Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

It was only when Gu Qingcheng's gaze turned towards her that he finally reacted. At this time, even Gu Junxiu had to kneel down, so standing there by herself naturally attracted the empress dowager's displeasure. However, he didn't want to blow up the matter and lose face for the imperial family. Thus, he didn't say anything and only slightly frowned.

"Rise." Gu Qingcheng sat at the tall seat at the head and said.

Although Ruan Xiaonuan had been in this era for quite a while, she was still not used to kneeling. When she stood up, her legs went numb and she was about to fall down. Gu Junxiu quickly helped her up and said with a frown, "In the future, you can avoid banquets like this."

Although he said this, he knew that the probability of this happening was close to zero. There would be more such parties when she became the Princess.

"Tonight's banquet is mainly to welcome the Prince Yu and Master Hua for a welcoming party. It was all thanks to them that the flood in the river was resolved." Gu Qingcheng said in a clear voice.

However, Gu Junxiu was already a Transcendent Prince, he probably wouldn't care about the money and jewelry. Therefore, they were all curious about what Gu Qingcheng would reward them with this time.

However, he then looked at Ruan Xiaonuan, and said: "In this flood of Jiang Chuan, there is still one more person who has contributed greatly."

These words caused a lot of people to be puzzled, because in the past, they were the only two who provided disaster relief. Since when did they have another person?

While everyone was feeling puzzled, Gu Junxiu had his brows knitted tightly, because just now, he seemed to have seen the exact same expression and gaze Gu Qingcheng had when he looked at Ruan Xiaonuan that day in the Duke Palaces.

It wasn't just him, Noble Consort Guan also saw his abnormality and looked at Ruan Xiaonuan with a gaze filled with resentment.

The expressions of the few people up there were all different, only Ruan Xiaonuan seemed to not know anything.

"If Ruan Xiaonuan had not told me in advance that the calamity would be followed by a plague, then there would be even more commoners suffering from it this time. After Gu Qingcheng finished speaking, everyone knew this name. They were all curious as to who the woman that the Emperor praised to the face was.

Although the matter of Ruan Xiaonuan's fake identity had caused an uproar, only the people from the palace knew about her. The other ministers had never seen her before, so they did not know that she was Wang Jiang Restaurant's shopkeeper.

Ruan Xiaonuan did not understand why he would suddenly mention her name, and she did not know what to do. She could only look at Gu Junxiu helplessly. When she saw the relief in his eyes, she finally calmed down.

At this time, the Noble Consort Guan suddenly spoke up, "It's rare for such a heroic and unyielding woman to appear, what's more, this is the prince's concubine, the I has rewards for doing so."

This time, everyone looked towards Gu Junxiu's side. The girl beside him was naturally her.

Ruan Xiaonuan had unknowingly become the gathering place for everyone's gazes. She could only walk out and say to the Noble Consort Guan, "Thank you for your gift, Empress of Noble Consort." Although she hadn't said she wanted to reward him with anything yet, saying that she was grateful for her kindness wasn't wrong at all.

Once she walked out, everyone else would know what she looked like. A girl's voice sounded, "He doesn't look too good. His looks are average. I wonder how he managed to climb up to the throne."

Although the sound was not loud, but because it was too quiet, almost everyone heard it. The corner of Noble Consort Guan's mouth raised into a faint smile. She did not speak and waited to see Ruan Xiaonuan's reaction.

However, she didn't do anything. She just glanced in the direction of the voice and was about to leave.

"I'll allow you one thing as a reward this time. What do you want?" Just as she lifted her leg, Gu Qingcheng spoke out.

Ruan Xiaonuan silently rolled her eyes. Even emperors like to give out rewards like this. Unbeknownst to her, she preferred to give her the gold directly. But now that everyone's attention was focused on her, she thought of a compromise. "I want the word 'Your Majesty'."

"Oh? "What do you want to write?" Gu Qingcheng did not notice her addressing and asked with interest.

When Gu Junxiu saw this scene, he clenched his fists, as if trying his best to endure.

Ruan Xiaonuan had her back facing him, and did not notice anything strange about him. She had heard that the words of the Emperor were extremely valuable. If it was used as the Wang Jiang Restaurant's plaque, more people would definitely know about it. This was the equivalent of invisible gold. Thus, she said those two words without any hesitation.

Some of the adults had went to the Wang Jiang Restaurant, but never thought that Ruan Xiaonuan was actually the manager there. However, the dishes there were indeed well-liked by them, so they had only treated her as a concubine just now.

"Miss Nuan, do you want to think this through? Don't you want anything else?" Seeing that her request was actually so simple, the Noble Consort Guan couldn't help but remind her.

Gu Qingcheng laughed, then said to her, "Noble Consort doesn't know, she was the one who opened Wang Jiang Restaurant, she is planning to use our name to earn money."

Ruan Xiaonuan wiped off her cold sweat and muttered in her heart, "Your majesty, even if you know about my family, you don't need to say it so obviously."

Only now did the other wives and mistresses realize that she had actually thrown her face outside to do business, and they scoffed at her even more disdainfully. However, when Ruan Xiaonuan got the word from Gu Qingcheng herself, she was already smiling from ear to ear. As for those words, she laughed them off.

When she came back, she took the credit from Gu Junxiu. He smiled lightly and said, "Alright, Wang Jiang Restaurant can do whatever she wants in the capital now."

Ruan Xiaonuan proudly nodded her head, the Wang Jiang Restaurant was always protected by Gu Junxiu, and now with Gu Qingcheng's signboard, no one would dare to cause trouble anymore.

When Gu Junxiu saw her greedy look, not only did he not despise her, he even patted her head lovingly. At this time, Hua Qingse was also there to receive his rewards, but what Gu Qingcheng gave him was still a condition, and he seemed to have kept this reward.

"Has His Majesty's treasury emptied?" Ruan Xiaonuan said softly.

"Why do you say that?" he asked in surprise.

"If not, then rewards are a condition and not gold." she said matter-of-factly.

Gu Junxiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he looked at her, and helplessly said, "Royal Brother's condition is more attractive than any kind of gold and silver."

However, Ruan Xiaonuan did not think so, because only the gold that she could touch was real, everything else was fake. She suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "What if they want the throne? Or was it some other official position? Do I have to agree to this? "