Chapter 45 Male Favorite
With the arrival of the two girls from the Yao family, word spread throughout the mansion that the lady favored them.

Su Jian sighed, "Madam just likes it, and it just so happens that she came."

Ah Ying just smiled.

"Miss, are you not moved at all?" After following Aying for many days, Su Jian could see the subtle flow of emotions between the Prince and Aying, but the two of them kept their mouths shut tightly, and neither of them was willing to say a soft word, so she mustered up the courage to test the waters.

Ah Ying looked at the veil in her hand and said, "How can I move it? This is the prince's choice!"

Su Jian frowned and said, "But how would you know if you don't try hard?"

Ah Ying laughed at her, "Su Jian, you still don't understand. Sometimes, a relationship you pray for doesn't last long. Instead, it makes you lose something that might keep a man..."

The words were very profound, so Su Jian naturally didn't understand.

"Just wait and see. I don't have time to think about those things. Go and get me some silk from the warehouse." Aying said.

Su Jian asked in confusion: "Miss, what are you doing with so much silk?"

Ah Ying looked at the silk veils of various shapes and colors and said faintly, "This is also for saving lives..."

However, before we could reach Jiyue Tower, an accident happened the next day.

Yimei Courtyard.

"Swish!" A short arrow shot straight into the door.

Huo Aying, who was embroidering something, was stunned. After looking around, she only vaguely saw a dark shadow leaving the roof.

Suspicious, Aying quickly took off the paper on the short arrow.

"It's urgent, see you soon!"

The signature is a flower.

"Sister Hua?" Ah Ying was startled. This wasn't a set date, but Sister Hua took such a big risk to inform him of the news, so there could only be one possibility: "Either my own safety, or - my brother?"

Feeling anxious, Aying immediately wrapped himself in a cloak and prepared to go out.

Su Jian just came in from outside. When she saw A Ying going out so late, she asked in confusion, "Miss, where are you going?"

Ah Ying looked a little anxious, "I'm going out for a while, I'll be back soon!"

"But it's already dark..." Su Jian said worriedly.

"It's okay." Aying said and was about to walk out.

Su Jian quickly said, "Then I'll go with you."

"No need, just wait at home. If anyone comes looking for me, tell them I'm asleep." Aying instructed.

The more she was stopped from going, the more anxious Su Jian became. "This - this -"

Ah Ying tried to comfort him, "It's okay. We are dining alone anyway, and no one else comes on weekdays. Even if I go out, no one will notice."

Having said this, Su Jian could only say anxiously: "Then you must be careful."

Ah Ying smiled and replied, "Don't worry."

After saying this, Aying disappeared into the night.

When they arrived at the teahouse on the outskirts of the city, Ah Ying almost walked and ran.

Pushing open the door, Ah Ying called out anxiously, "Sister Hua!"

At this time, Sister Hua was pacing in the room. When she saw Ah Ying coming in, she quickly replied, "Your brother has been found!"

Ah Ying panted, and with tears in her eyes, she asked with hope, "Really? Where is it?"

Sister Hua looked embarrassed and quickly pulled Aying to sit down, "Don't worry, listen to me!" "The people I sent out said that they heard news about your brother in Yangzhou." Sister Hua said solemnly.

"Yangzhou? That's right! Yangzhou is not far from Hangzhou. How is he now? Can I go find him?" Ah Ying was so excited that she was a little flustered.

Sister Hua couldn't help but calm her mind and gently patted Ah Ying's hand, "Ah Ying, don't worry, this matter is a bit troublesome."

Ah Ying looked straight at Sister Hua, feeling uneasy, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's like this. Your brother is now in the largest brothel in Yangzhou. It's not easy to redeem him..." Sister Hua looked at Aying with hidden concern.

Ah Ying was puzzled and asked, "Why can't I redeem him from the brothel? At most I can just pay the money for selling my body. He is just a servant, how can he be more expensive than the courtesan?"

Sister Hua said solemnly, "Ah Ying! Do you know about the male favorite?"

Ah Ying's face froze.

"He is a male favorite in Yangzhou City and is specially sent to the mansions of high-ranking officials. There are many female prostitutes there, but training a male favorite who can deal with high-ranking officials is much more difficult than training an oiran." Sister Hua couldn't help but sigh.

Ah Ying collapsed, tears streaming down her face.

"How, how could this happen?" Ah Ying murmured to herself.

After trying to calm down, Ah Ying asked with tears in her eyes: "How much money do they want to release me?"

Sister Hua leaned over to comfort Ah Ying, "Now they are asking for 10,000 taels of silver..."

"Ten thousand taels?" Ah Ying glanced sideways and took a breath. This was not redemption at all, this was clearly draining someone's blood.

"Ten taels of silver a month is enough for an ordinary family to support themselves, but ten thousand taels of silver is something you can't earn in a lifetime. But you should know the methods of brothels. If only one person out of a hundred can come up with the money, they will ask for it until he dies!" Sister Hua sighed.

Only then did Aying realize what a deep sense of powerlessness felt like. She had only saved up 2,500 taels so far. How long would it take her to save up 10,000 taels?

But how could one imagine the suffering that a male concubine would have to endure? When Ah Ying thought of her brother being tortured, her heart ached. She couldn't, she couldn't let her brother stay in this sea of ​​suffering any longer.

"Then what can I do?" Ah Ying looked at Sister Hua and choked up.

Sister Hua is also a man of friendship. "I have a little bit of face, so I will try my best to get your brother to stop going out. However, those people are cannibals. If they don't see the money, they will be desperate."

"I'll take the money! I have money!" A Ying nodded wildly. At this moment, she just wanted her brother to be able to escape from this suffering.

"Ah Ying, that's ten thousand taels!"

Sister Hua's words were like a bucket of cold water, chilling Aying to the core.

"Go and ask the prince if he can think of a solution?" Sister Hua asked tentatively.

Ah Ying's mind was in a mess at the moment, and she couldn't concentrate. "I'll go back and think about it."

Without waiting for Sister Hua to say anything, Ah Ying immediately took out something from the brocade box behind him in a panic, "Silver notes! Here are 2,500 taels of silver notes! Sister Hua, please help me beg for mercy and give me a few days."

Looking at these banknotes, Sister Hua knew that Ah Ying must have saved them for a long time. She looked at Ah Ying with sour eyes and said firmly, "Don't worry, I will do my best!"

This time, perhaps, is the thing that Sister Hua has wanted to accomplish the most in all these years. If her brother hadn't sold her to a brothel, how could she have lived like this for the rest of her life? It's worth it to have a family like Ying...

Ah Ying quickly calmed herself down, tightly grasped Sister Hua's hand, and said firmly: "Sister Hua, first ask him to write me a letter according to the questions I asked, and then hand over these banknotes!"

She couldn't lose her mind, she had to make sure that man was her brother...

Sister Hua couldn't help but praise: "Yes, that's right! I'll find paper and pen right now!"

Ah Ying's hands were shaking so much that she couldn't write anything. She said to Sister Hua, "Sister Hua, I can't write. I say, you write it."

Sister Hua nodded solemnly.

Afterwards, Ah Ying recalled the past while crying, trying her best to ensure that her brother knew everything. This time, she must rescue her brother!
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