The sick king's bride to bring him good fortune

Su'er's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for the madam to hear.

Upon hearing this, the madam's smugness intensified, and she looked at Ruan Mozhu and Su'er with even more pride.

Her husband has many friends at the Drunken Red Mansion. Although the incident wasn't particularly big, he must have heard about her humiliation and is already on his way with soldiers to arrest Furong and her highly skilled maid named Su'er.

The madam didn't know what Ruan Mozhu's name was now, so she had to continue calling her by her old name, Furong.

"What should we do then?" Ruan Mozhu murmured for a while, looking at the madam in front of her, seemingly hesitant.

Su'er immediately realized what was happening, and looking at the butler who was searching through the items, she said in a deep voice, "Butler, have you found it yet?"

The steward, having overheard Su'er and Ruan Mozhu's conversation, felt extremely uneasy. If he didn't give the indenture to Ruan Mozhu, he feared Su'er might kill him in a fit of anger. But if he did give it to Ruan Mozhu, the madam's lover might arrive and arrest not only Su'er and Ruan Mozhu, but also him.

With a determined look, the butler pulled out a stack of indentures from a pile of stinking clothes, covered his nose, and shoved them directly into Su'er's hands.

Su'er only frowned slightly at the steward's attitude, looking at the contract of sale in her hand and her eyes filled with doubt as she looked at Ruan Rongzhu.

Ruan Mozhu reached out and took the stack of indentures from Su'er's hand. She glanced at them casually, then nodded to Su'er and said, "These are indeed indentures."

Looking at the butler, a hint of mockery flashed deep in Ruan Mozhu's eyes, but to the butler it was like the devil descending. The butler trembled, his words already stuttering, "You...you...are you going to kick me while I'm down?"

Ruan Rongzhu turned her head away and walked straight out the door, leaving only one sentence: "The river has been crossed, and as for the bridge, whether it is demolished or not is no longer my concern. Su'er, deal with the steward."

"Yes," Su'er replied softly, looking at the steward. Upon hearing this, the steward was struck dumb, feeling utterly powerless. He wanted to run away, but found himself completely unable to move.

A rare smile curved Su'er's lips as she strode up behind the butler and delivered a swift chop to the back of his neck. The butler felt a sudden darkness engulf him and fainted.

After resolving the issue, Su'er immediately rushed out the door. The prince had ordered her to stay by his side at all times, but even though it was the princess's arrangement, she couldn't leave for too long.

The madam looked at the butler who had collapsed not far from her, her anger barely contained, tinged with a sense of disappointment and frustration. She muttered under her breath, "Useless trash."

After Ruan Mozhu went outside, she saw a steady stream of women still rushing towards her. Feeling a pang of pity, she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Girls, you are liberated!"

As she spoke, under the astonished gazes of the many playboys, Ruan Mozhu waved the indenture in her hand and shouted, "Your indentures are now in my hands! Anyone who wants their freedom, come to me immediately to retrieve your indentures, and then go to the maid behind me to collect ten taels of silver!"

The maid behind Ruan Mozhu was naturally Su'er. Su'er had just finished dealing with the steward and came out of the madam's room.

As soon as she stepped out, Su'er was suddenly stuffed full of silver notes by Ruan Mozhu. Hearing Ruan Mozhu's shout, Su'er understood what was going on.

One by one, women surged towards Ruan Mozhu, all wanting to reclaim their contracts of indenture. Ruan Mozhu was instantly engulfed in the sea of ​​people and could only shout again, "Don't rush, take your time!"

However, it didn't have much effect.

Finally, Ruan Mozhu had no choice but to hand over all the silver notes and indentures directly to the most intimidating courtesan at Yihonglou, so that she could distribute them. Then she led Su'er back to the madam's room.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the Princess Consort has ordered the madam and steward to play a game where whoever first reveals the location of the indentures will have to sleep with her and live. After the steward finds all the indentures, the Princess Consort returns them all to the women of the brothel."

"Hmm," Wei Jingnan responded softly, then asked, "Did Ruan Mozhu do anything different?"

The guard hesitated for a moment before reporting, "Yes. The princess instructed Su'er to tell the madam that the princess and Su'er are not to be trifled with by the Prefect of the Capital. Judging from this..." The guard did not continue.

The "Jingzhao Yi" mentioned by the secret guard was the lover of the madam of the Drunken Red Pavilion. He held a minor official position in the government and was greedy and depraved.

"Pfft," even Wei Jingnan, with his usual affable nature, couldn't help but chuckle. He stopped writing, placing the precious wolf-hair brush aside, shook his head, and his smile was full of indulgence: "This girl, she knew I'd come to her rescue!"

"Fine, I'll intervene no matter what." Wei Jingnan picked up a brush and quickly wrote a line on the Xuan paper in front of him, then handed it to the guard: "Give this secret letter to Minister Hua of the Ministry of Personnel."

The guard stepped forward, took the secret letter, knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and replied, "Yes."

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?" Even Su'er was a little confused about what the princess in front of her was going to do, although she had never guessed what Ruan Mozhu wanted to do.

