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Linglong had previously only known that Ren Ruyi was an assassin with her on the mission, but she didn't know Ren Ruyi's true identity or th
Linglong had previously only known that Ren Ruyi was an assassin with her on the mission, but she didn't know Ren Ruyi's true identity or that her martial arts were far superior to her own. Seeing Ren Ruyi shake her head, Linglong thought she didn't know martial arts and thus couldn't break out, so she could only sigh. Linglong was quite a loyal woman; she had no intention of abandoning Ren Ruyi and escaping by herself.
"Marquis! We've arrived at the Marquis's residence!" At this moment, the carriage slowly stopped, and the guard's voice came from outside. Ren Ruyi and Linglong, who were secretly communicating, both startled and quickly obediently knelt down. Wei Tingyu opened his eyes, then his gaze swept over the two women, and a knowing smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Of course, he knew everything about their little movements just now.
Arrival at the Marquis's Residence
In the back courtyard of the Marquis's residence, the women, who had been happily playing, immediately swarmed around Wei Tingyu when they saw him bringing seven beautiful women.
"Marquis!" Li Wuniang Leshan was the most playful and notoriously the biggest "vinegar jar" among the women. Seeing this scene, she immediately pouted and asked Wei Tingyu, "Weren't you going to the Yang family's banquet? How did you bring back seven sisters?" Li Dajiang Shouhua quickly tugged at her fifth sister's sleeve, signaling her not to speak carelessly. The other women, including Dou Zhao, remained silent at this moment, just staring intently at Wei Tingyu, wanting to see how he would explain himself. After all, no matter how magnanimous the women were, it was impossible not to feel a little jealous at this sight. All they wanted was for Wei Tingyu to explain the whole story to them and then coax them.
"I think it's great!" However, not every woman had these subtle thoughts. For example, the little girl Dou Ming was clearly different from her older sisters. She blinked, looked at the seven dancers, and said, "These seven sisters are all so beautiful; it will be a joy to see them in the residence every day!" However, her words immediately drew a flurry of eye-rolls from her sisters. This little girl Dou Ming was truly wholeheartedly thinking for the Marquis! The other sisters, including Dou Zhao, felt ashamed of themselves for this!
The dancers themselves were also bewildered to see so many beautiful women in Wei Tingyu's residence. They had all been very confident in their looks, as they were all hand-picked and could be considered great beauties individually! However, at this moment, they felt ordinary standing in Wei Tingyu's courtyard! The only one who was slightly outstanding and could compare with the ladies of the residence was Ren Ruyi! Of course, such a beauty was not just noticeable by Wei Tingyu! Dou Zhao and the other women in the residence naturally noticed her too! After curiously observing the seven dancers, their gazes unanimously focused on Ren Ruyi.
"They are dancers I rescued!" Wei Tingyu naturally didn't want to be branded a lecher by his wives, so he smiled and said. Then, under the women's puzzled gazes, he briefly recounted what had happened earlier. "Am I right?" After that, he turned to the seven dancers and asked, his expression amiable, indicating that he hadn't intimidated them.
"The Marquis speaks truthfully!" Linglong, being the lead dancer among them, naturally stepped forward. She knew she couldn't leave the Marquis's residence anytime soon, so she could only continue to conceal her identity for now. Her plan was to find an opportunity to escape with Ren Ruyi at night! "If not for the Marquis's rescue! This humble one and the others would have long perished in the Yang Residence!"
"Please, ladies, take in these pitiful humble ones!"
"This humble one will surely serve the Marquis and the ladies wholeheartedly in the future!"
"If we leave this Marquis's residence, this humble one and the others will truly have no way to survive! Sob sob sob..."
The remaining dancers also began to beg for mercy, even kneeling on the ground and bowing to Dou Zhao and the other women. Such a scene of pear-blossom tears and soft cries was irresistible not only to Wei Tingyu but also to women like Dou Zhao!
"Alright, alright!" As the senior lady, Dou Zhao naturally had to speak. She nodded gently and said, "Just abide by the rules in this Marquis's residence from now on!"
"However, it's not good to elevate too many of you to concubines at once when so many of you enter the residence."
"How about this! You will continue to serve as dancers in the residence, choreographing dances for the Marquis's enjoyment!"
"If any of you are fortunate enough to be summoned by the Marquis one day, you will then be elevated to concubine!"
"Are you willing?"
Dou Zhao thought for a moment and then immediately made a very proper arrangement. As soon as she spoke, everyone present, including Wei Tingyu, secretly admired her. A senior lady is indeed a senior lady! Who could possibly object to this arrangement? And the younger sisters like Hao De, Leshan, and Dou Ming now looked at Dou Zhao with eyes full of admiration. This was truly a capable senior lady managing the household! The other sisters, including Dou Zhao herself, felt ashamed in comparison!
