Chapter 644 - 489: The Man of the Sisters_3

At the end of the year, the income is only a little over twenty thousand taels of silver.

"I can still do what I like, have dividend income, go out whenever I want, go wherever I please, without anyone interfering. Isn’t that more comfortable than being the concubine of King Qi?"

"Doesn’t your young master need you to serve him at all times?" Su Yi asked in confusion. Men’s control desires are strong; with such privileges, wouldn’t you have to stay by his side at his beck and call?

Lien Yurou replied, "No need, if I don’t want to, I could even go months without appearing in front of him."

"Ah..."

Is there really such a fool in this world?

"He has plenty of women, I’m not indispensable." Lien Yurou said with a touch of irony.

"Aren’t you jealous? Aren’t you worried about being kicked out?"

"Not at all. Even as one of his women, we don’t all stay by his side, everyone has their own things to do, and I have my own too. Do you think I need to revolve around him every day? No, absolutely not." Lien Yurou laughed.

"Then why did he marry you?"

"To earn money."

"Earn money?!" Su Yi was shocked by this answer. Marrying is for continuing the family line, while taking a concubine is not for lust, or hiding a beauty away. Of course, for upper-class people, there’s also the role of forming alliances.

But for the purpose of "earning money," this is the first time I’ve heard.

"The young master lets me manage a workshop producing concocted medicinal herbs. We purchase fresh herbs, prepare them, and then sell them to pharmacies. This will be my basis for a stable life in the future." Lien Yurou said.

"You still have to earn money for him?"

"It’s for us to earn money, the money from this workshop, I take the larger share." Lien Yurou said.

"But since you belong to him, isn’t your money his money?" Su Yi did not understand this relationship.

"It’s my money, money I can freely dispose of myself."

"There’s such a good deal!" Su Yi was very surprised, although she knew that even married women didn’t have financial independence in their husband’s family, except for the dowry they brought, let alone concubines.

Sometimes, a concubine is simply the property of the master.

Women with money have confidence and foundations, they don’t need to depend on men to live well, Su Yi understood this all her life, so as she grew up, she wasn’t worried even if she had the "widow-maker" reputation; the wealth she accumulated over the years was enough for her to live well in the latter half of her life.

What’s more, she hasn’t stopped accumulating wealth.

"So, is this why you submitted to him?"

"Of course not, if I didn’t truly like him, I wouldn’t do this. After all, this is the dependence for the rest of my life, how could I hand over my most precious thing to someone else?"

"Speaking of which, I still don’t know who the young master is you’re talking about. Yurou, why don’t you introduce him to me, after all, he has many women, it’s not bad for us to become sisters?" Su Yi joked.

"Su Yi, are you sure?"

"Of course, hearing you talk about it, I am really tempted. Anyway, with my reputation in the capital, probably no man dares to marry me as his wife. If that’s the case, it’s better to find someone who suits my heart, can partner in business, and doesn’t care much about me. This way, I get married and can still do what I like. It’s pretty good."

"Su Yi, are you running from marriage too?"

"No way, with my reputation, why would I need to escape marriage? I came to Dongshan with my father, but he doesn’t know I’m here..." Su Yi briefly explained her situation in Dongshan.

"Mr. Su is an Imperial Envoy, why didn’t you find him?"

"I’m unfamiliar with people and places in Dongshan, and I didn’t dare to inquire recklessly. I visited the official post station and Dongshan Prefecture government, but there’s no sign of my father. I don’t even know where he lives here. I was preparing to go directly to the Dongshan government, then I fell ill with a fever. I was carried from the inn, first to a medical center, and later sent out of town. Honestly, I don’t even know where I am now." Su Yi explained.

"Here is Xue Family Manor, Marquis Lingyang’s estate outside Dongshan City, where smuggling and collusion evidence with the Green Blade Sect was confiscated. It’s now temporarily used as a quarantine treatment point for ’smallpox.’ Your condition has advanced to the late stage and was transferred here for the young master to treat." Lien Yurou said.

"You mean, it was your young master who cured me?"

"Of course, in Dongshan City, who else could pull you back from the Ghost Gate?" Lien Yurou replied proudly.

Su Yi furrowed her brow slightly, recalling fragments and scenes in her mind. Initially, she was unsure about some matters, but now she is certain.

When she was brought here for treatment, her body was stripped naked, and during the treatment, there was a man present.

Could that man be the "young master" Lien Yurou mentioned?

"How could Dongshan City have such an incredible physician, I haven’t heard of it?"

"Su Yi, with your cleverness, you wouldn’t have guessed?"

"You’re not talking about Lin Miao, are you?" Su Yi finally remembered, although her father was temporarily appointed as an Imperial Envoy to Dongshan, she, Su Yi, always paid special attention to gathering information at social occasions. This year, Dongshan information was frequently mentioned in the court, especially when the Crown Prince suddenly disappeared for a while, later confirmed he went to Dongshan.

As for what the Crown Prince went to Dongshan for, everyone could guess; he went for his fertility issues. Who in Dongshan was worth his personal visit?

It would be no other than the Mr. Lin, who passed the trial with the Medicine King, Sun, and the Reclining Buddha Temple’s Su Mi Tuo.

Both Medicine King and Su Mi Tuo are unmarried men and are not skilled at treating "infertility." Yet, this Mr. Lin, although younger, has made strong achievements in this area, and reportedly, his Medical Case Collection recorded many successful cases.

Many noblewomen in the capital who have been infertile for years are thinking about finding an opportunity to go to Dongshan after the new year.

Unexpectedly, Lien Yurou’s man is indeed this one; no wonder she gave up King Qi, lowering her status to submit to him.