Chapter 213 Moving Today
"I know that if I tell you some things, the young master might leave me, but today I met that person again, and I know I shouldn't hide it from the young master anymore. Rongyin can serve you, which is a blessing earned through several lifetimes. Regardless of whether I can continue to serve the young master, I have accepted my fate."
As she spoke, Rong Yin closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling like butterfly wings, making her look fragile and helpless.
Lu Chao's lips were tightly pressed into a straight line. He guessed what Rong Yin wanted to tell him. He wanted to say that he already knew it, but he was curious about the person she met. Who was that person? Why did she say she ran away?
He looked at Rongyin quietly, waiting for her next words.
Rong Yin lowered her eyes and no longer looked at Lu Chao. Her low voice was extremely pleasant and touching.
"You know, I'm the daughter of a merchant family. Although I'm not rich, I've had enough food and clothing since I was a child. I've learned many arts, including music, chess, calligraphy and painting. My father was injured by bandits while doing business, and my family fell into poverty. I didn't end up singing on the streets to make a living. Instead, my mother pawned me off to save my brother because the debt collectors came to our house. Later, they sold me to a brothel. In order to protect my innocence, I refused to obey and was beaten up. Later, when the madam saw that I refused to give in, she sold me to a man named Yi Lin."
"Maybe because he saw that I was a weak woman, he was not on guard. I escaped and fled all the way to the capital, but I was alone and helpless. It was a luxury to survive. It was the owner of the teahouse who saw that I was pitiful and allowed me to sing in the teahouse to earn some tips to make a living."
Lu Chao looked at Rong Yin in astonishment and said, "Why...why didn't you tell me about this?"
No wonder Lu Xiang called the brothel's madam. She also said that Rong Yin was bought by a man named Yi Lin.
Rongyin had indeed stayed in a brothel. Perhaps the madam saw her stunning appearance and wanted to make her the top prostitute in the brothel, so she said Rongyin was the oiran.
At that time, he was only shocked that Rong Yin had concealed such an important thing from him, but he overlooked that Rong Yin was innocent when she followed him.
So Lu Chao believed Rong Yin's words more.
Now listening to her explain the whole story, Lu Chao's depressed and disappointed heart suddenly felt alive again, and a hint of pity subconsciously flashed in his eyes.
Rong Yin continued, "I was afraid that you would despise me for being sold to a brothel, so I never mentioned this matter, and I didn't dare to mention it because I was greedy for the tenderness of the young master. But last night, when I was about to go to bed, I suddenly felt dizzy, and before I knew it, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was in an unfamiliar place, and I saw the man named Yi Lin who bought me in the first place."
"I was terrified, but they just locked me in the room and left without saying anything. I took advantage of the time when the woman who brought lunch came in and knocked her out with a stool, and that's when I had the chance to escape. Master, I was scared, but I didn't want to leave you even more."
As Rong Yin spoke, she covered her face and started crying.
"You should have told me earlier so I could be prepared." He sighed softly, hugged her and comforted her softly.
Rong Yin's body trembled slightly, as if a drowning person saw the only floating wood. She tightly grasped the collar of Lu Chao's clothes and said helplessly and pitifully: "Master, you...will you still want me?"
Lu Chao looked at Rong Yin who was acting cautiously, and said with a distressed look: "What nonsense are you talking about? Since you followed me, how can I not be responsible for you?"
Rong Yin suddenly felt very moved: "As long as I can stay with the young master, Rong Yin is willing to be a slave. If one day I am caught and can't escape, I would rather die, and I just hope I can meet the young master again in the next life."
"Don't talk nonsense. Since it's not safe to live here, I will find you another place to live in the capital. I don't believe that man will keep looking for you. Wait for me, I will find a place right away. I don't believe that man would be bold enough to come and arrest people again in broad daylight. Let's move today." Lu Chao said.
This would also prevent Lu Xiang from causing trouble for Rong Yin in the future.
After Lu Chao left, Rong Yin asked Mother Qian to pack up her luggage and prepare to move, then she went into her room with Yunchun and closed the door.
Yunchun listened at the door for a while, and when he saw Mother Qian's footsteps going away, he walked to the dressing table and combed Rongyin's loose hair.
"Girl, what is the attitude of the young master?"
"Don't worry. Even if I've been to a brothel, I've shown myself to be willing to die rather than surrender. He will only be more compassionate to me. After all, I was 'innocent' when I was with him."
Yunchun breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, we were prepared, otherwise if this matter was suddenly exposed, the young master would be dissatisfied and upset."
As the most popular girl in the brothel, how could she still be a virgin? It was just that the girl used some tricks to hide it.
She was originally the girl's personal maid, not a poor woman that the girl met temporarily and bought to serve her.
If the young master had met the girl in a brothel and taken her away, her background would not have been a problem. However, the girl appeared in front of the young master with her strong side of singing rather than selling her body, so it was not made clear from the beginning.
Rong Yin also breathed a sigh of relief with a barely perceptible degree. She wasn't actually 100% sure, but fortunately Lu Chao was easy to fool.
Who would have thought that the third young lady of the Lu family was so capable of finding out about Ningzhou.
Aunt Hua disappeared suddenly last night. The servants in the building thought something was wrong and informed Master Yi overnight. Master Yi told them to be careful and to be prepared for the worst. That's why she sprinkled smoke into Mama Qian's room to make her fall asleep, and deliberately hid away. She asked Yunchun to act in front of Lu Chao, and then came back at noon to make it look like she was kidnapped but tried desperately to escape.
“In this way, the eldest master will not care if someone talks about the girl’s background again. He will be even more devoted to her in the future.” Yunchun tied her hair into a flowing bun and smiled proudly.
Rong Yin picked up a pink pearl hairpin from her makeup box and inserted it into her hair, smiling and saying, "That being said, we must not take it lightly."
When Yi Lin took her away, he told her that what she had to do was to seduce Lu Chao, make Lu Chao obey her and be loyal to her, and do things for him at critical moments. He said that he would send her back to the brothel in half a year, but he would help her redeem herself by then, and she would enter the Lu Mansion when the time was right.
Rong Yin didn't know when the right time would be, but she felt that only by waiting until she was pregnant and then going back with Lu Chao could her position be consolidated.
Rong Yin thought about it, took off the pearl hairpin in her hair and replaced it with a plain silver one.
"Put some powder on me so I look more fragile."
At this time, she couldn't dress too delicately, she had to look delicate so as to arouse Lu Chao's sympathy.
"Yes, young lady." Yunchun responded.
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