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The candlelight flickered through a thin layer of lantern skin, casting an uncertain shadow on Lin Hongyu's face, making her sorrowful expression even darker.

After more than two months, Lin Hongyu finally received the promise to *”lift her as a Concubine,”* and the price she had to pay remained unchanged. She was still asked to give up her body to someone else, but this time the man she was going to serve was not Jia Lian, but Lord Sun!

Although Lin Hongyu had heard before that some of the nobles like to entertain guests with concubines and maids, she never imagined that one day she would also be the protagonist in this anecdote.

According to Jia Lian's instructions, he not only wanted her to actively seduce Lord Sun, but it would be best if she could also make peace with Lord Sun in front of Jia Lian…

Heaven and earth have a conscience!

Although she liked to follow the trend and despised poverty and wealth, she never thought of becoming a woman with a lustful personality.

Therefore, when she first heard about this, Lin Hongyu was reluctant at first.

As a servant of the family, she has already been despised by the mistress. If she provoked Master Jia Lian again, how could she have any future prospects?

Moreover, Jia Lian used Lin as a threat both inside and outside of his words. He even used her mother's family to be implicated in this, not to mention her future, it might be difficult to even find a way out!

Therefore, after struggling for a long time but being unable to make Jia Lian change his mind, Lin Hongyu had no choice but to humbly accept. After all, her frail body was not as important as her future and life.

Lin Hongyu was carrying a lantern and passing through the narrow path of the second door. She saw that she was approaching the kitchen to the left, and instinctively tightened her tight clothes. She looked at the brightly lit territory but hesitated for a moment.

For this banquet, Lin Hongyu had already changed into a thin dress, and she didn’t know where Second Master Lian found some chest wraps commonly used by prostitutes. Two transparent black veils the size of a palm tightly wrapped around the skin and flesh, which was even more shameless than not wearing anything.

Although there was a coat covering the area right now, it might not be seen clearly, but if one was caught in the dazzling light and accidentally revealed some traces, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Especially in the kitchen, there were many people with mixed eyes, there were even…

A slender figure with one arm flashed through Lin Hongyu's mind, and she couldn't help but sigh again. If she had known today, it would have been better to have followed Jia Yun and avoided such humiliation!

But who would have thought that Second Master Lian still had such a hobby back then?!

It was really a coincidence. Lin Hongyu was wandering around at the kitchen door, and as she watched, a few people came out from inside. Who was the one who was bossing around, but not Jia Yun?

Lin Hongyu quickly tilted the lantern in her hand to the side of her body, so as not to reflect her lascivious nature. Then, she turned her pretty face and shouted, "Brother Yun, the Second Master asked me to pass a message to this side, asking you to deliver the prepared wine and vegetables to Lord Sun's room. Don't send them to the Second Master's house."

In theory, she should call Jia Yun "Second Master Yun," but since it was a message for Jia Lian, who was an uncle, Lin Hongyu was reluctant to show her fear in front of Jia Yun from the bottom of her heart, so she only called him "Brother Yun."

Jia Yun was already planning this matter, but upon hearing Lin Hongyu's message, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Because he was still worried just now, Jia Lian would first pass on the food and drink and start inside—since it was directly delivered to Lord Sun's house, as long as he took good care of it along the way, with Lord Sun's vigilance, there was no need to worry about Jia Lian adding medicine to the food.

Therefore, Jia Yun quickly took a few steps and leaned forward, saying, "Could you please run another trip, Lady Lin? I'll have someone deliver the food and drinks."

Jia Yun always smiled slightly when meeting people, as Lin Hongyu used to know. However, today when she looks at his polite smile, she always feels a bit servile and submissive.

Thinking about it again, since she followed Jia Lian, Jia Yun has never dared to harass her again. Obviously, he was afraid of the power of Second Master Lian—it must be like this!

At present, Lin Hongyu's sorrow in her heart eased a bit. She secretly thought that even if she sacrificed her propriety, righteousness, and integrity, as long as she could become Jia Lian's first concubine, it would still be worth it.

Therefore, her footsteps when she returned were much lighter than when she came.

Until she collided with Ping'er outside the small courtyard where she was serving guests!

"It’s you?"

Ping'er and Lin Hongyu met and couldn't help but raise their eyebrows in surprise. They asked, "Do you know why Second Master called me over?"

How could Second Master Lian still call her here?!

Lin Hongyu suddenly felt a sense of crisis in her heart, how could she tell Ping'er the truth?

She casually said, "I just went to the kitchen to pass the messages. I don't know why Second Master called you here, Sister."

As she spoke, Lin Hongyu couldn't help but sneak a glance at Ping'er, especially at her chest and buttocks, and stared fiercely.

If only talking about facial features and appearance, there was not much difference between the two, but if taking into account the factors of convexity and backwardness, she was slightly inferior…

However, it was okay. In the afternoon, when Second Master Lian gave him advice, she was not present. Perhaps she still didn’t know what she wou;d encounter today, and she was used to pretending to be reserved and show her composure to Jia Lian. How could she put down her pride and submit to Lord Sun?

