Xu Yixuan watched Wu Ling's departing figure, his face as black as ink!
Just as I was about to step forward to discuss the matter further, two women grabbed my arms, one on each side.
"Young master! You walked so fast, we couldn't keep up with you at all."
"Yes, young master, please wait for us."
Xu Yixuan clenched his fists. If this weren't Kyoto, he would have knocked both of them down with a single punch. But this was Kyoto, not his territory, so he could only endure it.
However, he still irritably pushed their hands off his arms.
Keep a certain distance from these two people!
There wasn't a trace of a smile on his face.
"Please have some self-respect, ladies."
"I don't want to say anything harsh that might embarrass you."
"But I really don't like people who are eager to please."
"I don't want to think of you as prostitutes in brothels, and you shouldn't treat me as a guest either."
"You have your mission, and I have my freedom."
"Don't force me to hit a woman in public."
Upon hearing this, Ge Xun and the Liu family girl turned deathly pale.
In all their lives, they had never suffered such humiliation. They were noble ladies from a high-ranking family, yet this person had compared them to prostitutes in a brothel.
This insult can't even be called unpleasant; it's more like vicious. This young master was just a moment ago so gentle and humble. How could he suddenly become such an unapproachable, cold, and sarcastic person!
Ge Xun suddenly thought of a possibility.
She turned her gaze forward, towards Lin Ru, who had already walked away!
She was certain that Xu Yixuan liked that girl surnamed Lin.
And he only likes that one girl.
Although they had been given a strict order, they still had their pride. Having already been scolded like that, they naturally wouldn't shamelessly cling to him. They simply followed silently beside this young master Xu, without uttering a word!
Xu Yixuan patted the spot where the two girls had just touched him with disgust!
Suddenly, a man dressed as an eunuch walked up to him and bowed respectfully, saying, "This old servant greets the young general with the jade face."
Xu Yixuan glanced at the eunuch beside him with some impatience.
"Speak, what does your master want with me?"
The eunuch smiled and said, "My king invites the young general with the jade-like face to come over and have some tea together."
Xu Yixuan watched Lin Ru's departing figure, feeling a mix of emotions. That person had treated him so badly, yet this Miss Lin pretended not to see it. It truly saddened him.
However, nothing should be rushed. She decided to go see Miss Lin tomorrow. So she nodded and followed the old eunuch to the side hall.
Meanwhile, the young masters next to them all came to their senses and began to chat with Lin Ru!
"Your Highness, that tyrant is cruel and licentious by nature, and he loves to toy with women!"
“A concubine must be selected every once in a while.”
"They also plunder beautiful women from the common people. If someone is unwilling to hand over their daughter, the consequence for that family is ruin and death."
"This tyrant's harem contained tens of thousands of women who had been abducted. Some were lucky enough to be favored for only one night before being forgotten, while others were brutally violated to death."
Lin Ru: "After the Marquis of Zhenxi came, where did all those women go? Did he kill them all, or did he take them all into his harem?"
After these words were spoken, the young men looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
Finally, it was a member of a collateral branch of the Ge family who said, "When the city gates were breached, some of these women chose to commit suicide, while others were rewarded by the king to meritorious officials!"
"The rest were kept in the harem."
Lin Ru nodded!
Although she knew that women had always been victims of war and, to men, were merely strategic assets to be flaunted.
But hearing with my own ears that those poor people were actually sent down as objects as rewards still makes me feel a little heartbroken.
"Those people thought they were finally getting what they wanted, but they never expected that the Marquis of Zhenxi would do no different things from that tyrant. The only difference is that one was doing it for his own pleasure, while the other was treating women as objects to be given to his soldiers for propaganda purposes!"
"Before, I only had to serve one person, and if they died, that was it. Now I have to serve a group of people."
"What's the difference between this and being sold into a brothel?"
Lin Ru let out a long sigh.
The people next to her simply couldn't understand why this woman was so curious about the whereabouts of the tyrant's concubines!
And he even said such things.
In their view, these concubines should be grateful to the soldiers below.
How can you say there's no difference from before?
Although they thought this in their hearts, they didn't dare to say a word.
Lin Ru glanced at them, her heart filled with mockery!
If she didn't need these people later, she would have left these young masters far behind. They were obviously arrogant and ignorant of the hardships of life.
After walking for about half an incense stick's time, they finally arrived at the so-called flower garden!
The flowers here are indeed very beautiful, and they come in all sorts of colors.
A dazzling display of beauty!
It's absolutely breathtaking.
Mr. Ge was very satisfied with the performance of these people.
But she spent a lot of money to make the garden beautiful.
Whenever I'm in a bad mood, I come to this garden and it instantly cheers me up. After all, to see so many kinds of flowers blooming in winter, money alone isn't enough; you also need power!
And these things in front of her are the symbol of her current status.
"My goodness, these flowers are so beautiful! There are so many rare flowers here, I've never seen them anywhere else. No wonder you're the Queen!"
"It really opened the eyes of us country bumpkins."
"Yes, yes, these flowers are indeed beautiful."
"I've never seen it outside."
"It is also thanks to the Queen that I was able to think of all kinds of flowers in this winter."
"Who says otherwise? Let me tell you, these flowers are really delicate. I can't even keep one in my own room. Either it's too cold or too hot, and they die in just a few days. I guess I'm just not lucky enough to have them."
Hearing the compliments from her subordinates, Madam Ge felt very satisfied, and the anger she felt from being directly refuted by Lin Ru vanished completely.
"My sisters are too kind. If you like, please come to the palace to keep me company often. You have no idea how big this palace is, and there aren't that many sisters in the harem."
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