On our wedding night, my wife acted strangely.

Los House.

It's called a mansion, but now it looks no different from a mass grave.

Zhang Yuan's corpse was still stuck in the well with his buttocks sticking up, and two toads were croaking and mating between his legs.

All the valuable items in the mansion had been moved out, leaving only some tables, chairs, benches, and a mess on the floor; it was impossible to clean up the mess.

Yesterday, Luo Hongtu wanted to go to the palace, but he failed to see Nangong Xiong. He had no choice but to turn back and spend the night with Li Shi in the servants' room.

He went into the palace today and hasn't returned yet.

Li cried for most of the night, her eyes swollen like peach pits. She finally drifted off to sleep just before dawn, but woke up after only a short while, staring at the broken pieces of the vase on the ground, her heart aching.

That was a treasure her father had gone through countless connections to acquire from a down-on-his-luck prince, and now it had been kicked to pieces by those damned retainers.

"Mother." A timid voice came from outside.

A young girl dressed in a light pink ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) walked in carrying a bowl of rice porridge.

The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slightly chubby face and big, bright, expressive eyes that conveyed a sense of innocent naivety.

This woman is Luo Hongtu's youngest daughter, Luo Qingwan.

Unlike her sister Luo Qingyu's striking beauty, Luo Qingwan's beauty is the delicate and charming kind that makes people feel affection for her.

"Wan'er..." Madam Li looked at her youngest daughter and felt a little comforted.

The eldest daughter is essentially ruined.

Her body was forcibly taken by Lin Yi, her reputation was ruined, and it was uncertain whether she could save her life in the future.

Fortunately, I still have such a well-behaved and sensible little daughter.

"Mother, please have some porridge. This is what I had the kitchen cook with the last bit of rice," Luo Qingwan said, handing over the bowl in a soft, gentle voice.

Li took the porridge but didn't drink it. Instead, she sighed, "Sigh, those bastards even stole the rice?"

"Yes, my daughter saw with her own eyes that big fat man carrying two bags of rice out."

"That bastard Wang! He thinks he can do whatever he wants just because his father is the Minister of War! He even dared to touch me! I'll chop his hand off and pickle it into pig's trotters to eat one day!"

Luo Qingwan squatted down and shook Li Shi's thighs with both hands, acting coquettishly like when she was a child: "Mother, don't be angry. Things can be earned back. As long as our family is together, that's better than anything else."

At this point, how could Li possibly listen to any of this?

She placed the porridge on the table and began wiping away her tears again. "My coral, my jade ruyi... it's all gone, everything's gone... Waaah... Luo Hongtu, you heartless piece of trash, whether you're dead or alive, hurry up and come back!"

"Mother, don't cry. Father has already gone to the palace, right? He'll definitely find a way!"

"Bullshit! What could he possibly do?" Li shoved her daughter aside, pointing outside and yelling, "Your father is a complete coward! He just watched them empty their house and didn't dare utter a sound! How could I have married such a useless man!"

Luo Qingwan stumbled from the push, her eyes reddening. She said aggrievedly, "Mother, please don't blame Father... those people were so vicious, they even dared to beat the newly appointed top scholar to death on the spot, how could Father stop them?"

"I don't care!" Li started throwing a tantrum. "I can't live like this anymore... Luo Hongtu!! If you don't get my things back today, I'll kill myself!"

As soon as Luo Hongtu entered the yard, he heard his wife cursing at him from inside. He frowned, walked in, and yelled, "You shameless woman! What are you howling about! Haven't you embarrassed me enough already?!"

He entered the house and found it a complete mess, with no one having cleaned it. His wife was just sitting there crying, and he was trembling with anger.

"You think I don't want my things back? What can I offer? My life? You might be done with it all, but what about my son and me? Are we going to die with you?"

Li didn't know he had returned. She was stunned when he suddenly yelled at, and then she cried even harder.

"You dare yell at me? Luo Hongtu, you've really grown some guts! That fat guy groped your wife, pinched her breasts until they were bruised, and you didn't even utter a sound, yet you have the nerve to yell at me! What, you're not eating today? Or do you just like purple things?"

"you……"

"I don't care, you have to give me an explanation today, or I'll hang myself from the roof beam and wipe out the Luo family line!"

Luo Hongtu was so angry he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

That ungrateful slut!

Who do you take that fat Wang for? I'll let it go if I don't stop him, but if I dare to, he'll definitely go even further!

If I hadn't tried my best to compromise these past two days, do you think you'd still be sitting here crying peacefully?

Old women are all talk and no action.

He simply flung his sleeves and stopped trying to hide it.

"Alright, stop crying. Such a wonderful thing is happening, and you're crying like your father died. It's bad luck!"

Li was stunned by his sudden change of heart. She stopped crying and looked at him suspiciously: "Good news? Our family is in such a state, what good news could there be?"

Luo Qingwan also looked at her father with curiosity.

Luo Hongtu paced around the room with his hands behind his back, mimicking the airs of important figures, whetting the appetite of the mother and daughter before finally asking, "Do you know what His Majesty said?"

Li curled her lip: "What else can I say? I'll just say a few words to appease you and tell you not to mess with that madman Lin Yi."

In her view, the capital was already surrounded like an iron barrel, and the emperor himself could hardly protect himself, so what else could be done?

"Hmph, a woman's view!" Luo Hongtu sneered, his face full of undisguised smugness. "His Majesty himself promised to stand up for our Luo family!"

"Make the decision? By what right does he make the decision? By sending troops to arrest Lin Yi?" Madam Li still didn't believe it.

"No, not at all." Luo Hongtu shook his head. "But His Majesty said that, to ensure the safety of our family, he has granted us permission to move into the palace!"

"What?!" Li Shi and Luo Qingwan exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Move into the palace?

Good heavens! The imperial palace is the residence of the emperor, the most prestigious place in the entire world!

Throughout history, apart from imperial relatives, palace maids and eunuchs, has anyone ever heard of a subject being able to move his entire family into the palace?

What an honor this is!

Li's mind went blank. She grabbed Luo Hongtu's arm. "Master, you...you're telling the truth? His Majesty really wants us to live in the palace?"

"Of course it's true! The imperial decree will arrive soon." Luo Hongtu said proudly. "His Majesty said he'll arrange a separate residence for us in the palace. No matter how arrogant Lin Yi is, he wouldn't dare bring troops to storm the palace, would he?"

"Oh my god! This is wonderful, absolutely wonderful! We're going to live in the palace! We're going to be royalty!"

Lady Li was so excited that she jumped up and down on the spot, as if she could already see herself dressed in fine silk and satin, surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, strolling through the imperial garden.

What kind of person is Lin Yi?

No matter how powerful he is, he's still just a subject.

I am a resident of the palace, a distinguished guest of His Majesty! From now on, when I see him, I must stand tall!

Especially when I saw that fat Wang!

If he dares to talk nonsense or lay a hand on me again, I will tell His Majesty to deal with him!

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