I was a prince in ancient times

Fang Ru, the mistress of the Hou Mansion, was sitting on top, looking at Fu Yunwan who kowtowed to her continuously, hurriedly motioned to the two maids to help her up, and asked inexplicably, "It's fine, what's wrong?"

"Mother..." Fu Yunwan cried out sobbing.

Fang Ru said with a slight sigh, "Silly boy, there is no girl in the world who doesn't marry, stop crying soon, and stop saying such childish things."

"But... Mother, my daughter still wants to serve her father and mother for another two years, please let her be fulfilled." Fu Yunwan bit her lip, her face turned pale, but she still said stubbornly.

Fang Ru was worried, but she smiled and said, "Your father and I are still in good health, and there are so many servants in the house, the worst is your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, so you don't need to work hard to serve them. Zechen Prince's Mansion is only a few streets away from our Hou's Mansion, if you are willing to visit the mansion often after marriage, mother will be satisfied."

Fu Yunwan's complexion was ashen and defeated when she heard this, but she still felt a little bit unwilling in her heart.

She knew that based on her father's current status, it was only a matter of one sentence to get rid of this marriage. The difficulty was that she was just a concubine, so she was not qualified to plead with her father.

"Mother... I... I..."

Seeing her hesitating, Fang Ru's eyes were fixed, with a little sternness, "Why, is there something wrong?"

Asked by Fang Ru, Fu Yunwan subconsciously shook her head, unable to utter a word of begging.

Only then did Fang Ru's complexion turn bright, and she persuaded with a smile, "Girls, before you get married, you will worry about gains and losses. My mother is someone who has experienced it. She understands your feelings. It will be fine when you get through tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, her eyes turned to Fu Yunwan's shattered forehead, and she said apologetically, "Look at me, I was too busy talking, but I forgot that you still have injuries, Zizhu, go and get it for Miss. Here comes the best medicine."

Not long after the maid came back with the wound medicine, Fang Ru handed it to Fu Yunwan herself, and she couldn't help nagging, "Tell me, what can't be said well, and you have to insult yourself. If you get a scar, I regret it to death."

"Thank you, mother, for your concern. My daughter knows." Facing the nagging aunt in front of her, Fu Yunwan lost her mind to deal with it, and retreated disheartened.

Fu Yunwan returned to her own courtyard, looking at the courtyard that was not green in the winter but showing exquisiteness everywhere, thinking that the current failure of the Prince Chen's Mansion was worse than that of her concubine's courtyard, she suddenly felt aggrieved.

Everyone said that her father had made a fortune now, and even led his family to follow the chickens and dogs to heaven, but why did he leave her behind, and after telling her to marry, her life was not as good as the life before she got married.

If she could, she would rather be made things difficult by her aunt in the Hou Mansion than marry into such a vortex where people can't see the dawn.

Just as she was leaning in the courtyard and thinking, the end of her eyes suddenly glanced at the cobbled path outside the courtyard. There was a young man with a handsome appearance led by the housekeeper to the courtyard where the guests were placed.

"Who is that?" Fu Yunwan frowned, and asked the maid behind her in a low voice.

Seeing this, the winking maid hurriedly went out to inquire, and came back and said, "Miss Hui, I found out clearly, just now that is the Biao Young Master of the Lu Mansion, and he specially came to attend the wedding banquet of Miss tomorrow."

As soon as the maid said, Fu Yunwan knew who it was. It was the grandson of the old general Lu whose whole family died in the battlefield, and also her aunt's son, her cousin Lu Chengjiao.

When they were young, they met a few times. At that time, his father was a hussar general under General Lu, and the two married again. This cousin of hers has a new identity, and after calculation, there has been no contact between the two families for ten years, no wonder the face was very unfamiliar just now.

"It's hard for him to have a heart." Fu Yunwan nodded after listening, but there was no trace of joy on her face.

Immediately afterwards, the maid took out a gift list from her hand, and handed it to Fu Yunwan respectfully: "Miss, this is a makeup gift from Master Biao..."

The maid also knew that Fu Yunwan didn't like this marriage, so she spoke with trepidation.

Fu Yunwan took it and flipped through it casually, and ordered in a disinterested manner, "Let's put it together with other gift lists."

The servant girl complied.

In a daze, Fu Yunwan suddenly realized that there was only a month's difference between her and this cousin's birthday, so she hurriedly called a maid to come forward and said, "Go and find out if Master Biao was married before. If he is married, we still need to make up A return gift."

The servant girl took the order, and asked clearly after a while, and told Fu Yunwan honestly, "Return to Miss, Master Biao is not married."

Fu Yunwan nodded, and said with emotion, "That's right, there is no one adult in his family now, so I'm afraid there isn't even a single person to make a fuss about the marriage."

Just as she was talking, a sudden wind blew up, and she turned up the script she had written in the pavilion in the courtyard a few days ago.

She glanced away, what a coincidence, the script just happened to turn to Shengjun's accidental collision, and this time of marrying Xiao Lang by accident, Fu Yunwan made a sudden attack, and a terrible thought suddenly grew in her heart.

