"Quiet as a beautiful flower reflected in water, graceful as a willow swaying in the breeze."
Li Guanyu stared at Chen Feier with infatuation, his eyes filled with an irresistible, lecherous desire.
"Three gentlemen." Chen Feier walked over gracefully and bowed.
Madam Chen grabbed Chen Feier's hand and said, "Open your eyes and see clearly! She is Zhao Cheng, the Zhao Cheng who killed your father!"
"I understand, Mother. You go in and rest first. I'll talk to them."
"What's the point of talking to him?!"
"mother!"
Seeing that Chen Feier insisted, Madam Chen could not persuade her otherwise. She snorted at Zhao Cheng and stormed into the inner room.
"The place is simple and there aren't enough chairs, so please don't sit down, gentlemen."
Like her mother, Chen Feier remained calm and composed despite her current predicament.
"My mother and I are now criminals, what business do you have with us?"
Perhaps because he had seen Chen Feier, the usually eloquent Li Guanyu became mute. Seeing that he did not speak, Xu An said directly, "We have pleaded with Lord Deng and can allow you and your daughter to not go to Tianguifang."
Upon hearing this, Chen Feier was only slightly taken aback, without showing much excitement.
“We are not related, and my father almost killed you. Why are you helping me?”
"The love of beauty is innate in human beings..."
Xu An really couldn't explain it, so he patted Li Guanyu and said, "You tell me!"
“Everyone has a love for beauty!” Li Guanyu then chimed in, “Miss Fei’er is exceptionally beautiful, and I really can’t bear to see you suffer in Tianguifang. If you are willing, I can bring you and your mother into my Li family. As for the Ministry of Justice, I have my own ways.”
Chen Feier said, "In other words, I only have two choices now: either become a geisha in Tianguifang or become your slave."
"Such a statement is neither elegant nor accurate!" Li Guanyu said solemnly, "Miss Fei'er is not going to my Li family to be a beast of burden. I can take you as a concubine!"
"This offer is indeed very tempting. You won't have to sleep with hundreds of men anymore; you'll only have to serve you."
Xu An thought to himself, "There are two people."
He secretly glanced at Zhao Cheng and saw that Zhao Cheng's eyes were also burning with desire. He thought to himself that there might be three of them.
"The words may be rough, but the principle is sound." Li Guanyu nodded and asked, "What does Miss Fei'er think?"
Seeing that Chen Feier remained silent and did not reply immediately, the thrill of dragging a respectable woman into this situation stimulated Li Guanyu's nerves. He pressed his advantage and said, "Think about your mother. If she really went to Tianguifang, how much suffering would she have to endure? But in my Li family, I can support her and let her enjoy a life of comfort."
Chen Feier stared at Li Guanyu with her gentle eyes and asked, "Keeping her... does Young Master Li mean that we, mother and daughter, are going to share a husband?"
"Hahaha, Miss Fei'er, you jest. Do you think I, Li Guanyu, am that kind of person?!"
Li Guanyu said in a serious tone, "If you become my concubine, your mother will be my own mother!!"
Xu An glanced at Li Guanyu and urged, "Stop dawdling, what's there to think about? If you're going to leave, hurry up and come with us. The Ministry of Justice doesn't have much time left for you!"
Li Guanyu and Xu An, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, quickly said, "Young Marquis, please be gentle and don't frighten Miss Fei'er."
Xu An frowned and said, "This kind of rare opportunity isn't available to everyone! Besides, it will cost us a lot of money to bribe the Ministry of Justice! Chen Feier, I don't have that much patience, you need to decide quickly!"
“I can consider it, but on one condition.”
“It’s alright, Miss Fei’er, please speak,” Li Guanyu said, suppressing his excitement.
Chen Feier slowly shifted her gaze to Zhao Cheng and said, "You all go out for a bit. I need to talk to Zhao Cheng alone."
Xu An and Li Guanyu were taken aback.
Zhao Cheng didn't say a word to Chen Feier from beginning to end, so why did Chen Feier insist on talking to her alone?
Or perhaps... Chen Feier has other motives?
After all, Zhao Cheng was Chen Feier's father's killer. Could it be that Chen Feier wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge?
Zhao Cheng said, "This matter was handled by Li Guanyu and Xu An. I neither helped you nor participated in it. You can just talk to them."
Chen Feier asked, "Young Prime Minister, are you worried that I would harm you?"
"I, Zhao Cheng, am afraid of death, but I'm not afraid of a weak woman like you." Zhao Cheng asked doubtfully, "I just don't understand what we have to talk about?"
"Young Prime Minister, you'll know once you stay."
“Since you’re already here, young prime minister, consider it helping Miss Fei’er out.” Li Guanyu winked at Zhao Cheng, then pulled Xu An out, closed the door, and said, “You two have a good chat. Young prime minister, please give Miss Fei’er some guidance and help her forget the past and embrace a wonderful new life!”
"Hey! You sold me pretty fast!!" Zhao Cheng glared at the door.
When he turned around again, he found that Chen Feier had suddenly disappeared.
Where is he?
“I’m here, young prime minister.”
Zhao Cheng looked in the direction of the sound and saw Chen Feier kneeling at his feet. She hadn't disappeared; she had just knelt down and was half a head shorter.
Zhao Cheng asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?"
"Apologize to the young prime minister." Chen Feier said with her head down, "My father almost killed you, it was his fault."
Chen Feier's attitude surprised Zhao Cheng, who asked, "You don't blame me?"
Chen Feier shook her head: "My father's identity as a spy for Southern Zhou means he shouldn't have married my mother, let alone had me. Since he chose to remain loyal to his country, he has already wronged me and my mother."
"You have a high level of ideological awareness. Get up first."
Zhao Cheng helped Chen Feier up. When she looked up, her eyes were blurry with tears, and she looked so pitiful.
“Your father is dead, and the debt is settled. If you don’t hate me like your mother does, then we’re even.” Seeing Chen Feier hesitate, Zhao Cheng spoke up for her: “You kept me here alone, it wasn’t just to apologize, was it?”
Chen Feier's face was pale, but her cheeks had a rosy glow. She spoke with soft, labored breathing, as if she might collapse into Zhao Cheng's arms at any moment.
"My mother and I would rather die than go to Tianguifang!"
Seeing Chen Feier like this, Zhao Cheng, ready to catch her at any moment, said, "Isn't it good now? With Li Guanyu and Xu An helping you, you don't need to go."
“But I don’t want to go to the Li family either.” Chen Feier shook her head and said, “Although I rarely go out, I still know a little about what’s going on in Yanchuan City. Li Guanyu is a womanizer. The nicer he is to me on the surface, the more barbaric he will be to me later.”
Zhao Cheng agreed, thinking to himself that Chen Feier had a pretty good eye for talent.
"And it's one thing for me to go to his Li family, but why do I have to share money with Xu An to help me? I know that he wants more than just my mother and me sharing a husband. Once his novelty wears off, he'll give us to Xu An."
"After serving this one, we go on to serve the next. How are we any different from the geishas of Tianguifang?"
"I, Chen Feier, may be a slave, but I will never be a prostitute!"
Looking into Chen Feier's eyes, Zhao Cheng saw a glimmer of strength in her sickly appearance for the first time.
Zhao Cheng asked, "So what do you want?"
Chen Feier said, "I want to enter the Right Prime Minister's residence and serve the young prime minister alone for the rest of my life!"
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