Pei Yan opened her red lips slightly, tears in her eyes, but her tone was still stubborn: "Your Highness, since I have married you, I will not covet other men. Are you insulting me or yourself by saying this?"

"Insult, yes, I am insulting myself," Jiang Hong laughed loudly. He grabbed Pei Yan's waist and, ignoring her screams and struggles, forcibly carried her back to the room. "Today, I want you to remember clearly who your man is! I want you to get pregnant with my child, so that Gu Wen will completely stop thinking about you!"

The rain fell into mud, koi fish played in the water, the man's heavy breathing and the woman's moaning mixed together, gradually drowned out by the wind and rain outside the window...

……

The carriage stopped not far from Liufang Hall.

Lin Shuning and Lian'er did not return to the Shangshu Mansion, but went to the clinic. However, this time neither of them disguised themselves and could not stay for too long.

After a day, the clinic had made a net profit of fifty taels. When Liuzi saw her coming, he hurried forward and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Manager Lin, when will you be able to develop those medicines you made the other day? Many people came to buy them yesterday, but there was no stock."

"There's no rush for this matter. This is a strategy." Lin Shuning looked through the account book indifferently and took out twenty taels of silver from it.

"What strategy?" Liuzi scratched his cheek, somewhat confused: "Don't businessmen want to sell as much as possible? Shopkeeper Lin, as long as you develop more of that medicine, our clinic will become rich."

Lin Shuning shook his head: "You don't understand this. This is called hunger marketing. The better the medicine is, the more limited the sales should be. People want it desperately but can't buy it. Only in this way can the banner of miracle medicine be promoted to the greatest extent."

Liuzi was still confused. Lin Shuning shook his head helplessly and explained patiently, "Think about it. If it is a miracle drug, it would become ordinary if it could be bought anytime like other drugs. But if it is sold in limited quantities, wouldn't it be different immediately?"

"That seems to be the case!" Liuzi clapped his hands and finally reacted. He felt emotional in his heart. No wonder the third lady of the Shangshu Mansion could become the shopkeeper at such a young age, while he could only be a servant. It turned out that he was not only inferior in background, but also in brains. He admired Lin Shuning even more.

After Lin Shuning took out the silver, she and Lian'er walked out of the clinic and headed for the Shangshu Mansion. But before they had gone far, they saw a group of timid little beggars looking at her at the entrance of the alley. She stopped, looked at them, and asked, "Do you have anything to ask me?"

The group of little beggars dispersed from both sides, and a slightly older boy walked out from among them. He was the one who was captured by Wang that day.

He walked up to Lin Shuning, lowered his head, and didn't speak for a long time before he said, "I'm sorry, but... that lady is so scary. She took all my friends away. I had to..."

These words were spoken haltingly, but Lin Shuning understood them.

She smiled and said gently, "I know, and you didn't betray me. I admitted it myself. I won't cause any trouble for you, don't worry."

"That's good, thank you." The boy breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went back to the alley entrance. He looked back at Lin Shuning and said, "We plan to beg in another place so that she won't find us again. If we are destined to meet again in the future, we will definitely meet again."

"Okay." Lin Shuning waved her hands vigorously. Seeing the group of little beggars passing through the alley and disappearing, she slowly walked back with Lian'er.

"Miss, I feel that although those little beggars are young and of humble status, they are more sincere than many people." Lian'er couldn't help but say.

"Yes, I hope they can have a good place to go." Lin Shuning sighed. In her previous life, she was also an orphan and lived with her grandfather. Her grandfather loved her but he died early. When she was a child, she grew up eating at other people's homes. When she went to school, she grew up relying on financial support from the government. She could empathize with the sadness of these little beggars, so she could understand.

"Host, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you." Xiaobai's voice suddenly sounded in my mind.

Lin Shuning paused for a moment, but soon returned to normal and replied with his mind: "What's the matter?"

"There is a woman with great martial arts skills who has been following you secretly, but I feel that she has no ill intentions and seems to be protecting you. This person looks familiar... Let me think about it, it seems that she is the woman who appeared at your and Zhou Yuan's engagement party and called Jiang Yu away."

Lin Shuning frowned slightly, and a sturdy and heroic figure gradually emerged in his mind.

Her expression did not change until she walked into a deserted street corner. Then Lin Shuning stopped and said coldly, "Come out. I know you are following me."

"Miss, who is following us?" Lian'er was startled by her sudden words and looked around vigilantly.

"If you don't come out, don't blame me for being merciless." Lin Shuning narrowed his eyes and a silver needle appeared in his hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman in black jumped down from the eaves on one side. Her skin was wheat-colored, and her exposed arms were muscular. There was a hint of heroism between her eyebrows, which perfectly neutralized her feminine temperament.

Lin Shuning frowned: "You are His Royal Highness Prince Rui's man, why are you following me? Did he ask you to follow me?"

"Yes." Ye Mu said in a light tone.

"Why did King Rui ask you to follow me? To kill me? Or to protect me?"

"protect you."

Lin Shuning was somewhat helpless. She waved her hand and said, "Don't follow me. Go back and tell him that I appreciate his kindness, but this is the end. I can't bear any more."

"I am following you to protect you. Are you sure you want me to go back?" Ye Mu's expression was not very good.

Lin Shuning looked at her expression, worried that she might suddenly attack him, and his body subconsciously tensed up.

She was silent for a moment, then put on a smile and said in a negotiating tone, "Of course, as long as His Royal Highness Prince Rui doesn't get close to me, I won't be in danger, so I don't need you to protect me. You're wasting your time here, so you might as well use it for something more meaningful. Don't you agree?"

Ye Mu stared at her deeply, then flew away.

Lin Shuning breathed a sigh of relief, finally sending this giant Buddha away. If Ye Mu was unwilling, she might really be unable to do anything to her.

At this moment, the desire to learn martial arts became even stronger.

She suppressed this thought and returned to the Shangshu Mansion. As soon as she stepped in, she saw Lin Cheng sitting in the hall as usual, seemingly waiting for her.

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