kingnovel Chapter 250 Distress
Chapter 250 Distress
After handing over the telescope project, Li Xiaonuan had some free time.
After receiving the telescope's specifications, the emperor verbally promised not to pursue any further questions regarding Li Xiaonuan and the Li family's past.
After thinking for a moment, Li Xiaonuan revealed that her family had been servants of the Li clan more than a hundred years ago.
The emperor was indeed quite shocked at the time. But after the old Taoist priest gave him a lecture, the emperor gave up asking about the descendants of the Li family.
With some free time, Li Xiaonuan felt much more relaxed. Although she hadn't received a definite answer from the emperor yet, her family was currently out of danger.
However, from the occasional information Wei Yu revealed, Li Xiaonuan still sensed a hint of danger.
For safety reasons, Li Xiaonuan put her plan to return to the prefectural city immediately on hold.
“Brother Liu Fei, your injuries have healed, so you should go back to the city first. I’m safe here, and I have family with me. If you go back first, Granny Yu will be more at ease, and you can also help Xiao Yang.” That day, Li Xiaonuan discussed this with Zhou Liu Fei.
“Little Nuan, I’m not going back. Don’t worry, I won’t risk my safety to do anything dangerous. I’ll listen to you, so please don’t send me back, okay?” Zhou Liufeng said somewhat unhappily.
"Alright then. Brother Liu Fei, please write a letter back to Granny Yu as soon as possible. I think she must be very worried about you." Reluctantly, Li Xiaonuan had no choice but to say this.
“Alright, I understand. I’d like to go out for a stroll today. I’ve been in the capital for over a month, and I’ve hardly left the villa, except for the day I went to the clan leader’s house,” Zhou Liufeng said with a helpless smile.
"Okay, be careful when you go out. The situation in the capital is unstable lately, so you need to be careful everywhere. If you encounter anything suspicious, come back immediately, understand?" Li Xiaonuan instructed.
"Yes, I understand," Zhou Liufeng replied.
Looking at Zhou Liufeng's straight back, Li Xiaonuan felt uneasy. She felt that she shouldn't have let Zhou Liufeng go out today, but she couldn't figure out why.
After seeing Zhou Liufeng off, Li Xiaonuan was about to go back to her room to write a letter to Xiaoyang. But as she passed by the Su family's courtyard, Su called her back.
"Xiao Nuan, come quickly and help your mother take a look. What did I do wrong? Why is this soap not forming properly?" This batch of soap was made in the same batch as Li Xiao Nuan's, only two days later.
At the time, Ms. Su watched it once or twice and thought she knew how to make it. Later, when she was bored, she tried making a batch herself. However, she didn't know which step went wrong, but Ms. Su's soaps were still runny and didn't hold their shape.
"Mom, what did you add to it?" Li Xiaonuan asked curiously, looking at the soap liquid that could almost be used as shampoo.
Su said somewhat embarrassedly, "I saw you making that scented soap before, adding a lot of flower juice and tea juice to it, so I copied you and added some things to it too."
"What did you add?" Li Xiaonuan asked again.
"It's nothing. Didn't you say before that there are things in bellflower root and licorice root that can nourish hair? So I went to the pharmacy and bought a lot of them, squeezed out a thick liquid, and mixed it in." Su's voice softened considerably as she said this.
"Before that? Besides those things, what else did you add?" Seeing that Su Shi's answer didn't get to the point, Li Xiaonuan asked again.
After stammering for a while, Li Xiaonuan finally understood. Su had added water from kneading the tea oil cake.
It turns out the ingredients were too mixed and there was too much moisture. No wonder Su's soap hasn't set after a month.
"Mom, it's alright. Your shampoo won't clump together. You can put them all in a jar and use them exclusively for washing your hair from now on," Li Xiaonuan said.
"Ah~ Is that all? Is it really impossible to make it work?" Su was still unwilling to give up.
“Mother, there are too many things mixed in there, so it’s hard to dry. It’s perfect for washing your hair. Besides, you used it to wash your hair before, so it’s perfect for you now.” Li Xiaonuan smiled and shook Su’s arm.
"Alright then. I'll put all of these into the jar first. Tomorrow, I'll make your scented soap." After saying that, Madam Su hurriedly went to find a clean jar.
Over there, Li Xiaonuan unexpectedly acquired several bottles of shampoo. Meanwhile, Zhou Liufeng's situation wasn't so pleasant.
After leaving the villa, Zhou Liufei headed straight for Zhuque Street. He remembered that his master had once told him that there was a security escort agency called SF Express on Zhuque Street.
Some say that the founder of that escort agency was the founding emperor. They were dedicated to delivering all entrusted goods to their destination quickly and safely.
Over the past century, more and more escort agencies with similar regulations have emerged, but SF Express remains the leader. However, for some reason, SF Express only operates around Beijing and has not opened branches in various parts of Qi and Song.
Even so, SF Express remains the industry leader in the entire security escort industry.
Therefore, having finally made it to Beijing, Zhou Liufeng was determined to check out SF Express.
Things have probably been rather unsettled lately. Zhou Liufeng had barely stepped into the alley where the escort agency was located when he encountered a minor problem.
He called it a minor problem because he wouldn't bother with it, but he was afraid those people would try to kill him to silence him.
Before anyone noticed him, Zhou Liufei quickly turned around, intending to leave.
The capital city is, after all, right under the emperor's nose. Anyone who dares to do such a thing in broad daylight in such a place must have a powerful force behind them that Zhou Liufeng cannot contend with.
Unfortunately, no one knew that Zhou Liufeng intended to meddle in other people's business. Or rather, others pretended not to know.
"Ugh... brave warrior, please save me! These people are human traffickers, please save this little woman!" The woman, who had been dragged several steps with her mouth covered, saw Zhou Liufeng's back while struggling. She used all her strength to bite the hand covering her face and shouted loudly.
"You bitch, do you want to die? We were going to be gentle with you so you wouldn't break us and ruin our fun. Now it seems we've been too nice to you." The bitten man was enraged. He slapped the woman hard across the face and gestured to the men nearby to grab Zhou Liufeng back.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Zhou Liufeng cursed under his breath. He then turned around and engaged in a fierce fight with the three who had caught up with him.
Although Zhou Liufeng was somewhat skilled, he was outnumbered. Those who had come to kidnap the girl were all highly skilled. Therefore, Zhou Liufeng quickly found himself at a disadvantage.
The main problem is that it's three against one, which is extremely unfair.
Seeing that Zhou Liufeng was about to collapse, the hidden guards had no choice but to reveal themselves and help. After all, their duty was to protect the safety of this person living in Prince Jing's villa.
In the midst of the chaos, the woman somehow broke free from the man's grasp and charged straight at Zhou Liufeng. Zhou Liufeng was already at a disadvantage, and with the woman's leap, his entire back was exposed to the others.
Before collapsing, Zhou Liufeng secretly vowed to stay far away from that woman from now on.
Seeing Zhou Liufeng fall, the guards ceased their fighting. Their attacks were deadly, and after taking the lives of three men, the remaining guards retreated.
"My benefactor, how are you? It's all my fault, I was too reckless and hurt you. My benefactor, please open your eyes and see if you still remember me!" The woman sat on the ground, hugging Zhou Liufeng, and cried out.