Hongshi and Ruan Meiying were talking in the room for a while when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Ruan Meiying gave Hongshi a push, then walked to the door and asked, "Who is it?"
Then they heard Wang San Niang's voice from outside the door: "Mei Ying, it's me!"
Ruan Meiying looked at Hongshi, asking him with her eyes, and received an affirmative answer. Ruan Meiying said, "Come in! We've finished talking."
After Wang San Niang came in, she looked at Hong Shi and asked, "Young master, it's getting late. Are you going to stay here today, or take Mei Ying back? If you want to stay, I'll have the servants prepare." Her implication was that she wanted Hong Shi to give her the money quickly.
Hongshi said, "Let's go back." After saying that, he called in the guard at the door and said to him, "Give me the silver notes."
The guard immediately took out a 40,000 tael silver note from his pocket and handed it to Wang San Niang.
Looking at the thick wad of silver notes, Wang San Niang couldn't stop smiling. She was a worldly woman, and today, as she was giving away her daughter whom she had raised for so long, she felt a pang of emotion, but nothing could compare to the silver notes in her hand.
She said to Ruan Meiying, "Meiying, you are so lucky. Being with this gentleman is a blessing that others could not attain even after several lifetimes!"
Ruan Meiying said coquettishly, "Mom," and then lowered her head shyly.
Afterwards, Hongshi ordered his men to take all of Ruan Meiying's belongings with him, as he wanted to take her back with him.
As Ruan Meiying got into the sedan chair, Wang Sanniang said a few words to her with lingering reluctance, truly acting like a mother seeing her daughter off on her wedding day. An outsider might easily misunderstand.
Before she even reached the courtyard gate, Linlang received news that Hongshi was coming back. Upon hearing that he was bringing back a prostitute, Linlang angrily threw the comb in her hand to the ground, breaking the sandalwood comb in two.
"Where did this little slut come from, daring to compete with me? A lowly prostitute, I think she doesn't want to live!" The maid beside her quickly advised, "Master, please don't be angry, you'll hurt yourself. That woman is just a prostitute. The Prince is only interested for a while, he'll get tired of her in a few days. Besides, the Prince likes you the most. Even if that prostitute comes, she can't shake your position in the Prince's heart."
Linlang knew in her heart that even if she got angry, it wouldn't do any good. On the contrary, it would backfire and push Hongshi toward that woman. She had to endure it and wait for the right opportunity to get rid of her.
Linlang said to the maid, "Hurry up and dress me up, I'm going to see Prince."
After Hongshi returned to the courtyard, he took Ruan Meiying to her room. Along the way, Ruan Meiying made Hongshi extremely happy.
Just as Hongshi was embracing Ruan Meiying, Linlang arrived. Hongshi asked, "Why are you here?"
Linlang walked up to her with a smile and said, "Your Highness, I heard you brought a younger sister back, saying she's as beautiful as a fairy. I wanted to see her, so I came uninvited." Then she asked pitifully, "Your Highness, you won't blame me, will you?"
Hongshi said happily, "How could that be? I'm more than happy that you don't care!"
Linlang spotted Ruan Meiying, walked over to her, took her hand, and said, "This must be the young lady. She's so beautiful; she doesn't look like she came from a brothel at all."
Ruan Meiying knew that Linlang was mocking her background, but she couldn't retaliate. She could only smile slightly and curtsy, saying, "Sister Ruan Meiying greets elder sister."
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