Chapter six hundred and seventy seventh: Performing for a living
At this moment, the woman's eyes were evasive, but she still said reluctantly, "I used to be the top star in Zuihonglou, but since this Su Niang came, no one wants me anymore, because my parents and family have become common people.
They need money to buy money wherever they go, so if they don’t have money, they can’t survive.”
Listening to what he said, he was just a pitiful person.
But as a young minister of Dali Temple, he handles cases for wealthy families. People like Lan'er look pitiful, but in fact many of them are just pretending.
So the young minister of Dali Temple suppressed his sympathy.
He asked in a majestic tone, "Then what do you want to do with his maid? Do you want to kill her and replace her? Do you know that weeds can't be burned? If you kill a Su Niang today, there will be another one tomorrow."
Thousands of Su Niangs are coming to compete with you for this top spot, what should you do when that happens?"
Lan'er sadly lowered her head. Although she knew the truth, she had no choice but to adopt such a despicable way to do things.
"Then what should I do? Since she came to Zuihong Mansion, she has neither accepted guests nor shown guests. Instead, there are so many men giving her rewards. But as for me, who can remember me at this time?"
The young minister of Dali Temple did not come here to listen to their grievances and sorrows.
He frowned and asked again, "What exactly did you do to her? Can you do anything wrong?"
Lan'er turned her head to one side and looked at Su Niang standing upstairs with vicious eyes.
"My lord, do you have any evidence? Is it possible that your lord is also an admirer of Su Niang, and you are here to lie to me, saying that you want to redeem me, you men are all really old and new."
The Young Minister of Dali Temple suddenly felt a little sore in his heart for some reason.
He was used to seeing people in this deep harem, especially women.
They have never truly lived their own lives and can only rely on their men to eat and drink. But if they fall out of favor, they will be greeted by a dark life in the future.
The most jealous people in the back house are the ones who do not hesitate to harm others and their lives for their own selfish interests, but who is not a pitiful person?
If you don’t have a reliable natal family and a husband who pleases you, if you don’t make up your mind to be a person and do things, what kind of situation will you face?
"I'm not here to inquire about Su Niang with you. Moreover, I have never met that woman and have no friendship with her. It's just a routine matter. I hope you can answer my question truthfully. I said I would do it for you.
If you redeem yourself, you will definitely do it."
Lan'er wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. She suppressed her emotions and forced herself to answer his questions.
"What exactly did you do to her?"
"I just want to give her a drug that is invisible to ghosts. This drug will not cause harm to his life, but will slowly make him become an age he is not like in an inadvertent period of time."
This way, no one can compete with me for the top spot in Zuihonglou."
The young minister of Dali Temple nodded.
He probably understood that she wanted a young girl to turn into a waning old woman, and unintentionally took Su Niang's life.
This makes sense.
Lan'er deliberately approached Su Niang's maid in order to get the medicine into his diet through the maid.
Although this method is dangerous, it will definitely not kill her.
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple comforted her and said, "Once you came here for your parents, brother, and sister to enjoy, but from now on, I will not allow you to look down on yourself like this. From today on, you will not
After accepting the guest, I will naturally redeem your life after the matter is settled."
This was the third time today that Lan'er heard someone make such a promise to him, and he suddenly felt that he had hope when he left here.
It's not that no man has ever said this to her before, it's just that everyone in this big family in the capital wants to save face.
Even if any of the princes fell in love with him and wanted to marry her home, his family would not agree.
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Even so, leaving Zuihonglou was only a temporary escape from the sea of misery. Wasn't his mother also his father's first wife, but now she couldn't end up with a good ending.
I had already made plans to be a concubine for others. As long as I could give myself some money to support my parents and family, I would definitely not cause trouble.
But after all these years, I found that it was a luxury after all.
No wonder this drunk woman in the red building went crazy and died, and no one left here. It turned out to be because of family tradition.
In their small towns, it is normal for a young master to marry a prostitute as his concubine.
But in the capital city, in front of these aristocratic families, not only feelings are not worth mentioning, but also human nature is not worth mentioning.
Lan'er lowered her head and thought about it and said, "Sir, I guess you are not from an ordinary family, but do you know the rules of this drunken red building? It costs a hundred dollars to make a good voice for a woman who is divided into two parts, and it will definitely not be just a few coins.
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The young minister of Dali Temple raised his eyebrows and asked her, "Do you think I am someone who is short of money?"
Lan'er restrained herself and smiled and said, "Of course the young master is not such a person. He just redeemed his life for me. This matter will spread in the capital. Once it spreads, your parents and family will know about it."
, they can allow you to redeem the life of a prostitute."
Dali Temple Shaoqing looked at her with firm eyes, "It's up to me to decide whether you can do it or not, but it's up to you to decide whether you want to believe it or not."
Seeing Lan'er hesitating at the side, the young minister of Dali Temple simply took out his jade pendant.
"Look, this jade pendant was left to me by my grandparents, and I put it in your hand. Can you believe it now?"
Lan'er took the jade pendant, and a cold feeling penetrated her heart.
"Young master is so frank. How can Lan'er not believe you? Whatever you want Lan'er to do in the future, just say it's okay."
The young minister of Dali Temple nodded.
He finally managed to win over this difficult person. The women here are really different from the women in other Fengyue venues.
Although they can also be charming in front of their guests for money, the women here have the backbone after all, and they know how to survive in the harem.
What they want all their lives is to get rid of this humiliating identity, because they never belonged here from the beginning.
It is really humiliating that the rich daughters of noble families are now reduced to relying on performing arts to make a living.