Empress will not return to the palace tonight

Chapter 42
When the master and servant arrived at Xinglong's pawn shop, it was almost time.

"Shopkeeper, I'm here to redeem the jade pendant that was pawned half a month ago." Bai Yunyi took out the pawn ticket and silver while talking.

The shopkeeper stretched out his hand to take a look, and his expression changed immediately. He looked at Bai Yunyi, and said in a trembling voice: "Young master, I have to trouble you to wait for a while, because the jade pendant you pawned before is very valuable, and it is locked in this pawn shop. If Zhongwan is stolen, we will suffer heavy losses, and we will put your jade pendant in the storeroom of the master, and we will send someone to get it for the younger one."

"How long?" Bai Yun asked quickly.

"It will take about half an hour." The shopkeeper said quickly.

"Okay." Bai Yun nodded. Although the wait was a bit long, it was not a big problem. He could take Chen Yunxia and the others to find the toothmaid first.

The old woman boasted in front of Nanny Tian, ​​saying that as long as the money is in place, they can buy slaves from any family they want, and she has a lot of connections.

Before Bai Yunyi thought about reconciling with her natal family, she would ask her brothers for help, but now that it can be settled with money, let's try it first.

"Shopkeeper, please send someone to fetch the jade pendant for me first, and I'll pick it up in an hour or two." After Bai Yun finished speaking, she put away the money and the pawn ticket.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper smiled and said: "Yes, yes, although you are busy, young master, I will send someone to fetch the jade pendant."

When Bai Yun came to be the jade pendant that day, the shopkeeper was really frightened, so he still remembered her vividly, even if she was wearing men's clothes now, he could still recognize her.

This young lady took the emperor's dragon pendant, the people in the palace kept silent about it, they just asked them to cooperate obediently, and they don't know who this young lady is?
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In Tiangan Palace, the emperor, who had just finished discussing important matters with his ministers, looked at the pile of memorials on the dragon case, and felt a little depressed for no reason.

"Your Majesty, would you like to go to the Imperial Garden to relax?" Gu Hai, the chief eunuch who was always good at observing words and expressions, asked hastily with a bow.

"No need." The emperor waved his hand, just about to sit over to review the memorial, when his right hand suddenly touched the dragon pendant hanging on his waist.

"Gu Hai, bring a set of ordinary clothes." The emperor said suddenly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gu Hai hastily replied, and took the moon-white robe embroidered with money and silver ruyi patterns that the emperor often wore, and waited for the emperor to change.

Although the emperor is the Ninth Five-Year King, he does not always wear dragon robes and crowns in the palace. The dragon robes are all densely woven with gold threads. Several layers are very heavy, and the crowns are also heavy. It's inconvenient to do anything while dressed like this.

Generally speaking, the emperor only wears dragon robes and crowns at important moments such as grand court meetings or festivals such as offering sacrifices to heaven, ancestors, and banquets.

They usually wear ordinary clothes when summoning courtiers or walking around in the palace. Some often wear gold and silver thread to embroider dragons, and some just embroider some wishful patterns, etc. Although they look gorgeous, they are much simpler than dragon robes.

"Did Princess Wei ever send someone to redeem the jade pendant?" the emperor asked in a low voice while holding the dragon pendant in his hand.

"My Majesty, Princess Wei has not yet sent someone to redeem the jade pendant. The Princess has signed a one-month contract with the pawnshop, and the time limit has not yet expired." Gu Hai said hastily.

In the past ten or so days, the emperor had to ask about this matter every now and then, which made him a little nervous. He often sent people out of the palace to contact the guards guarding the pawn shop, lest there would be mistakes.

　[Chapter 3 is here, dears, the last chapter will be around seven o'clock! 】

　　
　
(End of this chapter)