Chapter 292: Lure the Snake Out of Its Hole

Xie Zhuoning returned home with great success and made a huge profit from Xiao Jinxuan.

There is everything you need to eat, drink and use.

While eating the snacks she brought back, Song Yuqiu sighed, "Sister Zhuo Ning, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan almost went bankrupt in order to marry you, and he only left a little bit of his private money, and you didn't let it go!"

Xie Zhuoning was fiddling with the hairpin Xiao Jinxuan had just bought for her. Hearing this, she stopped what she was doing and glanced over with a raised eyebrow. "Why, do you have any opinion?"

"No, no," Song Yuqiu waved his hands quickly, laughing, "You two young couples are willing to fight and be beaten, and His Royal Highness Prince Xuan himself has no objection, so what opinion can I have?"

Maybe if you spend money on Sister Zhuoning, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan will be very happy about it!

Xie Zhuoning held his forehead in silence, picked up a piece of cake and stuffed it into her mouth, "Even eating can't stop you."

"Hehe," Song Yuqiu took a big bite and asked vaguely, "What if, I mean what if, if His Royal Highness Prince Xuan really stops being a prince and becomes an ordinary person without a penny, Sister Zhuoning, do you still want him?"

Xie Zhuoning blurted out without thinking, "Yes."

"Wow!" Song Yuqiu held her hands to her heart, smiling like an auntie, "Sister Zhuoning, do you like His Royal Highness Prince Xuan so much?"

Xie Zhuoning shook his head. "It's not about like or not. Think about it, if you already have a lot of money, then if you were asked to support a handsome man who suits your taste, would you be willing?"

Song Yuqiu immediately thought of the face of his idol in his previous life, and nodded quickly, "I'm willing!"

Not to mention anything else, just staring at that face every day is enough to please the eyes!

Xie Zhuoning chuckled and said, "So your question is wrong. You should ask, if Xiao Jinxuan lost his status, money, looks, and everything he could lose, would I still be willing to be with him?"

"Oh, that's right." Song Yuqiu suddenly realized.

She raised her head and asked, "Sister Zhuo Ning, are you willing?"

Xie Zhuoning closed his eyelids and curved his lips slightly, "This is a secret."

"Say it, say it~~"

The words were half-sentenced, which was really heart-wrenching. Song Yuqiu pestered him and insisted on getting an answer.

Xie Zhuoning was just getting confused when Fuling came in and said, "Miss, Mr. Murong is here."

"Let him in."

Usually, Murong Yan came to discuss serious matters.

Song Yuqiu stopped bothering Xie Zhuoning, grabbed a bag of pastries, and went back to the pharmacy to buy her new medicine.

"Miss." As soon as Murong Yan entered the room, before she had time to greet, she was stopped by Xie Zhuoning.

"Try this. These pastries I just bought are still warm."

Picking up a piece and taking a bite, Murong Yan nodded, "Mm, it tastes good."

"Not bad, right? I bought it from Xiao Jinxuan. It's free and it smells good." Xie Zhuoning's brows relaxed, looking very proud.

Murong Yan saw it and couldn't help but smile slightly.

It's not free fragrance at all, it smells good because that person bought it.

He almost choked when he stuffed the handful of dog food into his mouth.

Xie Zhuoning poured him a cup of tea and asked casually, "Why did you come so soon? Is there any progress with my uncle?"

Shaking his head, Murong Yan said, "Not yet. Xie Heng covered it up very well, and I still haven't found a place to start."

I have no idea what opportunity led him to stand on the same front with Prince Yong.

Xie Zhuoning said, "I'm just asking. Don't be too stressed. Just take your time to investigate. There will always be clues that come to light."

If it was so easy to find out, she wouldn't have been kept in the dark for her entire life, and wouldn't have known her uncle's true identity only before her death.

But he didn't come here for his uncle's matter...

"Is there any progress on Sister Qingyue's matter?"

Murong Yan nodded, "Yes. After I went back, I found some people who had stayed in Yihong Courtyard. From them, I learned that many women had indeed died in Yihong Courtyard, and they were all the most beautiful ones in the same batch sent by human traffickers."

After hearing this, Xie Zhuoning was shocked and surprised. "This doesn't make sense!"

People's appearances are different, and so are their personalities.

It is impossible for every woman to be chaste and loyal. There are also those who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

But why is it that the one who dies is always the most beautiful one?

What's more, Yihongyuan is open for business. The madam of Yihongyuan has handled countless women. No matter what your personality is, she has a way to make you obedient.

Especially those who are good-looking are the cash cows in our hands. We will definitely send people to watch them closely and will not allow any mistakes.

Why do accidents happen again and again?

If something is out of the ordinary, there must be something wrong.

Murong Yan's face was grim, and he continued, "I also noticed something strange, so I asked someone to inquire around and found another turtle man who worked in Yihong Courtyard."

The Turtle Man was originally the right-hand man of the madam of Yihong Courtyard. Later, his leg was broken by a troublemaker one day, so he took the money and left. Therefore, he was not implicated in the raid on Yihong Courtyard.

After giving him some money, he also revealed a useful piece of information.

"There is a young master above Yihong Courtyard. The girls sent to their building by human traffickers must be selected by that young master first, and the rest are listed in the building after that."

"Young Master?" Xie Zhuoning vaguely remembered that when they were in Yihonglou, the madam, in a state of desperation, did indeed send someone to notify some young master.

That young man should be the man behind Yihonglou.

"So Qingyue's sister is most likely not dead, but was picked up by that young master, right?"

Murong Yan hesitated for a rare moment and did not answer immediately.

But Xie Zhuoning understood immediately.

That young man frequently picked women from Yihong Tower. Either he liked to indulge in pleasure and had many wives and concubines at home, or he treated women as playthings, playing with them one by one and then discarding them, and then continuing to pick new prey.

It is still unknown whether the person is still alive.

"Have you found out the identity of that young man?" she asked.

Murong Yan shook his head, but before Xie Zhuoning could get disappointed, he continued, "But when I was looking into this, I got some unexpected news - the situation in Nanfeng Pavilion was the same as that in Yihong Courtyard."

There are many high-ranking officials in the capital who like homosexuality, so this Nanfeng Pavilion specially raises some rabbits to cater to their preferences.

But the most outstanding prostitutes in the museum also disappeared mysteriously.

Xie Zhuoning's face flashed with obvious surprise, "What does that mean? That young man is also a man and a woman?"

"I don't know." Murong Yan shook his head, "But I think this matter is not that simple. It's a pity that after the incident in Yihongyuan, Nanfeng Pavilion has been very tight-lipped, and I can't find any useful information at all."

Xie Zhuoning hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why don't we try to lure the snake out of its hole?"