The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

"I was about to fall asleep when the waiter said someone was looking for trouble with me and asked me to leave through the back door. Before I could figure out what was going on, he took me to the back door. Although it's not even an hour yet, you should still give me this ingot of silver..."

Sima Yao handed him an ingot of silver.

"Did anything else unusual happen while you were resting in the room?"

"After I moved in, I heard the waiter tell others that this was Brother Batu's guest and asked them to entertain him well. Nothing else happened."

It's getting late.

Sima Yao bought a set of Qiang costumes for himself and Gu Nianzhi at the market. After changing into them, they went directly to Wankelai.

The two of them directly reported Batu's name.

"Brother Batu really knows everyone in the world." The shopkeeper handed two keys to the waiter and asked him to take the two to the guest room.

"Boss, our horse is still outside. Can you take it to the stable in the backyard and help feed it for us?" Sima Yao said.

"Don't worry, sir. We have someone to feed the horses."

"Look, that's the one." Sima Yao pointed at the Arabian horse at the door.

When the shopkeeper saw that the two men's mounts were actually Arabian horses, he immediately walked out from the counter.

"Isn't this Brother Batu's mount? How could he be willing to give it to you?"

"Brother Batu and we have a life-and-death friendship, so naturally he is willing to give up."

The shopkeeper called the waiter over, instructed him in detail on the details of feeding the horses, then returned to the counter and changed the room to a No. 1 room for the two of them.

Gu Nianzhi's room is right next to Sima Yao's.

When I opened the door, I found that the room was indeed luxurious.

But the room was so overly large that Gu Nianzhi was somewhat frightened.

She washed herself briefly and cleared the yellow sand from her nose and ears, and she felt much refreshed immediately.

At this time, Sima Yao's voice sounded at the door.

"Are you ready? Come with me to find my brother."

Gu Nianzhi opened the door and saw Sima Yao standing at the door with his hands behind his back. Although he was dressed like an ordinary Qiang person, it was difficult to conceal his noble temperament.

"The capital is so big, where can we find it?"

"I have found out that the prince and the princess are not married yet, so they cannot stay overnight in the palace. He and General Shu should be staying at the post house. We should be able to get news about them soon if we go to Post House Street."

The streets are very quiet at night.

The people of Qiangyi are accustomed to going to bed early. On the whole street, except for the lights in the inns and taverns, only the brothels and gambling houses still have customers coming in and out.

The two passed by a street full of gambling houses.

Several burly thugs pushed the two men out, "You've lost all your money, get out of here."

"How could I always lose? You must be cheating!" One of the men shouted in disbelief.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. If you say another word, I'll skin you alive!" The leading thug stared at the man viciously, scaring him so much that he took several steps back.

After the thugs returned to the casino, the man kicked hard at the air.

"This is simply lawless. They even dare to cheat me out of my money..."

"Sir, why don't we go back? We are penniless now and don't even have a place to live..."

"Go back? I won't go back even if you kill me, unless... unless he promises me that he will never send me to Dasheng again..."

Gu Nianzhi didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he heard "Da Sheng", he couldn't help but slow down his pace.

She looked at the two men calmly, and quickly discovered the problem the moment they passed each other.

Although they were dressed in men's clothing, their body shapes were similar to his, and their facial features were more like those of women.

More importantly, although both "men" wore earrings on their right ears, they had pierced ears on their left ears.

Gu Nianzhi remembered that the book wrote about the customs of Qiangyi. Women had their left ears pierced and men had their right ears pierced. Regardless of gender, they could only wear earrings in one ear.

"But, but Sir, where are we going to stay tonight..."

Listening carefully to their voices, they were clearly female voices in low voices.

The men in Qiangyi are strong and sturdy, and there are very few short and thin ones. The two people in front of him are obviously women disguised as men, just like himself.

Thinking about the two of them saying they had nowhere to go tonight, and being a woman herself, Gu Nianzhi naturally wanted to help.

"I still have a jade pendant on me, so I'll find a pawn shop to deal with the emergency first."

"Even the pawnshop next to the casino has closed down. Where else in this city can I buy jade pendants..."

Gu Nianzhi and Sima Yao had already walked past the two of them. Gu Nianzhi pulled Sima Yao's clothes and whispered, "Wait for me."

She took out a silver ingot from her waist and walked up to the two men.

"My two lords, I was just passing by and overheard your conversation. Take this ingot of silver and find a reliable inn to stay in."

The two looked at each other warily, and were hesitant to reach out for the silver.

"Why are you helping us?"

"I have no ill intentions. I just see that you two are well-mannered and poorly dressed. If we don't find an inn to stay in, I'm afraid it will be difficult tonight."

Gu Nianzhi stretched out the silver again.

"Then how can I pay you back?"

"If we are destined to meet again, I can always return it. If we are not destined to meet again, it doesn't matter if I don't return it."

"That won't do. I don't have the habit of owing money to anyone." As she said that, she grabbed the silver from Gu Nianzhi's hand and stuffed the jade pendant into Gu Nianzhi's palm.

"This jade pendant is so valuable, and I only gave you a small ingot of silver. You don't need to be so polite, sir."

"You are a good person who helps the needy. You deserve this jade pendant." She imitated Gu Nianzhi's words: "As for this jade pendant, if we are destined to meet, I can return it at any time. If we are not destined to meet, it doesn't matter if I don't return it. Anyway, I have plenty of it."

"Then I appreciate your kindness, sir." Gu Nianzhi bowed his hands to express his gratitude, put the jade pendant into his waist, and turned around to leave when the man grabbed his sleeve and asked, "What is your name, sir?"

"Gu Nianzhi."

"Gu Nianzhi? She looks so delicate and tender, she is definitely not from Qiangyi."

"I am from Dasheng, and I have come to Qiangyi to visit my relatives. My brother and I have important matters to attend to, so I will take my leave first."

After Gu Nianzhi left, the man raised his lips slightly and said to his followers: "It seems that these Dasheng people are not as annoying as they say."

"The Dasheng people are the most cunning. This man seems to have helped us, but your jade pendant can at least be exchanged for an ingot of gold. We can directly use the jade pendant as collateral, and we will definitely be able to find an inn tonight. With these few sweet words, he only used an ingot of silver to take away our jade pendant. He got a great bargain."

"What do you know? I forced the jade pendant on him. This young man does good without expecting anything in return. He speaks in an interesting way and looks good. It would be great if all the people in Dasheng were like him..."