"Second Prince, it seems you already know my identity." Su Ruojin's smile remained unchanged as she took a sip of tea.
"Haha, as expected of Princess Chang Le, you are indeed clever." Yun Hao laughed.
"It's not easy to see the Second Prince."
Yun Hao shook his head with a wry smile, "Princess Chang Le, with your status, what difficulty would it be for you to see me? Why go through all this trouble and lose a million?"
Lady Jin was so shocked she couldn't speak. She never expected that Su Ruojin could recognize her mistress at a glance, especially since she was a princess.
Lady Jin was very clever. Now that both parties had revealed their identities, she knew she couldn't listen to what they were saying next. So she wisely withdrew, carefully closed the door, and stood guard at the entrance.
“If the Second Prince is worried about losing one million taels, then I will return it to the Second Prince,” Su Ruojin said with a smile.
After hearing Su Ruojin's words, Yan Luo picked up the box and prepared to move forward, but Yun Hao raised his hand to stop her.
“Chang Le County underestimates me. This was won by Princess Chang Le County through her own strength. I am not that shameless.” Yun Hao glanced at the guard beside him.
The guard stepped forward and opened a small box. Inside was a jade and gold glass hairpin. The jade was a vibrant, lustrous green, clearly top-grade imperial green. The craftsmanship was exquisite, and it was quite valuable.
“Princess Chang Le, this is a small token of my appreciation. I hope you will not refuse it.”
Su Ruojin didn't answer, but looked at Yun Hao with a half-smile: "Second Prince, if I'm not mistaken, Yun Qi shouldn't have received the news that I've been conferred the title of Princess Chang Le yet, right? How did you find out?"
"Senior Brother Xiao told me."
Well......
Su Ruojin thought it was possible that Yun Hao had his own channels of communication, which wasn't surprising. She didn't expect it to be Xiao Yanchu who sent the message to Yun Hao.
Before Su Ruojin came to Yunqi, Xiao Yanchu told her that Yunqi's second prince, Yun Hao, was his junior brother and also the owner of the largest gambling den in Yuncheng. He told her that she could contact him if she encountered any problems.
The person Xiao Yanchu dared to talk to was definitely someone he could trust, which was why Su Ruojin dared to come directly to the gambling den today.
Although the Second Prince's mother was weak and not a strong contender for the throne, she was still the Second Prince, and she was not someone that ordinary people could compare to.
With the help of the Second Prince, she wouldn't be too passive in Yun City.
Perhaps she should consider setting up a branch of the Dark Alliance in Cloud City.
“Princess, what I said before was true. I sincerely hope that you can cooperate with me. You can name any conditions you want.”
"What kind of cooperation? Helping you to expand and revitalize the Siyi Gambling House?" Su Ruojin pretended not to understand.
Most of what a prince desires is related to that position, and she did not want to get too involved in royal affairs.
Yun Hao naturally saw through it, but he wasn't annoyed. "Princess, let me tell you a story first, and then you can decide whether you want to cooperate with me."
"Because my mother was of low status, I was not valued from childhood. I lived cautiously in this cannibalistic palace, not knowing when I would die in the palace."
"After experiencing falling into the lake, being poisoned, being attacked and bitten by a rabid dog, and suddenly developing a high fever, I knew that if I did not escape the palace, I would only face death."
"So I cut off my little finger, knelt before the Empress and swore allegiance to my eldest brother, and was then sent to Qingyue Mountain to learn martial arts."
In Yunqi, if a prince is disabled, he is destined to lose the opportunity to compete for that position. This is why the Empress protected Yun Hao and was willing to send him to Qingyue Mountain to learn martial arts.
The empress was merely paving the way for her son to ascend the throne.
Gaining the loyalty of a prince who cannot compete for the throne would be a powerful asset for the eldest prince.
"Originally, I also thought that I should practice martial arts properly and assist my eldest brother. But even though I lost a finger, the Empress was still worried about me. After I returned from Qingyue Mountain, I found out that the Empress had given my mother the Illusionary Spirit Powder, and she had been giving it to her for five years!"
At this point, Yun Hao clenched his fists, his eyes slightly reddening.
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