Xia Daohua glanced at Wang Silang with a smile, then strode into Songtao Garden, feeling as familiar as if she had returned home.

Wang Silang was a little angry and a little scared. When Xia Daohua looked at him, he couldn't help but take two steps back. Seeing Xia Daohua walking forward, he didn't dare to follow her. Instead, he pretended to be calm and returned to the surrounding of his subordinates.

Xia Jinhua stamped her feet twice, secretly criticizing Xia Daohua for being even more shameless than the city gate towers of Kyoto. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder if this Xia Daohua in front of her was actually her cousin...

Seeing Xia Daohua walking further and further away, she didn't have time to think and hurriedly followed.

In fact, the Xia family was not treated too harshly.

Although they were dragged from their beds in the middle of the night, half coerced and half intimidated... and since being escorted here, they've been unable to leave. But the environment here isn't bad, the food and drink are decent, and there's bedding for sleeping. The only inconvenience is not being able to leave freely.

The Xia family stayed very quietly, even the children were well behaved and made no noise.

Mrs. Zhou, the old lady of the Xia family, was sitting cross-legged on the kang, nodding her head. She seemed very sleepy, but she didn't want to sleep. At the sound of footsteps, everyone looked over and saw Xia Daohua and Xia Jinhua following closely behind her.

"Daohua, why are you here too?!"

Zhou didn't seem to be sleepy anymore. There were tears in the corners of her eyes. She stood up hurriedly. Because she stood up too quickly, or perhaps because she had been sitting cross-legged for too long, her feet were numb and she staggered when she stood up.

Xia Daohua hurried forward to support her:

"Grandma, don't be afraid, I'm fine. Prince Wang said he wants to take Sister Jinhua as his concubine, and he invited you here to discuss the marriage. How are your discussions going?"

The Xia family members looked at each other in bewilderment. Zhou asked, "Jinhua, didn't you say last time that Prince Wang had good intentions and wanted to discuss business with Daohua's master? How did it become like he wanted to take you as a concubine?"

Although the Xia family is just ordinary people, they have their own insistence. They have never allowed their daughters to become concubines.

Xia Jinhua naturally knew this family rule.

Her face turned red, then white, then white, then red again, and finally she said angrily:

"Do you know what happened on the day the city fell? If it weren't for Prince Wang, I'd probably be a skeleton now! Since Prince Wang saved my life, let alone making me his concubine, even if he wanted me to be his mistress, I should have readily agreed to repay his kindness!"

Her words blurred everything that had happened, and she also omitted the fact that she had over a thousand bandits under her command. The Xia family, not knowing the true situation, immediately felt a sense of pity and guilt towards her.

"Jinhua, it's because of my brother's incompetence that you've suffered."

"Jinhua, that wealthy family isn't easy to deal with. Can't we talk to Prince Wang and find a different way to repay him?"

"Yes, Jinhua, we are a humble family. How can we possibly support you? If you were wronged in that large mansion, even if your brother passed the imperial examination and became an official, he wouldn't be able to help you. It would be better for you to find a family of equal status and live a stable life."

The Xia family members were all talking about Xia Jinhua, but Xia Daohua just looked at her with a half-smile and did not expose her lies. Xia Jinhua became more and more annoyed:

"After the city fell, I was in enemy hands for several days. In the end, Prince Wang bought me out! He said he wanted to discuss a marriage with you and make me his concubine. This is because Prince Wang is such a kind person! Otherwise, he would have made me a slave, and I wouldn't have refused!"

Everyone in the Xia family fell silent.

Xia Daohua narrowed her eyes. It seemed that Jinhua was determined to follow Wang Silang and was even willing to put herself in the position of a slave!