Although Ah Man was only six years old, she already knew how to judge people. She dared to act recklessly in Puren Hall because she was familiar with Yang Jinyu and knew that Yang Jinyu was her father's friend. If Jian Ning had been very enthusiastic towards her from the beginning, she would have caused a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace.

Because Jian Ning showed no enthusiasm, the older girls were also hesitant to react to her because she had started to criticize others. So she knew that her fuss would probably be futile. She had been sent here for making a scene at Yang Jinyu's place, and if she made a scene here, she didn't know where she would be sent. She might even be sent back to the capital, further away from her father.

Ah Man saw things clearly. No one here cared about her, and making a fuss was useless. So she aimed at Tian and fired at her, using all kinds of sugar-coated bullets, and she was very talkative.

"Aunt, you are so beautiful, even more beautiful than the empresses in the palace. Ah Man has never seen anyone as beautiful and kind-hearted as you in my life. Ah Man hasn't seen my father for a long time. Good aunt, can you take me to the county town to find my father?"

"Oh, this girl even knows about the palace. She talks about it as if she's been there before."

"How do you know he hasn't been there? Maybe he can get in and out of the palace as easily as we can go to the toilet."

Several village women who received the scraps of cloth burst into laughter. To the country people living in remote areas, the imperial palace was as far away as heaven. If she mentioned the county government and the government office, she could scare people, but as for the imperial palace, everyone could only laugh.

Ah Man's maid Meixiang saw them laughing at her young lady, and her face flushed with anger. She stamped her feet and said, "What right do you have to laugh at my young lady? My young lady didn't lie. She has been to the palace several times!"

"Alright." Jian Ning said, "Your young lady isn't anxious, so why are you? If you protect her like this, she will become even more arrogant. You're flattering her, don't you understand? They don't know your young lady, and they don't mean any harm. They were just joking."

Meixiang curled her lips. She was just angry at those people for questioning her young lady. Her young lady had already been to the palace. The Crown Princess was her young lady's aunt. Shouldn't her young lady be able to go to the palace if she wanted to?

Jian Ning was a little surprised. She had always thought that Huo Jincheng was a wealthy businessman, but she didn't expect that he was a high-ranking official from the capital. He might even be a royal relative, otherwise it would not be so easy for Ah Man to enter and leave the palace, right?

Ah Man didn't care what these people said. She continued to pester Tian. Ever since Huo Jincheng left to search for a birthday gift for the Emperor for the Crown Prince, he hadn't returned to the capital for six months. Ah Man truly missed her father. "Auntie, aren't you worried at all that your little brother might run into some bad guys? My father ran into some bad guys last time and got hurt..."

Tian said, "That's because your father is rich, so bad guys are targeting him. We are a poor family, and a boy at that. What kind of bad guy would be so blind as to target him? They're almost crazy to capture him and then feed him."

"Do the bad guys only take girls?" Ah Man sighed like a grown-up. It seemed Mei Xiang hadn't lied to her. She had originally wanted to take Mei Xiang and the others with her. But Mei Xiang said they were both girls. If they asked for directions and were caught by bad guys and sold to a brothel, there would be no getting out. She would never see her father again.

What to do? Before coming here, she had hoped for Jian Ning. Jian Ning saved her father, and she thought she could beg Jian Ning to take her with her. But Jian Ning didn't seem to like her very much. After thinking about it, she could only put her hope on Tian.

"Auntie, do you know that there are many eunuchs in the palace? They don't have penises. Their penises have all been cut off by bad people. Aren't you afraid that your little brother will be caught by bad people, have his penis cut off, and then be sold to the palace to be a eunuch?"

Tian was frightened by her. Although she had three sons, she really didn't want any of her sons to be captured and become a eunuch!

"Being a eunuch is very pitiful. You get beaten every day and sometimes you don't even have food to eat." Seeing that she seemed to be moved, Ah Man hurriedly took the opportunity to speak.

Meixiang was a little impressed by her own young lady for being able to think of such a thing.

But she is a daughter of an official family after all. Is it really okay to call her little dick like this?

Meixiang's face turned slightly hot when she heard this.

"Sister..." Tian looked at Jian Ning. She was very nervous because of what Ah Man said. She was not worried at first, but it is better to be safe than sorry!

"Oh, I went to town to write oil this morning, and I think I heard that a lot of boys have been missing from the county town recently!" The village women who received the scraps of cloth were sitting on the porch of Jianning's house, making dolls and talking in vernacular. One of them suddenly remembered and said, "It was a yamen runner who said it, and another nearby scolded him at the time, forbidding him to spread rumors."

"Ah, is this true?" Tian was completely panicked. "Sister, Xiaomai's father said yesterday that he had to go to the county government office to do some work. Do you think there really are a lot of missing boys in the county town, and they're short of manpower, so they transferred him over to help?"

Jian Ning was also a little unsure. She had been here for more than a month and knew that there had been no war in Dayan Kingdom for nearly 30 years. Most of the people could live and work in peace and contentment now, so there must be fewer people selling their children. However, as long as there was demand in the palace, there would be a market. It was possible that some bad elements would target teenage boys.

"Okay, Sister Tian, ​​go get me a piece of clothing that Xiaomai has worn. I'll take Guoguo with me to look for him, and bring him back when we find him." Guoguo was the name Sanniu gave to the civet cat. Jane Ning waved her hand, and it immediately jumped into her arms.

"I'll get it." Ma Xiaodou ran away quickly.

"Aunt, take me with you, take me with you, I promise to be obedient, please, Aunt." Ah Man immediately hugged Jian Ning's thighs and begged.

Jian Ning: "I don't necessarily have to go to the county town. If I find him halfway, I'll come back."

Ah Man: "Then can you take me with you? I'm smart and I promise not to cause any trouble for Auntie."

This girl is really annoying. Jian Ning thought that if he couldn't find Ma Xiaomai along the way, he would have to go to the county town and leave her to her father there.

"Are you sure your father is in the county? Did your Uncle Yang tell you?"

"Yeah. I'm sure."

"Then how are you going to find him when you get there? The county town is so big."

"I know. When I was little, my father was afraid I'd be kidnapped by a beggar. He told me that if I was kidnapped, I shouldn't cry or make a fuss. No matter where I was taken, as long as I could escape, I could go to the Ding Pawnshop and tell him my father's name, and he would find me."

"Your father is quite good, and he's quite cautious. Fine, but I have a promise: if we find him along the way, we'll come back. Can you agree to that? If not, don't go."

"Yes, yes." Afraid that she would not take him with her, Ah Man nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Ma Xiaodou brought the shorts that Ma Xiaomai had taken off before going to school that morning. Jian Ning took them and told Da Niu to wait for Ding Youtian to return from Blind Liu and to remind him to wake Da Bao up on time the next morning. Although the four little ones were used to getting up early from practicing with her every morning, she was worried that they might not be home that night, and she was worried that they might oversleep and be late for school the next day.

"Aunt Jane, I want to go too."

"Go to hell, get out of here!"

As soon as Ma Xiaodou opened his mouth, he was grabbed by his mother and taken away.