Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

The situation in Yuxian and Daze counties was similar, but very different. Ruan Xiaonuan felt that the people did not want to see him, so she looked at Xu Wen Cai with fear.

"The imperial government has given them money to provide relief. Why are they still living in the same place and unable to eat their fill?" Gu Junxiu suddenly attacked Xu Wen Cai.

He was stunned for a long time before he stammered, "Your highness, you should know that there have been too many commoners suffering this time. The imperial government's last silver taels were like a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood."

"Is that so? "Then why did the people say they didn't see you giving them food?" Ruan Xiaonuan said deliberately.

"Who said that? "I've already opened the granary, there must be someone blabbering in front of the prince." He immediately explained with reddened eyes.

After he finished speaking, he realized that what Gu Junxiu said just now was not the truth, and his face instantly changed. "When did a mere guard like you talk too much when I was talking to your highness?"

Ruan Xiaonuan scoffed. She had seen all of those things today. She was afraid that if she saw that face again, she would feel disgusted for a few days, so she simply turned her face away and stopped looking at him.

Xu Wen Ming thought that he was looking down on Ruan Xiaonuan, and was just about to get someone to teach Ruan Xiaonuan a lesson, when Gu Junxiu said with a stern voice, "Master Xu, you have so much guts, to even dare discipline this king's men."

He just remembered that there was another buddha standing there, and it was filled with cold sweat as he said, "Prince is mistaken, I only saw that little brother is tired and wanted someone to bring him to rest."

"Black and white are in your mouth, do you think we will believe you?" Ruan Xiaonuan said with a loud voice, deliberately attracting the attention of everyone nearby.

"Your Royal Highness, this person looks down on you. How should we deal with him?" She said to Gu Junxiu.

Xu Wencai looked at her with tears in his eyes. When had he ever looked down on the Prince? However, there was no point in speaking any further. He could only kneel on the ground, hoping that the Buddha would be able to get away from him.

Gu Junxiu stared at Ruan Xiaonuan, seeing her secretly winking at him, he immediately understood her meaning, and sighed helplessly. With a cold voice, he said, "You don't put This King in your eyes, and you still expect This King to let you off?"

Xu Wencai's legs went soft and he almost fell to the ground. He turned his head towards Ruan Xiaonuan and said, "Little brother, I really didn't have that intention just now. Please ask your highness to let me go."

She snorted softly and thought to herself that she wasn't going to put on his official air anymore. However, she had no intention of helping him. Instead, he urged Gu Junxiu to hurry up and get him to give the order.

"Men, beat him up!" With his command, two people immediately appeared from the shadows.

Because this place wasn't a prison cell, they didn't know where they had found a stick, so they rudely called out to Xu Wencai.

His painful screams were accompanied by the sounds of him begging, Ruan Xiaonuan was incomparably overjoyed listening to it. She looked around at the people around her, and saw that they were the only ones who didn't sound good.

"Prince, he fainted." After an unknown amount of time, Xu Wencai's voice gradually became softer.

After all, they couldn't afford to kill anyone just yet. Gu Junxiu shot a cold glance at the mud-like man before coldly saying, "Throw him back to the county magistrate." After saying that, he turned around and left.

They had not gone far when they suddenly heard orderly cheers from behind them. Ruan Xiaonuan turned around to look and only then did she realize that the commoners who were spectating earlier, had all actually kneeled on the ground and were looking at Gu Junxiu with reverence and gratitude.

When they walked a little further, she whispered, "It seems like the grievances of the citizens here are deep. Seeing that their parents have been punished, every single one of them are very happy. This is pretty much the same as what the Master Lu said."

Gu Junxiu nodded his head, seeing that there were many refugees along the way, the coldness in his eyes made people afraid.

The matter of them taking care of Xu Wencai in Yu County was soon known to all the other counties. Everyone was trembling with fear, afraid that the next person who would make a fool of himself in front of everyone was himself. Therefore, many of the Zhixian County began to treat the victims of the disaster warmly, no longer indifferent as before.

Gu Junxiu and the rest spent a few days to visit a few counties. After getting a rough understanding of the situation, they quickly returned to the house they previously lived in. But before even two days had passed, Ruan Xiaonuan realized that he did not see her often, and had no idea where she had gone to.

"Miss, Madame Ren and the other wives are here to seek an audience." Zi Juan said from outside.

"Who is the Madame Ren?" asked Mo Yan.

"Miss, have you forgotten? Prefect said yesterday that his wife will pay a visit today." Mo Yan explained.

When Ruan Xiaonuan arrived at the great hall, they were already sitting there. Without exception, they were all dressed in gold and looked a little richer than the person who came out of the Duke Palace.

"Greetings Madam." Madame Ren led the other women and said.

"All of you, sit down. You can call me Miss Ruan from now on. Don't call me Madam anymore, just call me old." She sat there very casually, looking very unassuming.

All of the madams thought that the woman who could make the prince go to the brothel to consult should be a devastatingly beautiful girl, but they didn't expect her to be so inexperienced, and also didn't seem to have any ulterior motives. The uneasiness and respect in their hearts immediately dissipated, and they began to recklessly size up the area.

Ruan Xiaonuan allowed the girls to size him up, her expression as calm as usual. After a while, she asked softly, "Have you seen enough?"

When they heard this, they all lowered their heads, embarrassment flashing across their faces. She continued, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you mean by visiting?"

"I've long heard that Your Highness and Madam have come to this place and should have come early to visit. However, I've heard that Madam has been bedridden for a long time, and we don't dare to disturb her. That's why we came here today."

Mo Yan had already explained their identities to her, so he knew that these people were all under the command of the Madame Ren. Listening to this bunch of nonsense, she felt a bit irritated, but he still maintained a smile and said, "Madame is treating outsiders, but I'm just a little sick, and I've already recovered."

Seeing that she was so amiable, the Madame Ren made up his mind. She tentatively asked, "Is the prince not here?"

Ruan Xiaonuan looked up and glanced at her, then asked with a smile that was not a smile, "The prince is not here, does Madame Ren want to see him?" After she finished speaking, she made a gesture to have Mo Yan go and bring Gu Junxiu back.

"No, no, no." she said quickly.

"Madam, this is a little gift from me. Please accept it." The Madame Ren suddenly presented an exquisite box.

"Madam, this is mine. Please take a look." Following the words of the Madame Ren, the other people all presented the things they had brought as well.

Ruan Xiaonuan looked at the mountainous pile of things in front of them with a headache, and swept his eyes over them.