"Do you have any medicine to seal your internal energy?" Qiao Qiu asked.
"Why are you asking this?" Yu Honghua asked.
"You don't want me to escape, but you also don't want to kill me. You've been making me lie here, and you still have to send people to take care of me. I'm not comfortable either. Why don't you just seal my internal energy? At least I can still move around." Qiao Qiu had tried it, and now he could barely move a finger.
“You are completely different from the people I’ve robbed before. Is that why you are the richest person in Jinxi Kingdom?” Yu Honghua sat next to her, pointing to her chin and looking into her eyes.
Qiao Qiu closed her eyes. "Perhaps being alone has made me see through everything. Wealth is like fleeting clouds to me, but..." She opened her eyes and looked earnestly at Yu Honghua, "Don't trample on my dignity."
Yu Honghua felt her heart pounding wildly when Qiao Qiu glanced at her, as if it were about to jump out of her throat.
Qiao Qiu looked away and gazed out the window. "You're very good. You didn't trample on my dignity. I'm willing to give you money."
From the surroundings, Qiao Qiu could tell that Yu Honghua's life was very ordinary, almost impoverished. Her heartache for her outweighed everything else, so she couldn't care less about anything else.
Yu Honghua was taken aback. In fact, she had also noticed that even though she had brought Meng Yuanqing here, he had always been in control, while she had been very passive.
Yu Honghua suddenly became very curious about what Meng Yuanqing looked like under his mask. What kind of person with such a broad mind and magnanimity was he?
Qiao Qiu turned to look at her, "You still haven't answered me, are you willing to just seal my internal energy or not?"
"I...I'm willing." Yu Honghua was embarrassed, even though she was the one who kidnapped the girl. In despair, she took out two small bottles from her bosom, poured out four pills, and gave Qiao Qiu two of each.
Not long after Qiao Qiu swallowed the pill, she felt her internal energy blocked in her dantian, unable to move any of it. However, she could move her hand again.
She propped herself up and pulled a jade pendant from her waist, handing it to her. "Take this jade pendant and exchange it for silver. Wen Feng can give you as much as you want."
Yu Honghua hesitated for a moment, then took it and said, "Okay, that's easy. I won't ask for too much, a thousand taels of silver will be enough."
Qiao Qiu chuckled softly, "Ten thousand taels is fine with me. Even if I lose it all, I can earn it back in two or three years."
Such a boast left Yu Honghua speechless, but coming from the mouth of the richest man in the country, she believed it. Her gaze towards Qiao Qiu held even more admiration. "You are an extraordinary person. Your wealth is not just money, but your very being. You deserve the title of the richest man in the country."
Yu Honghua stood up and walked out, leaving behind the words, "I will give the order that you are free to move around the village as you please."
"Thank you." Qiao Qiu stood up and stretched her muscles.
Then he sat down against the wall, touched the mask, and wondered when he could take it off.
After Yu Honghua left, all she could think about and see was Meng Yuanqing, especially his eyes, which lingered in her mind.
Moreover, the thought of how intimate she had been with Meng Yuanqing earlier made her heart flutter.
She had always thought that wealthy people were aloof and superior, and the rich merchants and high-ranking officials she had captured before proved this. She thought Meng Yuanqing was the same, but his magnanimity completely exceeded her expectations.
That kind of composure that allows one to see far ahead, and that kind of intelligence that seems to calculate every step carefully, are things that ordinary people cannot achieve.
After sealing his internal energy, Yu Honghua had no idea whether she could still keep him inside.
At least two things are certain now: first, Meng Yuanqing came to Feihong Village willingly; second, Meng Yuanqing stayed in the village willingly.
Why did he do that?
Yu Honghua couldn't figure it out at all, and his attitude towards her... As she thought about it, her face turned red again.
Oh no, I can't keep thinking about his good points, I have to start thinking about his bad points.
How could a man like him possibly not have any women around him? Men are naturally inclined to be fickle and have multiple wives and concubines. Even if he didn't have a wife, he would surely have plenty of female companions in brothels, right?
As Yu Honghua continued to think, she found her throat choked with soreness, as if she were about to be drowned in a vat of vinegar.
"Boss? Boss?"
Hearing the third brother's voice, Yu Honghua immediately snapped out of her daze. "Third brother, what is it?"
The third brother had a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, but he wasn't shifty-eyed. His eyes held a hint of wisdom. He laughed and said, "Boss, what did you and Meng Yuanqing talk about? You seemed to have lost your soul as soon as you came out. You wouldn't answer no matter how I called you."
Yu Honghua then noticed that she was about to leave the house and said to the third brother, "Third brother, take a few brothers and take this jade pendant to Murong Wenfeng. Ask him for a thousand taels of silver, and then buy some more food and supplies."
"Yes, boss." The third brother took the jade pendant from Yu Honghua and happily turned to call for someone.
"By the way, third brother, be careful," Yu Honghua instructed. Although she didn't want to believe that Meng Yuanqing would betray her, what if he did?
The thought of this possibility caused Yu Honghua a sharp pain in her heart, as if it were being cut by a knife.
"Understood." The third brother raised the jade pendant in his hand.
Meanwhile, Qiao Qiu, completely unaware of the turmoil in Yu Honghua's heart, was also feeling quite uneasy. Having been the one below in several lifetimes, suddenly becoming the one above felt like she was holding countless blades of grass in her heart.
It's one thing to let her transmigrate into a man, but why make her boyfriend a woman?
Seriously... isn't it frustrating to suddenly feel lost when you're the dominant one?
That wasn't all the headache she had to worry about. Who was this Meng Yuanqing? Her true identity was the Crown Prince! He wielded immense power; it would be a disservice to the powerful Dongfang Wuche who controlled him if he didn't become emperor!
Damn it, to hell with being the crown prince! Let whoever wants to be it be it, I'm done!
Qiao Qiu stood up, first closed the door, then went to the kang (heated brick bed), closed the window by the bed, and finally lay down, closed her eyes, and went to sleep.
Never mind the details, the old lady is exhausted and needs rest. Let her take a nap first.
Yu Honghua, seeing that the doors and windows were closed, thought to herself, "Well, Meng Yuanqing, you're finally going to show your true colors, aren't you?"
Yu Honghua quietly went over, pressed her face against the window, and peered inside through the crack.
Then she saw the body lying flat. Although she couldn't see the head, the dark blue clothes clearly belonged to Meng Yuanqing.
Yu Honghua looked at the rhythmic rise and fall of Meng Yuanqing's chest... Meng Yuanqing was actually sleeping!
How did he manage to treat the den of thieves like his own home?
Yu Honghua felt embarrassed, as if her dignity as a mountain king had been trampled on.
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