Yin Yichen only smiled faintly, his eyes full of mystery, "My cousin now really understands me, and I am happy in my heart. Now why not..."
Before Yin Yichen could finish, someone came in from outside and said to him, "Prime Minister, there is an urgent official business. Please go and take a look at it as soon as possible."
After hearing this, Yin Yichen frowned and said in a rather unhappy tone, "I know."
"Cousin, I have something to do now, so you are just resting in the South Courtyard. I will come back after an incense stick of time, but I don't know if you will still be there then?" Yin Yichen said, glancing at Guan Surong suggestively, which made Guan Surong's blood boil, and she wanted to pull Yin Yichen to the room in the South Courtyard immediately.
"Brother-in-law misses me, so Su Rong is of course here." Guan Su Rong smiled shyly and watched Yin Yichen leave.
Seeing that the other person had left, Guan Surong went to the bed in the side room and immediately took off her outer robe, leaving only her thin inner garment, which looked very sexy. She sat quietly by the bed, waiting for Yin Yichen to come back from outside. She still didn't believe that she couldn't take Yin Yichen this time.
An incense stick of time passed, and just when Guan Surong was about to put on her clothes and go out to check, she heard a knock on the door. Guan Surong was delighted, as she remembered Yin Yichen had said that few people came to this place, so the person who came must be Yin Yichen.
Guan Surong was wearing very little and her voice was gentle. She slowly spoke to the person at the door, "The door is not locked, just open it."
Guan Surong lay on the bed, not looking up at the door. She only chuckled and said, "Brother-in-law, you've made me wait so long. Most men in the world like fair-skinned and beautiful women. So, brother-in-law, take a look at my skin. How does it compare to those outside?"
What Guan Surong didn't know was that the person coming to the door wasn't Yin Yichen, but a cleaning boy. When the boy saw Guan Surong, he dropped the wooden bucket in his hand and exclaimed in shock, "Miss Guan, Miss Guan, why are you here?"
It was only at this time that Guan Surong realized something was wrong. She immediately looked up and saw someone standing outside the door. However, the person standing outside the door was not Yin Yichen, but a clumsy-looking man carrying a wooden barrel.
"Ah... who are you and why are you here? Isn't it forbidden to clean this place?" Guan Surong was frightened and immediately went forward to close the door, but then she remembered that she was wearing few clothes, so she could only hide on the bed and look outside the door.
"I'm new here and don't know the rules. Miss Guan, please don't spread this. If the master of the family gets to know, I'm afraid I'll be in big trouble."
The servant kept begging for mercy. Guan Surong was extremely upset and immediately yelled, "Get out! Get out now!"
"Yes, yes, I'll leave right away."
But before the servant left, Yin Yichen had already returned. He looked at the servant and asked in confusion, "What happened?"
"Master, Master... I strayed into this courtyard. It's all my fault. Please punish me, Master." The cleaning servant lowered his head and apologized repeatedly. He then continued, "I came here and accidentally saw Miss Guan wearing no clothes... I really didn't mean to do that. Please, Master, take charge."
"What? There's actually such a thing?" Yin Yichen looked shocked and said to the servant, "Don't you know how important a woman's reputation is to her? How dare you speak nonsense here? How can Miss Guan live with herself? How can she go out and see people in the future?"
"I really didn't mean it. Please punish me, Master." The servant said, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yin Yichen, "Master, I really didn't mean it. Please punish me. I am sorry for Miss Guan and for your cultivation. But I am willing to marry Miss Guan to make up for today's mistake."
Yin Yichen stood where he was and said rather coldly, "I'm afraid this matter won't end well. According to the rules, if you saw Miss Guan's body, you should marry her, but your statuses are really not compatible."
"Brother-in-law, if I don't marry him, how can I marry him? Are you joking?" Guan Surong felt desperate and didn't care about being shy. She quickly put on her clothes and walked out of the house.
Her face was already covered with tears, and she knelt down in front of Yin Yichen with a plop, "Brother-in-law, please save me, don't let me marry such a man."
"But then you're at a disadvantage." Yin Yichen's eyes turned slightly cold as he said to Guan Surong indifferently, "I don't even have any good ideas to help you right now."
"Brother-in-law, please marry me and let me serve you in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Guan Surong was now in tears, and she looked so pitiful. She had never thought that she would fall for the word "reputation" every time.
Yin Yichen looked at Guan Surong with a cold gaze, "What makes you think that I, the Prime Minister, would marry someone like you who has no sense of propriety and doesn't follow the rules? Now that you've been seen, how can I marry you? I absolutely cannot marry you now. Instead, let me make the decision for you and let this housemaid marry you. In the future, I will definitely make him the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Then you two can live a decent life."
Guan Surong felt a wave of despair when she heard this. She now knew that Yin Yichen would never marry her. "Brother-in-law, I won't marry anyone. As long as you are willing to cover up this matter for me, I will definitely help you in the mansion in the future."
"I can promise not to tell anyone, but everyone in this mansion is a gossipmonger. If the servants spread rumors, I'm afraid I won't be able to control it." Yin Yichen glanced at Guan Surong who was kneeling on the ground and said slowly, "What are you doing kneeling on the ground now? Why don't you get up quickly? You're kneeling in front of me like this, aren't you torturing me?"
Guan Surong felt desolate in her heart. She looked at Yin Yichen and said, "Brother-in-law, is there really no other way?"
"I do have an idea. If you leave the Prime Minister's Mansion, I'll give you some money to live outside. If anyone asks, just say you don't want to live in the Mansion anymore and don't reveal a word about what's going on inside. Then, I'll give the servants a few words of advice. I'm afraid they won't see you anymore and will forget about this in a few days. That would be the best thing for you."
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