"Yes!" The dancers' hearts and faces blossomed with joy at this. In fact, although they had dreamed of directly becoming concubines upon entering the Marquis's residence, they knew that such a possibility was almost nonexistent; it was merely a dream! Now, seeing Dou Zhao's reasonable arrangement, they naturally had no complaints, and even felt secretly delighted.
"Excellent! They are all well-behaved!" And seeing that when the women bowed and then raised their heads, there was no hint of dissatisfaction in their eyes, but rather only gratitude and contentment, even He Weifang couldn't help but nod and praise them. After all, they were dancers who had been trained for a long time in the Bureau of Music; rules were their most common daily lesson!
"Then go down for now!" Dou Zhao also nodded, then looked at Wei Tingyu and said, "Or does the Marquis wish to keep two to serve?" Dou Zhao had certainly noticed that two of the seven dancers were much more beautiful than the other five! Especially the one with the swan neck; anyone who saw her beautiful neck would be envious!
"You two stay!" Wei Tingyu nodded, then pointed to Ren Ruyi and Linglong and said. As soon as his words fell, all the women in the residence internally complained. Sure enough, he kept these two! Not surprising at all! Dou Zhao also couldn't help but let out a little laugh, but she immediately adjusted her mindset, put on her senior lady's demeanor again, waved her hand, and led the other women of the residence and the remaining five dancers out of the courtyard. Now, the spacious courtyard was indeed left with only Wei Tingyu, Ren Ruyi, and Linglong.
Ren Ruyi and Linglong exchanged a bewildered glance, both seeing the wary expression in the other's eyes! When they first saw so many beautiful women in Wei Tingyu's residence, they were naturally very surprised, and their impression of Wei Tingyu as a lecher became even deeper! And now that he had dismissed all the other women, leaving only the two of them to serve, it was clear that he had impure thoughts! But what should they do if he actually made a move on them, or even... Their minds raced. They knew their original plan had completely changed! Not only had they failed to infiltrate Prince Han's residence, but they had even ended up here, in the Marquis of Jining's residence! And they had seen the scene of guards every three steps and sentries every five steps when they came in earlier! It was truly very strict! Although all the guards in the inner quarters were female, from their walking and standing postures, both women knew that these guards were on par with the four guards Wei Tingyu had taken to the Yang Residence earlier. At this moment, the idea of fighting their way out head-on had been completely abandoned by both women! Even Ren Ruyi knew it was absolutely impossible to succeed! As for at night... the Marquis's residence guards probably wouldn't slack off either!
"Come here!" Wei Tingyu saw Ren Ruyi and Linglong standing not far away, not saying a word, just silently lowering their heads. He smiled and waved to the two women. Here it comes! Ren Ruyi and Linglong both froze simultaneously, then secretly cursed inwardly! This lecher can't hold back! Calling them over now definitely means he's going to make a move! Who knows, if he gets excited, he might even...
"What should we do?" Ren Ruyi had always had her own plans, so she had never revealed her martial arts and true identity to Linglong. At this moment, she directly asked Linglong beside her. She was genuinely a little flustered at this moment; it wasn't a 100% feigned panic! As a top female assassin, if someone wanted to kill her, she would counter-kill without hesitation! But now, someone actually wanted to sleep with her... If it were some whimsical second-generation rich kid, she could just kill him! Ren Ruyi would never let him succeed! But now, in this Marquis's residence, she couldn't ascertain the other party's strength... It was truly a dead end on both sides; she couldn't kill him, nor could she let him have his way. For a moment, she really didn't know what to do!
"Don't be afraid!" Linglong's thoughts were similar to Ren Ruyi's, but from her perspective, the situation was even more desperate! She was far from Wei Tingyu's match, and Ren Ruyi knew no martial arts at all! However, she still gave Ren Ruyi a reassuring look and said, "Later, act according to my signal!" Ren Ruyi was startled, thinking, Does this Linglong have some kind of plan? But before she could think more, Linglong immediately put on a smiling expression, then took Ren Ruyi's hand and walked towards Wei Tingyu...
An State trained two types of assassins! One specialized in assassination missions, thus possessing high martial arts and being good at stealth, such as Ren Ruyi, who was among the best! The other specialized in intelligence gathering! These people underwent various trainings, were very adept at understanding human nature, and were very sensitive to the information contained in spoken words; martial arts were secondary for them. And Linglong belonged to the latter type!
