Seeing how Aunt Zheng still had the audacity to try and talk her way out of the situation, he sneered, suppressed his anger, and said coldly, "I'll deal with you after we return."
Aunt Zheng's face turned deathly pale with shock and her lips trembled, but she did not dare to say more.
Soon, Zhao Qian retrieved the Southern Seas pearls and handed them to Lu Liangwei personally, his words freighted with importance, "Second Miss Lu, this is the only string of Southern Seas pearls in the entire Great Shang Kingdom. Please keep them with care."
When his master had ordered this string of Southern Seas pearls to be rewarded to Second Miss Lu, Zhao Qian was shocked—he wondered if his master had become attracted to the young woman.
However, noticing that his master did not seem to be feeling as unwell as earlier, he instantly came to a realization.
