The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Ning Yi's arrangement is already very good. I believe it will also allow Rou'er, a girl who was sold to a brothel like Wangyue Tower, to have a good home in the future.

But Rou'er couldn't get up and kowtowed: "Your Highness, please don't chase Rou'er away."

This made Ning Yi frown: "What do you mean?"

Could it be that after I saved her, this woman still depends on me and doesn't want to leave?

If that's the case, Ning Yi will be unhappy.

That's quite unsatisfactory.

Rou'er's face was filled with determination. "Rou'er was sold to Wangyue Tower. She thought her life was hopeless and there was no possibility of leaving."

"Your Highness saved Rou'er from the inferno. I cannot repay your life-saving grace."

"Rou'er only wants to be an ordinary servant for His Highness from now on. She has no other requests."

Ning Yi saw that she was certain, but he did not agree.

This is not the future, how could he believe a few random words from a little girl like her?

"You still have your father and brother waiting for you outside the city. What if you don't even care about them?"

He doesn't even want to reunite with his family and instead just wants to stay in their prince's mansion as a servant. What's going on?

Rou'er also raised her head and said, "Your Highness, Rou'er has never neglected my father and brother."

"Rou'er only wants to repay His Highness's kindness."

"Besides, Rou'er has already entered Wangyue Tower and her reputation is already in tatters. This will only bring shame to my father."

"Rou'er only hopes to be a servant in His Highness's mansion, chopping wood, cooking, and cleaning. That's enough."

"Simple leftovers are enough. Rou'er won't have any unreasonable thoughts. If Your Highness insists on driving Rou'er away, Rou'er will have no choice but to die."

Ning Yi frowned and looked at Qin Haifeng.

Qin Haifeng shook his head slightly and whispered beside him: "Your Highness, this girl has already entered a place like Wangyue Tower and has lost her reputation."

"If she goes back to the refugee camp outside, her father will most likely not want her anymore for the sake of his reputation. He might even...ruthlessly sell her off."

Ning Yi took a breath of cold air.

Unexpectedly, women in the feudal era were so unlucky.

Once you enter a brothel, you are deceived into it.

After returning home, my father would no longer want it, especially when my mother had passed away.

So needless to say, the fate that awaits this little girl Rou'er is that she will be sold again.

This was equivalent to rescuing her from Wangyue Tower and then pushing her into another fire pit.

Ning Yi looked at the little girl Rou'er kneeling on the ground with pitiful eyes.

After thinking about it, she said, "Forget it, let her stay in the mansion and be a maid first."

When Rou'er heard this, she kowtowed repeatedly in gratitude: "Rou'er thanks Your Highness for taking me in. Rou'er thanks Your Highness for taking me in."

Ning Yi had no choice but to believe her now. His gratitude now was even greater than when he took her away from Wangyue Tower just now.

It seems that this little girl really has nowhere to go.

After all, in such a chaotic world, where can she, a girl, go? She might be sold like a commodity at any time.

Ning Yi ignored her and asked Qin Haifeng to help her arrange a place to live.

Coming back so late, he didn't have time to go to the backyard to look for the princess.

I've been very busy lately and have no time to talk about love.

You have to know that Emperor Wu may die at any time, and he has a lot of things to deal with.

Fortunately, the Minister of Works finally gave in. I believe that in order to protect his son, he will quickly arrange for the craftsmen to go south.

The disaster in Jiangdong has come to an end. With Gao Qingshui in charge of Jiangdong and various support from the capital, if the disaster is not properly handled, he will have to go to Jiangdong in person.

......

The Fourth Prince was drinking and chatting happily with the Prime Minister.

A housekeeper came in from outside to report something.

The Fourth Prince suddenly burst into laughter: "Old Sixth, this fellow really can't sit still."

"He actually went to Wangyue Tower to cause trouble and kill people."

The Prime Minister was puzzled: "Your Highness, what happened to the Sixth Prince again?"

It seemed like it would be very abnormal if nothing happened to the Sixth Prince for a while.

The Fourth Prince put down his wine glass with a chuckle. "That bastard, the Sixth Prince, went to Wangyue Tower to have some fun and ended up getting into a fight with the son of Zhao Yinghong, the Minister of Works."

"During this time, he even killed a Zhao family servant and had a serious dispute with the Minister of Works, forcing Zhao Yinghong to send craftsmen to Jiangdong."

"There is also this matter." The Prime Minister also had a strange look in his eyes. This Sixth Prince was really idle and ran out to make trouble with Zhao Yinghong's son.

But he quickly realized: "Your Highness, the Sixth Prince is doing this because he is clearly targeting the craftsmen."

An old fox is an old fox. One can tell from the slightest bit of listening that the Sixth Prince is not going there to have fun, otherwise, why would he go to Wangyue Tower out of boredom? Isn't he afraid of his reputation being ruined?

The Fourth Prince didn't take it seriously and said excitedly, "Who cares what he's running for?"

"But the Sixth Brother caused trouble in the brothel, killed people, and even took away a prostitute from Wangyue Tower when he left. Such behavior is simply a disgrace to the royal family."

"This prince must go to my father and complain about him, and make sure that bastard Lao Liu has nothing to lose."

As he spoke, the Fourth Prince stood up impatiently and shouted for someone to prepare a car. How could he miss such a good opportunity?

I have long wanted to deal with Lao Liu, this arrogant and domineering guy. I have made him suffer several times, so naturally I will also make Lao Liu unlucky.

But the Prime Minister quickly stopped him at the door and shook his head slightly: "Your Highness cannot go."

"Why?" The Fourth Prince wondered, "Could it be that the Prime Minister thinks that after the Sixth Prince committed such a shameful act, he still has a chance to turn things around?"

"Even if he's eloquent, this prince will make him suffer a beating this time."

What the Sixth Brother did was a smear on the royal family. As Emperor Wu was so concerned about his reputation, how could he allow such things to continue to happen without severe punishment?

The Prime Minister smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, if you go, even the Sixth Prince will be severely punished by the Emperor, but you will have two more opponents."

"Huh? What opponent?" The Fourth Prince was a little confused.

The Prime Minister patiently explained: "The first one is naturally the Minister of Works Zhao Yinghong."

"Zhao Yinghong's son clashed with the Sixth Prince, forcing Zhao Yinghong to agree to send craftsmen to Jiangdong. It can only be said that Zhao Yinghong was caught with a fatal handle."

"I don't want the emperor to know, so I bow my head like this."

The Prime Minister paused and said, "If Your Highness tells the Emperor this now, and the Sixth Prince pulls Zhao Yinghong out, do you think Zhao Yinghong will be grateful to Your Highness?"

The Fourth Prince thought about it and found that it was indeed the case.

Although Zhao Yinghong was only the Minister of Works, which was not very important among the six ministries, he was still a minister and his faction had quite a few people in the court.

The Prime Minister said again: "The next one is the owner of Wangyue Tower."

"Wangyue Tower is ostensibly the capital's top restaurant, but who doesn't know that it's owned by someone in the palace?"