"Marquis~" Unlike Ren Ruyi, who was a professional killer, Linglong was trained specifically for intelligence gathering, so various methods of dealing with men came naturally to her. She leaned coquettishly against Wei Tingyu, putting on a seductive expression, and said, "The Marquis saved this humble one's life, so this humble one's person is henceforth the Marquis's. Why be so impatient?"
Seeing the charm exuded by this clingy little fairy, Wei Tingyu's heart skipped a beat. As expected of someone who received professional training! Her allure is naturally seductive! It's indeed hard for men to resist! However, it was clear that this Linglong was not an old hand at this kind of mission; at least, when she was acting coquettishly with him, she was clearly still very clumsy. It seemed she hadn't had much contact with other men before, but focused on dancing as a professional dancer and then cooperated with others to complete missions! For example, in this mission, it was actually Ren Ruyi who was supposed to infiltrate Prince Han's residence, and Linglong was just assisting her! However, Linglong couldn't care less about all that now, so she used all the skills she had learned years ago.
Ren Ruyi was a bit bewildered to see Linglong like this, and at this moment, she even hesitated, wondering if she should learn from her. But just clinging soåØsoftly into Wei Tingyu's arms... this act was truly difficult for Ren Ruyi to accept. I'm a killer! How can I do something so demeaning and sell my body? Ren Ruyi's proud, steel-like heart would not allow her to do so!
The two women's thoughts, in these brief few breaths, were fully reflected in their eyes and expressions, which Wei Tingyu naturally understood directly. Especially Ren Ruyi, this steel straight woman! She was truly straight! Even at this point, she was unwilling to feign compliance and deceive him a little? Such a personality would definitely suffer greatly sooner or later! Fortunately, I brought her into the Marquis's residence! It seems I still have to work harder and properly train this girl, Ren Ruyi!
"You are sensible!" Thinking this, Wei Tingyu immediately put on a lecherous expression, gently wrapped his left arm around Linglong's slender waist, and then pulled her forcefully into his arms. Their bodies directly pressed together! It had to be said, the body of a dancer who had undergone professional training was indeed extremely soft! Even though Wei Tingyu had been extensively tempered in matters of women, he couldn't help but be attracted by the sensation coming from her body. This was only possible because he had passed multiple tests of self-control; if it were an ordinary man, he would definitely lose control at this moment and take Linglong back to his room to enjoy her.
Linglong, however, hadn't expected Wei Tingyu to be so bold as to directly pull her into his arms! The two were now face-to-face, even the heat from their breaths could be felt on each other's faces. Wei Tingyu's arm was very strong, making Linglong feel as if he wanted to knead her into his body. You lecher! Just as I thought! Linglong cursed inwardly. However, her face still maintained that shy smile, and she playfully pounded Wei Tingyu's shoulder and chest with her small fists, then said, "Marquis, you're hurting me!" This sentence, combined with Linglong's coquettish tone, made one's imagination run wild just by listening. Wei Tingyu was only holding her; how could he be hurting her? This girl, when she acted coquettishly, could truly melt even steel!
Ren Ruyi, standing by, was stunned by this scene. Will I have to do this too? I'd rather she just killed me; that would be more straightforward! However, the most infuriating thing was that while Linglong was acting coquettishly with Wei Tingyu, she kept stealing glances at Ren Ruyi with her eyes, constantly giving her signals. The meaning was very simple: to get Ren Ruyi to come over and learn from her, to lull Wei Tingyu into a false sense of security together!
Linglong's plan was actually very simple: first, make Wei Tingyu lower his guard, then seize the man when he was unprepared, snatch the Marquis's carriage, and rush out of the city! As long as they successfully got out of the city, they could return to An State and report. After all, they had already received news that the An State army had won a great victory! Even if she didn't complete the mission this time, as long as she returned safely, she probably wouldn't be punished! However, Wei Tingyu was holding her so tightly that Linglong had no opportunity to seize him. Therefore, her idea was to have Ren Ruyi come up and take her place. When Wei Tingyu's attention was fully on Ren Ruyi, she would have a chance to act. But this girl, Ren Ruyi, seemed to be frozen in fear at the moment, just staring blankly at them without moving. At this, Linglong was both shy and anxious, and could only work harder to signal Ren Ruyi, even glaring fiercely at her in her haste!
Ren Ruyi, of course, knew the other party was anxious, but she truly couldn't bring herself to do such a thing! To act so delicately and flatter a manāRen Ruyi would rather die than abandon her so-called dignity! However, although Wei Tingyu outwardly appeared to be hopelessly lost in lust, holding Linglong in his arms and wanting to grope her, he did not miss any of the communication between the two women. I've exposed such a huge flaw, yet Ren Ruyi still isn't moving? It seems, just like in the original plot, this girl is too cautious; she won't expose herself until the most crucial moment!