Chapter 221

Pushing open the courtyard gate, Elder Chang was reading the newspaper in his rattan chair. Seeing someone come in, he took off his reading glasses. Most business houses within the imperial city were controlled by prominent families. Anyone capable of running a business house here either belonged to one of the four great families or was a well-known noble clan from another major city, with intricate ties to court officials and political factions alike. Therefore, upon hearing that they were people from a business house, the city-guarding soldiers adopted a much kinder attitude. "Thank you, Princess, but she currently tries to put anything she catches into her mouth, so we cannot let her wear it for the time being," Cousin Zhang said apologetically.