Chapter 46 God-given Opportunity
After Qiao Zhenzhen brought the golden carp back to Fanlou, she asked someone to buy a big vat and raised the golden carp in the backyard. She also gave it a name: Jin Shanshan.
Whenever she had free time, she would come to the backyard to see Jin Shanshan, and while watching, she would struggle over whether or not to cooperate with Feng Qingsui.
If she were alone, she would definitely agree without hesitation.
Anyway, my life is worthless. Instead of keeping it to be humiliated, I might as well use it to fight for a glimmer of hope.
But she has Fanlou behind her. If the plan fails, the people in the building will also be implicated. How can she risk other people's lives?
But she was unwilling to give up just like that.
She struggled with this for three days but still couldn't make up her mind.
Seeing that she had been restless and had no appetite since she came back from singing at the Rongchang Marquis's Mansion, Fan asked her if she had encountered any troubles.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't keep it to yourself, or you'll get sick sooner or later."
Qiao Zhenzhen hesitated for a moment before telling Han Ruixuan about how he arranged for a maid to kidnap her at the Rongchang Marquis's mansion. Finally, she said:
"He didn't succeed this time, and I don't know what tricks he might have in store for me. Madam Ji told me a way to solve the problem once and for all, but I'm afraid of getting my mother and the sisters into trouble, so I don't dare to do it."
"No wonder we agreed on a reward of three thousand taels, but you actually gave me five thousand," Fan suddenly realized. "You girl are really... you dared to hide such a big thing!"
Qiao Zhenzhen put her face on her arm and said weakly, "I'm just afraid that you'll worry."
Fan pushed her head away, her face stern, "Stop it! Tell me quickly, what did Madam Ji say?"
Qiao Zhenzhen leaned close to her ear and whispered to her.
After hearing this, Fan was secretly shocked: "Madam Ji is so bold... too bold."
"That's right."
Qiao Zhenzhen looked worried.
"If it succeeds, that's fine, but if it fails... what should we do?"
Fan poked her forehead and said, "Where do you think Madam Ji got the courage to touch Prince Han? The Prime Minister gave it to her! With the Prime Minister's support, what do we have to fear?"
Qiao Zhenzhen: “!!!”
Is this how you understand it?!
"Prime Minister...you want to attack the Rongchang Marquis' Mansion? No way, that's the Empress's family home!"
"What's wrong with the Empress's family?" Fan glared at her. "Didn't the late Emperor also annihilate his own Empress's family? He wouldn't allow their father and son to inherit the same lineage?"
Qiao Zhenzhen: “…”
This was the first time she had heard of it.
"Hurry up and accept it!" Fan urged, "Madam Ji doesn't need you as bait. She's got a golden thigh right here at her doorstep, and you're still hesitating."
Qiao Zhenzhen stuck out her tongue, quickly drew a golden carp, and had someone send it to Ji's house.
This was the secret code of agreement between her and Feng Qingsui.
Feng Qingsui did not reply.
But in the middle of the night, he sent the maid named Wuhua to Fanlou and explained the details of the operation to her.
She prepared herself excitedly but nervously.
When Han Ruixuan came to Fanlou to listen to music again, she pretended that the kidnapping in Rongchang Marquis Mansion had never happened, and still greeted him with a smile and sang beautiful songs to him.
Han Ruixuan never mentioned it and continued to look at her with his revealing eyes as usual.
She was half ashamed and half annoyed, and looked patient.
Han Ruixuan loved to see her like this. Every time he saw her reluctantly accepting him, he felt refreshed.
Therefore, I am willing to spend some time playing the conquest game.
Qiao Zhenzhen sang a few songs and was drinking water to moisten her throat when Fan suddenly rushed in.
"Sorry, Prince Han, for keeping you a little while."
She took a palm-sized lacquer box and walked to Qiao Zhenzhen, whispering something in her ear. Qiao Zhenzhen's face turned visibly ugly.
She only asked Fan: "Is he still there?"
"Leave."
Qiao Zhenzhen opened the lacquer box with an annoyed look on her face, picked up a silver ring from the box, looked at the small ornament inlaid on the ring that looked like neither jade nor stone, and threw it away with a look of horror on her face.
"Take it away, Mommy, take it away!"
Fan said a few words to comfort her, picked up the ring, put it back in the lacquer box, and went out with the lacquer box.
Qiao Zhenzhen's face was still full of fear, and she was about to continue playing the piano and singing, but he waved his hand, "Don't sing if you're not in a good mood."
"Sorry." Qiao Zhenzhen said weakly, "I'll give it to you next time."
Han Ruixuan was even more curious about what had just happened, and asked with concern: "Are you in trouble? Don't be afraid, tell me about it."
Qiao Zhenzhen's eyes instantly became moist.
It was like a lonely person finally met a friend with whom he could open his heart, and he started talking nonstop.
"In the past few days, a madman suddenly appeared and came to Fanlou every day to give me gifts."
"Giving gifts is not uncommon. People give gifts to my family every day, but the gift he gave was particularly strange. It was either a bracelet made of his hair, a love letter written in his blood, or a pendant made of his finger bone."
"I was frightened and initially refused to accept it. He threatened that if I didn't accept his gift, he would commit suicide at the gate of Fanlou."
"I was afraid of causing death, so I dared not refuse. The ring that Madam Fan just gave me was given by him. The ring face was ground with his teeth."
Qiao Zhenzhen became more and more frustrated as she spoke.
"Ever since I received his gift, I've had nightmares every day. I really don't know what to do."
It's a godsend.
Han Ruixuan thought to himself.
The opportunity to win the beauty has come.
"Why bother? Just tell me his name and I'll make sure you never receive his junk again."
Qiao Zhenzhen shook her head: "He never gave his name, so I don't know where he is from."
"I'll arrange two people to guard outside Fanlou day and night, and I guarantee that they will find you."
"How can I do that?" Qiao Zhenzhen said shyly, "I can't cause trouble for the prince."
Han Ruixuan chuckled: "It's just a small matter."
He left two people for Mother Fan without giving her any chance to refuse.
But I don’t know whether the man didn’t dare to show up because he saw that someone was guarding the place, or if something happened and he never appeared again.
Even so, Qiao Zhenzhen was very grateful and specially prepared a table of dishes to thank him.
"Thanks to the prince's righteous help, I have finally had a good sleep recently. I offer a toast to the prince."
Han Ruixuan saw that Qiao Zhenzhen's attitude towards him had changed a lot and she no longer avoided her. After drinking the wine in the glass, he brought up the old topic again.
"Zhenzhen, if you follow this prince, not only the lowly ones, but even the sons of the rich and powerful wouldn't dare to act wildly in front of you. Isn't it better to have someone to protect you than to fight on your own?"
As expected, Qiao Zhenzhen didn't refuse outright like she did in the past. She said shyly, "I need to think about it again."
He pressed on: "As long as you agree, I promise to send you back to the mansion in a sedan chair carried by eight men."
Qiao Zhenzhen glared at him and said angrily, "Even if you ordered a sedan chair with eight bearers, I wouldn't dare sit in it. Otherwise, the Crown Prince's wife would kill me once we get into the mansion."
Han Ruixuan was so soft that he stroked her hand and said, "As long as I'm here, she won't be able to touch a hair on your head."
Qiao Zhenzhen quickly pulled her hand back.
"I don't care about riding in a sedan chair. If you can promise me one thing, I will immediately make you happy."
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