The sick king's bride to bring him good fortune

As the guard thought to himself, he felt a chill inexplicably rise from his feet to the top of his head, causing him to shiver uncontrollably.

Under Wei Jingnan's murderous gaze, the guard could no longer bear it and had no choice but to grit his teeth and go forward. He slightly raised his head, looked at Wei Jingnan, and slowly reported, "Report, the Crown Prince has entered the modern restaurant owned by the Princess Consort."

"Crown Prince" Wei Jingnan felt a sudden tightness in his heart, and his hand holding the precious purple ink wolf-hair brush unconsciously clenched. Wei Jingnan had a very deep impression of the Crown Prince and understood him thoroughly. After all, they had been rivals for so many years, and Wei Jingnan had also been lying low for so long. He knew the Crown Prince's information by heart.

However, the fact that Wei Jingnan's enemy, the Crown Prince, had entered the modern restaurant owned by Wei Jingnan's princess consort aroused suspicion in the usually cautious Wei Jingnan, and his concern for Ruan Mozhu deepened. Wei Jingnan clenched his fists slightly, looked at the guard kneeling before him, and asked in a deep voice, "What is the Crown Prince doing here?"

The secret guard secretly witnessed Wei Jingnan's series of actions, and increasingly felt and sensed Ruan Mozhu's position in Wei Jingnan's heart. At the same time, the guard couldn't help but sigh, the prince had been lying low and patient for so many years, finally ready to soar to great heights, only to encounter a princess who could control him, and control him very strictly. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to call it restriction.

The guard looked into Wei Jingnan's eyes, which were as deep as ink, and sighed inwardly. However, for the sake of his own life, he had no choice but to continue. The guard lowered his head slightly again and reported, "During the Crown Prince's meal, someone deliberately caused trouble. Then, just as the Princess was at a loss, the Crown Prince spoke up to help resolve the situation. Later, the Crown Prince proposed to severely punish the troublemakers, but the Princess stopped him. After the Princess tied up the two people, they escaped."

The more Wei Jingnan listened, the more uneasy he felt. The relationship between the Crown Prince and him was already extremely hostile. Even if the Crown Prince's intelligence agency was incompetent, it was impossible that he didn't know that the unreserved woman who was always showing her face in public and running around for money was his princess.

"Snapped"

The purple ink wolf-hair brush in Wei Jingnan's hand had been broken unintentionally in the instant he was lost in thought. The more Wei Jingnan thought, the more absorbed he became, his eyes glazed over, and as he looked at the guard in front of him, a thousand thoughts raced through his mind.

It's one thing for the Crown Prince to go to Ruan Mozhu's so-called modern restaurant, but why did he speak up to help Ruan Mozhu when she was at a loss? Wei Jingnan didn't quite understand. However, when he thought of the guards' description of Ruan Mozhu's helpless appearance, Wei Jingnan couldn't help but laugh. He also felt a bit of anticipation. He wanted to see what that arrogant woman in front of him would look like when she was at a loss.

The guard felt a chill run down his spine under Wei Jingnan's gaze. He slightly raised his head and looked into Wei Jingnan's eyes, which held a slight smile. His mind raced with a thousand thoughts. The guard was now beginning to suspect that his master had suffered too much trauma and had suddenly gone mad.

Slightly raising his eyes, Wei Jingnan's gaze had returned to its previous seriousness and indifference. Looking at the guard, he asked in a deep voice, "Where are those two people?" Wei Jingnan spoke lightly, without any intonation, but the guard was already praying for those two people in his heart. At this moment, Wei Jingnan was at his most terrifying. He could clearly hear the intense killing intent beneath Wei Jingnan's flat voice.

The guard hurriedly replied, "Report: The two men were discovered by our men while they were trying to escape. During their escape, the guards stationed around them caught them off guard and captured them. They are now being held in the dungeon of the Prince's mansion."

"Yes, it's locked up," Wei Jingnan asked softly.

"Yes, he has been ordered to be locked up, and the operation is already underway. I expect we will get the answer Your Highness wants soon."

The guard spoke respectfully, seemingly sensing the cold aura emanating from Wei Jingnan, and couldn't help but lower his head even further.

"Alright, you can go now. Remember to treat those two well. If they don't tell you everything, you'd better watch out."

After uttering his last words, Wei Jingnan stepped out of the study, only to be met by the butler who was coming towards him.

Seeing the steward's conflicted expression, Wei Jingnan's brow twitched slightly. He vaguely sensed that the steward had come to see him again because of his beloved concubine.

Sure enough, as he was thinking, he heard the steward standing in front of Wei Jingnan. He glanced at the prince quietly, then bowed his head respectfully and said, "Your Highness, just now Miss Su'er brought back a message saying that the princess will probably stay at the restaurant for the next few days and will not be returning. She told Your Highness not to wait for her."

