Chapter 91 Huang Yue's Indenture

Meeting Lu Lingyun's gaze, Cheng Yunshuo couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

He has two different attitudes towards Lu Lingyun and Xing Dairong.

Lu Lingyun is his legal wife. He respects her and all household affairs are arranged by Lu Lingyun. He has to discuss everything with Lu Lingyun before he does anything.

As for Xing Dairong, he didn't need her consent at all.

Men are strange creatures. They can distinguish between love and hate, but love and hate do not affect the position of women in their hearts.

He bought Xing Dairong from a brothel, and married Lu Lingyun in a formal ceremony.

The psychological positions of the two are different at the beginning.

Even when he loved Xing Dairong the most, he knew that she was not his legal wife. Now he didn't love her as much and could get angry at her at will without having to explain to her.

But he never loved Lu Lingyun. She held a special place in his heart and he just respected her.

He just said he wanted to keep the person without consulting Lu Lingyun, and he felt a little guilty, fearing that she would not agree.

Lu Lingyun smiled at him, "Sir, do you want to keep Miss Huang here?"

"Yes." Cheng Yunshuo looked at her. His eyes no longer had the toughness and determination he had just shown towards Xing Dairong. He was even a little nervous.

"Then let her stay. But does the prince want her to be a maidservant or... a concubine?"

Lu Lingyun agreed without hesitation and said it calmly.

Cheng Yunshuo waved his hands and said, "Just be a maid. Qiu Kui happened to be given to Dai Rong in my house, so let her be the head maid in my courtyard."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements." Lu Lingjun smiled faintly, "Miss Huang, come with me later and I'll help you get settled."

Huang Yue immediately raised her head and looked at Cheng Yunshuo in fear. Cheng Yunshuo did not protect her this time. He just said, "Follow the young lady."

After hearing this, she lowered her head and said obediently, "Yes."

As he lowered his head, a faint light flashed in his clear eyes again.

Lu Lingyun took the person away from Cheng Yunshuo.

After arriving at her courtyard, Lu Lingjun sat in the small flower hall after the spring, looking carefully at the little girl in front of him, "Are you fourteen this year?"

Huang Yue stammered, "Yes."

"Is there anyone else at home?"

"No more."

"The prince wants to keep you as a maid, do you have any opinion?"

Huang Yue raised her head at this time, and looked at Lu Lingyun with a pair of big watery eyes, "My benefactor, you saved my life. In this life, I will be your slave and maid to repay you."

Lu Lingyun smiled lightly, "No need to call me benefactor. We are the Ningyang Marquis' Mansion. The one who saved you is our prince. You can just call him prince from now on."

A hint of joy flashed across Huang Yue's eyes, "Yes."

Lu Lingyun saw the hint of secret joy in her eyes accurately. She did not try to provoke her or interrogate her. She just waved her hand at Nanny An and handed her a piece of paper.

Lu Lingyun looked at Huang Yue and said, "Then just sign it."

"Sign? What?" Huang Yue immediately became alert.

"To be a maid in our house, you have to sign a contract to sell your body. Don't worry, we in the Ningyang Marquis's Mansion never treat servants harshly. You will be the prince's maid for four cents a month, and two sets of seasonal clothes every year. Since there is no one else in your family, I will give you the ten taels of silver as the contract of sale directly." Lu Lingyun raised his hand again, and Shuanghong untied the money bag and took out a silver ingot.

Huang Yue saw this and said, "I, I don't want money."

"If you don't want money, then you can't stay in our house." Lu Lingjun sipped the hot teacup and raised his eyes slightly.

"No, Madam, I don't want to sell myself, I just want to work for the prince, even if there is no money!"

Huang Yue knew very well that once she signed the indenture, she would become a slave, and from then on she would have to obey whoever held the indenture.

Lu Lingyun smiled and said, "But our house does not accept free slaves. Miss Huang Yue seems to not want to be a slave. If you say so, I have a compromise. I will ask the prince to send you out and find a good job for you. This way, you will not be offended by the prince and you can keep your freedom."

As Lu Lingyun spoke, he asked Shuanghong to pass on the message, "Shuanghong, go and tell the prince that Miss Huang Yue does not want to be a slave."

"yes."

Huang Yue saw this and stared at Shuang Hong who was walking out step by step. When Shuang Hong was about to leave the courtyard, she gritted her teeth and said, "I'll sign!"

Lu Lingyun picked up the teacup and said, "Miss Huang Yue, please don't force yourself. We in the Ningyang Marquisate hate to force good women into slavery. You must be very careful when selling yourself."

Huang Yue also risked her life. She grabbed the indenture and bit her index finger, "Madam, the prince saved my life, Xiaoyue will certainly pledge her life to you. My life belongs to the Marquis' Mansion."

Bright red blood stained her index finger. Huang Yue looked at the densely packed indentures, closed her eyes, and pressed her handprint on it.

Seeing this, Lu Lingyun smiled faintly. She asked Nanny An to take back the indenture. After carefully reading it, she said, "Don't worry, our mansion won't want you to die. As long as you work peacefully in this mansion and serve the prince well, we will not lack you for good things."

"Thank you, Madam." Huang Yue knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"You should call me Young Madam."

"Yes, Madam Xie!"

Lu Lingyun took Huang Yue's indenture and told her to go back with the money.

"Young Madam, I don't think Huang Yue is a simple person. Maybe she has other intentions to get close to the prince." Chunhe said.

"What are you afraid of? As long as the indenture is in place, that's all."

Lu Lingyun kept Huang Yue's indenture in her own hands.

The vital point is in my hand, so what if a little girl is a little scheming?

Lu Lingyun never does anything fancy; she just needs to grasp the most crucial things.

You have to hold on tightly to the attack.

"How's Aunt Xing doing?"

"I'm still crying after listening to this. I cried for half the night yesterday too."

Lu Lingyun sighed, "It's really a torture."

She said that the baby in Xing Dairong's belly was suffering because she had a mother who was so troublesome and confused.

"Tell her to rest in the yard for a few days, and have someone bring her some soothing tea."

"yes."

Three days passed in a flash.

Xing Dairong gradually stopped crying.

Lu Lingyun would visit her every day, take a look at her, and then watch her drink the calming soup before leaving.

Xing Dairong resisted at first, then became numb, and then drank the soup on his own initiative. He made a lot of noise and then took a break.

It’s that belly. It doesn’t seem to be getting any bigger no matter how I look at it. It’s obviously more than half a month bigger than Qiu Ling’s, but it hasn’t grown at all in a long time.

Lu Lingyun looked at it and sighed.

She went to see Cheng Yunshuo again, and under Huang Yue's care, Cheng Yunshuo gradually got better.

But the injury on my head still looks a bit scary, I need to rest well at home.

Lu Lingyun went to his place, played chess with him, talked for a while, and finally said to him, "If you have time, you should go and see Aunt Xing."