Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

Early morning of the second day, the Tzu Ning Palace was in a state of chaos. Gui mama and his men searched the various palaces, but didn't find anything. Someone from below whispered and asked, "What exactly did Esteemed Empress Dowager lose?"

"I don't know. It should be something very important, or else it wouldn't have happened so quickly. The entire Tzu Ning Palace would have turned over in the morning, and they wouldn't have let the news leak out either." As soon as she finished speaking, Gui mama looked at her with an imposing gaze. She immediately went silent, and did not dare say another word.

"If the news of today's events were to leak out from the Tzu Ning Palace, you would be the only ones to ask. If His Majesty were to come, you would have to pretend that nothing has happened. Gui mama said majestically. She had always been the most trusted person by the empress dowager's side. For so many years, none of the people below had dared to speak up. They all nodded in agreement.

She hurried back to the main hall and saw the empress dowager rubbing her forehead, looking like she had a headache. When he saw her, he immediately asked, "How was it?" Gui mama shook his head. After the empress dowager knew the result, her expression turned even worse.

She brushed the tea set on the table and drank it, "I knows that Ruan Xiaonuan is a demon woman. With her here, our Xiyue will never be at peace."

Gui mama gave the people on the left and right a meaningful glance, and waited for everyone to leave before carefully saying, "Esteemed Empress Dowager, it's possible that someone had splashed dirty water on her. After all, this is just a letter, and there's no basis for it."

It's not that she suddenly spoke up for Ruan Xiaowei, but she doesn't look like the ruler of a country, no matter how you look at it." The king of the State of Ling Yue was a man. This was a matter known to the world. How could it suddenly be a woman? Esteemed Empress Dowager, please investigate.

It turned out that someone had placed a letter in Tzu Ning Palace last night and had only been discovered this morning. Fortunately, he had been careful at Gui mama. If some careless servant saw the contents of the letter, it would certainly lead to chaos.

Regardless of whether the contents of the letter were true or not, if a prince were to secretly hide the existence of another country's monarch, no matter how one looked at it, the goal would not be pure. This was also the reason why the empress dowager had investigated thoroughly early in the morning. If the person who delivered the letter didn't have kung fu skills, he would still be hiding in the palace. However, after searching for the entire morning, he still did not find any traces of them.

"Do you need to bring Miss Nguyen into the palace?" Gui mama asked.

The empress dowager thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "There's no rush, no matter if the contents of the letter are real or not, if we summon her into the palace now, it will definitely arouse Ah Xiu's suspicions. Let's see what she plans to do for now."

In her heart, she basically did not believe what was written in the letter. She was afraid that there was someone who was dissatisfied with Ruan Xiaonuan becoming an imperial concubine, and had intentionally sent her this letter. However, she didn't consider that this letter would affect Gu Qingcheng and the others' relationship, so the empress dowager would naturally not allow this to happen.

Chu Ying didn't know that her plan was in vain, she was still wholeheartedly waiting for the good news to come. However, after a day had passed, everything was as it should be. When it was almost noon, she suddenly saw that Ruan Xiaonuan seemed to be about to go out. Her heart moved, and asked a servant girl: "Where is she going?"

The maidservant looked at her strangely. They usually didn't like each other, so why did they start inquiring about the other one today? However, Chu Ying was still considered half a master, so she did not dare to be negligent and replied, "Miss Ruan wants to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and received the invitation yesterday."

Chu Ying was startled for a moment, and then muttered to herself. "So, it's not entering the palace." After saying that, he left a little disappointed.

Mo Yan, who was sitting on the horse carriage, saw her back and asked curiously, "Miss, what is she doing here?"

"Let her." Ruan Xiaonuan said casually. She had a very important matter today and was not in the mood to care about Chu Ying.

After walking for nearly an hour, they finally arrived at the official residence. After getting off the carriage, Madam Guan sent someone to guard the place and respectfully said, "Miss Ruan, please come in."

To be honest, palace mama's teachings were still useful these few days, it wouldn't embarrass her in front of these wives. Although it wasn't that dignified, it was still decent. It wasn't as boorish as what they said in private.

When she walked into the hall, all the ladies secretly giggled. However, the next moment, there was only surprise left in them.

Ruan Xiaonuan watched all of their changes with a cold smile plastered on his face, which disappeared in a blink of an eye. She smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been waiting for a long time."

Her attitude was impeccable. A hint of awkwardness flashed across their faces, as if they didn't know what to say. The atmosphere also turned cold. As the master of the Madam Guan, he relaxed the atmosphere and said, "It's not too late, Miss Ruan, please come over to my place."

How could Ruan Xiaonuan not know what she meant, but pretended not to know, and walked over to sit beside her. On the other side of Madam Guan sat a girl who was about the same age as her. She should be the Second Miss of the government. Although her expression was a little strange, Ruan Xiaonuan still revealed a smile.

"Miss Nguyen doesn't usually like to walk with us, so many of them are new faces. "However, there will be more of these banquets in the future. We will slowly get to know each other, so I won't introduce them anymore." Madam Guan used her status of an elder to speak.

"I heard that Miss Ruan is also the manager of the Wang Jiang Restaurant. She should be very busy normally." It was a young lady, but she had no impression of it. However, everyone could hear the thorns in her words.

Madam Guan glanced at her, as if she wanted to say something. Ruan Xiaonuan stared at the lady and suddenly laughed, then slowly said, "You seem to have a problem with me being the manager of the Wang Jiang Restaurant, right?"

Her words directly choked the young madam from a moment ago, and she did not know whether to nod or to shake her head. However, Ruan Xiaonuan did not have any intention to ask her, and continued to speak, "May I ask, Madam, where do you usually use your energy to get this from?"

"Of course it's the salary of the estate." the lady said matter-of-factly. Her words were acknowledged by many of the madams, because everyone's salary was like that.

Ruan Xiaonuan did not get angry, but instead smiled and continued to ask, "Those silver coins belong to your husband, if he abandons you guys one day, will you guys have no place to stay anymore? When you return to your home, do you think that they will be able to accept another abandoned wife?" Her words caused all the ladies to look embarrassed.