Upon hearing Su Ruojin ask her to return the silver notes, Yunniang's expression changed, her smile vanished, and she angrily sat down to the side: "Su Ruojin, you stingy person! It's just a few silver notes, why are you being so stingy? There's even a fake one in there."
"Without that fake note, how could I possibly hire you, the most beautiful courtesan in the brothel? There are at least eight thousand, if not ten thousand, young masters waiting to send you money every day. Why would you even look at my measly silver notes?"
Su Ruojin picked up the teapot without a care and poured herself a cup of tea to drink.
Yunniang angrily pulled out a stack of silver notes from her bosom and threw them on the table: "Here you go! Who would believe that the leader of the Dark Alliance is so stingy?"
Su Ruojin put away the silver notes, blew on the tea foam, and took a sip: "Vice Alliance Leader, this tea is quite good. Pack some for me to take with me later."
Yunniang rolled her eyes at Su Ruojin: "You're not willing to spend a single penny, yet you want to drink for free and take it all away? You're dreaming."
"I've heard things are a bit unsettled on the border of Beili lately. What do you think? Should I transfer Rong Qizhou there and see if there's anything interesting going on?"
Upon hearing this, Yunniang's eyes darted around, and a fawning smile appeared on her face: "My dear Jinjin, Qizhou has been busy with Madam Lin's affairs every day lately. If we transfer him to the border now, wouldn't that affect your important matters?"
Just kidding, if Qi Zhou were really transferred to the border of Bei Li, how would she maintain her relationship with him?
Rong Qizhou is mainly in charge of the Dark Alliance's affairs in the capital. That big ice block is finally showing her some kindness, so she can't be transferred away now, or all her efforts will be in vain.
Su Ruojin put down her teacup: "Tell me, what's the situation now?"
Yunniang's smile faded, and she said seriously, "According to intelligence, no suspicious carriages have entered the capital in the past few days. If they did head towards the capital, they've probably hidden the people outside the city. The Dark Alliance brothers are already searching the various villages outside the city. The area is just too vast, and it will take a long time to search..."
Yunniang didn't finish speaking, but Su Ruojin understood.
With so many wealthy and powerful families in the capital, countless estates exist outside the city. No matter how capable the Dark Alliance is, it's impossible to search through all the estates in a short period of time.
“However, someone saw a suspicious carriage heading to a manor in the eastern suburbs yesterday, which is a bit difficult for us to get involved in,” Yunniang continued.
What's suspicious about it?
"The carriage was very ordinary, with no markings on the body, yet it was able to travel smoothly all the way to the Cuiyun Villa in the eastern suburbs without anyone stopping it."
"Oh~" Su Ruojin put down her cup: "Whose estate is that?"
"The estate of the Duke of Dingguo, who is the elder brother of the current Empress Dowager."
Su Ruojin did not want to have too much contact with the imperial power, so the Dark Alliance did not make any moves in her favor.
Without Su Ruojin's approval, Yunniang dared not act rashly.
Royal relatives...
Su Ruojin pondered for a moment and then said, "Have someone find a way to sneak into Cuiyun Villa and report to me immediately if anything happens. I'm staying in Room 2 of the Tianzi class at Donglai Inn."
"Yes, Alliance Leader."
She certainly didn't want to deal with imperial power, but if the other party came knocking, it wouldn't be Su Ruojin who would simply back down.
The Dark Alliance members are from all walks of life; as long as the people at Cuiyun Villa still need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves, they will find a way to infiltrate their ranks.
At the same moment, in another private room of the Fengyue Tower, Xiao Yanchu was sitting opposite a young man.
"I wonder what brings the Third Prince to me here in such great difficulty?" Xiao Yanchu asked the young man opposite him, turning the jade thumb ring on his left hand.
For a prince of one country to rashly arrive in the capital of another country is a grave taboo.
The third prince of Yunqi Kingdom not only did not shy away from the issue, but instead openly and frankly approached Xiao Yanchu.
Yun Shao, the third prince of Yunqi Kingdom, said with a face full of regret: "I have always heard that the Regent is not interested in women. Today I saw that it is indeed true. I heard that the most famous pleasure house in the Great Chu is full of beauties from all over the world. The Regent did not show any tenderness to the ladies and drove them away. He has failed the hearts of many beauties."
"Since the Third Prince has nothing else to do, I will not keep you company any longer." With that, Xiao Yanchu prepared to get up and leave.
Yun Shao hurriedly said, "Hey, Your Highness, don't be impatient, sit down, I have something to tell you."
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