C99 Treasure Chest

"Your Highness."

The butler hurried over, and when he saw that King Mo and Du Jinse were together, he hesitated to speak.

Li Hao glanced at Du Jinse and took a few steps forward.

Du Jinse decided to hide further.

Since they didn't want her to know, she wasn't that curious.

Unexpectedly, Li Hao walked towards her.

"You have a deep relationship with Zangxiang Pavilion's Pu Zhu?" Li Hao had a strange look on his face.

"What happened?" Du Jinse looked at Li Hao warily.

Li Hao comforted her, "Nothing, she's just here to seek an audience with you."

This was what he was curious about. Speaking of which, he could be considered to have a good relationship with Pu Zhu, but Pu Zhu didn't ask to see him, instead, she stubbornly requested to see Du Jinse. What was the reason behind this?

When Du Jinse heard it, she carefully looked at Li Hao.

"Then does the prince ask me to see her?"

Her eyes could not help but reveal a look of grief. Speaking of which, Pu Zhu could be considered as her close friend in this world.

Li Hao said to the butler: "Call her here."

The butler could not help but look at Du Jinse and agree before leaving.

Du Jinse's state of mind did not belong to her. Pu Zhu knew that she was fine, and should be relieved, but for no reason, she would definitely not come here. What exactly had happened?

"Could I ask Your Highness to step aside for a moment?" Du Jinse thought of something and asked.

Li Hao was startled for a moment, then nodded his head: "Alright, but you have to promise me, if there is anything, you cannot hide from I."

Du Jinse nodded without hesitation.

"Alright." She was silly, hiding things from him. With her strength, what could she do? She couldn't even get into the Prince Mo’s Manor now, and it wasn't a very difficult matter. Pu Zhu wouldn't look for her either, since he was looking for her, there definitely wasn't anyone else that could help her, and the matter was urgent.

Li Hao was also clear of this point. The reason he said this was because he wanted to calm Du Jinse's heart.

Sometimes, it was so easy for smart people to talk to smart people.

After seeing Li Hao leaving, Du Jinse turned and rushed towards the direction of the butler. She wished that she could quickly meet Pu Zhu and ask her what exactly happened, but she was afraid that she would miss it on the road. Furthermore, she could not leave the house, and could only wait here.

Seeing Pu Zhu from afar, Du Jinse immediately went forward and grabbed Pu Zhu's hand.

"Pu Zhu, you're here."

Pu Zhu was startled, then looked at Du Jinse who was pulling her hand. Her eyes grew hot, but due to the change in her identity, Du Jinse did not treat her lightly.

"Pu Zhu pays her respect to concubine."

Pu Zhu gracefully agreed.

Du Jinse was startled, seeing that the butler who was still standing at the side understood.

"Housekeeper Li, go and busy yourself first. I still have a lot of things to say to Miss Pu Zhu."

The butler looked at Pu Zhu suspiciously. What is there to talk about with her?

"This servant is not busy, this servant will wait on you here."

The Duke actually got coaxed away by Du Jinse, so the butler felt that he should shoulder the burden of looking at Du Jinse and Pu Zhu, in case the two of them say anything that they shouldn't have.

Du Jinse frowned, and suddenly laughed sinisterly.

The butler looked at her warily. Her smile was so scary, what kind of scheme was this?

"I want to learn from Miss Pu Zhu. How can I make the prince stay in bed with me? He's infatuated with me, I didn't expect that the butler would also be interested in me at his age."

The worry in Pu Zhu's eyes, after hearing what Du Jinse said, was diluted by a lot, and she used her fan to cover her face.

"The butler is at the prime of his life and should learn from him. You must know that Lord Mu's father is already approaching the end of his life. He will never tire of such matters."

Although the Housekeeper Li was not an old-fashioned person, he had a good character.

The two girls smiled at each other, then Du Jinse pulled Pu Zhu and said, "Let's go, we will talk inside."

Pu Zhu waved behind him, "Xiao Ying."

Only then did Du Jinse realise that Xiao Ying had her head lowered, and was following behind him from a distance.

Not knowing why, when Du Jinse saw Xiao Ying like this, she felt all the blood in her body congealing, "She …"

Du Jinse felt a faint unease in her heart.

Pu Zhu could not bear to do that, but she turned her head and nodded.

Du Jinse took a deep breath and walked towards Xiao Ying, gently embracing her in her arms.

Xiao Ying's body trembled and she could not help but straighten her back.

Du Jinse did not make any unnecessary movements, and only held her gently. In the time it took to make a cup of tea, Xiao Ying had let her guard down, and was no longer as stiff as before.

"Let's go in."

Du Jinse pulled Xiao Ying's hand, walked to Pu Zhu's side, and took the opportunity to pull Pu Zhu's hand. The three of them walked shoulder to shoulder, returning to Du Jinse's residence.

Du Jinse told the two of them to wait. She went over to get some hot water and poured some tea for them.

Seeing that, Pu Zhu muttered: "You are now a concubine, why do you not even have a servant at your side?"

Du Jinse was startled, then laughed: "What concubine, it is just a joke."

She was just a trapped bird.

Pu Zhu suddenly looked at Du Jinse with fervent eyes, "I'll gift Xiao Ying to you, alright?"

Du Jinse looked up at Pu Zhu in astonishment, and then understood. "You can bear it?"

The most important thing was whether the brothels would let them go.

Pu Zhu's eyes dimmed as she opened the exquisite small box that she had been carrying.

Du Jinse was immediately blinded by her gaze as she squinted her eyes and looked at Pu Zhu.

Pu Zhu immediately explained, "Don't misunderstand, Xiao Ying's indenture contract is with mother, as long as I go to a lady in Zangxiang Pavilion, to redeem my body, I cannot do it without silver. This is my savings of many years, first take it, if it's not enough, I will think of a way."

Du Jinse stared at the box full of pearl emeralds, "Is that not enough?"

Xiao Ying was only a maidservant, not some Flos Lonicerae.

Pu Zhu revealed a bitter smile, "As long as we enter that place, we won't wait for too long. How many people will be able to come out?"

Those who were willing to give up their lives for them might not have that much money, and those who were wealthy might not be willing to leave with him.

He was actually quite lucky to be able to use silver to redeem himself and leave this place.

However, many people had already left, but their lives had become even more miserable. They would rather stay here than face an unpredictable fate.

Du Jinse started to understand why they didn't want her to enter the brothel, but she couldn't understand one thing.

She reached out her hand and pulled Pu Zhu to the side, "Pu Zhu, I clearly already gave the smelly water secret formula to Xiao Ying, why …"

Pu Zhu's expression was somewhat unwilling, "How can a girl endure the stench from her own body, it's just that it was useless that day …"

There was a reason behind all of this.

Du Jinse sighed.