After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

Ning Ruyan shook her head hastily: "It's nothing."

Jiang Yan touched her head and looked at Gong: "Tell me."

"My cousin's name is Wu Peng, he is my mother's...nephew." Gong licked her lips, "Yes, can you give me a sip of water?"

Jiang Yan was silent for a while and then signaled to the jailer.

A jailer brought a glass of water over, pinched Ms. Gong's chin and gave her two sips. The action was so rough that Ms. Gong choked and coughed.

The entire prison was filled with the screams of the prisoners and Gong's coughing.

Finally, Mrs. Gong calmed down and looked up at Jiang Yan and Ning Ruyan: "His parents died young, so he lived in my house since he was very young. We grew up together as childhood sweethearts. He said he would marry me. But then he left my house. I didn’t know where he went, and neither did my parents. So, I married Jiang Bowen. But later, when something happened in the General’s Mansion, I was worried about being implicated, so I went back with Li. At my parents’ home, my cousin came back. I thought we could be together, but my parents didn’t agree. In the end, we eloped. However, we only went out for two days before he disappeared again and took away all my money. I had no choice but to come back..."

"that's it?"

"That's all, I've said it once, I really don't know the rest."

"Wupeng is from Beiyuan, did you know?"

"What?" Gong was stunned for a moment, but soon his eyes flashed, and then he shook his head, "No... I don't know."

"Gong Zhizhi, I only have one chance here." Jiang Yan curled his lips, "Do you think your father or your cousin from Bei'anbo can still rescue you? To tell you the truth, They may not even be able to protect themselves.”

"you……"

"Bringing you here means that this commander has grasped Wu Peng's true identity. Do you really think he can escape?"

Gong swallowed.

"Since you don't want to say it, then don't say it anymore." Jiang Yan said and stood up holding Ning Ruyan.

"I said, I said everything." Gong was really scared.

Jiang Yan looked at her: "Last chance."

"He...he asked me to come back." Gong closed his eyes, "He asked me to pay attention to all the movements in the General's Mansion."

"Then what? After paying attention to the trend, how do you cancel the meeting?"

"He asked me to go to Xihong Teahouse once a month and put the message on the tea table in the second private room."

"How many times did you pass it on?"

Gong shook his head hurriedly: "No, I haven't been there yet. I was arrested just after I returned to the general's mansion."

Jiang Yan glanced at her: "I hope what you said is true, otherwise, the entire Gong family will be buried with you."

"Everything I said is true. I don't dare to deceive you. Please spare my life. I will hide far away and never dare to do it again..."

However, Jiang Yan had already left the dungeon with Ning Ruyan in his arms.

When she got outside, she felt the cool breeze and breathed in the fresh air. Ning Ruyan felt that her whole body seemed to have relaxed.

"I asked Li Jiu to take you back." Jiang Yan glanced at Ning Ruyan.

Ning Ruyan shook her head: "Just hire a carriage for me. With Zisu here, it'll be no problem."

Jiang Yan was not tough this time, but nodded.

Zi Su never saw Ning Ruyan. Although she was anxious, she didn't see Ning Ruyan come out well at this time. She finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Miss, he didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

Ning Ruyan shook her head: "I'm fine. After you take me back later, I'll go to the Xihong Tea House..."

Zisu came back in the evening: "Miss, I didn't find anything at Xihong Tea House, but I did find someone from Beiyuan coming and going."

Ning Ruyan frowned. She didn't expect that the Gong family would be involved with the Beiyuan people, and even served as a spy for the Beiyuan family. I just don't know if the Gong family was involved?

However, these were not things she could participate in and solve, so apart from asking Zisu to go out and stare at the place from time to time, there was nothing she could do, so she simply started preparing birthday gifts for the eldest princess.

Her music, chess, calligraphy and painting are all good, but none of them are particularly outstanding. If she wants to say that the best is of course her cooking skills, and her wine-making skills, but these cannot be used as gifts unless she can brew a cup of wine. A drink that is not currently available on the market.

In fact, this is not impossible.

So, Ning Ruyan went to the winery the next day, preparing to brew a peony nectar from Ning's Thirteen Fang Li.

Although peony nectar contains peonies, it is not brewed from peonies, but from the dew on peonies.

At this time, the peonies have not yet reached their blooming season. At most, there are buds in some places, so it is a bit difficult to collect dew. However, Shopkeeper Ninth has stored a jar of last year's plum blossom dew.

"Miss, they are all dew from flower petals. Maybe they have the same purpose but the same effect?"

Ning Ruyan thought it made sense, so she stayed in the winery and started following the steps on the recipe, experimenting one by one. Not to mention, after failing five times, a jar of dew was almost finished. At that time, I finally succeeded and used the remaining dew to brew half a jar of plum blossom nectar.

"Although there is no record of the rich aroma of peony nectar, the cold aroma of plum blossoms is also very distinctive." Ning Ruyan took a sip, "And the entrance is soft, and slowly starts to become stronger, and finally brings a... With a hint of sweetness and the fragrance of plum blossoms..."

"Well, it is indeed a good thing, but I think women will like this. It is much better than the green plum wine that everyone often drinks."

"Oh, I spent three days of effort in vain." Ning Ruyan stretched.

"This wine needs to have a beautiful bottle." Shopkeeper Ninth suggested, "It's best to use colored glass."

"Yes." Ning Ruyan nodded, "I have a pair of glass bottles in my dowry, so I'll use them."

The glass bottle is translucent. After pouring the wine, you can see a faint powder.

After returning to Wutong Courtyard from the winery, I took a hot bath and slept again, and then I felt that my whole body had relaxed.

"Has anything happened in the house in the past three days?" Ning Ruyan asked several girls while eating.

"Huo was not feeling well yesterday and called Master into the house." Bai Zhi smiled and said, "Master met Wu's mother and daughter and confirmed that they are indeed Gu raisers."

Ning Ruyan raised her eyes: "Are you sure?"

"Yes." Bai Zhi nodded, "Master said that what he can still confirm is that they should be raising love Gu."

Ning Ruyan's face darkened slightly. She had heard of the Love Gu in her previous life. Anyone who fell under the Love Gu would be devoted to that woman until death. So who did the mother and daughter want to control?