Marrying a rich man after rebirth: The daily life of a legitimate daughter

The old lady was very worried. It would be fine if the kidnapped people came back safely, but if anyone got into an accident, the Prince's Mansion would never be able to pay for it in this lifetime: "Damn Li Wanrong, I shouldn't have let her into the mansion in the first place. She made the Prince's Mansion so chaotic."

"It's too late to say anything now. Let's find the prince and discuss what to do about this matter." The news spread to everyone in the capital, and the old lady only then realized that the prince had deliberately concealed this matter. He Shulan was worried that the prince would go alone to pay the ransom and save Li Wanrong.

The old lady immediately asked the nanny to invite the prince.

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The prince was extremely excited when he received the letter from the kidnappers. After waiting for so long, he finally got the news. He ran to the warehouse to prepare five hundred taels of silver notes and planned to go to the mountain immediately to pay the ransom.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, he ran into the old lady's personal maid. He hurriedly hid the banknotes behind his back and said, "Mammy, what do you want to see me at this time?"

"The old lady wants to see you and asks you to go to the Princess's courtyard."

The prince was very worried about Li Wanrong: "If there is anything, let's discuss it when I come back." After saying that, he hurried out.

The nanny stopped him: "The old lady said that the prince should go there now."

The anxious prince could only suppress his anxiety and followed the nanny to He Shulan's yard.

When the old lady saw the banknote in the prince's hand, she knew that he had received the kidnapper's letter: "Where are you going?"

The prince forced himself to calm down: "Several officials from the court asked me to go out for a drink."

"Humph." The old lady glared at the prince fiercely: "At this time, you still want to lie to me."

The prince's heart tightened, and he felt uneasy. He wondered if the old lady knew that Li Wanrong was abducted by bandits. "Old lady, I don't understand what you are saying. When have I ever lied to you?"

"Did you receive a letter from the bandits asking you to pay the ransom and redeem Li Wanrong from the mountain?"

The prince swallowed nervously. Now that the old lady knew everything, he had to speak out: "I can't leave Wanrong alone. I must take the money and save her."

The old lady's tolerance for Li Wanrong had reached its limit: "You go and save her, I have no objection, but you can no longer bring her into the mansion. You must send her away, or sell her off."

"No." The prince refused immediately: "When I took Li Wanrong into my mansion, I promised that I would treat her well for the rest of my life. I would never send her away, let alone sell her."

"You..." The old lady's face turned red with anger at the prince: "The older you get, the more you become undisciplined. Now, you are actually disobeying me for a concubine."

The prince, who had regained consciousness, hurried forward to explain: "It was the old lady who taught me since I was a child that a man must be upright and not only shoulder the responsibility of the country, but also the responsibility of the family."

The old lady didn't know how to refute this: "Li Wanrong has been abducted by bandits for so long, no one knows what happened to her. Her reputation has been damaged, and she can't be brought back to the Prince's Mansion. Since you care about her so much, you can give her more money and let her find a beautiful place to live out her life."

"No." The prince still disagreed with the old lady's arrangement: "Even if Li Wanrong's reputation is damaged, I will not send her away. She will stay in the prince's mansion for the rest of her life."

The old lady finally understood that no matter what Li Wanrong became, the prince would not let her go. The old lady was also angry: "I will no longer care about your affairs with Li Wanrong. You can do whatever you want."

The prince still cares about the old lady in his heart: "Wanrong is very good, she and I will be filial to you together in the future."

"It's good enough that you didn't piss me off to death."

The prince quickly replied, "No, you have been prejudiced against Li Wanrong since she entered the mansion. If you get to know her better, you will find that she is different and you will like her very much."

"Forget it!" Seeing that the prince liked Li Wanrong so much, the old lady tried to get close to Li Wanrong. The more she came into contact with Li Wanrong, the more she felt that this girl was not only bold and open-minded, but also did not know the rules. She did not like her very much, but the prince just liked Li Wanrong's uniqueness.

Seeing that the prince was determined not to send Li Wanrong away, she had to soften her attitude: "When she learns the rules, I will try to like her."

Seeing that the old lady had compromised, the prince immediately agreed: "When I redeem Wanrong from the bandits, I will make sure she learns the rules."

The old lady pursed her lips and said nothing. Li Wanrong had been in the Prince's Mansion for so long, she knew very well that Li Wanrong would not be willing to learn the rules. She did not say this: "I don't want to say this anymore."

"Old Madam, I will go down the mountain to pay the ransom and redeem Wanrong first. If there is anything else, we can talk about it after we come back."

The old lady nodded.

He Shulan, who had been sitting aside for a long time, spoke up: "Prince, you can't go to pay the ransom."

"Why?" The prince's face turned ugly: "Are you jealous of Wanrong's favor and want to take this opportunity to deliberately kill her?"

The prince's words were heartbreaking.

But He Shulan was calm: "Prince, you misunderstood. If you go to pay the ransom in person, you will be kidnapped by bandits. You are more valuable than Li Wanrong."

Only then did the prince realize that when the bandits kidnapped her and threatened the prince's mansion, the silver they wanted would not be just 500 taels.

Realizing that he had misunderstood He Shulan, he looked very embarrassed and said, "I just said too much, please don't take it seriously."

He Shulan smiled and said, "No, the prince is worried about Li Wanrong, so he said something he shouldn't have said. I understand. Give the silver to the soldiers and ask them to take the silver to the bottom of the mountain to pay the ransom and redeem Li Wanrong."

The prince followed He Shulan's advice and gave the silver notes in his hand to the soldiers, asking them to redeem Li Wanrong.

Seeing the anxious look of the prince, the old lady was furious: "Princess, stay here with the prince. I will go back to the courtyard first."

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The soldiers came to the foot of the mountain with the silver. The foot of the mountain was crowded with people, all of whom were holding ransom money to redeem their loved ones.

The soldier changed into casual uniform, found the bandit, told him Li Wanrong's name, and gave the bandit the five hundred taels of silver in his hand.

The bandit looked at the banknote and said with a smile: "Wait here." After a while, the bandit led Li Wanrong down the mountain.

The soldier saw that Li Wanrong had no injuries and had only lost some weight. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and waved to her: "Aunt Li, the prince asked us to take you back to the palace."

Li Wanrong asked, "Why didn't the prince come to pick me up?"

The soldier didn't know how to answer. The prince asked them to pick up Aunt Li, but he didn't know why the prince didn't come. "Aunt Li, go back to the mansion and ask the prince. I don't know."