Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

"It's noon. Execute the punishment." Gu Junxiu threw an order badge in front of Ren Deming. The executioner was ready. He raised the oversized knife in his hand.

Ruan Xiaonuan watched unblinkingly, suddenly Ren Deming raised her head, with a strange look on her face. She didn't have the time to retract her gaze and just happened to meet his gaze. She couldn't help but shiver.

Gu Junxiu felt her strangeness and covered her eyes with his hands. He waited until everything was over before taking his hand away.

When Ruan Xiaonuan opened her eyes again, what entered her vision was fresh blood. The entire ground was filled with blood, as though it would never run out, the blood flowed down the stage, and actually dripped down like rain, which sounded a little strange.

Although she deliberately avoided the headless body, she still accidentally glanced at it. His head was not far from his body, and his eyes were still wide open as if he was unwilling.

Ruan Xiaonuan's stomach began to churn, almost vomiting out everything she ate that morning. Seeing that, Gu Junxiu instructed her a few times and quickly brought her to leave.

After she returned to the manor, the scene from earlier was still fresh in her mind. His eyes in particular, caused her to continuously wake up from her dream.

Ruan Xiaonuan rubbed the sweat on her forehead. Seeing that there was no one around, she raised her voice and shouted, "Mo Yan, Zi Juan."

Mo Yan was outside and upon hearing her voice, he immediately walked in. Wiping away the sweat on her forehead, he asked worriedly, "Miss, did you have a nightmare?"

Ruan Xiaonuan nodded his head, then shook his head to show that she was alright. She felt as if she had slept for a very long time. She couldn't help but ask, "What time is it now?"

"It's already dark. Miss, do you want to eat something?" Mo Yan quickly helped her clean up.

"Alright, by the way, where did the prince go?" After she woke up, Gu Junxiu was nowhere to be seen.

"Your Highness has just left for a short while and has instructed me to guard the lady. When you wake up, I'll let you eat something." The kitchen was still warm from the dinner, so when it was served, it was still steaming hot.

This was what Ruan Xiaonuan usually liked to eat, but when she picked up the chopsticks, she suddenly thought about the scene that she saw at noon today. She put down her chopsticks and said, "I don't want to eat anymore, just take them away."

Mo Yan looked at the unmoving dinner, and didn't give up, and asked: "Miss, aren't you hungry?" When he returned at noon, she had not eaten anything and was still dripping with food. She looked at Ruan Xiaonuan's pale face worriedly.

"You can go down now. I'm not hungry yet, maybe I'll be hungry later. I'll eat later." She could feel that she was very hungry, but when she looked at the table full of food, it was difficult to swallow. This feeling was even worse than being hungry.

Mo Yan was unable to refuse her, and could only make people carry away the food without moving. When Gu Junxiu returned, he saw them bringing all the dishes away, and could not help but ask, "What's going on?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the lady said that she has no appetite and does not want to eat." A maid said as she knelt on the ground.

"You may leave." After Gu Junxiu finished speaking, he went back to his room. Seeing him enter, Mo Yan silently withdrew.

"Are the dishes not to your liking?" he asked gently.

Ruan Xiaonuan shook his head, and then simply leaned his head into's embrace and said softly, "I just don't want to eat it."

"So it turns out that even a little fellow like you can have times of fear." Gu Junxiu ridiculed, wanting to use this opportunity to let her walk out of what happened today afternoon.

She lightly punched his chest and retorted, "I'm not afraid."

"Is that so? Then why not eat? When he went to bed in the afternoon, he was still talking in his sleep. He unceremoniously exposed her.

Ruan Xiaonuan immediately sat herself upright, and asked anxiously: "What did I say?" She couldn't have accidentally told him about her origins!

Gu Junxiu was amused by her actions, and casually wrote, "You keep saying you're afraid, and even holding onto my hand without letting go."

Ruan Xiaonuan knew that he was just joking around and hit him hard. She chided, "You can't tell this to anyone else." Her tone was filled with threat.

Gu Junxiu covered her fist and promised, "Alright, only you and I know about this."

Only then did Ruan Xiaonuan relax. If everyone knew about this matter, how would she still be able to display her might in front of the servants? She leaned back into Gu Junxiu's embrace once again, using her fingers to hook onto the hair that smashed onto the front, and unconsciously played around with it.

"I'll ask the kitchen to make some porridge. You need to eat some, or else I can't guarantee that anyone will know what you said this afternoon." Gu Junxiu suddenly said.

Ruan Xiaonuan's eyes were wide open as she said unhappily: "You dare threaten me?"

"You threatened me just now as well." he said matter-of-factly.

Ruan Xiaonuan was speechless, and could only glare at him indignantly. Strangely, however, her nausea had lessened after the ruckus. Therefore, when the white congee that she hated the most was served, she ate it with relish.

Seeing her wolfish look, Mo Yan could not help but say, "Only Your Highness can restrain you."

Ruan Xiaonuan fiercely glanced at someone who was leisurely reading and said to Mo Yan, "You should have talked a lot, right? Mo Yan looked at her with a smile in her eyes, and then quickly cleaned up the table and left.

In a remote alley, two men were gathered together as if discussing something.

"Do you see that little woman at noon today? That figure is truly fascinating. " One of them said, drooling.

"You look like a chick. If you can get a brothel, it will definitely be a good price." Another person said greedily.

The two of them hit it off and made up their minds. He whispered, "I followed her for the whole afternoon today and she lives here. I'll lure her out later and leave the rest to you." After one of them said this, he quickly disappeared into the boundless night.

Under the care of an old lady, Ren Chener prepared to rest. When she escaped from Ren Mansion, she didn't have much silver on her. Furthermore, Madame Ren was once a brothel girl, so she had no relatives and could only rely on herself.

Suddenly, she seemed to hear a noise coming from outside. She wanted to let the old lady have a look, but then she realized that she was too old for that, so she decided to just walk out by herself.