Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 574

Stalls were set up everywhere on the street, mainly selling all kinds of ingenious toys for the Qixi Festival, as well as various flower, fruit, lady and palace objects made of pith paper, colored paper, sesame seeds, rice grains and so on.

Shen Lingjun took Hong Qing and strolled around outside, buying a lot of trinkets.

She didn't like needlework and had no interest in the Qiqiao Festival. She just bought these things because they were exquisitely made and beautiful.

A new juggling stall had been set up at the end of the street, featuring fire-breathing and knife-throwing performances, attracting a large crowd that swarmed over to watch. Shen Lingjun tried to avoid it, but before she could, the crowd pushed and shoved past her, even pushing Hong Qing a few steps away.

Just then, Shen Lingjun suddenly felt someone take advantage of the crowd to brush a handkerchief towards her face!

The moment she smelled the scent on the handkerchief, she knew it was the kind of sleeping potion commonly used by human traffickers to incapacitate their victims.

Shen Lingjun's mind raced. She pretended to collapse limply, and at the same time, she immediately took out the antidote from her spatial storage and quickly put one in her mouth without leaving a trace, holding it under her tongue so that she could stay awake.

Hong Qing squeezed through the crowd and was shocked to see what was happening. Just as she was about to step forward to save Shen Lingjun, Shen Lingjun gave her a look to stop her.

Her attire was quite fine, and the hairpins and ornaments in her hair were of royal standard, clearly indicating that she was at least a female member of the royal family. Ordinary human traffickers would judge a person's status, usually targeting women and children from commoner backgrounds, or at most, wealthy young ladies. Unless they were tired of living, they would never target a member of the royal family.

In other words, there might be someone behind this human trafficker who is after her, the Seventh Prince's consort.

She wanted to see who was causing her trouble.

Hong Qing had been following Shen Lingjun for so many years, and she understood what he meant with just one look. She immediately stopped and retreated into the crowd, even gesturing to stop the two bodyguards who were about to appear.

The slave trader was a middle-aged woman in her forties, dressed like a matron from a wealthy family. She helped Shen Lingjun up, calling out, "Madam? Madam, what's wrong?"

As he spoke, he helped Shen Lingjun out of the crowd, away from the main street, and into a quiet, dark alley.

Red Dragonfly followed behind, and two guards caught up as well, asking, "Miss Red Dragonfly, what's going on? Why won't you let us go rescue the Madam?"

Hong Qing said, "Madam is fine. She's just playing along. She probably wants to know who's after her. The three of us will follow her secretly. Don't lose her."

The slave trader helped Shen Lingjun into a carriage and they went to Waxiang, on the western edge of the city.

This is the most chaotic place in Ancheng, a place shrouded in filth and corruption. Every alleyway leads down to casinos, brothels, and the lowest-class brothels.

The slave trader was very efficient; he removed all of Shen Lingjun's valuable jewelry and then sold her to a high-class brothel for fifty taels of silver.

The brothel madam had someone escort Shen Lingjun into a room, and then immediately arranged for a fat, big-eared customer to enter.

Shen Lingjun didn't even bother to look at the customer's face. As soon as he entered, she threw a handful of poison at him and knocked him to the ground.

She waited in the room for a long time, but received no further news. She guessed that the person behind this was just trying to get revenge on her, sending her to a brothel and that was it, with no other ulterior motives.

In that case, the only option is for Red Dragonfly and his men to capture that human trafficker and interrogate him to find out who's behind him.

Just as Shen Lingjun was about to leave, the door to the room was suddenly kicked open, and Madam Linyuan, accompanied by two servants, rushed in with righteous indignation.