Ji Yunshu whispered again, “After entering the Moon Appreciation room later, see what’s inside. Also, try to get information from her. Remember, perform the act completely—that’s the only way to know what those three deceased actually experienced inside.”
“Why don’t you go yourself?”
“I’d like to, but my body won’t allow it.”
So—
Jingrong looked her up and down from head to toe, his eyes practically blooming with peach blossoms.
Ji Yunshu shifted to the side and pushed him.
“Hurry down. Don’t let that steaming hot dish go cold.”
Go on, child, the beauty is waiting!
Jingrong threw her countless eye rolls. But what could he do? He still had to bite the bullet and go down.
Seeing the person coming down wasn’t Ji Yunshu, Bao Niang was puzzled. “Wasn’t it Young Master Liang who made the bid?”
“He can’t. This person belongs to me now.”
You’re the one who can’t!
Ji Yunshu glared with her small eyes, stroking those two small mustaches.
I’m a pure man, alright!
Bao Niang thought, as long as she could get the money, it didn’t matter who bought her. She extended her hand, “Since the young master made the bid, please give the silver first. After all, in this business, we can’t be short even one coin.”
“I don’t have silver.”
“What? No silver? Then why were you shouting bids? Really…”
Just as Bao Niang was about to lose her temper, Jingrong pulled out several bank notes and tossed them in front of her.
“No silver, only bank notes.”
Several “glittering” bank notes waved about.
“Oh my, you two gentlemen love to joke.”
Bao Niang smiled and took the bank notes, quickly tucking them into her sleeve, then pushed Yu Yin to Jingrong’s side.
“Young master, now Yu Yin is yours. You can take her away.”
Yu Yin kept her head lowered, always playing the role of an obedient and sensible little woman. She let others treat her as merchandise to buy and sell without making a sound or resisting.
Completely compliant!
But Jingrong deliberately moved a small step to the side, putting distance between himself and Yu Yin. He looked up at the second floor.
Pointing, he said, “I heard Miss Yu Yin’s Moon Appreciation room is very spacious. Why not stay there tonight and have Miss Yu Yin dance for me to watch.”
Hearing “Moon Appreciation room,” Bao Niang said nervously, “Young master, Yu Yin is already your person. You can take her and leave Chang’an Place. Why would you still want to stay here?”
“What? Is that not allowed?”
“Well…”
Before Bao Niang could finish speaking, Yu Yin, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up, “Since the young master requests it, then let’s go to the Moon Appreciation room. Yu Yin can perform a dance for you.”
Her voice was soft and gentle, warmly silky!
Without waiting for Bao Niang to speak again, Yu Yin had already led Jingrong up to the second floor and directly entered the Moon Appreciation room.
Bao Niang rubbed her hands, afraid something would happen again.
She had suppressed news of the previous three ghostly incidents. If something happened again tonight, what would she do?
So she quickly had several people guard outside the Moon Appreciation room. If they heard any disturbance, they should rush in immediately.
On the third floor!
Ji Yunshu ordered a pot of tea, drinking while waiting.
But her heart was somewhat anxious. Yu Yin was like a fairy—every gesture revealed feminine beauty, and even her voice was as pleasant as an oriole. She didn’t know if Jingrong could restrain himself.
What if…
She immediately shook her head, no longer thinking wildly.
Inside the Moon Appreciation room!
As soon as he entered, Jingrong was startled by the scene inside.
From outside it looked like a guest room, but inside, it had everything. Much light gauze hung inside, floating gently, magnificent and beautiful.
In the middle was also a large platform, specially for Yu Yin to dance. Behind the platform was only a bed and a dressing table. In front was a large bathing pool with water still emitting white steam. Beside the pool was a screen, carved exquisitely, comparable to the jade screens in imperial consorts’ palaces.
It was evident Bao Niang had spent considerable silver on her.
“Young master.” Yu Yin called out and bowed slightly. “Why doesn’t the young master remove your clothes and bathe in the pool?”
Saying this, she was about to come forward and undress Jingrong.
He immediately stepped back, “No need.”
“Does the young master disdain Yu Yin?”
“No.”
“Then why? Since the young master bought Yu Yin, from now on Yu Yin is the young master’s person. Serving you is also Yu Yin’s responsibility.”
Yu Yin’s beautiful eyes brimmed with tears.
Making one’s heart ache!
And Jingrong remembered what Ji Yunshu had instructed.
Perform the act completely!
So—
“Fine, you dance. I’ll do it myself.”
He walked to the bathing pool, removed his outer garment, and soaked in together with his inner garment.
Splash!
Then Yu Yin stepped onto the platform. Her feet turned lightly as she began to dance.
It must be said, her dance was indeed beautiful. If she claimed to be second in Great Lin, absolutely no one would dare claim first.
Jingrong just watched listlessly, unmoved. No matter how much she danced or how graceful her figure, it had nothing to do with him.
That figure moved back and forth among the light gauze, sometimes hazy, sometimes clear. White steam from the bathing pool rose continuously, making one feel as if in a fairyland.
After just a short while, Jingrong felt his head becoming somewhat heavy, and even his vision blurred.
His alert keen senses told him something was wrong!
But when he braced himself to rise from the bathing pool, Yu Yin had already walked to his side and pressed him back down into the pool.
Half of Yu Yin’s body also pressed against his shoulder. Her mouth moved close to his ear, “Since the young master has entered, don’t you want to see Yu Yin’s appearance?”
Her voice seemed to come from an abyss!
Echoing with reverberations.
Jingrong felt he couldn’t muster any strength. His eyelids also heavily drooped. When he turned to look at Yu Yin, she was slowly removing the veil from her face.
That face hidden behind the veil was exquisitely beautiful—a full, prominent nose tip, small crimson lips, a pointed delicate chin, plus those lively eyes. She was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting.
Yu Yin’s slender fingers also suddenly wrapped around Jingrong’s neck.
Her lips parted slightly, “Young master, is this slave beautiful?”
After asking this question, that face gradually became ferocious.
Full of knife scars, covered in blood. The small lips suddenly split toward both sides, opening extremely wide. Her eyeballs also bulged out, streaming with blood.
Even those slender fingers turned into white bones.
Terrifying to the extreme!
Jingrong was powerless to rise, his hands unable to muster half a bit of strength. He watched as that ferocious, terrifying face infinitely enlarged before his eyes.
Just as that bloody maw was about to swallow him alive, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from behind Yu Yin. An index finger pressed on an acupoint on her neck, then pressed forcefully.
Accompanied by a pained shriek, Yu Yin fell to the ground.
Jingrong struggled to open his eyes, only able to hazily see a familiar figure approaching him.
Then…
He lost consciousness!
When he woke up, he was already at the yamen residence.
Supporting his heavy body to sit up, he saw Ji Yunshu sitting at the table.
She was leisurely drinking tea!
“You knew it would be like this all along?”
Jingrong asked.
Ji Yunshu nodded, “More or less.”
Good for you, Ji Yunshu!
Jingrong’s face darkened. He walked to her side, looking displeased and sulking, “Ji Yunshu, you’d better give this prince a reasonable explanation.”
She looked up at him, her expression becoming serious.
Unhurriedly, she said, “To know if there’s a problem in the Moon Appreciation room, the only way is to lure the snake out of its hole. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to get half a sentence out of that Miss Yu Yin’s mouth.”
“Where is she?”
“In the yamen up front.”
“Doing what?”
“Being interrogated!”