Xie Anlan entered Sheng'an Casino, although the street outside the Casino was deserted, the inside of the Casino was extremely hot.

All kinds of people are mixed in, fish and dragons are mixed together, and it doesn't seem to be contrary to harmony, but it seems quite harmonious.

The gambling tables are full of people, all staring at the cards or dice in the hands of the dealer, or nervous or excited, they have long forgotten their own life experience, and only win or lose in their eyes.

"His Royal Highness Chen Wang!"

Just as Xie Anlan was looking around this ancient gambling house with interest, a middle-aged man with a kind face passed through the noisy crowd and came to Xie Anlan with his hands folded.

Xie Anlan recognized this person, it was Li Youqian, the shopkeeper of this Sheng'an gambling house, he was rich as his name suggests.

"Treasurer Li." Xie Anlan reluctantly greeted him.

Hearing Xie Anlan's polite address, Li Youqian was taken aback for a moment, and his face immediately became flattered.

Let people who don't know think how respectful he is to Prince Chen.

"Okay, don't put on airs, I'm not here to see you." Xie Anlan held his breath, he didn't like Li Yougan at all, he just wanted to leave the smelly gambling hall.

"Yes yes yes, His Royal Highness, please come with me." Seeing that Xie Anlan was still the same as before, Li Youqian immediately slowed down and went to the second floor to meet Xie Anlan.

"Your Highness is still the same as usual today?" On the second floor, Li Youqian asked a question according to the usual practice, but as soon as he finished speaking, his expression became embarrassing.

Xie Anlan took his reaction into her heart and pretended not to know, "What's wrong."

Li Youqian pondered for a while, and then slowly replied, "His Royal Highness has already exceeded 1000 taels of credit in the small shop a few days ago, and His Highness also knows the rules of the small shop. If the arrears exceed 1000 taels, you will not be allowed to enter this day's name." My box, please forgive me, Your Highness."

Xie Anlan glanced at Li Yougan coldly, any rules or irregularities are farts, he just said this to take the good face of the original owner.

No matter how unbearable the original owner is, he is still a prince. He has been educated since he was a child that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. It is like coming to this gambling house, except for the Tianzihao box, he looks down on everything else.

And although Li Youqian had someone behind him, he couldn't afford to offend the original owner, the prince, so he couldn't make it clear, so he had no choice but to make a bad move.

It just so happened that the original owner was a face-saving person. After hearing what he said, he would try his best to repay the loan, and after repaying the loan, he would gamble again. In this cycle, the palace was defeated by him as it is now.

The original owner had a good face, but Xie Anlan didn't have a good face. She couldn't even afford to eat, so why should she be ashamed.

Xie Anlan smiled suddenly, "I don't want to enter the box of Tianzihao today. Speaking of which, you have come to the casino so many times, and I haven't seen it in other places. Shopkeeper Li doesn't mind if I go shopping."

When Li Youqian, who was stared at by Xie Anlan almost broke out in a cold sweat, heard this, there was no reason not to agree, and hurriedly expressed his welcome.

Xie Anlan walked around the other boxes on the second floor like a leisurely stroll, not caring about the surprised looks of others.

Compared with the first floor, the second floor is indeed much more high-end, and the people who come here are all rich and rich family dudes. An act of gambling.

After Xie Anlan finished shopping, he randomly picked a dice table and tried to bet a penny.

"puff---"

It happened that a noble young man in a blue brocade suit came out of the Tianzi box, and seeing Xie Anlan throwing a penny, he couldn't help laughing.

Xie Anlan looked back at the other party and raised her eyebrows unexpectedly.

The person who came was none other than Xie Huarong, King of Hejian County who often gambled with Xie Anlan.

Half of the original owner's money was lost to this person, so he was very impressed.

"Cousin, if you are short of money, just tell your brother, why should you be so wronged." Xie Huarong stepped forward, looked at the sudden penny in the pile of silver, and said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, my brother might as well give my brother a little money of 1 taels first." When he fell asleep, someone would give him a pillow. Xie Anlan couldn't wait for it, and immediately stretched out his hand, as if to ask Xie Huarong to give the money on the spot.

Xie Huarong was about to get rid of it with two or eight taels, when he suddenly heard Xie Anlan's words, his whole body paused, and he looked at him as if he had seen a ghost.

Is this... still his face-saving cousin?

Xie Huarong withdrew the hand that took the money, and laughed twice, "Cousin, are you serious?"

Xie Anlan nodded very seriously, "I really can't be more serious, give me the money quickly."

Xie Huarong's face was a bit unbearable, he couldn't figure out why he was so thick-skinned today when he saw his cousin who was like a mouse and a cat!

It made him a little bit hard to get off in front of everyone.

Whether the money is given or not, it seems like a joke to him.

"Why, cousin is planning to say nothing?"

Seeing that Xie Huarong remained silent for a long time, Xie Anlan narrowed her eyes slightly, and her tone of voice was very thought-provoking.