Then, Su Yan entered the hall.

The madam quickly put away the silver notes and walked up to Su Yan.

"Young Master Marquis? You left so early today?"

Su Yan nodded

"I need to tell you something, madam."

The madam hurriedly said

"Please tell me, please tell me. The young master ordered it, and the madam will go through fire and water for him."

Su Yan nodded

"How much silver do I need to redeem Ji Yu from her servitude?"

The madam was taken aback and hesitated.

"Has Junior Official Ji Yu agreed?"

Su Yan nodded

"kindness"

The madam's gaze fell upon the Third Prince, who was happily playing with a group of girls beside her.

Following the Way

"To be honest, Young Marquis, the Third Prince came here for the same purpose: to redeem Ji Yu from his servitude."

Now that you two have both been redeemed by the same person, I, the madam, truly do not know whom to entrust Ji Yu to.

As Su Yan listened, her gaze fell upon Ouyang Qing, who was acting recklessly beside her.

Ouyang Qing probably also heard what the madam said.

He turned his head and looked over.

He met Su Yan's gaze.

The Third Prince smiled with a lazy and alluring expression.

"Young Marquis, I've heard so much about you."

As he spoke, he drank the wine that a girl offered him.

After drinking it, he stood up from the group of women.

He walked up to Su Yan in his disheveled state, swaggering over.

The Third Prince first glanced at Su Yan, then looked at Lan Zhi behind her.

He said with a smile

"This is the first time I've ever seen a grown man visiting a brothel with a female maid serving him."

Su Yan blinked, her voice soft.

"You want to redeem Ji Yu from her servitude?"

The Third Prince nodded solemnly.

"Of course, I hit it off with Brother Ji Yu at first sight, and I developed a deep admiration for him during our time together."

We must redeem him; we absolutely cannot let him stay in this brothel any longer.

His hand was gripping the handrail at the top of the stairs.

seemingly unintentionally

"Young Marquis, we should see if Brother Ji Yu agrees to redeem himself. After all, we are both doing this for his own good, aren't we?"

Su Yan's focus wasn't on that, but on that sentence.

"You admire him?"

The Third Prince paused for a moment, then smiled.

"Of course, with Brother Ji Yu's charm, his skill in playing the guqin, his literary talent, and his excellent tea ceremony, I'm afraid no one would dislike him."

Su Yan blinked and looked at him.

"He played the piano for you, brewed tea for you, and even told you about his literary talent?"

Ouyang Qing didn't know why the conversation had turned out this way.

The original intention was to have this young marquis leave on his own.

Why does the conversation keep circling around Ji Yu?

Ouyang Qing rested his head on his hand

"Young Marquis, you ask so many questions. It seems that Brother Ji Yu has never done these things for you. So what do you usually do?"

Their eyes met, and neither of them spoke.

Ouyang Qing almost burst out laughing just thinking about that scene.

Su Yan did not answer.

Ouyang Qing looked at the young marquis, who was dressed neatly and spoke in a formal manner.

His walking and standing posture don't resemble the unruly, arrogant, and domineering little tyrant of legend at all.

He did become somewhat curious about Su Yan.

He had overheard everything she had said to the madam.

This made him even more curious.

So, instead of probing, he asked directly.

"Brother Ji Yu agreed to let you redeem him?"

Su Yan nodded

"nature."

A glint flashed in Ouyang Qing's eyes.

He looked Su Yan up and down again.

Murmurs

"I don't see anything particularly appealing about it."

He looks like a pretty boy.

Could it be that he has other plans?