boyutpedia Chapter 148 Persuasion
Chapter 148 Persuasion
When Feng Nong Yue entered, Su Lejin was already sitting in front of the bronze mirror, preparing to try out the colors of the rouge.
She picked up some with her fingertips, looked at the color on her hand, then dotted it on both sides of her cheeks and slowly spread it out.
Looking at her own appearance in the bronze mirror, she nodded with satisfaction, "This color is quite good. Shopkeeper Feng, how much do you have left?"
"There are three boxes left."
"Then I'll take them all."
Feng Nong Yue walked up to her and lowered her voice, "Miss Su, if your sister knew you did this, she would be sad."
Su Lejin, who was wiping the rouge stains on her hands with a handkerchief, paused and even her expression froze for a moment.
Soon she returned to normal, "Manager Feng, you're joking. I don't have any older sisters."
"Su Nishang is not your sister?"
At this time, the smile on Su Lejin's lips disappeared, and before she could say anything, Feng Nong Yue sat down next to her.
"You want to avenge your sister, but do you think Lord Hu, a third-rank official, will deal with Master Chen, a royal relative, for you?"
Su Lejin clenched the handkerchief in his hand and looked at her warily, "What do you want to say?"
In fact, Su Lejin is also a poor man.
When she was seven or eight years old, she was sold to Manchunyuan together with her sister Su Nishang. Because of her good looks, she was trained to become a performing prostitute.
The elder sister danced and she sang a little song.
The two of them grew up together in Manchun Courtyard, relying on each other.
More than half a year ago, the two of them finally saved enough money to redeem themselves.
And just before this, her sister Su Nishang was favored by the nephew of the imperial concubine of the time.
In the end, he was bullied to death by Master Chen.
Su Lejin still remembers the scene. His sister was lying in a pool of blood, dead, with wounds all over her body, her five fingers bent, and her eyes still staring.
Just by looking at this scene, Su Lejin could imagine how much pain her sister was in.
The Chen family was wealthy and powerful, and her sister's affairs were quickly dealt with, as if this person had never existed.
After witnessing the tragic death of her sister, how could she pretend nothing happened? So she decided not to redeem herself, she wanted revenge.
She had no power or influence, so the only solution she could think of was to cling to the powerful and influential.
And Lord Hu, the emperor's confidant, was her chosen target.
Feng Nongyue ignored her wary gaze and covered the opened box of rouge on the table. "Miss Su, do you want to hear my story?"
Su Lejin looked at Feng Nongyue with a hint of doubt in his eyes, not knowing what she was going to say. "Oh?"
"I was probably five years old at that time. My father, who never liked to talk to me, suddenly said he would take me to buy candied haws. I was very happy that day and held his hand as we walked to the county town."
"He just kept holding my hand and led me to the back door of a courtyard. He told me to listen to the aunt and that he would come to pick me up with candied haws in a while."
"In the end, I didn't wait for him to pick me up, nor did I wait for Tanghulu. At that time, I thought that maybe it was because I wasn't well behaved that my father didn't take me back."
Su Lejin's pupils shrank slightly, and she had vaguely guessed what would happen next.
"After that, I studied hard, hoping that my father would come to pick me up one day. Day after day, year after year, I realized that it wasn't me who was disobedient, but he who sold me out."
"Our place is a small one, and there are no prostitutes. The girls who are sold there can only be prostitutes. They start to receive customers at the age of fourteen, and become the most popular courtesan there at the age of sixteen."
At this point, Feng Nong Yue suddenly paused. She looked at Su Lejin and said, "You guys rely on musk and saffron to prevent pregnancy, right?"
Su Lejin suppressed her complicated emotions. She looked at Shopkeeper Feng, not knowing why she wanted to open the scar. After a moment of silence, she nodded, "Yeah."
"We rely on mercury. We mix it with tea and drink it. It works very well, but it also speeds up our death. But who cares?"
"By the time I was twenty, my health had failed me. My fate was the same as those women before me: I was wrapped in a straw mat and thrown out."
Hearing this, Su Lejin felt something was wrong. She originally thought that she had redeemed herself by herself, but now it seems that this is not the case.
She looked at Feng Nong Yue, a little hesitant, "You...didn't you redeem yourself?"
Feng Nong Yue smiled faintly and shook her head. "Mothers in our area don't keep their promises. They said this amount at the time, but after you became her cash cow, she was afraid you would redeem yourself, so the amount kept going up. There's no way to get out, unless you die."
"Then what are you doing now..."
Feng Nong Yue knew what she was going to ask, "When I thought I was going to die, I met a kind-hearted person. She rescued all of us, treated our illnesses, and bought us a house. Later..."
She paused here, a genuine smile on her face, "We sisters opened a shop together, and we're doing very well."
People who grew up in places like brothels always assume the worst of others. "Kind-hearted? Not necessarily. If they were really kind, would they let you do something like this?"
After listening to Feng Nong Yue finish her story, Su Lejin vaguely felt that Feng Nong Yue's purpose might be to ask her to do something.
And it was the kind-hearted person she mentioned who instructed her to do it.
Probably just asking her to help them do things, and them helping her to avenge her sister.
"No, I volunteered."
"Volunteer?"
Seeing Su Lejin's obvious disbelief, Feng Nongyue remained expressionless. "Maybe Miss Su won't believe it, but I want to make sure there are no brothels in this world, and no more women like us. Miss Su may not know that there are no brothels in our area anymore. As long as it's your majesty's territory, there are no brothels."
Hearing this, Su Lejin's heart skipped a beat. "Your Majesty? You don't have a brothel? So what you want me to do is pass on information for you."
"Yes, once our Majesty's troops arrive here, you will be free again, and Young Master Chen will be in your care. How do you say that?"
Su Lejin looked down at her bright red nail polish and fell into deep thought, "Manager Feng told me just like that, aren't you afraid that I'll tell others?"
"you will not."
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Turtle Man's words came through us, "Miss Le Jin, I wonder how long you will have?"
"Why rush me? I'll come out naturally after the test."
Hearing Su Lejin's voice, Turtle Man breathed a sigh of relief and continued to wait behind.
Su Lejin raised his head and stared straight at Feng Nongyue, "Why does Shopkeeper Feng think I can't do it?"
Feng Nong Yue met her gaze. "Miss Su is a smart person. If you cooperate with us, you can not only avenge your sister, but also gain true freedom. Besides, if you tell others, not only will you fail to avenge your sister, but you will also put yourself in greater danger. I believe you will not do such a foolish thing."
After an unknown amount of time, Su Lejin threw the handkerchief in her hand away, stood up, picked up the box of rouge, and walked out. "Remember your promise."
Su Lejin just walked to the door, then stopped and looked back at Feng Nongyue, "I hope you won't lie to me, otherwise, I will be in trouble."
"Of course, I will never break my promise."