Xiao Yanchu originally wanted to find an opportunity to ask Su Ruojin, but many officials took the opportunity to toast him. By the time he had a moment to himself, the women of the Su family had already left.
As soon as Su Ruojin returned to the Su residence, a servant came to report, "Miss, we caught a little beggar who keeps calling out that he wants to find you and says he knows you."
Because of the little beggar's confident demeanor, the servants dared not punish him arbitrarily and locked him in the woodshed.
Little beggar?
Su Ruojin thought of Dapu.
He's come to the general's mansion?
That day, she and her mother went to the palace and saw a person flash by; it was Dapp.
This child actually knew she was in the general's mansion and even came to her door.
During this time, Su Ruojin hadn't had time to pay attention to the child. However, Rong Qizhou had previously sent her news about Dapu, saying that the child would run towards the palace whenever he had the chance.
He almost got caught by the Imperial Guards a few times, so he dared not get too close to the palace.
He usually makes a living by begging and sleeps in a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of Beijing at night. There's been no other news about him.
"Yanluo, go and take a look." Su Ruojin was a little tired when she came back, so she asked Yanluo to handle it.
A moment later, Yanluo returned. "Miss, it is indeed Dapu. He has come to ask you to help him see his sister."
"Oh, didn't you give him money? That money should have been enough for him to have food and lodging in the capital for a while, so how did it turn out like this? Was the money robbed or stolen?" Su Ruojin asked, somewhat puzzled.
“He didn’t use that money; he kept the money bag on him the whole time, saying he wanted to return it to me.”
It's surprising that this child has some backbone.
“Miss, he looks quite pitiful, it doesn’t seem fake. Why don’t we help him?” Yanluo felt a little soft-hearted.
Envoy Rong reported Dap's situation to Miss, and it didn't seem like a lie.
Su Ruojin pondered for a moment. If she wanted Dapu to meet Aya alone, she would have to use the power of Xiao Yanchu's palace. She didn't want to trouble Xiao Yanchu. If Yaolan became suspicious, Dapu's identity would bring some unnecessary trouble.
"Yanluo, arrange for Dapu to do some manual labor at the estate, and bring him over on my wedding day."
Yanluo's eyes lit up as she understood her mistress's intention, and she quickly nodded and left.
The Emperor and Empress Dowager will definitely attend the Regent's wedding. Given Yao Lan's ulterior motives towards the Regent, she will surely find an excuse to appear, and she will most likely bring Aya with her.
If Aya doesn't come, we'll make other plans.
After arranging things for Dapu, Yanluo returned to help Su Ruojin with her washing and grooming.
"Miss, Yunniang has sent word, asking how to reply to Qin Wang."
When Su Ruojin received Yunniang's message that Qin Wang wanted to buy Xiao Yanchu's head with 100,000 taels of gold, she found it somewhat amusing.
If Qin Wang really thought he could kill Xiao Yanchu with 100,000 taels of gold, then he would never have been able to sit in the position of Qin Wang.
His goal could never truly be to kill Xiao Yanchu.
"Have Yunniang tell Qin Wang that we can accept the mission, with half of the deposit paid upfront, but we cannot guarantee its completion. If Qin Wang is willing to trust the Dark Alliance, he can pay the deposit; otherwise, he can give up."
Yanluo was somewhat stunned. "Miss, there's no way the Prince Qin would agree to these conditions."
Who would be so foolish as to offer 50,000 taels of gold when they said they couldn't guarantee the mission would be completed?
"If you don't agree, then forget it." Su Ruojin didn't care in the first place; she was willing to accept, but she just wanted to see what kind of trouble the Prince Qin was up to.
It's much better for the Dark Alliance to take over than for the loyalist to find another organization to take over. It's better to have everything under our own control than to have it under someone else's control.
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