After being read, the abstinent prince bullies others with his wife every day

She paused and said, "Do you remember clearly whether those who attacked you and Mammy Ma were deadly or reserved?"

Haitang was silent.

Probably because she thought of those painful memories again, her brows slightly frowned, and it took a long while for her to regain her composure and say, "They shouldn't have killed me. I still remember this very clearly. They seemed to just want to silence us, otherwise I wouldn't have escaped from them... But now that you said that, I actually feel that those people let me go on purpose."

Seeing Lin Shuning thoughtful, Haitang's eyes flickered: "Why do you ask that? Who are you?"

She figured out something was wrong.

Lin Shuning pondered for a moment, and felt that if she wanted the other party to be honest with her, she couldn't hide anything, so she said, "I am the secret that they want your mother to never tell anyone."

Haitang was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Lin Shuning looked at her deeply and took off the hair crown. Her long black hair instantly fell apart. Her originally handsome and heroic face suddenly had a bit of feminine charm.

Even though her eyebrows and makeup were still on, Haitang, who grew up among women, could tell her gender at a glance: "You...you are a girl?!"

"Yes," Lin Shuning swallowed a pill and regained her original smooth voice, "I am the third lady of the Shangshu Mansion, Lin Shuning, you should have heard of me."

"You, you are the Third Miss?!" Haitang was shocked. Her hand, which was making tea, trembled and the tea immediately spilled out of the cup.

How could she not know?

During this period, her stories were spread all over the capital, not just in Zuishenglou.

There are many girls who have experienced the same thing as Lin Shuning, but she is the only one who dares to resist.

The girls admired her, appreciated her, regarded her as a role model, and dreamed of one day being able to emulate her and escape from the predicament they were in. She was one of them.

But I didn't expect to meet Lin Shuning here.

Haitang was a thoughtful person. All the previous events immediately connected in her mind. She suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be that the way Minister Lin and Madam Lin treated you was related to 'her'?"

"That's right." Lin Shuning nodded and told Haitang everything slowly and without reservation.

Haitang stood up suddenly, her voice trembling, "She, she actually did such a shameless thing! Isn't this ruining your life?! If it weren't for you, Third Miss, fighting for your own success, wouldn't you have been tortured to death by them? It hurts others and yourself! I really don't understand why she did this!"

Her eyes, which were always resolute and strong, shone with a glimmer. "I guess the only reason was money. But she never brought the money home. She gambled it all away."

Haitang collapsed a little and sat back tiredly: "My father risked his life to go hunting in the mountains to earn money to pay off her gambling debts, but he never came back... But even so, she still didn't give up gambling. Now she's like this, it can be regarded as her retribution."

Haitang sighed, her eyes showing pain, and her voice was mournful: "Miss San, please stop here today. I am not feeling well. Please forgive me for not being able to entertain you. I will ask Yu Niang to return the money to you."

Her tone was polite, but it was obvious that she was trying to chase the guest away.

Lin Shuning's eyes flickered, she could understand Haitang's pain. In a way, she was also a victim at the hands of Wang just like herself.

She tied up her hair, took a voice-changing pill, and resumed her male attire.

Haitang opened the door for her and said with lowered eyes, "Haitang respectfully sends Master Lin off."

At the moment the door was about to close, Lin Shuning suddenly blocked it with his hands and hissed in pain.

Haitang exclaimed, "Third...Mr. Lin, what are you doing?"

"Haitang," Lin Shuning said, "are you willing to come with me? I have a friend who runs a clinic in the capital. You can live there incognito. I can ensure that you have food and clothing. If you don't want to work there, I can also set you free."

It's not that she was too sanctimonious, but she always felt it was a pity for Haitang. Such a knowledgeable and capable woman should not be left in tatters and live a lonely life because of Wang's sins.

Lin Shuning looked at her with bright eyes, which were illuminated by the rays of light that broke through the clouds, and in an instant it seemed like the glory of a day.

Haitang's heart trembled slightly when she was struck by such light: "You...you want to redeem me?"

Lin Shuning nodded: "Are you willing?"

Haitang frowned slightly. Her eyes were dim as she glanced towards the fourth floor. She vaguely saw a figure moving slightly behind the pearl curtain and then disappeared. She turned her head and looked at Lin Shuning: "What does the Third Miss want me to do?"

She is not confused.

Nine out of ten men who redeem prostitutes from brothels do so for sex.

But why would a woman redeem herself from a prostitute?

She thought of the woman who used herself to block the knife.

Could it be that she wanted me to go with her to Daojia Village to find that woman?

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Lin Shuning's lips spread with a smile, his eyes sparkling and bright: "Don't do anything, just be yourself."

Haitang trembled.

No one had ever said such things to her.

When she woke up in the middle of the night with tears soaking her pillow, she buried deep in her heart the extremely suppressed wish that she thought would never be realized.

She lowered her eyes slightly, with a gleam in them. After a while, she raised her eyes and said, "My ransom price is not low. For you, this is definitely a losing deal."

Lin Shuning smiled and winked at her: "Now that I've spoken, I'm fully prepared. Just leave it to me!"

As he was speaking, Yu Niang's voice came to his ears: "Hey, Master Lin, what's wrong with you? Could it be that Haitang didn't serve you well and made you unhappy? Why are you leaning against the door?"

Fingertips stained with cardamom jump into the eye as the feather fan flutters gently.

Yu Niang came over gracefully, her tone half scolding and half sincere: "I have to say this in advance. A big customer is coming today. If you make a big noise like those troublemakers the other day, I will not let you off. You will definitely lose everything."

She said this without any ambiguity. The group of troublemakers last time made a mess of Zui Sheng Lou, and they are still working in the back hall because they have no money.

Lin Shuning smiled and said, "Mrs. Yu is too kind. I am just following your advice and loving Haitang well."

She was leaning against the door frame, her posture resembling a woman waving her sleeves while leaning on a horse on a slanting bridge. Her pretty face attracted the attention of many male and female guests.

Yu Niang was stunned: "What do you mean?"

She looked at Haitang, but saw Lin Shuning blocking her line of sight with a fan, and met her eyes with a smile: "I want to redeem Haitang, doesn't this count as loving Haitang?"

"Redeem her," Yu Niang also responded with a smile. As she smiled, the smile froze on her face, and then she said in a loud voice, "What did you say? You want to redeem Hai Tang?"

Lin Shuning nodded with a smile.

Yu Niang's face turned cold, and she looked Lin Shuning up and down: "Haitang is my signature, you can't redeem her just because you want to."

As she spoke, she raised her eyes inconspicuously and glanced towards the fourth floor. Then she was stunned and her eyelids drooped.