The female boss of destiny, even villains have to work for me

Soon, the palace sent people to deliver the money, and the matter of repairing the temple began to be put on the agenda.

Because the Queen was in charge, the money was quickly spent.

"Will the emperor become suspicious?" the queen was a little worried.

Du Ran shook his head firmly: "Don't worry, every expense is recorded clearly, no one will be suspicious! After all, when praying for the royal family, we have to use the best, right? The best is of course the most expensive, who dares to question it? Anyone who dares to question it is disrespectful to the royal family!"

The queen felt a little relieved.

"However, Queen, those two men in black that day were obviously coming for you. Aren't you going to investigate this matter?"

The Queen sighed, "I want to check, but it's not that easy. Now I'm still in the mountains, which is equivalent to the Emperor banning me from traveling, so there's no way I can check."

"If we don't find out, someone will definitely come to kill you in the future. If you stay in this mountain for one day, they will have a chance." Du Ran was a little worried: "Mu Zhou can't stay in the mountain for too long. Maybe once he leaves..."

The queen immediately grabbed Du Ran's arm pitifully and said, "Don't let him go. I'll pay him. Let him stay on the mountain!"

Du Ran was in a dilemma: "I don't need to pay for my work...but..."

Mu Zhou happened to pass by and heard the queen's words. He said lightly, "I am only responsible for the safety of my master. I am not responsible for anyone else."

The Queen looked embarrassed.

"I will definitely get to the bottom of the matter of the men in black. How dare they disrespect Her Majesty? No one who dares to touch a hair of Her Majesty will survive!" Mu Zhou shouted angrily.

The Queen Mother nodded repeatedly.

"Don't misunderstand, Queen. The Queen I'm talking about is my Queen."

The corners of the queen's mouth, which had just raised, twitched again.

Du Ran slapped Mu Zhou's arm, somewhat displeased: "How can you talk to the Queen?"

Mu Zhou left this place of trouble in a hurry.

In the palace, Zeng Yi was pouting and glaring angrily, with a trembling old eunuch kneeling below her.

"If you can't even handle such a small thing, what are you for?" Zeng Yi scolded.

"Your Majesty, you don't know. It seemed that things were about to be accomplished, but a young boy suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He has great skills, and this is..."

Zeng Yi interrupted him immediately: "How can we allow unrelated people to go up the mountain in the royal palace?! I will give you another ten days. No matter what method you use, I don't want to see her again! If you still can't do it, hmph!"

The old eunuch shuddered, then responded and stepped back.

Sometimes, killing someone is just a matter of a word. After all, Zeng Yi is a favorite of the emperor and is pregnant with an heir. If there were no current queen, she would definitely be the only choice for the new queen, so there are many people who curry favor with her.

As the temple renovation work began to progress, more and more people came to the mountain.

Mu Zhou squatted at the entrance to the mountain, staring fiercely at everyone who went up the mountain.

"What are you doing?"

"Everyone here is not a good person, your majesty, you'd better be careful. Don't touch the food in this temple. It's safer for me to go down the mountain and buy it back." Mu Zhou instructed Du Ran. Du Ran nodded, but didn't take it too seriously.

The queen was bored, so she adopted a wild cat from the mountains. Playing with the cat every day became her only way to pass the time.

"You are the Queen, right?" An old woman brought a little girl of seven or eight years old to the Queen's side, smiling kindly. The Queen's original guard was put away after seeing her.

"We heard that the Queen Mother came to Tianshu Mountain to repair the temple, so we came here specially to thank you. Tianshu Mountain used to be very lively, and the temple was very popular. It once protected the people in the city for a long time, but I don't know why, young people nowadays don't know how to respect the gods, and even the temples are losing money. But we know that the gods are always watching us. The Queen Mother is a kind-hearted person. Rebuilding the temple is a major event of respecting the gods. The gods will surely bless the royal family, the Queen Mother, and the people of our entire city!" The old woman bent over with tears in her eyes, and the Queen hurriedly helped her up.

"Please stop saying that. This is what we should do for the sake of peace and prosperity in the country. The mountain is so high and you are so old. Please sit down and have a rest!" As she said that, the queen asked the guards to bring a chair.

The old woman was so moved that she asked the little girl to kneel down and thank the queen for her efforts. Then she took out a bag of cakes from the basket she carried with her and said, "Queen, I hope you don't mind. We live at the foot of the mountain. There is a very good cake shop on the east side of the road. It is said that many dignitaries come to buy cakes. Although it is a little expensive, this is the little thing I can do for you. I hope you will accept it."

The queen looked embarrassed and said, "No, old man, please take it back."

The old woman held the cakes in the oil-paper bag in her trembling hands for a long time without moving: "Don't be disgusted, Queen, this is wrapped by the store, we have never opened it, it is not dirty."

When the queen heard that this was a misunderstanding that she thought it was dirty, she wanted to explain, but was afraid that the more she explained, the more confusing it would become, so she had to take it and thank the old man.

Seeing that the queen finally took it, the old woman smiled kindly again.

At night, Du Ran looked at the delicious food on the table with greed and drooled: "Why is it so rich today? There are also cakes?"

"I'm sorry that you've been following me up here in the mountains for so many days. I'll ask Mu Zhou to go down the mountain and buy some more vegetables to change everyone's taste." The queen smiled and said, "But this is a temple after all. They are all vegetarian dishes. They look good."

"Of course. I ran down the mountain to ask people and finally found this restaurant. Everyone who has eaten here says it's good!" Mu Zhou gave a thumbs up and boasted.

"It's as if you fried it." Du Ran laughed at him.

"Your Majesty, even if I have no credit, I have worked hard!" Mu Zhou expressed his displeasure with a gloomy face.

The queen, who was watching the fun from the side, looked at the two of them back and forth, then secretly touched Du Ran with her arm and whispered, "Something's going on between you two!"

"What's going on?" Du Ran didn't understand what the queen was talking about.

"Stop pretending, you two are just flirting with each other, I'm almost fed up with your dog food!"

Du Ran quickly refuted the rumor: "That's not true. What's the point of flirting? What are you thinking?!"

"He is my follower, keeping me safe."

The queen nodded seriously: "Understood, personal attendant."

Du Ran was even more speechless: "Absolutely not, Mu Zhou...I can't be with him anyway."

"He's quite good. He's good at martial arts, thoughtful, and cares about you so much. Don't always think that you can restrain your emotions just because you're a princess. After all, Meng Yuan is dead. Can you still live in the empty palace for the rest of your life?" The queen thought that Du Ran was being reluctant because of his identity, so she gave him sincere advice.

Du Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Empress, what are you thinking!"