As the steward spoke, he sensed a chill emanating from the prince before him. To avoid his old bones being ruined by the prince's cold aura, he decided it was best to leave first.

"Your Highness, I have some matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now." With that, the steward turned and slipped away.

The guards who were previously in the study, upon hearing what the steward said, immediately hid in the shadows to avoid becoming their master's punching bag and made their way back to the dungeon.

Seeing the two people being interrogated, I couldn't help but silently mourn for them. The prince is currently angry with the princess, and it seems he won't do anything to her, but that doesn't mean he won't do anything to you. I hope you can hold on for a while.

The guard thought to himself, then silently walked to the side and looked at the two of them with pity.

They looked at the two people with great confusion.

However, the guard's plan was correct. After lingering at the study door for a while, Wei Jingnan realized he couldn't suppress his anger, so he immediately ran to the dungeon and tortured the two men until even his own mother might not recognize them. He then immediately told them everything.

Wei Jingnan's side is progressing very smoothly, and Ruan Mozhu's side is making similar progress.

Upon witnessing Ruan Mozhu's treatment of the Xiangmanlou manager, everyone sat up straight and behaved themselves.

Regardless of what they were thinking, at least for now they had to listen quietly to what Ruan Mozhu had to say.

"Cough cough."

Looking at the quiet crowd, Ruan Mozhu smiled with satisfaction: "Very good, you did the right thing. The reason I called you here today is that I have something to discuss with you. I know that my restaurant has been deserted these past few days because of its booming business. Today I'm here to talk to you about this issue."

Ruan Mozhu said, and then casually found a stool to sit down.

The other restaurant owners were all shocked upon hearing this, wondering if she could possibly share the secret recipes for those strange yet delicious foods with us. Many people looked astonished upon hearing this, even though they knew it was impossible, they still held onto a glimmer of hope.

If Ruan Mozhu knew what they were thinking, would she scoff at them and kick them out right now?

"Excuse me, ma'am, what do you mean by this?"

Clinging to their fantasies, someone asked a question, perhaps a little excited and nervous, with sweat beading on their forehead.

He stared intently at Ruan Mozhu. Everyone was looking at Ruan Mozhu, hoping she could give them a satisfactory answer. But how could Ruan Mozhu be so foolish as to hand over the secret recipe to them?

Looking at their application, Ruan Mozhu had already guessed most of their thoughts. She immediately sneered, "You don't actually want me to give you the secret recipe, do you? Do you think I'm stupid, or are you stupid? If I give you the secret recipe, I'll starve!" Ruan Mozhu said disdainfully, utterly speechless at these ancient people.

"Ahem," after being scolded by Ruan Mozhu, these people immediately realized that this was impossible and that they had indeed been overthinking things. Therefore, they did not delve into Ruan Mozhu's words and simply coughed twice to change the subject.

"So, ma'am, what do you mean?"

Someone else asked.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Mozhu smiled knowingly and said casually, "Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to borrow your place for a bit."

However, the others who heard this were shocked. They had clearly misunderstood Ruan Mozhu's words and, without asking Ruan Mozhu to explain, immediately became angry.

"Boss lady, what do you mean? It's bad enough that you opened this modern restaurant and stole our business, but now you want to take over our restaurant too? Boss lady, please leave some room for maneuver so we can meet again in the future. If you really want to drive us to the brink, we also have ways to make sure your restaurant goes out of business."

The man's tone was somewhat aggressive, clearly indicating that he had someone backing him up; it was just unknown whether that person was as powerful as the King of Qi.

"Ha." Ruan Mozhu laughed at his words: "You think you can make me unable to continue driving?"

She raised an eyebrow at the man: "Since you're so confident, why don't you send someone back to ask your master if you can actually touch me?" To be fair, Ruan Mozhu was absolutely right; these people would never dare to touch her. Regardless of whether their backers were higher than Wei Jingnan—even if they were, they were only the Crown Prince—how much higher could they possibly be?

Anyone lower in rank than Wei Jingnan would absolutely not dare to touch Ruan Mozhu's modern restaurant, and anyone higher in rank than Wei Jingnan would absolutely not lay a hand on Ruan Mozhu, who is protected by Wei Jingnan. After all, she is the Princess Consort of Qi; who would dare to touch a royal wife?

I believe no one would dare to do that, nor would anyone want to get involved in such a scandal.

There were no unreasonable people present, so when Ruan Mozhu said those words, many of them began to ponder.

They could probably guess that there must be someone behind this modern restaurant whom they couldn't afford to offend. It was obviously not worth it to offend such a big shot for the sake of a restaurant.

This book is first published on KanShuWang Novel.