After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 292 The Begging Boy

Upon hearing the Emperor's words, Su Xiaoxiao's expression darkened, and she said, "What do you think?"

The emperor didn't speak. He saw Su Xiaoxiao staring at him coldly, with a hostile expression.

He was startled by the coldness in Su Xiaoxiao's eyes. After all, Su Xiaoxiao was an assassin, and she still had the aura of one, with very sharp eyes.

"Alright, never mind. Actually, you're so smart, and you make such delicious noodles, I really want to take you into the palace and hide you away so you can stay by my side forever."

Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him. "Dream on! Imprisonment? You're overthinking it. Even if you were the emperor, you couldn't do that."

"I'm just kidding."

With no one around, the Emperor spoke to Su Xiaoxiao very casually, and Su Xiaoxiao didn't seem to take him seriously.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't take the emperor's words to heart, and the emperor resumed his smiling demeanor.

"I'm leaving after I finish my noodles."

"Well, I have to go too."

Su Xiaoxiao checked the time and guessed that Bei Yan must have gone crazy by now and couldn't find her.

The emperor stood up and brushed off the wrinkles from his expensive, seemingly high-quality white robe.

He regained his arrogant and superior attitude, and looked like he was not someone to be trifled with.

With his hands behind his back, exuding an air of nobility, he coughed lightly at Su Xiaoxiao and handed her a very expensive piece of jade.

"This is for you. If you ever change your mind in the future, you are welcome to come to the palace to find me anytime. I will dismiss all three thousand beauties in the harem and only be with you..."

After speaking, he casually tossed his moon-colored robe aside and strode away, disappearing from the courtyard gate.

"........."

Su Xiaoxiao was full of questions. Holding the jade stone in her hand, she felt that it was quite heavy.

"Although I don't want it, it's good to keep it, after all, it's an item that the Emperor wears close to his body..."

Su Xiaoxiao returned to the market and found that after noon, the number of people at the market gradually decreased.

"lady."

Finally, she heard Bei Yan calling her from behind. She turned around and saw Bei Yan leading their stubborn mule, searching for her all over the street.

Thankfully, they found it, and Bei Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you had lunch yet, Madam?"

Su Xiaoxiao wiped the grease from her mouth. "I ate, and quite a lot. What about you?"

Bei Yan rubbed her empty stomach and complained, "I don't have time to eat. I've been looking for you all over the place."

"Oh, okay? Let's find a restaurant first, and I'll treat you to dinner."

Bei Yan happily agreed, just like a little child.

Su Xiaoxiao sighed helplessly, only to find that her stubborn mule was looking at the two of them with an all-knowing gaze.

Hot air was still puffing out of its nose, and Su Xiaoxiao glared at it.

The stubborn mule also kicked Su Xiaoxiao back, but missed. Su Xiaoxiao had anticipated this move and dodged it in advance.

"This stupid mule seems to be quite obedient lately."

"Maybe it's because you've been starving it a bit lately that it's become so well-behaved?"

Su Xiaoxiao treated Bei Yan to noodles, and then ate a bowl herself.

Seeing that the sky was getting gloomy and fearing it was going to rain again, the two hurried home. A clap of thunder sounded, and they urged their mules to speed up their journey home.

Su Xiaoxiao felt it wouldn't be appropriate to travel together on a mule.

Bei Yan told Su Xiaoxiao to ride the mule home first, so that if anyone got wet, it would be Bei Yan who got wet.

Su Xiaoxiao refused, saying, "No, I can't be so disloyal."

There was nothing they could do until the raindrops, as big as beans, started falling, and they realized it was too late.

The rain came so suddenly, the water pelted down as if the sky were dewy.

There happened to be a dilapidated house by the roadside ahead. Su Xiaoxiao called out to Bei Yan, "Bei Yan, let's go hide over there!"

After Su Xiaoxiao shouted, she saw Bei Yan rushing towards the dilapidated house without regard for anything else.

Su Xiaoxiao was not to be outdone and quickly ran towards the dilapidated house.

Just as the two of them went inside and were about to find a place to rest, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a hand grab her ankle. Startled, she screamed.

"who?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked down and saw a small hand grabbing her ankle.

Bei Yan rushed over, ready to draw her weapon to help, but then realized something was wrong; it was just a child.

"Sister, please save my grandfather!"

Su Xiaoxiao and Bei Yan looked in the direction he was pointing and found an elderly man with gray hair lying on the ground with his eyes tightly closed.

His expression was calm, and he seemed to have stopped breathing.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the person lying on the ground, who seemed to have stopped breathing, as if only the air coming in but not the air going out.

Forget about everything else, Su Xiaoxiao just felt that the boy looked pitiful. When she asked, she found out that they hadn't eaten for several days.

Su Xiaoxiao noticed that his clothes were very worn and tattered, making him look like he had suffered a lot and had fled here.

Su Xiaoxiao also felt sorry for the child, so she quickly asked Bei Yan to give the child some of the pastries and other snacks she had just bought from the market.

As soon as it was handed to the child, he began to wolf it down without even waiting.

Su Xiaoxiao wanted to feed the old man, but found that he was probably too hungry to open his mouth.

"Is my grandfather dead?"

The boy started crying, and Su Xiaoxiao quickly went over to check the old man's breathing, finding that he still had a faint breath.

"It's alright, he probably just fainted from hunger. We'll take him to the clinic in town for treatment after the rain stops."

"Tell me quickly, what exactly happened between you guys?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked this, and the boy finally reacted. He quickly wiped away his tears and said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Actually, we fled from the north. It's located on the border and is often harassed by neighboring countries. Our village was burned down, and my grandfather and I had no choice but to flee here... We had no money for food or lodging along the way, so we begged everywhere, and now we've ended up in this state..."

Su Xiaoxiao quickly thought of Pei Yuan; wasn't he on his way to guard the frontier?
Just as she was thinking about this, she heard a "thump" and the boy knelt down in front of Su Xiaoxiao.

He said to Su Xiaoxiao, "My grandfather and I have no relatives or friends here. Sister, can you take us in? As long as you give us a bite to eat, we can do any kind of work."

Su Xiaoxiao quickly helped the boy up, thinking that the boy had also had a hard life, and she never expected that he would kneel down to her.

"Get up quickly, what's your name?"

"Replying to sister, my name is Su Lie. This is our household registration. My grandfather's name is Su Daqiang."

Su Xiaoxiao took the paper, looked at it, and then returned it to the boy named Su Lie.

(End of this chapter)