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

The prince's eyes were red with anger. He thought about what kind of misfortune Li Wanrong would suffer if she fell into the hands of the bandits. He was tolerant of his subordinates and let the soldiers accept the punishment themselves. He could not feel at ease when he returned to the prince's mansion.

Making him wait like this in the mansion every day, let alone a whole day, every minute was extremely torturous. After much deliberation, he decided to go to the palace to find the emperor and ask the emperor to send troops to help him attack the bandits. He arrived at the palace when it was dark.

The emperor, who was still handling government affairs, looked at the prince in confusion and said, "Why did you open a restaurant in the suburbs? The bandits in Qiuyun Mountain are notoriously fierce. Over the years, the court has sent countless soldiers to suppress the bandits, but none of them have succeeded. You have never fought a war. Can you wipe out those bandits by taking soldiers with you?"

The prince began to hesitate. He had never encountered bandits in his comfortable life and didn't know how to eliminate them. "Wanrong was captured by bandits. I can't just ignore it."

The emperor had heard about the prince's doting on his concubine and scoffed at it: "You are a prince, you can have any woman you want. She is just a concubine. If she is gone, she is gone. Don't take it too seriously."

"I..." The prince didn't know how to refute the emperor. Li Wanrong had just walked into her heart. It was hopeless to ask the emperor for troops. She could only return to the mansion and wait for news quietly, hoping to use silver to redeem Li Wanrong from the hands of the bandits: "I know."

The emperor looked at the prince's back as he left and shook his head helplessly, hoping that the prince would listen to his words.

.......

"time to eat."

Sitting on the haystack, Li Wanrong looked at the bandits and the food they had thrown on the ground. There were a few vegetable leaves in the porridge, which gave off a sour smell. She overturned the bowl on the ground, and the porridge spilled all over the floor: "You dare to give me food that even dogs won't eat."

The bandit was not polite to Li Wanrong and kicked her away: "You are just a prisoner now. What qualifications do you have to make conditions with me? It's good enough to have such porridge for you to eat. If you dislike it, don't eat it."

Li Wanrong, who had just been locked up in the cell and had not yet experienced the feeling of being hungry, replied arrogantly: "I won't eat anything like this."

The others who were locked up in the cell didn't care whether the porridge tasted good or not. They picked up their bowls and ate them voraciously.

Li Wanrong continued to sit on the haystack angrily, looking at the cell which seemed simple but was actually very secure, thinking about how to escape. Her thoughts were seen through by the people next to her.

"Don't even think about escaping. We are in the mountains here and we can't find a way down. Besides, there are many bandits guarding the prison cells."

"Are we going to be locked up here forever?" The silver in the restaurant was robbed by bandits, but the silver in the Prince's Mansion was still there. Li Wanrong didn't want to be locked up here.

"No, the bandits have locked us up here just to make our families pay for our ransom."

Hearing this, Li Wanrong finally breathed a sigh of relief. The prince knew that she was kidnapped by bandits and would definitely use silver to redeem her. She lay on the haystack to rest. At night, her stomach growled with hunger and she was unable to sleep because of the discomfort. She now understood that even though the porridge was so unpalatable, the people in the cell were still scrambling to drink it. If they didn't drink the porridge, they would starve.

At this time, footsteps were heard in the quiet cell. Several drunk bandits walked into the cell. Their cloudy eyes scanned the people in the cell closely, and their gazes stayed on the woman.

Their intentions were very clear. Even the arrogant Li Wanrong became extremely quiet at this moment, hiding in a corner and not daring to make a sound.

The bandits took a fancy to the pretty Li Wanrong and dragged her out of the cell.

Li Wanrong was so scared that she screamed loudly: "How dare you! I am the noble concubine of the prince."

"Now that you are here, it doesn't matter if you are the king or the father. Just accompany me and have fun tonight."

"You..." Li Wanrong struggled hard and shouted for help.

Everyone in the cell was busy with their own affairs and no one came forward to rescue Li Wanrong.

Li Wanrong was dragged into the house next door by the bandits.

Just when Li Wanrong felt extremely desperate, the big boss appeared and said, "This person cannot be moved."

The bandit let go of Li Wanrong without hesitation: "Let's change someone."

“Neither.”

"We do this every time we kidnap someone and take him to the mountains." The bandits didn't understand why the boss suddenly came out to stop them.

The eldest boss patiently explained to them: "These people are high-ranking officials in the capital, and some of them may be wives of officials. We are only seeking money, and we will not get involved in anything else."

The bandits had no choice but to let go, sent Li Wanrong to the cell, and left.

The people in the cell looked at Li Wanrong with strange eyes, but when they saw that she was dressed neatly and did not look like she had been violated by bandits, they swallowed the words that were about to come out of their mouths.

Li Wanrong held a grudge against them for not saving her. She ignored everyone and sat alone in a corner, crying quietly, hoping that the prince would save her as soon as possible and free her from her suffering.

........

As soon as day broke, the boss led the bandits into the cell and woke up everyone who was still sleeping.

Everyone looked at the bandits in front of them in fear.

In order to let everyone down their guard and do as he said, the boss smiled and said, "Tell us your home address, and we will notify your family to pick you up."

The bandits didn't make their words very clear, but everyone understood. The bandits asked the family to pay a ransom to redeem them, and everyone rushed to tell the bandits their home addresses.

The smile on the boss's face became brighter and brighter. These people who were caught were all big fish. He could make a fortune again this time.

......

Soon, the family members who were abducted by the bandits received a letter asking them to pay 500 taels of silver per household and go to the foot of the mountain to redeem their children.

The news spread like the wind and everyone knew it.

Even the old lady who never went out of the house knew about it. Her face turned pale and she came to He Shulan's yard with a cane.

He Shulan supported the old lady and said, "If you have anything to ask me, ask the maid to call me. You don't have to come in person."

The old lady spoke with heavy breaths: "Something happened at the restaurant."

"What happened?" He Shulan helped the old lady sit down on her seat and patted her on the back: "If you have anything to say, speak slowly."

"I haven't been out during this period, so I'm not sure exactly when the incident happened in the restaurant. I heard that the guests in the restaurant and Li Wanrong were captured by bandits. The bandits sent letters to every household, asking them to prepare 500 taels of silver and go down the mountain to redeem them."

He Shulan's expression became solemn. She originally thought that the restaurant had the protection of the prince and no one dared to cause trouble, but she forgot that there were bandits in the suburbs: "It has already happened. All we can do now is to rescue the people as soon as possible."