The regent is determined to get the daughter of a minor official.

Chu Musheng returned to the gate of Prince Sheng's Mansion and just got off the carriage when he saw two men standing at the bottom of the steps.

"How is this going?"

Chu Musheng looked at the guards guarding the gate of the palace.

Immediately, the guards at the gate came over and knelt down to salute.

"Your Highness, these are the relatives of the suspect, Xu Keke. They have come to plead with you, Your Highness."

"Permission granted?"

Only then did Chu Musheng know the woman's full name.

"Let them come over and talk."

Chu Musheng stood on the steps with his hands behind his back, looking handsome and elegant.

Today, all the memorials were about taking advantage of the woman's family. He wanted to hear if there was anyone who sincerely wanted to plead for the woman.

Xie Jiye and his son Xie Tianhua had been waiting here for half a day. They watched the prince in a dragon robe get off the luxurious carriage but did not dare to approach him on their own.

I am afraid of disturbing the prince.

The guards would let them pass, and they would lower their heads, walk in small steps to the Regent, and kneel down to salute.

"We, Xie Jiye and Xie Tianhua, pay our respects to His Majesty the Prince."

Chu Musheng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the two people in front of him.

The two men, one middle-aged and the other young, were both dressed in fancy clothes and it was obvious that they were wealthy.

"Stand up and speak. Why do you want to beg for mercy?"

Xie Jiye didn't dare to stand up, but just raised his head with a sincere look on his face.

"Your Highness, I am Xu Keke's uncle. I can attest that Keke is innocent by nature and suffers from a brain disease. I had no intention of offending Your Highness. This collision must have been a misunderstanding."

Suffering from a brain disease? I see her eyes are very bright and she can even sing in front of me.

Chu Musheng snorted coldly.

"Misunderstanding? She flirted with me in public, is this also a misunderstanding?"

Xie Tianhua, who was kneeling beside him, kowtowed and said.

"Your Highness, please calm down. Keke has loved beauty since she was little. She must have been attracted by your divine deity, your majestic beauty, and couldn't resist kissing you..."

As Xie Tianhua was talking, he felt like slapping himself in the face. What was he talking about?

I lowered my head and waited for a while, but didn't hear the prince speak. It seemed that these empty words of praise could not move the prince.

Xie Tianhua gritted his teeth, took out a gold note from his pocket and presented it with both hands.

"Your Highness, this is a small token of my gratitude. Please accept it.

Chu Musheng was just happy to hear that, but the commoner stopped talking and waited patiently for a while. As a result, the other party used money to bribe him this time?

He lowered his head and looked at the denomination of the gold note.

"Tsk tsk, ten thousand taels of gold, what a generous gift! It's a pity that I don't buy it."

Upon hearing this, Xie Jiye and his son kowtowed again.

"Your Majesty, please tell me how I can let Coco go."

"Alright, don't get involved in this matter. I will get back at her for what she did to me."

After saying that, Chu Musheng turned and walked into the palace, leaving Xie Jiye and Xie Tianhua, father and son, standing there looking at each other in bewilderment.

"My lord, what do you mean?"

Xie Tianhua helped his father stand up and asked in a low voice.

Xie Jiye brushed off the dust on his robe and pulled his son away.

"The king's mind is unpredictable! We can't stay here any longer, otherwise if we anger the prince, it will be even more detrimental to Coco."

"So where are we going now?"

"Go check on your aunt's house. Coco has been locked up in the Ministry of Justice's prison. There's bound to be some commotion there."

The father and son walked for a while and got on a carriage that had been waiting for a long time.

……

In prison.

Xu Keke and Dingdang had already finished the lunch that Manager Fu had the servant bring to them.

At this time, Xu Keke was holding a small bamboo stick in her mouth, watching Dingdang ordering food from the servant.

Dingdang frowned, counted on his fingers and said to the servant:

"For dinner, let's have a roast chicken, the kind with crispy skin, tender meat, and shiny oil.

Order another serving of braised pork, the color must be bright red and attractive, fat but not greasy.

I also want a sweet and sour carp. The fish must be fresh and the sweet and sour taste must be just right.

Oh, and let's have some stir-fried seasonal vegetables to help with the greasiness. They should be so tender you can squeeze out the juice. And for the main course, let's have some fragrant white rice."

The servant nodded as he listened, quickly wrote it down, and then asked.

"Second Miss, do you have any other instructions?"

Xu Keke took the bamboo stick out of her mouth and interrupted with a smile.

"Add a serving of steamed crab and a jug of freshly squeezed juice."

The servant agreed, turned around and was about to leave with the food box, but was stopped by Xu Keke.

"When you get out, go find Warden Wang and tell him that I want to see him."

The servant hesitated for a moment and said with his head down.

"I will go and tell the Second Miss what she said. I can't guarantee whether Warden Wang will come to see her."

"Well, go ahead! Just pass on the message."

Not long after the servant left, Prison Warden Wang came over alone, looking around.

He lay down beside the iron fence and asked in a low voice.

"Miss Xu, what do you want from me? If you want me to let you out, that's impossible."

Xu Keke wanted to laugh when he saw this. After all, he was a prison warden and this was his own territory, but he acted like a thief when he came to see a prisoner.

She took off the ruby and gold hairpin on her head and handed it over.

"Master Wang, please, I'll give you this golden hairpin. Please let us out! I really can't stand it here anymore."

Wang Yusi...

"Hey, little girl, why don't you understand what I'm saying? Didn't I tell you to leave without further ado? Forget a gold hairpin. Even if you give me your whole body, I still wouldn't dare."

Dingdang walked over, crossed her arms over her chest, and snorted coldly.

"What you think is beautiful!"

Prison officer Wang touched his nose awkwardly.

"Well, I really didn't think of anything. Don't misunderstand me, ladies. It's nothing else, so I'm leaving first."

"Wait a minute, Warden Wang, I have a very small request. Please don't refuse me anymore."

Warden Wang asked in a low voice with a bitter face.

"What's your request? Tell me."

Dingdang went to the bedside table to get the letter written in blood by the young lady and handed it over.

"This is a letter written in blood by my young lady, biting her finger. Please ask the prison warden to find a way to deliver it to His Royal Highness the Regent."

Wang Yusi...

He was asked to give this bloody thing to the Regent?

Or let them out?

In comparison, it seems safer to send a blood letter. At least it does not violate the prince's decision, and he does not have to deliver it personally.

It just so happened that Li Si came back to work. He really thought that the position of warden was given for free. He should have some responsibility.

Yes, just do it.

Warden Wang thought it over and took the white cloth. Fortunately, it didn’t look that scary. It seemed that the little girl was afraid of pain and didn’t want to bleed too much.

"You two girls, please stay put and wait for good news. This prison warden will find a way to send someone there. Don't call me over unless necessary."

After saying that, he took the blood letter and ran away without looking back.

After completing this great task, Xu Keke felt that there was really nothing else to do in this isolated prison except to leave everything to fate.

I lay down on the simple wooden bed and took a nap.

The wooden bed was too small, so Dingdang slept on the floor. Fortunately, Butler Liu had laid a thick carpet.

I entered the dreamland as soon as I fell asleep.

Then she dreamed that a flowerpot fell from the sky and hit her on the head.

After a while, she dreamed that Xu Yuanyuan pushed her from behind with a fierce look in his eyes.

Then she dreamed that Shen Qingfeng approached her without any explanation, leaving her with no way to escape.

Finally, I dreamed of the Regent, who was breathing coldly and pinching his chin.

"Tell me, why do you want to pull me down from my horse?"