Chapter 279 "Princess... Madam Princess, please let us go?"
The eldest aunt immediately became alert and, looking at the figures of the two people, quickly determined that they were Princess Jiacheng and her maid.
Aunt and Ruan Mian looked at each other, and they tacitly waited until the carriage had gone far away before summoning Little Tiger from the space.
Its claws moved silently, and its body nimbly jumped onto the eaves without anyone noticing.
They followed the carriage at a certain distance and arrived at a courtyard in the city.
Xiao Huhu took them to the roof of the yard. After they saw people enter the house, the aunt gently lifted the tiles on the roof.
Through a gap, the two men saw a woman tied up on the ground in the room brightly lit by candlelight.
They were well dressed, but they were tied up so tightly that they had no chance of breaking free.
After entering the room, Princess Jiacheng took off her cloak and glanced at the women inside. The women were so frightened that they dared not say a word. Only a few brave ones dared to beg for mercy in a low voice.
"Princess... Madam Princess, please let us go?"
Princess Jiacheng gently held the teacup and sat leisurely at the table, ignoring their pleas for mercy.
After a long while, he looked at the servant beside him and asked expressionlessly, "Who did you say was unwilling to submit?"
The servant immediately pulled out a thin woman from among the women and said, "Madam, this is the one."
"I saw her beauty and the slender waist that Lord Wen liked, so I wanted her to please Lord Wen and his friends. But this whore refused to do anything and even bit off my little hand!"
After saying this, he lifted up his sleeves and complained about his wounds, with a malicious look in his eyes that seemed to want to eat the woman alive.
The woman glared at them angrily and said bluntly, "Princess Jiacheng, you are forcing women of good character into prostitution! How can this be justified?!"
"I have never done anything wrong, and I will never obey you and go with some men..."
Before she could finish her words, Princess Jiacheng threw the teacup in her hand hard at her face!
The scalding hot tea instantly turned half of the woman's face red.
Everyone around couldn't help but gasp.
Her eyes grew darker. "What are you calling noble? You've become a lost cause. Do you really think your Yuan family is still the same honored family that wasn't confiscated?"
The princess stood up and slapped the woman several times without hesitation!
The loud sound of a slap echoed in the room. Seeing that the woman was still staring at her fiercely, Princess Jiacheng glanced at her maid and servant.
Immediately, the servant and the maid pushed the woman to the ground and blocked her mouth with a handkerchief. Another servant grabbed the woman's hand and pulled out her nails in front of everyone!
The bloody scene frightened everyone present into silence. No one dared to breathe. The piercing pain made them feel as if they were there themselves. They felt cold hands and feet, and their whole bodies were shaking with fear.
Even my aunt, who was watching all this from the eaves, felt a tingling sensation on her back.
She glanced at Ruan Mian with a twisted gaze. Although she didn't say anything, she cursed with her mouth: "Poisonous woman!"
However, after pulling out the woman's nails, Princess Jiacheng remained unmoved. Instead, she looked at the other women and threatened them, "Just watch! This is what happens when you don't obey."
"Each of you has nowhere to go, your status is low, and you have no way to survive. But you work for me and please those customers. Whoever earns more will live a good life."
After saying this, the princess selected a woman who looked timid and thin from among the many women.
Her soft and weak appearance is very lovable.
The woman tried desperately to hide away, but was pulled to her front by the princess and made to kneel down!
"Miss Yuan can't serve Master Wen and the others, so you will do it."
When the woman heard this, her face turned pale instantly and her whole body couldn't help but tremble.
She was about to open her mouth to beg for mercy, but the princess interrupted her: "If you can't serve the adults and make them happy, then your fate will be even worse than hers."
Seeing this scene, Ruan Mian narrowed his eyes slightly.
She knew from the beginning that the princess was not a good person. She had tortured Ruan Jiao to death and was fighting with Chen Bozong and his wife, which showed that she was cruel.
After all, she is the daughter of a prince and a noble lady from a wealthy family. No one knows what she has experienced that has caused her psychology to be so twisted.
However, she has to bear the consequences of everything she does now.
Thinking of this, Ruan Mian calmed down and continued to keep his eyes fixed on the ground below.
At this moment, the woman chosen by the princess looked terrified and knelt on the ground begging.
"Princess, please forgive me!!"
Princess Jiacheng glanced at him impatiently, and the maid beside her took out a whip from somewhere and started whipping him.
Listening to the woman's wailing, Princess Jiacheng slowly walked into the inner room on the other side.
The aunt glanced at Ruan Mian, and the two of them carefully moved aside. After lifting the tiles again, they found that she was lying on the bed with her back leaning against the bed.
The maid told her while massaging her shoulders and legs.
"Princess, as long as Madam Ruan figures out where the silver is, we can leave soon.
I am afraid...I am afraid that the money will be diverted by the County Master to Master Wen."
"Wen Yuan? Why should we be afraid of him?"
The princess snorted, "If Chen Bozong really gave it to Wenyuan, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble."
"Wen Yuan has been quite corrupt over the past two years. I heard a while ago that he sold quite a few official positions. If that money is really in his private vault, I'll make him bleed!"
Hearing this, Ruan Mian's eyebrows moved slightly, and his guess was indeed correct.
Wen Yuan is indeed the main means for the Fifth Princess and others to make money. Not only does he secretly control casinos and brothels, he also makes money through shameful means such as buying and selling official positions.
All this stolen money will eventually fall into the pocket of Prince Yan, who will use it to nourish the rebels.
But since it was already in front of Ruan Mian, there was no reason for her not to grab it.
After she and her aunt left, her aunt couldn't help but curse. "These people are just heartless bastards! Each one is more evil-hearted than the other."
"Everyone is afraid of ghosts and gods, but in my opinion, the most frightening thing is not ghosts and gods, but the human heart!"
"Mianmian, have you thought about the next step?"
Ruan Mian smiled, crossed his arms over his chest, and aimed at Wen Yuan's warehouse.
However, since Wen Yuan had so many stolen goods, he would definitely not openly set up his private vault in his mansion.
Since she couldn't find the location of the private vault for the time being, she handed this important task over to the princess.
If she guessed correctly, Princess Jiacheng was not a patient person and would urge her to calculate the location of the disaster relief silver within a day.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
