Chapter 314: Chapter 257: Betting Against Each Other

Shen Ruoxi smiled gently, speaking in a calm tone, "Husband, my thoughts are entirely different from yours. I am convinced Ning Zhen will be completely honest with me."

Jun Moling slightly furrowed his brows, clearly not as optimistic as Shen Ruoxi.

He shook his head helplessly and said, "I really have no good impression of Ning Zhen. I’ve always had difficulty accepting her ways; truly, I don’t know what this woman thinks all day, she just can’t be trusted."

Shen Ruoxi laughed lightly and said softly, "Husband, one should not view people too one-sidedly.

Back then, I too was extremely disgusted with Ning Zhen, always feeling she was so high and mighty, looking down on every woman as if in her eyes, we were like ants, with a faint sense of anger at our lack of progress.

However, ever since she returned from the battlefield, she seemed to be a completely new person.

In fact, there’s some truth in what she says. Why should you men be allowed to have multiple wives, yet expect us to endure?

Why can’t we have multiple husbands? Ultimately, how are us women any inferior to you men?

But luckily, I’ve found a husband like you, so devoted, naturally, I don’t have such thoughts. But she is not wrong to think so.

Furthermore, since we cooperated in business, she has never made us suffer any losses in terms of money matters.

Thinking carefully, we only provided some funds, all the affairs were handled by her, yet we gained such generous profits.

Moreover, during conversations with her, I can sense between the lines that not only does she not look down on me, she even holds me in admiration.

She is able to tell me many heartfelt things, husband, I trust her. So, we must not deceive her, we should lay everything on the table, after all, friends should trust each other."

"Friends?" Jun Moling frowned deeply, filled with doubt.

"How about we make a bet, and see if she’ll hand over what she found to us," Shen Ruoxi suggested.

Jun Moling pondered for a moment and then replied, "Wife, a bet it is, but what are the stakes?"

Shen Ruoxi couldn’t think of something suitable at the moment, and after a while, she said, "Let’s leave it for now, you can go first."

Right now, Shen Ruoxi is pregnant and can’t do many things, Jun Moling rolled his eyes and cunningly said, "If I win, you owe me, and I’ll claim it in the future."

Seeing him like this, Shen Ruoxi knew he was up to no good, but she was confident that she would win this time.

Ning Zhen and Xing Yuan also made a bet. Ning Zhen vowed, "Do you believe that if I give this prescription to Shen Ruoxi, and she spots anything suspicious and wants to act, she will definitely tell me."

Xing Yuan naturally didn’t believe it. In his view, what Shen Ruoxi wanted to make was definitely to deal with the Emperor, so how could she reveal anything to Ning Zhen?

It’s absolutely impossible! Thus, they made a bet.

However, these two had no scruples, as the bet was made, they only thought about harassing each other privately to vent their competitive spirit.

To verify their judgments, Ning Zhen brought Xing Yuan to Prince Zhan’s Mansion.

Before leaving, Ning Zhen repeatedly reminded Xing Yuan to stay quietly by her side and absolutely not to have any conflict with Shen Ruoxi.

Xing Yuan agreed, he wasn’t foolish, understanding that being exposed in Prince Zhan’s Mansion would undoubtedly be a death wish.

As impressive as he was, he couldn’t contend with the many Hidden Guards and guards in the mansion.

This time, he just wanted to see if Shen Ruoxi was really as sincere as Ning Zhen claimed.

Under the guidance of the Gatekeeper, the two walked into the front hall.

Everyone exchanged greetings, and Ning Zhen introduced Xing Yuan to Jun Moling. Jun Moling had never seen Xing Yuan before, so he didn’t pay much attention.

But Shen Ruoxi had seen him before and even crossed paths with him, knowing what he had done in the border city.

Nevertheless, Xing Yuan’s Disguise Technique was quite impressive, successfully deceiving Shen Ruoxi as well. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

However, today, knowing Xing Yuan’s martial arts were formidable, Shen Ruoxi couldn’t help but ask a few more questions, "Military Guard Ning, how did you come to know this gentleman? I heard from the Hidden Guards I sent that his martial arts are quite outstanding!"

After speaking, Shen Ruoxi deliberately glanced at Xing Yuan.

Xing Yuan remained expressionless, not reacting at all, because at home, Ning Zhen had already thought up a response for him.

Ning Zhen calmly said, "I saved him; he’s an orphan from our hometown, previously under the Golden Saber Sect.

He was beaten and expelled from the Golden Saber Sect for exposing the murky deeds of his senior brother while upholding justice and later fell ill, which is when I saved him."

Ning Zhen spoke flawlessly, and Shen Ruoxi knew well that if the senior brother was highly regarded, such a case of false accusation wouldn’t be impossible, so she wasn’t overly suspicious at the moment.

"But with his martial abilities being so formidable, could the Golden Saber Sect really expel such a promising young talent?" Shen Ruoxi questioned again, her eyes filled with scrutiny and investigation.

"My martial arts weren’t really great before, and I don’t know what struck me suddenly, but in these few months with Zhen’er, I improved rapidly. Perhaps she truly is my Noble Lady."

Xing Yuan spoke earnestly, without a single false word.

The Fifth Layer of Asura Evil Qi Skill, which he had been unable to overcome for a long time, was now unexpectedly breached.

Shen Ruoxi recalled the Xing Yuan she had seen before, who indeed seemed much more somber than he was now, who appeared somewhat brighter.

To Xing Yuan’s words, she showed no doubt, straightforwardly asking Ning Zhen, "Got the item?"

Ning Zhen nodded lightly, "But I must tell you, there’s nothing on this; here."

Saying so, she meant to hand over the prescription to Shen Ruoxi, which was baffling to them both, while Xing Yuan, though eager, did not stop her.

Shen Ruoxi did not reach out to accept it but looked at Ning Zhen and said, "Zhen’er, I’ll call you by your name! Are you really sure you want me to see this thing?"

Ning Zhen couldn’t help but laugh, "Really, calling Princess Consort or Military Guard is quite a mouthful, just call me by my name, and I’ll call you Ruoxi, okay?"

Shen Ruoxi glanced at her husband, whose face had darkened a bit, and then responded to Ning Zhen, "Alright, between us this is how it shall be, disregard others."

Ning Zhen seemed very happy, "Of course, I mean to give it to you, truth be told, I don’t think you’ll see anything significant from it. Hurry, for us, it’s practically a blank piece of paper."

Only then did Shen Ruoxi nod slightly and reach out to take it.

However, in Xing Yuan’s heart, he perceived Shen Ruoxi’s friendliness towards Ning Zhen merely as a ploy to get the prescription.

He was convinced that once she got hold of it, Shen Ruoxi would definitely change her attitude, seeing Ning Zhen’s loss as inevitable.

"I actually do know what’s written in here."

As soon as Shen Ruoxi said this, not to mention Xing Yuan, even Jun Moling did not expect his wife to understand the contents on it.