jdhmnovel Chapter 589 The Desperate Prince
Chapter 589 The Desperate Prince
Bai Wanwan combined these proven training systems with the current environment and made slight adjustments, and the soldiers she trained were different.
All the things that could be moved out of the Tenth Prince's Mansion were moved out in one night. When leaving, Bai Wanwan threw Su Niantang's purse directly on the ground.
Since Su Niantang and Lin Zaozao dared to attack her, she naturally had to give them gifts in return.
Bai Wanwan was so tired that her back and waist ached after a whole night. When she left, she also rescued the man.
The man looked honest and obedient. He lay on the straw mat, supporting himself with his arms and trying to get up. However, his wound hurt and he fell back with a cry of "ouch".
He gasped, looked at Bai Wanwan eagerly and said, "Thanks to the young lady for saving my life, otherwise I would have lost my life."
Bai Wanwan said lightly:
"You're welcome, but you have to think about what to do next.
The Tenth Prince is vindictive and will definitely not let you off easily."
The man smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"What can I do? I just want to wait until my injuries are healed and take Xiuniang to find a safe place.
She doesn't mind me being poor, and I don't seek wealth and fame, as long as I have a hot meal to eat."
"I heard you're a scholar?" Bai Wanwan raised an eyebrow. "After studying so hard for so many years, are you really willing to give up?"
The man suddenly became excited and groaned as his wound moved:
"So what if I'm a scholar? My parents passed away early. If it weren't for my mother supporting me through this business, I wouldn't be where I am today..."
Without her, what good would it be even if I became the top scholar?"
Bai Wanwan looked at her and said, "Now that it's decided, I'll send you to the village in a few days."
"Thank you, Miss. I will leave my life to you from now on." The man said with a fist.
They had no way to survive in Bianjing City, so Bai Wanwan slept until noon.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she heard Zhiwei's voice: "My young master has caught a cold, so please wait outside for a while."
Shen Tao jumped up and down at the gate, his face flushed red:
"We usually call each other brothers, but now we're acting like serious people!
What does it have to do with me if she catches a cold? I just went in to talk to her."
The first and second days of the new year blocked the door tightly:
"Mr. Shen! Please don't embarrass us!
If you force your way in, both of us brothers will lose our jobs!"
"Throw away your jobs?" Shen Tao sneered, his neck stiffening. "Do you believe I'll have you dragged out and spanked right now? I'll just take a look, I won't eat her!"
Chu Er straightened his back and said in a firm tone, "Men and women are different! This is the rule! If you make trouble again, we will have to call for help!"
Bai Wanwan put on her clothes and came out and said, "Shen Tao, it's the middle of the day, what are you making a fuss about?"
Shen Tao was so angry that he stamped his feet, his face turning red and white, his hair crown hanging crookedly on his head, and his usual coolness was gone. "It's the middle of the day! I came here in the sun to ask for advice, and you're still sleeping!"
He grabbed half a cup of cold tea from the table and drank it all in one gulp, his Adam's apple rolling violently:
"Do you know what's going on outside?
They said I kept a bunch of lovers in the backyard, and they also said I…"
He suddenly lowered his voice, his ears flushed red: "They said I have a homosexual tendency!"
Bai Wanwan's eyes curved slightly: "Oh, just because you bought a dozen teenagers?"
She laughed so hard that her body shook uncontrollably: "How could this be spread like this?"
"Still laughing!" Shen Tao slammed his hands on the table, causing the ink in the inkstone to splash out.
"If you hadn't said those young men were good at fighting and worth training, why would I bother getting involved in this mess?
This morning, my mother blocked the ancestral hall with a feather duster and insisted that I kowtow to the ancestral tablets and apologize, saying that I was ruining the family tradition!
He loosened his collar and slumped in his chair, looking hopeless. "Now the whole of Bianjing is waiting to see me make a fool of myself!"
Bai Wanwan couldn't help but laugh: "That's really unfair to you, but your pocket money will be much more."
When this was mentioned, he laughed directly:
"Oh! That's right! It only took one night to increase the value from several hundred thousand taels to over one million taels.
By the way, do you know what happened in the Tenth Prince's Mansion yesterday?"
Bai Wanwan shook her head and asked, "What happened?"
Shen Tao was shaking with laughter, not even noticing the tea spilling out of the cup:
"You didn't see the scene! The Tenth Prince, with his face swollen like a pig's, knelt in front of the throne room and howled, saying that someone was going to raid his house!
His eyes were swollen, and his face was covered with snot and tears."
"Tsk tsk tsk... Is this guy so miserable today?"
Shen Tao sighed:
"More than that, I'm really impressed by your grandfather. Your grandfather took the lead in reporting him. Do you know what a mess the Golden Palace was in this morning?
The Tenth Prince was surrounded and scolded by a dozen ministers, their spit almost drowning him! The Emperor overturned the case on the spot.
Bai Wanwan chuckled and said, "It was my grandfather who led the impeachment?"
Shen Tao nodded and said:
"The Tenth Prince allowed his men to rob women and devour disaster relief supplies. Every single one of these things has been proven! But how can the Tenth Prince be easily provoked?
"Hurry up and send someone to tell your grandfather, he's stirred up a hornet's nest!"
Bai Wanwan snorted coldly and said, "This Tenth Prince wouldn't be that bad, would he? He was clearly the one who did something wrong, so he wouldn't be so cruel, would he?"
Shen Tao rolled his eyes helplessly and said unhappily:
"Don't think too highly of him! There was once a censor.
I just said he had seized a few acres of land, and guess what happened next?"
Bai Wanwan shook her head in confusion: "How would I know?"
Shen Tao lowered his voice, his tone full of sighs:
“The censor’s hands and feet were chopped off, and his eyeballs were gouged out.
From then on, who in the court dared to say a word against him?
This time, he's most likely going to settle accounts with your grandfather, and I'm telling the truth!"
Bai Wanwan didn't take it seriously and shrugged nonchalantly: "Let him do whatever he wants, I'm not afraid, and my grandfather won't be afraid either."
Shen Tao stamped his feet anxiously, but he couldn't do anything about her:
"I can't explain this to you! You'll regret it when you suffer a loss!
I don’t have time to waste here, I have plans to play football and go horseback riding!”
As he turned to leave, Bai Wanwan waved at him, not taking his words to heart at all.
As night fell, Bai Qiaoniang stumbled into the courtyard, her pearl hairpins askew and her skirt stained with mud.
Bai Wanwan's heart tightened when she saw this, and she hurried over: "Mom, what happened?"
Bai Qiaoniang leaned against the door frame, panting heavily, her voice trembling:
"Your grandparents were on their way to the village when a group of masked men showed up!
Those men had ruthless eyes and deadly attacks. If your grandfather and his men hadn't been prepared and protected themselves with muskets...
There are more than thirty secret guards, clearly well-trained assassins! Who else but the Tenth Prince could have such a lethal weapon?"
Bai Wanwan sneered and said, "What a Tenth Prince! He dares to set an ambush and kill people right under the Emperor's feet. Does he really think no one can stop him?"