Chapter 810 Short-sightedness
Lao Wu sneered and asked back.
"What do you think?"
Xiao Xixi: "I think people as kind as you guys wouldn't do such a despicable thing as poisoning the food, right?"
After hearing this, the woman couldn't help laughing again.
"Haha, you are indeed worthy of being the emperor's favorite concubine. Even your words are more interesting than others. If I were the emperor, I would definitely like a wonderful person like you."
Xiao Xixi said shyly: "Sister, you are really good at praising people. I feel embarrassed."
The woman said, "Don't worry, I cooked this noodle myself. It's not poisoned. It won't kill you."
Xiao Xixi felt relieved immediately after hearing this.
She picked up the chopsticks and started eating noodles.
Luo Yechen stared at her with eyes wide open.
"Hey, are you really going to eat it? What if she's lying to you?"
Xiao Xixi's cheeks were puffy from eating so much. She said vaguely, "They still want to use me as a hostage to exchange for money. They probably won't kill me for the time being."
Luo Yechen: "That being said, what if they did something else with the food?"
Xiao Xixi said as she ate: "That can't be helped. I'm hungry and I just want to eat."
Luo Yechen was speechless.
It’s already this time and you’re still thinking about eating?
Aren't you afraid of something bad happening after eating? !
Xiao Xixi quickly finished the whole bowl of noodles.
She licked her lips with satisfaction: "This noodles tastes good, sister's cooking skills are really good!"
The woman obviously didn't expect Xiao Xixi to be so generous. Even though she was kidnapped, she was not panicked at all and even smiled and praised the food for being delicious.
Xiao Xixi looked at the other bowl of noodles.
"Is this the noodles prepared for the King of England?"
The woman nodded and said yes.
Xiao Xixi: "His hands and feet are tied, it will be troublesome to untie them, why don't I help feed him?"
The woman looked her up and down. No matter how she looked at her, she was just a weak woman who was powerless and looked very harmless.
The woman's gaze paused on her clean bowl of rice, and finally she nodded in agreement to her request.
Xiao Xixi bent down to untie the ropes on her feet, picked up the bowl of noodles, and ran to Luo Yechen.
Luo Yechen looked at her warily, and when he saw that she was really going to feed him noodles, he quickly turned his face away and said angrily.
"I don't want to eat!"
Xiao Xixi: "Why not eat? This noodle is delicious. Besides, if you don't eat, you will be hungry."
Luo Yechen: "Even if I starve to death, I will never eat anything given by the kidnappers!"
Xiao Xixi was like an old mother, trying earnestly to persuade her naughty child to eat.
Unfortunately, the naughty kid just refused to eat it.
Xiao Xixi had no choice but to turn her head and look at the woman.
"Sister, he won't eat."
The woman was not surprised by the result: "If you don't want to eat, forget it."
Xiao Xixi hurriedly said, "Since he doesn't want to eat it, let me eat it so it won't be wasted."
Woman: “…”
Old Five: “…”
They have committed many murders and arson in their entire lives, but they have never seen a hostage as sensible, well-behaved, and thrifty as Xiao Xixi.
If we were to select a role model, Xiao Xixi would definitely be the first one!
Seeing that they had no objection, Xiao Xixi immediately started eating noodles.
The noodles made a slurping sound as she sucked them.
The woman and Lao Wu looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Xiao Xixi also finished the second bowl of noodles.
She sighed, "It's so delicious, I can have two more bowls!"
Neither the woman nor Lao Wu said anything, they just stared at her.
After a moment.
Xiao Xixi's body shook twice.
She covered her forehead and said dazedly.
"Hey, why is the sky spinning? Why is the ground moving? And you... why do you have so many shadows?"
Luo Yechen looked at her nervously: "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Before Xiao Xixi could answer, she closed her eyes and fell to the ground, unconscious.
Luo Yechen called her twice, and seeing that she didn't respond, he immediately raised his head and glared at the woman and Lao Wu angrily.
"Didn't you say you didn't poison the food?"
The woman smiled with an ambiguous tone: "We really didn't poison you. We just gave you some drugs. We originally wanted you two to have a good sleep, but we didn't expect that she would eat all the noodles."
She glanced at Lao Wu.
Lao Wu understood and strode towards Luo Yechen.
Luo Yechen immediately panicked.
"What do you want to do? Don't come over here. If you come over here again, I will call for help..."
Before he could finish his words, Lao Wu hit him on the back of the neck!
He felt a black screen before his eyes and then fainted.
Lao Wu reached out and ripped off the jade pendant from Luo Yechen's waist, looked around, and clicked his tongue.
"This is a good thing. It must be worth a lot of money, right?"
The woman reminded him, "Don't forget the order of the eldest master. This thing cannot be touched. It must be sent to the Prince of England's palace to let them know that the Prince of England and the Imperial Concubine are in our hands."
The fifth brother did not dare to disobey the boss's orders, so he could only reluctantly give up his greed to take the jade pendant for himself.
He turned and fumbled around Luo Yechen's body for a while, and took out a purse and a sachet.
Lao Wu threw the sachet away and stuffed the purse into his arms.
The woman said nothing when she saw this.
She bent down and casually pulled out a pearl hairpin from Xiao Xixi's hair.
Lao Wu glanced at the door and saw that there was no one there, so he moved closer to the woman and touched her waist restlessly.
"Will you come to my room tonight?"
The woman twisted her waist to avoid his dirty hands and hummed softly, "We have to travel tonight."
Lao Wu was surprised: "Didn't it mean that you should take the money and leave?"
The woman said, "We won't be able to leave tomorrow. Don't you see how many officials are outside today? They are searching every house in the city. If we stay in the city any longer, we will definitely be caught. It's better to leave early."
Lao Wu hurriedly asked, "You don't want such a large ransom?"
The woman sneered, "No matter how much money you have, you must have life to spend it."
Lao Wu thought so too, but still felt regretful.
He sighed deeply, "That's 800,000 taels of silver. Even if we work for a lifetime, we may not be able to earn that much silver."
Woman: "Okay, stop sighing. Even if we can't get the 800,000 taels of ransom, we still have the 200,000 taels of silver given by the Hongguo Mansion. Be content!"
Lao Wu sighed and said, "Two hundred thousand taels and eight hundred thousand taels, the difference is too big."
The woman stretched out her finger and touched his forehead.
“You are short-sighted.
Didn’t you hear what the boss said?
As long as we accomplish this task, the Hongguo Mansion will owe us a huge favor.
When Duke Hong’s granddaughter becomes the Queen, we will discuss this matter with Duke Hong.
Wouldn’t the benefits then be much greater than they are now?”
The fifth brother curled his lips and said, "Even if the imperial concubine died, the granddaughter of Duke Hong might not be able to become the queen, right?"
The woman laughed and said, "That depends on how Duke Hong handles it."
(End of this chapter)
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