All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

Sunlight streams into the house through the windows.

Lin Ruan and Xu Jinshu packed up early and took a carriage to the Changning Marquis Mansion.

He was wearing the new clothes that Lin Ruan had bought for him yesterday. The inner robe was a Changchun-colored jacquard brocade with a dark peony pattern, and the outer robe was made of a soft smoke silk that was the color of rain-soaked sky blue, which overshadowed the bright color of Changchun. From a distance, he looked like a touch of red clouds on the horizon.

She wore the peony crown with twisted silk on her head, which was fixed on top of her head by a long, hollow, threaded hairpin made entirely of southern red agate.

He did not wear a necklace or ring. Apart from a set of jade pendants with peony patterns on his waist and a red sandalwood bracelet on his wrist.

Along the way, Xu Jinshu seemed a little nervous. His fingers unconsciously tugged at the corners of his clothes, but he quickly let go for fear that the clothes would get wrinkled.

Lin Ruan saw it, but didn't say anything.

Soon, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Changning Marquis's residence. The gatekeeper saw that it was the Duke's daughter and Xu Erlang who had returned, and hurried in to report.

A moment later, the butler came out with a group of stewards and led Lin Ruan and the other two into the main courtyard.

Marquis Changning and his wife were waiting for them at the gate of the main courtyard.

The Marquis of Changning and his wife were all smiles, not daring to act like their mother-in-law or father-in-law. They treated Lin Ruan with great respect, saying with a smile on their faces, "My humble abode is honored to have you here, my daughter!"

Lin Ruan nodded slightly in response.

However, when her eyes fell on Xu Jinshu, Xu's mother's eyes became obviously colder. She just said "I'm back" symbolically and turned her attention back to Lin Ruan.

Needless to say, Mr. Xu frowned and looked away when he saw him dressed so brightly.

Nowadays, men consider elegance as beauty. He never admitted or believed that this man who looked so restless was his biological son.

The group arrived at the hall and sat down as host and guest. After the maid served tea, Marquis Changning smiled and said to Lin Ruan, "My dear daughter, Erlang is a child who is not sensible. I hope you can teach him more when he arrives at the Duke's Mansion."

Lin Ruan chuckled, "Don't worry, mother-in-law. Jinshu is very well-behaved and sensible. I will treat him well."

Hearing the name "Jinshu", Xu's parents were slightly stunned. Mrs. Xu couldn't help but ask, "Jinshu? This is..."

Lin Ruan explained slowly, "This is the name I gave to Erlang. From now on, he will be called Xu Jinshu."

The Marquis of Changning and his wife quickly apologized with a smile, "It is naturally very good for the princess to give a name."

During the conversation, Xu Jinshu sat quietly aside, and no one paid any attention to him.

He lowered his head, as if to hide the loneliness in his eyes, but in fact he felt neither sad nor happy in his heart.

In his previous life, he and Han Nianzong returned to their parents' home. Marquis Changning and his wife became even colder to him. They were still a little polite to Han Nianzong and never mentioned him.

This also led to the Han family treating him more harshly after he returned to the Han family.

They arrived late, and after a few pleasantries, it was lunchtime. After lunch, Lin Ruan said goodbye.

Marquis Changning and his wife personally sent them to the door, still trying to please Lin Ruan in every way.

Sitting in the carriage, Lin Ruan said casually: "I don't think they care much about you. I guess the companion you brought with you won't be of any use. Ma San, go to Shunde Dental Clinic."

"Then you can pick out a useful room and buy it into the mansion."

Hearing this, Xu Jinshu recalled his confidant from his past life. He quickly hooked Lin Ruan's finger and said, "My wife, I am not worthy enough to go to the Shunde pawnshop to buy someone. Since it's still early, why don't you accompany me to the North City to have a look? I heard there are many small pawnshops there."

The east is rich and the west is noble, the south is poor and the north is humble.

According to the timeline, Xu Jinshu's confidant from his previous life should still be imprisoned in an unnamed pawnshop in Taipei, waiting to be bought.

In his previous life, Xu Jinshu arrived in Taipei relatively late.

After all, he needs to spend a lot of time and energy to gain a foothold in the Han family.

His trusted associates stayed in the pawnshop for several years without being sold, and therefore suffered a lot.

Lin Ruan raised her eyebrows and looked at Xu Jinshu's expectant expression with interest, and couldn't help feeling a little funny in her heart.

"Okay, let's go to the North City."

Lin Ruan finally agreed to Xu Jinshu's request.

Before long, the carriage arrived in the northern part of the city. The streets were very narrow and the crowds seemed somewhat disorganized.

Lin Ruan and Xu Jinshu got off the carriage together. Xu Jinshu seemed to be guiding Lin Ruan intentionally or unintentionally and walked into a dental clinic.

As soon as the owner of the dental shop saw the way Lin Ruan and Xu Jinshu were dressed, he knew immediately that they must be distinguished guests. So, he quickly came forward to greet them with a big smile on his face.

"Miss, your visit really brings honor to our humble shop!" said the boss flatteringly.

Lin Ruan simply responded indifferently: "Pick some people to serve my husband. You only need to bring those whose families sell their bodies here. Since they are to serve the lady, then choose those who have young servants at home."

When the boss heard this, he nodded and responded quickly, then quickly asked his staff to bring out all the people who met the requirements.

Xu Jinshu searched carefully in the crowd and finally saw those familiar figures.

His eyes lit up, and he pointed at a few of them and said, "My dear wife, look at that family. They have no daughters, only two sons. What do you think?"

Lin Ruan looked at the men and nodded. The boss smiled and said, "The young lady's servant has good taste. The four slaves in this family are all capable. What's more, they can all read and write."

Unfortunately, it was never sold. Firstly, the literate owner was unwilling to lower the price, and secondly, the servant family only had one woman, her maid, and two sons.

In the eyes of others, it is not very useful.

Lin Ruan asked the system to search for other people's biographies, pointed out two more, and then said: "Let's take these three."

Then he said to Xu Jinshu, "You also have two shops and a farm as your dowry. Although you have the indentures of the steward and the shopkeeper who came with the dowry from the Changning Marquis's Mansion, you are not familiar with them after all. If they are deceiving their superiors and subordinates, you must have someone to replace them."

How could he not know what Lin Ruan said? It was just Lin Ruan who first suggested that he choose a servant, so how could he dare to choose more than one?

They went to the Xu family with gifts today, and when they came back there was an empty carriage. There were only servants from the third room, so there was no need to worry about not being able to fit them.

Lin Ruan handed the indentures of the three families directly to Xu Jinshu, and then instructed Ma Si to take them into Haoyue Courtyard. Then, leaning against the inner wall of the carriage, he said with a smile, "I remember the Marquis of Changning's mansion came with two shops in the East Market as a dowry. How about I take you to see them?"

Xu Jinshu actually didn't think there was anything special worth seeing, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered that it was getting late.

If I don't bring Lin Ruan back home quickly, I'm afraid the Duke's wife will be angry.

After all, the Duke's wife has always been very strict with him. If he makes her unhappy, he doesn't know what kind of punishment he will receive tomorrow.

However, despite having thousands of words on his lips, Xu Jinshu finally said meekly: "Everything depends on my wife."

The princess meant well, Xu Jinshu told herself, she simply didn't understand the difficulties a man faced in serving his husband.