Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

Ruan Xiaonuan casually opened these boxes. Most of them were pearls or hairpins made of gold. She thought to herself, these people are really rich. A small county magistrate actually gave away gold so casually. Any one of them is priceless, enough for these people to live for a long time.

"Madam, what is the meaning of this?" she asked, pretending to know nothing.

Those ladies were a bit embarrassed. Who would bring up such a matter openly? This was the first time they had encountered something like this, so they all looked at each other.

"This is the first time we've met. It's a small gift." Madame Ren reacted rather quickly and casually found a reason to ease the temporary awkwardness.

"Madam is too formal with me. Take all these back, I don't need them either." Ruan Xiaonuan spoke the truth.

These things were like hot potatoes. Their silver was not clean to begin with, so she didn't want to get any of it. And she didn't like these things either. They were too heavy. After Mo Yan and Zi Juan understood her meaning, they handed each of them over to the other wives.

"Mistress, please accept it." One of the ladies suddenly knelt on the ground and said.

"Mo Yan, help her up." Ruan Xiaonuan said as she frowned at her.

"Ladies and gentlemen, take back your things. I will have the prince explain it to you and your lords, and I will not make things difficult for you." She saw through why they insisted to give her the presents. It was because Gu Junxiu didn't have any connections, so she thought of her.

The women's faces relaxed a lot as they kept their things. The Madame Ren said to Ruan Xiaonuan, "Madam, we will not disturb you any longer. I will invite all of you ladies to visit our house tomorrow night.

She wanted to reject him, but then he thought that if he could find some clues about him in the Ren Mansion, then this trip would be worth it. So she nodded with a smile, "I'll be troubling Madame Ren tomorrow night."

Seeing that she had agreed, Madame Ren's eyes flashed with a pleased look. After that, he brought the other wives and left in satisfaction.

"Lady, why did you agree? I don't think she had any good intentions. " The moment she left, Zi Juan couldn't help but say.

"If we don't get into the tiger's den, how can we get into the tiger's den? If I don't go and take a look, how would I know her purpose? " There was no nervousness or unease on Ruan Xiaonuan's face, because she was sure that the Prefect wouldn't dare to do anything to her right now.

When Gu Junxiu came back and heard of this, he immediately objected. Ruan Xiaonuan said in dissatisfaction, "Why don't you let me go?"

"Prefect isn't as benevolent as he looks. The reason he asked his wife to give him this gift today is to curry favor with you. I'm afraid that they might be too soft to use force." He helplessly explained.

She knew what Gu Junxiu said was reasonable, but she did not want to be like a useless person who sat here everyday. And now that the matter of the dam had been resolved, she had nothing to do.

"They don't dare. They're not falling out right now, and he won't let anything happen to me in his house." Ruan Xiaonuan argued.

Taking the chance while Gu Junxiu was not talking, she immediately asked, "You haven't seen anyone for the past few days, where did you go?"

"Do you remember how few refugees there were in the street?" Gu Junxiu asked worriedly.

"Did you find out where they went?" she asked in surprise. She knew there was something wrong here.

"There are only some clues. I still need to continue investigating. " Ruan Xiaonuan saw that he looked serious and asked, "What did you find out?"

"The few refugees on the streets are not real refugees. These are just the facade created by Ren Deming." After Gu Junxiu finished speaking, her mouth was wide open in surprise.

"Why would he do that?" Ruan Xiaonuan muttered to herself.

"Perhaps they thought that if there weren't any refugees, they would be suspicious, so when we entered the city, we found a few people to act." Gu Junxiu's words were reasonable, she suddenly stood up and said with ambition in his voice, "Since that's the case, I should go tomorrow night even more so. Let's see what kind of tricks they are playing."

Seeing that Gu Junxiu had the intention to speak, she quickly said, "Don't talk, I have already made up my mind to go. You can't stop me."

He knew what she had decided. No one else could change. They could only agree to this, but although the Ren Mansion was not a lagoon, no one could predict what would happen. Therefore, he could only have the guards follow closely as a precaution.

On the second day, not long after noon, the Ren Mansion sent someone over. Ruan Xiaonuan casually brushed her makeup and sat in Ren Mansion's carriage.

Not long after, the carriage stopped. Madame Ren was already waiting at the gate. If she didn't see Ren Deming, they were probably all women today, so it would be hard for him to show herself.

"Madam, I've finally got you here." Just as Ruan Xiaonuan got off the carriage, Madame Ren walked over and grabbed her hand. From the looks of it, they seemed to be on good terms with each other.

Ruan Xiaonuan didn't like being in contact with strangers, so she silently withdrew her hand and maintained her smile. "Sorry to bother you, Madame Ren."

"Where did the Madam say that?" For some reason, Ruan Xiaonuan felt that her actions of shaking the handkerchief just now was very similar to that of a woman from a brothel. Furthermore, Ren Deming looked to be much older than this beautiful woman, could it be that she was really from a brothel? She guessed.

Just as she had guessed this, they had already arrived at the backyard. Madame Ren had asked her to sit down at the main seat, after which she directly went to greet the others. Although all of the madams were curiously sizing her up, no one dared to step forward and start a conversation.

Ruan Xiaonuan just so happened to be enjoying the peace and quiet, as she casually sat there and listened to the other people's conversation. Not far from her, two ladies were chatting. The two of them were glittering from head to toe, as if they were afraid that others would not know that she was rich.

"Madam Liu, the hairpin on your head looks very unique." One of them said in envy.

"That's right, this was specially brought back by our master from the south. The pearl on it is priceless." He stroked the hairpin on his head and said in a boastful tone.

Ruan Xiaonuan, on the other hand, was shocked hearing this. How much silver did she have to be greedy for in order to easily gift such a priceless gift?

The two wives didn't notice in the slightest that Ruan Xiaonuan's gaze was fixated on them, always talking about what kind of silk and silk she had bought recently. Every time she mentioned the price of an item, her gaze would become colder by a bit.

"Actually, in her eyes, all of our things are worthless."