Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

The time to return to the capital had come, Gu Junxiu was still mounted on his stallion. When he returned, almost all the citizens of the city came out to send him off. It was a completely different scene.

They looked at Gu Junxiu who was walking in front of them with gratitude.

When they walked out of the city, Lu Annian led the officials to wait. Seeing Gu Junxiu coming down from the horse carriage, Ruan Xiaonuan also came out.

"Your Royal Highness, I wish you smooth sailing." Lu Annian didn't have any other words to say at the moment. He could only think of the simplest, yet simplest, words.

When they were turning to leave, Ruan Xiaonuan smiled mischievously at Lu Annian while everyone's gaze was not on his. She pointed to another carriage and said, "I will be waiting for you to come to the capital."

His face was flushed red. Fortunately, no one had seen him, or else his official prestige would have completely vanished.

Gu Junxiu's ears were good, although he was far away, he heard the words. He said dangerously, "You want to wait for him to come to the capital?"

Ruan Xiaonuan looked at him with a funny expression, and said puzzledly, "That's right, there's nothing wrong with that sentence, right?"

She originally wanted to directly sit on the horse carriage, but Gu Junxiu was quick to carry her onto the horse carriage, and said coldly, "You ride the horse with me."

Ruan Xiaonuan thought back to the first time she had to ride a horse, when she was tormented to the point where she couldn't understand it. However, he grabbed her by the waist and shouted, "Sit well!"

She looked at him disapprovingly and said coquettishly, "I don't want to ride a horse."

Gu Junxiu did not care about her, he suddenly spurred his horse forward, it was just that his speed was slower than last time, and Ruan Xiaonuan did not reject her.

"What were you talking about with Lu Annian just now?" He was still preoccupied with what had just happened.

"He was invited to come to the capital to play." she said matter-of-factly.

"He is an official who has been released. He cannot return to the capital without permission." Gu Junxiu said mercilessly.

After Ruan Xiaonuan heard this, she immediately scrunched her mouth in displeasure, and complained, "If he didn't come, then what would I have done to make Liu Yingxue fall in love with him?"

When Gu Junxiu saw that she had this idea, the soreness he felt just now was finally reduced by a lot. His grip on her waist relaxed a lot as he said to her, "It's impossible for the two of them."

Ruan Xiaonuan was tired. She couldn't see the expression on his face, but she felt that it was a little strange when he was talking. She could not help but mock him, "A dignified Prince Yu, you must be jealous."

"Don't make wild guesses, I was just worried that you would scare the Master Lu with your words." Of course Gu Junxiu refused to admit it.

If she wasn't still on the horse, she would have jumped up, but now he could only say in his loudest voice, "When did I scare him?"

Her voice was so loud that the gazes of many people behind her were focused on them. Ruan Xiaonuan felt nothing and insisted that he explain it clearly. However, in the eyes of outsiders, this was just like flirting.

Liu Yingxue heard a sound from inside the carriage, and when she opened the carriage's curtain, she saw this scene. Whether it was jealousy or unwillingness, she did not know, but the scene before him was extremely dazzling.

After walking for a day, Ruan Xiaonuan suddenly remembered that when she came to the river, there was a sea of flowers nearby. She roughly remembered the direction. When everyone was resting, she didn't tell anyone else. She only brought Mo Yan and followed the directions in her memories and walked towards that road.

"Miss, you will worry everyone if you do this." Mo Yan disagreed. Because she saw that Ruan Xiaonuan intended to take action by herself and wanted to stop her initially, but who would have thought that she would actually threaten him to such an extent?

"My lord and I came here before, nothing will happen." Ruan Xiaonuan said in a relaxed manner.

If she and Gu Junxiu had come, it would definitely be by various means to not let her go here, by that place, but it would be different if she came alone.

"Then how long are we going to walk for?" It was already autumn and the sky was dark early. Furthermore, this was in the mountains. Even if there weren't any bandits, there would still be some ferocious beasts and rats.

Ruan Xiaonuan didn't mind at all and continued to walk forward. Not long after, she finally found the place she was previously at. However, after two months, the flowers had all withered and looked a little desolate. She didn't know if she would be able to find it, but disappointment flashed through her heart.

However, she did not give up and kept her head down as she searched carefully. Mo Yan looked at her strangely and asked, "Miss, what are you looking for?" This place was desolate and appeared to be devoid of anything.

Ruan Xiaonuan concentrated on searching, without even lifting her head to answer, "Something that looks like grass, smells cool and refreshing."

The last time she came here, she discovered that there were mint leaves here. If she picked some and let the chef add them into the dishes, it would definitely attract quite a few customers. However, he didn't know if it would wither or not. After all, two months had passed.

After listening to her description, Mo Yan also lowered his head to look around. However, after a long time, the master and the servant both gained nothing.

It was just that Ruan Xiaonuan did not give up on this tiny bit of hope, because this thing did not exist in the capital.

"Miss, let's go back. After reporting to the prince, send someone else to look for us tomorrow." Mo Yan pounded his waist as he spoke. With just the two of them alone, in the vast open space, it was undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Let's wait a while longer." Ruan Xiaonuan answered and continued to search. She didn't dare let them search, afraid that they wouldn't find what she wanted.

After searching for a long time, she finally found the mint that was hidden in the grass. She happily placed it on her palm and said to Mo Yan, "Look at this, if you put it in some vegetables, it would be a very good seasoning."

Mo Yan carefully took it and sniffed it, then frowned: "Miss, this leaf doesn't have anything special about it, is it really that useful?" In her eyes, it was just an ordinary leaf.

"You'll know when the time comes. Hurry up and help me find more." After Ruan Xiaonuan finished speaking, she started searching excitedly once again.

If they found one, there would be two. Soon both of them had a handful of mint, and it was getting dark. When Ruan Xiaonuan straightened his back, she realized what time it was. "Crap!"

When she arrived, she thought that it wouldn't take too long for them to make it back. Who would have thought that Gu Junxiu would realize that she was gone even as the sky was about to turn dark!