Queen Mother's Palace, Queen Mother Zhu was sitting alone in the main hall. There was no smile on her beautiful face, which looked gloomy and condensed.

A chamberlain stepped into the palace cautiously, looked at Empress Dowager Zhu who was resting her head with her forehead closed, and walked in with a gentle step.

"Has the regent left the palace?" before the chamberlain could approach, Empress Dowager Zhu had already opened her eyes and asked.

The chamberlain quickly lowered his head and replied: "Yes, Madam. The prince has already taken the second girl of the Luo family out of the palace."

"Where's Ah Cheng?" Queen Mother Zhu asked.

The chamberlain replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty is studying in the imperial study. Today, Mr. Shi will give a lecture to Your Majesty, and it will end in a quarter of an hour."

Queen Mother Zhu sat up straight and snorted softly: "How did I hear that His Majesty also went to Chenyou Palace?"

The chamberlain paused and said quickly: "Your Majesty... knew that His Highness the Regent and Miss Luo Er were in Chenyou Palace, and because they were close to the Imperial Study Room, he went over to pay his respects to His Highness the Regent, right? I heard that Mr. Shi even praised him.

Your Majesty is very polite."

Queen Mother Zhu's expression did not improve because of this, she frowned and said: "A Cheng ignores his cousins, but he is so close to that girl from the Luo family."

Naturally, the chamberlain heard the obvious displeasure. He had served Empress Dowager Zhu for many years and got to know her quite a bit, so he quickly tried to persuade her: "Your Majesty, your Majesty's closeness to the future Regent Princess shows that Your Majesty is sensible. Now His Royal Highness the Regent.

After all...he is willing to marry the second girl of the Luo family and must also value it. If your majesty is disrespectful to the future regent, I'm afraid..."

Empress Dowager Zhu naturally understood what the chamberlain meant. Now that Xie Yan was in great power, mother and son were the real orphans and widowers.

If Ah Cheng is rude to the future regent, there is no guarantee that the regent will not have other thoughts.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhu became even more upset, "What do you think is so good about that girl from the Luo family? She knew she wouldn't marry Ajin unless she let her go, but she just fell in love with such a notorious girl!"

The chamberlain didn't dare to speak. Miss Luo was General Luo's only beloved daughter. In this regard, she was ten times and a hundred times stronger than Miss Zhu.

Speaking of which, Miss Zhu is the legitimate daughter of Marquis Chengen and the niece of the Queen Mother. However, the title of Enfei and a son who is in charge are still far away and she has to rely on the support of the Prince Regent. Compared with the two girls of the Luo family, who is more important to His Highness the Regent?

It is a better choice, even with your eyes closed you know how to choose.

"Ajin is also useless!" Empress Dowager Zhu couldn't help but scolded her niece again through gritted teeth, and snorted coldly: "Mrs. Xuancheng Enhou will come to the palace to see me tomorrow!"

"Yes, your Majesty." The waiter breathed a sigh of relief and responded quickly.

After leaving the palace, Luo Junyao instantly felt that the air was much fresher.

Sitting in the carriage, Luo Junyao was in a very happy mood, and even Xie Yan, who was sitting next to him, could clearly feel it.

"Are you in such a good mood after leaving the palace?"

Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Of course, is the prince in a bad mood?"

Xie Yan nodded and said, "I'm fine too. Where else do you want to go?"

Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "Can we still go out to play?"

Xie Yan said: "Of course, our marriage has been decided, and I will take you to see the Empress Dowager. It doesn't matter. Whatever you want to do, you can tell me directly."

After the appointment, you have to go to the Yamen to register and file. As a member of the royal family, Xie Yan has to record it in the clan mansion. Strictly speaking, even if the wedding has not been held yet, as long as the appointment is successfully registered in the Yamen, the Luo family's two

The girl is already considered a member of the Regent's Palace.

Therefore, unless there is an extremely important reason, almost no one will regret the marriage after being betrothed. Because no matter whether it is a man or a woman who regrets the marriage, the man will not return the betrothal gift, and the woman who regrets the marriage will have to compensate the man for the betrothal gift.

Unless there is a reason that the two people can never get married that can be recognized by the court, or the two parties reach a private agreement, the court does not support unilateral repentance of the marriage, and the father of the party who forcibly breaks the contract may be imprisoned.

"Will you agree?" Luo Junyao asked.

Xie Yan thought for a while and said: "You can't take personal risks."

Luo Junyao looked at the man in front of him seriously and said, "You seem to be very different from what I imagined."

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "It's not a good habit to rely on imagination to see people. What do you think I look like?"

Luo Jun shook his chin and said, "Probably... you will send me home immediately after leaving the palace, right?"

Xie Yan smiled and said, "It seems that Yaoyao has some misunderstandings about me."

Luo Junyao thought to himself, "How can I misunderstand you? It's obvious that everyone in Shangyong has misunderstood you, right?"

"If there's no place you want to go to, why don't you go somewhere with me?" Xie Yan asked.

Luo Junyao immediately became interested, "Where?"

Xie Yan said: "You will know when you go there."

After the carriage left the palace gate, it turned out that it did not go to Luo Mansion, but went to the outer city in the opposite direction.