Ruan Mozhu looked at Su'er mysteriously, her eyes filled with a joy and curiosity that Su'er had never seen in Ruan Mozhu's eyes before: "Hey, are you stupid? They're severely weakened right now, how can we not take advantage of their misfortune?"

Su'er suddenly realized, but three black lines appeared above her head. She felt that in this whole world, the only person who would offend someone and not leave, but instead try to take advantage of their misfortune, was this princess in front of her.

"Waaah!" Seeing Ruan Mozhu re-enter the room, the madam, who had already lost her spirit, suddenly became as if she had taken drugs, and her eyes were full of pride and self-satisfaction when she looked at Ruan Mozhu.

"Is this woman crazy?" Ruan Mozhu glanced at the madam with some disdain and asked indifferently.

Ruan Mozhu turned her gaze to Su'er and said, "I just found something good in a stack of indentures. Would you like to take a look?"

Su'er was taken aback and asked, "What good stuff?"

"Ding ding ding ding," Ruan Mozhu took out a neatly folded piece of paper from her sleeve and slowly unfolded it in front of the madam.

Su'er's eyes lit up as she watched, while the madam's pride and smugness vanished in an instant, her face turning ashen.

What Ruan Mozhu was holding was the madam's total savings and her lifeblood.

Ruan Mozhu looked at the madam with pity, never realizing that the thin piece of paper in her hand was so important. Seeing the madam's expression, as if she had swallowed a fly, she felt a surge of satisfaction.

"Release her acupoints that silence her," Ruan Mozhu said calmly. Although Su'er was unhappy about the constant acupoint manipulation and release all day, she still complied.

"You, you, you, what are you going to do?" The madam's eyes were filled with terror and fear, and her previous smug demeanor was nowhere to be seen.

A mocking smile appeared on Ruan Mozhu's lips as she looked at the madam in front of her, then glanced at the silver notes in her hand, and slowly said, "One hundred thousand taels of silver, so much."

"What...what are you going to do?" The madam was already afraid of Ruan Mozhu, bordering on dread.

"What do I want to do?" Ruan Mozhu chuckled. "I see your Yihonglou has a good location and a lot of foot traffic. How about you exchange the land deed of Zuichunlou for these silver notes?"

"You're dreaming! The silver notes are gone, but as long as Zuichunlou is still around, we can always earn them back. What use are the silver notes if Zuichunlou is gone?"

"Oh," Ruan Mozhu frowned slightly, "I don't think that's far-fetched."

Suddenly, the madam felt the delicate face in front of her grow larger and larger with lightning speed, finally stopping about an inch in front of her.

"Die or exchange the land deed for silver notes, you choose." With each breath, the girl's fragrance wafted into Ruan Mozhu's nostrils, adding to her charm and mystery.

The madam trembled. She had just clearly heard the chilling murderous intent in Ruan Mozhu's voice, and the strong threat contained within that murderous intent.

The madam trembled uncontrollably. All she could hope for was that her lover would come soon, bring Su'er and Ruan Mozhu to justice, and rescue her from this predicament.

"bang"

Just then, the door to the madam's room was kicked open, and a middle-aged man with a ferocious face walked in.

The middle-aged man was slightly overweight, with a fat head and big ears; he looked like the kind of person who was drawing a salary without working.

After the middle-aged man entered, he looked around, his gaze lingering briefly on Ruan Mozhu and Su'er before finally settling on the madam who had been thrown into the corner.

When the madam saw the middle-aged man, tears welled up in her eyes. If she weren't unable to move or speak, she would have already rushed up and slapped him, then thrown herself into his arms and asked why he had only arrived now.

Indeed, the visitor was none other than the madam's lover, Jingzhao Yi.

When the Prefect of the Capital saw the madam being left in the corner, he felt extremely sorry for her. He quickly ordered his servants to release her pressure points and brought her tea and water. It took a long time for the madam to forgive the Prefect of the Capital.

The madam glared at Su'er and Ruan Mozhu, her hatred erupting in an instant. Pointing her finger at them, she snarled, "Kill them both!"

The madam emphasized the last two words with extra force, even making the Prefect of the Capital tremble inwardly, wondering why his woman was in such a bad mood today.

The Prefect of the Capital, naturally, dared not disobey his wife's orders. He immediately adopted the airs of an official, turned his gaze to Su'er and Ruan Mozhu, and asked sternly, "Is it you two who stole the indenture from Zuichunlou?"

Ruan Mozhu shook her head, her face showing no fear, only composure.

"How dare you scoundrels deceive your superiors and conceal the truth? If all the people in the world were like you, what would become of our dynasty?" the Prefect of the Capital said, his voice sharp but his tone weak.

Ruan Mozhu was speechless. He managed to drag the country into this one thing. Wasn't that just absurd?

Ruan Mozhu shrugged, looked at Jingzhaoyi, and said helplessly, "I didn't steal it, but I didn't say I didn't take it either. Not only did I take it, I also distributed it."

This book is sourced from Kanshuwang.