With such thoughts in mind, while Lin Hongyu relaxed, she couldn't help but have a desire to compete. Ever since she gave Jia Lian a discount on chastity, she regarded Ping'er as her biggest competitor. Now that she has the opportunity to snatch a concubine's identity in front of Ping'er, she naturally wanted to work hard.

So Lin Hongyu took advantage of the lack of attention and quietly pulled down the previously tightened collar until a fair patch of skin was exposed under her collarbone. It was then that she followed behind Ping'er and crossed the threshold as if nothing had happened.

Two flowers bloom, each representing one branch.

But after Lin Hongyu went to the kitchen to pass the messages, Sun Shaozong and Jia Lian also entered the interior.

Seeing Qingwen greet him, Jia Lian smiled and said, "You don't need to be here anymore. Go back to where my second sister is. After all, she is pregnant and can't do without people around her."

"Returning to Second Master Lian's words."

Qingwen nodded slightly, covering her swollen and red eyes, and said calmly, "I am a maid in the Second Master's room. The Eldest Madam has Siqi and Xiuju to serve her, so it's not my turn."

Jia Lian frowned. He had thought that Qingwen was arranged by Jia Yingchun to take care of Sun Shaozong temporarily, but he didn't expect Sun Shaozong to come to the Jia Mansion and even brought a maid with him.

It was fine if it were other maids, Qingwen was the top maid among the many maids in Rongguo Mansion before. Compared to her, Lin Hongyu and Ping'er might be three points inferior, with her on the side, their planned affairs might have lost some confidence, isn’t it?

Therefore, Jia Lian smiled and probed Sun Shaozong, "What's wrong? Is Baoyu also this generous and gave you this heartfelt flesh to use?"

Although there was almost no possibility for Jia Baoyu and Qingwen, how could Sun Shaozong fall for it at this time?

Hurriedly shaking his head, he said, "Second Brother, be cautious! This girl is in my mansion and has always been responsible for taking care of your big nephew. Today, I brought her over to meet Brother Bao."

Great that he hasn’t *”eaten”* her.

Jia Lian then breathed a sigh of relief and sat down with Sun Shaozong on the bed of Arhat in the living room across the kang table. Qingwen washed the cup with the first course of tea, refilled it for them, and bowed back to the corner.

Jia Lian picked up the deep blue glazed teacup, and then, under the cover of warm mist rising, squinted at Sun Shaozong's strong biceps, which had been propped up on a soft cushion. For a moment, he felt that his mouth was moist before he could even drink tea.

With a gulp of saliva, Second Master Lian couldn't help but praise, "I heard that Erlang has been shuttling back and forth between the Central Judicial Office, Crown Prince Residence, and the Northern Detective Department recently, and even went to work in Jinmen Mansion. I thought that with this workload, you would be looking a little tired, but you still have the same heroic spirit as before."

"It's also a habit of running around."

Sun Shaozong smiled and said, "At the moment, it's pretty good. When we were doing the sentencing, we didn't hire several senior masters like Wei Ruolan. They had to rely on me to handle every case ourselves, and it's common to run several cases in a row."

In fact, when it came to fatigue, it has to be when he was a criminal police officer before transmigrating. Nowadays, no matter what, there were still people below serving him. How could there be a situation where he has been wandering in the wilderness for several days and relying on convenient food to fool his stomach?

Therefore, while others might see it as hard work, Sun Shaozong didn't feel too tired, except that the timing of the morning call was too early, if it was changed to 9 AM, then it would be perfect.

"By the way..."

When he heard him talk about Wei Ruolan, he curiously asked, "Can Second Brother Wei still be okay this time? Prince Beijing, to protect him, has tricked his uncle's house. If we can't bring it out..."

*I'm afraid the truth was that Prince Beijing, to distance himself from the Niu family, didn’t hesitate to pit his own Brother-in-law!*

However, this was only Sun Shaozong's inference, and it was not easy to make it public randomly. Therefore, he shook his head and said, "His life is probably safe, but if he wants to regain his original position, there is probably no hope."

"Hey!"

Jia Lian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned forward for a moment. His gaze was fixed on Sun Shaozong, and he asked, "Erlang, how about I go and compete for the position of the Judge for the Criminal Department?"

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong hadn't had tea yet, otherwise, he would have had to give him a hard time. This Jia Lian really knew how to speak shockingly one after another, and he even wanted to become an official again!

Not right!

He seemed to have the title of an alternate Officer. If he fell out of town, he was considered a fifth-grade official. It seemed reasonable to add on a sixth-grade official in the Capital…

Upon this thought, Sun Shaozong felt as if his head was as big as a fight, and quickly advised, "This position of the Judge is not a leisurely task, let alone Captain Qiu, who has long been concerned about his son. Why do you bother to snatch with his family, Second Brother?"

Jia Lian originally thought that if he could obtain the position, he would be able to enter and exit with Sun Shaozong legitimately.

Captain Qiu has already been thinking about this fat deficiency, and he could regretfully give up this idea.

The two of them chatted a few more idle words and then heard the sound of footsteps outside. Then someone came in with a curtain, and it was Ping’er and Lin Hongyu.