Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

The young man was still worried that he would not be able to buy cakes and would be hunted or persecuted by that man. Unexpectedly, Xia Yingying solved his worries directly. The young man immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xia Yingying respectfully.

"Madam, please accept my greeting. Thank you for saving my life."

The young man knew that in the eyes of some people, civilians like them would die if they got up, and no one would care about their life or death.

"No, no, it's just a piece of cake. You're welcome. Get up quickly." Xia Yingying immediately went to help him, but he got up quickly and consciously kept a distance from Xia Yingying.

"Besides his height, does that person have any other special features?" Xia Yingying asked again.

The young man thought about it carefully, and then said to Xia Yingying, "The man's accent is that of a Beijinger. He sounds very young, a middle-aged man. I don't know his face. He was wearing black clothes, but there is a black mole on his right wrist. We met in a temple in the eastern suburbs..."

The young man explained to Xia Yingying all the information he knew.

The young man just wanted to make some money, but didn't want to risk his life. If he really colluded with the barbarians from the northern border, he would be guilty of the crime of having his property confiscated and his clan exterminated.

Besides, the man who bought the cakes only gave him 50 taels of silver. Although it was a sky-high price, it still depended on whether he could live to spend the money.

Money can be earned slowly, but life once lost is gone forever.

There is no need to risk your life for fifty taels of silver.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you." Xia Yingying thanked the young man.

Lu Ziren is now at the center of the storm of all the affairs in the court. Lu Ziren was afraid that Xia Yingying would be ambushed, so he placed several secret guards beside Xia Yingying. They each had their own duties and abilities. Some were highly skilled in martial arts and were specifically responsible for protecting Xia Yingying, while others were responsible for drawing portraits in order to know who were around Xia Yingying. When the young man spoke, the secret guard drew a picture according to what the young man said.

Soon the secret guard drew a portrait of the criminal suspect that the young man mentioned.

"Is this the person?" The young man saw a woman suddenly appear next to Xia Yingying, then stared at the portrait in the picture in a daze, nodded in surprise, this... this is too similar, "Yes, it's this person."

"Okay, thank you." The young man also helped Xia Yingying understand an important thing. A purposeful search is always better than an aimless search.

"Don't worry, doing this won't put you in danger. You can continue if he asks you to do something else. Someone will tell me."

Xia Yingying's words gave the young man a shot in the arm.

But he didn't dare to provoke those people. He shook his head again and again, "I won't get involved."

Xia Yingying knew what the young man was worried about, so she said, "If that's the case, then forget it."

If others are unwilling, Xia Yingying can't force him.

Soon, the cakes were ready. Ping An Xi Le handed the cakes to the young man. The young man took them, thanked him and ran away.

"Madam, won't there be any problem?" Ping An Xi Le asked.

Before, Xia Yingying had sent someone to tell them that if they encountered someone buying a lot of cakes, they should report to the people in the General's Mansion. They also knew that this was not a simple matter. Now that Xia Yingying sold those cakes to the young man, they naturally became worried.

"It'll be okay." Xia Yingying said calmly.

Ping An and Xi Le looked at each other and said nothing more. The lady and the general had plans in mind.

After all, it is difficult to prevent thieves from robbing your house no matter how careful you are. Even if the staff at Xia Yingying's store are very careful, there are times when they cannot prevent thieves.

In order to prevent some kind-hearted civilians from being exploited by those people, there is only one way to nip it in the bud. Xia Yingying wants to spread the word and seriously remind them not to do some so-called bad things. But that will destroy Lu Ziren's plan and even alert the enemy.

"An Yi, An Er, did the general ask you to do anything?" Xia Yingying asked the air.

"Ma'am, the general asked us to stay by your side and protect you well."

Xia Yingying frowned. She knew this, but this was not what she wanted to know.

"Did Lu Ziren ask you to follow the person who just left?"

"There are other people who can handle this matter, don't worry, ma'am." The secret guard then realized the real question Xia Yingying wanted to ask and answered immediately.

Xia Yingying breathed a sigh of relief. She felt relieved.

She was worried that the young man would be killed to silence him, but now that there were secret guards following him, she thought nothing would go wrong.

However, she did not intend to just fight back secretly, she planned to strike in advance, there were many competitors in the pastry shop in Beijing, although none of those competitors were openly trying to trip her up, but there were some tricks behind the scenes, Xia Yingying planned to put the blame on those shop owners.

"Be safe and happy. Later, you will tell the people in the store and post a notice in front of the store, saying that our cake shop may have offended some merchants. Some people may maliciously want to damage the reputation of the cake shop. They will come to the cake shop to buy cakes and then add some other condiments to the cakes to hurt customers. Therefore, we will only accept small customers now. If we accept large customers, they must provide identity documents before we can sell to them. By the way, post a recruitment notice for washing and cutting fruits."

Xia Yingying also mentioned the recruitment matter.

"Okay, ma'am."

Fortunately, Xia Yingying asked someone to tell the other cake shop. Seeing that nothing happened, Xia Yingying left and prepared to go home to continue working on the script.

When Xia Yingying was about to get on the carriage, Liu Qingyao stopped her.

"Yingying, you're not free recently? I want to talk to you."

Seeing Liu Qingyao act like this, Xia Yingying knew that Liu Qingyao had something to tell her.

"Okay, let's go to the pastry shop?" Xia Yingying asked Liu Qingyao. Liu Qingyao nodded and followed Xia Yingying into the pastry shop.

The two of them came to the second floor. Xia Yingying poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Liu Qingyao, and asked Liu Qingyao seriously.

"Qingyao, what happened?"

"It's like this. I've been thinking about it these past few days. Can I meet my godmother?"

Liu Qingyao was really worried. Although she had already met Doctor Qin who treated Aunt Sun, and the doctor also said that Aunt Sun would get better if she took medicine on time, Liu Qingyao was still worried.

After hearing what Liu Qingyao said, Xia Yingying immediately looked embarrassed. She did not dare to make the decision on her own about letting Liu Qingyao meet Aunt Sun.

The suburbs of Beijing are very close to the capital. Once she makes any move, she will be easily exposed without the cover of the people sent by Lu Ziren.

Without Lu Ziren's knowledge, Liu Qingyao went to see Aunt Sun. If she accidentally caused any harm to Lu Ziren or had any impact on his plans, Xia Yingying and her family would have lost their lives.

"I can't make the decision on this matter. If you want to go, I'll ask Lu Ziren for you. If Lu Ziren lets you go, I'll tell you."

Liu Qingyao already knew this result before she came to see Xia Yingying again, because Li Guoliang told her the same thing.

"Then please help me ask. Can you give me an answer as soon as possible?" Liu Qingyao said anxiously, holding Xia Yingying's hand.

"Yeah." Xia Yingying shook hands back to comfort Liu Qingyao.

"Why are you so anxious?" Xia Yingying felt that Liu Qingyao's current state was too abnormal, and it was not like Liu Qingyao's previous heartless state. It was as if she had been brainwashed. "Please vote"