She begged helplessly, fearing that Su Lijin would really hand her over: "Don't hand me over, I will die, please..."
Sensing her fear, Su Lijin lowered her head and comforted her, "Don't worry, I won't hand you over."
Although she didn't know what had happened, in this situation where right and wrong were obvious, she was the first to stand on the side of the disadvantaged.
Originally, she thought that the little girl had offended the man, but now, other guesses suddenly emerged in her mind.
"Oh, you actually dared to snatch people from me? You must be tired of living!"
The middle-aged man looked Su Lijin up and down. Seeing that she was thin and frail, and even though she was wearing a mask, she looked powerless, he immediately said contemptuously, "Hurry up and let her go! It will be too late if I take action!"
Su Lijin chuckled, not afraid at all: "If I don't let go, how do you want to do it?"
The middle-aged man was stunned. It was obvious that he had never seen anyone seeking death like her before, and he was obviously unable to react.
The madam's face changed as she stepped forward and said, "Sir, there are many girls in this building. This one is too young and hasn't been properly trained yet. I'm afraid you won't be satisfied!"
Xianxian only dared to show her head and looked at the madam with deep pleading eyes. She knew that in this building, the madam could decide whether she stayed or left.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and said, "This is what I like."
The madam's face turned even uglier, but she still forced a smile and said, "The girls are all in the front yard. Let me take you around. I guarantee you'll like them!"
"I said I want her, do you understand?" The middle-aged man's face became even more ferocious when he saw that the madam actually asked him to leave.
"She's just a little bitch born by a bitch, can't I keep her? It's her blessing that I like her."
Su Lijin instantly understood Xianxian's life experience and looked at her with some sympathy.
Xianxian has always been timid and trembled cowardly, but Su Lijin saw that there was anger in her eyes when she heard the man scolding her mother.
Su Lijin did not miss any of these. She looked at the middle-aged man with undisguised contempt and disgust in her eyes.
"You're just a child, and you have such dirty thoughts?" she sneered.
She knew that brothels were full of prostitution, but the people involved were adult men and women. It was outrageous to forcibly take a child away in broad daylight.
The middle-aged man's eyes flashed with ferocity: "What's it to you? I can sleep with whoever I want. If you stand in my way again, do you really think I won't take action?"
If it weren't for Su Lijin's protection, he would have captured the person long ago. Now he saw Su Lijin as a thorn in his side.
The middle-aged man turned to the madam and shouted, "I have money in my hands. If you offend me, do you want to stop doing business?"
"I advise you to hand her over quickly. I'll buy her right away!"
The madam said nothing.
Su Lijin frowned. She felt that if a man could so easily propose to sell the child, it was most likely that the madam had already instructed him to do so, otherwise she would not be so blatant.
Xianxian looked at the madam, tears streaming down her face. "Mom, I don't want to be taken away. I'm willing to do any work and endure any hardship. Please don't sell me..."
The child's cry was small, but it was heartbreaking to hear.
The madam, who had been silent for a long time, raised her head, a sneer in her shrewd eyes as she snorted, "My dear, please keep your money. I won't do business with you."
Su Lijin raised her eyebrows.
The middle-aged man didn't expect her to hit him in the face. He said fiercely, "This is not up to you. If you don't do this business, I will leave today and take the person away!"
As he said that, he actually wanted to snatch the person away, and his big hand reached directly towards Su Lijin's back.
Su Lijin naturally wouldn't let him succeed. She pulled the little girl around and easily got behind the man.
The man lost his grip, turned his head, and stared at her: "Okay, I'll take care of you first!"
The fist hit Su Lijin hard. The man was big and strong, and if this punch hit him, even an ordinary man would find it difficult to withstand it.
"Be careful!" Although Xianxian was scared to death, she couldn't help but remind him.
Su Lijin's expression remained unchanged, and she even had a smile on her face. I don't know how she moved, but she picked up a branch and punched the man, and the man suddenly took a few steps back.
"Someone, get this troublemaker out!" the madam shouted. "He's causing trouble on my property, and you didn't even ask!"
In an instant, a group of thugs ran over from the corridor, several of them pounced on the man and took him away.
Su Lijin didn't expect that the madam would actually call someone over.
"I've been running this adultery business for years, and all the girls are willing. Even if I go too far, I won't sell a child. Get out of here!"
After the madam finished speaking, she waved her hand and had the man dragged out.
The middle-aged man yelled, "You stinky bitch, you don't know what's good for you!"
He wanted to rush over, but the madam gave the thugs a look, and before he could do anything, he was thrown out with great force.
"From now on, he is not allowed to enter here!" snorted the madam.
The thugs received the order and left.
There was some change in Su Lijin's eyes when she looked at the madam, with a complicated scrutiny.
She didn't know whether the madam would really sell the child as she said.
But for now, at least Xianxian is safe.
Thinking that she had been out for a long time and the situation in the palace was unstable, Su Lijin had to go back. She told Xianxian to stay well and then returned to the palace.
When I arrived at the palace and just changed my clothes, I heard the palace maids talking outside.
"Did you see that just now? Consort Shu rushed in directly looking for the Empress."
"Yeah, we couldn't stop them, and in the end, we didn't find the queen, and she even scolded us."
Listening to the noise outside, Su Lijin frowned slightly: "Shufei? This woman is really full and has nothing to do. She is always looking for trouble."
But obviously, she had to find a way to make up for the fact that Concubine Shu didn't find her.
After thinking for a while, she left the bedroom and headed straight for the imperial garden.
"There was nothing going on, but now we have to put on a show."
After looking around the pavilion in the imperial garden, Su Lijin lay down on the chaise longue inside.
She closed her eyes and her breathing became lighter and lighter, as if she had fallen asleep.
In the magnificent palace decorated with gorgeous pink satin patterns, Concubine Shu was wearing an extremely gorgeous palace dress, with red hairpins on her head, and was leaning on the couch.
The maid behind her was fanning her, and another maid next to her was peeling grapes and feeding them to her one by one.
There was also a row of maids standing there, holding exquisite fruits in their hands, carefully watching her expression, fearing that they would make mistakes and be punished.
"I don't know where that bitch Su Lijin has gone. I searched all over the bedroom but couldn't find her."
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