The concubine escaped and cried when she met the prince again

Miao Wei carefully took the things and replied to Shen Ruolan with a serious face: "Yes, Master, I have taken note of it."

Shen Ruolan responded with a "hmm", and then taught Miao Wei how to use explosives and how to store them. After everything was explained, Ji Han brought Fan Ying in and said, "Master, people are here."

Shen Ruolan heard someone coming, she looked up and looked outside. When she saw the man's face clearly, she was stunned for a moment, but soon she came to her senses and asked him with a serious face: "What are you doing here?"

This person was none other than the original body's half-brother, Lan Zhiying.

Shen Ruolan was a little confused as to how he ended up among the refugees. Although he was a bastard's son, his life in Prime Minister Lan's residence was much better than his original incarnations. At least he had learned everything that a young master from a normal family should learn.

Because the old man Lan Mao favored boys over girls, he didn't care about the life or death of his concubines, but as long as the concubines gave birth to boys, he would focus on cultivating them.

However, it was not known whether it was man-made or he was being punished for his selfishness, but in the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, except for the eldest son who grew up, the other illegitimate sons either fell ill or died. No more than three sons were able to see the public, and one of them was the fifteen-year-old Lan Zhiying.

When Lan Zhiying saw Shen Ruolan recognized him, he looked at her in a panic and asked, "Boss, do you know me?"

After saying that, he immediately asked, "Boss, who are you?"

Lan Zhiying grew up in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Apart from the Prime Minister's Mansion and the young masters of power and nobility in the capital, few people knew his identity. Now that someone suddenly knew him, he felt inexplicably nervous.

Shen Ruolan looked at him expressionlessly and said, "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that I don't accept members of the Lan family. Go away."

Seeing that Shen Ruolan could accurately say his last name, Lan Zhiying stared at her and looked at her carefully. However, after looking at her for a long time, he could not recognize who she was except that her eyes looked familiar. He looked at Shen Ruolan stubbornly and said, "Boss, I will not leave."

After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "I don't know what deep hatred you have with the Lan family, but I can swear to you that the evil deeds of the Lan family have nothing to do with me."

Shen Ruolan looked at him and said coldly: "It doesn't matter if you have anything to do with it or not, I just don't want to see the Lan family."

"But my surname is not Lan now. My surname is Fan, and my name is Fan Ying." Lan Zhiying still defended herself unwillingly.

He now has his mother's surname, not Lan.

Shen Ruolan looked at Lan Zhiying who was unwilling to leave. She slowly approached him and asked, "You really don't want to leave?"

Lan Zhiying shook his head at Shen Ruolan and said, "If you don't chase me away, I won't leave."

After escaping death in the capital, he had already had enough of the hardships he had experienced along the way. If possible, he would like to have a place to stay.

Shen Ruolan came in front of Lan Zhiying, stared at him for a long time, sneered at him and said, "You can follow me if you want, unless you can blind yourself."

Lan Zhiying was shocked by Shen Ruolan's ruthless words. He looked at Shen Ruolan in disbelief and said, "I'm blind, how can I help you?"

Ji Han and Miao Wei, who were standing by, were stunned when they saw that Fan Ying knew their master, especially Ji Han. When he heard that the little boy's surname was Lan, he looked at him with a complicated expression.

The surname is Lan. After listening to the conversation between the two, the boy in front of him is most likely related to the current Prime Minister Lan, oh no, it’s Censor Lan.

Ji Han figured out the boy's identity and instantly understood why his master didn't want him anymore. It would be dangerous for them if this man stayed here.

Shen Ruolan looked at Lan Zhiying and said, "Do you think I need someone to do the work?"

Lan Zhiying: “…”

Lan Zhiying was speechless for a moment when asked by Shen Ruolan. She had more than a thousand people under her, from old to young, so she really had no shortage of people to do the work.

Lan Zhiying lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before he looked up at Shen Ruolan and asked, "Boss, what do you want me to do in order to let me stay?"

Shen Ruolan said to Miao Wei and Ji Han: "You two go down first."

"Yes, master." After Ji Han and the other man finished speaking, they quickly retreated from Shen Ruolan's room.

Shen Ruolan closed the door, looked at Lan Zhiying and asked, "Tell me the truth, why did you leave the good job of Lan Qishao and run to this remote place?"

After Lan Zhiying heard Shen Ruolan's question, he looked at her fiercely and asked, "Do you really know me?"

Shen Ruolan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Nonsense, I don't know you, how would I know your last name is Lan?"

After she finished speaking, she scolded him, "Tell the truth. If you tell a lie, get out of here immediately."

Lan Zhiying had no choice but to tell Shen Ruolan the truth: "I was assassinated many times by Madam Lan. In order to stay alive, I escaped from the Lan Yushi Mansion."

It is true that he is the seventh young master of the Lan family, but he is only a young master when his father is around. Once his father leaves, he is not even as good as the servants in the mansion and has to endure all kinds of torture from the eldest lady every day.

The past two years have been even more terrifying. She directly sent people to silence him, and he had to run away in order to stay alive.

Shen Ruolan believed what Lan Zhiying said because Mrs. Lan did a very smooth job on this matter, but even so, she would not take him in.

Shen Ruolan paused, stared at him and continued to ask: "When did you escape?"

Lan Zhiying had no idea what Shen Ruolan was trying to do. He glanced at her and said to her sullenly, "I escaped before the New Year."

Shen Ruolan looked at him and asked, "What are your plans after you escape?"

"Plans?" Lan Zhiying looked at Shen Ruolan with confusion. He seemed to have no plans and was in a daze every day. His biggest wish was to have a full meal.

Shen Ruolan looked at the confused boy and did not embarrass him. She looked at him and said, "Lan Zhiying, please leave. I don't want to have anything to do with anyone with the surname Lan, unless..."

The first half of Shen Ruolan's sentence made Lan Zhiying's heart drop to the bottom. After hearing that there were other possibilities, he quickly interrupted her and asked, "Unless what?"

Shen Ruolan looked at him and said word by word: "Unless you can sell yourself as a slave and swear to be loyal to me for the rest of your life, otherwise, there is no need to discuss anything."

Shen Ruolan's words shocked Lan Zhiying's whole body. Although the days since he escaped were extremely hard, he had never thought of selling himself into a slave.

Because his status as a bastard told him that being a slave was no different from being a bastard, or even worse than being a bastard. Seeing that Shen Ruolan had no room for negotiation, he was silent for a long time before he looked up at Shen Ruolan and asked, "Master, can I ask you a few questions?"

Shen Ruolan looked at him and said, "You can ask, but I have the right to choose not to answer."