"Hong, is that you, Aunt Hong?" Ran'er recognized Aunt Hong's voice and asked in surprise.
Aunt Hong was stunned for a moment, but soon recognized Ran'er's voice: "You, you were also captured? I'm still alive? Where is this place?"
Ran'er shook her head, feeling only fear. "I don't know either. I was originally receiving a customer, but that person actually knocked me out. When I woke up, I was interrogated and questioned. Then I was knocked out again, and when I woke up, I found myself here. Is this a water dungeon?"
The two were still talking when they felt something crawling on their legs, which made them feel creepy. What was that slippery, cold thing?
The two were so scared that they screamed in the cell, as if they were tireless.
It was already late at night, the candles in the room had gone out, and Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen were both lying on the bed.
Ni Yueshan asked curiously, "Will they remain silent like Yi Wenxuan and not explain anything?"
Jing Yuchen chimed in, "Then let's make them suffer a little more mentally. Even though they're unwilling to confess, we have plenty of time and means to deal with them."
Ni Yueshan turned around, staring at Jing Yuchen's silhouette in the darkness, and asked curiously, "Then... you don't think I'm that cruel, do you?"
Jing Yuchen stretched out his arm, and Ni Yueshan understood and rested his head on it. Jing Yuchen responded, "If you are kind, that would be cruel!"
Ni Yueshan chuckled, meaning that being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself.
Ni Yueshan put her arm on Jing Yuchen's chest, closed her eyes, and began to cultivate sleepiness.
In the Prince's Mansion, someone reported to Shao Lecheng that Hong Yi and Ran'er were missing from the brothel they had been keeping an eye on.
Shao Lecheng looked at the person who reported it and asked curiously, "Did they disappear on their own, or was it someone else who did it?"
"This... Judging from the signs, she was abducted."
Shao Lecheng laughed and said, "I understand. Please leave."
It seems that he was not the only one who found out about Aunt Hong and Ran'er in the brothel.
The next day, Shao Lecheng went to the palace to ask to see Miao Qinghua. He rewrote the situation in the brothel and told her again.
Miao Qinghua looked at Shao Lecheng in surprise. "You said the Regent saw Prince Tufan near the brothel, and after dark, he also kidnapped the brothel's madam and the girls there?"
"Yes, I suspect that the Regent intends to bring him back and torture him to extract the eldest prince's whereabouts."
Miao Qinghua frowned slightly, then asked, "When will you do what you promised to do?"
Shao Lecheng smiled and said, "Let's start today. Tomorrow is the day when the Regent will sit in on the trial and the three judges will interrogate the Prime Minister together. We can't delay any longer!"
Miao Qinghua looked at Shao Lecheng with satisfaction, and then said, "If these two women really know where Prince Tufan is, you must get there first and don't give the Regent another chance to make a contribution!"
"Prince Tufan entered the Xianchang Imperial City without permission. He is a fat sheep that has come to our doorstep!" There was a hint of excitement in Miao Qinghua's expression.
"Then, if we can't get any information, we'll just kill the person..." Shao Lecheng made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Miao Qinghua looked at Shao Lecheng helplessly: "You are too violent now, wanting to kill people at the slightest provocation!"
Shao Lecheng had a guilty expression on his face: "Anyone who is beneficial to the Regent's Palace can actually be killed, right, Queen Mother?"
Miao Qinghua warned, "Don't be too murderous. If you don't handle this cleanly, others will use it to make a fuss, and you'll be the only one in trouble!"
"The Queen Mother's suggestion is very correct. I have taken note of it. However, if the daughter of the Tai family still insists on confessing, I will have no choice but to be cruel to her."
Afterwards, Shao Lecheng left the palace and went to Tai Mansion. Shao Lecheng ordered people to carry all the betrothal gifts in.
When the people from Tai Mansion saw that it was Shao Lecheng, they naturally welcomed him in immediately and did not dare to stop him.
Afterwards, Tai's father and son went to the living room and met Shao Lecheng.
Shao Lecheng smiled at the two elders and said, "Please stand up quickly, elders. Although I am a prince, I will soon be your son-in-law. As a junior, I cannot accept such a big gift. Please stand up quickly, stand up quickly."
Then he pointed to the betrothal gifts in the courtyard and said, "These are what I have been carefully selecting over the past few days. I have been thinking about what kind of betrothal gifts would be worthy of a daughter like Miss Tai, without causing the man in the mansion to get jealous."
"After some hesitation, I have chosen these. Why not let Miss Tai come and take a look and see if she is satisfied? This way, I can rest assured!"
As he said this, he waved his hand and asked the servants to open the box so that the Tai family father and son could take a good look at what the betrothal gift was.
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