The Salty Little Cannon Fodder Was Targeted By the Prince

Chapter 264 Mu Si’an doubts life

The IOU said five thousand taels of silver, and how many meals he could have, it was said that it would depend on Du Wan's own conscience, "Princess, please remember to send me some jars of good wine."

"Good wine? Do you think I'm stupid? Good wine is so expensive. In the past, when I went to Wangyue Tower to drink a small pot of fruit wine, it cost one hundred taels of silver. If you have wine, just drink it. Don't be picky. Five thousand taels is enough. Eat five meals, four dishes, one soup, plus a jar of wine, just for this small jar."

Du Wan feels that this business can be done and profitable, but when doing business on the emperor’s territory, do you need to report it? It's better not to report her yet. I'm afraid the emperor will know her every move.

 This old man is a heavy drinker.

 Just now I smelled that they were drinking, so I dared to call her out.

He just brought a jar of wine with half a jar left. After getting the IOU, Du Wan went to Du Qian's cell again, poured the remaining food into a vegetable bowl, and then picked up another half. Jar of wine, came to the old man's cell.

 “Do you dislike eating the leftovers?” Du Wan asked, raising an eyebrow.

 The old man was very excited, his eyes were shining as he looked at the wine jar, "I don't mind it!"

Du Wan handed him the wine and food.

 The old man didn’t even use chopsticks to eat, he just started eating.

 In the cell opposite, there was also a corrupt official imprisoned there. He saw clearly the transaction between the old man and the princess just now. He wanted to buy food from Du Wan like the old man. The problem was that he was suspicious.

 When Du Wan was far away, the man moved to the cell door and said, "Old man Zhou, aren't you afraid it's a trap?"

"A trap?" Old Man Zhou laughed at himself, "What can be a trap? A trap for my life, or for my money? If you don't spend the outside money, it will be given to outsiders at a cheap price. You might as well just use it to trade with the princess, and how many more can you get in exchange for it?" Drink wine."

　　　…” That person felt really stupid.

 You are about to die, what are you worried about?

So the man held on to the iron door of the cell and shouted loudly, "Princess! Princess, Princess! I also want to buy wine, buy meat! Buy food!"

 “Hey, business is coming.”

Du Wan was happy when she heard this.

 She returned again, and the man wrote a letter and an IOU for ten thousand yuan.

 Then there was no one around, everyone was waiting and watching.

Du Wan asked the jailer to put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone back into Du Qian's cell. She ran outside the cell door, summoned Zhuang Cong, and asked him to take someone to the designated address to collect the bill overnight.

Zhuang Cong was already accustomed to Du Wan's various operations and immediately went to follow them.

 An hour later, Zhuang Cong came back with an extra fifteen thousand silver notes.

Du Wan was so happy when she got the banknote.

Took out a hundred taels and gave it to Zhuang Cong, asking him to treat everyone to a meal, and reward him with the rest.

Zhuang Cong collected the banknote calmly and said, "Thank you, Princess."

“You’re welcome, there are a lot of errands to do next.” Du Wan felt that there was still a lot of room for development in the business here.

Zhuang Cong asked: "It's getting late, the princess won't return home?"

 “I won’t go back, I’ll just spend the night here.”

 “This place is not suitable.”

"If there is anything unsuitable, my eldest brother can live here, so why can't I? But you guys don't have to stay here anymore, you can all go back home."

 Du Wan insisted on staying, so Zhuang Cong couldn't say much.

The one hundred guards who were guarding the outside did not go back. The master is here and they go back to their home to rest. If word spreads, do they still need to hang around? This will definitely not work.

 Du Wan did not go back to the cell.

 In fact, he started walking around the huge palace.

With the token hanging on her waist, Du Wan was walking openly and no one dared to pull her away. After listening for a while in Concubine Xie's Baicui Palace, the Imperial Guards had withdrawn and the Baicui Palace was quiet.

Du Wan's attention slipped to the queen again.

 Hey, the queen is actually crying, and the emperor is comforting her. This crying scene is a little different from that of Concubine Xie. The queen learned that her daughter had a clue. Thinking of how much her daughter had suffered outside, she said with distressed words while shedding tears, "Your Majesty, my daughter's Can the whereabouts really be found?”

 “After trial, the man has not yet opened his mouth.”

 The emperor still had feelings for the queen.

 He asked people to interrogate Divine Doctor Liu, but they were not able to open his mouth.

 The emperor left this matter to Pei Hao.

The Imperial City Secretary was outside the palace gate, so Du Wan went out of the palace again with the order and went to the Imperial City Secretary's Yamen.

At this time, officers and soldiers were still guarding the Yamen, lighting torches.

Du Wanhui came over. She heard what was going on here. Pei Hao and others were still working overtime at the Yamen.

 So, Pei Hao was interrogating Divine Doctor Liu. Unexpectedly, when he heard his subordinate reported that the princess was coming, Pei Hao ran out and met the little girl with a little eagerness.

　Stepping forward, he naturally grabbed the little girl's arm and looked at her carefully.

"Princess, why are you here so late? Are you still wearing only these clothes?" Pei Hao immediately took off his cloak and put it on her personally.

Du Wan said: "I'm not cold, so you don't have to give it to me."

"What did you say? It's much colder at night than during the day. Why haven't you returned home at this time?"

"My eldest brother is still in prison. He will go back with him tomorrow." Du Wan was not worried about Du Qian alone, for fear that someone behind the scenes would take the opportunity to play dirty tricks.

Pei Hao took her in, asked her to sit next to the brazier, and poured her a cup of warm tea to warm her up. Mu Si'an looked at the prince's busy schedule and felt a little doubtful about life.

 It must be an illusion, an illusion!

Pei Haoli ignored Mu Si'an's small eyes and focused on the little girl, "Miracle Doctor Liu hasn't confessed yet, can Brother Du come out tomorrow?"

“Has the maid from Bai Cui Palace asked?”

"died."

 “Why did you die?”

"The guards thought she was suspicious and tortured her. She couldn't bear it and committed suicide."

 “...Do you believe it?”

Du Wan fell silent again when she thought of the cruel methods of torture by the guards.

The emperor asked, and the palace maid stepped forward and admitted. However, the emperor didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked the imperial guards to interrogate him. The guard asked a few questions and felt suspicious, so he used torture. However, the few words the palace maid said back and forth were not true.

 As a result, the palace maid committed suicide.

Pei Hao's slender jade-like fingers gently swiped the black hair behind her, "I suspect that the dead palace maid was just a scapegoat."

 “I doubt it too.” Du Wan agreed.

 “Can you find the person?”

"I just heard the sound, but didn't see anyone." Du Wan recalled what the maid said to Concubine Xie at that time, "The maid was Concubine Xie's confidant, and she followed Concubine Xie into the palace from the Xie family."

 There are really not many in this scope.

Pei Hao saw her finish a bowl of tea and refilled it for him.

Pei Hao then glanced at the people in the room, Mu Si'an, Hu San and others, "Why are you still hanging around here? Are you free? Let's go and see how the interrogation is going."

 “Yes, my lord.”

 Hu San goes out honestly.

Musian was the only one who was dragging his feet, his pace was so slow that he would crush ants to death.

 (End of this chapter)