Ji Yu’s eyelashes trembled, and after a long while
"Everything, as the Marquis wishes."
Su Yan nodded.
Seeing that the situation had been smoothed over, she planned to withdraw her hand to eat some pastries.
However, after tugging several times, she couldn’t pull away from his grasp.
Su Yan originally thought she was the one holding onto Ji Yu.
Unexpectedly, when she loosened her grip, she found that Ji Yu was holding her tightly.
Ji Yu raised his eyes,
"Marquis, holding onto you like this makes Ji Yu feel at ease."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and intended to let go.
Su Yan grabbed hold of him.
She lifted her left hand and picked up the pastry in front of her
"Just keep holding it like this."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yu revealed a smile
"The Marquis truly treats Ji Yu well."
Su Yan took a bite of the pastry; she naturally had to treat him well.
If she didn’t treat her male concubine well, who else would?
That day, the wind breezed through, the sun was bright, and everything appeared carefree.
······
On the second day, as per Young Master Su’s orders, all concubines in the courtyard were dismissed.
Most of them wisely took the silver and left.
After all, Su Yan had never touched them; if they left without speaking, they were still considered pure for marriage.
Yet a small portion was unwilling, kneeling and crying outside the courtyard.
If they left the Marquis Mansion, their food and clothing could never compare to this place.
They didn’t want to lose this source of wealth.
Thus five or six of them, dressed flamboyantly, knelt on the ground
"Wuwuwu~~ Young Master, we truly love you; please don’t send us away~~"
They cried outside the door; the courtyard gates remained tightly closed, not moving a bit.
After two hours, three people left.
There were still two crying there.
Then, the door opened.
Lanzhi stepped out.
Holding three money bags in her hand
First, Lanzhi saluted
And said
"Ladies, Young Master has gone to see the master and is not in the courtyard. Even if you cry yourselves to death here, no one will feel pity."
As Lanzhi finished speaking, the three people’s crying softened.
Subconsciously, they glanced at each other.
Then, they heard Lanzhi continue
"You have also seen how the Young Master adores Mr. Ji Yu; do you think staying in this mansion, when would you ever rise to prominence?"
After these words, the few ladies completely stopped crying.
Lanzhi extended her hand, placing the three money bags in front of them
"Here are fifty taels of silver; this is your only chance.
You three can take the money bags and leave, or keep crying and wait for the Marquis to return.
But······, considering the Marquis’s temperament, he will only expel you from the mansion, and the silver, well, it will be gone."
As Lanzhi finished speaking, shortly after, one woman first stood up.
Took the money bag from Lanzhi’s hand.
Saluted slightly
"Farewell to the Marquis."
Afterwards, she wiped her tears, turned around, and left.
Once she left, the other two also stood up, took the silver, and left.
After handling these affairs, Lanzhi went back to the courtyard.
In this courtyard, there was still one left.
But it was different from those few.
Ke Yu appeared very angry, being pulled by two strong men,
"I won’t leave! Let Young Master see me! I was sent by the master himself, how dare you!!"
Voice after voice, coming from a certain room.
But not long after, Ke Yu was dragged out.
At this moment, Ji Yu also stepped out of the room.
Dressed in white, his expression cold.
Like a Banished Immortal untouched by the world.
As Ke Yu passed Ji Yu in his disheveled state, he became even angrier.