In terms of prosperity and wealth, the inner city is naturally the best place in Shangyong, but in terms of fun and interesting things, the outer city where ordinary people live is several times better.

As the carriage left the inner city, the surrounding streets instantly became lively. Sitting in the carriage, you could also hear the noise coming from the streets outside, which was completely different from the quiet and solemn places where the high-ranking and powerful people lived in the inner city.

Luo Junyao was even more curious about where Xie Yan was taking her.

Xie Yan naturally noticed her curiosity, but did not tell her directly. He just smiled at her and said nothing.

Pretending to be mysterious!

The carriage passed through the bustling market and turned into an alley. It gradually became quiet outside.

Luo Junyao opened the car curtains with some curiosity and looked out. Sure enough, he was walking in a not-so-wide alley.

"What are you looking at?"

Luo Junyao turned around and smiled: "If someone blocks the carriage from the front and rear, and suddenly attacks from above, even if the two of us don't explain here, your carriage will definitely not be saved."

Xie Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, no one dares to do anything here."

"Huh?" Luo Junyao became more and more curious, "Do you know the people around here who are staring at us?"

As soon as she opened the curtain, she actually noticed someone staring around her, but she didn't feel any hostility. She guessed that it might be Xie Yan's person, or at least he shouldn't be an enemy.

Xie Yan was about to answer, but the carriage had stopped, "Your Majesty, we're here." The driver driving the carriage in front said in a deep voice.

Xie Yan stood up and got out of the carriage, then reached out to help Luo Junyao, who had just come out of the carriage, "Yaoyao, you might as well guess where this place is."

Luo Jun got off the carriage and looked around. They were standing in an alley that could only be passed by one carriage, with high courtyard walls on both sides.

At this time, the carriage stopped in front of a double door that didn't look very inconspicuous. There were no guards or plaques at the door. It was really hard to tell what the purpose of this place was.

But Luo Junyao had other ideas. She closed her eyes slightly and thought for a while, then said: "This is an alley on the right side of Yichun Street in Dongcheng. The entrance of the alley is less than a mile west of Qingming Bridge. I remember... this alley

The main entrances of the houses on both sides face Changyun Street and Yanliu Lane respectively. Yanliu Lane should be behind us, so... what we are going to now is the backyard of a house or shop on Changyun Street."

Xie Yan looked at the girl in front of him with rare surprise, "Have you been here before?"

Luo Jun shook his head and smiled: "I have visited the whole Shangyong."

Not only has she walked around, but she also has the most complete topographic map of the entire Shangyong in her mind. It is three-dimensional and can be consulted anytime and anywhere. It is definitely more accurate than any current map.

Xie Yan smiled and said, "Would you like to guess where this place is?"

Luo Junyao smiled and said: "If you take me to the back, I will guess that you are going to take me to visit the brothel. But here..." The time was too short, and she really didn't know what the places were.

Moreover, since Xie Yan brought her here, it is possible that the real purpose of this place may not be consistent with its apparent purpose.

Even if she remembers where the main entrance is, she might guess wrong.

Xie Yan held her hand and smiled: "Then let's go in and have a look."

There was no need to knock on the door, but after a moment the door was opened from the inside.

A middle-aged man in civilian clothes respectfully asked the two of them to come in, "Your Majesty, please come inside."

Xie Yan asked: "Is Cui Zheyu here?"

The man said: "Knowing that the prince is coming, the boss has been waiting for the prince."

Xie Yan nodded and pulled Luo Junyao straight inside.

Cui Zheyu? Delan Zheyu...Why doesn't this name sound like a good person? Luo Junyao thought to himself.

Could it be the pseudonym of some romantic scumbag?

Xie Yan was obviously no stranger to this place. The backyard was very quiet and the two of them walked there without even meeting a single servant.

On the other hand, there were faint noises coming from the front. Luo Jun swayed his ears to listen carefully to the sounds. After a while, he opened his eyes slightly.

Xie Yan looked down at her and said with a smile: "Did you hear Yao Yao?"

Luo Junyao looked at Xie Yan, "You open a casino?!"

What could be heard faintly from the front was clearly the sound of many people shouting to place bets.

Apparently, there is a casino in front of this.

It's not surprising, this place is close to Yanliu Lane, and gambling has been inseparable since ancient times.

Xie Yan shook his head and said: "This is not my place, I just know the boss... I just let him do some things by the way."

"Is that Cui Zheyu?" Luo Jun said, "This name is a bit strange."

Xie Yan said: "You can meet him, it will be helpful to you in Shangyong in the future."

Hearing what Xie Yan said, Luo Junyao became more and more curious.

The two walked through the corridor and crossed the courtyard gate. After stepping into an open door, the noise in front became clearer.

Luo Junyao confirmed that this was indeed a casino. It was still so noisy in broad daylight, which showed that it was still a prosperous casino.

"Your Majesty, this girl, please." A man who looked like an attendant was waiting at the door, ready to lead the way for the two of them.

He did not lead the two of them forward, but walked through the hall at the back to a staircase.

The man bowed respectfully and said, "Please."

Xie Yan led Luo Junyao up the stairs. After walking a few steps, he heard a smiling voice from upstairs, "It's rare that His Highness the Regent is willing to set foot on humble soil today. I am really honored."
To be continued...